Enumclaw's 'Hellbound' Heats Up in Vegas Beating UFC Foe

Jeff "Hellbound" Hougland of Enumclaw won the biggest fight of his life Saturday afternoon.

The owner of Combat Sports & Fitness in Enumclaw won a unanimous three-round decision in a bantamweight Ultimate Fighting Champion-ship 132 at the MGM in Las Vegas.

It was Hougland's ninth-straight victory, but his first on the big stage.

Hougland, 32, beat Donny Walker, 31, who had himself won seven straight bouts before this loss.

Hougland is now 10-4 while Walker dropped to 15-7.

The pair were put on the card recently after an injury forced a differ-ent fight off the event.

The match was one of four preliminary bouts streamed live on Facebook.

Here's the play by play from www.mmafighting.com:

Jeff Hougland vs. Donny Walker

Round 1: Houghland starts us off with some inside leg kicks. Walker comes in with a right hand and Houghland drops under for a takedown. Walker trying to work the high guard, but Houghland stands up out of it and goes to work with punches from the top. Walker tries to tie him up from the bottom, but Houghland smashes him with a hard elbow in close. Houghland stacks Walker against the cage and sinks an arm-in guillotine. He falls back with it, but Walker doesn't see too concerned. He holds on and Houghland is eventually forced to relinquish it, with Walker now working from the top. Walker forces Houghland's ankles up over his head, drawing a titter from the crowd, then works for an anaconda choke, but can't complete it. Houghland does a nice job of scrambling up off the bottom and puts Walker on his back again. Walker tries for a toe hold in the final seconds, but he's not even close. MMA Fighting scores it 10-9 for Houghland.

Round 2: It's back to a kicking contest to start the second round. Houghland is the busier fighter on the feet, which counts for a lot in the judges' eyes. Nice right hand by Houghland, followed by one from Walker. They're both opening up with punches now, and Houghland is cut above his eye, near the bridge of his nose. Walker's trying to come forward behind his left hook, but his punches seem to have lost a lot of their snap. Houghland tries a front kick and Walker seems to think it caught him in the groin. I'll take his word for it. After the restart Walker attacks Houghland's legs with kicks, but Houghland hurts him with a punch and knee and then drops immediately into another guillotine. He must think it's his ace in the hole, but Walker is hanging out in there just fine. Houghland adjusts and squeezes with everything he's got in the final ten seconds, but Walker lasts until the horn. MMA Fighting scores it 10-9 for Houghland.

Round 3: Walker seems to have a sense of desperation to start the final round. He comes after Houghland hard right off the bat and then stops a Houghland takedown attempt by faceplanting him into the mat. Walker moves for the anaconda again and Houghland goes to his back before locking up an armbar. Walker is in trouble, so he lifts Houghland up and slams his way out. Houghland transitions for a triangle choke, but it's not there. Walker seems content to survive on top for now, and that prompts a restart by Yamasaki. Houghland goes for another takedown and gets stopped and but on bottom again, but works for the sweep and eventually manages to put Walker on his back. They finish the fight with both men frantically throwing punches and elbows -- Houghland from the top and Walker from the bottom -- but it's more light than heat. MMA Fighting scores 10-9 for Walker.