PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kilfaro Bacon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Saul Hudson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Saul Hudson is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Bacon
vs
Hudson

195 cm
23
260 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

188 cm
21
234 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Kilfaro Bacon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Saul Hudson!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, William Gold and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A combination from Bacon does no damage.
Hudson misses with a head kick.
Bacon tries to clinch but Hudson moves out of range.
Bacon tries to clinch but Hudson moves out of range.
Bacon throws a series of punches but Hudson moves out of range.
Hudson throws a good cross that connects.

Hudson has Bacon up against the cage in a clinch.
Hudson tries to stall but Bacon uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Bacon prevents a takedown attempt there.
Hudson can't get the takedown.
Hudson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bacon wants to break free but Hudson has control.
Bacon is looking to break free of the clinch but Hudson has double underhooks.
Hudson looking to slow down the pace here.
Hudson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hudson is trying to drag Bacon to the mat but Bacon just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Kilfaro Bacon has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Saul Hudson.
Hudson scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Kilfaro Bacon has been cut.
Hudson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hudson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bacon has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hudson has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Bacon avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Bacon wants to get back to striking at distance but Hudson won't allow it.
Bacon is trying to break the clinch but Hudson has him pressed against the cage.
Hudson keeps control of Bacon as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bacon has had enough of the clinch but Hudson keeps him there for the moment.
Hudson just leaning against Bacon, taking a breather.
Hudson has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Bacon avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Hudson is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Bacon pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Bacon wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hudson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hudson jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Bacon walks away with a smile on his face. Hudson gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Hudson shoots in and drives through. Bacon sprawls well.
Bacon takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A combination from Bacon does no damage.
Some wild striking there from Bacon.
Hudson fails with the takedown.
Hudson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kilfaro Bacon is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bacon throws a nice looking combination but Hudson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bacon lands with a nice body punch.
Bacon misses with a few strikes there.

Hudson shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Hudson looks gassed!
Hudson sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Bacon trying to hold on to Hudson's head to control him but Hudson postures up.

Hudson is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Bacon doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Hudson.
Bacon trying to control but Hudson postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hudson is looking for a kimura but Bacon is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Hudson to get the leverage.
Hudson not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Hudson controlling the action here.

Hudson is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Bacon sees it coming and defends easily.
Bacon is looking to control Hudson's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Bacon avoid being mounted?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Bacon tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Hudson counters with a head kick. That will keep Bacon thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
A punch combination from Bacon misses.
Kilfaro Bacon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bacon stuffs the takedown attempt from Hudson. Hudson gets slowly back to his feet.
Hudson closes this distance looking for a takedown but Bacon circles away.
Hudson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hudson tries a head kick but it misses.
Bacon on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Hudson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hudson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bacon misses with a combination
and Hudson counters with a flying knee. Nice.
A head kick misses from Hudson.
Bacon misses with a double jab
and Hudson finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Bacon falls off balance throwing a combination

and Hudson decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Bacon's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Saul Hudson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kilfaro Bacon's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Hudson plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Hudson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bacon moves away.

Hudson shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Hudson showed some decent athleticism there.
Bacon trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Hudson manages to pass to mount!
Bacon is working to get back to half guard.
Bacon is in a horrible position here. Hudson smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Hudson working Bacon over with strikes here.
Bacon takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Hudson has hold of Bacon's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Bacon manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hudson working away from the top, dropping strikes.
A nice elbow there by Hudson.
Hudson pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Hudson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Hudson landing strikes from the mount.
Bacon swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Hudson manages to capitalize on a mistake by Bacon to take his back!

Hudson is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Bacon has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.

Hudson is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Bacon is defending well though. Hudson let's go of the attempt for now.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bacon has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Hudson.
Hudson is hanging on to Bacon's back as he tries to escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bacon avoids the strikes from Hudson.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Hudson.
Hudson gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.

Hudson is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Bacon has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Hudson is controlling the position but Bacon somehow manages to roll and ends up with half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hudson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Bacon keeps working.
Bacon pushes Hudson off looking to stand but Hudson dives back in and keeps control.
Hudson scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Hudson is thwarting Bacon's attempts to control the position.
Hudson seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Bacon does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

Hudson looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Hudson looks to land a strike but Bacon avoids it nicely and regains full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Hudson throwing strikes from guard but Bacon blocks nicely.
Hudson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Bacon is keeping the position for now.
Hudson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hudson looking to pass the guard.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Bacon throws a jab but it's blocked by Hudson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Saul Hudson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Kilfaro Bacon's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Both fighters circling a little - Hudson finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Hudson shoots for a double leg takedown but Bacon sprawls well. He's pushed Hudson's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Bacon misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bacon swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Hudson counters by moving into the clinch.
Hudson tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Bacon smiles and moves away.
Nice body kick from Hudson.
Jab, jab by Hudson - just one landing.
Hudson shoots in for a takedown but Bacon shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Kilfaro Bacon has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Saul Hudson.
Hudson lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

Hudson rushes Bacon and presses him up against the cage.
Hudson effectively controlling the action here.

Hudson gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Hudson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hudson is trying to control the action in half guard but Bacon is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Hudson missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bacon is trying to maintain the position but Hudson is very close to passing his half guard.
Bacon keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Hudson thows a huge punch but Bacon dodges it nicely.
Hudson not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Bacon tries to get to full guard but Hudson has control of the leg.
Hudson throwing shots but Bacon is blocking nicely.
Saul Hudson has got the better of the ground game so far.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Bacon circles away from the clinch attempt.
A combination from Bacon does no damage.
Bacon throws a series of punches but Hudson avoids them all with ease.
Hudson throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

Hudson shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Hudson was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

Hudson working for a guillotine from mount but Bacon is in no mood to give up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Hudson looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Bacon is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Hudson lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

Hudson swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Bacon is now in Hudson's guard. A big mistake from Hudson there, giving up the dominant position!
Bacon stopping the sweep attempt from Hudson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bacon looking to sit in guard and control but Hudson gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Bacon keeping moving, preventing Hudson from controlling successfully.
Bacon preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Bacon keeping moving, preventing Hudson from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Hudson throwing strikes but missing.
Hudson trying to control but Bacon is working from the bottom.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Hudson thows a body kick. Bacon tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Hudson dives in and grabs Bacon's left leg, looking for a takedown. Bacon pushes down on Hudson's head and hops out.
Bacon clinches but Hudson breaks the clinch
and Hudson counters with a big head kick but Bacon shrugs it off.
Bacon misses with the combination.
Bacon rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hudson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bacon throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kilfaro Bacon has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Saul Hudson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hudson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hudson lands with an uppercut that bounces Bacon off the cage and back into rage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Saul Hudson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Hudson has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 26:30
Judge William Gold scores the fight 26:30
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Saul Hudson!