PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dan Kudo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Scipio Africanus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kudo comes to the cage accompanied by the game by Motorhead. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Kudo
vs
Africanus

177 cm
26
170 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

180 cm
25
175 lbs
7 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Self confident

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dan Kudo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Scipio Africanus!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Frank Dennis and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Africanus misses with a takedown

and Kudo decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Africanus's guard.
Kudo is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Kudo throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Africanus works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Kudo wants to pass the guard but Africanus is keeping the position.
Africanus trying to keep a closed guard but Kudo is proving a slippery customer.
Kudo is looking to work some ground and pound but Africanus has wrist control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Kudo with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Kudo with a flurry of punches that miss.
Kudo wants to control from the top but Africanus keeps moving.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Kudo accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Kudo passes easily into side control. Nice work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kudo sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Africanus is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Kudo throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Africanus works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Kudo works his way into full mount!
Kudo lands a nice shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Africanus is desperately trying to improve his position but Kudo has a good base and remains in mount.
Kudo punching from mount but Africanus doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Africanus is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Kudo looking to ground and pound but Africanus is blocking nicely.
Kudo unloads with some shots from mount but Africanus bucks and avoids them well.
Kudo cracks Africanus with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Africanus avoids a series of strikes thrown by Kudo.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Africanus can do anything to dispel that myth.
Kudo throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Kudo thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Kudo lands a heavy elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kudo throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Kudo misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Kudo landing strikes, looking to finish!
Kudo can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Africanus is looking to escape.
Kudo lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Kudo has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Kudo has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Africanus's face.
Kudo thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Kudo raining down hammerfists from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kudo thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Kudo landing strikes from the mount.
Africanus looks gassed!
Kudo throws some wild stikes that Africanus manages to avoid easily.
The referee warns Africanus that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Kudo landing strikes from the mount and Africanus is in trouble!
This has been an exciting period of action!
BOOM! Kudo connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Kudo cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Kudo breaks from Africanus's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kudo cracks Africanus with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Africanus in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dan Kudo dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Kudo looking to score a takedown here. Africanus is defending well but Kudo drives through and ends up in Africanus's guard.
Kudo thows a big elbow that misses.
Kudo with a flurry of punches that miss.
Kudo postures up in Africanus's guard and throws a big left but Africanus blocks it.
Kudo scoring with punches to the head and body.
Kudo in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Kudo's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Kudo with a flurry of punches that miss.
Africanus keeping full guard, as Kudo tries to pass.
Africanus can't keep his opponent in guard - Kudo advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Africanus is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kudo works his way into full mount!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Kudo cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Kudo putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Kudo is landing with some decent strikes but Africanus is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Kudo cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Kudo wants to control the pace but Africanus is squirming around nicely.
Kudo throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Africanus because Kudo loaded up on that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kudo lands a big shot there that rocks Africanus but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Kudo lands a big shot there that rocks Africanus but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Kudo trying to control but Africanus is having none of it.
Kudo landing strikes from the mount and Africanus is in trouble!
Poor strikes thrown by Kudo there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kudo looking to control but Africanus is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Kudo fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Africanus in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Kudo content just to control the position here.
Kudo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Africanus can do to turn this around?
Kudo working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Kudo raining down hammerfists from mount.
Africanus holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Kudo tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Kudo scoring with strikes but Africanus is staying in there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kudo lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kudo thowing shots but they're missing.
Kudo landing punches.
Kudo working some short elbows here. He postures up to throw some more ground and pound but Africanus slips a leg through to get back to half guard. Nice work.
Africanus avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Kudo.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kudo sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Africanus defending well though.
Kudo missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dan Kudo dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Africanus tries for a takedown but Kudo circles away easily

and Kudo counters with a takedown into side control.
Africanus takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Dan Kudo overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Kudo tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Kudo with the ground and pound but Africanus regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Kudo not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Africanus blocking the ground and pound attempt from Kudo.
Africanus is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Kudo scores with a couple of nice shots.
Kudo drops an elbow to the side of Africanus's head.
Kudo thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Africanus's head.
Africanus takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kudo stalling away here and it's allowed Africanus to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Kudo postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Kudo trying to control the position from guard on top but Africanus is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Kudo accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Kudo thows a big elbow that misses.
Kudo is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Kudo looking to pass the guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Kudo throws a big right hand that misses.
Kudo throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Kudo wants to control from the top but Africanus keeps moving.
Scipio Africanus has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kudo with a flurry of punches that miss.
Kudo trying to control the position from guard on top but Africanus is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kudo with a flurry of punches that miss.
Kudo stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Africanus swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kudo throwing strikes from guard but Africanus blocks nicely.
Kudo wants to control from the top but Africanus keeps moving.
Kudo distracts Africanus with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Kudo wants to control from the top but Africanus keeps moving.
Kudo distracts Africanus with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Kudo trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Kudo throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Africanus works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

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.
Kudo postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Kudo working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Kudo tries to free his leg and advance position but Africanus is retaining full guard.
Kudo is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Kudo working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Africanus's head.
Kudo wants to control from the top but Africanus keeps moving.
Kudo missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Dan Kudo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Kudo working some strikes from top position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dan Kudo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Kudo has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:25
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:25
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dan Kudo!