PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jay Ludwig (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Collin Challis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ludwig kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Wasp - I wanna be somebody. Jay Ludwig has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Ludwig
vs
Challis

168 cm
25
151 lbs
9 - 8 - 0

170 cm
25
145 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jay Ludwig!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Collin Challis!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ludwig fails to land with a series of punches.
Challis throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ludwig throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Challis cracks Ludwig with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Ludwig lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Challis thumps Ludwig with a low kick.
Challis scores with a leg kick.
A lazy left from Challis finds it's target.
Challis chopping away at his opponent's legs.
An inside leg kick from Challis misses.
Ludwig has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Challis finds it's way round the side to connect with Ludwig's head.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Ludwig.
Ludwig lands with a good body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ludwig rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Challis moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ludwig chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Challis can pounce on him.
Challis throws a head kick that misses.
Ludwig ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Challis moves away.
Challis misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ludwig rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Challis moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ludwig misses the shot to the body.

Ludwig moves into the clinch.

Ludwig tightens his grip and picks Challis up, before dumping him to the ground. Challis manages to land in guard.
Ludwig stops Challis from standing up.
Ludwig with a flurry of punches that miss.
Challis trying to control the position here.
Ludwig thows a big elbow that misses.
Challis wants to get back to his feet but Ludwig is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Ludwig throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Ludwig 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.
Ludwig trying to control but Challis is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Challis utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Challis keeping full guard, as Ludwig tries to pass.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ludwig is working hard here to advance position.
Ludwig postures up in Challis's guard and throws a big left but Challis blocks it.
Ludwig missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Challis is controlling Ludwig's posture.
Challis wants to stand and escape but Ludwig is having none of it.
Ludwig with a flurry of punches that miss.

Ludwig drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Challis dives on top into guard.
Challis trying to stand up but can't free himself from Ludwig's guard.
Challis stopping the sweep attempt from Ludwig.
Challis would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ludwig tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Ludwig has his foot on Challis's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Challis works his way back into a safe position though.
Ludwig throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Challis wanted to stand there but Ludwig had control of the position.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Ludwig is on top in guard.
Challis trying to control the position.
Ludwig throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ludwig with a flurry of punches that miss.
Ludwig cracks Challis with a solid left hand.
Challis is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Ludwig is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Challis avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Ludwig in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Challis not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Challis keeping moving, preventing Ludwig from controlling successfully.
Ludwig throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ludwig trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Ludwig throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Challis avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Challis is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jay Ludwig dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

The fighters circling - Challis throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Challis takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Challis throws a low kick but Ludwig moves out of range easily.
Ludwig checks a leg kick.
Ludwig fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Challis checks it well.
Ludwig changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Challis throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ludwig. Challis does a little dance to reset his feet.
Challis throws a sloppy head kick and Ludwig moves out of range easily.
Ludwig lands with a cross.
Ludwig throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ludwig tests Challis's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Challis lands with a cross.
Ludwig looks to score with a jab to the body but Challis is just out of range.
A jab from Ludwig misses.
Challis on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ludwig misses with an uppercut.
Ludwig fails to land with a series of punches.
Jay Ludwig seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ludwig waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Challis.
Ludwig throws a hook to the side of Challis's head but Challis sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Challis connects with a leg kick. Ludwig looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Challis takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

It looks like Collin Challis has been cut.
Ludwig waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Challis.
Ludwig throws a sloppy body shot
enabling Challis to counter with a crisp jab.
A slapping leg kick lands for Challis.
Ludwig lands a jab to Challis's midsection.
Challis thumps Ludwig with a low kick.
Challis swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Challis takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Challis has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Ludwig finds it's way round the side to connect with Challis's head.
Ludwig missing with a left hand there. Challis was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Challis has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Ludwig finds it's way round the side to connect with Challis's head.
Challis throws a body kick that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ludwig misses with an uppercut
and Challis counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Ludwig is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Challis takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Ludwig rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Challis moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ludwig scores with a punch to the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ludwig. Challis does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nice uppercut there from Ludwig.
A combination from Ludwig does no damage.
Challis pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Challis is looking to chop away at Ludwig's legs.
Challis misses with a body kick.
Challis throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Challis on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A punch combination from Ludwig misses.
Challis dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Challis thumps Ludwig with a low kick.
Ludwig throws a hook but Challis avoids it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ludwig misses with a body shot.
Challis throws a nice looking combination but Ludwig bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Ludwig is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Challis avoids the body shot from Ludwig.
Challis takes a jab right on the kisser.
Ludwig misses with a few strikes there.
Ludwig misses with a wild body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ludwig. Challis does a little dance to reset his feet.
Challis avoids the body shot from Ludwig.
Ludwig throws out a loose jab but Challis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Challis tries a low kick but Ludwig avoids it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ludwig. Challis does a little dance to reset his feet.
Challis thows a left - swing and a miss!
Challis scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Challis closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Ludwig throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Challis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ludwig throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ludwig. Challis does a little dance to reset his feet.
Challis takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Challis throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Challis throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Ludwig's head.
A telegraphed right hand from Challis misses the target.
Challis scoring well with a low kick there.
Ludwig tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Challis was well out of range. Poor timing from Ludwig.
Challis throws a hook but Ludwig avoids it easily.
Ludwig shoots in and drives through. Challis sprawls well.
Ludwig throws a lazy right hand but Challis sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Challis lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Ludwig has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Ludwig and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Ludwig manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Challis on his heels. He'll look to pass Challis's guard now, I'm sure.
Ludwig throwing strikes from guard but Challis blocks nicely.
Ludwig missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jay Ludwig dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Collin Challis'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. And we move into the final round!

A slapping leg kick lands for Challis.
Challis uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ludwig.
Ludwig scoring well with a low kick there.
Ludwig blocks a head kick by Challis.
Ludwig lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Ludwig dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A left lands for Challis.
Ludwig chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Challis can pounce on him.
Ludwig on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Ludwig scores with a decent looking hook.
Ludwig throws a shot from downtown. Challis moves away and avoids it.
Ludwig throws an overhand right that lands on Challis's shoulder, as Challis tries to avoid the shot.
Challis uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ludwig.
A slow jab from Ludwig misses its intended target.
Ludwig throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Challis stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
An inside leg kick lands from Challis.
Ludwig drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A thudding body kick lands there by Challis!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ludwig stuns Challis with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Ludwig just misses with a punch to the body.
Challis takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Ludwig throws a right hand that misses
and Challis counters with a nice low kick that buckles Ludwig's knee momentarily.
A good leg kick by Challis.
Jay Ludwig is winning the standup battle so far.
Ludwig attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Ludwig tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Challis uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ludwig.
Challis lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Ludwig thows a body shot but no joy.
Ludwig has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Challis.
Challis uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ludwig.
Challis throws a sloppy head kick and Ludwig moves out of range easily.
Challis throws a sloppy head kick and Ludwig moves out of range easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Challis lands a jab to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ludwig cracks a nice hook into Challis's ribs.
Challis throws the left hand but Ludwig avoids the punch easily.
Challis throws a leg kick which misses Ludwig's front leg but catches the back leg as Ludwig tries to avoid it.
Good leg kick by Challis there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Good work by Ludwig as he checks the leg kick.
Challis attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Challis dodges the punch combination from Ludwig.
Sloppy strikes from Ludwig. Those never looked like landing.
Ludwig checks a leg kick.
Challis pivots, looking for a leg kick but Ludwig is out of range and Challis settles back down.
Ludwig ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Challis moves away.
Challis avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Challis throws a leg kick but Ludwig sees it coming and moves out of range.
Ludwig waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Challis.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ludwig throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Challis counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Challis connects with a solid leg kick.
Ludwig checks a low kick from Challis.
A nice leg kick lands there from Challis.
Ludwig looks to land a combination but Challis avoids it well.
Ludwig swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ludwig misses with the combination.
Challis fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Ludwig has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Jay Ludwig is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Ludwig throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ludwig misses with an uppercut.
Challis goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Ludwig connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Challis is looking to slow Ludwig down with leg kicks.
Challis slips a straight right by Ludwig.
Ludwig fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Challis looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Challis misses with a head kick.
Ludwig uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Challis.
Some bone on bone action there as Challis checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Ludwig throws an overhand right that lands on Challis's shoulder, as Challis tries to avoid the shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Challis misses with a head kick.
Ludwig fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Ludwig misses with a body shot.
Collin Challis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ludwig misses with a looping left.
Challis tried to score with a low kick but Ludwig checks it.
Ludwig connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Challis's hands.
Ludwig misses the shot to the body.
Ludwig throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ludwig's corner calls for a 1-2. Ludwig obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Challis lands a nice leg kick that just misses Ludwig's sensitive parts.
Ludwig misses the shot to the body.
Challis attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Collin Challis.
Well Ludwig 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jay Ludwig!
Jay Ludwig really struggled to get his t-shirt was on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Undead clothing. All items 10$ logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.