PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Henri Charriere (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Hudock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hudock is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Dark Tranquillity - Her Silent Language. Henri Charriere has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Charriere
vs
Hudock

186 cm
26
202 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

188 cm
19
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Good gas tank

L.A. Elite Clothing Co ($8.50 shorts and shirt)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Henri Charriere!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jack Hudock!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Russell Pearce and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Charriere has Hudock up against the cage in a clinch.
Charriere creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Charriere misses with some punches.
Charriere tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Charriere misses with some punches.
Charriere trying to land knees to the body.
Hudock on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hudock can't get the takedown.
Charriere lands a nice knee to the body.
Charriere pushes off an throws an elbow but Hudock leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Charriere lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

It looks like Jack Hudock has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Charriere lands an elbow just above Hudock 's eye.

Hudock gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Hudock controlling the action here.
Hudock wants to control but Charriere is keeping him busy.
Charriere blocking the ground and pound attempt from Hudock.
Hudock not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Hudock performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Hudock is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Charriere sees it coming and defends easily.

Hudock is trying to work for a kimura but Charriere is defending well.
Hudock prevents Charriere from improving his position.
Charriere is not content to let Hudock control the position.

Hudock is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Charriere defends it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hudock wants to work for an arm triangle but Charriere is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Hudock missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Hudock passes to side control.
Charriere tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Hudock has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
A lull in the action here.
Charriere parries the strikes from Hudock easily there. Hudock is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Charriere to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Charriere is looking to regain half guard here but Hudock keeps moving and retains side control.
Charriere avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Hudock.
Charriere taking punishment in the form of punches.
Hudock throws a strike aimed at the side of Charriere's head but Charriere avoids it well.

Hudock tries for a kimura but Charriere is defending well.
The referee asks Hudock politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Hudock prefers to stall for the moment though.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hudock working the strikes but Charriere uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Hudock dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jack Hudock's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Hudock on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Hudock shoots in and drives through. Charriere sprawls well.
Charriere looks to land a left hand but Hudock moved out of range nicely.
Charriere showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hudock.
Charriere blocks a jab.

Hudock shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Hudock throwing strikes but missing.
Hudock throwing strikes but missing.
Hudock trying to control but Charriere is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Charriere trying to control the position.
Hudock seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Hudock postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Charriere can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Hudock controls the pace.
Let's hope that Hudock has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Jack Hudock.
Charriere tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Hudock manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hudock will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
No luck for Hudock with that takedown attempt.
Henri Charriere has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jack Hudock.
Hudock fails with a takedown attempt.
Hudock throws a looping overhand right but Charriere ducks down to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Charriere fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hudock manages to avoid it.
Charriere avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hudock misses with a hook
and Charriere counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Charriere throws a shot to the body.
Charriere tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hudock swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hudock throws a low kick but Charriere avoids it.
Hudock keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Charriere takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Hudock takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hudock is trying hard to land a takedown here. Charriere sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Charriere misses with a two punch combination.
Charriere tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Hudock manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hudock keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jack Hudock is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
No joy there for Hudock, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hudock's corner calls for a 1-2. Hudock obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Nice sprawl there from Charriere as Hudock shoots in.
Hudock misses with a lunging right hand
and Charriere makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Charriere looks to land a combination but Hudock avoids it well.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Charriere.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Jack Hudock will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Jack Hudock's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Hudock defending well as Charriere loads up on a big left hand.
Hudock misses with a right hand
and Charriere counters with a left to the body.
Hudock moves out of range of the strikes.
Hudock throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Charriere's waist but Charriere gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Hudock off to one side.
A big right from Charriere misses.
Charriere avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Charriere fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hudock manages to avoid it.
Hudock avoids the body shot from Charriere.
Charriere cracks Hudock with a good jab.
Hudock misses with a looping left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Charriere tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Charriere takes a swing at Hudock's ribcage but misses.

Charriere gets a clinch.
Hudock blocks an elbow strike from Charriere.
Charriere trying to land knees to the body.
A short body shot lands from Charriere as the two fighters clinch.
Hudock taking a breather.
Charriere pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hudock wants to take the fight to the mat but Charriere manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Hudock looking to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hudock blocking some punches.
Nice elbow from Charriere.
Charriere lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hudock swings wildly with an uppercut but Charriere uses good head movement to avoid it.
Charriere lands a damaging elbow.
Hudock is trying to force a seperation but Charriere has the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hudock blocks an elbow strike from Charriere.
Charriere has a couple of punches blocked by Hudock.
Hudock wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Charriere has him pressed against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Henri Charriere has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Charriere misses with a short punch on the inside.
Charriere pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Charriere is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hudock is defending well for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hudock.
Charriere throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Nice elbow from Charriere.

That has opened up Jack Hudock's cut even more.
Charriere tries a body shot but Hudock blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Charriere.
Jack Hudock is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Charriere misses with the head strike.
Hudock blocks an elbow strike from Charriere.
Charriere tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hudock avoids it.
Charriere misses with some punches.

And that's the end of the fight!
Henri Charriere showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Hudock has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Jonathan Paton scores the fight 28:29
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 28:29
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jack Hudock!
Jack Hudock took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, L.A. Elite Clothing Co ($8.50 shorts and shirt) for their support in the buildup to the fight.