PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jim Fitzsimmons (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Judah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Fitzsimmons
vs
Judah

188 cm
23
211 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

185 cm
32
212 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Conviction

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jim Fitzsimmons!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, David Judah!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fitzsimmons throws a shot from downtown. Judah moves away and avoids it.
Judah lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Judah thuds a left hand into Fitzsimmons's body.
Nice body kick from Judah.
Judah lands with an uppercut that bounces Fitzsimmons off the cage and back into range.
Judah with a jab.
Judah throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Judah scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Fitzsimmons doesn't seem bothered though.
David Judah seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Judah tries to bum rush Fitzsimmons with a series of wild strikes but Fitzsimmons uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Judah tries to clinch there but Fitzsimmons circles away.
Judah swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Fitzsimmons counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
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!
Judah throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Donk. Judah catches Fitzsimmons right on the button with a cross.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Judah throws a head kick but Fitzsimmons moves out of range.
Judah scores with a jab to the head.
Judah lands a two punch combo.

It looks like Jim Fitzsimmons has been cut.
Fitzsimmons blocks a head kick by Judah.
A leg kick checked by Judah.
Judah looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Fitzsimmons 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.
Fitzsimmons scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A combination from Fitzsimmons does no damage.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Judah.
Fitzsimmons is looking to land body kicks.
Fitzsimmons throws a nice inside leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fitzsimmons throws a half hearted mid kick.
Judah steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Fitzsimmons.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Judah scores with a sloppy right hand. Fitzsimmons should have avoided that one.
Judah connects with a nice looking jab.
Fitzsimmons takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Judah lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Judah swinging wildly here.
A quick step to the side and Fitzsimmons tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Judah is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Fitzsimmons had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Fitzsimmons doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Fitzsimmons takes one on the button.
Judah digs a good body shot into Fitzsimmons's ribs.
Judah misses with a combination
and Fitzsimmons cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fitzsimmons avoids the head kick by Judah.
Fitzsimmons misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Judah takes a swing at Fitzsimmons's ribcage but misses.
Judah misses with a series of wild punches.
Judah throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Fitzsimmons stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

Judah clinches up against the cage.
Fitzsimmons misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fitzsimmons tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Judah's elbow.
Judah lands an elbow that stopped Fitzsimmons in his tracks for a moment.
Fitzsimmons tries a body shot but Judah blocks it.
I was talking to Fitzsimmons's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Fitzsimmons prevents a body shot from Judah.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Judah tries a body shot but Fitzsimmons blocks it.
Judah lands a hook to the side of the head.
Judah avoiding damage as Fitzsimmons throws knees to the body.
Fitzsimmons lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Judah lands a body shot.
Fitzsimmons misses with a short punch on the inside.
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!
Judah blocks a body shot from Fitzsimmons.
Judah prevents Fitzsimmons from breaking the clinch.
Judah lands a nice elbow.
Fitzsimmons fails to pull guard.
Judah throws an elbow but it misses.

Fitzsimmons manages to break the clinch.
A big left from Fitzsimmons misses.
Fitzsimmons takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

Judah moves into range and clinches up with Fitzsimmons.
A head punch on the inside from Judah fails to land.
Judah lands a nice elbow.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
With the fighters up against the cage, Judah throws an elbow but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Judah dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jim Fitzsimmons's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Judah connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Judah in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Fitzsimmons misses with a few strikes there.
Fitzsimmons takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Judah tries to close the distance and clinch up but Fitzsimmons swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Judah moves out of range as Fitzsimmons throws a body kick.
Judah lands a head kick. Fitzsimmons smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

Jim Fitzsimmons's cut is getting worse.
Judah scores with a one two! Fitzsimmons had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Judah lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Judah has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Judah clinches.

Fitzsimmons escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Judah misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fitzsimmons.
Judah goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Judah ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fitzsimmons stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Judah.
Judah keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Judah feints and then cracks Fitzsimmons's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Fitzsimmons down.
Fitzsimmons takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Fitzsimmons fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Judah lands with a nice combination. Fitzsimmons backs away looking to recover.
Judah moves out of range of the strikes.
Fitzsimmons takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

Jim Fitzsimmons's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice shot by Judah.
Fitzsimmons takes a swing at Judah's ribcage but misses.
Judah fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Fitzsimmons looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
David Judah is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Judah rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Fitzsimmons counter with a right hand.
Judah throws a push kick but Fitzsimmons slaps the foot to one side.
Judah tries to clinch there but Fitzsimmons circles away.
Fitzsimmons feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Fitzsimmons uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Judah.
Judah checks the leg kick.
Fitzsimmons circles away from the clinch attempt.
Fitzsimmons misses with a wild body shot.
Fitzsimmons looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Judah throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Judah fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Judah lands a right hook to the body.
Judah changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fitzsimmons throws a body kick that misses.

Judah moves into the clinch.
Fitzsimmons is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Judah working aggressively here.
Fitzsimmons misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Judah tries a body shot but Fitzsimmons blocks it.
Fitzsimmons tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Judah tries to throw a body punch but Fitzsimmons avoids it by throwing Judah back against the cage.
Judah lands an elbow that stopped Fitzsimmons in his tracks for a moment.
Fitzsimmons doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Judah has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Fitzsimmons seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Judah can turn it around.
Fitzsimmons tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Judah avoids it.
David Judah seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Fitzsimmons tries to pull guard but Judah forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Judah lands a damaging elbow.
Judah throws a punch but it's blocked by Fitzsimmons.
Judah scores with a shoulder strike.
Fitzsimmons takes an elbow to the temple.

Jeez, Jim Fitzsimmons's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Judah lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fitzsimmons tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Judah pushes off an throws an elbow but Fitzsimmons leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Judah.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Judah comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Judah lands an uppercut.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Jim Fitzsimmons's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). David Judah! David Judah retains his light heavyweight title!
In defeat, Jim Fitzsimmons stepped up to the mic, saying 'The better fighter won today. Well done, that man.'.