PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Howie Travis (ranked 4419 p4p, 5780 weight class) and Bob Fudge (ranked 428 p4p, 479 weight class). Travis has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Bob Fudge was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Travis
vs
Fudge

190 cm
18
280
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
260
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Howie Travis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Bob Fudge!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Donald Grub and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Travis. Fudge does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fudge is looking for the big counter here.
Fudge doesn't manage to clinch there - Travis circles away.
Travis appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Fudge doesn't manage to clinch there - Travis circles away.
Fudge tries to close the distance and clinch but Travis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Fudge misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Travis misses with a jab, cross combination.
Fudge is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Fudge tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Travis manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Fudge thows a left - swing and a miss!
Fudge closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

Fudge closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Travis is trying to break the clinch but Fudge is controlling him.
Travis tries to circle away but Fudge has him pinned against the ropes.
Fudge misses with a knee strike.
Fudge holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Travis could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fudge tries to land knees in the clinch but Travis avoids the damage to the body.
Travis is trying to push Fudge away but Fudge has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Fudge is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Travis is keeping busy.
Fudge prevents Travis from breaking the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Travis wants to get back to striking at distance but Fudge won't allow it.
Fudge keeps control of Travis as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Fudge is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Travis is keeping busy.

Fudge breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fudge tries to close the distance and clinch up but Travis swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Fudge moves out of range as Travis strikes.
Howie Travis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Fudge drives through and clinches with Travis against the ropes.
Travis wants to break the clinch but can't.
Travis is breathing heavily.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Fudge misses with a hook to the ribs.
Fudge looks to throw an elbow but misses.

Fudge breaks from the clinch.
Travis connects with the punch.
Travis looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Travis looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fudge tries to close the distance and clinch but Travis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Fudge forces Travis back against the ropes and clinches.
Fudge creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Travis is trying to push Fudge away but Fudge has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Travis blocks the elbow strike.
Fudge tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Travis avoids it.
Travis looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Fudge slows down the pace here.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Travis as Fudge tries to tie him up.
Fudge pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Travis is trying to break free.
Fudge tries to land a knee to the head but Travis blocks with his arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Travis wants to get back to striking at distance but Fudge won't allow it.
Fudge wants to stall.
Fudge trying to stall but Travis improves his position.
Travis is trying to force a seperation but Fudge has the dominant position.
Travis has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Fudge lands a body punch in the clinch.
Travis blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fudge swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fudge lands a damaging elbow.
Fudge misses with a short punch on the inside.
Fudge misses with a knee strike.
Travis blocks a body shot from Fudge.

Travis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Fudge takes the fight into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Fudge breaks from the clinch.
Travis throws a lazy right hand but Fudge sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A combination from Fudge does no damage.
Travis throws a jab when Fudge was well out of range.
Fudge is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Fudge will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Fudge forces Travis back against the ropes and clinches.
Fudge tries to stall but Travis uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A knee to the head by Fudge.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Fudge manages to break the clinch.
Travis throws out a powerful jab.

Fudge instigates a clinch.
Fudge scores with a knee to the head.

Fudge manages to break the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Bob Fudge dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bob Fudge's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Fudge rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Travis moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Fudge wants to clinch up but Travis keeps it at a distance.
Travis circles away from the clinch attempt.
Howie Travis is winning the standup battle so far.
Fudge fails to land with a series of punches.
Travis lands with a nice body punch.
Fudge tries to close the distance and clinch but Travis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Travis keeps the fight on the outside.
Good standup being displayed there by Travis as he connects with a hook.
Travis throws a shot from downtown. Fudge moves away and avoids it.
Fudge wants to clinch up but Travis keeps it at a distance.
Travis throws a hook to the side of Fudge's head but Fudge sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Fudge ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Fudge tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fudge throws a head kick that half lands.

It looks like Howie Travis has been cut.

Fudge clinches up against the ropes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Travis takes an elbow to the forehead.
Fudge misses with a punch to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Fudge pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Fudge closes the distance and clinches.
Bob Fudge seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Fudge throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Fudge lands a left hand.
Travis wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Fudge has him pressed against the ropes.
Fudge looking to throw knees to the head but Travis is blocking nicely.
Travis is trying to push Fudge away but Fudge has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Travis is trying to push Fudge away but Fudge has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
A head punch on the inside from Fudge fails to land.
Travis has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Fudge escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Fudge drives through and clinches with Travis against the ropes.
Still in the clinch, Fudge scores with a nice short uppercut.

Fudge breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Travis swats away the attempt to clinch by Fudge.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fudge slips under a jab.
Travis is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Travis avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Travis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fudge moves away.
Fudge walks into a jab.
Fudge doesn't manage to clinch there - Travis circles away.
Fudge doesn't manage to clinch there - Travis circles away.
Fudge fails in his attempt to clinch.
Fudge tries to close the distance and clinch but Travis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Fudge tries to clinch there but Travis circles away.
Travis circles away from the clinch attempt.
Fudge tries to clinch up.

Fudge rushes Travis and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fudge keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Travis's efforts to push away.
Fudge has Travis pushed against the ropes.
Fudge is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Travis tries to circle away but Fudge has him pinned against the ropes.
Fudge has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Fudge holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Travis tries to break free but Fudge pushes him back against the ropes.
Travis is trying to push Fudge away but Fudge has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Fudge throws an elbow but it misses.
Travis dodges an elbow strike from Fudge.
Travis tries to break free but Fudge pushes him back against the ropes.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Fudge throws a punch but it's blocked by Travis.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Fudge is looking to control Travis's arms but Travis gets an underhook and turns him. Now Fudge has his back to the ropes.
Fudge looking to stall.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Bob Fudge.
Fudge moves in looking to clinch but Travis pushes him off.
Fudge wants to clinch up but Travis keeps it at a distance.

Fudge clinches.

Fudge breaks the clinch.
Travis misses with a leg kick.
Travis lands with an overhand left.
The fight stays on the outside here - Fudge looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Travis throws a hook but Fudge blocks it.
Fudge tries to close the distance and clinch up but Travis swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Fudge takes the fight into the clinch.
Fudge misses with some punches.
Travis wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Travis blocks an elbow strike from Fudge.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Bob Fudge showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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!

Fudge clinches.
Travis is trying to push Fudge away but Fudge has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Fudge lands an elbow just above Travis 's eye.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Travis wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Fudge wants to stall.
Travis is trying to break the clinch but Fudge is controlling him.

Fudge breaks the clinch.
Fudge fails in his attempt to clinch.
Travis swats away the attempt to clinch by Fudge.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Travis throws the left hand but Fudge avoids the punch easily.

Fudge closes the distance and pushes Travis back into the ropes.
Travis on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The referee calls for Fudge to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fudge tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Travis's elbow.
Fudge lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Travis tries to circle away but Fudge has him pinned against the ropes.
Travis blocking some punches.
Fudge pushes off an throws an elbow but Travis leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Fudge tries to work over Travis's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fudge misses with a hook to the ribs.
Travis wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Fudge has him pressed against the ropes.
Fudge with a knee to the head.
Fudge tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Travis avoids a wild elbow strike from Fudge.

Fudge breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Fudge scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Fudge fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Fudge has taken the fight to the clinch.
Fudge misses with an elbow over the top.
Fudge lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Fudge escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Fudge fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Travis, pushing him back against the ropes.

Fudge breaks the clinch.
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!
Fudge tries to clinch up but Travis circles away and keeps his distance.
Travis rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Fudge moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Fudge lands a nice shot that snaps Travis's head back.
Travis circles away from the clinch attempt.
Travis keeps the fight on the outside.
No joy there for Fudge, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Travis misses with a leg kick.

Fudge closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Travis is trying to break the clinch but Fudge has him pressed against the ropes.
Fudge with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fudge lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Travis backwards.
Fudge tries to land knees in the clinch but Travis avoids the damage to the body.
Travis avoiding damage as Fudge throws knees to the body.
Fudge misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch on the inside from Fudge fails to land.
Fudge lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fudge wants to stall.
Fudge tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Travis blocking some punches.

Fudge breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fudge tries to clinch but Travis is having none of it.
Bob Fudge is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Travis missing with a left hand there. Fudge was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Fudge is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fudge checks a low kick from Travis.
Fudge wants to clinch.
Travis is looking to counter the offense by Fudge and move into the clinch.
Fudge throws a nice looking combination but Travis bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Travis misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fudge.
Travis misses with a low kick.
Fudge wants to counter the offense by Travis and move into the clinch position.

Fudge clinches up with Travis and pushes him back against the ropes.
Fudge lands a damaging elbow.
Howie Travis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Fudge's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Travis misses the jab.
Fudge wants to counter with a clinch but Travis pushes him away.
Fudge misses with a head kick.
Travis moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
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!
Fudge fails in his attempt to clinch.
Fudge fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bob Fudge is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Fudge tries to clinch but Travis is having none of it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Fudge looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bob Fudge comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Fudge winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Phil Schofield scores the fight for Bob Fudge!
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight for Bob Fudge!
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight for Bob Fudge!

Bob Fudge wins by unanimous decision!