PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Garrett Hudson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chev Chelios (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chelios has chosen In Waves as his entrance music. Chev Chelios is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Hudson
vs
Chelios

180 cm
20
167 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

175 cm
20
169 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

MMA ANIMAL

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Garrett Hudson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Chev Chelios!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Hugh Johnson and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chelios throws a body punch but Hudson moves out of range.
Hudson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hudson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Chelios walks into a left hand.
Hudson moves away from the strike by Chelios.
Hudson lands a jab.
Nice defenses there by Chelios.
Hudson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Chelios counters with a three punch combo that has Hudson backing up. Hudson nods at Chelios to acknowledge the strikes.
Chelios pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Hudson misses with a left hand
and Chelios counters with a straight right hand.
Chelios slips a jab from Hudson.
A telegraphed right hand from Chelios misses the target.
Chelios looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
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!
Hudson comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hudson throws a combination that misses

and Chelios counters by moving into the clinch.
Chelios is pushing Hudson up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Hudson is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Chelios gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Chelios scores with a shot to the side of Hudson's head.
Chelios is stalling here.
Chelios lands with a short shot to the head.
Chelios throws a knee to the head but misses.
Chelios is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Chelios working Hudson over with knees to the body.
Chelios leaning his opponent against the cage.
Chelios using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hudson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hudson has had enough of the clinch but Chelios keeps him there for the moment.
Chelios with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Chelios can't find room to land a body shot as Hudson controls the action.
Hudson is trying to pull guard but Chelios has him pressed against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Garrett Hudson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Chelios lands a knee to the head.
Chelios effectively controlling the action here.
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!
Hudson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hudson tries to break free but Chelios pushes him back against the cage.
Chelios with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Chelios lands a nice knee to the body.
Hudson is trying to push Chelios away but Chelios has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chelios misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hudson.
Hudson is looking to take this one to the mat.
Chelios lands a knee to the body.
Chelios misses with a knee to the head.

Chelios breaks from the clinch.
Hudson misses with a series of wild punches.
Chelios slips a jab and a cross from Hudson.
Hudson is breathing heavily.
Hudson throws a series of punches but Chelios moves out of range.
A combination from Hudson does no damage.
Hudson lands a nice shot to the body.
Hudson throws a hook but Chelios blocks it.
Hudson lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hudson lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Chelios takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Chelios throws a right and a left that Hudson avoids nicely.
Hudson throws out a powerful jab.
Garrett Hudson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hudson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hudson throws a nice looking combination but Chelios bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hudson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hudson jabs at Chelios's body.
Chelios ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Chelios thuds a left hand into Hudson's body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hudson misses with a hook. Chelios ducked under it nicely.
Chelios moves in looking to clinch but Hudson pushes him off.
Hudson's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Hudson duly obliges.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Chev Chelios will probably get the nod.
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.

The fighters circle momentarily. Chelios darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Hudson misses with a hook. Chelios ducked under it nicely.
Chelios looks to throw the jab but Hudson is out of range.
Hudson misses with a combination
and Chelios counters with a low kick, right behind Hudson 's knee.
Chelios misses with a hook.
Decent striking displayed by Hudson there.
Chelios misses with a body shot.

Chelios has managed to clinch.
Chelios pressing his opponent against the cage.
Hudson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hudson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Chelios has him pressed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chelios pressing his opponent against the cage.
Chelios prevents a takedown attempt there.
Chelios misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hudson.
Chelios is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Hudson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Hudson is trying to push Chelios away but Chelios has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Hudson is trying to force a seperation but Chelios has the dominant position.
Chelios controlling the action here for a moment.
Hudson drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Chelios throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hudson fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Garrett Hudson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hudson is trying to break the clinch but Chelios is controlling him.
Hudson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Chelios scores with a hook to the body.
Hudson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Chelios gets underhooks to prevent Hudson's takedown attempt.
Chelios unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hudson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
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!
Chelios with a knee to the head.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Chelios lands a good knee to the midsection. Hudson won't want to take too many of those.
Chelios with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chelios tries to land knees in the clinch but Hudson avoids the damage to the body.
Chelios digs a right hand underneath Hudson's ribcage. Hudson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Chelios landing knees to the head.
Chelios scores with a knee to the head.
Chelios scores with a knee to the head.
Chelios misses with a knee strike.
Knees in the clinch landing for Chelios.
Chelios putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hudson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Chelios landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Chelios tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hudson avoids it.
Chelios with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hudson fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Knees in the clinch landing for Chelios.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chelios works on Hudson's body with a couple of short punches.
Hudson is trying to push Chelios away but Chelios has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Chelios tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hudson avoids it.
A shot in the inside from Chelios.
Chev Chelios seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chelios tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hudson avoids it.

Chelios pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Garrett Hudson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hudson throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Chelios on the side of the head.
Chelios moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Hudson misses with a double jab
and Chelios counters with a nice leg kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hudson looks to land a combination but Chelios avoids it well.

Chelios moves into the clinch.
Chelios lands a body shot in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chev Chelios showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action!

Hudson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A nice combination there by Chelios.
Chelios takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A good leg kick by Chelios.

Chelios instigates a clinch.
Chelios's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Hudson tries to break the clinch but Chelios is controlling the position.
Chelios tries a knee to the head but Hudson blocks it.
A knee to the head by Chelios.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A right hand to the body from Chelios.
Hudson is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Chelios to keep the fight standing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chelios will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Hudson up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hudson is looking to break free of the clinch but Chelios has double underhooks.
Hudson is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Chelios to keep the fight standing.
Hudson is trying to force a seperation but Chelios has the dominant position.
Hudson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hudson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Chelios landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Chelios connects with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Chelios.
A right hand to the body from Chelios.
Knees to the body from Chelios.
A left hand lands to the body for Chelios.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Chelios obliges.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chelios working Hudson over with knees to the body.
Chelios unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Chelios lands a knee to the body.
Chelios throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hudson blocks it with crossed arms.
Chelios landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Chelios obliges.
Chelios makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Hudson jumps guard but Chelios stands there with Hudson around his waist. Hudson gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Garrett Hudson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Chelios lands a body shot in the clinch.
Hudson working hard to break the clinch.
Chelios tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hudson avoids it.
Knees in the clinch landing for Chelios.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chelios keeps control of Hudson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hudson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Chelios using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Chelios misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hudson.
Chelios lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hudson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hudson can't break the clinch.
Chelios lands a shot to the body.
Hudson has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Chelios is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Chelios putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hudson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Chelios unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Chelios unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Chelios trying to land knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chelios crunches a lovely knee into Hudson's ribcage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chelios landing knees to the body.
Hudson is trying to break the clinch but Chelios is controlling him.
Chelios with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Chelios stalls.
Hudson looking for a takedown.
A knee to the head by Chelios.
Chelios throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Chelios unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hudson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Chelios leaning his opponent against the cage.
Chelios utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chev Chelios really dominated that round.
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.

Hudson scores with a one two! Chelios had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Hudson drops his hands momentarily and Chelios takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Hudson tests Chelios's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Chelios has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Chelios moves into the clinch successfully.
Hudson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Chelios using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hudson is working for takedown but Chelios is calmly controlling the position for now.
Hudson drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Chelios landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hudson avoiding damage as Chelios throws knees to the body.
Hudson is trying to break the clinch but Chelios has him pressed against the cage.
Chelios lands a body shot.
Chelios stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Chelios connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hudson's face.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Chelios.
Chelios scores with a knee to the head.
Hudson takes a shot to the head.
Chelios lands a left hand.
Hudson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Chelios obliges.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Chelios.
Hudson tries to break the clinch but Chelios is controlling the position.
Chelios trying to land knees to the body.
Chelios using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hudson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Chelios misses with a body punch.
Chelios is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Chelios.
Hudson jumps guard but Chelios turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Garrett Hudson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chelios with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Chelios missing with knees to the body.
Chelios trying to land knees to the body.
Chelios using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hudson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Chelios misses with the head strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hudson tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Chelios smiles and moves away.
Chelios takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Nice defenses there by Chelios.
Hudson slips a straight right by Chelios.
Chelios moves away from the strike by Hudson.
Hudson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Chelios walks into a stiff left hand from Hudson.
Chelios tries to clinch up but Hudson circles away and keeps his distance.
Hudson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Hudson stuns Chelios with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Chelios takes a shot right to the bread basket.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hudson scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Chelios pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hudson takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Chelios moves out of range as Hudson strikes.
Chelios plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hudson tries to bum rush Chelios with a series of wild strikes but Chelios uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Chelios misses with a hook.
Hudson misses with a series of wild punches.
Chelios ducks under a wild hook from Hudson.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Chelios avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chev Chelios dominated that fourth round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Hudson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Chelios gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Hudson tries for a takedown but Chelios manages to get underhooks.
Chelios landing knees to the body.
Hudson drops down looking for an ankle pick but Chelios pulls his leg out and moves away.

Chelios has Hudson up against the cage in a clinch.
Chelios pressing his opponent against the cage.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Hudson tries to circle away but Chelios has him pinned against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chelios gets underhooks to prevent Hudson's takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Garrett Hudson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Stalling in the clinch from Chelios.
Hudson tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Chelios smiles and moves away.
Hudson is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Hudson misses with a double jab
and Hudson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hudson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hudson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Chelios. Chelios obviously looking to wear him down.
Hudson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Chelios counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
A right-left combo lands from Chelios.
Chelios lands with an overhand left.
Chelios connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chelios ducks under a wild hook from Hudson.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chelios looks to land a combination but Hudson avoids it well.
Chelios showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hudson.
Hudson throws a big shot that misses.
Hudson takes a jab right on the kisser.

Chelios clinches with his opponent.
Chelios landing knees to the head.
Hudson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Chelios has him pressed against the cage.
Chelios is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Chelios lands a shoulder strike.
Hudson wants to get back to striking at distance but Chelios won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chelios missing with knees to the body.
Chelios putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hudson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Chelios lands a knee to the head.
Hudson goes for a takedown in the clinch but Chelios prevents it.
Chelios unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Knees in the clinch landing for Chelios.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Chelios takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Chelios tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hudson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hudson tries for a takedown. No joy.
Chelios crunches a lovely knee into Hudson's ribcage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Chelios.
Chelios landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Chelios tries to throw a body punch but Hudson avoids it by throwing Chelios back against the cage.
Chelios lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Chelios tries to land knees in the clinch but Hudson avoids the damage to the body.
Hudson is trying to drag Chelios to the mat but Chelios just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Chev Chelios is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Hudson is trying to break free.
Garrett Hudson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hudson tries to circle away but Chelios has him pinned against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Chelios lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hudson or not.
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!
Hudson takes a shot to the head.
Chelios trying to land knees to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Chev Chelios comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Chelios has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 45:50
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 45:50
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 45:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chev Chelios!
Chev Chelios is the new lightweight champion!
Chev Chelios seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.