PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Kevin Hart (ranked 1035 p4p, 105 weight class) and Elijah Judah (ranked 934 p4p, 94 weight class). Elijah Judah told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Hart
vs
Judah

178 cm
27
155 lbs
14 - 9 - 0

175 cm
25
147 lbs
13 - 5 - 2

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

RAGS of a RONIN
Zenith Nutrition (160q/225$)

Aspire Nutrition

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 14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kevin Hart!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 5 - 2, fighting out of New York, Elijah Judah!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, James Glass and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hart 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.
Hart slips under a jab from Judah.
Hart misses with a straight left.
Judah now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Hart looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Judah misses with a wild body shot.
Judah misses with a head kick.
A shot to the body from Judah misses
and Hart cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nice shot by Judah.
Judah misses with a body kick.
Judah does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A shot to the liver by Hart. Beautiful body shot.
Judah throws out a leg kick but Hart moves out of range and Judah only half commits.
Hart has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Hart there as he acknowledges the shot.
Judah fails to land with a series of punches.
Hart is looking to counter punch.
Judah misses with a low kick.
Judah drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hart dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Judah. That did some damage!
Judah chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hart can pounce on him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hart jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A leg kick checked by Judah.
Hart swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hart throws a hook but Judah blocks it.
A jab from Judah misses.
Judah throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hart connects with a nice looking jab.
Hart lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Hart ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hart throws a series of punches but Judah moves out of range.
Hart lands a front kick.
Hart slips under a jab.
Hart throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Judah stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Hart bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Hart bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Judah's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A left and a right from Hart both land. Nice combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Judah connects with a leg kick. Hart looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Judah takes one on the button.
A jab from Judah misses.
We've been hearing reports that Hart has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Judah throws a big shot that misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Hart misses the target.
Judah looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hart is looking to land body kicks.
Judah pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Elijah Judah seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Judah gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Judah throws a leg kick but Hart sees it coming and moves out of range.
Judah slips under a jab.
Judah lands with a shot to the body.
Judah feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Harts jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Hart tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Judah was well out of range. Poor timing from Hart.
Hart fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Hart lands with a nice body punch.
Hart avoids a low kick by using good footwork.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Judah checks a low kick from Hart.
The fighters circling - Judah throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Judah gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Hart.
Hart uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Judah.
Hart quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Hart scores with a nice right hand.
Judah misses with a looping right.
Hart blocks a leg kick.
Hart is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Hart misses with a body shot.
Hart takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Hart looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Hart moves away from the strike by Judah.
Hart throws a hook but Judah avoids it easily.
Judah feints a counter leg kick.
Judah loads up on a big right hand but Hart slips the punch.
Judah looks to score with a jab to the body but Hart is just out of range.
Hart smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Judah bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Hart's head backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hart tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Judah was well out of range. Poor timing from Hart.
Judah looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Judah misses with a hook.
Hart avoids the body shot from Judah.
Judah misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hart.
Judah is looking to land body kicks.
It appears Hart was looking to counter with a kick there.
Judah lands with a slapping head kick.
Hart throws a head kick that misses.
Hart moves out of range as Judah strikes.
Hart tries to land a body kick
and Judah counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Hart connects with an inside leg kick.
Judah looks to land a left hand but Hart moved out of range nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Judah throws a series of punches but Hart moves out of range.
A chopping leg kick lands by Hart.
Hart scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Judah misses with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Hart throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hart lands the left hand.
Judah loads up on a big right hand but Hart slips the punch.
Judah avoids the body shot from Hart.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Judah might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Hart has got the better of the exchanges.
Hart takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Hart waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Judah.
Hart fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Judah manages to avoid it.
Judah takes one to the side of the head.
Judah misses with a body shot.
Judah misses with a body shot.
Hart swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Judah.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hart throws an overhand right that lands on Judah's shoulder, as Judah tries to avoid the shot.
Hart bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Kevin Hart is winning the standup battle so far.
Judah with a nice cross.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hart throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A nice side step and Judah releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Hart with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Judah lands a nice shot to the body.
Hart lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Hart throws a series of punches but Judah avoids them all with ease.
Judah throws the left hand but Hart avoids the punch easily.
Hart on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Hart misses with a looping right.
Judah swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Hart throws a leg kick
and Judah counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hart ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Judah moves away.
Hart throws a lazy right hand but Judah sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Judah throws a jab but it's blocked by Hart.
Hart moves out of range as Judah strikes.
Judah takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Judah slips under a jab from Hart.
Judah lands with an uppercut that bounces Hart off the cage and back into range.
Hart scores with a kick to the midsection.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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 cracks a nice hook into Hart's ribs.
Judah throws a low kick, looking for Hart's leg but Hart calmly moves out of range.
Nice uppercut lands for Hart. That snapped Judah's head back.
Judah slips under a jab.
Hart just misses with a punch to the body.
Hart ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hart scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Judah throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hart thuds his shin into the meat of Judah's side.
Judah misses with a straight left.
Hart throws a right and a left that Judah avoids nicely.
Judah throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hart.
Hart loads up on a big right hand but Judah slips the punch.
Judah ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Judah just misses with a punch to the body.
And Hart counters with a quick kick to the body but Judah blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Judah motions for Hart to come forward. Judah throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Judah tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hart was well out of range. Poor timing from Judah.
Hart swings widly with a right hand
and Judah counters with a stiff right hand.
Hart walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Judah checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Judah tries to land a front kick but Hart steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
As Judah backs away, Hart returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Judah tries a head kick but it misses.
Judah swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hart looks to score with a jab to the body but Judah is just out of range.
Hart looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A head kick misses from Judah.
Hart cracks a nice hook into Judah's ribs.
Judah is breathing heavily.
Judah misses with a wild body shot.
A counter left hand to the body from Hart misses its target.
Judah connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Hart throws the left hand but Judah avoids the punch easily.
Hart uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Judah.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Judah bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Judah scores with the left hand. Hart knows he should have avoided that one.
Judah swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A little feinted left hand from Hart on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Hart walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The crowd cheers as Hart lands an impressive looking overhand right. Judah doesn't seem phased though.
A swing and a miss from Hart.
Judah throws a poor cross that misses
and Hart counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hart connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Hart delivers a nice body kick.
A lazy left from Hart finds it's target.
Hart keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Judah.
A telegraphed right hand from Hart misses the target.
Judah appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Hart avoids the head kick by Judah.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hart throws a hook to the side of Judah's head but Judah sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kevin Hart dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Judah takes a swing at Hart's ribcage but misses.
Judah checks a leg kick.
Hart ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A combination from Judah does no damage.
Judah uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hart.
A big left from Judah misses.
Hart was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Hart throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hart thuds his shin into the meat of Judah's side.
Judah uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Hart has time to react.
Judah tries to score with a low kick but Hart moves his leg out of the way.
Hart throws a jab when Judah was well out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hart throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Judah sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Judah throws a big counter head kick but Hart avoids it with no problem.
Judah misses with a double jab.
Judah comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Judah feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Harts jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hart lands with a nice body kick.
Judah takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Judah misses with a straight right.
Hart fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Judah doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Hart avoids the body shot from Judah.
Hart is looking to score with low kicks.
Judah has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Judah there as he acknowledges the shot.
Judah has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Hart.
Judah has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Hart.
Judah doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Hart blocks a head kick by Judah.
Judah misses with a body shot.
Hart loads up on a big right hand but Judah slips the punch.
Judah is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Hart uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Judah.
Hart moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Judah thuds a left hand into Hart's body.
Judah misses with a head kick.
Elijah Judah has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hart throws a jab when Judah was well out of range.
Hart throws a body shot but no joy.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Left hook, right uppercut from Hart.
Hart keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Judah.
A little feinted left hand from Hart on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Judah checks a leg kick nicely.
Judah tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Judah takes a jab right on the kisser.
Judah pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A low kick from Judah is predictable there
and Hart counters with a nice leg kick.
Judah's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Hart connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Hart ducks under a wild hook from Judah.
Hart connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Judah throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Judah throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hart avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Judah throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Judah takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

Judah is rocked!
Judah swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Judah is still on wobbly legs! Can Hart finish him?
Hart bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Judah's head backwards.
Hart drops Judah with a big left hand! Judah is injured, injured bad! Hart jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:27 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kevin Hart!
Kevin Hart was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.