PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Morgan Hudson (ranked 3766 p4p, 452 weight class) and Teddy Toivonen (ranked 5981 p4p, 579 weight class). Morgan Hudson could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Teddy Toivonen's chin.

Hudson
vs
Toivonen

193 cm
21
212 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

192 cm
26
205 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Morgan Hudson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Teddy Toivonen!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Valeri Chadov and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
Toivonen goes for a double leg but Hudson avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Hudson continues to drive forward.
It looked like Hudson was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Toivonen.
Toivonen takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

It looks like Teddy Toivonen has been cut.
Toivonen wants to clinch but Hudson slips to the side
and Hudson counters with an outside leg kick.
Toivonen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A big right from Hudson misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hudson lands with a thumping leg kick.
Hudson misses with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Toivonen tries to clinch up
enabling Hudson to counter with a crisp jab.
Toivonen misses with a few strikes there.
A little feinted left hand from Hudson on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Toivonen throws a series of punches but Hudson moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hudson throws a body shot but no joy.
Morgan Hudson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hudson avoids a punch combination nicely.
The fighters circling - Hudson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Toivonen tries to close the distance and clinch but Hudson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Toivonen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A little feinted left hand from Hudson on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toivonen throws a right and a left that both miss.
Are you kidding me?! Hudson ducked down and unloaded an uppercut from hell that sent Toivonen clean off his feet! Someone make me a GIF - that's knockout of the night for sure!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Morgan Hudson!
Morgan Hudson seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.