PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Shaquan Woods (ranked 478 p4p, 705 weight class) and Wilmerr Fudd (ranked 63 p4p, 97 weight class). Wilmerr Fudd acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Woods
vs
Fudd

183 cm
29
180
16 - 8 - 0

175 cm
33
167
14 - 7 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing

Conquer

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Shaquan Woods!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Wilmerr Fudd!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yuuki Gou and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fudd on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

It looks like Wilmerr Fudd has been cut.
Fudd takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.

Woods cracks Fudd with an uppercut from hell and Fudd crumples to the canvas, he's out! Oh no, he's recovered and he's grabbed one of Woods's legs and pulled him into guard. The ref thought about stopping it there but he's let it go - good reffing!

Fudd is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Woods is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Fudd is still in real trouble! Can Woods finish him?
Woods continues to stall.
Woods tries to free his leg and advance position but Fudd is retaining full guard.
Fudd seems to have recovered his senses.
Woods has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Fudd controls Woods momentarily but Woods frees himself.
Woods is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Woods is looking to stand up but Fudd won't let him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fudd being controlled here, momentarily.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Woods passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Woods content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Fudd tries to buck Woods off but Woods is having none of it.
Woods tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Fudd looking for a sweep but Woods has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Woods tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fudd can't escape the position.
Woods controlling the position easily from mount.
Fudd tries to lock up and control but Woods gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Woods sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Woods pushing the pace here, looking to move to his opponents back and work for a finish.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Woods controlling his opponent.
Woods's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Fudd is wriggling around trying to escape.

Woods is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Fudd has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Woods looking to control and managing it successfully.
Fudd tries to reverse the position but Woods maintains control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Woods is working for a guillotine from mount but Fudd frees his head quite easily.
Woods controlling from the full mount.
Fudd manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Woods takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Fudd is looking to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Woods tries to pass the half guard into mount. Fudd knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Shaquan Woods dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Wilmerr Fudd's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Woods moves into the clinch successfully.
Woods is leaning against Fudd and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Woods lands a left hand.
A right hand to the body from Woods.
Fudd has Woods pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Woods manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Woods pushes Fudd back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Woods.
Woods lands with a light punch inside.
We've been informed that Fudd has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Woods lands a shot to the body.
Fudd is looking for a takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fudd is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Shaquan Woods has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Wilmerr Fudd.
Woods works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Woods lands with a short shot to the head.
Woods lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fudd is breathing heavily.
Woods lands a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Woods lands an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Woods lands an uppercut.
Woods lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Woods escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Woods scores with a nice body kick.

Woods steps into range and cracks Fudd with a monster punch that buckles his knees! Fudd flops backwards and Woods dives into his guard looking to finish!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Woods is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Woods is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Fudd can do to turn this around?
Woods tries to free his leg and advance position but Fudd is retaining full guard.
Woods sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Fudd's guard.
Woods performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

Woods is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Woods looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Woods prevents Fudd from improving his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Woods looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Woods passes to full mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Woods controlling from mount.
Woods is looking to stand but Fudd has his arms wrapped tightly around him, looking to prevent the damage.
Woods sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Shaquan Woods overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Woods forces the positional change into back control.
Woods controls the position.
I really don't envy Fudd right now.
Fudd is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Woods has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Fudd has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Woods is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
Woods has the hooks in. Fudd is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Woods biding his time, looking for the opening.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Shaquan Woods dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Wilmerr Fudd's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Fudd throws a right hand that misses
and Woods counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Woods misses with a body kick.
Fudd changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
We've been told by Woods's head coaches at King's Cross MMA that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Woods explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Woods lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Woods scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

Oh, that's a big right hand from Woods and Fudd goes tumbling to the canvas! Woods follows him to the ground and looks to finish from half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Woods seems to be working for a kimura but Fudd defends the submission attempt.
Woods is looking to advance position but Fudd won't allow it.
Fudd takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Woods controlling the pace.

That's one minute gone in the round.
More hug and hope from Woods.
Fudd trying to control from the bottom.
Woods content to control rather than advance.
Fudd is looking for a sweep. Woods is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Woods controlling the pace.
Woods works his way into side control.

Woods tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Woods has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Woods is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Fudd prevents Woods from improving position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Woods thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Woods wants to stand but Fudd has his arm trapped.
Fudd is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Woods trying to control the pace.
Woods prevents Fudd from improving his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Fudd is trying to maintain the position but Woods is very close to passing his half guard.
Woods trying to control the pace.
Wilmerr Fudd has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Woods seems to be working for a kimura but Fudd defends the submission attempt.
Woods content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Woods is thwarting Fudd's attempts to control the position.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.

And that's the end of the fight!
Shaquan Woods showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Woods has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:25
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:25
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Shaquan Woods!
A relieved looking Shaquan Woods thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.