PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between KJ Hoodwell (ranked 3228 p4p, 24860 weight class) and Helen Salvacion (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Helen Salvacion has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with KJ Hoodwell's chin.

Hoodwell
vs
Salvacion

177 cm
20
162
3 - 1 - 0

182 cm
19
160
6 - 9 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, KJ Hoodwell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Helen Salvacion!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Igor Prikhodko and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hoodwell has taken the fight to the clinch.
Hoodwell gets underhooks to prevent Salvacion's takedown attempt.

Hoodwell has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Salvacion regains guard immediately.

Hoodwell decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Salvacion, up you get!

Salvacion gets tackled into the cage by Hoodwell. Hoodwell maintains the clinch.
Hoodwell stops a takedown attempt from Salvacion.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

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

Hoodwell clinches up against the cage.

Hoodwell pulls guard effortlessly.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The fighters are working up against the cage. Hoodwell manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.

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

Hoodwell moves into the clinch.

Hoodwell jumps into guard, dragging Salvacion to the mat.
Salvacion looking to sit in guard and control but Hoodwell gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Hoodwell with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

Hoodwell stands up from guard. Let's bang!

Hoodwell has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Hoodwell manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
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!
Hoodwell wants to stand and escape but Salvacion is having none of it.
Hoodwell not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Salvacion won't allow Hoodwell to sweep him here.
Salvacion must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Hoodwell is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Salvacion is aware though and is defending well.

Hoodwell pushes Salvacion off and gets back to his feet.

Hoodwell rushes Salvacion and presses him up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hoodwell breaks the clinch.
Hoodwell is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Hoodwell shoots in for a takedown but Salvacion shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Salvacion is looking for the big counter here.

Hoodwell throws a left that rocks Salvacion and follows with a right that sends him tumbling to the canvas! Hoodwell dives into side control, looking to finish! Can Salvacion regain composure!

Salvacion is rocked!

It looks like Helen Salvacion has been cut.

Hoodwell decides to stand up, so the ref orders Salvacion to his feet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Hoodwell drops Salvacion with a right and a left! Hoodwell comes rushing in but Salvacion regains his composure and manages to keep Hoodwell in guard.
Salvacion is still in real trouble! Can Hoodwell finish him?
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hoodwell pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Salvacion is keeping the position for now.
Salvacion seems to have recovered his senses.
Hoodwell throws a big elbow that misses.
Hoodwell sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Salvacion is trying to control the position but Hoodwell postures up.

Hoodwell gets to his feet - Salvacion follows without any prompting.
Hoodwell scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

KJ Hoodwell dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Helen Salvacion's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Salvacion stuffs the takedown attempt from Hoodwell. Hoodwell gets slowly back to his feet.

Hoodwell clinches up against the cage.
Salvacion tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Hoodwell just stands there and leans against the cage.

Hoodwell ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Hoodwell no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Salvacion stops Hoodwell from standing up.
Hoodwell controls Salvacion momentarily but Salvacion frees himself.

Hoodwell has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Salvacion off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hoodwell tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Salvacion swivels and escapes.
Salvacion replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Hoodwell blocks it well.
Hoodwell misses with a takedown attempt - Salvacion sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for KJ Hoodwell. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hoodwell shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Hoodwell scores with a jab.

Hoodwell moves into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Hoodwell pulls guard effortlessly.
Hoodwell throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Salvacion not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Hoodwell has control of Salvacion's left arm, preventing Salvacion from doing any damage.
Hoodwell is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Salvacion wants to control but Hoodwell is keeping busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hoodwell content to control rather than advance.
Hoodwell looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Hoodwell is controlling the pace.

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.
Hoodwell throwing shots but Salvacion is blocking nicely.

Hoodwell is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Salvacion sees it coming and defends easily.
Hoodwell is taking a breather. Salvacion says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Hoodwell missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

KJ Hoodwell dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Helen Salvacion's cut.
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. This is the final round!

Salvacion with a poor takedown

and Hoodwell holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Salvacion takes a shot to the head.
Salvacion wants a takedown but no success here.

Hoodwell's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nice uppercut there from Hoodwell.

Hoodwell gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Hoodwell escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
An inside leg kick lands from Hoodwell.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Hoodwell.

Hoodwell gets a clinch.
Hoodwell slows down the pace here.

Hoodwell breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Salvacion shoots in for a takedown but Hoodwell shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
KJ Hoodwell has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Helen Salvacion.
Hoodwell shoots for a double leg takedown but Salvacion sprawls well. He's pushed Hoodwell's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Hoodwell is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Salvacion can do to turn this around?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hoodwell plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Hoodwell tries a head kick but it misses.
Salvacion follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Hoodwell attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Hoodwell misses with a takedown attempt - Salvacion sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Salvacion with a lazy takedown attempt

and Hoodwell counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Hoodwell pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hoodwell shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Salvacion with the counter takedown but Hoodwell avoids it easily.
Nice takedown defense from Salvacion. No joy for Hoodwell on that attempt.
Hoodwell tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Salvacion swivels and escapes.
Salvacion replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Hoodwell blocks it well.

Hoodwell drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

Hoodwell decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Salvacion avoids the head kick by Hoodwell.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Hoodwell.
Salvacion stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Salvacion wants it to stay on the feet.
Salvacion is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Hoodwell.
Helen Salvacion has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Hoodwell moves into the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Hoodwell pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
No luck for Salvacion with that takedown attempt.

And that's the end of the fight!
KJ Hoodwell showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hoodwell 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 Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 30:26
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 30:26
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... KJ Hoodwell!