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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gary Hudson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jon Roberts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hudson comes to the cage accompanied by Roll Over DJ. Jon Roberts has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Gary Hudson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jon Roberts!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Steve Erwin and Donatello Bradman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hudson wants to clinch up but Roberts keeps it at a distance.
Hudson is looking to clinch.
Hudson takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Roberts scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Hudson throws a sloppy body shot
and Roberts counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Hudson tries to clinch
and Roberts makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Roberts takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Roberts swings for the body but Hudson moves out of range.
A slapping leg kick lands for Roberts.
Roberts misses the body punch
and Hudson counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Hudson lands a body shot.
The referee calls for Hudson to work.
Hudson misses with a short punch on the inside.
A body shot lands from Hudson.
Hudson taking a breather.
Hudson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hudson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Roberts throws an elbow that misses.
Hudson is trying to force a seperation but Roberts has the dominant position.
Roberts blocking some punches.
Hudson misses with a punch to the body.
Hudson blocks an elbow strike.
Hudson trying to control the position but instead, Roberts has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hudson into the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Hudson fails to land.
Hudson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Roberts.
Hudson takes an elbow to the temple.
Hudson tries a knee to the head but Roberts blocks it.
Hudson tries for a takedown but Roberts manages to get underhooks.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hudson.
Roberts comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Roberts lands a nice uppercut.
Hudson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Roberts's elbow.
Hudson is pushing Roberts 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 gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Hudson avoiding damage as Roberts throws knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Roberts.
Roberts working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Hudson avoiding damage as Roberts throws knees to the body.
Roberts is leaning against Hudson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Roberts unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Roberts is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Hudson is breathing heavily.
Roberts scores with a knee to the head.
Still in the clinch, Roberts scores with a nice short uppercut.
Roberts lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roberts unloads a knee to the mid-section.
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!
Roberts using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Roberts lands an elbow just above Hudson 's eye.
Roberts crunches a lovely knee into Hudson's ribcage.
Roberts lands a shoulder strike.
Roberts creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hudson's defenses.
Roberts lands an elbow that stopped Hudson in his tracks for a moment.
Roberts tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hudson avoids it.
Hudson looking to slow down the pace here.
A left hand lands to the body for Roberts.
Hudson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Roberts lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hudson stalling against the cage.
Roberts comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Hudson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Roberts lands a hook that snaps the head of Hudson backwards.
Nice elbow from Roberts.
Roberts working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Roberts working Hudson over with knees to the body.
Roberts lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Hudson is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Roberts pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Roberts blocks a body shot from Hudson.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Roberts creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short right from Roberts.
Hudson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Roberts lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hudson displaying some good clinch control by pressing Roberts up against the cage.
Roberts connects with a knee to the head.
Hudson managing to block the knees to the body from Roberts.
Roberts managing to block the knees to the body from Hudson.
Roberts scores a nice knee to the body.
Roberts lands an elbow just above Hudson 's eye.
Roberts creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hudson's defenses.
Roberts lands a nice uppercut.
Hudson dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Roberts connects with a knee to the head.
Hudson taking a breather.
Hudson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Hudson controlling the action here for a moment.
Hudson tries to land knees in the clinch but Roberts avoids the damage to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hudson is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Roberts tries to land knees in the clinch but Hudson avoids the damage to the body.
Roberts lands a body punch in the clinch.
Hudson trying to control the position but instead, Roberts has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hudson into the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Gary Hudson.
A head kick misses from Roberts.
Roberts throws a head kick that half lands.
Roberts takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Roberts.
Roberts avoids a punch combination nicely.
Roberts moves away from the strike by Hudson.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hudson tries to clinch up but Roberts circles away and keeps his distance.
Hudson walks into a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Roberts throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Hudson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jon Roberts dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Roberts goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Roberts lands a nice looking body shot.
Hudson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Roberts counters with a nice leg kick.
Nice shot lands for Hudson.
Hudson throws a shot from downtown. Roberts moves away and avoids it.
Roberts explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Roberts tries to close the distance and clinch but Hudson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
An inside leg kick lands from Roberts.
Hudson takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Roberts tries a head kick but it misses.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Roberts, right into the meat.
Hudson throws a lazy head kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Roberts moves out of range as Hudson strikes.
A head kick misses from Hudson.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hudson tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Roberts counters with a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hudson misses with the combination.
Roberts is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Hudson rather than just go for the knockout.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Roberts jabs at Hudson's body.
Hudson darts in trying to clinch
and Roberts makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Hudson really felt that one!
Gary Hudson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice body punch from Roberts.
Roberts digs a good hook to Hudson's body.
Roberts bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Hudson's head.
Roberts throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Roberts lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A solid leg kick lands there for Roberts.
Roberts throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Nice straight punches there by Roberts. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Roberts.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Roberts works Hudson's body with a nice hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Roberts, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Roberts throws a quick inside leg kick.
Roberts moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Roberts takes the fight into the clinch.
Hudson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Roberts lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Roberts has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A right handed body shot lands from Hudson.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Roberts lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Jon Roberts seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Roberts obliges.
Roberts lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Roberts lands an elbow inside that Hudson shrugs off.
A short body shot lands from Roberts as the two fighters clinch.
Roberts creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hudson's defenses.
Hudson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Roberts creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hudson's defenses.
Knees to the body from Roberts.
Hudson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Roberts lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Roberts lands an elbow inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roberts lands a nice elbow.
Roberts tries to land knees in the clinch but Hudson avoids the damage to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Roberts tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hudson struggles to land a body shot inside as Roberts controls his hands.
Roberts pushes Hudson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Roberts connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hudson's face.
Hudson displaying some good clinch control by pressing Roberts up against the cage.
Hudson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hudson trying to land knees to the body.
A short body shot lands from Hudson as the two fighters clinch.
Hudson avoiding damage as Roberts throws knees to the body.
Hudson tries to stall but Roberts uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Hudson tries to work over Roberts's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hudson lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Roberts pushes Hudson off looking to stand but Hudson dives back in and keeps control.
Hudson gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Roberts looks to score with a jab to the body but Hudson is just out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hudson tries to clinch up
and Roberts counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Roberts circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hudson tries to land a front kick but Roberts steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Roberts swats away the attempt to clinch by Hudson.
Hudson throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Roberts drives through and clinches with Hudson against the cage.
Hudson is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Hudson trying to stall but Roberts improves his position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hudson tries to work over Roberts's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nice elbow from Roberts.
Roberts scores with a shoulder strike.
Roberts scores a nice knee to the body.
Roberts looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Roberts lands a nice elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jon Roberts showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
The fight stays on the outside here - Hudson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hudson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Left hook, right uppercut from Hudson.
Hudson checks a leg kick.
Roberts blocks the body kick.
Hudson lands with a straight right. Roberts didn't see that one coming.
Roberts blocks a jab.
Hudson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hudson tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Roberts counters with a right hand to the body.
Roberts throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Hudson's head.
Hudson takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Roberts tries a head kick but it misses.
Hudson misses with a double jab
and Roberts counters with an outside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hudson connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Hudson throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Roberts takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hudson takes a kick to the side of the head.
Nice shot lands for Hudson.
Roberts throws a leg kick which misses Hudson's front leg but catches the back leg as Hudson tries to avoid it.
Hudson lunges at Roberts with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Roberts's hand.
Hudson attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Roberts just misses with a punch to the body.
Roberts throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Roberts cracks the inside of Hudson's front leg.
Roberts throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Hudson stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Roberts lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hudson circles away quickly and effectively.
Hudson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gary Hudson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hudson swats away the attempt to clinch by Roberts.
Gary Hudson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roberts dodges the punch combination from Hudson.
Hudson misses with a leg kick
and Roberts counters with a slapping leg kick.
Hudson lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Hudson delivers a nice body kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hudson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Roberts scores with a nice body kick.
Hudson takes a swing at Roberts's ribcage but misses.
Hudson is looking to clinch.
Hudson throws the left hand but Roberts avoids the punch easily.
A head kick by Hudson misses
and Roberts counters with a one-two to the body.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Hudson. Roberts shrugs it off though.
Hudson throws a combination that misses
and Roberts counters with a nice kick to the body.
Hudson throws a hook but Roberts avoids it easily.
Hudson looks for the body kick but Roberts saw that one coming.
Nice body punch from Hudson.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hudson thows a body shot but no joy.
Hudson throws a nice head kick!
Roberts showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hudson.
Hudson tries to clinch there but Roberts circles away.
Roberts defending well as Hudson loads up on a big left hand.
Hudson throws the kick towards the body but Roberts avoids it.
Jon Roberts is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hudson throws an overhand right that lands on Roberts's shoulder, as Roberts tries to avoid the shot.
Hudson tries to clinch there but Roberts circles away.
Left hook, right uppercut from Hudson.
Roberts throws a wild body kick that Hudson sees coming a mile off.
Hudson motions for Roberts to come forward. Hudson throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hudson thows a leg kick but Roberts checks it
and Roberts counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hudson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Roberts connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roberts keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hudson.
Jon Roberts seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hudson throws a combination that misses
and Roberts counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Hudson misses the jab.
A slapping leg kick lands for Hudson.
Hudson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Roberts can pounce on him.
Hudson shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Roberts sprawls well. Roberts wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Hudson gets slowly back to his feet.
Roberts lands a jab-cross combination.
Roberts lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Roberts tries to close the distance and clinch but Hudson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Roberts lands with a hook. Hudson tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Hudson throws a leg kick
and Roberts counters with a left to the body.
Roberts scores with a spinning back kick!
Hudson misses with a kick to the body
and Roberts counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gary Hudson showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Roberts has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Eliza Hachem scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jon Roberts!
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