PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kyle Simon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kevin Rudd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rudd has chosen James Bond Theme - Naked City as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Simon
vs
Rudd

170 cm
19
162 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

170 cm
22
162 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Malicious Intent Fight Gear

Carnage Fight Wear

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kyle Simon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kevin Rudd!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Wesley Smith and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Simon keeps Rudd at a distance using the push kick.
Simon is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rudd throws a push kick but Simon slaps the foot to one side.
Kevin Rudd seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rudd moves out of range of the body kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Simon - that will leave a mark!

Simon rushes Rudd and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Simon stalling in the clinch.
Simon lands a nice knee to the body.
Rudd letting Simon take a breather here.
Rudd is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Simon misses with a knee to the head.
Rudd lands a knee to the body.
Simon lands a right hand.
Rudd crunches a lovely knee into Simon's ribcage.
Rudd landing knees to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rudd.
Simon on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Simon lands a damaging elbow.
Simon lands a body shot.
Simon lands a damaging elbow.
Simon is stalling here.
Simon lands a knee to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Simon's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Simon misses with a knee to the head.
Simon lands an elbow inside.
Simon stalling in the clinch.
Simon throws an elbow that misses.
Simon managing to block the knees to the body from Rudd.
Rudd looks gassed!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Simon taking a breather.
Rudd landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Simon scores a nice knee to the body.
Rudd managing to block the knees to the body from Simon.
Simon blocks a body shot from Rudd.
A right hand to the body from Rudd.
Knees in the clinch landing for Simon.
Simon scores a nice knee to the body.
Simon throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rudd crunches a lovely knee into Simon's ribcage.
Simon using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Simon scores with a hook to the body.
Simon managing to block the knees to the body from Rudd.
Simon looking to slow down the pace here.
Rudd using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rudd tries to land knees in the clinch but Simon avoids the damage to the body.
Simon lands with a right to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rudd.
Simon throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the fighters up against the cage, Simon throws an elbow but misses.
Simon misses with a hook from the clinch.
Simon managing to block the knees to the body from Rudd.
Rudd with a knee to the head.

It looks like Kyle Simon has been cut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rudd.
Rudd lands a knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rudd taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Rudd crunches a lovely knee into Simon's ribcage.
Simon using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rudd has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rudd is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Knees in the clinch landing for Simon.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Rudd.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rudd tries to land knees in the clinch but Simon avoids the damage to the body.
Rudd avoiding damage as Simon throws knees to the body.
Rudd controlling the action here for a moment.
Rudd scores with a hook to the body.
Rudd tries to stall but Simon uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Rudd lands a knee to the head.
Simon gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Rudd scores with a knee to the head.
Rudd is stalling here.
Rudd lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Simon backwards.
Rudd is trying to stall.
Rudd using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rudd scores a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Rudd.
Simon lands a knee to the head.
Simon using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rudd takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Kevin Rudd has been cut.
Simon lands a knee to the head.
Simon works on Rudd's body with a couple of short punches.
Rudd takes a knee right on the jaw!
Knees to the body from Simon.
A short uppercut from Simon.
Rudd throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Simon blocks it with crossed arms.
Rudd is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Simon is keeping busy.
Simon lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Stalling in the clinch from Simon.
Rudd is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Simon using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rudd has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Simon lands with a short shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Simon lands a right hand that snaps the head of Rudd backwards.
Rudd blocks the elbow strike.
Simon with a knee to the head.
The is referee keeping an eye on Simon - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Rudd will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Simon up against the cage.
Simon wants to stall.
Simon avoiding damage as Rudd throws knees to the body.
A hook to the body from Simon.
Rudd looking to stall.
Rudd with a knee to the head.
Simon lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rudd avoiding damage as Simon throws knees to the body.
Simon tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rudd using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rudd misses with a short punch on the inside.
Simon misses with some punches.
Simon misses with a punch on the inside.
Rudd lands a knee to the body.
Simon stalling.
Simon wants to stall.
Rudd misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Simon.
Good body shot from Rudd.
Rudd landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rudd.
Rudd stalling against the cage.
Rudd looking to slow down the pace here.
Knees in the clinch landing for Simon.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rudd looking to stall.
Simon lands a nice elbow.
Simon lands with a short shot to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Rudd.
Rudd misses with a knee strike.
Simon scores with a hook to the body.
Simon managing to block the knees to the body from Rudd.
Rudd lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Simon backwards.
Rudd just leaning against Simon, taking a breather.
Rudd tries to land a knee to the head but Simon blocks with his arms.
Simon stalls.
Simon lands a body shot.
Rudd managing to block the knees to the body from Simon.
Simon lands an elbow that stopped Rudd in his tracks for a moment.
Simon lands a shot to the body.
Simon stalling.
Rudd looking to stall.
Simon lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Rudd looking to stall.
Rudd goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Simon throws an elbow but it misses.
Simon lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Simon looking to slow down the pace here.
A short left from Simon.
Simon throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rudd lands a hook that snaps the head of Simon backwards.
A short body shot lands from Simon as the two fighters clinch.
Good body shot from Simon.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Kevin Rudd will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Rudd looks to land a body kick but Simon moved away.

Simon shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Rudd's guard.
Simon would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Simon won't allow Rudd to sweep him here.
Simon wanted to stand there but Rudd had control of the position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Simon gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Simon lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Simon throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Rudd misses with a body kick.
Simon's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Simon duly obliges.
Rudd avoids the head kick by Simon.

Simon has taken the fight to the clinch.
Rudd is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Simon tries a knee to the head but Rudd blocks it.
Rudd is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Simon tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rudd tries to land knees in the clinch but Simon avoids the damage to the body.
Rudd tries to land knees in the clinch but Simon avoids the damage to the body.
Simon tries to land knees in the clinch but Rudd avoids the damage to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Simon.
Simon scores with a nice hook to the head.
Simon slows down the pace here.
Simon tries a knee to the head but Rudd blocks it.
Simon with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Simon misses with a knee to the head.
Simon with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rudd connects with a nasty looking knee right to Simon's face.
Simon throws a knee to the head but misses.
Simon looking to slow down the pace here.
Simon tries to land knees in the clinch but Rudd avoids the damage to the body.
Simon using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Simon missing with knees to the body.
Simon lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Rudd throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rudd connects with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rudd.
A left hand lands to the body for Rudd.
Rudd stalling in the clinch but Simon improves position.
Simon controlling the action here for a moment.
Simon tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rudd misses with a hook to the ribs.
Simon misses with an elbow strike.
Simon lands with a light punch inside.
Rudd stalling in the clinch but Simon improves position.
Simon using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rudd has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Simon using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Simon tries to land a knee to the head but Rudd blocks with his arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Simon on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Simon avoiding damage as Rudd throws knees to the body.
Simon misses with a knee strike.
Simon tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Simon connects with a knee to the head.
Simon looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Rudd avoids the elbow strike from Simon, against the cage.
Rudd avoiding damage as Simon throws knees to the body.
Kevin Rudd seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Rudd stalling in the clinch but Simon improves position.
Simon gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Simon misses with a knee to the head.
Rudd with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rudd crunches a lovely knee into Simon's ribcage.
A right hook to the body lands for Rudd.
Rudd tries to stall but Simon uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Rudd tries to land knees in the clinch but Simon avoids the damage to the body.
Simon lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Simon takes a knee right on the jaw!
Simon lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Simon on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Simon looking to slow down the pace here.
Rudd misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Simon.
Simon lands a knee to the body.
Rudd blocks an elbow strike from Simon.
Simon throws an elbow that misses.
Simon landing knees to the body.
Rudd blocks an elbow strike from Simon.
Knees to the body from Rudd.
Simon trying to stall but Rudd improves his position.
Rudd lands a nice knee to the body.
Rudd is leaning against Simon and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A knee to the head by Simon.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Simon crunches a lovely knee into Rudd's ribcage.
Simon landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Rudd trying to land knees to the body.
Rudd looking to slow down the pace here.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rudd.
A short right from Simon.
Nice elbow from Rudd.
Simon looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Simon misses with a knee to the head.
Simon lands a shoulder strike.
Rudd blocks the elbow strike.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Rudd takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
The crowd are getting on Rudd's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Rudd crunches a lovely knee into Simon's ribcage.
Knees to the body from Rudd.
Rudd misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Simon.
Simon blocks a body shot from Rudd.
Simon stalling the fight.
Simon missing with knees to the body.
Simon is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Simon lands a nice elbow.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Simon throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Rudds head.
Rudd lands with a right to the head.
Rudd missing with knees to the body.
Rudd trying to stall but Simon improves his position.
Simon lands a shoulder strike.
Simon lands an elbow inside that Rudd shrugs off.
Simon lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A body shot lands from Simon.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Kevin Rudd will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Simon clinches with his opponent.
Rudd tries to land knees in the clinch but Simon avoids the damage to the body.
Simon avoiding damage as Rudd throws knees to the body.
Simon lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Rudd looking to stall.
Rudd stalls.
Simon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rudd misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Simon.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rudd.
Rudd blocks the elbow strike.
Rudd tries to stall but Simon uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Rudd pressing his opponent against the cage.
Simon misses with some punches.
Stalling in the clinch from Simon.
Simon throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Simon misses with a punch to the body.
Rudd lands a body shot.
Simon lands an elbow just above Rudd 's eye.
Rudd landing knees to the body.
Rudd lands a knee to the body.
Rudd lands a nice knee to the body.
Simon lands a shoulder strike.
Simon throws an elbow but it misses.
Rudd takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Simon cracks Rudd with a nice body shot.
Simon with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Simon landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Rudd.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rudd has a couple of punches blocked by Simon.
A short uppercut from Simon.
Rudd lands a nice knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Simon lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Simon.
Rudd missing with knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Simon.
Simon connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rudd's face.
Rudd takes a knee right on the jaw!
Simon on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rudd using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Simon has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Simon avoiding damage as Rudd throws knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rudd.
Rudd tries to stall but Simon uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Simon wants to stall.
Simon on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rudd.
Rudd works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Simon with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Simon lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Rudd stalling in the clinch but Simon improves position.
Simon lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Rudd is trying to stall.
Simon lands an elbow that stopped Rudd in his tracks for a moment.
Simon trying to stall but Rudd improves his position.
Rudd stalling in the clinch but Simon improves position.
Simon lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Simon scores with a nice short uppercut.
Rudd is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Simon is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Simon misses with a knee to the head.
Simon avoiding damage as Rudd throws knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rudd trying to land knees to the body.
Simon crunches a lovely knee into Rudd's ribcage.
Simon using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Rudd.
Rudd using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rudd working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Simon lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Simon looking to slow down the pace here.
Simon lands a right hand.
Simon using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rudd has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Simon managing to block the knees to the body from Rudd.
Knees to the body from Simon.
Rudd letting Simon take a breather here.
A short body shot lands from Rudd as the two fighters clinch.
Simon with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rudd misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Simon.
Simon holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Simon stalling in the clinch but Rudd improves position.
Rudd's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Rudd tries to stall but Simon uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Simon lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Rudd misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Simon avoiding damage as Rudd throws knees to the body.
Rudd struggles to land a body shot inside as Simon controls his hands.
Simon lands an elbow inside that Rudd shrugs off.
Rudd's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Rudd is trying to stall.
Rudd missing with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Simon tries a knee to the head but Rudd blocks it.
Rudd tries to stall but Simon uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Kyle Simon has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rudd.
Rudd using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rudd missing with knees to the body.
Simon connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rudd's face.
Simon throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Rudds head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Simon.
Rudd looking to throw knees to the head but Simon is blocking nicely.
Simon avoiding damage as Rudd throws knees to the body.
Simon lands a nice uppercut.
Simon working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Simon.
Rudd takes an elbow to the temple.
Simon softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Simon lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Simon looking to slow down the pace here.
Simon can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
Simon is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Simon misses with a knee to the head.
Simon trying to stall but Rudd improves his position.
Simon on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Simon stalling against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Kyle Simon.
Simon moves forwards but Rudd connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Simon connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Kevin Rudd is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Simon tries to clinch up.
Simon swinging wilding here.
Rudd lands the left hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rudd scores with a kick to the midsection.
Rudd cracks the inside of Simon's front leg.
Simon moves out of range of the body kick from Rudd.
Simon fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rudd throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Rudd lands with a kick to the ribs.
Rudd tries to clinch up but Simon circles away and keeps his distance.
Rudd tries to clinch but Simon moves out of range.
Rudd takes a kick to the side of the head.
Simon moves out of range as Rudd throws a body kick.
Simon fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rudd throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rudd showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Simon.
Simon moves in looking to clinch but Rudd pushes him off.
Rudd avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rudd lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Rudd cracks the inside of Simon's front leg.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rudd scores with a nice strike.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Rudd cracks Simon with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

Rudd has Simon up against the cage in a clinch.
Rudd holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Rudd managing to block the knees to the body from Simon.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kevin Rudd comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Rudd winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 29:28
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 29:30
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Kevin Rudd!