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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jeff Hudson (ranked 5855 p4p, 499 weight class) and Kevin Sheedy (ranked 8404 p4p, 573 weight class). Kevin Sheedy will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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183 cm
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165 lbs
3 - 2 - 1 |
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172 cm
18
160 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Brawler
Very strong |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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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 - 2 - 1, fighting out of New York, Jeff Hudson! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kevin Sheedy! The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Columbo Gatti and Reed Andrews.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Hudson takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Hudson shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Sheedy sprawls well. Sheedy wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Hudson gets slowly back to his feet. Sheedy tests Hudson's chin there with a solid looking shot. Sheedy connects with a body shot. Hudson walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head. Hudson on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere. Hudson misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Sheedy looks to score with a combo but nothing lands. Hudson changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Sheedy looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Hudson controls the position from side control. Hudson scoring with punches from side control. Sheedy felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
That's one minute gone in the round. Hudson working away. Hudson working the head with strikes. Hudson has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission. Hudson wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Sheedy, who protects the arm well. Hudson is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Sheedy will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already. Hudson working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it. Hudson working the ground and pound. Sheedy gets back to half guard. Hudson is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Sheedy doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Hudson. Hudson is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Sheedy trying to control from the bottom.
Hudson 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.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Hudson has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Sheedy defend it? Hudson steps over the head and cranks it - Sheedy is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Hudson!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Jeff Hudson! After the fight, Jeff Hudson was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
56% |
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