Be it short notice or not, BTC 6 winner and newly crowned super lightweight champion Scott Hudson would love to get on the UFC 240 card in Edmonton.
Burlington, ON — First of all, let’s not overlook the importance of Saturday night’s BTC 6 win for Scott Hudson. Catching Dawond Pickney in a guillotine in the second round, Hudson (9-4-1) not only scored the submission win, but earned the BTC super lightweight title in the process. So while Hudson was keen on putting his name out there for a potential UFC call up, there’s still plenty to be said about his performance.
Pickney came out swinging, that much is certain. Hudson had him in a guillotine in the first. In the second, however, there was no escape. Though you never really know until it’s over, Hudson told Cageside Press following the bout.
“If I can get a really tight bite on that guillotine, there’s almost no effort in my arms. And I didn’t feel it in that first one,” he admitted. “But once I had it sunken in in the second round, I was relatively confident. I wasn’t 100%. Sometimes you see these chokes in and you’re like, ‘got it!’ This one, it was a little dicey, but I was happy.”
Happy he should be, as the win earned him gold at 165lbs. Keep that in mind for later, because it’s a division the UFC doesn’t have. Dana White, in fact, has been firm on keeping it out of the promotion.
Back to Saturday night at BTC 6, however. Hudson might be his own worst critic, as he expressed some issues with his own game. “I was — especially with a power puncher like Dawond — coming in and out of range can get a little bit dicey for me,” he explained. “I’m confident in my boxing, but forcing that grey area between where I like to stay long in my kickboxing range, and then getting into my clinch where I do really good work I feel like as well, I feel like that’s something that needs to be worked on quite a bit.”
He’ll have some time to work on that, at least. Hudson plans on taking time off, and for good reason. He’s getting married later this summer. Only one thing would lure him back into the cage before that: a call from the UFC. In particular, Hudson would like on the UFC 240 card in Edmonton.
“Absolutely,” he said when asked about stepping in as a short-notice replacement. “Welterweight, lightweight, I’m going to have my eye on all those cards, and as soon as somebody drops out, I’m going to be knocking on that door. If I gotta say it every single day until that day comes, then that’s what I’m going to do.”
Sean Shelby, take notice. And though willing to go either the 170lb or 155lb route, Hudson is yet another fighter who wants to see the 165lb weight class spread. “Oh yeah. It’s so much better.” In his case, said Hudson, “I’m frankly like too small for the higher level welterweights, but the cut to 55 – I can do it, I’ve done in the past multiple times, but it’s very difficult. As I’m getting older, I’m carrying a little bit more muscle mass, and it’s just harder to get down every single time. Every single time it gets harder.”
In the meantime, ‘Handsome’ Scott Hudson has a fine looking belt (and trophy) to put on display. If the UFC doesn’t come calling sooner, he’ll likely be back sometime in the fall.
