PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sean Rivers (ranked 5302 p4p, 3111 weight class) and Benjamin Walton (ranked 487 p4p, 352 weight class). Rivers's entrance music is Gojira - Sphinx. A fine choice. Benjamin Walton has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Rivers
vs
Walton

182 cm
24
180
3 - 6 - 0

185 cm
24
174
7 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sean Rivers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Benjamin Walton!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Viktor Lagutenko and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Walton on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Walton lands with a straight right. Rivers didn't see that one coming.

It looks like Sean Rivers has been cut.
Walton throws a head kick that Rivers semi-blocks.
Rivers slips a straight right by Walton.
Rivers throwing a counter right hand but Walton manages to avoid it.
Rivers moves away from the strike by Walton.
Walton swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Rivers.
Walton misses the body punch
and Rivers counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

It looks like Benjamin Walton has been cut.
Walton blocks a jab.
Rivers has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Rivers misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Walton to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Walton swings widly with a right hand
and Rivers counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Benjamin Walton seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Walton waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rivers.
An attempted straight right counter from Rivers misses the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walton looks to throw the jab but Rivers is out of range.
Rivers fires out a quick counter leg kick but Walton just manages to avoid it.
Nice uppercut there from Rivers.
Rivers scores with a nice right hand.
Rivers cracks Walton with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Walton tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Rivers pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Walton is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sean Rivers!
An out of breath Sean Rivers thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.