PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ivan Kovalev (ranked 5124 p4p, 4182 weight class) and Darcy Walsh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kovalev
vs
Walsh

180 cm
18
145
2 - 1 - 0

178 cm
24
155
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ivan Kovalev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Darcy Walsh!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Emerson Jorge and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Walsh lands a jab-cross combination.

It looks like Ivan Kovalev has been cut.
Kovalev looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Walsh slaps away a takedown attempt from Kovalev, before circling back to the center of the mat.

Walsh instigates a clinch.
Kovalev wants to take the fight to the mat but Walsh manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Kovalev really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Walsh pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Walsh leaves Kovalev with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ivan Kovalev. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Walsh connects with a stiff jab that staggers Kovalev - oh and he follows up with a huge uppercut that knocks him out cold! Man, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Darcy Walsh!
Post fight, an emotional Darcy Walsh said 'We out here adlay cmon now. Representing the fingle adlay someone sign me up.'.