PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Walter Never Faulter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dom Selleck (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Never Faulter comes to the cage accompanied by Fire it up by Modest Mouse. Selleck has chosen Hell's Bells as his entrance music. Walter Never Faulter could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Dom Selleck's chin.

Never Faulter
vs
Selleck

186 cm
26
196 lbs
12 - 7 - 1

175 cm
25
191 lbs
9 - 6 - 1

Good takedowns
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Walter Never Faulter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dom Selleck!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Frank Dennis and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Selleck lands a two punch combo.
Selleck throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Never Faulter.
Selleck swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Selleck lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Never Faulter circles away quickly and effectively.
Donk. Selleck catches Never Faulter right on the button with a cross.
Selleck connects with a body shot.
Never Faulter fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Selleck misses with a jab, cross combination.
Selleck misses with a body shot.
A combination from Selleck does no damage.
Selleck misses with the combination.
Never Faulter misses with a two punch combination.
Never Faulter misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Selleck.
Selleck blocks a head kick by Never Faulter.
Never Faulter misses with the combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Selleck missing with a left hand there. Never Faulter was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Never Faulter will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Selleck looks to land a combination. Never Faulter sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Selleck jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Selleck throws a left and a right that both miss
and Never Faulter counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Selleck swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Never Faulter counters with a nice double leg into side control. Selleck won't be happy with that.

Never Faulter tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Never Faulter has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Selleck is looking to reverse the position.
Never Faulter throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Selleck is not content to let Never Faulter control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Selleck avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Never Faulter.
Never Faulter working the ground and pound but Selleck is defending the strikes.
Never Faulter wants to lay and pray for a moment but Selleck keeps working.
Selleck tries to bench press Never Faulter off him but Never Faulter keeps the position.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Selleck throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Selleck swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Selleck throws a hook but Never Faulter avoids it easily.
Selleck fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Selleck misses with a body shot.
Never Faulter walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Selleck checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Selleck misses.
Selleck lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Never Faulter at a distance.
Selleck throws a hook to the side of Never Faulter's head but Never Faulter sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Selleck scores with a three punch combo!
Never Faulter looks to land a combination but Selleck avoids it well.
Selleck throws a right hand that Never Faulter ducks under and follows up with a left that Never Faulter also avoids with ease.
Dom Selleck is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Selleck swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Selleck swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Never Faulter counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Selleck thinking.
Never Faulter lands with a nice body punch.
A big right from Selleck misses.
Selleck throws a right and a left that both miss.
Never Faulter looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Nice uppercut there from Never Faulter.
Selleck jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Never Faulter looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Selleck is fending him off so far but Never Faulter persists. Nope, Selleck circles away and we're back to standing.
Selleck looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Selleck misses with a combination
and Never Faulter cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Never Faulter steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Selleck.
Selleck scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Selleck just misses with a punch to the body.
Never Faulter lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
A decent looking cross lands there for Selleck.
Never Faulter closes the distance and clinches up with Selleck, looking for a takedown. Never Faulter pushes Selleck against the cage but Selleck circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Walter Never Faulter. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Never Faulter shoots in looking for a takedown. Selleck tries to sprawl out of it but Never Faulter keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Selleck manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Dom Selleck seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Selleck lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Walter Never Faulter will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Never Faulter slips under a jab from Selleck.
Selleck throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Never Faulter counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

Never Faulter is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Selleck manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Selleck moves out of range as Never Faulter strikes.
Some wild striking there from Selleck.
Never Faulter showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Selleck.
Selleck throws a body punch but Never Faulter moves out of range.
Selleck closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Selleck lands a two punch combo.
Selleck digs a good hook to Never Faulter's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Never Faulter is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Selleck.
Selleck looks to throw the jab but Never Faulter is out of range.
Walter Never Faulter is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Selleck moves into range and connects with a jab.
Selleck lunges at Never Faulter with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Never Faulter's hand.
Never Faulter takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Selleck lands with a right hand.
Never Faulter digs a good body shot into Selleck's ribs.
Never Faulter is looking to wear down Selleck with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Selleck misses with a double jab

and Never Faulter counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Never Faulter pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Selleck is keeping the position for now.
Selleck tries to strike from the bottom.
Selleck is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Never Faulter is controlling him.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Selleck can do anything to dispel that myth.
Never Faulter stopping the sweep attempt from Selleck.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Selleck utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Selleck is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Never Faulter with a flurry of punches that miss.
Never Faulter postures up in Selleck's guard and throws a big left but Selleck blocks it.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Selleck doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Never Faulter lands a nice shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Selleck is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Selleck misses with a combination
and Never Faulter counters with a three punch combo that has Selleck backing up. Selleck nods at Never Faulter to acknowledge the strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Selleck throws a right and a left that Never Faulter avoids nicely.
Never Faulter dodges the punch combination from Selleck.
Never Faulter throws a front kick that sends Selleck stumbling back into the cage.
Never Faulter slips a jab and a cross from Selleck.
Selleck misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Never Faulter lands with a thumping leg kick.
Selleck swinging wildly here.
Selleck throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Never Faulter counters with a left and a right that stings Selleck.
Selleck misses with a straight left.
Selleck throws a predictable looking body shot
and Never Faulter counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Never Faulter scores with a body shot.
Never Faulter throws a body punch but Selleck moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Selleck throws a combination that misses
and Never Faulter counters with a lovely shot to the body.

Never Faulter drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Selleck is breathing heavily.
Never Faulter working the head with strikes.
Never Faulter is looking to take a break and control but Selleck is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Selleck parries the strikes from Never Faulter easily there. Never Faulter is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Selleck to escape.

Never Faulter has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Selleck is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Never Faulter yanks on the arm and Selleck is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Never Faulter.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Walter Never Faulter!