PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Junior Aveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paulie Walnutz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Junior Aveira has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Aveira
vs
Walnutz

175 cm
23
155 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

173 cm
22
156 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Junior Aveira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Paulie Walnutz!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Alexandre Firmino and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Walnutz tries to clinch up.
Aveira's corner calls for a 1-2. Aveira obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

It looks like Paulie Walnutz has been cut.
Walnutz is looking to clinch.
Aveira throws a jab but it's blocked by Walnutz.
A decent looking cross lands there for Aveira.
Walnutz tries to close the distance and clinch but Aveira swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Walnutz tries to clinch but Aveira moves out of range.
Walnutz fails with an attempt to clinch.
Walnutz tries to clinch there but Aveira circles away.
Walnutz has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Walnutz tries to clinch up.
Aveira swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Aveira misses with a hook. Walnutz ducked under it nicely.
Aveira throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Aveira scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Walnutz tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Aveira paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Aveira avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Walnutz showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Aveira.
Walnutz fails with an attempt to clinch.
Walnutz tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Walnutz throws a body punch but Aveira moves out of range.
Aveira keeps the fight on the outside.
Aveira circles away from the clinch attempt.
Aveira checks a low kick from Walnutz.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aveira lands a lovely overhand right.
Aveira moves out of range of the leg kick from Walnutz.

Aveira lands a left and a right that send Walnutz crashing to the mat, dazed. Aveira thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Walnutz is rocked!
Aveira lands with a precision combination! Left, right, uppercut and Walnutz falls flat on his face, eyes wide open but he's out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Junior Aveira!