PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Steven Walter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bryan Gunn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Steven Walter has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Walter
vs
Gunn

173 cm
18
154 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

196 cm
22
160 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Steven Walter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Bryan Gunn!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Andrew Berry and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Walter darts in and clinches Gunn up against the cage.

Walter's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gunn tries to clinch up.
Walter is looking to clinch but Gunn is avoiding it.
Walter throws a leg kick but Gunn checks it.
Gunn tries to score a power double leg takedown but Walter sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Gunn somewhat.
Gunn misses with a hook.
Gunn is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Gunn tries to close the distance and clinch up but Walter swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The fight stays on the outside here - Walter looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gunn tries to break the clinch but Walter is controlling the position.
Walter blocks an elbow strike.
Walter keeps control of Gunn as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gunn tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Walter pushes off an throws an elbow but Gunn leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walter tries to land a knee to the head but Gunn blocks with his arms.
Walter is looking to break free of the clinch but Gunn has double underhooks.

Gunn decides to pull guard.
Gunn wants to sweep but no luck.
Gunn keeping moving, preventing Walter from controlling successfully.
Gunn is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Walter is controlling him.
Gunn working a defensive guard but Walter manages to pass into side control anyway.
Walter in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Gunn tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.
Walter throwing damaging strikes from the back! Gunn could be in trouble here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gunn wants to escape the position.

Walter is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Gunn is defending well though. Walter let's go of the attempt for now.
Walter doesn't have the hooks in and Gunn manages to turn into his guard.
Walter is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Gunn would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Gunn gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Gunn looks gassed!
Gunn closes this distance looking for a takedown but Walter circles away.
Steven Walter has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bryan Gunn.
Walter tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Gunn moves into the clinch.

Walter manages to break the clinch.
Walter pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Walter throws a head kick that half lands.
Gunn takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
A slapping body kick lands there for Walter.
Walter lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Walter tries a head kick but it misses.
Gunn circles away from the clinch attempt
and Gunn cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gunn keeps the fight on the outside.
Walter connects with a solid leg kick.
Walter misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Walter darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Walter dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Gunn. That did some damage!
Walter is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Both fighters circling a little - Walter finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.

Walter gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Walter slowing the pace effectively.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steven Walter dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Walter misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gunn fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Walter avoids it really well and circles away.
Nice takedown defense from Walter. No joy for Gunn on that attempt.
Gunn doesn't manage to clinch there - Walter circles away.
Gunn looks for a takedown but Walter sprawls well.
Steven Walter has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bryan Gunn.
Walter scores with a kick to the body.
Walter tries to clinch but Gunn moves away

and Gunn counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Walter pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Walter throws a quick inside leg kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Walter is looking to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A right-left combo lands from Walter.
Walter dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Gunn. That did some damage!
Walter throws a right hand that Gunn ducks under and follows up with a left that Gunn also avoids with ease.
Walter throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Walter wants to clinch.
Gunn circles away from the clinch attempt.
Walter throws a head kick that misses.
Walter throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Walter throws a nice inside leg kick.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gunn is looking to break free of the clinch but Walter has double underhooks.

Walter escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Walter keeps the fight on the outside.
Gunn tries to clinch up.
Walter lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

Walter closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Gunn tries to pull guard but Walter won't allow it.
The referee calls for Walter to work.
Gunn pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

Walter manages to break the clinch.

Walter gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Gunn prevents Walter from breaking the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gunn struggles to land a body shot inside as Walter controls his hands.

Walter breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Walter keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Walter wants to clinch.
Walter swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Walter tries to clinch
and Gunn counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Walter is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Walter tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gunn swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A solid body kick from Walter.
Gunn circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Walter tries to clinch but Gunn is having none of it.
Walter circles away from the clinch attempt

and Walter holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Gunn is looking to break free of the clinch but Walter has double underhooks.
A short right from Walter.
Walter is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
A right hand to the body from Walter.
Gunn is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Walter gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Walter prevents a takedown attempt there.

Walter breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Walter throws a head kick that misses
and Gunn counters with a left and a right that stings Walter.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steven Walter dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Walter throws a head kick but Gunn moves out of range.
Gunn misses with a takedown
and Walter counters with a nice leg kick.
Walter will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Gunn misses with a takedown attempt
and Walter counters with a nice kick to the body.

Walter rushes Gunn and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Walter leaning his opponent against the cage.
Gunn tries to pull guard but Walter won't allow it.
Steven Walter has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bryan Gunn.
Walter is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

Walter pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gunn avoids a punch combination nicely.
Walter connects with a high kick.
Walter throws a hook but Gunn blocks it.
Nice sprawl there from Walter as Gunn shoots in.
Walter looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Walter misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Walter gets a clinch.
Walter looking to stall.
Gunn digs a right hand into Walter's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Walter's gas tank.
Gunn is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Walter gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Walter will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Gunn up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Gunn jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Walter walks away with a smile on his face. Gunn gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Gunn has his takedown stuffed
and Walter counters with an outside leg kick.
Walter tries to clinch there but Gunn circles away.
Gunn misses with the combination.
Walter throws a nice inside leg kick.
Walter throws a head kick that misses.
Gunn shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Walter as he avoids it easily.
Walter is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Walter throws a combination. Gunn tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walter tries to clinch up but Gunn circles away and keeps his distance.
Nice sprawl there from Walter as Gunn shoots in.

Walter darts in and clinches Gunn up against the cage.
Walter tries to circle away but Gunn has him pinned against the cage.
Walter trying to land knees to the body.
Steven Walter is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Gunn has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Walter is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Gunn wants a takedown but no success here.
Gunn stalling against the cage.
Walter avoiding damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Walter manages to break the clinch.

Gunn drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Walter is trying to control Gunn's posture but Gunn avoids it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Walter is letting Gunn control him for a moment.
Bryan Gunn has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Gunn thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

And that's the end of the fight!
Steven Walter showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Walter, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Steven Walter!