PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Andre Walters (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anderson Montanna (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anderson Montanna will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Walters
vs
Montanna

165 cm
22
199 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

199 cm
22
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Andre Walters!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Anderson Montanna!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Walters scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Walters lands an elbow.
Montanna is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Walters cracks Montanna with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Montanna is pushing Walters's head away, looking to escape. Walters manages to hold on to the position though.
Walters scores with a couple of short elbows.
Walters creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

Montanna is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Montanna is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Montanna is still in real trouble! Can Walters finish him?
Walters scores with punches from side control.
Walters scores with a couple of short elbows.

Walters tries for a kimura but Montanna is defending well.

Walters is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Montanna has escaped the position, nice work there.
Montanna is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Walters is controlling him well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Montanna seems to have recovered his senses.
Montanna looks gassed!

Walters tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Walters has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Montanna is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Walters is controlling him well.
Montanna tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
Walters scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Walters looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
A nice elbow there by Walters.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Montanna wants to get back to his feet.
Walters lands a big elbow.
Walters really is a fat lump.
Montanna's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Walters putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Walters with a couple of short strikes.
Walters is landing with some decent strikes but Montanna is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Walters lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Montanna bucks up and throws Walters to the side - he's got back to his feet. Great escape!
Walters throws a jab when Montanna was well out of range.
Walters throws a hook but Montanna avoids it easily.

Walters fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Montanna sprawls well initially but Walters persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Walters works his way into side control.
Montanna takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Walters prevents Montanna from escaping the position.

Montanna sneaks out the side door and pushes Walters away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
Walters connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Montanna tries to clinch but Walters is having none of it.
Walters fails with the takedown.
Anderson Montanna is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Montanna wants to clinch.
Walters throws the left hand but Montanna avoids the punch easily.
Montanna tries to clinch but Walters moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Montanna tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Walters paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Montanna fails in his attempt to clinch.
A swing and a miss from Walters.

Walters looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Walters looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Montanna with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Walters stops Montanna from getting back to his feet.

Montanna kicks off Walters and gets to his feet.
Montanna tries to clinch but Walters moves out of range.
Montanna tries to close the distance and clinch but Walters swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Walters loads up on a big right hand but Montanna slips the punch.
Montanna tries to close the distance and clinch but Walters swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Montanna blocks a jab.
Walters takes a swing at Montanna's ribcage but misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Walters circles away from the clinch attempt.
Montanna uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Walters.
No joy there for Walters, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Walters avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andre Walters dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Montanna rushes Walters and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Montanna tries to land a knee to the head but Walters blocks with his arms.
Montanna looking to throw knees to the head but Walters is blocking nicely.
Montanna gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Walters.
Montanna with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Walters breaks from the clinch.
Montanna on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Walters changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Montanna tries to avoid it but Walters manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Montanna to the ground. Montanna escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Walters misses with a looping right.

Walters looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Montanna is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Montanna is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Walters dives into side control.
Walters in side control lands a decent elbow.
Montanna tries to escape but Walters is in control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Montanna wants to clinch up but Walters keeps it at a distance.
Montanna fails with an attempt to clinch.
A big right from Walters misses.
Montanna fails in his attempt to clinch.
Montanna moves out of range as Walters strikes.
Montanna tries to close the distance and clinch but Walters swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Montanna moves out of range of the strikes.
Walters will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andre Walters. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Montanna tries to clinch up.
Montanna moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

It looks like Anderson Montanna has been cut.
Montanna bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Walters shoots in and drives through. Montanna sprawls well.
Some wild striking there from Walters.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Montanna takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Montanna on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Walters with a jab.

Walters gets a takedown into half guard.
Montanna looks like he's trying to stand up.
Walters takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Walters working over Montanna with some ground and pound. Montanna looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Montanna is looking to escape.
Walters winds up and cracks Montanna with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Montanna is trying to stand up here but Walters is controlling him well.
Walters working Montanna over with strikes.
Montanna is looking to escape.
Montanna is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Montanna kicks Walters off and gets back to his feet.
Montanna slips under a jab.
Montanna uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Walters.
Montanna tries to clinch up.
Montanna wants to clinch.
Walters throws a jab when Montanna was well out of range.
Montanna fails with an attempt to clinch.
Montanna wants to clinch up but Walters keeps it at a distance.

Walters bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Montanna is trying to buck Walters off.

Walters looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Walters has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Montanna!
Montanna is bucking up trying to escape but Walters cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walters in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Montanna is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Walters lands a heavy elbow.
Walters is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Walters won't let Montanna get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Walters is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Montanna can do to turn this around?
Walters landing punches.
Montanna takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Andre Walters overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Montanna is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Montanna somehow manages to escape the mount and get back to his feet!
Walters misses with a looping right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andre Walters dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Anderson Montanna's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

A big right from Walters misses.
Walters scores with a sloppy right hand. Montanna should have avoided that one.
Montanna wants to clinch.

Walters bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Montanna is trying to get back to his feet.
Montanna on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Montanna is trying to get back to his feet.
Walters looks up at the clock and then as Montanna takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Walters smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Montanna takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Montanna is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Walters has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Walters landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Montanna is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Walters has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Walters scoring with punches from side control.

Montanna explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Walters misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Montanna.
Montanna takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walters misses with a wild body shot.
Montanna is looking to clinch but Walters is avoiding it.
Walters is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Montanna moves in looking to clinch but Walters pushes him off.
Walters works the jab nicely.
Montanna defending well as Walters loads up on a big left hand.
A combination from Walters does no damage.
Walters swings for the body but Montanna moves out of range.
Walters swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
No joy there for Walters, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Walters misses with a wild body shot.
Walters scores with a shot to the body.
Walters circles away from the clinch attempt.
Montanna fails in his attempt to clinch.
Montanna tries to clinch up.
Walters misses with a hook. Montanna ducked under it nicely.
Walters swats away the attempt to clinch by Montanna.
Walters closes the distance and clinches up with Montanna, looking for a takedown. Walters pushes Montanna against the cage but Montanna circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Montanna tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Walters avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Montanna moves in looking to clinch but Walters pushes him off.
Montanna tries to close the distance and clinch up but Walters swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Montanna uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Walters.
Montanna wants to clinch up but Walters keeps it at a distance.
Montanna slips a jab and a cross from Walters.
Montanna tries to clinch up but Walters circles away and keeps his distance.

Montanna gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Montanna tries to land a knee to the head but Walters blocks with his arms.
Montanna with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Montanna with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Montanna using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Walters has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Montanna with a knee to the head.
Montanna tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Montanna with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Montanna misses with a knee strike.
Montanna tries a knee to the head but Walters blocks it.
Walters can't get the takedown.
Montanna throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Walters blocks it with crossed arms.
Montanna with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walters has Montanna pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Montanna manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andre Walters. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Montanna tries to land a knee to the head but Walters blocks with his arms.
Walters goes for a takedown attempt but Montanna pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Andre Walters seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Montanna ducks under a wild hook from Walters.
Walters shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Montanna pinned against the cage. Montanna gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Walters misses with a wild body shot.
Montanna doesn't manage to clinch there - Walters circles away.
Montanna slips a jab from Walters.
Montanna keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Walters misses the jab.
Walters misses with a straight right.
Walters lands a jab to the head.
Walters circles away from the clinch attempt.
Walters throws a series of punches but Montanna moves out of range.
Walters keeps the fight on the outside.

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.
Montanna tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Walters paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Montanna wants to clinch up but Walters keeps it at a distance.
Montanna tries to clinch up but Walters circles away and keeps his distance.
Walters looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Montanna is fending him off so far but Walters persists. Nope, Montanna circles away and we're back to standing.
Walters circles away from the clinch attempt.
Montanna is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Montanna moves in looking to clinch but Walters pushes him off.
Walters circles away from the clinch attempt.
Montanna tries to clinch but Walters moves out of range.
Montanna tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Walters throws a big shot that misses.
Montanna tries to close the distance and clinch up but Walters swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Walters tries to bum rush Montanna with a series of wild strikes but Montanna uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Montanna doesn't manage to clinch there - Walters circles away.
Montanna bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Anderson Montanna has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Montanna tries to clinch but Walters moves out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
Andre Walters showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Walters, 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Andre Walters!