PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Harald De Wolfe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Walker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

De Wolfe
vs
Walker

177 cm
26
177 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

179 cm
22
175 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Good knees
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Harald De Wolfe!
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, Paul Walker!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Matheus Silva and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Wolfe just misses with a punch to the body.
De Wolfe tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Walker has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from De Wolfe finds it's way round the side to connect with Walker's head.
Walker lands an overhand right.
De Wolfe throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Walker throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

De Wolfe clinches up against the cage.
De Wolfe swings wildly with an uppercut but Walker uses good head movement to avoid it.
Walker is trying to break the clinch but De Wolfe is controlling him.
Walker wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but De Wolfe has him pressed against the cage.
Walker wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Walker working hard to break the clinch.
Walker blocking some punches.
De Wolfe prevents Walker from breaking the clinch.
Walker is trying to force a seperation but De Wolfe has the dominant position.
De Wolfe throws a knee to the head but misses.

Walker's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Harald De Wolfe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

De Wolfe shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. De Wolfe showed some decent athleticism there.

De Wolfe decides to stand and escape the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Wolfe has a takedown stuffed.
Walker slips under a jab.
A big right from Walker misses.

De Wolfe rushes Walker and presses him up against the cage.
De Wolfe misses with a knee to the head.
De Wolfe lands a right hand that snaps the head of Walker backwards.
Walker wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Walker tries to break the clinch but De Wolfe is controlling the position.
Walker tries to circle away but De Wolfe has him pinned against the cage.
De Wolfe has Walker pressed against the cage, preventing Walker from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Walker blocks a punch to the side of the head.
De Wolfe putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Walker in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Walker wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Walker swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Wolfe swings wildly with an uppercut but Walker uses good head movement to avoid it.
Walker is trying to force a seperation but De Wolfe has the dominant position.
Walker is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
De Wolfe lands a knee to the body.
De Wolfe has Walker pressed against the cage, preventing Walker from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Walker tries to stall but De Wolfe uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Walker looks gassed!
De Wolfe scores with a nice hook to the head.
Walker is trying to break the clinch but De Wolfe is controlling him.
De Wolfe connects with a nasty looking knee right to Walker's face.
De Wolfe landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
De Wolfe using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Walker has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nice body punch from De Wolfe.
De Wolfe misses with a knee strike.
A left hand lands to the body for De Wolfe.
This has been an exciting period of action!
De Wolfe with an attempt at a knee that misses.
De Wolfe unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A right hand to the body from De Wolfe.
De Wolfe crunches a lovely knee into Walker's ribcage.
De Wolfe lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
De Wolfe lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Walker or not.
De Wolfe scores with a shot to the side of Walker's head.
De Wolfe with a knee to the head.
Still in the clinch, De Wolfe scores with a nice short uppercut.
A knee to the head by De Wolfe.
Walker wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but De Wolfe has him pressed against the cage.
Walker tries to break free but De Wolfe pushes him back against the cage.
De Wolfe lands a knee to the head.
De Wolfe looking to throw knees to the head but Walker is blocking nicely.
A right hook to the body lands for De Wolfe.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Wolfe with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Walker has had enough of the clinch but De Wolfe keeps him there for the moment.
Walker is trying to force a seperation but De Wolfe has the dominant position.
De Wolfe lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Walker looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
De Wolfe with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Walker tries to break the clinch but De Wolfe is controlling the position.
Walker tries to break free but De Wolfe pushes him back against the cage.
De Wolfe misses with the head strike.
De Wolfe misses with a knee strike.
Walker is trying to break free.
De Wolfe connects with a nasty looking knee right to Walker's face.
Walker can't break the clinch.
De Wolfe tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Walker is trying to break the clinch but De Wolfe has him pressed against the cage.
Walker working hard to break the clinch.
De Wolfe tries to throw a body punch but Walker avoids it by throwing De Wolfe back against the cage.
Walker blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Walker is trying to break the clinch but De Wolfe has him pressed against the cage.
De Wolfe is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Walker is defending well for now.
Walker wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but De Wolfe has him pressed against the cage.
De Wolfe with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Walker wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Walker is trying to break the clinch but De Wolfe is controlling him.
De Wolfe misses with some punches.
Walker can't break the clinch.
De Wolfe tries to land knees in the clinch but Walker avoids the damage to the body.
Walker working hard to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
De Wolfe prevents Walker from breaking the clinch.
Walker wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Walker controlling the action here for a moment.
De Wolfe lands a knee to the head.
Walker is looking to break free of the clinch but De Wolfe has double underhooks.
Walker wants to get back to striking at distance but De Wolfe won't allow it.

Walker escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Walker rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but De Wolfe moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
De Wolfe feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Walker's calf.
No luck with that takedown attempt from De Wolfe.
Walker on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by De Wolfe. De Wolfe obviously looking to wear him down.
Walker checks a leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

De Wolfe clinches.
De Wolfe keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Walker's efforts to push away.
De Wolfe tries to land a knee to the head but Walker blocks with his arms.
Walker wants to break the clinch but can't.
De Wolfe has a couple of punches blocked by Walker.
Walker blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Harald De Wolfe dominated that round.
That's time! De Wolfe's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Walker swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A punch combination from Walker misses.
Nice straight punches there by De Wolfe. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of De Wolfe.
Walker stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from De Wolfe.
Walker throws a combination but it was largely blocked by De Wolfe.
De Wolfe fails in his attempt to clinch.
Walker misses with a hook.
Walker has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from De Wolfe finds it's way round the side to connect with Walker's head.
De Wolfe throws a nice inside leg kick.
De Wolfe lunges at Walker with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Walker's hand.
Walker defending well as De Wolfe loads up on a big left hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Wolfe on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
De Wolfe avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

De Wolfe darts in and clinches Walker up against the cage.
De Wolfe throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Walker blocks it with crossed arms.
De Wolfe is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Walker is defending well for now.
Walker can't break the clinch.
De Wolfe throws a punch but it's blocked by Walker.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Wolfe tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Walker pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
De Wolfe takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
De Wolfe tries to clinch up.
De Wolfe misses with a takedown attempt - Walker sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from De Wolfe.
Walker throws a right and a left that De Wolfe avoids nicely.
De Wolfe tries to clinch up.
Nice defenses there by Walker.
Walker with a hook.
Walker throws a lazy right hand but De Wolfe sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nice sprawl there from Walker as De Wolfe shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Harald De Wolfe. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Walker avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
De Wolfe scores with a nice head shot.
De Wolfe shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Walker as he jumps to the side.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Wolfe throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
De Wolfe keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Walker scores with the left hand. De Wolfe knows he should have avoided that one.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Walker, as that shot connected.
A big right from Walker misses.
Walker looks to land a left hand but De Wolfe moved out of range nicely.
De Wolfe avoids a punch combination nicely.
De Wolfe throws a body kick that misses.
De Wolfe displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Walker checks a leg kick.
Walker throws a big shot that misses.
Walker throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
De Wolfe goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walker misses with a wild combination.
Walker throws a right and a left that De Wolfe avoids nicely.
Walker takes a shot to the body in his stride.
De Wolfe misses with a takedown attempt - Walker sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Walker slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Walker connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
A swing and a miss from De Wolfe.
De Wolfe connects with a good right hand that stumbles Walker. Walker circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

Walker gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Walker avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Wolfe wants to pass the guard but Walker is keeping the position.

De Wolfe decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Walker, up you get!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Paul Walker will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

De Wolfe shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

De Wolfe decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
A head kick misses from De Wolfe.
De Wolfe misses with a hook. Walker ducked under it nicely.
Paul Walker is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch combination from Walker misses.
De Wolfe misses with a wild combination.
De Wolfe misses with a shot to the body
and Walker counters with a two punch combo.
De Wolfe is looking to clinch but Walker is avoiding it.
De Wolfe fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Walker looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
De Wolfe will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Walker misses with a wild combination.
De Wolfe misses with a body shot
and Walker counters with a stiff right hand.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from De Wolfe is defended easily by Walker.
De Wolfe scores with a jab. Walker acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
De Wolfe moves in looking to clinch but Walker pushes him off.
Walker misses with a wild combination.
A clash of legs there as De Wolfe blocks the low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walker throws out a leg kick but De Wolfe moves out of range and Walker only half commits.
Nice cross by De Wolfe.
Paul Walker is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Walker throws a right and a left that both miss.
De Wolfe looks to score with a jab to the body but Walker is just out of range.
De Wolfe just misses with a punch to the body.
De Wolfe scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A lazy left from Walker finds it's target.

It looks like Harald De Wolfe has been cut.
Walker moves out of range of the strikes.
De Wolfe tries to clinch but Walker moves away
and Walker counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
De Wolfe missing with a left hand there. Walker was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Walker pivots, looking for a leg kick but De Wolfe is out of range and Walker settles back down.
De Wolfe wants to clinch up but Walker keeps it at a distance.
De Wolfe avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A good leg kick by De Wolfe.
Walker ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
De Wolfe misses the shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Wolfe lands a jab to the head.
De Wolfe fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Walker avoids it really well and circles away.
De Wolfe throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
A telegraphed right hand from De Wolfe misses the target.
De Wolfe dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Walker. That did some damage!
Walker throws out a leg kick but De Wolfe moves out of range and Walker only half commits.
Walker misses with a combination
and De Wolfe counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Walker thinking.
De Wolfe throws a combination that misses
and Walker counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Walker throws a hook but De Wolfe avoids it easily.
De Wolfe moves in looking to clinch but Walker pushes him off.
A punch combination from De Wolfe misses.
Walker throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
De Wolfe throws a sloppy head kick and Walker moves out of range easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Walker on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
De Wolfe throws a hook but Walker avoids it easily.
De Wolfe tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Walker scores with a three punch combo!
De Wolfe works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
De Wolfe looks to land a combination but Walker avoids it well.
Walker takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

De Wolfe shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. De Wolfe showed some decent athleticism there.
Walker is trying to maintain the position but De Wolfe is very close to passing his half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Harald De Wolfe.
I think De Wolfe has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 29:29
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 29:29
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 29:29

The fight is ruled a draw!