PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jared Walken (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Baby Dynamite (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Baby Dynamite will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Walken
vs
Dynamite

172 cm
22
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

173 cm
18
196 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jared Walken!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Baby Dynamite!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Steven Brown and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Dynamite misses.
Walken avoids a punch combination nicely.

Walken feints and as Dynamite raises his hands in defense, Walken changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Dynamite has momentary wrist control but Walken slips an elbow through the middle.
Walken lands a couple of digs.
Dynamite being controlled here, momentarily.
Walken passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Dynamite prevents Walken from improving position.
Walken controls the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dynamite takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.

Walken tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Dynamite is trying to improve his position.

Walken is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Dynamite is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Walken misses with the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walken slows the pace down.

Walken looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Walken wants to lay and pray for a moment but Dynamite keeps working.
Walken content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walken is looking to take a break and control but Dynamite is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Walken working the ground and pound.
Walken landing a few strikes.
Walken happy to just control the position for now.
Dynamite is looking for a sweep.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walken in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Walken is chipping away with strikes.
Walken working away.
Dynamite is trying to get back to half guard.
Walken has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Walken cracks Dynamite with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Walken advances to full mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Walken looking to control and managing it successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jared Walken dominated that round.
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.

Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Dynamite!
Dynamite looks to land a left hand but Walken moved out of range nicely.
Dynamite shoots and misses

so Walken counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Walken trying to control the position from guard on top but Dynamite is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Dynamite can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Walken controls the pace.
Walken loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Walken with a nice head shot there.
Jared Walken overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walken wants to control from the top but Dynamite keeps moving.
Walken controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Jared Walken.
Dynamite misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dynamite goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Walken bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Dynamite misses with a jab, cross combination.

Walken drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Walken is looking to work some ground and pound but Dynamite has wrist control.
Walken keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Dynamite's head.
Dynamite wants to sweep but no luck.
Dynamite is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walken showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Walken pushes down on Dynamite's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Dynamite really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Walken. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Dynamite is in trouble now - Walken has advanced to mount!
Dynamite is bucking up trying to escape but Walken cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Walken controlling from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walken lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Walken landing strikes from the mount and Dynamite is in trouble!
Dynamite taking shots to the head.
Walken controlling from mount.
Walken lands a nice shot to the head.
Walken is landing with some decent strikes but Dynamite is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dynamite is in a horrible position here. Walken smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
The referee warns Dynamite that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Walken controlling from the full mount.
Walken connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Walken dominating with strikes here.
Walken landing strikes, looking to finish!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jared Walken dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Dynamite throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Walken counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Walken is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Walken is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Dynamite preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Walken trying to control but Dynamite is working from the bottom.
Walken postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Walken trying to control but Dynamite is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walken passes Dynamite's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Walken is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dynamite can do to turn this around?
Walken thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Walken controlling the pace.
Walken working the head and body with strikes.
Walken keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Walken lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Dynamite has hold of Walken's hands but Walken slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walken prevents Dynamite from improving his position.
Walken performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Jared Walken.
Walken takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Baby Dynamite has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Baby Dynamite seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dynamite looks to land a combination but Walken avoids it well.
Dynamite displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Dynamite falls off balance throwing a combination

and Walken counters with a shoot takedown. Dynamite fights it but they end up in guard.
Walken sitting in guard here, content to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dynamite working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Walken.
Walken sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Walken landing with the ground and pound.
Jared Walken is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Walken is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Walken passes Dynamite's left leg - he's now in half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jared Walken showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Walken, 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 William Gold scores the fight 30:26
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:25
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jared Walken!