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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Stevie Walker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roger Gomez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Walker's entrance music is Thugs. A fine choice. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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157 lbs
12 - 4 - 0 |
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151 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Excellent boxer
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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
12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Stevie Walker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Roger Gomez!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Gregory Folan and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gomez misses with a series of wild punches.
Walker has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Gomez.
Gomez misses with a two punch combination.
Walker displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Gomez.
Gomez shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Walker as he avoids it easily.
Gomez fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Stevie Walker has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Roger Gomez.
Gomez misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gomez. Walker does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gomez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Walker.
Walker scores with a one two! Gomez had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Jab by Walker.
Walker ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Walker throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Gomez shoots in for a takedown but Walker shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Gomez attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomez scores with a one two! Walker had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
It looks like Stevie Walker has been cut.
Gomez missing with a left hand there. Walker was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Walker on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Gomez closes this distance looking for a takedown but Walker circles away.
Gomez looks gassed!
Walker fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gomez manages to avoid it.
Gomez throws a hook but Walker avoids it easily.
Gomez tries a low kick but Walker avoids it.
Gomez feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Walker's calf.
Gomez shoots in and gets a takedown into Walker's guard.
Walker has Gomez pulled in close to control his posture.
Gomez trying to control the position from guard on top but Walker is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Walker wants to sweep here but Gomez controlling him for the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gomez working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Walker has control of Gomez's left arm, preventing Gomez from doing any damage.
Gomez throws a big right hand that misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Walker pushes Gomez off and gets back to his feet.
Gomez has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Jab from Gomez.
Gomez throws a hook but Walker avoids it easily.
Walker closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gomez goes for a takedown in the clinch but Walker prevents it.
Gomez pulls guard successfully.
Gomez tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Gomez is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Gomez working for submissions but it's allowed Walker to get to half guard.
Walker not doing much here.
Gomez is looking to control Walker's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Gomez avoid being mounted?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gomez looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Gomez is looking for a sweep. Walker is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Gomez looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Gomez is staying active underneath Walker, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gomez looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Roger Gomez will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Stevie Walker's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Walker moves out of range as Gomez strikes.
Gomez lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Gomez throws a looping overhand right but Walker ducks down to avoid it.
Gomez tries to score with a low kick but Walker moves his leg out of the way.
Gomez finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Gomez tries for a takedown but Walker sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Nice body kick from Walker.
Gomez misses with the combination.
Walker ducks right into an uppercut from Gomez.
Walker is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Walker defending well as Gomez loads up on a big left hand.
Gomez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Walker.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walker lands the left hand.
Walker has taken the fight to the clinch.
Nice elbow from Walker.
It looks like Roger Gomez has been cut.
A left hand lands to the body for Walker.
Walker keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gomez's efforts to push away.
Gomez tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Walker smiles and moves away.
A jab from Gomez misses.
Gomez lands a head shot.
Walker misses with the combination.
Walker slaps away a takedown attempt from Gomez, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Stevie Walker has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Roger Gomez.
Gomez takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Gomez is breathing heavily.
Gomez misses with a leg kick
and Walker counters with a one-two to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gomez on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Walker tries a head kick but it misses.
Walker fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Gomez.
Walker scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Walker scores with a head kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Gomez shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Gomez showed some decent athleticism there.
Walker avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Gomez.
Gomez missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Walker keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Walker tries to get to full guard but Gomez has control of the leg.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gomez is looking to take a break and control but Walker is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Walker moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Gomez works over Walker with some ground and pound from guard.
Walker keeping moving, preventing Gomez from controlling successfully.
Gomez throws a strike but Walker rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Gomez looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walker won't allow Gomez to sweep him here.
Walker controls from within his opponent's guard.
Walker stopping the sweep attempt from Gomez.
Gomez working a defensive guard here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stevie Walker dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
A jab from Gomez misses.
Gomez takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Gomez shoots and misses
and Walker counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Walker lands a damaging elbow.
Gomez tries for a takedown. No joy.
Gomez tries for a takedown but Walker manages to get underhooks.
Stevie Walker has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Roger Gomez.
Walker misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gomez.
Walker tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Walker pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Gomez fails to pull guard.
Gomez avoiding damage as Walker throws knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Walker lands a shoulder strike.
Gomez tries for a takedown. No joy.
Walker lands an elbow inside.
Walker tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Gomez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Walker missing with knees to the body.
Walker gets through Gomez's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomez managing to block the knees to the body from Walker.
Gomez tries to pull guard but Walker won't allow it.
Walker trying to control the position but instead, Gomez has worked for underhooks and has pushed Walker into the cage.
Walker lands a shoulder strike.
Gomez drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Walker is working Gomez over against the cage.
Gomez drops down looking for an ankle pick but Walker pulls his leg out and moves away.
Walker connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Walker dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Gomez. That did some damage!
Walker throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Walker tries to move into range but Gomez moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walker is looking to clinch.
Walker forces Gomez back against the cage and clinches.
Gomez goes for a takedown in the clinch but Walker prevents it.
Gomez wants a takedown but no success here.
Walker lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gomez backwards.
Gomez tries to pull guard but Walker holds him up against the cage and eventually Gomez drops back down to his feet.
Walker scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A body shot lands from Walker.
Still in the clinch, Walker scores with a nice short uppercut.
Walker's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Walker lands an elbow inside that Gomez shrugs off.
That has opened up Roger Gomez's cut even more.
Walker with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Walker misses with a short punch on the inside.
Walker missing with knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walker lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Gomez is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Walker gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Gomez can't get the takedown.
Gomez wants a takedown.
Walker scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Gomez is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Walker gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Walker creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gomez's defenses.
Gomez has clasped his hands together around Walker's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Walker tries to buck Gomez off but Gomez is having none of it.
Walker manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Gomez wants to sweep but Walker has passed to side control!
You can see the frustration on Gomez's face as Walker controls the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walker trying to control the position but Gomez is working away.
Gomez struggling a bit here.
Walker just content to control the position.
Walker working away.
And that's the end of the fight!
Stevie Walker showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Walker 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stevie Walker!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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