PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Owen Wood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Martin Walter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Owen Wood looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Wood
vs
Walter

180 cm
21
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

179 cm
20
176 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Owen Wood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Martin Walter!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Chris Edwards and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Walter shoots in and drives through. Wood sprawls well.
Walter dives in and grabs Wood's left leg, looking for a takedown. Wood pushes down on Walter's head and hops out.
Wood swinging wildly here.
Wood defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Walter.
Owen Wood has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Martin Walter.
Wood looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Wood lands a nice hook to Walter's body. Walter takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Walter tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Wood swivels and escapes.
Walter looks gassed!
A punch lands to the side of Walter 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Walter closes the distance and clinches up with Wood, looking for a takedown. Walter pushes Wood against the cage but Wood circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Wood scores with a hook.
Wood works over Walter's head and body with a nice combination.
Wood throws a combination. Walter tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Wood scores with a shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wood scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Walter doesn't seem bothered though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A right-left combo lands from Wood.
Walter takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Wood lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Wood misses with a few strikes there.
Wood's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Wood duly obliges.
Wood lands with a good body shot.
Wood misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Wood connects with a single shot there.
Wood lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Walter has a takedown stuffed.
Wood is working the combinations to good effect here.
Wood fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from Wood.
Walter shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Wood as he jumps to the side.
Walter looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
A nice combination there by Wood.

Walter feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Wood is trying to keep Walter in close.
Wood utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Walter accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walter lands a couple of elbows.
Walter stopping the sweep attempt from Wood.
Walter controls from within his opponent's guard.
I looks like Walter might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
Walter distracts Wood with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

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.
Walter controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Martin Walter hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Walter misses with a takedown attempt - Wood sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Walter shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Wood defends it nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Walter has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Owen Wood dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Wood slaps away a takedown attempt from Walter, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Walter shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Wood sprawls well. Wood wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Walter gets slowly back to his feet.
Wood dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Owen Wood is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Wood stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Wood.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wood swinging wildly here.
Wood's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Wood duly obliges.
Wood scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Walter doesn't seem bothered though.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wood throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Walter.

Walter throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Wood was covering up waiting for the punch and Walter finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Walter slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Walter postures up.
Walter is stalling in the full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Walter shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Wood's guard.
Walter is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walter throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Walter controlling from the top position.
Wood trying to control the position.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Owen Wood just wasn't active enough.
Nice sprawl there from Wood as Walter shoots in.
Owen Wood has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Martin Walter.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Walter fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Some wild striking there from Wood.
Walter shoots in for a takedown but Wood shows good takedown defense.
Walter shoots for a double leg takedown but Wood sprawls well. He's pushed Walter's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Wood's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Wood duly obliges.
Wood scores with a shot to the body.
Walter closes this distance looking for a takedown but Wood circles away.
Wood stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Wood wants it to stay on the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Martin Walter showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Walter misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Wood slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Nice shot by Wood.
A jab lands there for Wood.
Wood throws a one two combo.
Walter shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Wood sprawls well. Wood wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Walter gets slowly back to his feet.
Wood stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Owen Wood is winning the standup battle so far.
Wood throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wood fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Walter shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Walter showed some decent athleticism there.
Walter prevents Wood from improving his position.

Wood has one foot on Walter's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Wood scores with a hook to the body. Walter takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Walter uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wood.

Walter gets a takedown into half guard.
Wood wants to control but Walter is keeping busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walter thows a huge punch but Wood dodges it nicely.
Walter seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Wood wants to control the action here but instead Walter manages to pass to full mount!

Walter working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Walter landing strikes, looking to finish!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wood is desperately trying to improve his position but Walter has a good base and remains in mount.
Walter controlling from the full mount.
Wood keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's four 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.
Walter controlling his opponent.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Walter lands with some strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Martin Walter comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Walter has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Glass scores the fight 28:29

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