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 - 1 - 0

179 cm
20
176 lbs
4 - 4 - 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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Owen Wood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Martin Walter!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Donald Grub and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wood's jab looks to have found its range, popping Walter under the eye.
Wood fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Wood displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Walter.
Wood scores with a crisp jab that stopped Walter in his tracks.
Walter takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Wood throws a nice looking combination but Walter bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Walter shoots in but Wood avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Wood leaves Walter with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Owen Wood has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Martin Walter.
Walter showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Wood.
Wood defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Walter.
Walter looks gassed!
Wood misses with a series of wild punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
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 lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Walter avoids a punch combination nicely.
A left lands for Wood.
Danga de danga de dang - Wood scores with a four punch combination!
Wood lands with a cross.
Wood throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Walter stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Walter tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Wood swivels and escapes.
Wood throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Wood lands with a good body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walter showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Wood.
Owen Wood is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Walter shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Wood throwing hammer fists to the chest of Walter. What's that going to do exactly?
A nice elbow there by Walter.
Walter has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Walter landing strikes, looking to finish!
Walter lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Walter avoids the attempt from Wood to control.

Walter is working for a guillotine from mount but Wood frees his head quite easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walter dominating with strikes here.
Wood tries to hold on but Walter pushes him away.
Walter scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Wood?
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wood swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Walter looking to control and managing it successfully.
Wood tries to hold on but Walter pushes him away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Walter working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Walter controlling from mount.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Walter looking to finish Wood with some ground and pound. This is bad for Wood!
Walter fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Owen Wood will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Wood keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Wood fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Walter shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Wood fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Walter manages to avoid it.
Walter shoots for a takedown but Wood saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Owen Wood has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Martin Walter.
Wood scores with the left hand. Walter knows he should have avoided that one.
No luck for Walter with that takedown attempt.
Good shot there by Wood.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Walter looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wood trying to control here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walter tries to pass the half guard into mount. Wood knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Walter is controlling the pace.
Walter thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Wood's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Walter shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Wood defends it nicely.
Wood misses with the combination.
Walter closes this distance looking for a takedown but Wood circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walter looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Wood is fending him off so far but Walter persists. Nope, Wood circles away and we're back to standing.
Walter shoots in for a double leg but Wood sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Nice sprawl there from Wood as Walter shoots in.
Walter misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Walter shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Wood as he avoids it easily.
Wood ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Walter moves away.
Walter fails with a takedown attempt.
Walter tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Wood swivels and escapes.
Walter avoids the body shot from Wood.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Walter dives in and grabs Wood's left leg, looking for a takedown. Wood pushes down on Walter's head and hops out.

Walter is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Wood's half guard.
Wood is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Walter scores with a couple of nice shots.
Wood tries to kick Walter off in order to stand up. Walter Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.

Walter is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Wood is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Walter misses with the ground and pound.
Wood is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Walter asserts his dominance and retains side control.
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 the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Walter tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Wood swivels and escapes.
Wood fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Wood will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Walter shoots in but Wood avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Wood stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Wood wants it to stay on the feet.
Owen Wood has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Martin Walter.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wood lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Wood.
Walter shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wood misses with a series of wild punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walter moves forwards but Wood connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Horrible takedown by Walter or perhaps it was just good defense by Wood which made him look bad.
Walter has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Walter there as he acknowledges the shot.
Wood dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Walter avoids a punch combination nicely.
Walter fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Walter tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Wood swivels and escapes.
Wood moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

That's two 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.
Wood displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Walter.
Walter fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Wood fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Wood lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Walter shoots in but no luck this time.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Walter.
Walter needs to keep his hands up - Wood had a free shot at his head there.
Walter shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Wood but Wood pushes him off and we're back to square one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Wood.
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 lands with a nice body punch.
Wood lands a right hook to the body.

Wood gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Walter wants to control from the top but Wood keeps moving.
Wood wants to get back to his feet but Walter is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Walter is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Wood is trying to keep Walter in close.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Walter shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Wood as he jumps to the side.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Walter changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Wood looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.

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 Owen Wood.
I think Wood 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 28:29
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Owen Wood!