PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jed Walker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Franjo Tahi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Walker comes to the cage accompanied by God Demise. Jed Walker has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Walker
vs
Tahi

198 cm
23
235 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
20
230 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jed Walker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Franjo Tahi!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Radbod Blank and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Walker throws a right and a left that both miss.

Walker cracks Tahi with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Tahi looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Walker finish him?

It looks like Franjo Tahi has been cut.
Tahi looks to land a combination but Walker avoids it well.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tahi misses with a series of wild punches.
Walker misses with a hook to the body
and Tahi counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Walker misses with an uppercut
and Tahi counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Walker lands a nice looking body shot.
Walker throws a left and a right that both miss
and Tahi counters with a one-two to the body.
Tahi slips a straight right by Walker.
Tahi moves to clinch but Walker breaks away

and Walker counters with a crisp right hand that drops Tahi! Walker lets Tahi back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Tahi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Walker.

Walker forces Tahi back against the cage and clinches.

Walker pulls guard successfully.

Walker looking for a guillotine here but Tahi defends easily.

Walker wriggles free and stands up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walker tries to score a power double leg takedown but Tahi sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Walker somewhat.
Walker lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Tahi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Walker fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Walker tries to bum rush Tahi with a series of wild strikes but Tahi uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Walker clinches up with Tahi and pushes him back against the cage.
Tahi is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

Walker pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walker misses with a straight right.
Walker takes a swing at Tahi's ribcage but misses.
Tahi is looking to clinch but Walker is avoiding it.
Walker fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jed Walker. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Walker gets a takedown into half guard.
Walker is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Walker stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Tahi to get to his feet.
Tahi slaps away a takedown attempt from Walker, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Tahi connects with a leg kick. Walker looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Walker drives through and clinches with Tahi against the cage.

Walker breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Walker throws a poor cross that misses
and Tahi counters with a straight right hand.

Walker moves into the clinch.

Walker breaks the clinch.
Walker fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Tahi throws a nice looking combination but Walker bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Walker cracks Tahi with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Walker throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Jed Walker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tahi dodges the punch combination from Walker.
Walker connects with a looping right hand.
Tahi on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walker scores with a nice body kick.
Walker misses with a jab, cross combination.
Walker thows a body shot but no joy.
Tahi takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Good standup being displayed there by Walker as he connects with a hook.
Walker misses with a head kick.
Walker misses with a double jab.

Walker looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Walker keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Tahi really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Walker. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tahi on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

Walker gets to his feet - back to striking we go!

Walker clinches up with Tahi and pushes him back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jed Walker dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Franjo Tahi's cut.
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.

A slow jab from Walker misses its intended target.
Tahi throws a nice looking combination but Walker bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Tahi lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Walker misses with a right hand
and Tahi counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Walker shoots for a double leg takedown but Tahi sprawls well. He's pushed Walker's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Walker throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Tahi connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Walker has Tahi up against the cage in a clinch.

Walker pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Walker closes the distance and pushes Tahi back into the cage.

Walker breaks from the clinch.
Walker circles away from the clinch attempt.
Walker throws an off balance right hand
letting Tahi counter with a right hand.
Walker misses with a two punch combination.

Walker shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Walker was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walker tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Walker lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Tahi is in a horrible position here. Walker smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
The referee warns Tahi that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Walker looking to control and managing it successfully.
Walker scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Tahi?
Walker dominating with strikes here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walker controlling his opponent.
Walker with the ground and pound from mount.

Tahi is rocked!
Walker controlling from the full mount.
Walker cracks Tahi with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Walker landing strikes from the mount.
Tahi is still in real trouble! Can Walker finish him?

Walker looking for a guillotine from mount but Tahi is having none of it.
Walker lands with some strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walker controlling the position easily from mount.
Tahi seems to have recovered his senses.
Walker postures up and throws a big right hand. BOOM! Right on the button! Tahi is out cold - huge knockout for Walker!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Jed Walker!