PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Defying Gravity (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Noah Walburn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Walburn has chosen Flirting with Disaster as his entrance music. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Gravity
vs
Walburn

173 cm
25
170 lbs
8 - 9 - 0

169 cm
30
165 lbs
12 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Powerful

BioPharm Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Defying Gravity!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Noah Walburn!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, John Kavanagh and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Walburn is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gravity lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Gravity fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Gravity lands with an overhand left.
Gravity pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gravity lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Gravity throws out a loose jab but Walburn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Walburn will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Walburn stuns Gravity with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A head kick misses from Walburn.
Gravity moves out of range as Walburn strikes.
Gravity just misses with a punch to the body.
Walburn on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Gravity slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gravity avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walburn tries to clinch but Gravity moves out of range.
Gravity lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Gravity throws an overhand right that lands on Walburn's shoulder, as Walburn tries to avoid the shot.
Gravity swings for the body but Walburn moves out of range.
Walburn avoids the body shot from Gravity.
Gravity looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A jab from Gravity misses.
Gravity swats away the attempt to clinch by Walburn.
Gravity misses with a double jab.
Gravity scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Gravity swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gravity connects with a body shot that sends Walburn's belly button to the back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gravity misses with the combination.
Gravity throws a shot from downtown. Walburn moves away and avoids it.
Walburn slips under a jab.
Jab, jab by Gravity - just one landing.
Walburn shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Gravity takes a swing at Walburn's ribcage but misses.
Walburn takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gravity connects with a single shot there.

Walburn rushes Gravity and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Gravity blocks a body shot from Walburn.
Walburn is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Gravity is keeping busy.
Walburn lands an elbow that stopped Gravity in his tracks for a moment.
Gravity can't find room to land a body shot as Walburn controls the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walburn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Walburn tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gravity's elbow.
Walburn makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Gravity misses with a punch on the inside.
Stalling in the clinch from Walburn.
Gravity misses with a hook from the clinch.
Walburn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gravity fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nice elbow from Walburn.
Walburn tries to land knees in the clinch but Gravity avoids the damage to the body.
Walburn missing with knees to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Walburn blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Walburn fails to land.
Gravity lands with a left to the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Walburn manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gravity misses with a hook from the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Gravity has a couple of punches blocked by Walburn.
Gravity blocks the elbow strike.
Walburn using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Walburn can't find room to land a body shot as Gravity controls the action.
A right handed body shot lands from Gravity.
Walburn is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Walburn misses with a shot to the kidneys.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gravity swings wildly with an uppercut but Walburn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gravity goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gravity stalling.
Knees in the clinch landing for Gravity.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Defying Gravity dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Walburn tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Walburn slips a jab from Gravity.

Walburn clinches with his opponent.
Walburn blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gravity is looking to control Walburn's arms but Walburn gets an underhook and turns him. Now Gravity has his back to the cage.
Walburn tries to throw a body punch but Gravity avoids it by throwing Walburn back against the cage.
Gravity misses with a hook to the ribs.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Gravity swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Walburn lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Gravity.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Walburn in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Walburn stalling in the clinch.
Noah Walburn seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Gravity misses with a body punch.
Walburn using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gravity has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A shot in the inside from Gravity.
Gravity avoiding damage as Walburn throws knees to the body.
Gravity working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Walburn working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gravity lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Walburn backwards.
Gravity looking to slow down the pace here.
Come on Gravity - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Walburn tries to land knees in the clinch but Gravity avoids the damage to the body.
Gravity managing to block the knees to the body from Walburn.
Walburn landing knees to the body.
Gravity misses with a short punch on the inside.
Walburn prevents a body shot from Gravity.
Stalling in the clinch from Gravity.
A frustrated look appears on Gravity's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Gravity fails to land.
Gravity wants to stall.
Walburn misses with a knee to the head.
Walburn lands with a short shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Gravity swings wildly with an uppercut but Walburn uses good head movement to avoid it.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Walburn throws an elbow that misses.
Gravity trying to control the position but instead, Walburn has worked for underhooks and has pushed Gravity into the cage.
Gravity takes an elbow to the temple.
Gravity lands a right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gravity misses with a punch on the inside.
Walburn effectively controlling the action here.
Gravity misses with the head strike.
Gravity tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Walburn.
Walburn looking to slow down the pace here.
Stalling in the clinch from Gravity.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gravity misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gravity has Walburn pressed against the cage.
Walburn'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.
Nice body punch from Walburn.
Walburn lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Gravity tries to throw a body punch but Walburn avoids it by throwing Gravity back against the cage.
Walburn blocking some punches.
Walburn stalling against the cage.
Walburn is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Gravity tries a body shot but Walburn blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gravity trying to stall but Walburn improves his position.
Gravity can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
Gravity has Walburn pressed against the cage.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Gravity for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Gravity lands a right hand.
Gravity trying to stall but Walburn improves his position.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Defying Gravity.
Walburn wants to clinch.
Gravity misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Walburn.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gravity misses with a shot to the body

and Walburn counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Gravity misses with a hook from the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gravity wants to break the clinch but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Defying Gravity will probably get the nod.
That's time! Gravity's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Gravity lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Defying Gravity is winning the standup battle so far.
Gravity waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Walburn.
Walburn takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Walburn throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Gravity misses the shot to the body.
Walburn wants to clinch.
Walburn takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

Gravity gets tackled into the cage by Walburn. Walburn maintains the clinch.
Gravity is trying to maintain a safe position but Walburn gets an underhook and turns Gravity into the cage.
Gravity misses with the head strike.
Walburn misses with a body punch.
Gravity blocking some punches.
Walburn tries to stall but Gravity uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gravity fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Walburn taking a breather.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Walburn.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Gravity as Walburn tries to tie him up.
Walburn avoids the elbow strike from Gravity, against the cage.
The referee calls for Gravity to work.
Gravity tries to circle away but Walburn has him pinned against the cage.
Gravity misses with a body punch.
Gravity stalling in the clinch but Walburn improves position.
Walburn goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Good body shot from Walburn.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Gravity as Walburn tries to tie him up.
Walburn utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Walburn leaning against his opponent.
Noah Walburn has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Defying Gravity is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Walburn as Gravity tries to tie him up.
Gravity swings wildly with an uppercut but Walburn uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Gravity.
Gravity trying to stall but Walburn improves his position.
Walburn stalling in the clinch.
Gravity avoiding damage as Walburn throws knees to the body.
Gravity is looking to control Walburn's arms but Walburn gets an underhook and turns him. Now Gravity has his back to the cage.
Gravity just leaning against Walburn, taking a breather.
Walburn slows down the pace here.
A shot in the inside from Gravity.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walburn tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gravity's elbow.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Walburn takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Gravity lands a body shot in the clinch.
Walburn is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Gravity is keeping busy.
Gravity is stalling here.
Walburn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gravity is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Gravity avoiding damage as Walburn throws knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walburn displaying some good clinch control by pressing Gravity up against the cage.
Gravity takes an elbow to the forehead.
Walburn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gravity working aggressively here.
Gravity avoiding damage as Walburn throws knees to the body.
Walburn with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gravity has Walburn pressed against the cage.
Gravity wants to stall.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gravity working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Walburn utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Gravity makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

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 Defying Gravity.
Well Gravity has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Russell Pearce scores the fight 29:28
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 30:28
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Defying Gravity!
Post fight, Defying Gravity took to the microphone: 'Just want to tell everyone, that Im going to take off, the past is the past, but I am a bad son of a bitch and you will all find out.'.