PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joseph Quigley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brandon Walls (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Walls has chosen Last Resort - Papa Roach as his entrance music. Brandon Walls has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Joseph Quigley's chin.

Quigley
vs
Walls

200 cm
24
275 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

198 cm
24
283 lbs
11 - 9 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Joseph Quigley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Brandon Walls!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Matti Vanhoillinen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Walls blocks a jab.
Quigley is trying hard to land a takedown here. Walls sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Quigley moves away from the strike by Walls.
Walls misses with a body shot.
Quigley takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Quigley waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Walls.
Walls takes a swing at Quigley's ribcage but misses.
Quigley dodges the punch combination from Walls.
Quigley works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Walls keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Quigley.
Walls misses with a wild body shot.
Quigley gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Walls.
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!
A cross from Walls lands.
Quigley moves away from the strike by Walls.
Walls throws a right and a left that both miss.
Walls shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Quigley pinned against the cage. Quigley gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Quigley.
Quigley avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Walls lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Quigley moves out of range of the strikes.
Quigley throws a jab when Walls was well out of range.
Quigley slips under a jab from Walls.
A left lands for Walls.
A decent looking cross lands there for Quigley.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Walls looks to land a left hand but Quigley moved out of range nicely.
Walls scores with a hook.
Walls throws a poor cross that misses
and Quigley counters with a nice uppercut.
Walls throws a lazy uppercut
and Quigley counters with a nice body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walls will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Quigley bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Walls throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Quigley missing with a left hand there. Walls was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A slow jab from Quigley misses its intended target.
Quigley misses with an uppercut. Walls saw that one coming.
Quigley steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Walls.
Quigley blocks a jab.
Walls fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Quigley manages to avoid it.
Walls throws the left hand but Quigley avoids the punch easily.
Quigley misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Quigley slips under a jab from Walls.
Quigley ducks right into an uppercut from Walls.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quigley gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Walls.
Walls defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Quigley.
A big right from Walls misses.
Nice defenses there by Quigley.
Quigley looks to land a right hand but Walls moved out of range.
Quigley keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Walls.
Quigley dodges the punch combination from Walls.
Quigley throws an overhand right that lands on Walls's shoulder, as Walls tries to avoid the shot.
Walls walks into a jab.
Quigley gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Walls misses with a straight right.
Walls with a lazy takedown attempt
enabling Quigley to counter with a crisp jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Walls cracks Quigley with a right hand to the side of the head.
Walls throws an off balance right hand
and Walls takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Quigley shoots in for a takedown but Walls shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joseph Quigley. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Walls throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Quigley counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Quigley blocks a jab.
Quigley misses with a double jab.
Walls connects with a nice looking jab.
Walls misses with an uppercut
and Quigley counters with a three punch combo that has Walls backing up. Walls nods at Quigley to acknowledge the strikes.
Walls fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Quigley is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Walls stuns Quigley with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Quigley is breathing heavily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Walls bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Quigley's head backwards.
Walls looks to land a combination but Quigley avoids it well.
No joy there for Walls, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Walls lands a nice hook to Quigley's body. Quigley takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brandon Walls dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Quigley swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Quigley dodges the punch combination from Walls.
Quigley is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Walls looks to land a right hand but Quigley moved out of range.
Walls lands a nice looking body shot.
Walls throws a lazy right hand but Quigley sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Walls tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Quigley swivels and escapes.
Quigley misses with an uppercut.
Walls is looking to clinch.
Walls is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Quigley slips under a jab from Walls.
Sloppy strikes from Walls. Those never looked like landing.
Brandon Walls seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Quigley misses with an uppercut. Walls saw that one coming.
Walls lands with a hook. Quigley tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Quigley swings and misses with a hook to the body.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Quigley.
Walls waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Quigley.
Walls throws a right hand that misses
and Quigley cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Brandon Walls seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Walls shoots in and drives through. Quigley sprawls well.

Walls fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Quigley, pushing him back against the cage.
Quigley blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Walls lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Quigley.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

Quigley has Walls pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Quigley pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Walls tumbling to the mat - Quigley dives into Walls's guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Walls is trying to keep Quigley in close.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Quigley scoring with some ground and pound.
Walls avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Quigley makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Quigley throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Quigley trying to control the position from guard on top but Walls is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Walls controls Quigley momentarily but Quigley frees himself.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quigley keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Walls's head.
Quigley controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Walls is looking to stand up but Quigley isn't so interested in that idea.
Walls can't keep his opponent in guard - Quigley advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walls works his way to full guard. Good work.

Walls has an active guard here but Quigley has managed to pass into half guard.
Quigley wants to pass the guard but Walls is defending well.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Walls wants to improve his position but Quigley is controlling well.
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 Joseph Quigley will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Quigley slips a straight right by Walls.
Walls works the jab nicely.
Walls stuffs the takedown.
Walls lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Walls throws a shot from downtown. Quigley moves away and avoids it.
Walls lands a slapping body shot.
Walls throws a nice inside leg kick.
Walls moves away from the strike by Quigley.
Nice sprawl there from Quigley as Walls shoots in.
Walls is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Quigley.
Walls with a jab.
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!
Quigley throws a hook but Walls blocks it.
Quigley fails with a takedown attempt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walls misses with a looping left.
Walls misses with an uppercut.
Quigley ducks under a wild hook from Walls.
A shot to the body from Quigley misses
and Walls counters with an inside leg kick.
Quigley keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Walls.
Walls throws a hook but Quigley blocks it.
Walls misses with a left hand
and Quigley counters with a stiff right hand.
Walls swinging wildly here.
Walls takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Quigley avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Walls dips to his left and cracks Quigley with an uppercut!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walls throws a jab but it's blocked by Quigley.
Walls scores with a punch to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Walls throws a poor cross that misses
letting Quigley counter with a right hand.
Walls takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Quigley moves away from the strike by Walls.
Walls missing with a left hand there. Quigley was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Quigley throws a nice looking combination but Walls bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Quigley keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Walls.
Walls throws out a loose jab but Quigley uses good head movement to avoid it.
Walls scores with a hook to the body. Quigley takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Walls throws out a loose jab but Quigley uses good head movement to avoid it.
Quigley lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Quigley throws a looping overhand right but Walls ducks down to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quigley throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Walls's waist but Walls gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Quigley off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joseph Quigley. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Walls digs a good body shot into Quigley's ribs.
Walls throws a big shot that misses.
Quigley walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Walls tries to bum rush Quigley with a series of wild strikes but Quigley uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Quigley throws a big shot that misses.
Walls swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Walls throws a low kick but it's checked well by Quigley.
Walls missing with a left hand there. Quigley was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Quigley slips a straight right by Walls.
Quigley misses with a wild combination.
Walls throws a hook but Quigley blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quigley fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Walls is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Quigley.
Quigley's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Walls connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Quigley scrambles back to his feet.
Walls scoring well with a low kick there.
Walls throws a jab but it's blocked by Quigley.
A telegraphed right hand from Walls misses the target.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Quigley throws a left and a right that both miss
and Walls counters with a nice body shot.
Good exchange - Walls coming out on top.
Walls tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Quigley was well out of range. Poor timing from Walls.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Walls misses with a hook. Quigley ducked under it nicely.
Quigley leaves Walls with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Some wild striking there from Walls.

And that's the end of the fight!
Brandon Walls comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Walls 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight 28:29
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brandon Walls!
After the big win, Brandon Walls made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Reaper Combatwear and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.