PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Oakley Bark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jay Walker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bark comes to the ring accompanied by RUN DMC its like that. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Bark
vs
Walker

190 cm
33
187 lbs
28 - 14 - 0

182 cm
27
169 lbs
14 - 9 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 28 - 14 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Oakley Bark!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jay Walker!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Igor Prikhodko and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bark defending well as Walker loads up on a big left hand.
Walker missing with a left hand there. Bark was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jay Walker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Walker throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bark takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Bark checks a leg kick.
Bark has his takedown stuffed
and Walker connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bark misses with a takedown
and Walker counters with a thumping low kick.
Bark doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Walker counters with a stiff right hand.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Oakley Bark. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walker misses the jab.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Bark is defended easily by Walker.
Walker throws a lazy uppercut

and Bark counters with a takedown into side control.
Bark just content to control the position.
The ground and pound from Bark seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Bark trying to control the position but Walker is working away.

Bark is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Walker has escaped the position, nice work there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bark tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Walker tries to bench press Bark off him but Bark keeps the position.

Bark looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Walker bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Bark with a lazy takedown attempt
enabling Walker to counter with a crisp jab.
Walker lands a leg kick that knocks Bark off balance momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walker lands with a nice combination. Bark backs away looking to recover.
Walker fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bark.
Walker fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Walker is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bark.
Bark is trying hard to land a takedown here. Walker sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Bark avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bark tries for a takedown but Walker circles away easily
and Walker cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walker throws a body punch but Bark moves out of range.
Walker swings widly with a right hand

and Bark counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bark thows a huge punch but Walker dodges it nicely.
Bark trying to control from half guard but Walker is working away.
Bark with the ground and pound but Walker uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Walker tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Bark postures up in Walker's guard and throws a big left but Walker blocks it.
Bark postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Bark stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Walker swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Bark trying to control the position from guard on top but Walker is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bark throws a big elbow that misses.
Walker utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Bark missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Bark with a flurry of punches that miss.
Bark postures up in Walker's guard and throws a big left but Walker blocks it.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Walker has his hands on Bark's head, controlling the position.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Bark throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Walker not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Bark loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Bark stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Walker swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Bark connects with a couple of short punches.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Bark throws a big right hand that misses.
Bark trying to control the position from guard on top but Walker is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bark throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Bark postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Walker preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Walker keeping full guard, as Bark tries to pass.
Bark with a flurry of punches that miss.
Bark distracts Walker with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Walker keeping moving, preventing Bark from controlling successfully.
Bark has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Bark loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Walker keeping moving, preventing Bark from controlling successfully.
Bark lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Walker has his hands on Bark's head, controlling the position.
Bark in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Bark throws a big right hand that misses.
Bark pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Walker is keeping the position for now.
Bark throwing strikes from guard but Walker blocks nicely.
Walker utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bark trying to control the position from guard on top but Walker is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Oakley Bark dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Bark with a poor takedown
and Walker counters with a stiff right hand.
Walker lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Walker looks to score with a jab to the body but Bark is just out of range.
Walker looks to land a right hand but Bark moved out of range.
Walker connects with a right hand. Bark shakes it off.
Bark displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Walker throws out the jab.
Walker throws a good cross that connects.
Bark uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Walker.
Bark fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walker getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Walker thuds a left hand into Bark's body.
Walker fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Walker throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bark sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Oakley Bark is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Walker stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Walker wants it to stay on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Oakley Bark. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bark misses with a takedown
and Walker counters with a two punch combo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bark doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Walker makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Walker swings widly with a right hand

and Bark counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Walker's guard now.
Bark throwing strikes from guard but Walker blocks nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bark trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Bark throws a big right hand that misses.
Walker utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Bark tries to free his leg and advance position but Walker is retaining full guard.
Walker utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bark loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Bark looking to pass the guard.
Bark loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Bark wants to control from the top but Walker keeps moving.
Bark with a flurry of punches that miss.
Bark throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Walker works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Oakley Bark overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bark advances position into side control!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bark working the strikes but Walker uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Bark working the head and body with strikes.

Bark seems to be looking for submissions.
Walker wants to get back to full guard.

Bark is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Bark wants to work for an arm triangle but Walker is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Walker trying to control but Bark postures up.
Walker regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Bark.
Bark wants to control from the top but Walker keeps moving.
Bark throws a big elbow that misses.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Walker working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Bark.
Walker managing to control the position.
Bark missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Bark trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Bark stopping the sweep attempt from Walker.
Bark works over Walker with some ground and pound from guard.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Walker avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Walker is trying to keep Bark in close.
Bark throws a strike but Walker rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Walker forces his way into half guard.
Walker tries to stand but can't do so whilst Bark controls his leg.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Bark trying to control from the bottom.

Bark is defending against the submission attempts here by Walker.
Bark trying to hold on to Walker's head to control him but Walker postures up.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Bark is refusing to be controlled, as Walker sits in half guard.

Bark has hold of a guillotine but he's not going to be able to crank on it really with only half guard, so it's no trouble for Walker. Oh but Bark has got full guard now! Oh boy! This one could be over very soon! Walker goes limp - he's gone! Bark jumps up and celebrates with the crowd - fantastic submission finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 9:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Oakley Bark!
Oakley Bark retains his welterweight title!
Oakley Bark seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.