PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jamal Kilgore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Walker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kilgore's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Champion by Chipmunk ft. Chris Brown. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Kilgore
vs
Walker

190 cm
22
210 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

190 cm
22
220 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Ganja's Warehouse (Laundering)

Hilo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jamal Kilgore!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Johnny Walker!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Columbo Gatti and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Walker misses with a wild body shot.
Kilgore pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kilgore shoots in but no luck this time.
Walker avoids a punch combination nicely.
Walker keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Walker uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kilgore.
Walker lands with a good body shot.
Kilgore ducks right into an uppercut from Walker.
Walker throws a head kick that misses.
A big right from Kilgore misses.
Kilgore pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kilgore checks a leg kick nicely.
A bone on bone clash there as Kilgore blocks the leg kick.
Walker has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Walker there as he acknowledges the shot.
Kilgore tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Walker swivels and escapes.
Kilgore gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kilgore misses with an uppercut. Walker saw that one coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kilgore misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Walker.
Kilgore takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Kilgore checks the leg kick.
Kilgore takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Walker slaps away a takedown attempt from Kilgore, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jamal Kilgore. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Walker swings for the body but Kilgore moves out of range.
Kilgore looks to throw the jab but Walker is out of range.
Kilgore ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Walker moves away.
Kilgore throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kilgore. Walker does a little dance to reset his feet.
Walker lunges at Kilgore with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Kilgore's hand.
Kilgore takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Walker slips a straight right by Kilgore.
Nice shot lands for Walker.
Walker throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Walker looks to land a body kick but Kilgore moved away.
Kilgore missing with a left hand there. Walker was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Walker. Kilgore does a little dance to reset his feet.
Walker throws a big shot that misses.
Walker uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kilgore.
Walker ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Kilgore on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Kilgore shoots in looking for a takedown. Walker tries to sprawl out of it but Kilgore keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Walker manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Walker throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kilgore throws a poor cross that misses
and Walker counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Kilgore thinking.
Kilgore takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A jab from Kilgore misses.
Kilgore fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Kilgore misses with a body shot.
Walker scores with a head kick. Kilgore tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Walker enables Kilgore to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Walker manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Kilgore wants to control from the top but Walker keeps moving.
Kilgore pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Walker is keeping the position for now.
Kilgore won't allow Walker to sweep him here.
Walker is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Kilgore with a flurry of punches that miss.
Kilgore trying to control but Walker is working from the bottom.
Walker manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Walker is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
Kilgore digs a good body shot into Walker's ribs.
Jamal Kilgore seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kilgore swinging wildly here.
Walker scores with a hook to the body. Kilgore takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Walker scores with a hook.
Walker tries a head kick but it misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kilgore will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Walker avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kilgore throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Walker ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Walker dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Walker throws a nice inside leg kick.
Kilgore checks a low kick from Walker.
Walker staying out of range there.
Kilgore keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kilgore loads up on a big right hand but Walker slips the punch.
Kilgore connects with the punch.
A jab from Kilgore misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Walker. Kilgore does a little dance to reset his feet.
Walker lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Walker defending well as Kilgore loads up on a big left hand.
Kilgore misses with a straight right.
Kilgore keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kilgore shoots in and drives through. Walker sprawls well.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Walker displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kilgore throws out the jab.
Walker throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Walker lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Kilgore at a distance.
Kilgore throws out a loose jab but Walker uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walker blocks a jab.
Walker fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Kilgore on the side of the head.
Walker throws a jab but it's blocked by Kilgore.
Walker throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Walker tries a head kick but it misses.
Kilgore looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Walker is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Kilgore rather than just go for the knockout.
Walker lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Walker ducks under a wild hook from Kilgore.
A head kick misses from Walker.
Walker moves out of range of the body kick from Kilgore.
Walker lands with a good body shot.
Johnny Walker is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kilgore throws a jab when Walker was well out of range.
Walker uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kilgore.
Kilgore throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Walker sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Walker dips to his left and cracks Kilgore with an uppercut!
Walker throws a low kick but it's checked well by Kilgore.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kilgore throws a shot to the body.
Kilgore cracks Walker with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Walker on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Walker connects with a jab.
Walker tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kilgore was well out of range. Poor timing from Walker.
Walker stuns Kilgore with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Walker throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Walker cracks Kilgore on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Kilgore falls backwards against the cage. Walker follows up with more strikes that drop Kilgore to his knees. Walker keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Kilgore! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Johnny Walker!
Johnny Walker made sure to mention his sponsor, Hilo Nutrition in his post fight interview.