PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Alexsandr Pchelenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Walker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pchelenko comes to the cage accompanied by Kanye West-Stronger. Alex Walker will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Pchelenko
vs
Walker

168 cm
19
138 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

200 cm
25
150 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Alexsandr Pchelenko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Alex Walker!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Steve Montenegro and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Walker gets tackled into the cage by Pchelenko. Pchelenko maintains the clinch.
Pchelenko pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Pchelenko has Walker pressed against the cage, preventing Walker from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Walker digs a right hand underneath Pchelenko's ribcage. Pchelenko let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Pchelenko throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Pchelenko tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Walker avoids it.
Walker crunches a lovely knee into Pchelenko's ribcage.
Walker wants to get back to striking at distance but Pchelenko won't allow it.
Walker will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Pchelenko up against the cage.
Pchelenko creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

Walker breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Pchelenko fails in his attempt to clinch.
Walker shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Pchelenko sprawls well. Pchelenko wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Walker gets slowly back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walker circles away from the clinch attempt
and Walker connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Walker keeps the fight on the outside.
Walker avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Walker is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Walker takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Alexsandr Pchelenko is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Walker circles away from the clinch attempt
and Walker counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Walker fails with a takedown attempt.
Pchelenko lands a nice looking body kick.
Pchelenko fails with an attempt to clinch.
Walker moves out of range as Pchelenko throws a body kick.
Walker dives in for a single leg takedown but Pchelenko sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Alexsandr Pchelenko has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alex Walker.

Walker breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pchelenko throws a wild body kick that Walker sees coming a mile off.
Pchelenko tries to clinch up.
Alexsandr Pchelenko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Walker darts in looking for a takedown but Pchelenko gets double underhooks and turns Walker into the cage.
Pchelenko tries to land knees in the clinch but Walker avoids the damage to the body.
Pchelenko misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Walker.
Walker jumps guard but Pchelenko turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
A bit of stalling here from Walker.
With the fighters up against the cage, Pchelenko throws an elbow but misses.
Pchelenko keeps control of Walker as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Pchelenko looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Walker managing to block the knees to the body from Pchelenko.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Walker pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Walker keeps the fight on the outside.
Pchelenko tries to clinch up

and Walker counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Walker.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pchelenko is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Walker is defending well for now.
Pchelenko tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Walker avoids it.
Walker blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Walker is trying to pull guard but Pchelenko turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Pchelenko using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

Walker breaks from the clinch.
Pchelenko is looking to clinch.
Pchelenko fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pchelenko wants to clinch up but Walker keeps it at a distance.
Pchelenko wants to clinch.
Pchelenko moves in looking to clinch but Walker pushes him off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walker slips a straight right by Pchelenko.
Pchelenko misses with an uppercut.
Walker shoots for a takedown but Pchelenko saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Pchelenko gets a clinch.
Pchelenko misses with an elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Pchelenko just misses with a elbow thrown towards Walker's brow.
Pchelenko misses with an elbow strike.
Pchelenko prevents the takedown attempt.
Walker wants a takedown but no success here.
Walker looks winded!
Pchelenko creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Walker dodges an elbow strike from Pchelenko.
Pchelenko is pressed up against the cage. Walker has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Pchelenko down to the mat. Pchelenko avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Pchelenko tries to clinch
and Walker counters with an inside leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Walker avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Pchelenko wants to clinch.
Pchelenko tries to clinch up.
Pchelenko fails in his attempt to clinch.

Pchelenko drives through and clinches with Walker against the cage.

Walker ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Walker no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pchelenko wants to stand but Walker is controlling his posture from full guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Walker is on top in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Walker decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Pchelenko, up you get!
Pchelenko has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Walker.
Pchelenko closes the distance looking to clinch
and Walker counters with a low kick, right behind Pchelenko 's knee.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pchelenko is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pchelenko doesn't manage to clinch there - Walker circles away.
Alexsandr Pchelenko is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pchelenko has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Pchelenko there as he acknowledges the shot.
Pchelenko tries to close the distance and clinch but Walker swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Walker takes a swing at Pchelenko's ribcage but misses.
Pchelenko tries to close the distance and clinch but Walker swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pchelenko moves in looking to clinch but Walker pushes him off.
Pchelenko moves to clinch but Walker breaks away

and Walker counters with a shoot takedown. Pchelenko fights it but they end up in guard.
Pchelenko is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pchelenko wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Walker manages to pass to side control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Walker seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Pchelenko does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Walker missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Walker sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Pchelenko defending well though.
Pchelenko tries to roll over but Walker keeps him under control.
Pchelenko is staying active underneath Walker, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Walker not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walker content to control rather than advance.

Walker decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Pchelenko moves out of range of the body kick from Walker.
Pchelenko misses with an attempted mid kick.
Walker avoids a kick to the body.
Pchelenko has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Pchelenko misses with a looping right.
Walker circles away from the clinch attempt.
Pchelenko pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Pchelenko throws a wild body kick that Walker sees coming a mile off.
Walker fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Walker clinches with his opponent.
Walker jumps guard but Pchelenko stands there with Walker around his waist. Walker gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

Walker breaks the clinch.
Pchelenko defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Walker.
Alexsandr Pchelenko has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alex Walker.
Pchelenko wants to clinch.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Walker.
Walker is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Pchelenko tries to clinch but Walker moves away
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Pchelenko clinches up against the cage.
Walker has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Pchelenko avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Pchelenko pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alex Walker showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Pchelenko's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!

Walker circles away from the clinch attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pchelenko looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Walker.
Pchelenko tries to clinch but Walker moves out of range.
Walker shoots in but no luck this time.

Pchelenko takes the fight into the clinch.

Walker breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Pchelenko darts in trying to clinch
and Walker counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Alexsandr Pchelenko is winning the standup battle so far.

Pchelenko gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Pchelenko misses with an elbow strike.
Pchelenko tries to land knees in the clinch but Walker avoids the damage to the body.
Walker takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pchelenko trying to land knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Pchelenko just misses with a elbow thrown towards Walker's brow.
Alexsandr Pchelenko has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Walker blocks the elbow strike.
Pchelenko stops a takedown attempt from Walker.
Alexsandr Pchelenko has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alex Walker.
Pchelenko trying to land knees to the body.
Pchelenko throws an elbow but it misses.
Walker blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pchelenko is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Walker is defending well for now.
Walker changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Pchelenko fights it off and pushes away nicely.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Walker.
Pchelenko tries to clinch up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pchelenko looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Pchelenko throws a body kick that misses
and Walker counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Walker swats away the attempt to clinch by Pchelenko.
Pchelenko connects with a good right hand that stumbles Walker. Walker circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Pchelenko is looking to clinch.
Pchelenko stuffs the takedown.
Walker shoots in for a takedown but Pchelenko shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Pchelenko doesn't manage to clinch there - Walker circles away.
Pchelenko tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Walker paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pchelenko wants to clinch up but Walker keeps it at a distance.
Pchelenko tries to land a front kick but Walker steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Pchelenko doesn't manage to clinch there - Walker circles away.
Pchelenko misses with a looping left.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pchelenko tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Walker paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pchelenko misses with a wild combination.
Pchelenko throws the kick towards the body but Walker avoids it.
Pchelenko fails in his attempt to clinch.
Pchelenko looks to throw the jab but Walker is out of range.
Pchelenko throws a big shot that misses.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Pchelenko here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Pchelenko tries to clinch up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pchelenko looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Pchelenko stuffs the takedown.
Pchelenko tries to clinch up.
Pchelenko throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Walker moves out of range as Pchelenko strikes.
Pchelenko throws a lazy body kick
and Walker counters with a nice kick to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pchelenko tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pchelenko throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
enabling Walker to counter with a crisp jab.
Walker fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Walker walks into a straight right hand from Pchelenko.
Pchelenko wants to clinch.

Walker gets tackled into the cage by Pchelenko. Pchelenko maintains the clinch.
Walker blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Walker has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
With the fighters up against the cage, Pchelenko throws an elbow but misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Walker drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Pchelenko gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Walker tries for a takedown but Pchelenko manages to get underhooks.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alexsandr Pchelenko showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Pchelenko has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 John Kavanagh scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 29:28
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alexsandr Pchelenko!
A relieved looking Alexsandr Pchelenko thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.