PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Joe Walters (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wojciech Durlak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Walters
vs
Durlak

177 cm
20
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

176 cm
20
175 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Hates pizza

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Joe Walters!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Wojciech Durlak!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Durlak throws a series of punches but Walters avoids them all with ease.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Walters throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Durlak's waist but Durlak gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Walters off to one side.
Durlak throws a right hand that Walters ducks under and follows up with a left that Walters also avoids with ease.

Walters scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Durlak is trying to get back to half guard.
Walters content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Walters's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Durlak takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Walters content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Walters prevents Durlak from escaping the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walters is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Durlak will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Walters working the head and body with strikes.
Walters remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Durlak is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Walters is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Walters sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Walters looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walters with the ground and pound from mount.
Durlak really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Walters. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Durlak is trying to escape the mount.
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!
Walters looking to control and managing it successfully.
Durlak in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Walters is landing with some decent strikes but Durlak is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Walters lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Walters lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walters in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Walters sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Walters landing strikes from the mount and Durlak is in trouble!
We've been hearing that Walters has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Walters tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Durlak can't escape the position.
Walters breaks from Durlak's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Walters controlling from the full mount.
Walters 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.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Walters cracks Durlak with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

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!
Walters is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Durlak can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Walters working Durlak over with strikes here.
Walters landing strikes, looking to finish!
Durlak is bucking up trying to escape but Walters cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Walters fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Walters prevents Durlak from getting the reversal.
Walters lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Durlak hang on?

Walters gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!
Walters slips a jab and a cross from Durlak.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Walters scores with a takedown into Durlak's guard.
Durlak looks winded!
Walters connects with a couple of short punches.
Walters slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Walters shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Durlak napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Walters controlling the position from side mount.
Walters lands a decent elbow from side control.
Durlak seems a little lost for a moment, as Walters dominates the positioning.
Walters is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Durlak can do to turn this around?
Walters scores with punches from side control.
Walters lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walters in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Walters in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Durlak is trying to escape the position but Walters is controlling the position.
Walters seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Durlak for as long as he can get away with.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Durlak taking a bit of punishment here - Walters scoring with strikes.
Walters taking a breather here.
Durlak tries to control the position but he's not in luck - Walters easily slips into full mount!
BOOM! Walters connects with a massive shot to the dome!
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!
Walters tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Walters with good strikes from the mount here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walters lands a big elbow.
Walters lands a nice shot to the head.
Durlak really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Durlak takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Walters controlling from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Durlak is bucking up trying to escape but Walters cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Walters has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Durlak's face.
Walters fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Walters lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Durlak hang on?
Durlak is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Walters looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Walters lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Durlak hang on?
Walters with shots to the head and body - Durlak looks very uncomfortable down there.
Durlak is wriggling around trying to escape.
Walters pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Walters dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Walters shoots in and gets a takedown into Durlak's guard.

Durlak is rocked!
Walters pushes down on Durlak's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Durlak is still in real trouble! Can Walters finish him?
Walters looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Nice strikes from Walters there.
Walters is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Walters lands with a punch from half guard.
Walters is taking a breather. Durlak says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Joe Walters overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Durlak seems to have recovered his senses.
Walters wants to pass to mount but Durlak is defending the position.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Walters controlling the pace.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Walters feints and as Durlak raises his hands in defense, Walters changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Walters is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Walters is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Joe Walters just wasn't active enough.
Durlak defending well as Walters loads up on a big left hand.
Walters avoids the head kick by Durlak.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Walters shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Durlak's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Walters seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Walters lands a couple of elbows.
Walters's corner is telling him to maintain position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

We're going to have a standup here because Joe Walters wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Durlak lands a nice shot that snaps Walters's head back.
Walters blocks a head kick by Durlak.
Walters showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Durlak.

Walters dives in and scores a takedown into Durlak's guard.
Durlak takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Walters content to stall in guard here.
Walters postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Walters's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Walters landing some decent shots from guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walters showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Durlak can't keep his opponent in guard - Walters advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Walters controlling the action here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Joe Walters showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Walters, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 30:26
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:25
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joe Walters!