PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Walker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Georgios Samaras (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Walker comes to the cage accompanied by Chris Brown - Loyal. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Walker
vs
Samaras

183 cm
19
204 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

195 cm
21
220 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Johnny Walker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Georgios Samaras!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, John Kavanagh and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Samaras forces Walker back against the cage and clinches.
Walker misses with a hook to the ribs.

Samaras has clasped his hands together around Walker's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.

Walker explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Walker throws a poor cross that misses
and Samaras counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A combination from Walker does no damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Walker takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Samaras steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Walker.
Samaras uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Walker.
Walker tries to clinch up

and Samaras counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Samaras.
Samaras really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Walker. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Walker trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Walker not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Walker is pulling down on Samaras's head. It's preventing any offense from Samaras, at least for the moment.

Samaras wants to stand up, so he's looking to wriggle free of Walker's closed guard. He's half up but Walker has locked on to an arm! Uh oh! Walker pivots and extends the arm, Samaras falls face first to the mat and taps??... does he?? YES! He's tapping! Excellent counter grappling there by Walker! Well done that man!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Johnny Walker!
Johnny Walker seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.