PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Eric Ashton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Walcott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ashton comes to the cage accompanied by Zombie Nation. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ashton
vs
Walcott

182 cm
23
200 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

187 cm
23
190 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Sully's Bar & Grill

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Eric Ashton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joe Walcott!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, James Atkins and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Walcott lands with a nice body punch.
Ashton lands a lovely overhand right.
Walcott misses with a head kick.
Ashton is looking to counter punch.
Ashton jabs Walcott to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Walcott swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Walcott displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ashton throws out the jab.
Walcott throws out a counter right but Ashton avoids it with no problem.
Walcott fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Ashton checks a low kick from Walcott.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Walcott swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ashton drops down looking for a counter takedown but Walcott sprawls and moves away.
Joe Walcott seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A swing and a miss from Ashton.
Walcott stuns Ashton with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Ashton has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walcott misses with a hook to the body
and Ashton counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Ashton scores with a decent looking hook.
Walcott fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ashton manages to avoid it.
Walcott swings and misses with a hook to the body.
It looked like Ashton wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Decent striking displayed by Walcott there.
Ashton takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Ashton takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Ashton uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Walcott.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walcott misses with a double jab.
Walcott looks to throw a body kick

and Ashton counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Walcott trying to control here.
Ashton controlling the action here.
Walcott tries to roll over but Ashton keeps him under control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ashton is looking to take a break and control but Walcott is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Ashton landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Ashton is controlling the pace.
Ashton is thwarting Walcott's attempts to control the position.
Ashton looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Ashton wants to pass the guard but Walcott is defending well.
Walcott is controlling Ashton's position as best he can from this difficult position.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Walcott bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A cross from Ashton lands.
Walcott scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Eric Ashton will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Ashton uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Walcott.
A head kick misses from Walcott.
It looked like Ashton wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Walcott throws a body shot but no joy.
Ashton throwing a counter right hand but Walcott manages to avoid it.
Ashton shoots for a double leg takedown but Walcott sprawls well. He's pushed Ashton's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Walcott scores with a jab.
Walcott tries to land a front kick but Ashton steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Ashton swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ashton keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ashton takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A low kick from Walcott misses
and Ashton counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Walcott is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Ashton rather than just go for the knockout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walcott jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Walcott misses with a wild body shot.
Ashton appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Ashton paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Walcott lands a nice hook to Ashton's body. Ashton takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Walcott lands a jab to Ashton's midsection.
Walcott swings for the body but Ashton moves out of range.
Ashton throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ashton cracks Walcott with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Walcott misses with an attempted mid kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ashton throws a poor cross that misses
and Ashton takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Walcott thuds a left hand into Ashton's body.
Walcott misses the shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Walcott takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A swing and a miss from Ashton.
Walcott cracks a nice hook into Ashton's ribs.
Walcott throws a body punch but Ashton moves out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Ashton misses the target.
Ashton rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Walcott counter with a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walcott throws out a powerful jab.
Walcott connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Walcott has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Walcott looks to score with a jab to the body but Ashton is just out of range.
Walcott misses with a looping right.
It looked like Ashton wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A jab from Ashton finds it's way through Walcott's defenses.
Walcott with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Walcott scores with a three punch combo!
Walcott swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Ashton counters with a left to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lazy left from Ashton finds it's target.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Walcott is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ashton.
Ashton avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Walcott connects with a crisp jab.
Ashton throws a hook but Walcott blocks it.
Walcott ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ashton moves away.
Ashton changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Walcott ducks under a wild hook from Ashton.
Walcott feints and then cracks Ashton's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Ashton down.
A big right from Walcott misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Walcott showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Ashton loads up on a big right hand but Walcott slips the punch.
Walcott looks to score with a jab to the body but Ashton is just out of range.
Ashton takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Ashton feinted with a counter takedown.
Walcott lands with a thumping leg kick.
Walcott fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Ashton.
Ashton tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ashton uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Walcott.
Walcott looks to land a left hand but Ashton moved out of range nicely.
It looked like Ashton wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Ashton uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Walcott.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ashton drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Ashton is stalling in the full guard.
Walcott pulls Ashton in close to prevent any damage.
Ashton working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Walcott preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Ashton wants to pass the guard but Walcott is keeping the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walcott wants to sweep here but Ashton controlling him for the moment.
Ashton engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

Ashton is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Ashton throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Walcott. Ashton does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ashton uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Walcott.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walcott misses with a straight left.
Ashton swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Walcott just misses with a punch to the body.
An attempted straight right counter from Ashton misses the target.
Walcott takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Ashton slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A head kick misses from Walcott.
Walcott slips a straight right by Ashton.
Ashton thows a left - swing and a miss!
Walcott looks to score with a jab to the body but Ashton is just out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walcott lands the left hand.
Walcott looks to land a body kick but Ashton moved away.
Ashton takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Ashton steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Walcott.
A jab from Ashton misses.
Walcott throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
It looked like Ashton wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Walcott throws a one two combo.
Joe Walcott seems to be getting the better of the standup.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ashton looks to throw the jab but Walcott is out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
Joe Walcott comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Walcott has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Phil Schofield scores the fight 28:30
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 28:30
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 28:30

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