PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Melankomas Caria (ranked 1852 p4p, 241 weight class) and Johnny Walker (ranked 1992 p4p, 256 weight class). Melankomas Caria has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Caria
vs
Walker

186 cm
21
171 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

175 cm
21
170 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

Excellent boxer
Very quick

World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Melankomas Caria!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Johnny Walker!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Sosuke Kotani and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Caria misses with a low kick.
Caria throws a looping overhand right but Walker ducks down to avoid it.
Walker wants to counter with a clinch but Caria pushes him away.
Caria throws a head kick but Walker moves out of range.
Caria looks for the body kick but Walker saw that one coming.
Caria looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Caria scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Walker ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Caria moves away.
Caria ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Walker moves away.
A little jabbing left from Walker on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Walker ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Caria doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Caria misses with a hook
enabling Walker to counter with a crisp jab.
Caria uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Walker.
Walker moves away from the strike by Caria.
Caria connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Caria avoids the body shot from Walker.
Walker takes one to the chin there.
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!
Walker thuds a left hand into Caria's body.
Caria goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walker loads up on a big right hand but Caria slips the punch.
Caria throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Walker connects with a good right hand that stumbles Caria. Caria circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Walker moves in looking to clinch but Caria pushes him off.
Walker lands a jab to the head.

Walker clinches.
Walker misses with a hook to the ribs.
Walker misses with a hook from the clinch.
Caria works on Walker's body with a couple of short punches.
A short right from Walker on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Walker.
A head punch on the inside from Caria fails to land.
Walker swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Caria misses with the head strike.
Caria swings wildly with an uppercut but Walker uses good head movement to avoid it.
Walker swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Caria lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Walker managing to block the knees to the body from Caria.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Caria tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Walker's elbow.
Walker misses with a punch to the body.
Caria swings wildly with an uppercut but Walker uses good head movement to avoid it.
Walker looking to stall.
Caria tries to throw a body punch but Walker avoids it by throwing Caria back against the ropes.
Caria blocks an uppercut.
Caria misses with a body punch.

Caria breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Walker with a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Caria. Walker does a little dance to reset his feet.
Walker throws out a counter right but Caria avoids it with no problem.
Walker stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Caria.
A big right from Caria misses.
Walker tests Caria's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Caria tries a low kick but Walker avoids it.
A cross from Caria lands.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Walker swings away with a body shot that misses
and Caria makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Walker scores with a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Johnny Walker will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Caria clinches.
Walker has a couple of punches blocked by Caria.
Caria has a couple of punches blocked by Walker.
Walker lands with a light punch inside.
Caria misses with a hook to the ribs.
Walker blocking some punches.
Walker can't find room to land a body shot as Caria controls the action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Walker.

Caria breaks the clinch.
Walker misses with a hook.
Walker throws out a loose jab but Caria uses good head movement to avoid it.
Walker misses with a body shot.
A lazy left from Walker finds it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Walker jabs Caria right on the nose. Caria blinks but takes it well.
Caria fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Walker on the side of the head.
Caria swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Walker loads up on a big right hand but Caria slips the punch.
Caria was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Caria throws a leg kick but Walker sees it coming and checks it nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Walker's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Walker duly obliges.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Caria misses with a body shot.
Walker misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Caria.
Caria misses with a body punch
and Walker counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Caria thinking.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Walker crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Caria - the referee stops the clock and Walker gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Caria. Walker manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Walker fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Caria looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Johnny Walker seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The crowd cheers as Caria lands an impressive looking overhand right. Walker doesn't seem phased though.
Caria swings widly with a right hand
enabling Walker to counter with a crisp jab.
Walker throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Caria throws out a loose jab but Walker uses good head movement to avoid it.
Caria misses with a hook.
Walker scores with a jab to the head.
Walker checks a leg kick nicely.
Walker stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Caria.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Caria misses with a left hand
and Caria takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Caria looks to score with a jab to the body but Walker is just out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walker checks a leg kick.
Walker throws out a counter right but Caria avoids it with no problem.
Walker fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Caria manages to avoid it.
Walker throws a hook but Caria avoids it easily.
Caria moves away from the strike by Walker.
Walker lands a body shot.
Walker slips a jab from Caria.
Walker ducks under a wild hook from Caria.
Caria missing with a left hand there. Walker was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Walker wants to counter the offense by Caria and move into the clinch position.
Caria throws a nice head kick!
Walker takes a swing at Caria's ribcage but misses.
Walker takes one on the chin but seems OK.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Caria throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Walker dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Walker lands with a nice body punch.
Caria throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Walker counters with a straight right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Walker showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Walker slips under a jab.
Walker throws out a counter right but Caria avoids it with no problem.
Caria looks to throw the jab but Walker is out of range.
Walker lands a nice looking body shot.
Walker misses with a straight right.
Caria throws a low kick but Walker moves out of range easily.
Caria misses with a looping left.
Caria throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Caria, right into the meat.
Caria throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Walker scores with a body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Caria. Walker does a little dance to reset his feet.
Walker now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice uppercut lands for Caria. That snapped Walker's head back.
Caria throws a jab when Walker was well out of range.
Walker swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Walker ducks under a wild hook from Caria.
Walker slips a straight right by Caria.
Caria lands the left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walker comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Walker misses with a hook. Caria ducked under it nicely.
Walker misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Caria.
A telegraphed right hand from Walker misses the target.
Walker looks to land a left hand but Caria moved out of range nicely.
Caria swings for the body but Walker moves out of range.
Caria is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Walker.
Walker loads up on a big right hand but Caria slips the punch.
Caria keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Walker.
Walker lands a two punch combo.
Nice defenses there by Caria.
Walker ducks under a wild hook from Caria.
Walker misses with an uppercut.
Caria throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Caria throws a series of punches but Walker moves out of range.
Walker swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Caria. Walker does a little dance to reset his feet.
Walker fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Caria throws a push kick but Walker slaps the foot to one side.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Caria tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Caria misses with a short punch on the inside.
Caria lands an uppercut.
Caria tries to throw a body punch but Walker avoids it by throwing Caria back against the ropes.
Walker scores with a shot to the side of Caria's head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Caria as Walker tries to tie him up.
Caria swings wildly with an uppercut but Walker uses good head movement to avoid it.
Walker throws a head punch that misses.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Caria misses with a short punch on the inside.
Caria lands with a light punch inside.
Caria working aggressively here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Melankomas Caria clearly takes that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Caria throws a shot to the body.
Caria throws a leg kick
and Walker counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Caria missing with a left hand there. Walker was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Caria throws a leg kick that misses.
Walker lands a jab to the nose.
Walker throws a right and a left that both miss.
Walker throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Walker throws a body punch but Caria moves out of range.
Walker lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Caria at a distance.
Walker looks to throw the jab but Caria is out of range.
A swing and a miss from Caria.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Caria tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Walker was well out of range. Poor timing from Caria.
It seemed like Walker was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Walker misses with a body punch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Walker doesn't manage to clinch there - Caria circles away.
Walker tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Caria paws at him with a jab and circles away.
As Walker backs away, Caria returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Walker pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Caria swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Caria tries to bum rush Walker with a series of wild strikes but Walker uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Walker scores with a body shot.
Walker checks a low kick from Caria.
Walker looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Walker wants to clinch up but Caria keeps it at a distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Walker looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Walker moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Walker checks a leg kick nicely.
Nice uppercut there from Walker.
Walker misses the shot to the body.
Caria throwing a counter right hand but Walker manages to avoid it.
Caria misses with a low kick.
Walker lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Walker.
Walker bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Caria. Walker does a little dance to reset his feet.
Caria walks into a left hand.
Walker pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Caria swings widly with a right hand
and Walker counters with a left to the body.
Caria slips under a jab.
Walker is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Caria.
A big right from Caria misses.
Walker throws out a counter right but Caria avoids it with no problem.
Walker waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Caria.
Walker pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Walker lands with a right hand.
Caria digs a good hook to Walker's body.

Walker forces Caria back against the ropes and clinches.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Caria takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Walker swings wildly with an uppercut but Caria uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Caria.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Walker dominated that fourth round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Caria misses with a left hand

and Walker counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Walker.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Caria.
Caria lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Walker backwards.
Walker tries to work over Caria's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Caria tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Caria has a couple of punches blocked by Walker.
Walker fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Caria misses with the head strike.
Walker's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Caria tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Walker's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Caria lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Walker.
Caria leaning his opponent against the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Caria throws a head punch that misses.
Walker lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Caria backwards.
A short right from Caria.
Caria working aggressively here.
Walker lands with a left to the head.
Melankomas Caria has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Caria escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Caria moves into the clinch successfully.
Caria misses with a hook from the clinch.
Caria trying to control the position but instead, Walker has worked for underhooks and has pushed Caria into the ropes.
Caria presses Walker against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

Caria breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Walker misses with a jab to the body
enabling Caria to counter with a crisp jab.

Walker is rocked!
Walker throws a shot from downtown. Caria moves away and avoids it.
Walker is still on wobbly legs! Can Caria finish him?
Caria throws a switch kick that catches Walker on the top of the head and drops him to the canvas! Walker looks hurt - I'm not sure he's going to get back up! The referee starts the count but calls it off at seven as Walker flops around on the canvas, clearly in no position to continue! This fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Melankomas Caria!
Melankomas Caria is the new welterweight champion!
Melankomas Caria thanked the fans post fight for their support.