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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ervin Walker (ranked 25020 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Tucker (ranked 2795 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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18
161 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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175 cm
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160 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Ervin Walker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jason Tucker!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, James Ackerman and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tucker wants to clinch up but Walker keeps it at a distance.
Tucker shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Walker eats them both and turns towards Tucker to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Tucker blocks a head kick by Walker.
Walker tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Despite the aggression on Tucker's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Tucker rushes Walker and presses him up against the cage.
Tucker prevents the takedown attempt.
Walker breaks from the clinch.
Walker throws a half hearted mid kick.
Tucker throws a head kick that misses.
As Tucker looks to move away, Walker throws a big counter combo but Tucker just gets out of the way.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tucker tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Walker swivels and escapes.
Walker lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Tucker falls off balance throwing a combination
and Walker counters with a two punch combo.
Tucker looks winded!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walker closes the distance and clinches.
Walker prevents a takedown attempt there.
Tucker is trying to pull guard but Walker turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Ervin Walker has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jason Tucker.
Walker has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Tucker uses from the top position.
Tucker must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Walker is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Tucker stopping the sweep attempt from Walker.
Walker is looking to stand up but Tucker isn't so interested in that idea.
Walker uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Ervin Walker is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tucker fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Walker avoids it really well and circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tucker moves out of range of the leg kick from Walker.
Walker throws a nice looking combination but Tucker bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Tucker looks for a takedown but Walker sprawls well.
Tucker showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Walker.
Tucker tries to close the distance and clinch up but Walker swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Walker keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tucker tries for a takedown but Walker sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Walker jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Walker throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tucker is trying hard to land a takedown here. Walker sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Walker misses with a jab, cross combination.
Walker swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tucker shoots in but no luck this time.
Walker looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Walker clinches up against the cage.
Walker breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Walker misses with a hook. Tucker ducked under it nicely.
As Walker backs off Tucker throws a huge counter combo but Walker manages to avoid it all.
Tucker avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tucker is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walker misses with a head kick.
Walker defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Tucker.
Walker misses with a kick to the body.
Tucker on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Tucker moves in looking to clinch but Walker pushes him off.
Walker tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tucker is looking to clinch but Walker is avoiding it.
Tucker tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Walker paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tucker shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Walker as he avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ervin Walker dominated that 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.
Walker tries a head kick but it misses.
Walker really is a fat lump.
Walker throws a head kick that misses
and Tucker counters with a three punch combo that has Walker backing up. Walker nods at Tucker to acknowledge the strikes.
Walker misses with a head kick.
As Walker backs off Tucker throws a huge counter combo but Walker manages to avoid it all.
Tucker tries to keep at a distance but Walker has taken the fight into the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Tucker as Walker tries to tie him up.
Tucker tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Walker just stands there and leans against the cage.
Tucker is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Walker really is built like a bowling ball. I wonder if he'd roll if you pushed him down a hill...
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Walker breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Walker tries a head kick but it misses.
Tucker is breathing heavily.
Tucker tries to clinch up.
Tucker blocks a head kick by Walker.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tucker checks a low kick from Walker.
A low kick from Walker is predictable there
and Tucker counters by moving into the clinch.
Tucker tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Ervin Walker has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jason Tucker.
Tucker is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Walker is defending well.
Walker breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Walker throws a head kick but Tucker moves out of range.
Ervin Walker is winning the standup battle so far.
Tucker takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Tucker moves out of range of the body kick.
Walker defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Tucker.
Walker throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Walker is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tucker can do to turn this around?
Tucker looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walker misses with a looping left.
Walker tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tucker swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tucker wants to clinch.
Tucker avoids the head kick by Walker.
Tucker looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Tucker swings for the body but Walker moves out of range.
Tucker tries to clinch but Walker moves out of range.
Walker jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walker lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Tucker goes for a double leg but Walker avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Walker continues to drive forward.
Tucker avoids a punch combination nicely.
Tucker is looking for the big counter here.
Tucker takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Walker closes the distance and pushes Tucker back into the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Tucker.
Tucker wants a takedown.
Tucker keeps control of Walker as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Tucker tries to pull guard but Walker forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walker decides to pull guard.
Walker is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Walker manages to break the clinch.
Walker throws a sloppy head kick and Tucker moves out of range easily.
Walker moves out of range of the body kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Walker throws out a loose jab but Tucker uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tucker darts in looking for a takedown but Walker gets double underhooks and turns Tucker into the cage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Tucker takes one to the side of the head.
Tucker will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Walker tries to clinch up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ervin Walker dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Tucker crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Walker - the referee stops the clock and Tucker gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Walker. Tucker manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Tucker shoots for a double leg takedown but Walker sprawls well. He's pushed Tucker's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Tucker shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Walker moves into the clinch.
Walker breaks the clinch.
Tucker misses with a takedown attempt
and Walker holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Ervin Walker has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jason Tucker.
Walker can't get the takedown.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Walker manages to break the clinch.
Walker is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Tucker's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Walker throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tucker is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Walker throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Walker thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Tucker if he has to take too many more of those.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tucker shoots in looking for a takedown but Walker manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Tucker's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Walker throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A bone on bone clash there as Tucker blocks the leg kick.
Walker closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Walker breaks the clinch.
Walker throws a low kick but it's checked well by Tucker.
Walker throws a lazy right hand but Tucker sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Walker looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tucker throws a combination. Walker tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walker throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tucker avoids the head kick by Walker.
As Walker backs off Tucker throws a huge counter combo but Walker manages to avoid it all.
Tucker blocks a leg kick.
Tucker throws a nice outside leg kick.
Tucker throws a series of strikes that have Walker backpedaling.
Walker looks to land a body kick but Tucker moved away.
Tucker tries to clinch but Walker moves away
enabling Walker to counter with a crisp jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tucker fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Walker has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A head kick misses from Tucker.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walker motions for Tucker to come forward. Walker throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Tucker misses with a takedown attempt - Walker sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
As Tucker looks to move away, Walker throws a big counter combo but Tucker just gets out of the way.
Tucker blocks a head kick by Walker.
Tucker moves out of range of the leg kick from Walker.
Tucker unleashes a big counter combination but Walker bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Walker is looking to clinch but Tucker is avoiding it.
A head kick misses from Tucker.
Walker misses with a low kick as Tucker jumps back.
Ervin Walker is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tucker fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tucker shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Walker looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Walker tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tucker keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Tucker shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Walker as he avoids it easily.
Tucker will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Walker blocks a head kick by Tucker.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Tucker avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jason Tucker has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ervin Walker is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Tucker fails to land the takedown.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ervin Walker showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Walker has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ervin Walker!
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energy
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RATING
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