PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Azad Bekzod (ranked 5669 p4p, 3761 weight class) and Benjamin Walton (ranked 547 p4p, 457 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Bekzod
vs
Walton

183 cm
19
174
1 - 1 - 0

185 cm
19
174
2 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Good low kicks
Granite chin

Paddy's Enhancing Drugs (160Q)
Bondi MMA ðŸï¸

Bondi MMA ðŸï¸

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Azad Bekzod!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Benjamin Walton!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Ben Zyskovitsi and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bekzod takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Bekzod listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

It looks like Benjamin Walton has been cut.
Bekzod just misses with a punch to the body.
And Walton responds with a good body kick, but Bekzod manages to step out the way in time.
A thudding body kick lands there by Walton!
Walton looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Walton loads up on a big right hand but Bekzod slips the punch.
Walton misses with the body kick
and Bekzod counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Walton's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Bekzod has managed to clinch.
Bekzod misses with a short punch on the inside.

Walton manages to break the clinch.
Walton misses the jab.
Bekzod throws the left hand but Walton avoids the punch easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bekzod steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Walton.

Bekzod closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Walton displaying some good clinch control by pressing Bekzod up against the cage.
Bekzod lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Walton backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bekzod misses with a punch to the body.
Bekzod throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Waltons head.
Bekzod scores with a shot to the side of Walton's head.
I was talking to Bekzod's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Bekzod tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Walton's elbow.
Bekzod lands with a right to the head.
Walton tries to throw a body punch but Bekzod avoids it by throwing Walton back against the cage.
Bekzod lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

Walton manages to break the clinch.

Bekzod fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Walton, pushing him back against the cage.
Walton wants to break free but Bekzod has control.
Bekzod lands a body punch.
Walton stalling.

Walton breaks the clinch.
Walton throws out a loose jab but Bekzod uses good head movement to avoid it.

Walton tries to keep at a distance but Bekzod has taken the fight into the clinch.
Walton prevents a body shot from Bekzod.
A right hook to the body lands for Bekzod.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bekzod struggles to land a body shot inside as Walton controls his hands.
Bekzod misses with a punch on the inside.
Bekzod can't break the clinch.
Bekzod lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bekzod cracks Walton with a nice body shot.
Bekzod stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Bekzod lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Walton backwards.
Bekzod goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Walton prevents a body shot from Bekzod.
A shot in the inside from Bekzod.
Walton is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Walton is looking to break free of the clinch but Bekzod has double underhooks.
Bekzod has a couple of punches blocked by Walton.
Bekzod keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Walton's efforts to push away.
A short left from Bekzod.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bekzod.
Walton looks winded!
Bekzod lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walton wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bekzod scores with a shot to the side of Walton's head.
Walton looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bekzod tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Walton wants to break free but Bekzod has control.
Bekzod gets through Walton's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Walton can't break the clinch.
Bekzod misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A right hand to the body from Bekzod.
Walton prevents a body shot from Bekzod.
Bekzod can't find room to land a body shot as Walton controls the action.
Walton prevents a body shot from Bekzod.
Bekzod tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bekzod keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Walton's efforts to push away.
Bekzod has Walton pressed against the cage, preventing Walton from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Walton blocks a body shot from Bekzod.
Bekzod scores with a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Walton manages to break the clinch.
The fighters circling - Walton throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nice uppercut lands for Bekzod. That snapped Walton's head back.
Walton lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Bekzod takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

Walton is rocked!

Bekzod closes the distance and pushes Walton back into the cage.
Walton is still on wobbly legs! Can Bekzod finish him?
Bekzod lands a big right hand that drops Walton! The killer instinct kicks in and Bekzod finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Bekzod!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Azad Bekzod!
Azad Bekzod seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.