PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Daniel The Butcher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Waldo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chris Waldo looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

The Butcher
vs
Waldo

184 cm
22
179 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
22
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Daniel The Butcher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Chris Waldo!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, John Roberts and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Butcher throws a sloppy head kick and Waldo moves out of range easily.

Waldo changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. The Butcher looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Waldo fails to land a wild elbow strike.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Waldo misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
You can see the frustration on The Butcher's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
The Butcher is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Waldo has just dragged him back down to the mat.
The Butcher can't do much from the bottom here.
The Butcher is looking for a sweep.
You can see the frustration on The Butcher's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
The Butcher wants to clinch.
Waldo shoots for a takedown but The Butcher saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Waldo scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Waldo looks gassed!
The Butcher trying to hold on to Waldo's head to control him but Waldo postures up.
The Butcher wants to get back to full guard.
Waldo is pressing down on The Butcher's thigh, looking to free his foot. The Butcher is holding on for now.
Waldo moves into full mount! The Butcher won't be happy about that!
Waldo throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for The Butcher because Waldo loaded up on that one.
The Butcher is working to get back to half guard.
Waldo looking to ground and pound but The Butcher is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Butcher tries to hold on but Waldo pushes him away.
The Butcher is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
The Butcher slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Waldo missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The Butcher is trying to maintain the position but Waldo is very close to passing his half guard.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Daniel The Butcher just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

Waldo changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. The Butcher looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Waldo in side control, throwing shots but The Butcher defends.
Waldo misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.

Waldo decides to stand up, so the ref orders The Butcher to his feet.
The Butcher misses with a takedown attempt

and Waldo counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Waldo.
Waldo wants to control from the top but The Butcher keeps moving.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now The Butcher is on top in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The Butcher trying to control but Waldo is working from the bottom.
The Butcher has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
The Butcher stays in close to Waldo's body and controls the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Waldo keeping moving, preventing The Butcher from controlling successfully.
The Butcher sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Waldo's guard.
Waldo trying to control but The Butcher postures up.
The Butcher is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Waldo is looking to get to half guard.
Waldo tries to control the position but The Butcher now has his back.
The Butcher wants to control but Waldo is keeping busy.

Waldo is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if The Butcher gets his way!
Waldo looking to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chris Waldo dominated that round.
That's time! The Butcher's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

The Butcher throws a sloppy head kick

and Waldo counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in The Butcher's guard now.
The Butcher keeping moving, preventing Waldo from controlling successfully.
Waldo pushing down on The Butcher's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

Waldo escapes and gets back to his feet.
The Butcher throws a head kick but Waldo moves out of range.
The Butcher tries to close the distance and clinch but Waldo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The Butcher moves in looking to clinch but Waldo pushes him off.

Waldo gets the takedown into side control.
Waldo wants to control but The Butcher is keeping him busy.

Waldo tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

Waldo stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Butcher misses with a series of wild punches.
The Butcher moves in looking to clinch but Waldo pushes him off.
The Butcher tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Waldo closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
The Butcher wants to improve his position but Waldo is controlling well.
Waldo looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks The Butcher with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The Butcher is trying to stand back up but Waldo is controlling him
The Butcher works his way to full guard. Good work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Waldo throws and elbow that misses. The Butcher uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Waldo's guard. Nice move by The Butcher!
The Butcher wants to control from the top but Waldo keeps moving.
Waldo looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The Butcher works over Waldo with some ground and pound from guard.
The Butcher would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
The Butcher wants to control from the top but Waldo keeps moving.

The Butcher thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Waldo looking to hit a scissor sweep but The Butcher is one step ahead there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Waldo will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
The Butcher with a poor takedown

and Waldo counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Waldo.
Waldo is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Waldo controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Waldo trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Waldo controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
The Butcher avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The Butcher is looking to stand up but Waldo isn't so interested in that idea.
Waldo has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Waldo working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
The Butcher looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
The Butcher not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The Butcher wants to stand up but Waldo is controlling him.
The Butcher trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Waldo stopping the sweep attempt from The Butcher.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chris Waldo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Waldo shoots in for a takedown but The Butcher shows good takedown defense.
Waldo closes the distance and clinches up with The Butcher, looking for a takedown. Waldo pushes The Butcher against the cage but The Butcher circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Waldo keeps the fight on the outside.
The Butcher shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Waldo counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
The Butcher is looking to control Waldo's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can The Butcher avoid being mounted?
The Butcher is trying to stand.
Waldo not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Waldo throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Waldo thows a huge punch but The Butcher dodges it nicely.
Waldo is keen to just control but The Butcher is a slippery customer.
The Butcher trying to control but Waldo postures up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Waldo missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Waldo gets a takedown into half guard.
Waldo thows a huge punch but The Butcher dodges it nicely.
The Butcher wants to improve his position but Waldo is controlling well.
The Butcher is not content to let Waldo control the position.
Waldo takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Waldo throwing shots but The Butcher is blocking nicely.
The Butcher is trying to control but can't.
Waldo throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The Butcher wants to control but Waldo is keeping busy and won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Butcher is pressing down on Waldo's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
The Butcher wants to stand but Waldo is controlling the position.

The Butcher has an active guard here but Waldo has managed to pass into half guard.
The Butcher is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Waldo's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Waldo's back!
The Butcher lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Waldo.

The Butcher is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Waldo defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.

Waldo defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
The Butcher doesn't have the hooks in and Waldo manages to turn into his guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Waldo stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. The Butcher swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The Butcher is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Waldo tries to roll over but The Butcher keeps him under control.
Waldo is refusing to be controlled, as The Butcher sits in half guard.
The Butcher wants to free his trapped foot but Waldo is holding on for dear life with his legs.
The Butcher wants to get back to his feet.
Waldo wants to improve his position but The Butcher is controlling well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Waldo is trying to control but can't.
The Butcher wants to pass to mount but Waldo is defending the position.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
The Butcher misses with a takedown

and Waldo counters with a single leg into guard. The Butcher didn't expect that.

The Butcher throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Waldo trying to control but The Butcher is working from the bottom.
Chris Waldo has got the better of the ground game so far.
The Butcher looking for a sweep. Not yet The Butcher, not yet.
Daniel The Butcher has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Waldo postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Waldo loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

And that's the end of the fight!
Chris Waldo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Waldo winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Joseph Jones scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 27:30
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chris Waldo!