PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dirk Diggler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Walk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dirk Diggler looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Diggler
vs
Walk

200 cm
22
240 lbs
2 - 6 - 0

184 cm
22
225 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Dirk Diggler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Steve Walk!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Ackerman and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Walk closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Walk lands in his opponent's guard.
Diggler looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Walk is looking to work some ground and pound but Diggler has wrist control.
Walk advances to half guard.
Walk works his way into full mount!
Walk landing strikes, looking to finish!

Walk working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Diggler is bucking up trying to escape but Walk cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Walk should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walk with a couple of short strikes.
Walk lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Walk fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Walk in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Walk lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

Walk stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.
Diggler avoids the head kick by Walk.
Walk tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Diggler swivels and escapes.
Walk with a body punch. A glancing blow.

Walk closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Diggler to the mat! Diggler manages to get full guard.
Walk has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Walk sitting in guard here, content to control.
Walk wants to control from the top but Diggler keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diggler avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Diggler had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Walk is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Diggler Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Walk's back instead.
Walk manages to reverse the position and now he's in Diggler's guard. Nice work there by Walk.
Diggler trying to control the position.
Walk trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Walk throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Walk misses with a wild combination.

Diggler gets caught flat footed, as Walk shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Walk looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Walk postures up.
Walk wants to pass the guard but Diggler is keeping the position.
Diggler is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Diggler lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walk punching from the bottom.
Walk is trying to get back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Diggler stops Walk from getting back to his feet.
Walk is looking to improve his position.
Walk wants to control but Diggler is keeping busy.
Walk wants to improve his position but Diggler is controlling well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steve Walk dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Walk throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Walk explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.

Walk fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Diggler, pushing him back against the cage.

Walk has clasped his hands together around Diggler's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.

Walk decides to stand back up.
Walk throws a series of punches but Diggler avoids them all with ease.
Diggler throws out a loose jab but Walk uses good head movement to avoid it.
Walk tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Diggler swivels and escapes.
Diggler pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Walk doesn't manage to clinch there - Diggler circles away.
Walk tries to close the distance and clinch but Diggler swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Steve Walk seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Walk shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diggler on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

Walk has taken the fight to the clinch.
Walk lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Diggler can't find room to land a body shot as Walk controls the action.
Walk stalling in the clinch.
Diggler tries to break the clinch but Walk is controlling the position.

Walk breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Walk closes the distance and clinches.
Diggler looking to throw knees to the head but Walk is blocking nicely.
Walk is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Diggler is keeping busy.

Walk gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Walk perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Walk not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Walk is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Diggler gets back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diggler controls Walk momentarily but Walk frees himself.
Walk slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

Diggler looking for a guillotine here but Walk defends easily.
Walk controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diggler bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Walk's guard.
Diggler wants to pass the guard but Walk is keeping the position.
Walk trying to control the position.
Diggler throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Walk looking for a sweep. Not yet Walk, not yet.
Steve Walk has got the better of the ground game so far.
Diggler postures up.

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.
Walk wants to control the position but Diggler says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Diggler wants to advance to full mount but Walk doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.

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

Walk closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Walk manages to break the clinch.
Diggler throws a head kick but Walk moves out of range.
Walk fails with the takedown.
Dirk Diggler has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Steve Walk.

Walk closes the distance and clinches.

Walk tightens his grip and picks Diggler up, before dumping him to the ground. Diggler manages to land in guard.
Diggler working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Walk.
Walk slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Walk postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steve Walk showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!

A right-left combo lands from Walk.

Walk looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Walk trying to control from half guard but Diggler is working away.

Walk is working for a kimura but Diggler is defending it quite comfortably.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Walk in particular looking to stall.
Walk tries to pass to full mount but Diggler defends it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diggler moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Diggler keeping moving, preventing Walk from controlling successfully.
Diggler can't keep his opponent in guard - Walk advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Diggler trying to control from the bottom.
Walk wants to control but Diggler is keeping him busy.
Walk trying to pass the guard but Diggler defending well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Walk works his way into side control.
Walk working the body and head with strikes.
Diggler is looking for a sweep.
Walk wants to control but Diggler is keeping him busy.
Walk working the head with strikes.
Walk trying to control the position but Diggler is working away.
Walk is chipping away with strikes.
Walk controls the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walk advances nicely into full mount.
Diggler takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Diggler is desperately trying to improve his position but Walk has a good base and remains in mount.
Walk looking to control but Diggler is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Walk looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Despite being in the dominant position, Steve Walk just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Diggler fails to land the takedown.

Diggler tries to keep at a distance but Walk has taken the fight into the clinch.
Walk is pressed up against the cage. Diggler has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Walk down to the mat. Walk avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Walk scores with a takedown into Diggler's guard.
Walk wants to pass the guard but Diggler is keeping the position.
Walk stopping the sweep attempt from Diggler.
Walk is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

And that's the end of the fight!
Steve Walk comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Walk has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Sam Margolis scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 27:30
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Steve Walk!