PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Orin Juice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Walker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Juice
vs
Walker

183 cm
18
199 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

186 cm
25
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Orin Juice!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mike Walker!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Joseph Jones and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Juice tries to sprawl but Walker drives through with a takedown into half guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Walker controlling the action here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Juice gets back to full guard.
Juice is adopting a defensive guard.
Juice looking to control.
Juice has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Walker has passed into side control.
Juice wants to control but Walker postures up.
Walker tries to stand but Juice is controlling his head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Juice tries to improve position but can't.
Walker is looking to take a break and control but Juice is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Walker avoids the strikes from the bottom by Juice.
Walker tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Juice wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.

Walker is trying to get an arm triangle but Juice is defending well.
Juice is trying to control Walker's posture but Walker avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Juice is looking to reverse the position.
Juice is working hard here to advance position.
Walker wants to lay and pray for a moment but Juice keeps working.
Walker tries to advance to mount but Juice denies him.
Juice is looking to reverse the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Juice manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
It looks like Walker is going to stand back up.
Juice works his way to full guard. Good work.
Walker postures up.
Walker preventing the sweep.
Juice is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Walker is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Juice seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Walker does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Juice missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Juice drops an elbow to the side of Walker's head.
Juice is keen to just control but Walker is a slippery customer.
Juice is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Walker is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Walker pushes Juice off looking to stand but Juice dives back in and keeps control.
Walker is not content to let Juice control the position.
Juice with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Walker is trying to control but Juice manages to pass to mount!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Walker is squirming around, avoiding Juice's attempts to control the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Orin Juice dominated that round.
That's time! Juice's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Walker stuffs the takedown attempt from Juice. Juice gets slowly back to his feet.
Juice 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.
Juice definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Juice is trying to pull guard but Walker turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Orin Juice. That's going to take a lot out of him.

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

Walker rushes Juice and presses him up against the cage.
Juice is looking for a takedown.

Walker decides to pull guard.
Walker is pulling down on Juice's head to control his posture.
Orin Juice overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Walker wants to sweep here but Juice controlling him for the moment.
Juice won't allow Walker to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Juice drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Juice jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Juice trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Juice working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Juice wants to control from the top but Walker keeps moving.
Juice content to stall in guard here.
Juice slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walker bucks up and tries to throw Juice off but instead Juice has got his back!
Walker is trying to break free.
Walker covering up well under a series of strikes from Juice.
Walker trying to control the action but Juice just sinks the hooks in.
Walker is in a world of trouble here. He's outmatched on the ground here and he'd better get Juice off his back sharpish unless he wants to be submitted.

Juice has managed to slip his arm under Walker's chin. This could be all over... yep, Walker is tapping out! Submission win for Juice.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Orin Juice!