PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Issac Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sebastian Walter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Walter has chosen Bombs Away - B.o.B. ft Morgan Freeman as his entrance music. Issac Thompson could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Sebastian Walter's chin.

Thompson
vs
Walter

181 cm
25
141 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

160 cm
25
139 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Prefers standup

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Issac Thompson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sebastian Walter!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Russell Pearce and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Walter stuffs the takedown attempt from Thompson. Thompson gets slowly back to his feet.
Thompson closes this distance looking for a takedown but Walter circles away.
Thompson shoots in looking for a takedown but Walter manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Thompson's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Issac Thompson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Thompson.
Thompson shoots in looking for a takedown but Walter manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Thompson's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Thompson slips a jab from Walter.
Thompson doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Walter counters with a nice uppercut.
Walter has worked on his takedown defense in the runup to this fight and it is paying off so far.
Thompson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Thompson is breathing heavily.
Thompson tries for a takedown but Walter circles away easily
and Walter counters with a good low kick that Thompson was not able to check.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Walter dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Walter throws a right hand that Thompson ducks under and follows up with a left that Thompson also avoids with ease.
Walter stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Walter wants it to stay on the feet.
Issac Thompson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thompson goes for a double leg but Walter avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Walter continues to drive forward.

Walter breaks from the clinch.
Walter throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Walter lands a glancing blow to the side of Thompson's head.
Walter tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walter scores with a jab to the body.
Thompson closes the distance and clinches up with Walter, looking for a takedown. Thompson pushes Walter against the cage but Walter circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Walter cracks the inside of Thompson's front leg.

Walter gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Walter breaks from the clinch.
Thompson has his takedown stuffed
and Walter finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Walter misses with a wild combination.
Walter fails with an attempt to clinch.
Walter is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Walter throws a poor cross that misses

and Thompson counters with a single leg into guard. Walter didn't expect that.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Thompson landing with the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Thompson trying to control the position from guard on top but Walter is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Thompson postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thompson prevents Walter from getting back to his feet.
Walter keeping moving, preventing Thompson from controlling successfully.
Walter preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Thompson keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Walter's head.

Walter is looking for a triangle but Thompson pushes his legs off easily.
Walter not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Thompson content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Walter is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Thompson has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Thompson throwing strikes but missing.
Thompson is working Walter over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walter has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Thompson with a nice head shot there.
Thompson distracts Walter with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Thompson will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Thompson sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Thompson wants to control from the top but Walter keeps moving.
Thompson working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Walter's head.
Thompson is in close to Walter's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Walter is trying to keep Thompson in close.
Thompson postures up and lands a big shot to Walter's brow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thompson is looking to work some ground and pound but Walter has wrist control.
Thompson working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Walter's head.
Thompson throwing strikes from guard but Walter blocks nicely.
Thompson really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Walter trying to strike off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thompson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Thompson landing with the ground and pound.
Walter keeping moving, preventing Thompson from controlling successfully.
Thompson landing with the ground and pound.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Thompson preventing the sweep.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Sebastian Walter will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Horrible takedown by Thompson or perhaps it was just good defense by Walter which made him look bad.
Thompson has a takedown stuffed.
Sebastian Walter seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Walter throws a head kick but Thompson moves out of range.
Walter tries to clinch there but Thompson circles away.
Walter swinging wildly here.
Thompson tries to score a power double leg takedown but Walter sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Thompson somewhat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Issac Thompson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Thompson goes for a double leg but Walter avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Walter continues to drive forward.
Walter unloads a knee to the mid-section. Thompson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Thompson is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Walter gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Knees to the body from Walter.

Walter pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Walter scoring well with a low kick there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Walter is looking to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walter misses with a head kick.
Thompson shoots in but no luck this time.

Oooooh!!! Walter has knocked Thompson down with a huge combo! Walter steps away and waves a wobbly Thompson back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Thompson is rocked!

It looks like Issac Thompson has been cut.
Issac Thompson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Thompson walks straight into a right hand from Walter - that's dropped him! Walter jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Thompson from any more punishment! Thompson complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Sebastian Walter!
Sebastian Walter is the new bantamweight champion!
Sebastian Walter was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.