PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Two Moons (ranked 878 p4p, 1529 weight class) and Chris Walker (ranked 110 p4p, 190 weight class). Chris Walker has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Moons
vs
Walker

172 cm
26
165
6 - 5 - 0

175 cm
26
148
5 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent knees
Knockout power

EL ZOIDO FEEBLE FIGHTWEAR

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Two Moons!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Chris Walker!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Winston Alpacca and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Walker staying out of range there.
Walker throws a fast counter high kick but Moons manages to duck under it in time.
Moons moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Walker tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Moons ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Walker moves away.
Walker swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Moons connects with a looping right hand.
Moons sizes up Walker with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
A jab lands there for Moons.
Moons looks to land a combination. Walker sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Moons's corner calls for a 1-2. Moons obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Moons connects with a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Moons lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A telegraphed right hand from Moons misses the target.
Walker misses the jab.
Moons swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moons tries to bum rush Walker with a series of wild strikes but Walker uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Moons misses with an uppercut
and Walker counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Walker walks into a jab.
It looks like Moons has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Moons ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Moons lands a nice shot to the body.
Walker takes one to the chin there.

Walker forces Moons back against the cage and clinches.
Walker is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Moons is defending well for now.
Walker stalling.
Walker misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Moons.
Moons wants to break free but Walker has control.
Moons blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moons on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Walker tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Moons avoids it.
Walker trying to land knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Walker unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Walker creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Walker lands an elbow just above Moons 's eye.
Walker tries to land knees in the clinch but Moons avoids the damage to the body.
Walker throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Moons blocks it with crossed arms.
Moons blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Walker is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Moons is defending well for now.

Moons breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Moons connects with the punch.
Walker drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moons lands with a right hand.
Donk. Moons catches Walker right on the button with a cross.
Two Moons seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Walker tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Moons counters with a stiff right hand.
Moons is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Walker fails with an attempt to clinch.
Walker takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Walker throws a sloppy head kick
and Moons counters with a straight right hand.
Walker keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Moons.
Walker blocks a jab.
Walker slips under a jab.
Moons avoids the body shot from Walker.
A slow jab from Walker misses its intended target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walker takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Moons scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Moons is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Moons scores with a body shot.
A good leg kick by Walker.
Moons throws a lazy right hand but Walker sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Walker tries to clinch up but Moons circles away and keeps his distance.
Moons misses with a body shot.
Moons connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Walker momentarily.
Walker tries to clinch but Moons moves away
and Moons counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Moons throws out a loose jab but Walker uses good head movement to avoid it.
Moons lands with a straight right. Walker didn't see that one coming.
Moons swats away the attempt to clinch by Walker.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Two Moons dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Walker misses with the body kick
and Moons counters with a right hand to the body.
Walker has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Moons loads up on a big right hand but Walker slips the punch.
Walker gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Moons.
Walker throws a body punch but Moons moves out of range.
Walker misses with a straight right.
Moons connects with the punch.
Walker tries a head kick but it misses.
Moons lunges at Walker with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Walker's hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Walker swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
It looked like Moons wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Walker tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Moons manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Walker has closed the distance and engaged Moons in a clinch.
Moons is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Walker can do to turn this around?
A frustrated look appears on Moons's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walker goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Moons managing to block the knees to the body from Walker.

Moons breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Walker closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Moons lands a jab to the nose.
Moons thuds his right hand into Walker's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
A big left from Moons misses.
Two Moons is winning the standup battle so far.
Moons misses with a hook.
Walker tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A big left from Moons misses.
Walker bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Walker tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Moons manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Moons throwing a counter right hand but Walker manages to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moons swings widly with a right hand
and Walker counters with a stiff right hand.
Moons lands a right hook to the body.
Walker slips under a jab.
Moons lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Moons throws a hook to the side of Walker's head but Walker sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Moons changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Moons lands a jab to Walker's midsection.
Walker misses with a head kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Moons misses the target.
Moons misses with a double jab
and Walker counters with an outside leg kick.

Walker takes the fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walker tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Walker is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Moons is defending well for now.
Walker throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Walker prevents Moons from breaking the clinch.
Moons managing to block the knees to the body from Walker.
Moons is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Moons is trying to break the clinch but Walker is controlling him.
Walker looking to slow down the pace here.
Walker with a knee to the head.
Moons tries to break free but Walker pushes him back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moons is trying to break the clinch but Walker is controlling him.
Moons blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Walker just misses with a elbow thrown towards Moons's brow.
Moons takes a knee right on the jaw!
A frustrated look appears on Moons's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Walker goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Chris Walker seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Walker missing with knees to the body.
Walker tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Moons avoids it.
Walker tries to land knees in the clinch but Moons avoids the damage to the body.
Walker tries to throw a body punch but Moons avoids it by throwing Walker back against the cage.
Moons wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Walker has him pressed against the cage.
Walker keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Moons's efforts to push away.
Walker stalls.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Two Moons will probably get the nod.
That's time! Moons's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Walker wants to clinch but Moons slips to the side
and Walker takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Walker looks to score with a jab to the body but Moons is just out of range.
Walker keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Moons.
Walker defending well as Moons loads up on a big left hand.
Moons misses with an uppercut.
Moons's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Moons duly obliges.
A cross from Moons lands.
Walker slips a straight right by Moons.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Moons throws out a loose jab but Walker uses good head movement to avoid it.
Moons throws a big shot that misses.
Walker tries to clinch but Moons moves out of range.
Moons misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moons fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Moons jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
The fighters circling - Moons throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Walker takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Moons pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Moons lands with a good body shot.
Walker tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Moons counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Moons scores with a nice right hand.
Walker slips under a jab from Moons.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Walker! But no joy.
Walker displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Moons throws out the jab.
Walker takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Chris Walker has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walker throws a leg kick but Moons sees it coming and moves out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Moons misses the target.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Moons, as that shot connected.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Moons misses with a hook. Walker ducked under it nicely.
Walker throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Moons counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Moons's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Moons duly obliges.
Nice defenses there by Walker.
Walker steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Moons.
Moons lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Jab, jab by Moons - just one landing.
Walker moves out of range as Moons strikes.
Moons swings widly with a right hand
and Walker counters with a nice body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Moons misses its intended target.
Moons throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Moons takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Moons uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Walker.
Walker avoids a punch combination nicely.
Walker flicks out a counter leg kick but Moons steps away.
Walker walks into a straight right hand from Moons.
Walker is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Moons thows a left - swing and a miss!
Two Moons is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moons jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Walker looks like he wants to counter punch here.

Walker pushes Moons up against the cage in a clinch.
Moons working hard to break the clinch.
Walker is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Moons on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Walker misses with a punch to the body.
Walker missing with knees to the body.
Moons blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Walker doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Walker is trying to maintain a safe position but Moons gets an underhook and turns Walker into the cage.

Moons breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jab, jab by Moons - just one landing.

And that's the end of the fight!
Two Moons showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Moons, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Dirk Anderson scores the fight 29:28
Judge Winston Alpacca scores the fight 30:27
Judge Santiago Holmes scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Two Moons!
Two Moons decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
Chris Walker spoke after the fight, saying 'That was not supposed to happen. '.