PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Abraham King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nelson Walker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

King
vs
Walker

185 cm
22
238 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

192 cm
20
280 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Knockout power

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Abraham King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nelson Walker!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Robert Twigg and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

King shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Walker manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.

Walker looking for a guillotine here but King defends easily.
Walker will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
King advances position into side control!
Walker is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Walker is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

King wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Walker, who protects the arm well.
Check out the look on King's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walker is looking for a sweep.

King decides to stand up, so the ref orders Walker to his feet.
Walker tries to clinch up but King circles away and keeps his distance.
Walker tries to clinch but King moves out of range.
Nice takedown defense from Walker. No joy for King on that attempt.
King throws a right and a left that both miss.
King misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
King will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Walker tries to clinch but King moves out of range.
Walker is looking to land body kicks.
King throws a right and a left that Walker avoids nicely.
Nelson Walker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Walker lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
King avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Walker is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nice sprawl there from Walker as King shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Abraham King. That's going to take a lot out of him.
King is breathing heavily.

King gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Walker throws a big right hand that misses.
Walker throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as King works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

King is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Walker defends well.
Walker trying to control but King is working from the bottom.
Walker controls from within his opponent's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Walker lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Walker is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

King isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Walker stacks King on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Walker!
Walker scores with a couple of short elbows.

Walker is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, King has escaped the position, nice work there.
King is trying to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walker lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Walker scoring with punches and elbows.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
King tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Walker works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Walker prevents King from escaping the position.
Walker grinds an elbow into King's temple.
Walker is looking to take a break and control but King is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
King trying to remain calm as Walker controls from the top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Walker tries to clinch up but King circles away and keeps his distance.
King blocks a low kick nicely.
King misses with a takedown
and Walker counters with a nice low kick that buckles King's knee momentarily.
King displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
King avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Walker moves in looking to clinch but King pushes him off.
Walker throws a series of punches but King moves out of range.
Walker tries to clinch there but King circles away.

Walker rushes King and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Walker using the Thai plumb to throw knees but King has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
King is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Walker gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
King has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Walker is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Abraham King. That's going to take a lot out of him.
King is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Walker gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Walker misses with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Walker lands a knee to the head.
Walker tries a knee to the head but King blocks it.
Walker gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from King.
Walker lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walker throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but King blocks it with crossed arms.
Walker stops a takedown attempt from King.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Walker obliges.
King is trying to drag Walker to the mat but Walker just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Walker tries to land a knee to the head but King blocks with his arms.
Walker with an attempt at a knee that misses.

King turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Walker stops King from passing to mount.
Walker throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.

King looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

King goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Walker rolls with the submission and now he's on top in King's guard! Nice work there by Walker!
King bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Walker's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walker trying to strike off his back.
King could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Walker thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
King thows a big elbow that misses.
Walker trying to keep a closed guard but King is proving a slippery customer.

King is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Walker is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Walker has escaped and now he's on top!
Walker makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walker is working King over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Walker cracks King with a solid left hand.
King being controlled here, momentarily.
Walker postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

King is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Nelson Walker has got the better of the ground game so far.
Walker with a nice head shot there.
Walker passes King's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Walker working over King with some ground and pound. King looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walker looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Ground and pound from Walker.

King looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Still in half guard, Walker seems content to control.
Walker looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks King with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

King actively working from the bottom here.

Walker is sneakily working for an arm triangle but King sees it coming and defends easily.
King is not content to let Walker control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nelson Walker showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

King fails with the takedown
and Walker counters with a leg kick.

Walker shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches King napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Walker is working King over with some ground and pound from side control.
Walker taking a break here but King is having none of it and regains half guard.
King trying to control here.
Walker thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed King's head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

King looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Walker working over King with some ground and pound. King looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's one minute gone in the round.

King actively working from the bottom here.
King wants to get back to full guard but Walker has passed into side control.
Walker controlling from mount.
King working to try and regain half guard.
Walker cracks King with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
King working to try and regain half guard.
Walker is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. King can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

Walker is going olschool here, as he tries to force King to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so King shrugs it off.
Walker controlling from mount.
Walker scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish King?
Walker prevents King from getting the reversal.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walker has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of King's face.
King tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Walker scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish King?
King wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
King wants to control but Walker is having none of it.
Walker looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
King really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walker controlling the position easily from mount.
Walker postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. King looks a forlorn figure.
King is bucking up trying to escape but Walker cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
King is squirming around, avoiding Walker's attempts to control the action.
King is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Abraham King has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nelson Walker is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Walker controlling the position easily from mount.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nelson Walker comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Walker 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 27:30
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nelson Walker!