PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Rukter Demenok (ranked 775 p4p, 754 weight class) and Kevin Walters (ranked 81 p4p, 79 weight class). Demenok comes to the cage accompanied by The Lighthouse Speech. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Demenok
vs
Walters

168 cm
24
147
7 - 3 - 0

180 cm
25
156
9 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Voodoo Nutrition
Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rukter Demenok!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kevin Walters!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Reed Andrews and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Walters blocks a low kick nicely.
Demenok uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Walters.
Demenok connects with a crisp jab.
Good shot there by Walters.
Walters moves into range and connects with a jab.
Demenok misses with a wild combination.
Demenok slips a straight right by Walters.
And Demenok counters with a quick kick to the body but Walters blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Demenok lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Walters digs a good hook to Demenok's body.
Demenok misses with a few strikes there.
Walters throws out a counter right but Demenok avoids it with no problem.
Demenok lands a nice looking kick to the body. Walters takes a step back to recover.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Demenok chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Walters ducks under a wild hook from Demenok.
Demenok scores with the left hand. Walters knows he should have avoided that one.
Walters looks to throw the jab but Demenok is out of range.
Walters throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Walters has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Demenok is looking to slow Walters down with leg kicks.
Demenok steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Walters.
Demenok throws a leg kick which misses Walters's front leg but catches the back leg as Walters tries to avoid it.
Rukter Demenok is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nice uppercut lands for Walters. That snapped Demenok's head back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walters avoids the body shot from Demenok.
Demenok scores with a kick to the midsection.
Demenok throws a hook but Walters blocks it.
Walters throws out a counter right but Demenok avoids it with no problem.
Demenok swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A left lands for Walters.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Demenok lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Demenok with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Walters to score with a decent uppercut.
Rukter Demenok seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Demenok goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A low kick lands for Demenok.
Walters loads up on a big right hand but Demenok slips the punch.
Demenok tries to clinch but Walters is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walters tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Demenok was well out of range. Poor timing from Walters.
Demenok ducks under a wild hook from Walters.
Demenok with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Walters to score with a decent uppercut.
Walters moves into range and connects with a jab.
A big left from Demenok misses.
Demenok paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Demenok connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Demenok misses with a leg kick.
A little jabbing left from Walters on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Demenok swings for the body but Walters moves out of range.
Demenok lands a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Demenok takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Demenok throws a nice outside leg kick.
Demenok has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Demenok there as he acknowledges the shot.
We've been told by Demenok's head coaches at Chakuriki LA Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Walters ducks right into an uppercut from Demenok.
Walters misses with a lunging right hand
and Demenok counters with a nice low kick that buckles Walters's knee momentarily.
Walters lands with a shot to the body.
Demenok tries a head kick but it misses.
Walters throws out a counter right but Demenok avoids it with no problem.
Demenok jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Demenok ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Walters moves away.
Demenok throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Walters sees it coming and avoids it easily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Rukter Demenok dominated that round.
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.

Walters throws a hook but Demenok blocks it.
Demenok slips under a jab.
Walters connects with a jab.
A slow jab from Walters misses its intended target.
Demenok lands a nice looking kick to the body. Walters takes a step back to recover.
Demenok is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Walters can do to turn this around?
Demenok walks into a left hand.
Demenok lands with a thumping leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Demenok throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Demenok connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Walters momentarily.
Demenok takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Walters misses the target.
Walters throws a poor cross that misses
and Demenok counters with a nice kick to the body.
Demenok's corner calls for a 1-2. Demenok obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
A big right from Demenok misses.
Rukter Demenok is winning the standup battle so far.
Demenok looks to score with a jab to the body but Walters is just out of range.
Demenok looks for the body kick but Walters saw that one coming.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Walters! But no joy.
Demenok bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A swing and a miss from Walters.
Demenok throws a jab when Walters was well out of range.
It seemed like Walters was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Demenok misses with a straight left.
Walters is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Demenok with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Demenok moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Walters cracks Demenok with a good jab.
Demenok throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Demenok lands a lovely overhand right.
A good leg kick by Demenok.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Walters might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Demenok has got the better of the exchanges.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Demenok throws a front kick that sends Walters stumbling back into the cage.
Demenok misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Walters.
Demenok misses with a head kick.
Walters throws out a counter right but Demenok avoids it with no problem.
Demenok blocks a jab.
Demenok looks to throw a body kick
and Walters counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walters throws out a loose jab but Demenok uses good head movement to avoid it.
Demenok throws the kick towards the body but Walters avoids it.
Walters looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Demenok ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Demenok misses with a leg kick.
Demenok throws a hook to the side of Walters's head but Walters sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A little jabbing left from Walters on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Demenok slips a jab from Walters.
Walters looks to land a left hand but Demenok moved out of range nicely.
Demenok throwing a counter right hand but Walters manages to avoid it.
Demenok throws an overhand right that lands on Walters's shoulder, as Walters tries to avoid the shot.
Demenok looks to land a right hand but Walters moved out of range.
Demenok scores with a sloppy right hand. Walters should have avoided that one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walters throws out a loose jab but Demenok uses good head movement to avoid it.
A big left from Walters misses.
Demenok uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Walters.
Walters moves forwards but Demenok connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Walters checks the leg kick.
Walters unleashes a big counter combination but Demenok bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Walters changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Demenok tries to avoid it but Walters manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Demenok to the ground. Demenok escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
A big right from Walters misses.
Demenok throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Walters jabs Demenok to the body, keeping him at a distance.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Good shot there by Walters.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Rukter Demenok dominated that second round.
That's time! Demenok's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Walters has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Demenok.
Walters throws the left hand but Demenok avoids the punch easily.
Demenok scores with a spinning back kick!
Demenok looks to land a right hand but Walters moved out of range.
Walters throws out a loose jab but Demenok uses good head movement to avoid it.
And Demenok counters with a quick kick to the body but Walters blocks it.
Demenok motions for Walters to come forward. Demenok throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Demenok keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Demenok catches Walters with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Demenok misses with a leg kick
and Walters counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Walters is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Demenok uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Walters.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walters fails with a takedown attempt.
Demenok lands with a thumping leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Walters.
Demenok uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Walters.
Demenok tried to counter with a leg kick but Walters avoided it.
Demenok dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Walters. That did some damage!
Demenok looking to land some kicks to the body here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Demenok slips a straight right by Walters.
Walters on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Demenok is looking to land body kicks.
Walters bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A punch lands to the side of Demenok 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Demenok avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Demenok is looking to chop away at Walters's legs.
Demenok swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Walters now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Walters throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Demenok sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Walters scores with a nice strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Demenok throws a body punch but Walters moves out of range.
Walters keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Walters throws a poor cross that misses
and Demenok counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Demenok punishes Walters's body with a nice straight punch.
Rukter Demenok is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Walters's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Demenok ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Walters moves away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Walters! But no joy.
Walters connects with a single shot there.
Walters misses with a hook. Demenok ducked under it nicely.
Walters lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Walters stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Demenok.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Demenok lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Kevin Walters has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Walters throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Demenok sees it coming and avoids it easily.
And Demenok counters with a quick kick to the body but Walters blocks it.
Demenok connects with an inside leg kick.
Demenok tries to land a leg kick but Walters saw it coming and moves away.
It seemed like Walters was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Demenok misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Walters.
Demenok avoids the body shot from Walters.
Demenok walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Demenok uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Walters.
A jab from Walters misses.
Demenok lands a really nice looking cross but Walters seems unphased.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rukter Demenok showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Demenok has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Lou da Vinci scores the fight 30:27
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 30:27
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rukter Demenok!
A relieved looking Rukter Demenok thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.