PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Phil Sprintin (ranked 2762 p4p, 3155 weight class) and Jim Bob Walton (ranked 161 p4p, 185 weight class). Sprintin comes to the cage accompanied by Disturbed - Bad Man. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Sprintin
vs
Walton

168 cm
20
135
3 - 1 - 0

176 cm
20
135
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

NARCOS
Bondi MMA 🏝️

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Phil Sprintin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jim Bob Walton!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Dillan Fox and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sprintin throws a hook but Walton blocks it.
Walton throws out a counter right but Sprintin avoids it with no problem.
Sprintin clobbers Walton with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Sprintin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Walton was well out of range. Poor timing from Sprintin.
Walton gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Walton takes a swing at Sprintin's ribcage but misses.
Sprintin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Walton.
Sprintin lands with a cross.
Sprintin looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Walton doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Walton slips a straight right by Sprintin.
Sprintin looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sprintin throws an off balance right hand
and Walton counters with a straight right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sprintin lands a lovely overhand right.
Sprintin thuds a left hand into Walton's body.
Sprintin misses with an uppercut
and Walton cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Walton shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Walton moves in looking to clinch but Sprintin pushes him off.
Walton moves away from the strike by Sprintin.
Sprintin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Walton wants to counter with a clinch but Sprintin pushes him away.
Sprintin connects with a body shot.
Sprintin scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Walton doesn't seem bothered though.
Sprintin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Walton moves away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sprintin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Walton throws out a counter right but Sprintin avoids it with no problem.
Sprintin lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Phil Sprintin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sprintin misses with a looping right.
Walton looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

Sprintin closes the distance and pushes Walton back into the cage.
Walton blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Walton blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Walton looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Sprintin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Walton misses with the head strike.
Sprintin lands a hook to the side of the head.
Walton misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Walton.
Walton is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Sprintin tries to pull guard but Walton forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Walton tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Walton tries to land a knee to the head but Sprintin blocks with his arms.
A short right from Walton.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walton fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sprintin being controlled against the cage.
Sprintin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Walton lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Walton.
Sprintin has a couple of punches blocked by Walton.
Walton misses with some punches.
Sprintin misses with a punch on the inside.
Sprintin throws a head punch that misses.
Sprintin has a couple of punches blocked by Walton.
Walton misses with some punches.
Walton is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
A short right from Walton on the inside.
Sprintin misses with a punch on the inside.
Walton swings wildly with an uppercut but Sprintin uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Walton.
Sprintin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sprintin digs a right hand into Walton's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Walton's gas tank.
Sprintin prevents a body shot from Walton.
Sprintin lands a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walton is stalling here.
Walton blocks a punch to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Walton gets through Sprintin's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sprintin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sprintin lands a right hand.
Sprintin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Walton lands a body punch in the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sprintin.
Walton lands a body punch.
Sprintin presses Walton against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Sprintin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sprintin tries to throw a body punch but Walton avoids it by throwing Sprintin back against the cage.
Sprintin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Walton taking a breather.
Walton scores with a shoulder strike.
Sprintin looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Sprintin misses with some punches.
Sprintin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Walton lands an uppercut.
Walton misses with a hook from the clinch.
Walton blocks an uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Phil Sprintin dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Sprintin on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Sprintin keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Sprintin's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Sprintin duly obliges.

Walton is rocked!
Walton misses with a lunging right hand
and Sprintin counters with a nice body shot.
Sprintin throws a lazy uppercut
and Walton cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The fighters circling - Walton throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sprintin went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Sprintin is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Walton can do to turn this around?
Sprintin stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Walton is still on wobbly legs! Can Sprintin finish him?
Sprintin thows a left - swing and a miss!
Walton is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Walton seems to have recovered his senses.
Sprintin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Walton.
Sprintin throwing a counter right hand but Walton manages to avoid it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sprintin takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sprintin scores with a nice right hand.
Sprintin misses with a hook to the body
and Walton counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Donk. Sprintin catches Walton right on the button with a cross.
Sprintin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Walton sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Walton steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Sprintin.
Walton needs to keep his hands up - Sprintin had a free shot at his head there.
Sprintin swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Walton counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sprintin needs to keep his hands up - Walton had a free shot at his head there.
Sprintin bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Walton's head.
Walton uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sprintin.
Walton is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.

Sprintin has managed to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Walton looking to slow down the pace here.
Walton tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sprintin's elbow.
Walton throws a punch but it's blocked by Sprintin.
Walton goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Walton avoiding damage.
Sprintin pushes Walton back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sprintin misses with a punch on the inside.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Sprintin as Walton tries to tie him up.
Sprintin lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Walton backwards.
Walton swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Walton fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Walton misses with a hook from the clinch.
Walton prevents a body shot from Sprintin.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sprintin.
Sprintin has a couple of punches blocked by Walton.
Sprintin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Walton scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Walton lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Sprintin or not.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walton lands with a right to the head.
Jim Bob Walton seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Walton creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Walton blocks a body shot from Sprintin.
Walton scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sprintin jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Walton walks away with a smile on his face. Sprintin gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Sprintin uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Sprintin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Walton.
Sprintin uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Walton has time to react.
Sprintin misses with a double jab.
Walton is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Sprintin with a body shot.
Walton staying out of range there.
A little jabbing left from Walton on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Walton with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Sprintin to score with a decent uppercut.
Sprintin fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Walton looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Sprintin looks to land a right hand but Walton moved out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sprintin scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Sprintin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Walton throws out a counter right but Sprintin avoids it with no problem.
Walton ducks under a wild hook from Sprintin.
Walton tries to clinch up but Sprintin circles away and keeps his distance.
Sprintin works the jab nicely.
Sprintin loads up on a big right hand but Walton slips the punch.
Walton misses with an uppercut.
Sprintin scores with a hook to the body. Walton takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Sprintin connects with a right hand. Walton shakes it off.
Sprintin looks to land a right hand but Walton moved out of range.
Walton looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Phil Sprintin dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Walton misses with a hook to the body
and Sprintin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jim Bob Walton has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sprintin dips to his left and cracks Walton with an uppercut!

Walton drives through and clinches with Sprintin against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sprintin.
Walton misses with a punch on the inside.
Walton lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Sprintin fails to pull guard.
Walton has a couple of punches blocked by Sprintin.
Walton's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Sprintin lands a left hand that snaps the head of Walton backwards.
Sprintin softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Sprintin throws a head punch that misses.
Walton misses with the head strike.
Walton swings away with an uppercut that misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Walton working aggressively here.
Walton is looking to control Sprintin's arms but Sprintin gets an underhook and turns him. Now Walton has his back to the cage.
Sprintin can't find room to land a body shot as Walton controls the action.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sprintin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sprintin lands an uppercut.
A short left from Sprintin.
Walton takes a shot to the head.
Sprintin pushes Walton back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Walton misses with a punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Walton.
A head punch on the inside from Walton fails to land.
Walton prevents a body shot from Sprintin.
Sprintin throws a head punch that misses.
Walton pushes off an throws an elbow but Sprintin leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Walton throws a punch but it's blocked by Sprintin.
Walton missing with knees to the body.
Sprintin lands with a short shot to the head.
Walton tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sprintin's elbow.
Walton throws a head punch that misses.
Walton lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Walton goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sprintin tries a body shot but Walton blocks it.
Walton blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Walton tries a body shot but Sprintin blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head punch on the inside from Walton fails to land.
Walton lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sprintin backwards.
Walton has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Walton is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Sprintin is keeping busy.
A head punch on the inside from Walton fails to land.
A shot in the inside from Walton.
Walton has a couple of punches blocked by Sprintin.
Sprintin misses with the head strike.
Walton has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A short uppercut from Sprintin.
Walton misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right from Sprintin on the inside.
Sprintin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sprintin.
Walton fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sprintin can't find room to land a body shot as Walton controls the action.
Good body shot from Sprintin.
Sprintin scores with a nice hook to the head.
Sprintin blocks an uppercut.
Walton lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Sprintin.
Walton swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sprintin swings wildly with an uppercut but Walton uses good head movement to avoid it.
Walton missing with knees to the body.
Sprintin working aggressively here.
Sprintin tries to throw a body punch but Walton avoids it by throwing Sprintin back against the cage.
Sprintin lands a nice uppercut.
Walton tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sprintin misses with some punches.
Walton swings wildly with an uppercut but Sprintin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Walton blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Walton tries to stall but Sprintin uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Walton makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Walton lands a left hand.
Sprintin is working Walton over against the cage.
Sprintin lands a nice shot to the body.
Walton takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Walton tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sprintin blocking some punches.
Walton working aggressively here.
Sprintin takes a shot to the head.
Sprintin cracks Walton with a nice body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sprintin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Good body shot from Sprintin.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Sprintin works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Sprintin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Good body shot from Sprintin.
A right hook to the body lands for Sprintin.
Walton takes a shot to the head.
Sprintin lands a body punch in the clinch.
Walton blocks a body shot from Sprintin.
Walton swings wildly with an uppercut but Sprintin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Walton doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sprintin lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Walton.
A short left from Sprintin.
Walton prevents a body shot from Sprintin.
Sprintin digs a right hand underneath Walton's ribcage. Walton let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A hook to the body from Sprintin.
Sprintin lands a right hand.
Sprintin lands with a light punch inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
Phil Sprintin showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Sprintin, 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 Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Phil Sprintin!
A very excited looking Phil Sprintin made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.