PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Deon Big Daddy (ranked 274 p4p, 588 weight class) and John Boy Walton (ranked 38 p4p, 75 weight class). Big Daddy 's entrance music is Big Daddy Kane - Smooth Operator. A fine choice. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as John Boy Walton enters the cage!

Big Daddy
vs
Walton

194 cm
32
245
22 - 11 - 0

190 cm
27
270
16 - 8 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
KO power

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Brooklyn Threads
Conviction

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 22 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Deon Big Daddy !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, John Boy Walton!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Big Daddy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Walton.
Big Daddy fires out a quick counter leg kick but Walton just manages to avoid it.
A swing and a miss from Walton.
Big Daddy tried to counter with a leg kick but Walton avoided it.
Walton lands with a good body shot.
Walton throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Walton looks to land a body kick but Big Daddy moved away.
A head kick misses from Walton.
Walton throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Walton takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Big Daddy takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Big Daddy uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Walton.
Walton throws a jab when Big Daddy was well out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Some wild striking there from Walton.
Big Daddy throws a counter high kick but Walton was just alert enough to avoid it.
Big Daddy feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Waltons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Big Daddy digs a good body shot into Walton's ribs.
Big Daddy catches Walton with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Walton misses with a hook
and Big Daddy counters with a nice uppercut.
Big Daddy uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Walton.
Big Daddy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Walton.
Big Daddy half committed to a counter leg kick.
Walton blocks a leg kick.
Big Daddy moves away from the strike by Walton.
A slow jab from Walton misses its intended target.
Big Daddy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Big Daddy drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

It looks like Deon Big Daddy has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Big Daddy avoids the head kick by Walton.
Walton fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Big Daddy has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Walton.
Walton lands with a good body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Big Daddy needs to keep his hands up - Walton had a free shot at his head there.
Big Daddy stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Walton.
Big Daddy slips under a jab.
Big Daddy 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.
Walton throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Big Daddy stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Walton throws a jab when Big Daddy was well out of range.
Big Daddy is looking to counter punch.

Walton gets a clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Walton.
Walton tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Big Daddy avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walton lands a right hand.
Stalling in the clinch from Walton.
Big Daddy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Walton's elbow.
A bit of stalling here from Walton.
Walton presses Big Daddy against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Big Daddy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Walton blocking some punches.
Walton doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Walton cracks Big Daddy with a nice body shot.
Big Daddy is breathing heavily.
Walton trying to land knees to the body.
Walton tries to stall but Big Daddy uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A bit of stalling here from Walton.
A shot in the inside from Walton.
Walton gets through Big Daddy 's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Big Daddy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Big Daddy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
I was talking to Big Daddy 's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Walton misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Walton.
A shot in the inside from Big Daddy .

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walton lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Walton tries a body shot but Big Daddy blocks it.
Walton digs a right hand into Big Daddy 's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Big Daddy 's gas tank.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Walton effectively controlling the action here.
Walton landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Walton lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Stalling in the clinch from Walton.
Big Daddy tries to throw a body punch but Walton avoids it by throwing Big Daddy back against the cage.
Walton has a couple of punches blocked by Big Daddy .
Stalling in the clinch from Walton.
Walton misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short left from Big Daddy .
Walton is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Big Daddy is defending well for now.
Walton trying to stall but Big Daddy improves his position.
Big Daddy misses with a punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Big Daddy .
Big Daddy lands with a short head shot on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

John Boy Walton dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Deon Big Daddy 's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Big Daddy feints and then cracks Walton's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Walton down.
Walton throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Big Daddy ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Walton will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Big Daddy uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Walton.
Big Daddy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Walton manages to avoid it.
Walton misses with a jab to the body
letting Big Daddy counter with a right hand.
Walton throws a shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Walton misses the jab.
Big Daddy avoids the head kick by Walton.
Big Daddy throws a body shot but no joy.
Walton throws a body punch but Big Daddy moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walton lands a nice looking body shot.
Walton throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Big Daddy moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Walton has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A punch combination from Walton misses.
Walton lands a body shot.

Walton lands a big head kick that sends Big Daddy tumbling to the mat! Walton takes a step backwards and waves Big Daddy back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Big Daddy is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Walton throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Big Daddy sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Walton sends Big Daddy crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Walton is motioning to the referee to let Big Daddy up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Oh Big Daddy is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Big Daddy throws the left hand but Walton avoids the punch easily.
Walton looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Big Daddy seems to have got his legs back now.
Walton throws a leg kick that misses.
John Boy Walton seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Walton lands hard precision jab right on the jaw that stiffens Big Daddy up and sends him tumbling to the mat! The ref grabs Walton from behind before he can pounce. Some folks in the crowd didn't like that stoppage, but I saw Big Daddy 's eyes roll way back in his head, he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). John Boy Walton!
John Boy Walton decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.