PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nelson Walker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eddie Rodriguez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rodriguez has chosen Anxiety as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Walker
vs
Rodriguez

192 cm
21
280 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

195 cm
25
273 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Determined

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 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nelson Walker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eddie Rodriguez!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Alan Glass and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rodriguez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Walker lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Rodriguez throws a head kick but Walker moves out of range.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Rodriguez.

Walker has Rodriguez up against the cage in a clinch.
Walker throws an elbow but it misses.
Rodriguez trying to stall but Walker improves his position.
Walker creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Walker tries to land knees in the clinch but Rodriguez avoids the damage to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Rodriguez.
Walker pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Walker lands an elbow inside that Rodriguez shrugs off.
Walker misses with a knee strike.
Walker takes an elbow to the temple.
Rodriguez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rodriguez taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Walker putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Rodriguez in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Rodriguez looks gassed!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Walker misses with an elbow over the top.
Walker tries a knee to the head but Rodriguez blocks it.
Walker takes a knee right on the jaw!
Walker misses with a knee to the head.
Walker landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Walker lands an elbow just above Rodriguez 's eye.
Rodriguez managing to block the knees to the body from Walker.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Walker.
Walker throws an elbow but it misses.
Walker throws an elbow that misses.
Walker tries a knee to the head but Rodriguez blocks it.
Walker tries to land a knee to the head but Rodriguez blocks with his arms.

Rodriguez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walker fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rodriguez shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Walker sprawls well. Walker wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Rodriguez gets slowly back to his feet.
Rodriguez moves in looking to clinch but Walker pushes him off.
Walker misses with an attempted mid kick.
Walker throws a head kick that misses
and Rodriguez counters with a good low kick that Walker was not able to check.
Rodriguez tries to clinch but Walker moves out of range.
Rodriguez throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Walker's head.

Walker has taken the fight to the clinch.
Walker looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Rodriguez looking to stall.
Walker with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Walker connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rodriguez's face.
Rodriguez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Walker tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Rodriguez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Rodriguez closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Rodriguez slowing the pace effectively.

Rodriguez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Walker drives through and clinches with Rodriguez against the cage.
Walker misses with an elbow over the top.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Walker tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rodriguez avoids it.

Rodriguez breaks from the clinch.
Walker doesn't manage to clinch there - Rodriguez circles away.
Some bone on bone action there as Rodriguez checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Walker throws a head kick but Rodriguez moves out of range.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Rodriguez buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Left hook, right uppercut from Rodriguez.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Rodriguez pushes Walker up against the cage in a clinch.
Rodriguez scores with a shoulder strike.
Rodriguez managing to block the knees to the body from Walker.
Rodriguez tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Walker pushes off an throws an elbow but Rodriguez leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

Rodriguez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Decent striking displayed by Rodriguez there.
Rodriguez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Walker dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Rodriguez. That did some damage!
Walker goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Walker lands with a thumping leg kick.
Walker lands a body shot.
Rodriguez on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Walker. Walker obviously looking to wear him down.
Walker throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walker throws a nice outside leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Walker.
Rodriguez takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Rodriguez chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Walker can pounce on him.
Walker bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Rodriguez's head backwards.
Walker plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Walker thumps Rodriguez with a low kick.
Walker looks to score with a jab to the body but Rodriguez is just out of range.
Walker swats away the attempt to clinch by Rodriguez.
Rodriguez misses with a head kick.
Walker scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Rodriguez blocks a head kick by Walker.
Walker lands with a slapping head kick.

Walker has Rodriguez up against the cage in a clinch.
Walker misses with a knee to the head.
Walker connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rodriguez's face.
Rodriguez lands a damaging elbow.
Walker with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rodriguez lands a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez content to slow the pace in the clinch.

Rodriguez breaks the clinch.
Rodriguez checks a low kick from Walker.
Rodriguez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Walker misses with a double jab.
Walker lands with a shot to the body.
Walker chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Walker misses with a wild combination.
Walker throws a head kick but Rodriguez moves out of range.
Rodriguez dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Walker. That did some damage!
Nelson Walker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rodriguez avoids the body shot from Walker.
Walker tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rodriguez was well out of range. Poor timing from Walker.
Walker misses with a straight right.
The fight stays on the outside here - Walker looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Rodriguez is defended easily by Walker.
Nelson Walker has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Eddie Rodriguez.
Walker does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Nelson Walker will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Rodriguez checks the leg kick.
Walker is looking to score with low kicks.
Walker pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Rodriguez throws a right and a left that both miss.
Rodriguez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Walker looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Walker tries to clinch up but Rodriguez circles away and keeps his distance.
Walker throws the left hand but Rodriguez avoids the punch easily.

Rodriguez rushes Walker and presses him up against the cage.
Rodriguez lands a shoulder strike.
Rodriguez's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Walker tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Walker misses with an elbow strike.
Rodriguez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Walker has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Good body shot from Rodriguez.
Good body shot from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez taking a breather.
Walker throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rodriguez blocks it with crossed arms.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rodriguez lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Walker tries to land knees in the clinch but Rodriguez avoids the damage to the body.
Rodriguez lands a nice knee to the body.
A short uppercut from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez lands a damaging elbow.

Rodriguez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Walker has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Walker there as he acknowledges the shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rodriguez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rodriguez throws a head kick that half lands.
Nice shot by Rodriguez.
Rodriguez fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Walker avoids it really well and circles away.
Rodriguez scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

Walker clinches.
Rodriguez comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Walker throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rodriguez blocks it with crossed arms.
Walker tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rodriguez avoids it.
Rodriguez just leaning against Walker, taking a breather.

Rodriguez breaks the clinch.
Rodriguez looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Walker cracks a nice hook into Rodriguez's ribs.
Walker looks for the body kick but Rodriguez saw that one coming.
Rodriguez misses with a head kick.
Walker misses with a few strikes there.
Rodriguez looks to land a combination but Walker avoids it well.
Rodriguez tries a head kick but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Horrible takedown by Rodriguez or perhaps it was just good defense by Walker which made him look bad.
Walker throws a head kick that Rodriguez semi-blocks.
Walker lands an overhand right.
A solid leg kick lands there for Walker.
Rodriguez wants to land a leg kick but Walker is out of range.
Nelson Walker is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Walker lands with a nice body kick.
Rodriguez chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Walker can pounce on him.
Rodriguez avoids the head kick by Walker.
Rodriguez swats away the attempt to clinch by Walker.
Rodriguez moves out of range of the body kick from Walker.

Rodriguez gets in close and instigates a clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rodriguez wants to stall.
Nice elbow from Walker.
Rodriguez avoiding damage as Walker throws knees to the body.
Rodriguez landing knees to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Walker obliges.
Walker tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rodriguez avoids it.
Rodriguez scores with a knee to the head.
Rodriguez lands an elbow inside that Walker shrugs off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walker creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A knee to the head by Rodriguez.

Rodriguez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rodriguez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Walker with a jab.

Walker has closed the distance and engaged Rodriguez in a clinch.
Walker is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rodriguez is defending well for now.
Rodriguez slowing the pace effectively.
Rodriguez is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Walker throws an elbow that misses.
Walker using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rodriguez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Rodriguez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nelson Walker is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rodriguez takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

Rodriguez moves into the clinch.
Rodriguez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Rodriguez.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rodriguez obliges.
Walker using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rodriguez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Rodriguez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Walker throws a leg kick which misses Rodriguez's front leg but catches the back leg as Rodriguez tries to avoid it.
Rodriguez throws out a leg kick but Walker moves out of range and Rodriguez only half commits.
Eddie Rodriguez seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Walker scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez moves in looking to clinch but Walker pushes him off.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Walker tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rodriguez avoids it.
Rodriguez lands an elbow inside that Walker shrugs off.

Rodriguez has clasped his hands together around Walker's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Rodriguez decides to stand back up.
Rodriguez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rodriguez changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Walker throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

Rodriguez closes the distance and clinches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rodriguez.

Rodriguez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Walker feints and then cracks Rodriguez's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Rodriguez down.
A solid body kick from Walker.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A slapping leg kick lands for Walker.
Walker tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rodriguez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Walker throws a lazy head kick
enabling Rodriguez to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Walker throws a low kick, looking for Rodriguez's leg but Rodriguez calmly moves out of range.
Walker misses with an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eddie Rodriguez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Rodriguez swinging wilding here.
Rodriguez tries a head kick but it misses.

Walker has managed to clinch.
Rodriguez trying to stall but Walker improves his position.
Nelson Walker has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Walker misses with an elbow over the top.
Rodriguez creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Walker's defenses.
Rodriguez scores with a shot to the side of Walker's head.
Rodriguez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Walker misses with an elbow over the top.
Rodriguez managing to block the knees to the body from Walker.
Rodriguez scores with a nice hook to the head.
Rodriguez has a couple of punches blocked by Walker.
Rodriguez blocks the elbow strike.
Walker misses with a knee strike.
Walker looking to throw knees to the head but Rodriguez is blocking nicely.
A nice left hand lands by Rodriguez.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Walker missing with knees to the body.
Rodriguez looking to stall.
Rodriguez landing knees to the head.
Rodriguez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rodriguez stalling in the clinch.
A short uppercut from Rodriguez.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Walker tries to land knees in the clinch but Rodriguez avoids the damage to the body.
Rodriguez avoids the elbow strike from Walker, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodriguez lands with a light punch inside.
Rodriguez connects with a knee to the head.
Walker tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Rodriguez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rodriguez misses with a leg kick.
Donk. Walker catches Rodriguez right on the button with a cross.
Danga de danga de dang - Walker scores with a four punch combination!
Rodriguez misses with the combination.
Walker wants to clinch.
Walker slips under a jab.
A nice inside leg kick there by Walker. That's going to slow Rodriguez down.
Walker tries to land a body kick
and Rodriguez counters with a left and a right that stings Walker.
Rodriguez fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

Walker has Rodriguez up against the cage in a clinch.
Walker misses with an elbow strike.
Rodriguez is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Walker is keeping busy.
Walker is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rodriguez is defending well for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Walker trying to land knees to the body.
Walker missing with knees to the body.
Rodriguez is stalling here.
Nice elbow from Walker.
Walker throws an elbow but it misses.
Rodriguez lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Walker throws a knee to the head but misses.
Walker throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rodriguez with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Walker is fighting off a takedown attempt but Rodriguez is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Walker to the mat. Walker regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Walker is looking to stand up but Rodriguez isn't so interested in that idea.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez forces his way into half guard.
Walker is trying to stand up here but Rodriguez is controlling him well.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Rodriguez lands with a slapping head kick.
Walker blocks a head kick by Rodriguez.
Walker is looking to slow Rodriguez down with leg kicks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walker cracks a nice hook into Rodriguez's ribs.
Walker pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rodriguez throws a head kick that misses.
Walker misses with a two punch combination.
Donk. Walker catches Rodriguez right on the button with a cross.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Walker, right into the meat.
Walker throws a leg kick but Rodriguez sees it coming and moves out of range.

Walker clinches with his opponent.
Rodriguez lands an elbow just above Walker 's eye.
Walker tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rodriguez makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Rodriguez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rodriguez lands with a straight right. Walker didn't see that one coming.
Walker ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

Walker gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Walker tries to land a knee to the head but Rodriguez blocks with his arms.

Rodriguez breaks from the clinch.
Rodriguez catches Walker with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Rodriguez throws a right and a left that both miss.
Rodriguez chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Walker can pounce on him.
Walker scores with a head kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Eddie Rodriguez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Rodriguez has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eddie Rodriguez!