PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Walker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bjaadi Peebles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Peebles is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Apocalyptica & Sandra Nasic - Path. Bjaadi Peebles is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Walker
vs
Peebles

181 cm
22
174 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

178 cm
21
170 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Enjoys gardening

EGN-The End Game Nutrition
MTG Divine [GTI]

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Johnny Walker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bjaadi Peebles!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, George Francis and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Walker tries a head kick but it misses.
Peebles swats away the attempt to clinch by Walker.
Walker dodges the punch combination from Peebles.
Walker wants to clinch up but Peebles keeps it at a distance.
Walker is looking to clinch but Peebles is avoiding it.
Walker moves in looking to clinch but Peebles pushes him off.

Walker moves into the clinch successfully.
Walker with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Walker working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Walker has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Peebles is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Walker scores with a knee to the head.
Walker has Peebles pressed against the cage.
Walker misses with a knee strike.
Walker with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Walker misses with a knee to the head.
Walker throws a knee to the head but misses.
Walker jumps guard but Peebles stands there with Walker around his waist. Walker gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Walker fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johnny Walker. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walker pushes Peebles back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Peebles takes a knee right on the jaw!
Walker tries to land a knee to the head but Peebles blocks with his arms.
Walker misses with a knee strike.
Walker will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Peebles up against the cage.
Peebles lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Walker backwards.
Walker tries a knee to the head but Peebles blocks it.
Walker looking to throw knees to the head but Peebles is blocking nicely.
Walker with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Walker is breathing heavily.

Walker breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Peebles misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Walker has his takedown stuffed
and Peebles counters with a series of strikes. Walker will be more careful next time no doubt.
Walker closes the distance but Peebles moves to the side

and Peebles moves into the clinch.
Walker tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Walker using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Peebles has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walker tries to pull guard but Peebles won't allow it.
Walker prevents Peebles from breaking the clinch.
Walker tries for a takedown. No joy.
Walker has had enough of the clinch but Peebles keeps him there for the moment.
Walker tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Walker tries a knee to the head but Peebles blocks it.
Walker throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Peebles blocks it with crossed arms.
Walker throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Peebles blocks it with crossed arms.
Walker blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Walker can't break the clinch.
Peebles presses Walker against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Peebles stalling in the clinch but Walker improves position.
Peebles doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Walker tries a knee to the head but Peebles blocks it.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Walker takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A shot in the inside from Peebles.
Walker with an attempt at a knee that misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Peebles throws an elbow but misses.
The is referee keeping an eye on Peebles - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Walker using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Peebles has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walker throws a knee to the head but misses.
Walker with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Walker tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Walker wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Walker tries to pull guard but Peebles won't allow it.
Walker tries to land a knee to the head but Peebles blocks with his arms.
Walker using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Peebles has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Walker letting Peebles take a breather here.
Peebles throws an elbow but it misses.
Peebles is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Walker misses with a knee strike.
Walker tries to land a knee to the head but Peebles blocks with his arms.
Peebles prevents the takedown attempt.
The referee calls for Peebles to work.
Peebles tries to circle away but Walker has him pinned against the cage.
Walker connects with a knee to the head.
Walker with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Walker blocking some punches.
Peebles is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Walker is defending well for now.
Walker tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Walker tries to pull guard but Peebles won't allow it.
Peebles is trying to break the clinch but Walker has him pressed against the cage.
Walker misses with a knee strike.
Peebles stalling in the clinch but Walker improves position.
Peebles with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Walker tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Peebles wants to stall.
Walker misses with the head strike.
Peebles is trying to stall.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Walker tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Peebles smiles and moves away.

Walker shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
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 Johnny Walker will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Walker tries to clinch

and Peebles counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Walker is trying to get back to full guard.
Walker scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Peebles manages to mount him!
Walker's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Walker keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Peebles is standing up, even though he is in mount.

Walker has managed to clinch.
Walker using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Peebles has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Walker tries a knee to the head but Peebles blocks it.
Walker scores a nice knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walker misses with a knee to the head.
Walker is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Peebles is defending well for now.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Walker misses with a knee strike.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Walker as Peebles tries to tie him up.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Peebles as Walker tries to tie him up.
Walker connects with a knee to the head.
Walker connects with a nasty looking knee right to Peebles's face.
Walker looking to throw knees to the head but Peebles is blocking nicely.
Peebles misses with an elbow over the top.
Walker tries to land a knee to the head but Peebles blocks with his arms.
Walker throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Peebles blocks it with crossed arms.
Walker tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Peebles breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Walker tries to clinch but Peebles moves away
and Peebles counters with a thumping low kick.
Walker takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Walker closes the distance looking to clinch
and Peebles counters with a leg kick.
Johnny Walker is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Walker wants to clinch

and Peebles decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Walker's guard.
Walker wants to stand up but Peebles is controlling him.

Peebles decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Walker, up you get!
Peebles looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Walker is fending him off so far but Peebles persists. Nope, Walker circles away and we're back to standing.
Walker tries to clinch

and Peebles counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Peebles wanted to stand there but Walker had control of the position.
Walker knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Peebles on the ground.
Peebles is pushing down on Walker's leg trying to pass to half guard. Walker is fighting to maintain full guard but Peebles has managed to sneak the leg through.
Walker wants to control but Peebles is keeping busy and won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walker punching from the bottom.
Walker flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.

Peebles is looking for a kimura but Walker is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Peebles to get the leverage.
Walker punching from the bottom.
Peebles blocks the strikes from Walker.
Walker tries to get to full guard but Peebles has control of the leg.
Walker lands with a few short shots to the body.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Walker clinches but Peebles breaks the clinch

so Peebles counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Walker thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Walker keeping moving, preventing Peebles from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walker will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Peebles stopping the sweep attempt from Walker.
Walker is working hard here to advance position.
Walker is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Walker looking to control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Walker pushes Peebles off and scrambles back to his feet.
Walker feints and then cracks Peebles's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Peebles down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bjaadi Peebles showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!

Peebles throws a series of punches but Walker moves out of range.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Walker throws a knee to the head but misses.
Walker with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Walker looking to throw knees to the head but Peebles is blocking nicely.
Walker misses with a knee to the head.

Walker's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Walker looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Peebles swats away the attempt to clinch by Walker.
Johnny Walker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Peebles takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Walker tries to clinch

and Peebles counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Peebles takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Walker on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Walker tries to get out of the position.
Peebles wants to control but Walker is keeping him busy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walker has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Peebles is working away from the top position though.
Peebles takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Walker wants to improve his position but Peebles is controlling well.
Peebles uses his free foot to push down on Walker's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Walker.
Walker flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Peebles tries to control but Walker wriggling away.
Walker working to try and regain half guard.
Walker trying desperately to get to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Walker flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Walker can't escape the position.
Walker wants to hold on but Peebles pushes him away.
Walker flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Walker can't escape the position.
Peebles tries to control but Walker wriggling away.
Peebles dominating with strikes here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Peebles get's back to his feet.
Walker looks to clinch

and Peebles counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Walker trying to control the position.
Walker is really struggling to control Peebles but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Walker looking to hit a scissor sweep but Peebles is one step ahead there.
Walker controls Peebles momentarily but Peebles frees himself.
Peebles preventing the sweep.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walker trying to control the position.
Walker trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Walker doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Walker tries to clinch

and Peebles decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Walker's guard.
Walker striking off his back but it's not causing Peebles any problems.
Walker tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Walker throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Walker throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bjaadi Peebles comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Peebles 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 28:29
Judge George Francis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bjaadi Peebles!