PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tom Walford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bob Buckinham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Walford
vs
Buckinham

225 cm
18
300 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

225 cm
18
300 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

CBK MMA Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Tom Walford!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Bob Buckinham!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Sam Margolis and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some wild striking there from Buckinham.
Buckinham swinging wilding here.
Buckinham throws the kick towards the body but Walford avoids it.
Walford has a takedown stuffed.
Buckinham displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Walford.
Buckinham misses with a series of wild punches.
Buckinham scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
A combination from Buckinham does no damage.
Bob Buckinham seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
No joy there for Buckinham, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Buckinham closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Buckinham misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Buckinham misses with a few strikes there.
Buckinham looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Buckinham misses with a series of wild punches.
Buckinham goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Buckinham misses with a wild combination.
Buckinham misses with a two punch combination.
Walford dodges the punch combination from Buckinham.
Walford avoids a punch combination nicely.
Some wild striking there from Buckinham.
Buckinham throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Walford.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buckinham throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Walford.
Buckinham tries to bum rush Walford with a series of wild strikes but Walford uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Buckinham stalks Walford and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Walford's face. Walford staggers backwards, shaken.
Some wild striking there from Buckinham.
Buckinham throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Buckinham rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Walford moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Buckinham throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Walford fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tom Walford. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Walford shoots in for a double leg but Buckinham sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Walford is breathing heavily.
Buckinham fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walford avoids a punch combination nicely.
Buckinham rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Walford moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Buckinham fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Buckinham defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Walford.
Walford shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Buckinham but Buckinham pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Buckinham misses with a two punch combination.
Buckinham swinging wilding here.
Walford fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Buckinham throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Buckinham throws a series of punches but Walford avoids them all with ease.
Buckinham misses with a two punch combination.
A combination from Buckinham does no damage.
Buckinham throws a series of punches but Walford moves out of range.
Buckinham throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Buckinham will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Buckinham fails to land with a series of punches.
Buckinham misses with a jab, cross combination.
Buckinham throws a nice looking combination but Walford bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Buckinham swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Buckinham lands with a nice combination. Walford backs away looking to recover.
Walford dodges the punch combination from Buckinham.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bob Buckinham dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

A punch combination from Buckinham misses.
Walford avoids a punch combination nicely.
Walford slips a jab and a cross from Buckinham.
Walford misses with a takedown attempt - Buckinham sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Buckinham throws a series of punches but Walford avoids them all with ease.
Buckinham misses with a series of wild punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Buckinham throws a series of punches but Walford moves out of range.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Buckinham throws a right and a left that both miss.
Buckinham scores with a one two! Walford had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Buckinham scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Bob Buckinham is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Buckinham looks to land a combination. Walford sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Buckinham misses with a wild combination.
Walford slips a jab and a cross from Buckinham.
Buckinham scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Buckinham throws a series of punches but Walford moves out of range.
Buckinham looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Buckinham misses with the combination.
Bob Buckinham seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Walford dives in and grabs Buckinham's left leg, looking for a takedown. Buckinham pushes down on Walford's head and hops out.
Some wild striking there from Buckinham.
Buckinham throws a right hand that Walford ducks under and follows up with a left that Walford also avoids with ease.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buckinham throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Buckinham throws a one two combo.
Tom Walford is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Buckinham misses with a few strikes there.
Buckinham misses with a wild combination.
Buckinham lands a two punch combo.
Buckinham scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Walford slips a jab and a cross from Buckinham.
Buckinham looks to land a combination but Walford avoids it well.
Buckinham looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Buckinham displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Buckinham throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Walford.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buckinham lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Walford circles away quickly and effectively.
Some wild striking there from Buckinham.
Buckinham throws a nice looking combination but Walford bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Buckinham misses with the combination.
Buckinham throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Buckinham rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Walford moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Buckinham is working the combinations to good effect here.
Buckinham misses with a few strikes there.
Buckinham throws a right and a left that Walford avoids nicely.
Buckinham throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Walford.
Buckinham misses with a double jab.
Buckinham swinging wilding here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Buckinham misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A punch combination from Buckinham misses.
Buckinham throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Walford.
Buckinham displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Buckinham slaps away a takedown attempt from Walford, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tom Walford. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Buckinham throws a series of punches but Walford moves out of range.
A combination from Buckinham does no damage.
Left hook, right uppercut from Buckinham.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Buckinham displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Buckinham lands a jab-cross combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bob Buckinham showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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.

Buckinham fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Walford might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Buckinham tries to bum rush Walford with a series of wild strikes but Walford uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Buckinham misses with the combination.
Buckinham looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Buckinham swinging wilding here.
Buckinham throws a series of punches but Walford avoids them all with ease.
Some wild striking there from Buckinham.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Buckinham throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Buckinham will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Buckinham throws a series of punches but Walford avoids them all with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Buckinham throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Walford.
Buckinham's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Buckinham duly obliges.
Buckinham misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A right-left combo lands from Buckinham.
Buckinham misses with a few strikes there.
Buckinham throws a series of punches but Walford avoids them all with ease.
Walford showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Buckinham.
Buckinham misses with a wild combination.
Buckinham throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Left hook, right uppercut from Buckinham.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buckinham swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Walford dives in and grabs Buckinham's left leg, looking for a takedown. Buckinham pushes down on Walford's head and hops out.
Buckinham throws a right hand that Walford ducks under and follows up with a left that Walford also avoids with ease.
Buckinham misses with a series of wild punches.
A punch combination from Buckinham misses.
Buckinham throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Buckinham misses with a two punch combination.
Buckinham slaps away a takedown attempt from Walford, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Buckinham tries to bum rush Walford with a series of wild strikes but Walford uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Buckinham throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walford shoots in for a takedown but Buckinham shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tom Walford. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Buckinham throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Buckinham rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Walford moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Buckinham fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Buckinham moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Buckinham throws a series of punches but Walford avoids them all with ease.
Walford showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Buckinham.
Buckinham misses with a double jab.
Buckinham lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Walford circles away quickly and effectively.
Buckinham swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Buckinham misses with the combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Buckinham moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Buckinham moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Buckinham lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Walford circles away quickly and effectively.
Buckinham misses with a series of wild punches.
Buckinham throws a series of punches but Walford moves out of range.
Buckinham throws a series of punches but Walford moves out of range.
Buckinham goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Buckinham lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bob Buckinham really dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Buckinham lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Walford avoids a punch combination nicely.
Buckinham swinging wilding here.
Buckinham looks to land a combination but Walford avoids it well.
Walford is trying hard to land a takedown here. Buckinham sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
A nice combination there by Buckinham.
Buckinham throws a series of strikes that have Walford backpedaling.
Buckinham misses with a two punch combination.

Buckinham moves into the clinch successfully.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Buckinham is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

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

That's one minute gone in the round.
Buckinham scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Buckinham misses with a double jab.

Buckinham moves into the clinch successfully.

Buckinham breaks from the clinch.
Buckinham misses with the combination.
Buckinham misses with a double jab.
Walford shoots for a double leg takedown but Buckinham sprawls well. He's pushed Walford's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Buckinham swinging wilding here.
Buckinham throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Buckinham throws a right hand that Walford ducks under and follows up with a left that Walford also avoids with ease.
Buckinham throws a series of strikes that have Walford backpedaling.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Buckinham closes the distance and pushes Walford back into the cage.
Walford keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Buckinham's efforts to push away.
Walford looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Buckinham is looking to break free of the clinch but Walford has double underhooks.
Walford keeps control of Buckinham as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Buckinham has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Buckinham wants to break the clinch but can't.
Buckinham wants to break the clinch but can't.
Walford is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tom Walford. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Buckinham is trying to break the clinch but Walford is controlling him.
Buckinham is trying to break the clinch but Walford is controlling him.
Buckinham can't break the clinch.
Buckinham wants to break free but Walford has control.
Buckinham is trying to force a seperation but Walford has the dominant position.
Buckinham is looking to break free of the clinch but Walford has double underhooks.
Buckinham is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buckinham is trying to break the clinch but Walford has him pressed against the cage.
Buckinham tries to break the clinch but Walford is controlling the position.
Buckinham is trying to break the clinch but Walford is controlling him.
Buckinham has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Buckinham is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Buckinham tries to circle away but Walford has him pinned against the cage.
Buckinham working hard to break the clinch.
Buckinham tries to circle away but Walford has him pinned against the cage.
Walford has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Buckinham avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Buckinham looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Buckinham is trying to force a seperation but Walford has the dominant position.
Walford drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Buckinham gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Buckinham wants to get back to striking at distance but Walford won't allow it.
Buckinham stops a takedown attempt from Walford.

Buckinham manages to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Buckinham misses with the combination.
Walford showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Buckinham.
Buckinham looks to land a combination but Walford avoids it well.
Walford tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Buckinham swivels and escapes.
Buckinham rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Walford moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Buckinham tries to bum rush Walford with a series of wild strikes but Walford uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Buckinham misses with a few strikes there.
Buckinham looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Buckinham misses with a few strikes there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bob Buckinham dominated that fourth round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Buckinham swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Walford fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Walford shoots in for a takedown but Buckinham shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Buckinham misses with the combination.
Buckinham moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Buckinham works over Walford's head and body with a nice combination.
Walford avoids a punch combination nicely.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Buckinham misses with a two punch combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Buckinham misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Buckinham tries to bum rush Walford with a series of wild strikes but Walford uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Buckinham throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Walford has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
A right-left combo lands from Buckinham.
Some wild striking there from Buckinham.
Walford slips a jab and a cross from Buckinham.
Buckinham misses with a double jab.
Buckinham swinging wilding here.
Buckinham throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buckinham throws a right and a left that Walford avoids nicely.
Buckinham misses with the combination.
Buckinham swinging wilding here.
Buckinham tries to close the distance and clinch but Walford swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Buckinham throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Buckinham rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Walford moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Buckinham throws a right and a left that both miss.
Walford fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tom Walford. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Buckinham misses with a series of wild punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buckinham misses with the combination.
Buckinham will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Buckinham misses with a two punch combination.
Buckinham misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Buckinham throws a series of punches but Walford avoids them all with ease.
No joy there for Buckinham, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Walford avoids a punch combination nicely.
Buckinham throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bob Buckinham is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four 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.
Walford fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Tom Walford has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Buckinham fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Buckinham throws a series of punches but Walford avoids them all with ease.

Buckinham instigates a clinch.
Buckinham is trying to break the clinch but Walford has him pressed against the cage.

Buckinham breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Walford avoids a punch combination nicely.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Buckinham throws a right and a left that Walford avoids nicely.

Buckinham clinches up against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bob Buckinham comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Buckinham has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 43:50
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 42:50
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 44:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bob Buckinham!
Bob Buckinham is the new super heavyweight champion!