PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Justin Keen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and jack walker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Keen kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Round One. walker has chosen The Doors - Peace Frog as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Keen
vs
walker

190 cm
21
175 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

185 cm
24
180 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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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 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Justin Keen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, jack walker!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice body kick there by walker.
walker looks for a takedown but Keen sprawls well.
Keen scores with a hook to the body. walker takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Keen throws a jab but it's blocked by walker.
walker tries to clinch but Keen moves out of range.
Keen misses with a wild body shot.
A big left from Keen misses.

walker looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Keen!
Keen takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Keen manages to regain half guard. Good work.
The fighters are battling for position here. Keen manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
walker trying to control the position from guard on top but Keen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Keen has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but walker can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
walker stopping the sweep attempt from Keen.

Keen working for submissions but it's allowed walker to get to half guard.
Keen slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keen keeping full guard, as walker tries to pass.
Keen striking off his back, scoring a few points.
walker throws and elbow that misses. Keen uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in walker's guard. Nice move by Keen!
Keen throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as walker works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Keen preventing the sweep.
walker is controlling Keen's posture.
walker is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
walker looking to hit a scissor sweep but Keen is one step ahead there.
Keen wants to pass the guard but walker is keeping the position.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
walker wants to sweep here but Keen controlling him for the moment.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Keen fails with a takedown attempt.
walker tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Keen was well out of range. Poor timing from walker.

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.
Keen gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and walker counters by moving into the clinch.
walker is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
walker makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

It looks like Justin Keen has been cut.
walker lands an elbow that stopped Keen in his tracks for a moment.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for walker.
walker misses with a shot to the kidneys.

walker gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Nice strikes from walker there.
walker trying to pass the guard but Keen defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

jack walker dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Justin Keen's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Keen swings for the body but walker moves out of range.
walker misses with a hook. Keen ducked under it nicely.
Keen throws the left hand but walker avoids the punch easily.
Keen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Keen drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

walker throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
Keen is looking to clinch but walker is avoiding it.
walker avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
walker connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Keen shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has walker pinned against the cage. walker gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
walker tries to score a power double leg takedown but Keen sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten walker somewhat.
walker takes one to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from walker as Keen shoots in.
Keen drops his hands momentarily and walker takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Keen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from walker.
Keen misses with a series of wild punches.
A big right from Keen misses.
Keen looks to throw the jab but walker is out of range.
Keen fails with an attempt to clinch.
walker misses with a body shot.
Keen moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

walker shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Keen flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Keen tries to regain full guard. Instead though, walker has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Keen swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
A nice elbow there by walker.
walker scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Keen tries to hold on but walker postures up.
walker controlling the pace for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Keen sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
walker thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
walker tries to pass the half guard into mount. Keen knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Keen is looking to improve his position.
walker wants to take a breather but Keen is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

jack walker showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Justin Keen's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Keen stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Keen wants it to stay on the feet.

Keen looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for walker!
Keen prevents walker from getting the reversal.
Keen thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Keen misses with a head shot.
Keen throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Keen has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
walker is working to get back to half guard.
walker is bucking up trying to escape but Keen cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
walker is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
walker really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Keen can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as walker is looking to escape.
walker regains half guard.
walker manages to get to full guard.
walker wants to get back to his feet but Keen passes into half guard.
walker preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keen sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. walker defending well though.
Keen sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. walker defending well though.
walker avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Keen.
walker keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Keen is looking to take a break and control but walker is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
walker moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Keen is looking to work some ground and pound but walker has wrist control.
Keen keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of walker's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keen thows a big elbow that misses.
walker working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Keen.
walker wants to sweep but no luck.

walker has his feet on Keen's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Keen with a lazy takedown attempt

and walker counters with a single leg into guard. Keen didn't expect that.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Keen looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
walker trying to control but Keen is working from the bottom.
Keen trying to keep a closed guard but walker is proving a slippery customer.
Keen tries to land a sweep but no joy.
jack walker is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
walker controlling from the top position.
Keen throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Keen is trying to hold walker in close to prevent damage but walker has managed to pass into half guard.
jack walker has got the better of the ground game so far.
walker blocks the strikes from Keen.
walker tries to pass to full mount but Keen defends it.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
A head kick misses from walker.

And that's the end of the fight!
jack walker comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well walker 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... jack walker!