PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Cracky Jerky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charlie Walter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Jerky
vs
Walter

187 cm
22
187 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

185 cm
18
194 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Decent knees
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Cracky Jerky!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Charlie Walter!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Winston Howard and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jerky looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Walter is fending him off so far but Jerky persists. Nope, Walter circles away and we're back to standing.

Walter darts in and clinches Jerky up against the cage.

Walter breaks from the clinch.
Walter wants to clinch up but Jerky keeps it at a distance.
Walter tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jerky paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jerky swats away the attempt to clinch by Walter.
Jerky misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Jerky shoots for a double leg takedown but Walter sprawls well. He's pushed Jerky's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cracky Jerky. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jerky is breathing heavily.

Walter moves into the clinch.
Walter jumps guard but Jerky stands there with Walter around his waist. Walter gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Jerky tries to score a body lock takedown but Walter shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Walter blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jerky wants to break the clinch but can't.
Walter with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Walter gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Jerky.
Jerky takes a knee right on the jaw!
Walter wants a takedown but no success here.

Jerky escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Walter moves in looking to clinch but Jerky pushes him off.
Jerky shoots in for a takedown but Walter shows good takedown defense.
Jerky keeps the fight on the outside.
Walter fails in his attempt to clinch.
Walter misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Walter clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jerky is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Walter gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Walter misses with a knee strike.

Jerky breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jerky tries for a takedown but Walter sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Walter looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jerky tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Walter swivels and escapes.

Walter gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Jerky wants to break free but Walter has control.

Jerky has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Walter is trying to keep an underhook but Jerky manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Walter tries to kick Jerky off but Jerky keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Jerky not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Walter tries to roll over but Jerky keeps him under control.
Walter slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Jerky in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Walter is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

Walter uses the cage to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jerky tries for a takedown but Walter sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Walter throws a head kick that half lands.
Jerky shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Cracky Jerky seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jerky fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Jerky shoots in but Walter avoids the takedown attempt easily.

Walter drives through and clinches with Jerky against the cage.
Jerky wants a takedown but no success here.
Walter looking to slow down the pace here.
Jerky fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Walter with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jerky is looking to break free of the clinch but Walter has double underhooks.
Walter avoiding damage.
Jerky wants to break the clinch but can't.
Walter stalling.
Walter continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Jerky tries to pull guard but Walter holds him up against the cage and eventually Jerky drops back down to his feet.
Walter is working for takedown but Jerky is calmly controlling the position for now.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Walter with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

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

Jerky drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.

Jerky thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jerky wants to pass the guard but Walter is keeping the position.
Walter tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Jerky gets to his feet - Walter follows without any prompting.
Walter tries to clinch there but Jerky circles away.
Jerky swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Walter swats away the attempt to clinch by Jerky.
Walter is looking to score with low kicks.
Walter throws a leg kick which misses Jerky's front leg but catches the back leg as Jerky tries to avoid it.
Walter tries to clinch up but Jerky circles away and keeps his distance.
Jerky fails to land with a series of punches.
Jerky shoots in and drives through. Walter sprawls well.
Walter throws a series of punches but Jerky avoids them all with ease.
Jerky will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Walter throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Jerky closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Jerky lands in his opponent's guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Walter looking to hit a scissor sweep but Jerky is one step ahead there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jerky stops Walter from standing up.
Walter really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Jerky. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Jerky stopping the sweep attempt from Walter.
Jerky postures up in Walter's guard and throws a big left but Walter blocks it.
Walter wants to stand and escape but Jerky is having none of it.
Walter wants to sweep here but Jerky controlling him for the moment.
Walter wants to stand up but Jerky is controlling him.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jerky in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Jerky looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

Walter instigates a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Charlie Walter will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Walter tries to clinch but Jerky is having none of it.
Walter tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jerky takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Walter tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jerky paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Walter closes the distance and clinches.
Jerky is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Walter unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jerky lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Walter takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

Jerky breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Walter stuffs the takedown.
No luck for Jerky with that takedown attempt.
Jerky keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Jerky keeps the fight on the outside.
Jerky shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Walter as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cracky Jerky. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Walter clinches with his opponent.
Jerky misses with a knee to the head.
Jerky using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Walter has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jerky tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Walter stalling against the cage.

Jerky manages to break the clinch.
Walter looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

Walter takes the fight into the clinch.
Walter connects with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jerky takes a knee right on the jaw!
Walter is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

Walter manages to break the clinch.
Walter tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Walter instigates a clinch.

Jerky breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Jerky scores with a takedown into Walter's guard.
Jerky is looking to work some ground and pound but Walter has wrist control.
Walter is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Jerky throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Jerky scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Jerky 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.
Jerky postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Jerky trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Jerky works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Walter has hold of Jerky's hands but Jerky slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Jerky looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walter wants to control but Jerky is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Jerky moves nicely into side control.
Walter tries to improve position but can't.
Walter prevents Jerky from improving position.
Walter taking a bit of punishment here - Jerky scoring with strikes.
Jerky cracks Walter with an elbow. That is naaassty.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jerky tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Jerky throws a strike aimed at the side of Walter's head but Walter avoids it well.
Jerky working away.

Jerky thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walter wants to get back to his feet but Jerky drags him back down.
Jerky working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Jerky fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

Walter instigates a clinch.
Jerky wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jerky is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Walter is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Walter with a knee to the head.
Jerky wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jerky blocks an uppercut.
Jerky looking for a takedown.
Walter swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jerky is trying to break the clinch but Walter has him pressed against the cage.
Nice elbow from Walter.
Jerky wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Walter has him pressed against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Walter throws an elbow but misses.

Walter breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jerky shoots in for a takedown but Walter shows good takedown defense.
Jerky has a takedown stuffed.
Walter fails with an attempt to clinch.

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.

Walter closes the distance and clinches.
Jerky stops a takedown attempt from Walter.
Walter with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jerky wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Walter has him pressed against the cage.
Walter is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

Jerky breaks from the clinch.
Jerky fails with the takedown.
Walter looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Walter tries to clinch but Jerky moves out of range.
Jerky will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Walter tries to close the distance and clinch but Jerky swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jerky misses with a takedown attempt - Walter sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Walter rushes Jerky and presses him up against the cage.
Walter throws a knee to the head but misses.
Walter prevents Jerky from breaking the clinch.
Jerky goes for a takedown attempt but Walter pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Walter tries to clinch but Jerky moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Jerky gets a takedown into half guard.
Jerky lands with a punch from half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Cracky Jerky will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Jerky tries to clinch but Walter moves out of range.
Jerky with a poor takedown
and Walter counters with a body kick that stops Jerky in his tracks momentarily.
A slapping leg kick lands for Walter.

Walter gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Jerky escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jerky misses with a takedown
and Walter counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

Walter closes the distance and clinches.
Walter lands with a light punch inside.
Walter is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Jerky is trying to break free.
Jerky takes a knee right on the jaw!

Jerky is rocked!
Jerky wants to break the clinch but can't.
Oh Jerky is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Walter connects with a knee to the head.
Walter looking to slow down the pace here.

Jerky breaks from the clinch.
Walter is looking to clinch but Jerky is avoiding it.
Walter misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Walter pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jerky seems to have got his legs back now.
Jerky throws a right and a left that Walter avoids nicely.
Jerky misses with a takedown
and Walter counters with a nice leg kick.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cracky Jerky. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Walter throws a head kick but Jerky moves out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Walter throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Walter tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jerky swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Walter throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walter scores with a head kick.
Jerky throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Walter's waist but Walter gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Jerky off to one side.
A nice inside leg kick there by Walter. That's going to slow Jerky down.
Walter connects with a high kick.

Walter closes the distance and clinches.
Jerky wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jerky blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jerky wants to break free but Walter has control.

Walter breaks the clinch.
Jerky tries for a takedown but Walter circles away easily
and Walter makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Walter lands with a kick to the ribs.
Nice sprawl there from Walter as Jerky shoots in.

Walter drives through and clinches with Jerky against the cage.
Jerky swings wildly with an uppercut but Walter uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jerky tries to break the clinch but Walter is controlling the position.
Walter tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Jerky smiles and moves away.
Jerky circles away from the clinch attempt.
Walter tries to clinch up

and Jerky counters with a nice double leg into side control. Walter won't be happy with that.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Walter wants to get back to his feet.
Walter defending against the ground and pound.
Cracky Jerky overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jerky is trying to ground and pound but Walter uses the momentary lack of control by Jerky to regain half guard.
Jerky landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Jerky is trying to work for a kimura but Walter is defending well.
Jerky throwing shots but Walter is blocking nicely.
Jerky works his foot free and advances to mount.
Jerky with a couple of short strikes.
Jerky throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Walter because Jerky loaded up on that one.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Walter can do anything to dispel that myth.
Jerky has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Walter's face.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walter is trying desperately to improve position.
Jerky with shots to the head and body - Walter looks very uncomfortable down there.
BOOM! Jerky connects with a massive shot to the dome!

Walter is rocked!
Walter is trying to stand up.
Walter is still in real trouble! Can Jerky finish him?
Jerky landing strikes from the mount and Walter is in trouble!
Jerky breaks from Walter's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Jerky punishing his opponent with strikes.
Walter is looking to get to half guard.
Jerky working the ground and pound effectively.
Jerky lands a big elbow.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Walter is trying to escape the mount.
Walter seems to have recovered his senses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jerky scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Walter?
A nice elbow there by Jerky.
Walter is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Walter wants to control but Jerky is having none of it.
Jerky landing punches.
Walter tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Walter is bucking up trying to escape but Jerky cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Jerky has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Walter's face.
Walter is bucking up trying to escape but Jerky cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
BOOM! Jerky connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Jerky putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Jerky scores with a couple of good head shots there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cracky Jerky showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Jerky has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Skip Squint scores the fight 29:28
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 29:28
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cracky Jerky!