PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dorian Walker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gusano Rojo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Walker
vs
Rojo

190 cm
20
214 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

185 cm
23
205 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dorian Walker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gusano Rojo!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Columbo Gatti and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Walker feints and as Rojo raises his hands in defense, Walker changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Rojo looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Rojo controls Walker momentarily but Walker frees himself.
Walker lands a couple of decent looking shots.

Rojo escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Walker gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Walker makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Walker chips away with some ground and pound.
Walker working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Walker is looking to work some ground and pound but Rojo has wrist control.
Walker is in close to Rojo's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Walker distracts Rojo with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Walker is in close to Rojo's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Walker keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Rojo's head.
Walker pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Rojo is keeping the position for now.
Walker postures up and lands a big shot to Rojo's brow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walker scoring with some ground and pound.
Walker trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Walker is working Rojo over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Walker is working Rojo over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Walker postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Walker content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Walker knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Rojo on the ground.
Walker postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Walker working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Walker is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Walker landing some decent shots from guard.
Walker with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Walker lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Walker cracks Rojo with a solid left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walker is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Walker with a nice head shot there.
Walker lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Walker with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

Rojo is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Walker is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Walker lands a couple of elbows.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Walker with a nice head shot there.
Walker works over Rojo with some ground and pound from guard.
Rojo has momentary wrist control but Walker slips an elbow through the middle.
Walker with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Walker postures up and lands a big shot to Rojo's brow.
Walker preventing the sweep.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Walker's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Walker with a nice head shot there.
Walker works over Rojo with some ground and pound from guard.
Walker trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Walker landing some decent shots from guard.
Walker postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Walker landing with the ground and pound.
Rojo looking to hit a scissor sweep but Walker is one step ahead there.
Walker cracks Rojo with a solid left hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walker lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Walker's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Walker lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Walker lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Rojo is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Walker scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Walker distracts Rojo with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Walker content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Walker pushing down on Rojo's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Walker looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Rojo with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Rojo on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Rojo on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dorian Walker dominated that round.
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.

Walker closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Walker lands in his opponent's guard.
Walker lands a couple of digs.
Rojo has momentary wrist control but Walker slips an elbow through the middle.
Walker scoring with punches to the head and body.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Walker's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Walker cracks Rojo with a solid left hand.
Walker works over Rojo with some ground and pound from guard.
Rojo has momentary wrist control but Walker slips an elbow through the middle.
Walker is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Walker with a nice head shot there.
Walker lands a couple of elbows.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Walker is in close to Rojo's body, working some short punches and elbows.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walker is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Walker is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Walker scoring with some ground and pound.

Rojo working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Walker doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Walker manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Walker scoring with punches to the head and body.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Walker's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Walker working some strikes from top position.

Rojo working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Walker doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Walker manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Walker passes Rojo's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rojo has hold of Walker's hands but Walker slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Walker lands a nice short elbow.
Rojo is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Walker scores with a couple of nice shots.
Walker landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Walker drops an elbow to the side of Rojo's head.
Walker drops an elbow to the side of Rojo's head.
Walker slips a nice elbow through Rojo's hands, connecting with Rojo's forehead.
Walker is nestled in close to Rojo, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Walker is thwarting Rojo's attempts to control the position.
Walker lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Walker slips a nice elbow through Rojo's hands, connecting with Rojo's forehead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Walker lands a nice short elbow.
Walker lands strikes from half guard.
Walker slips a nice elbow through Rojo's hands, connecting with Rojo's forehead.
Nice strikes from Walker there.
Walker lands strikes from half guard.
Walker is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rojo can do to turn this around?
Walker looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Walker connects with a nice short shot to Rojo's temple.
Ground and pound from Walker.
Walker working the head and body with strikes.
Walker is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Walker working the ground and pound effectively.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walker cracks Rojo with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Walker raining down shots from the mount!
Walker landing strikes from the mount.
Rojo tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Walker cracks Rojo with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Walker landing strikes from the mount.
Walker raining down shots from the mount!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Walker lands a big shot there that rocks Rojo but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Walker scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Rojo?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dorian Walker dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Walker drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Walker working the ground and pound.
Walker scoring with punches from side control.
Dorian Walker overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Walker lands a nice forearm strike.
Walker scoring with punches and elbows.
Rojo is looking to regain half guard here but Walker keeps moving and retains side control.
Walker creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Walker scoring with punches from side control.
Rojo takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Walker lands a few punches from side control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rojo takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Rojo is looking to reverse the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walker landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Rojo tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Rojo on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Rojo taking a bit of punishment here - Walker scoring with strikes.
Walker scores with punches from side control.
Rojo taking a bit of punishment here - Walker scoring with strikes.
Rojo takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Walker landing strikes.
Walker landing a few strikes.
Rojo takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Gusano Rojo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walker lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Walker scores with punches from side control.
Walker working the ground and pound.
Walker lands a few punches from side control.
Walker working the ground and pound.
Walker working the ground and pound from side control.
Walker scoring with punches and elbows.
Rojo is trying to control Walker's posture but Walker avoids it.
Walker is putting a hurting on Rojo here, landing some big shots from side control.
Rojo is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Rojo takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Rojo manages to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walker passes to full mount!
Walker lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Walker breaks from Rojo's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Walker landing strikes from the mount and Rojo is in trouble!
Walker lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Rojo gets back to half guard.
Walker looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Walker drops an elbow to the side of Rojo's head.
Rojo regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Walker.

Rojo looking for a guillotine here but Walker defends easily.
Walker thows a big elbow that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Rojo is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Walker lands a couple of elbows.
Walker sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Rojo's guard.
Rojo is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Walker scores with a couple of nice shots.
Walker looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Rojo with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Walker working the head and body with strikes.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Walker lands a nice short elbow.
Dorian Walker is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Still in half guard, Walker seems content to control.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dorian Walker showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Walker has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:25
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 30:25
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dorian Walker!