PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mike Awesome (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steven Walter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Awesome comes to the cage accompanied by This Dummy Doesn't Deserve An Entrance Song. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Awesome
vs
Walter

177 cm
19
155 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

173 cm
19
152 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

*** Real Nutrition ***

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Mike Awesome!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Steven Walter!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, James Atkins and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Awesome lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Walter circles away quickly and effectively.
Awesome misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Walter shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Walter scores with a kick to the body.
Walter tries a head kick but it misses.
Walter throws a low kick but Awesome avoids it.
Walter cracks the inside of Awesome's front leg.
Walter throws a sloppy head kick and Awesome moves out of range easily.
Awesome checks a leg kick nicely.
Walter scores with a spinning back kick!
Walter throws a head kick that misses.
Awesome connects with a looping right hand.
Mike Awesome seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Walter throws a head kick but Awesome moves out of range.
Awesome rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Walter moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Walter moves forwards but Awesome connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Walter slips a jab and a cross from Awesome.
Awesome throws a right and a left that both miss.
Walter throws a sloppy head kick and Awesome moves out of range easily.
Awesome will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Awesome takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

Awesome gets a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walter taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

Walter's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Walter throws a sloppy head kick and Awesome moves out of range easily.
Some wild striking there from Awesome.
Awesome tries to clinch but Walter is having none of it.
Awesome blocks a head kick by Walter.
Awesome wants to clinch.
Some wild striking there from Awesome.
Awesome thuds his right hand into Walter's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Awesome throws a right and a left that Walter avoids nicely.
Awesome fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Awesome throws a series of punches but Walter moves out of range.
Walter connects with a high kick.
Walter misses with a head kick.
Awesome takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
That kick from Walter tenderised Awesome's leg. Awesome is trying to keep his angry face on.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Awesome misses with a jab, cross combination.
Walter chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Awesome can pounce on him.
Awesome is looking to chop away at Walter's legs.
Awesome works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Awesome misses with a jab, cross combination.
Awesome rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Walter moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Walter throws a low kick but Awesome avoids it.
Walter on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Awesome. Awesome obviously looking to wear him down.
Awesome misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Walter throws a head kick but Awesome moves out of range.
Awesome throws a combination. Walter tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Walter plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Walter misses with a body kick.
Walter lands a head kick. Awesome smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Walter misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Walter looks gassed!
Awesome scores with a jab to the head.
A combination from Awesome does no damage.
Walter lands with a nice body kick.
Awesome misses with a double jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Awesome!
Walter throws a chopping leg kick but Awesome manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Awesome throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Walter.
Walter throws a head kick that misses.
Awesome scores with a crisp jab that stopped Walter in his tracks.
Awesome avoids the head kick by Walter.
Awesome blocks a head kick by Walter.
Walter slips a jab and a cross from Awesome.
Awesome tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Walter drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Walter on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Danga de danga de dang - Awesome scores with a four punch combination!
Walter dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Awesome. That did some damage!
Awesome blocks a head kick by Walter.
Awesome fails to land with a series of punches.
Walter throws a sloppy head kick and Awesome moves out of range easily.
Walter has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Awesome swinging wildly here.
Walter lands a high kick!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Awesome avoids a kick to the body.

Awesome closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Awesome is trying to break free.
Awesome keeps control of Walter as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Awesome wants to break the clinch but can't.
Awesome looking to throw knees to the head but Walter is blocking nicely.
Awesome is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Awesome softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Walter blocks an uppercut.
Walter has Awesome pressed against the cage, preventing Awesome from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Awesome is trying to break free.
Awesome wants to break free but Walter has control.
With the fighters up against the cage, Walter throws an elbow but misses.
Walter with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Walter controlling the action here for a moment.

Awesome escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Walter is looking to land body kicks.
Walter throws a nice inside leg kick.
Walter tried to score with a low kick but Awesome checks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Steven Walter will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Walter circles away from the clinch attempt.
Walter throws a sloppy head kick and Awesome moves out of range easily.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Awesome checks a leg kick.
Awesome takes a kick to the side of the head.
Awesome tries to clinch up.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Awesome checks a leg kick.
Walter tries a head kick but it misses.
Awesome throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A chopping leg kick lands by Awesome.
Awesome misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Walter dodges the punch combination from Awesome.
Walter tries a head kick but it misses.
Walter cracks the inside of Awesome's front leg.
Walter is breathing heavily.
Awesome blocks a head kick by Walter.
Awesome lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Awesome is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Walter keeps the fight on the outside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walter throws a head kick that misses.
Walter takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A combination from Awesome does no damage.
Awesome lands a two punch combo.
Awesome looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A combination from Awesome does no damage.
Walter throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Walter tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Walter walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Awesome lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Walter circles away quickly and effectively.
Walter walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Awesome lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Mike Awesome is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Walter showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Awesome.
Awesome connects with a solid leg kick.
Awesome rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Walter moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Awesome looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Awesome tries to close the distance and clinch but Walter swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A punch combination from Awesome misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Awesome misses with a double jab.
Walter misses with a kick to the body.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Awesome.
Awesome is looking to clinch but Walter is avoiding it.
Walter throws a head kick that misses.
Walter needs to keep his hands up - Awesome had a free shot at his head there.
Awesome misses with a wild combination.
Awesome tries to clinch but Walter is having none of it.
Walter throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Awesome fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Walter avoids a punch combination nicely.
Awesome takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Awesome fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Awesome throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Awesome lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Walter throws a head kick but Awesome moves out of range.
Walter throws a head kick but Awesome moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walter takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Walter swats away the attempt to clinch by Awesome.
Walter walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Walter pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Awesome throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Walter throws out a leg kick but Awesome moves out of range and Walter only half commits.
Awesome wants to clinch.
Walter circles away from the clinch attempt.
Awesome throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Awesome dips to his left and cracks Walter with an uppercut!
Walter has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Walter throws a push kick but Awesome slaps the foot to one side.
Awesome lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Awesome lands with a right hand.
Awesome tries to clinch up but Walter circles away and keeps his distance.
Awesome tries to close the distance and clinch but Walter swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Awesome. That's going to slow Walter down.
Walter misses with a body kick.
Awesome misses with the combination.
Awesome doesn't manage to clinch there - Walter circles away.
Awesome throws a nice outside leg kick.
Walter throws a head kick but Awesome moves out of range.
Walter circles away from the clinch attempt.
Awesome lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Awesome is working the combinations to good effect here.
Awesome throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Walter.
Awesome moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Walter looks for the body kick but Awesome saw that one coming.
Walter takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Some wild striking there from Awesome.
Mike Awesome is winning the standup battle so far.
Walter throws a head kick but Awesome moves out of range.
Awesome wants to clinch up but Walter keeps it at a distance.
Walter pulls out of a head kick attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Awesome dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Walter throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Awesome.
Awesome blocks a head kick by Walter.
Awesome throws a solid leg kick but Walter takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Awesome.
Walter has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

Awesome has closed the distance and engaged Walter in a clinch.
Walter tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Awesome avoids it.
Awesome has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Walter wants to break the clinch but can't.
Awesome has had enough of the clinch but Walter keeps him there for the moment.

Awesome manages to break the clinch.
Awesome misses the shot to the body.
Walter takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Awesome doesn't manage to clinch there - Walter circles away.
Awesome moves in looking to clinch but Walter pushes him off.
Walter dodges the punch combination from Awesome.
Awesome lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Walter circles away quickly and effectively.
Walter's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Awesome misses with a two punch combination.
Walter throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Walter takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Awesome misses with the combination.
Walter is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Awesome.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walter fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Awesome has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Awesome fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Walter throws a push kick but Awesome slaps the foot to one side.
Awesome blocks a head kick by Walter.
Awesome lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Walter throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.

Awesome moves into the clinch successfully.
Awesome avoiding damage as Walter throws knees to the body.
Walter keeps control of Awesome as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Walter tries to circle away but Awesome has him pinned against the cage.
Awesome is looking to break free of the clinch but Walter has double underhooks.

Awesome breaks from the clinch.
Awesome throws a series of punches but Walter moves out of range.
Walter lands a leg kick that knocks Awesome off balance momentarily.
Walter goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Awesome feints and then cracks Walter's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Walter down.
Awesome checks a low kick from Walter.
Walter looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Awesome throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Walter.
Awesome works Walter's body with a nice hook.
Awesome tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Awesome scores with a nice strike.
Awesome tries to clinch up.
Awesome misses with a two punch combination.
Walter throws a head kick that misses.
Walter misses with a kick to the body.
Walter pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Walter throws a head kick but Awesome moves out of range.
Walter swats away the attempt to clinch by Awesome.
Awesome tries to close the distance and clinch up but Walter swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Walter throws a head kick but Awesome moves out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Awesome.
Walter chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Awesome can pounce on him.
Awesome swinging wildly here.
Some wild striking there from Awesome.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Awesome throws a series of strikes that have Walter backpedaling.
Awesome throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Awesome scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Awesome lands a nice leg kick that just misses Walter's sensitive parts.
Walter pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Awesome misses with a wild combination.
Awesome misses with a two punch combination.
Awesome is looking to clinch but Walter is avoiding it.
A bone on bone clash there as Awesome blocks the leg kick.

Awesome has taken the fight to the clinch.
Awesome wants to break free but Walter has control.

Awesome breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Awesome takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

Awesome has closed the distance and engaged Walter in a clinch.
Awesome is trying to break the clinch but Walter is controlling him.
Walter is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Awesome working hard to break the clinch.
Walter misses with an elbow strike.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Walter looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Awesome wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Awesome manages to break the clinch.
Awesome moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Walter throws a head kick that misses.
Awesome is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Awesome moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Awesome lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Awesome works the jab nicely.
Awesome tries to close the distance and clinch up but Walter swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A leg kick checked by Awesome.
Awesome will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Awesome tries to clinch up but Walter circles away and keeps his distance.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Awesome showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Awesome 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 James Glass scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 29:28
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Awesome!