PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chuck Walker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Renan Fagundes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Walker
vs
Fagundes

187 cm
25
215 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

203 cm
21
200 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Chuck Walker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Renan Fagundes!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Leandro Rodrigues and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fagundes shoots in and drives through. Walker sprawls well.
Fagundes is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Fagundes looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
A punch combination from Fagundes misses.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Walker.
Walker misses with a head kick.
Walker feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Fagundes's calf.
Walker connects with a solid leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Walker.

Walker moves into the clinch.
Fagundes avoiding damage as Walker throws knees to the body.
Walker lands an elbow that stopped Fagundes in his tracks for a moment.
Walker unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Walker lands a nice elbow.
Walker working Fagundes over with knees to the body.
Walker connects with a knee to the head.
Walker tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Walker lands an elbow inside.
Walker lands a nice knee to the body.
Walker with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Walker lands an elbow inside.
Walker putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Fagundes in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walker scores with a knee to the head.
Walker lands a knee to the head.
Walker missing with knees to the body.
Walker lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Fagundes changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Walker fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Walker moves in looking to clinch but Fagundes pushes him off.
Walker feints and then cracks Fagundes's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Fagundes down.

Walker closes the distance and clinches.
Walker trying to land knees to the body.
Walker missing with knees to the body.
Walker trying to land knees to the body.
Fagundes avoiding damage as Walker throws knees to the body.
Walker is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Fagundes is defending well for now.
Walker looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Walker obliges.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Fagundes's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fagundes fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Walker displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Fagundes.
Chuck Walker has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Renan Fagundes.
Fagundes misses with a double jab.
Fagundes shoots in for a takedown but Walker shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Fagundes shoots for a takedown but Walker saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Walker tries to clinch but Fagundes moves out of range.
Walker moves out of range as Fagundes throws a body kick.
Fagundes is trying hard to land a takedown here. Walker sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

Walker darts in and clinches Fagundes up against the cage.
Walker is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Fagundes is defending well for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Fagundes has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Walker uses from the top position.
Fagundes wants to sweep here but Walker controlling him for the moment.
Fagundes has a closed guard, preventing Walker from standing up.

Fagundes throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

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.
Walker postures up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fagundes managing to control the position.
Walker stopping the sweep attempt from Fagundes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chuck Walker dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Walker has managed to clinch.
Walker using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Fagundes has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Walker lands a knee to the head.
Walker tries to land knees in the clinch but Fagundes avoids the damage to the body.
Fagundes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Fagundes jumps guard.
Walker stopping the sweep attempt from Fagundes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fagundes is trying to keep Walker in close.
Walker has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Fagundes is proving hard to escape from.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Fagundes is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Fagundes manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Walker manages to get himself to full guard.
Walker wants to get back to his feet but Fagundes passes into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walker tries to kick Fagundes off but Fagundes keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Walker is not content to let Fagundes control the position.
Fagundes not landing any meaningful shots this time.

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.
Fagundes is trying to control the action in half guard but Walker is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Walker wants to stand back up but Fagundes manages to pass into side control.
Walker wants to get back to his feet but Fagundes drags him back down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Renan Fagundes showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Walker misses with a body kick.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Walker.
Walker fails with an attempt to clinch.
Walker lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Fagundes avoids the head kick by Walker.
Walker feints and then cracks Fagundes's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Fagundes down.
Walker tries to clinch but Fagundes moves out of range.
Walker fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Fagundes.
A low kick from Fagundes misses
and Walker counters with an outside leg kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fagundes throws a lazy head kick
and Walker counters with a low kick, right behind Fagundes 's knee.
Walker feints and then cracks Fagundes's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Fagundes down.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Walker clinches with his opponent.
Walker is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Fagundes is defending well for now.
Walker lands a nice elbow.
Walker connects with a nasty looking knee right to Fagundes's face.
Walker lands a nice elbow.
Walker is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Fagundes's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

Fagundes is trying to trip Walker. He has hold of a leg but Walker is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Fagundes persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Fagundes trying to control but Walker is working from the bottom.
Walker on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Walker tries to get out of the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Fagundes accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Fagundes stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Walker swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Fagundes trying to control the position from guard on top but Walker is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fagundes passes Walker's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

Fagundes decides to stand and escape the position.
Walker tries to work over Fagundes's front leg with a kick but Fagundes checks it.
Fagundes fails with the takedown

and Walker moves into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walker comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Walker gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Walker looking to throw knees to the head but Fagundes is blocking nicely.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Fagundes looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Walker tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Fagundes avoids it.
Fagundes managing to block the knees to the body from Walker.
Fagundes avoiding damage as Walker throws knees to the body.
Walker is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Fagundes is defending well for now.
Walker throws a knee to the head but misses.
Chuck Walker has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Walker is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Fagundes is defending well for now.
Walker lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Walker lands an elbow inside that Fagundes shrugs off.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Walker lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Walker throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Fagundes blocks it with crossed arms.
Walker tries to land knees in the clinch but Fagundes avoids the damage to the body.
Walker creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Fagundes's defenses.
Walker lands a nice elbow.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Chuck Walker.
I think Walker 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 Seu Braga scores the fight 29:27
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 29:27
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 29:27

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