PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Gabriel Walker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chico Grande (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Grande comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Maestre - Calles De Medellín kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Chico Grande acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Walker
vs
Grande

184 cm
19
182 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

176 cm
23
180 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Good gas tank

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gabriel Walker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Chico Grande!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Emerson Jorge and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grande lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Walker on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Grande keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Walker shoots and misses
and Grande counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Walker fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Grande avoids it really well and circles away.
Walker misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gabriel Walker. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Grande rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Walker moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Grande lands a nice shot to the body.
Grande connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Walker doesn't manage to clinch there - Grande circles away.
Grande rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Walker moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Walker shoots in but no luck this time.
Grande with a body punch. A glancing blow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Walker walks into a straight right hand from Grande.
Walker throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Walker doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Grande counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Grande swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Grande throws a right hand that Walker ducks under and follows up with a left that Walker also avoids with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walker looks to score with a jab to the body but Grande is just out of range.
Nice body punch from Grande.
Grande connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Grande lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Grande looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Walker closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Grande did well to prevent Walker getting side control.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Walker moves nicely into side control.

Walker is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Grande is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Grande wants to get back to his feet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Grande defending against the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walker misses with the ground and pound.

Walker is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Grande knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Walker is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Grande has escaped the position, nice work there.

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

Walker tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Walker thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Walker throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Grande can do anything to dispel that myth.

Walker is trying to get an arm triangle but Grande is defending well.

Walker looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Walker is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Grande has escaped the position, nice work there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Walker is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Grande knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Walker tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Walker has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sloppy strikes there by Walker.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Walker tries to move into range but Grande moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Walker takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Walker throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Grande.
Walker tries to close the distance and clinch up but Grande swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Walker shoots for a double leg takedown but Grande sprawls well. He's pushed Walker's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Grande lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Grande darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Grande lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Walker misses with a takedown attempt
and Grande makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Grande stuffs the takedown attempt from Walker. Walker gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gabriel Walker. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Grande fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nice takedown defense from Grande. No joy for Walker on that attempt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Walker tries for a takedown but Grande circles away easily
and Grande counters with a one-two to the body.
The crowd cheers as Grande lands an impressive looking overhand right. Walker doesn't seem phased though.
Grande lands with a nice combination. Walker backs away looking to recover.

Walker is rocked!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Grande! Walker is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chico Grande!