PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between George Leonard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnnie Walker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Walker has chosen Rock you Like A Hurricane as his entrance music. Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Johnnie Walker enters the cage!

Leonard
vs
Walker

180 cm
22
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

184 cm
22
187 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

Elite Sydney Nutrition

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, George Leonard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Johnnie Walker!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Skip Squint and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Walker moves into the clinch.
Walker looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!

Leonard breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Walker blocks the body kick.
Leonard tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Walker counters with a straight right hand.
Leonard tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Walker misses with a leg kick.

Leonard drives through and clinches with Walker against the cage.
Leonard with a knee to the head.
Walker tries to pull guard but Leonard won't allow it.
Leonard makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Leonard landing knees to the head.
Leonard lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Leonard with a knee to the head.
Leonard lands a damaging elbow.
Nice elbow from Leonard.
Knees to the body from Leonard.
Leonard landing knees to the head.
Leonard lands an elbow inside.
Leonard lands a damaging elbow.
Walker takes an elbow to the forehead.
Leonard lands a knee to the body.
Leonard lands a knee to the head.
Leonard unloads a knee to the mid-section. Walker lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Leonard unloads a knee to the mid-section. Walker lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Walker wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Leonard.
Leonard lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Leonard gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Walker can't break the clinch.
Come on Leonard - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Leonard is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Leonard using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Walker takes an elbow to the forehead.
Walker takes an elbow to the temple.
Leonard unloads a knee to the mid-section. Walker lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Leonard lands an elbow just above Walker 's eye.
Leonard landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Leonard scores a nice knee to the body.
The referee calls for Leonard to work.
Leonard lands an elbow inside that Walker shrugs off.
Walker is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Leonard lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nice elbow from Leonard.
Come on Leonard - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
A knee to the head by Leonard.
Leonard with a knee to the head.
Leonard tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Walker just stands there and leans against the cage.
Leonard misses with a knee to the head.
Leonard scores with a knee to the head.
Walker with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's two 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.
Nice elbow from Leonard.

Walker tightens his grip and picks Leonard up, before dumping him to the ground. Leonard manages to land in guard.
Walker wants to control from the top but Leonard keeps moving.
Walker tries to free his leg and advance position but Leonard is retaining full guard.
Leonard wants to get back to his feet but Walker is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Walker trying to control but Leonard is working from the bottom.
Leonard looking for a sweep. Not yet Leonard, not yet.

Walker drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Leonard dives on top into guard.
Walker looking to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leonard would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Leonard throwing strikes but missing.
Leonard has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Leonard wants to pass the guard but Walker is keeping the position.

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.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Leonard wants to get up but he can't break Walker's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Walker controls Leonard momentarily but Leonard frees himself.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Walker tries to clinch up.
Leonard closes this distance looking for a takedown but Walker circles away.
Walker will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Walker circles away from the clinch attempt

and Walker moves into the clinch.
Walker tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Leonard smiles and moves away.
George Leonard has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johnnie Walker.
Leonard closes the distance looking to clinch

and Walker counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Leonard's guard now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Leonard is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Leonard tries to stand and escape but Walker is controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnnie Walker dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Leonard moves into the clinch.
Leonard landing knees to the head.
Leonard unloads a knee to the mid-section. Walker lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Leonard lands an elbow just above Walker 's eye.
Leonard comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Leonard gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Leonard crunches a lovely knee into Walker's ribcage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Leonard.
Leonard lands an elbow that stopped Walker in his tracks for a moment.
Leonard lands an elbow just above Walker 's eye.
Leonard with a knee to the head.
Walker takes an elbow to the forehead.
Leonard lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Leonard lands a damaging elbow.
Knees to the body from Leonard.
Leonard lands a damaging elbow.
Leonard unloads a knee to the mid-section. Walker lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Leonard unloads a knee to the mid-section. Walker lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Leonard has had enough of the clinch but Walker keeps him there for the moment.
Leonard lands an elbow inside that Walker shrugs off.
Leonard with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Leonard using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Leonard lands a knee to the body.
Leonard connects with a nasty looking knee right to Walker's face.
Leonard crunches a lovely knee into Walker's ribcage.
Walker has had enough of the clinch but Leonard keeps him there for the moment.
Leonard with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Walker wants to break free but Leonard has control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leonard wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Leonard lands a knee to the body.
Leonard lands a knee to the body.
Leonard scores with a hook to the body.
Leonard avoiding damage.
Leonard lands an elbow just above Walker 's eye.
Leonard using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Leonard is working Walker over against the cage.
Walker takes an elbow to the temple.
Good body shot from Leonard.
Leonard lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Walker takes an elbow to the forehead.
Leonard lands a knee to the body.
Leonard lands an elbow that stopped Walker in his tracks for a moment.
Leonard lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Leonard lands an elbow inside.
Leonard lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Leonard is looking to control Walker's arms but Walker gets an underhook and turns him. Now Leonard has his back to the cage.
Leonard landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Leonard lands a knee to the head.
Leonard unloads a knee to the mid-section. Walker lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Leonard scores a nice knee to the body.
Leonard lands an elbow just above Walker 's eye.
Leonard lands an elbow inside.
Leonard lands an elbow just above Walker 's eye.
Leonard scores with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leonard lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Walker wants to break free but Leonard has control.
Leonard will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Walker up against the cage.
Nice elbow from Leonard.
Knees in the clinch landing for Leonard.
Leonard scores with a knee to the head.
Leonard lands a knee to the body.
Leonard scores a nice knee to the body.
Leonard lands a nice elbow.
Leonard connects with a knee to the head.
Walker is looking to break free of the clinch but Leonard has double underhooks.
Nice elbow from Leonard.
Leonard drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Walker gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Leonard lands a nice elbow.
Leonard comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Leonard gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Walker ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Walker no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Walker wants to get back to his feet but Leonard is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Walker looking for a sweep. Not yet Walker, not yet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walker has a closed guard, preventing Leonard from standing up.
Walker looking for a sweep. Not yet Walker, not yet.
Walker pulls Leonard in to control the position.
Walker trying to keep a closed guard but Leonard is proving a slippery customer.

Walker has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Leonard can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Leonard tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Walker counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Walker is pushing down on Leonard's leg trying to pass to half guard. Leonard is fighting to maintain full guard but Walker has managed to sneak the leg through.
Walker tries to pass to full mount but Leonard defends it.
Leonard is trying to get back to full guard.
Walker wants to pass to mount but Leonard is defending the position.
Leonard is trying to stand up here but Walker is controlling him well.
Leonard tries to roll over but Walker keeps him under control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnnie Walker showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Walker avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Leonard closes the distance and clinches.
Leonard lands an elbow just above Walker 's eye.

Leonard breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Leonard tries to clinch there but Walker circles away.
Leonard tries to clinch but Walker is having none of it.

Leonard drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

Leonard decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Walker swats away the attempt to clinch by Leonard.
George Leonard is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Leonard clinches up against the cage.
Leonard lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Walker lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Leonard backwards.

It looks like George Leonard has been cut.
Leonard lands a damaging elbow.
Walker goes for a takedown in the clinch but Leonard prevents it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Walker tries to pull guard but Leonard holds him up against the cage and eventually Walker drops back down to his feet.
Leonard crunches a lovely knee into Walker's ribcage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leonard looking to throw knees to the head but Walker is blocking nicely.
Leonard gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Leonard lands a damaging elbow.
Walker tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Leonard smiles and moves away.
George Leonard has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johnnie Walker.
Leonard is looking to clinch but Walker is avoiding it.
Walker swats away the attempt to clinch by Leonard.
Walker swats away the attempt to clinch by Leonard.
Leonard fails with an attempt to clinch.
Leonard tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Walker paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Leonard tries to clinch there but Walker circles away.
Leonard tries to close the distance and clinch up but Walker swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Walker closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Leonard to the mat! Leonard manages to get full guard.

Leonard working for a triangle but Walker defends it easily.
Walker loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leonard being controlled here, momentarily.
Johnnie Walker has got the better of the ground game so far.
Walker wants to control from the top but Leonard keeps moving.
Walker in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Walker stops Leonard from standing up.
Leonard seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walker trying to control but Leonard is working from the bottom.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Leonard wants to clinch.
Walker circles away from the clinch attempt.
George Leonard has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Walker shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Leonard but Leonard pushes him off and we're back to square one.

Leonard gets a clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Leonard.
Leonard connects with a nasty looking knee right to Walker's face.
Leonard tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Walker lands a nice shot to the body.
Walker tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Leonard smiles and moves away.
Leonard tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Walker paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Walker circles away from the clinch attempt.
Leonard tries to clinch up but Walker circles away and keeps his distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leonard is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Leonard lands with a nice combination. Walker backs away looking to recover.
Walker swats away the attempt to clinch by Leonard.
Leonard tries to close the distance and clinch up but Walker swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Leonard takes the fight into the clinch.
Leonard scores a nice knee to the body.
Leonard gets underhooks to prevent Walker's takedown attempt.
Leonard gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Leonard scores a nice knee to the body.
Leonard lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A knee to the head by Leonard.
The referee calls for Leonard to work.
Leonard looking to stall.
Leonard crunches a lovely knee into Walker's ribcage.
Leonard connects with a knee to the head.
Leonard is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Walker is keeping busy.
Leonard crunches a lovely knee into Walker's ribcage.
Leonard lands an elbow inside that Walker shrugs off.
Leonard with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Leonard scores a nice knee to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
George Leonard showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Walker has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Steve Erwin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 28:29
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 28:29

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