PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Also Zarathustra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Walker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zarathustra comes to the cage accompanied by I Against I. Walker comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Unholy Confessions by Avenged Sevenfold kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Zarathustra
vs
Walker

185 cm
24
185 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

179 cm
26
175 lbs
15 - 4 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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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 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Also Zarathustra!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Paul Walker!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Mauricio Rocha and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zarathustra throws a lazy right hand but Walker sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Walker uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Zarathustra.
Zarathustra throws out a powerful jab.
Walker blocks a leg kick.
Zarathustra misses with an uppercut. Walker saw that one coming.
Walker connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Zarathustra's hands.
Zarathustra takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Zarathustra throws a sloppy body shot
and Walker counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Walker moves out of range as Zarathustra strikes.
Zarathustra's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Walker connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Zarathustra scrambles back to his feet.
Walker takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Zarathustra pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Walker just misses with a punch to the body.
Walker punishes Zarathustra's body with a nice straight punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Walker jabs Zarathustra right on the nose. Zarathustra blinks but takes it well.
Zarathustra uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Walker.
Zarathustra changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Walker tries to avoid it but Zarathustra manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Walker to the ground. Walker escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zarathustra takes one to the side of the head.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Walker lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Zarathustra has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Zarathustra and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Zarathustra slips a jab from Walker.
Zarathustra lands an overhand right.
Zarathustra fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Walker checks it well.
Zarathustra misses with a hook.
Walker jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Zarathustra moves away from the strike by Walker.
Walker throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Walker throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Zarathustra misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Walker.
Paul Walker is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Walker loads up on a big right hand but Zarathustra slips the punch.
Some wild striking there from Walker.
Donk. Zarathustra catches Walker right on the button with a cross.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body kick there by Zarathustra.
Walker pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Walker throws a series of punches but Zarathustra avoids them all with ease.
Zarathustra checks the leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Walker scores with a nice right hand.
Walker throws a poor cross that misses
and Zarathustra counters with a right hand to the body.
Walker lands a body shot.
Zarathustra takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Zarathustra shoots in for a takedown but Walker shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Nice uppercut there from Zarathustra.
Walker ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Zarathustra moves away.
Walker avoids the body shot from Zarathustra.
Walker throws a low kick but it's checked well by Zarathustra.
Zarathustra throws a front kick aimed at Walker's knee but Walker avoids it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zarathustra takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
An inside leg kick lands from Walker.
Zarathustra lands with a cross.
Zarathustra gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Walker.
Zarathustra throws a low kick but it's checked well by Walker.
Zarathustra scores with a nice strike.
Zarathustra uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Walker.
A jab from Walker misses.
A swing and a miss from Zarathustra.
Zarathustra throws a leg kick which misses Walker's front leg but catches the back leg as Walker tries to avoid it.
Walker lands a body shot.
Zarathustra takes a jab right on the kisser.
Zarathustra fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice shot by Walker.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zarathustra throws a sloppy head kick and Walker moves out of range easily.
Zarathustra scores with a punch to the head.
Zarathustra misses with a body shot.
Zarathustra misses the shot to the body.
Zarathustra shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Walker misses with a body shot
and Zarathustra counters with a slapping leg kick.

Zarathustra fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Walker to the ground. Zarathustra is now in Walker's guard.
Zarathustra is breathing heavily.
Walker wants to stand but Zarathustra is controlling the position.
Walker really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Zarathustra. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Zarathustra throws a strike but Walker rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Also Zarathustra will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Zarathustra just misses with a punch to the body.
Zarathustra lands a nice looking kick to the body. Walker takes a step back to recover.
Walker throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Walker comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Also Zarathustra is winning the standup battle so far.
Walker scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Zarathustra looks for the body kick but Walker saw that one coming.
Walker scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Zarathustra lands a nice looking kick to the body. Walker takes a step back to recover.
Nice defenses there by Zarathustra.
Walker scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Paul Walker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zarathustra digs a good body shot into Walker's ribs.
Walker takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Walker stalks Zarathustra and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Zarathustra's face. Zarathustra staggers backwards, shaken.
Walker defending well as Zarathustra loads up on a big left hand.
Zarathustra misses with a low kick as Walker jumps back.
Zarathustra misses with a body shot.
Walker works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Walker punishes Zarathustra's body with a nice straight punch.
Zarathustra throws a hook to the side of Walker's head but Walker sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Zarathustra checks a leg kick.
Zarathustra takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Walker wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A swing and a miss from Zarathustra.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zarathustra misses with a series of wild punches.
Zarathustra misses with a jab, cross combination.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Walker closes the distance and lands a one-two.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Walker scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Zarathustra doesn't seem bothered though.
Walker looks to score with a jab to the body but Zarathustra is just out of range.
Walker throws a series of punches but Zarathustra avoids them all with ease.
Zarathustra shoots and misses
and Walker counters with a three punch combo that has Zarathustra backing up. Zarathustra nods at Walker to acknowledge the strikes.
Zarathustra looks to land a left hand but Walker moved out of range nicely.
Walker stalks Zarathustra and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Zarathustra's face. Zarathustra staggers backwards, shaken.
Walker missing with a left hand there. Zarathustra was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Walker slips under a jab from Zarathustra.
Walker missing with a left hand there. Zarathustra was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Walker blocks a low kick nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zarathustra pivots, looking for a leg kick but Walker is out of range and Zarathustra settles back down.
Walker listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Walker keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Zarathustra takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Walker throws a nice looking combination but Zarathustra bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Walker uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Zarathustra.
Zarathustra shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Walker but Walker pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Walker tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Zarathustra was well out of range. Poor timing from Walker.
Walker uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Zarathustra.
Walker lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Walker looks to land a combination but Zarathustra avoids it well.
Zarathustra uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Walker.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walker missing with a left hand there. Zarathustra was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Walker swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Zarathustra.
Walker smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Walker throws a jab but it's blocked by Zarathustra.
Walker pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Walker misses with a hook. Zarathustra ducked under it nicely.
Walker misses with the combination.
Walker scores with a decent looking hook.
Walker displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Zarathustra thows a left - swing and a miss!
Zarathustra throws a wild body kick that Walker sees coming a mile off.
Walker rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Zarathustra counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul 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. And we move into the final round!

Zarathustra misses with a takedown attempt - Walker sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Walker cracks Zarathustra with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Zarathustra walks into a jab.
Zarathustra looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Walker lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Zarathustra circles away quickly and effectively.
Zarathustra throws a hook but Walker blocks it.
Zarathustra staying out of range there.
Zarathustra throws a body punch but Walker moves out of range.
Zarathustra has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
A looping hook to the body misses from Walker. Zarathustra does a little dance to reset his feet.
Walker throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Zarathustra takes a swing at Walker's ribcage but misses.
Zarathustra looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Walker throws a shot to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walker looks to score with a jab to the body but Zarathustra is just out of range.
Zarathustra has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Zarathustra there as he acknowledges the shot.
Zarathustra misses with a body shot.
Walker misses with a jab to the body
and Zarathustra counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Zarathustra jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A lazy body kick from Zarathustra
and Walker counters with a one-two to the body.
Zarathustra tries to work over Walker's front leg with a kick but Walker checks it.
Walker misses with a straight right.
Zarathustra wants to slow Walker down by chopping away at his legs.
Walker scores with a sloppy right hand. Zarathustra should have avoided that one.
Zarathustra connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Zarathustra throws a looping overhand right but Walker ducks down to avoid it.
Zarathustra misses with a combination
and Walker counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zarathustra blocks a jab.
Zarathustra misses with a low kick.
Zarathustra steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Walker.
Walker fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Zarathustra slips a jab and a cross from Walker.
Zarathustra uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Walker.
Walker throws a hook to the side of Zarathustra's head but Zarathustra sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jab, jab by Zarathustra - just one landing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice cross by Walker.
Walker misses with a combination
and Zarathustra counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Walker is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Walker lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zarathustra misses the shot to the body.
Zarathustra throws a solid leg kick but Walker takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Zarathustra.
Walker misses with a wild body shot.
Zarathustra throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Walker sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Walker loads up on a big right hand but Zarathustra slips the punch.
Jab by Walker.
Zarathustra looks to score with a jab to the body but Walker is just out of range.
Walker ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Zarathustra moves away.
Zarathustra moves away from the strike by Walker.
Zarathustra swings for the body but Walker moves out of range.
Walker jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Zarathustra throws a head kick that half lands.
Zarathustra ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zarathustra doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Walker lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Walker throws a sloppy body shot

and Zarathustra decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Walker's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zarathustra throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Walker works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Walker has his hands on Zarathustra's head, controlling the position.
Zarathustra lands a couple of digs.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Zarathustra trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Paul Walker.
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 Thiago Cunha scores the fight 28:29
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 29:28
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Also Zarathustra!