PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jack Walker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charon Hawkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Walker might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to The Doors - Peace Frog. Charon Hawkins acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the ring.

Walker
vs
Hawkins

185 cm
30
180 lbs
22 - 5 - 0

181 cm
25
180 lbs
15 - 7 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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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 22 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jack Walker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Charon Hawkins!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Aafke Stam and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hawkins with a poor takedown
and Walker counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hawkins on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Hawkins tries to clinch up
and Hawkins takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hawkins wants to clinch

and Walker counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Walker tries to pass to full mount but Hawkins defends it.
Hawkins moves into full guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Walker sitting in guard here, content to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawkins keeping moving, preventing Walker from controlling successfully.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Jack Walker.

Walker closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

Walker is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Hawkins knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Walker creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Hawkins tries to improve position but can't.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Hawkins trying to remain calm as Walker controls from the top position.
Walker connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Hawkins some visible discomfort.
Hawkins tries to buck Walker off but Walker is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hawkins takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Walker working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Hawkins is trying to improve his position.
Walker has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Walker scoring with punches from side control.
Walker trying to control the position but Hawkins is working away.
Hawkins is trying to escape the position but Walker is controlling the position.
Hawkins wants to control but Walker postures up.
Hawkins tries to buck Walker off but Walker is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walker lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Hawkins down.
Walker wants to control but Hawkins is keeping him busy.
Walker scores with a couple of short elbows.

Walker tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Walker is looking to take a break and control but Hawkins is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Walker looks up at the clock and then as Hawkins takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Walker smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!

Walker tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Hawkins tries to improve position but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hawkins wants to control but Walker postures up.
Hawkins sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Hawkins wants to improve his position but Walker is controlling well.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hawkins on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Walker wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hawkins keeps working.

Hawkins looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Walker is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Hawkins wants to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Walker dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Walker jabs Hawkins right on the nose. Hawkins blinks but takes it well.
Walker ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hawkins moves away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hawkins looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hawkins moves in looking to clinch but Walker pushes him off.
Hawkins wants to clinch up but Walker keeps it at a distance.
Hawkins shoots and misses
letting Walker counter with a right hand.
Hawkins tries to close the distance and clinch but Walker swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hawkins tries to clinch up
and Walker counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Hawkins thinking.
Walker throws a hook but Hawkins blocks it.
Hawkins tries to clinch
and Walker counters with a straight right hand.
Hawkins moves to clinch but Walker breaks away
letting Walker counter with a right hand.
Walker slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawkins darts in trying to clinch
and Walker counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hawkins wants to clinch but Walker slips to the side
and Walker counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hawkins wants to clinch but Walker slips to the side
letting Walker counter with a right hand.
Hawkins moves to clinch but Walker breaks away
and Walker counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Walker throws a series of punches but Hawkins moves out of range.
Hawkins tries to close the distance and clinch up but Walker swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hawkins darts in trying to clinch
and Walker counters with a leg kick.
Hawkins wants to clinch
and Walker cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hawkins tries to clinch
and Walker counters with a left to the body.
Hawkins on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hawkins tries to clinch
and Walker counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Walker lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hawkins's sensitive parts.

Walker shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Walker was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Hawkins working to try and regain half guard.
Walker lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Walker controlling the pace for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hawkins really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The referee warns Hawkins that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Walker landing strikes, looking to finish!
Hawkins is looking to improve his position but Walker isn't that keen on the idea.
Hawkins is trying to reverse the position but instead Walker has taken his back - oops!
Hawkins trying to get back to his feet but Walker is in full control for now.
Jack Walker overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Walker biding his time, looking for the opening.
Walker lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walker has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Hawkins's body.

Walker patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Hawkins is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Walker cracks Hawkins with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Hawkins from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.
Walker connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for Hawkins to escape the position.
Walker tries to keep control of the position but Hawkins is staying busy.
Hawkins is in a world of trouble here. He's outmatched on the ground here and he'd better get Walker off his back sharpish unless he wants to be submitted.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The referee is taking a good look at Hawkins as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Walker!
Walker lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Hawkins.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Walker 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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Walker misses with a body shot.
Walker's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Walker duly obliges.
Walker lands a jab-cross combination.
Walker shoots in but no luck this time.
Hawkins closes the distance looking to clinch
enabling Walker to counter with a crisp jab.
Hawkins tries to clinch up
and Walker counters with a body kick.
Hawkins changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Walker tries to avoid it but Hawkins manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Walker to the ground. Walker escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Walker fails to land with a series of punches.
Hawkins looks for a takedown but Walker sprawls well.
Walker misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hawkins.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Walker drives through with a takedown into Hawkins's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Walker is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hawkins can do to turn this around?

Hawkins looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Walker has picked Hawkins up and slammed him! Hawkins can't keep hold of the triangle and Walker manages to pass to side control!
Walker cracks Hawkins with a big right hand but Hawkins just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Hawkins is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Walker is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Hawkins takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Walker pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

It looks like Charon Hawkins has been cut.
Hawkins is trying desperately to improve position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Walker takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Hawkins is bucking up trying to escape but Walker cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Walker trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Walker looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walker tries to control but Hawkins wriggling away.
Walker is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Hawkins is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Hawkins takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Walker tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Walker wants to control the pace but Hawkins is squirming around nicely.
Walker is in the full mount, landing strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walker looking to control but Hawkins is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Walker pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Hawkins sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Walker wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hawkins keeps working.
Walker perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Hawkins is trying to get back to full guard.
Walker passes to side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walker wants to control but Hawkins is keeping him busy.
Jack Walker is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Walker working the ground and pound.
Hawkins is trying to improve his position.
Walker working the head with strikes.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Hawkins is looking to reverse the position.
Charon Hawkins has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Walker in side control, just content to control the action for now.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jack Walker showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Walker 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 Nard Betker scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:27
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jack Walker!
An out of breath Jack Walker thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.