PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lee Vale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Case Walker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Vale
vs
Walker

195 cm
25
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

192 cm
25
184 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

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 London, Lee Vale!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Case Walker!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Paul Tew and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Walker has managed to clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Walker.
Walker managing to block the knees to the body from Vale.
Vale tries to pull guard but Walker won't allow it.
Walker leaning against his opponent.
Walker putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Vale in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Vale tries to land a knee to the head but Walker blocks with his arms.
Vale gets underhooks to prevent Walker's takedown attempt.
Walker connects with a knee to the head.
Vale looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Walker using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

Walker manages to pull guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Vale wants to pass the guard but Walker is keeping the position.
Walker lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Vale!
Walker looking to finish with strikes here!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vale is in all sorts of trouble here.
Walker thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Vale really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Vale is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Walker misses with a head shot.
Walker looking to ground and pound but Vale is blocking nicely.
Walker throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Walker sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Walker throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Walker throwing strikes here but Vale is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Walker looking to ground and pound but Vale is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vale avoids a series of strikes thrown by Walker.
Vale avoids a series of strikes thrown by Walker.
Walker unloads with some shots from mount but Vale bucks and avoids them well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Walker looking to ground and pound but Vale is blocking nicely.
Vale avoids a series of strikes thrown by Walker.
Vale holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Walker tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Walker cracks Vale with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Vale knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Walker on the ground.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Walker throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Vale because Walker loaded up on that one.
Walker throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Vale is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Vale is breathing heavily.
Vale wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Walker.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walker unloads with some shots from mount but Vale bucks and avoids them well.
Walker throws some wild stikes that Vale manages to avoid easily.
Walker controlling his opponent.
Walker throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Vale tries to hold on but Walker pushes him away.
Walker thowing shots but they're missing.
Walker sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walker punching from mount but Vale doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Walker punching from mount but Vale doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Walker looking to finish with strikes here!
Walker thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Walker can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Vale is looking to escape.
Walker has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Walker tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Walker throwing strikes here but Vale is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Vale throws a half hearted mid kick.
Walker takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Vale tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Walker was well out of range. Poor timing from Vale.
Vale throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Lee Vale is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Vale misses with a series of wild punches.
Vale works the jab nicely.
Walker tries for a takedown but Vale sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Walker has a takedown stuffed.
Vale throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Walker dives in and grabs Vale's left leg, looking for a takedown. Vale pushes down on Walker's head and hops out.
Lee Vale has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Case Walker.
Walker showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Vale.
Walker tries to clinch but Vale moves out of range.

Walker rushes Vale and presses him up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Walker.
Vale tries to break free but Walker pushes him back against the cage.
Vale looking for a takedown.
Vale is trying to break the clinch but Walker has him pressed against the cage.

Walker's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Vale keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Walker throws a combination. Vale tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

Walker fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Vale, pushing him back against the cage.
Vale misses with a punch on the inside.

Vale pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A chopping leg kick lands by Vale.
Vale shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Walker eats them both and turns towards Vale to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

It looks like Case Walker has been cut.
Walker is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
No luck with that takedown attempt from Walker.
Vale misses with a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vale throws a right hand that Walker ducks under and follows up with a left that Walker also avoids with ease.
Vale misses with a wild combination.
Vale closes the distance and clinches up with Walker, looking for a takedown. Vale pushes Walker against the cage but Walker circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Walker with a poor takedown
and Vale counters with a leg kick.
Vale misses with a two punch combination.
Vale lands with a straight right. Walker didn't see that one coming.
Walker is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nice sprawl there from Walker as Vale shoots in.
Walker is trying hard to land a takedown here. Vale sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Vale closes the distance and clinches up with Walker, looking for a takedown. Vale pushes Walker against the cage but Walker circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vale lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

Walker clinches.

Walker pulls guard.
Walker managing to control the position.
Case Walker has got the better of the ground game so far.

Walker has his feet on Vale's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Vale throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Walker's waist but Walker gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Vale off to one side.
Walker lands with a nice body kick.
Vale throws a leg kick that is checked

and Walker counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Walker breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Walker on the wrong end of a nice hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from Vale.
Vale misses with a few strikes there.
Some wild striking there from Vale.
Lee Vale is winning the standup battle so far.

Walker clinches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Walker pulls Vale into guard.
Vale postures up.
Walker wants to stand but Vale is controlling the position.

Vale gets to his feet - Walker follows without any prompting.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Vale clinches with his opponent.
Walker blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Vale has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Walker is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lee Vale dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Case Walker's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Vale takes the fight into the clinch.
Vale goes for a takedown attempt but Walker pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Vale tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Walker swivels and escapes.
Vale misses with a kick to the body

and Walker holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

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 throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Walker is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Vale has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Walker trying to control the position here.

Vale decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vale lands a two punch combo.

Vale moves into the clinch.

Walker jumps into guard, dragging Vale to the mat.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Walker is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Walker thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

Walker decides to stand and escape the position.
Walker will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Vale tries to bum rush Walker with a series of wild strikes but Walker uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Vale throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice jab there from Vale.
Walker will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Walker throws a head kick but Vale moves out of range.
Walker shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Vale pinned against the cage. Vale gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Lee Vale has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Case Walker.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vale lands an overhand right.
Lee Vale seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Vale pushes Walker up against the cage in a clinch.
Walker keeps control of Vale as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Vale managing to block the knees to the body from Walker.
Vale lands a right hand.
Vale misses with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Walker obliges.
Vale has had enough of the clinch but Walker keeps him there for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Walker's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Vale lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Vale.
Vale misses with the combination.
Vale throws a combination that misses
and Walker counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Vale is lucky that one didn't land flush.

Walker pushes Vale up against the cage in a clinch.
Vale wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Walker blocks an uppercut.
Vale tries to pull guard but Walker holds him up against the cage and eventually Vale drops back down to his feet.
Case Walker seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Vale wants to get back to striking at distance but Walker won't allow it.
Walker lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Walker keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Vale's efforts to push away.

Walker gets control of Vale's arms and successfully pulls guard. Walker will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vale is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

Walker scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Walker misses with a takedown attempt - Vale sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Vale has taken the fight to the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vale tries to break free but Walker pushes him back against the cage.
Walker keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Vale's efforts to push away.

Walker successfully pulls guard.

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 Lee Vale.
I think Vale 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 Sam Margolis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lee Vale!