PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Brian Maddox (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stevie Walker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Walker is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Tragically Hip- Thugs. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Maddox
vs
Walker

150 cm
32
157 lbs
23 - 11 - 0

168 cm
27
157 lbs
21 - 8 - 1

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Hell's Balls Recovery (160)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Brian Maddox!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Stevie Walker!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, John Roberts and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Maddox bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Maddox is looking to take a break and control but Walker is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Maddox slows the pace down.
Walker defending against the ground and pound.
Maddox in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Maddox is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Walker's shoulder. That is not cool.
Maddox trying to control the position but Walker is working away.

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

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maddox controls the position from side control.
Maddox working the ground and pound but Walker is defending the strikes.
Maddox misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Maddox laying and praying for a moment but Walker takes advantage and regains half guard.
Maddox sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Walker defending well though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maddox is controlling the pace.
Maddox throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Maddox thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Maddox is looking to take a break and control but Walker is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maddox not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Maddox is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Walker moves into full guard.
Maddox engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Maddox wants to control from the top but Walker keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walker preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Maddox working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Maddox working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Maddox might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Maddox trying to control the position from guard on top but Walker is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Maddox is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Maddox slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Maddox loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brian Maddox dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Walker fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Maddox, pushing him back against the cage.
Walker throws a punch but it's blocked by Maddox.
Walker tries to work over Maddox's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Walker missing with knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Walker fails to land.
Maddox tries to pull guard but Walker forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Walker's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Maddox wants to break the clinch but can't.
Maddox lands with a right to the head.
A short uppercut from Walker.
Walker is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Walker lands a left hand.
Maddox misses with a hook to the ribs.
Walker scores with a shot to the side of Maddox's head.
Walker scores a nice knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Maddox tries a body shot but Walker blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walker wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Maddox has him pressed against the cage.
Walker works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Maddox can't find room to land a body shot as Walker controls the action.
Walker is stalling here.
Walker lands a nice elbow.
Walker fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Maddox lands a nice uppercut.
A hook to the body from Maddox.
Walker lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Maddox fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Walker with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Walker stalls.
Maddox blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walker doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Walker lands with a right to the head.
Maddox doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Walker has a couple of punches blocked by Maddox.
Walker lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Walker lands a nice elbow.
Maddox tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
A head punch on the inside from Maddox fails to land.
Maddox wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brian Maddox. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Walker misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Walker.
Walker stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Maddox is trying to drag Walker to the mat but Walker just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Walker keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Maddox's efforts to push away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walker misses with a body punch.

Maddox pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Maddox swings for the body but Walker moves out of range.
Walker tests Maddox's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Walker throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Walker lands a lovely overhand right.
Maddox scores with a jab to the head.
Walker fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Maddox checks a leg kick.
Walker ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Maddox moves away.
Maddox scores with a jab to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Walker uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Maddox.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walker connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Walker tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Maddox was well out of range. Poor timing from Walker.
Maddox lands with a straight right. Walker didn't see that one coming.
Maddox blocks a leg kick.
Maddox takes a kick to the side of the head.
Stevie Walker is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Walker clobbers Maddox with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Walker tries to clinch up.
Walker walks into a left hand.
Walker throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Maddox uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Walker.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Excellent takedown into side control there by Maddox.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Maddox throwing shots but missing, from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stevie Walker showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Walker ducks under a wild hook from Maddox.
Walker lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Walker throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jab by Walker.
Walker lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Walker swings widly with a right hand
and Maddox counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Walker thinking.
Maddox tries to clinch but Walker is having none of it.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Maddox - that will leave a mark!
Maddox lands with a good body shot.
Walker looks to score with a jab to the body but Maddox is just out of range.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Walker stalling in the clinch but Maddox improves position.
Walker lands a good knee to the midsection. Maddox won't want to take too many of those.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maddox goes for a takedown in the clinch but Walker prevents it.
Maddox lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Maddox misses with the head strike.
Nice body punch from Maddox.
Walker tries to work over Maddox's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Walker tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Maddox's elbow.
Walker scores a nice knee to the body.
Maddox has a couple of punches blocked by Walker.
Maddox struggles to land a body shot inside as Walker controls his hands.
Maddox keeps control of Walker as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Walker presses Maddox against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Walker has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Maddox misses with a short punch on the inside.
Maddox wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Walker throws a punch but it's blocked by Maddox.
Maddox has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maddox doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Maddox throws a punch but it's blocked by Walker.
Maddox goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Maddox wants to break the clinch but can't.
Walker misses with a short punch on the inside.
Maddox scores with a shot to the side of Walker's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Maddox scores with a nice hook to the head.
Walker lands a nice knee to the body.
Maddox dodges an elbow strike from Walker.
Maddox fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Nice elbow from Walker.
Maddox misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Walker.
Walker throws an elbow but it misses.
Walker effectively controlling the action here.
Maddox tries to throw a body punch but Walker avoids it by throwing Maddox back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maddox blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Walker blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Stevie Walker seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Walker tries to work over Maddox's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Maddox tries to throw a body punch but Walker avoids it by throwing Maddox back against the cage.
Maddox tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Walker tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Walker.
Walker trying to land knees to the body.
Maddox letting Walker take a breather here.
Maddox managing to block the knees to the body from Walker.
Maddox misses with the head strike.
Maddox misses with a punch on the inside.
Maddox tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Walker's elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maddox has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Maddox drops down looking for an ankle pick but Walker pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brian Maddox. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That kick from Walker tenderised Maddox's leg. Maddox is trying to keep his angry face on.
Walker lands a jab.
Stevie Walker seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Maddox swings for the body but Walker moves out of range.
Maddox looks to throw a body kick
and Walker counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Maddox thinking.
Walker scores with the left hand. Maddox knows he should have avoided that one.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Maddox dodges the punch combination from Walker.
Maddox misses with a looping right.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Maddox fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Brian Maddox did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
That's time! Maddox's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Walker throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Maddox on the side of the head.
Walker is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Maddox slips a straight right by Walker.
Maddox wants to clinch up but Walker keeps it at a distance.
Walker digs a good body shot into Maddox's ribs.
Walker moves away from the strike by Maddox.
Maddox misses with a low kick.
Walker scoring well with a low kick there.
Maddox pivots, looking for a leg kick but Walker is out of range and Maddox settles back down.
Stevie Walker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Maddox circles away from the clinch attempt.
Walker throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Maddox stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Walker takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walker throws a front kick aimed at Maddox's knee but Maddox avoids it well.
Maddox misses the shot to the body.
Walker throws a nice looking combination but Maddox bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Maddox tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Walker was well out of range. Poor timing from Maddox.
Maddox looks to land a combination but Walker avoids it well.
Maddox fails with an attempt to clinch.
Walker slips a straight right by Maddox.
Maddox wants to land a leg kick but Walker is out of range.
Walker throws a hook to the side of Maddox's head but Maddox sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Maddox finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Walker lands a jab to Maddox's midsection.
Maddox dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Walker throws a leg kick which misses Maddox's front leg but catches the back leg as Maddox tries to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maddox ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Walker moves away.
Maddox cracks the inside of Walker's front leg.
Walker tries to clinch but Maddox moves out of range.
Maddox closes this distance looking for a takedown but Walker circles away.
Walker misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Maddox throws a push kick but Walker slaps the foot to one side.
Walker throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Maddox on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Walker thows a body kick. Maddox tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Maddox takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A head kick misses from Walker.

Walker has managed to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walker gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Maddox.
Maddox lands an elbow just above Walker 's eye.

It looks like Stevie Walker has been cut.
Maddox throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Maddox on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Walker lands an elbow inside.
Walker swings wildly with an uppercut but Maddox uses good head movement to avoid it.
Maddox drops down looking for an ankle pick but Walker pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brian Maddox. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Maddox throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Maddox moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walker throws an overhand right that lands on Maddox's shoulder, as Maddox tries to avoid the shot.
Good work by Maddox as he checks the leg kick.
Walker connects with a leg kick. Maddox looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A nice inside leg kick there by Maddox. That's going to slow Walker down.
Maddox just misses with a punch to the body.
Maddox keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Walker.
Maddox takes a shot to the body in his stride.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Maddox misses with a low kick.
Maddox shoots in but Walker avoids the takedown attempt easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Maddox misses with an uppercut.
Walker swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stevie Walker dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Stevie Walker's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Walker uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Maddox.
Walker is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Walker throws an overhand right that lands on Maddox's shoulder, as Maddox tries to avoid the shot.
Maddox takes one to the side of the head.
Walker stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Walker wants it to stay on the feet.
Maddox keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Walker wants to clinch.
Maddox throws a shot from downtown. Walker moves away and avoids it.
Maddox connects with a body shot that sends Walker's belly button to the back.
A looping hook to the body misses from Maddox. Walker does a little dance to reset his feet.
Some bone on bone action there as Maddox checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.

Walker gets tackled into the cage by Maddox. Maddox maintains the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maddox is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Walker is defending well.
Maddox presses Walker against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

Walker escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Walker lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Walker connects with a body shot that sends Maddox's belly button to the back.
Walker fails with an attempt to clinch.
Maddox shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Walker pinned against the cage. Walker gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brian Maddox. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Walker throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Walker lands a glancing blow to the side of Maddox's head.
Maddox staying out of range there.
Walker fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walker misses with a looping right.
Maddox's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Walker connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Maddox scrambles back to his feet.
Maddox throws a big shot that misses.
Walker moves out of range of the strikes.
Maddox throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Walker.
A head kick from Walker lands but Maddox takes it in his stride.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Maddox swings for the body but Walker moves out of range.
Maddox tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Walker was well out of range. Poor timing from Maddox.
Maddox throws a head kick but Walker moves out of range.
Maddox avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Maddox misses with a wild body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walker lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Walker throws a looping overhand right but Maddox ducks down to avoid it.
Maddox rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Walker moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Good shot there by Walker.
Walker lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Walker misses with a leg kick
and Maddox cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Walker moves in looking to clinch but Maddox pushes him off.
Maddox shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Walker as he jumps to the side.
Jab, jab by Walker - just one landing.
A looping hook to the body misses from Walker. Maddox does a little dance to reset his feet.
Maddox tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Walker was well out of range. Poor timing from Maddox.
Walker misses with a head kick.
Maddox is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maddox throws a body punch but Walker moves out of range.

Maddox shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Walker is trying to defend but Maddox finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Maddox with the ground and pound but Walker uses the opportunity to regain guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Walker preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Walker is pulling down on Maddox's head. It's preventing any offense from Maddox, at least for the moment.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Maddox wants to pass the guard but Walker is keeping the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Stevie 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 47:48
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 47:49
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 47:48

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stevie Walker!
Stevie Walker is the new featherweight champion!
A relieved looking Stevie Walker thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.