PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Stevie Walker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Blackbeard The Pirate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Walker comes to the cage accompanied by Tragically Hip- Thugs. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Walker
vs
The Pirate

168 cm
32
156 lbs
29 - 17 - 2

174 cm
25
153 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Performance Enhancing Drugs

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 29 - 17 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Stevie Walker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Blackbeard The Pirate!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Pirate 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.
The Pirate scores with a jab to the head.
Walker keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from The Pirate.
Blackbeard The Pirate seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A punch combination from The Pirate misses.
The Pirate is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Walker.
The Pirate misses with a wild body shot.
Walker doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A left lands for Walker.
The Pirate blocks a low kick nicely.
Walker throws a leg kick
and The Pirate counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Walker takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
The Pirate misses with a double jab
and Walker counters with a stiff right hand.
Walker scores with the left hand. The Pirate knows he should have avoided that one.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Walker tries to clinch there but The Pirate circles away.
The Pirate looks to score with a jab to the body but Walker is just out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as The Pirate checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
The Pirate catches Walker with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
The Pirate thows a left - swing and a miss!
The Pirate slips under a jab.
Walker fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The Pirate looks to land a left hand but Walker moved out of range nicely.
The Pirate looks to land a right hand but Walker moved out of range.
The Pirate misses with a wild combination.
The Pirate throws a nice head kick!

It looks like Stevie Walker has been cut.
The Pirate fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Walker on the side of the head.
Jab from The Pirate.
A left lands for The Pirate.
The Pirate throws a head kick that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walker ducks under a wild hook from The Pirate.
The Pirate lands a high kick!
The Pirate throws a poor cross that misses

and Walker moves into the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Pirate misses with a punch on the inside.
The Pirate looking to slow down the pace here.
The Pirate misses with some punches.
The Pirate fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The Pirate looking to stall.
The Pirate tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Walker throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Walker lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Walker working aggressively here.
Walker misses with a short punch on the inside.
Walker misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Walker misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Walker.
The Pirate tries to break the clinch but Walker is controlling the position.
The Pirate takes a knee to the side of the body.
Walker is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. The Pirate is defending well for now.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Walker.
Walker lands with a right to the head.
The Pirate's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The Pirate can't find room to land a body shot as Walker controls the action.
The Pirate stalling.
The Pirate misses with a hook to the ribs.
Walker throws a blind hook that connects with the side of The Pirates head.
Walker is leaning against The Pirate and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
The Pirate tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Walker works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The Pirate is looking to control Walker's arms but Walker gets an underhook and turns him. Now The Pirate has his back to the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Walker.
Walker lands a right hand that snaps the head of The Pirate backwards.
Walker working aggressively here.
Walker lands a damaging elbow.
Walker putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has The Pirate in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The Pirate looks winded!
Still in the clinch, Walker scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Pirate can't find room to land a body shot as Walker controls the action.
The Pirate misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Walker.
Walker lands an elbow that stopped The Pirate in his tracks for a moment.
Walker presses The Pirate against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Walker misses with some punches.
Walker unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The Pirate misses with the head strike.
Walker lands an elbow that stopped The Pirate in his tracks for a moment.
The Pirate doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Still in the clinch, Walker scores with a nice short uppercut.
Walker lands a body shot in the clinch.
The Pirate can't find room to land a body shot as Walker controls the action.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Walker creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short right from Walker on the inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Walker lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short body shot lands from Walker as the two fighters clinch.
The Pirate doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The Pirate looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Walker.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stevie Walker dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Stevie Walker's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Walker misses with a body shot.
A jab from The Pirate misses.
The Pirate throws a head kick that misses.
The Pirate looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Walker walks into a jab.
Walker slips under a jab from The Pirate.
The Pirate blocks a head kick by Walker.
The Pirate takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Walker swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
The Pirate takes a swing at Walker's ribcage but misses.
The Pirate misses with a head kick.
The Pirate waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Walker.
No joy there for The Pirate, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The Pirate moves into range and connects with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walker takes a swing at The Pirate's ribcage but misses.
A head kick misses from The Pirate.
Walker throws out a loose jab but The Pirate uses good head movement to avoid it.
Walker does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
The Pirate throws a right and a left that Walker avoids nicely.
The Pirate just misses with a punch to the body.
The Pirate misses with a two punch combination.
Walker throws a head kick but The Pirate moves out of range.
The Pirate throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
The Pirate misses with an uppercut
and Walker counters with an outside leg kick.
Walker takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
The Pirate throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Blackbeard The Pirate seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The Pirate throws a sloppy head kick and Walker moves out of range easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walker throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The Pirate checks a low kick from Walker.
Walker scores with a hook to the body. The Pirate takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Walker ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The Pirate throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Walker lands a jab to The Pirate's midsection.
Walker keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from The Pirate.
The Pirate throws a head kick that misses.
A swing and a miss from The Pirate.
The Pirate checks a low kick from Walker.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The Pirate looks for the body kick but Walker saw that one coming.
The Pirate throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Walker ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walker tries a low kick but The Pirate avoids it.
The Pirate throws a sloppy body shot
and Walker counters with a nice uppercut.
The Pirate throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
The Pirate lands a nice looking body kick.
The Pirate stalks Walker and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Walker's face. Walker staggers backwards, shaken.
The Pirate loads up on a big right hand but Walker slips the punch.
Walker has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Walker there as he acknowledges the shot.
The Pirate throws a nice looking combination but Walker bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The Pirate tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Walker was well out of range. Poor timing from The Pirate.
Walker takes a kick to the side of the head.
The Pirate slips under a jab from Walker.
The Pirate throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Walker moves out of range of the strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walker scores with a crisp jab that stopped The Pirate in his tracks.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Pirate jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The Pirate goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
The Pirate thows a left - swing and a miss!
The fighters circling - The Pirate throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Walker misses with a low kick.
The Pirate throws an overhand right that lands on Walker's shoulder, as Walker tries to avoid the shot.
Walker takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
The Pirate throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
The Pirate throws a right hand that misses
and Walker connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The Pirate fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Walker manages to avoid it.
The Pirate throws a right and a left that Walker avoids nicely.
The Pirate misses with a wild combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Blackbeard The Pirate showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Stevie Walker's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Walker dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on The Pirate. That did some damage!
Walker just misses with a punch to the body.
Walker uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from The Pirate.
The Pirate throws a leg kick but Walker sees it coming and moves out of range.
The Pirate scores with a hook.
The Pirate throws a right hand that misses
and The Pirate takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The Pirate swings for the body but Walker moves out of range.
The Pirate misses with a straight right.
The Pirate scores with a nice right hand.
A slow jab from The Pirate misses its intended target.
The Pirate throws a sloppy body shot
and Walker counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The Pirate pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The Pirate connects with a right hand. Walker shakes it off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Pirate throws a shot from downtown. Walker moves away and avoids it.
The Pirate misses with a combination
and Walker counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
The Pirate takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The Pirate throws out a loose jab but Walker uses good head movement to avoid it.
Walker keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Walker steps to the side to avoid the strikes from The Pirate.
The Pirate throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The Pirate throws a jab but it's blocked by Walker.
Walker lands a jab to the nose.
The Pirate thuds his right hand into Walker's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
The Pirate misses with a double jab
and Walker counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

The Pirate is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The Pirate misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The Pirate tries a head kick but it misses.
The Pirate misses with a left hand

and Walker holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Walker lands a shot to the body.
The Pirate blocks a body shot from Walker.
The Pirate tries to work over Walker's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Walker tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A nice left hand lands by Walker.
The Pirate tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A quick uppercut on the inside from The Pirate.
The Pirate tries to circle away but Walker has him pinned against the cage.
Stevie Walker has scored more points in the clinch so far.
The Pirate throws a head punch that misses.
Walker utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A short right from Walker on the inside.
Walker throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Walker lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Walker.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Pirate takes an elbow to the temple.
The Pirate is still on wobbly legs! Can Walker finish him?
Walker scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Walker lands with a right to the head.
The Pirate misses with a body punch.
A short uppercut from Walker.
The Pirate misses with a hook to the ribs.
Walker working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Walker lands a body punch.
The Pirate struggles to land a body shot inside as Walker controls his hands.
The Pirate stalling in the clinch but Walker improves position.
Walker misses with a body punch.
The Pirate misses with some punches.
The Pirate throws a head punch that misses.
The Pirate seems to have recovered his senses.
Walker lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The Pirate throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Walker blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Walker lands a nice shot to the body.
The Pirate pushes Walker back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Walker.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Walker scores with a shot to the side of The Pirate's head.
The Pirate takes an elbow to the forehead.
A frustrated look appears on The Pirate's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Walker lands a nice knee to the body.
Walker creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through The Pirate's defenses.
A short right from Walker.
A left hand lands to the body for Walker.
The Pirate scores with a shot to the side of Walker's head.
The Pirate stalling in the clinch but Walker improves position.
Walker lands a body shot.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Walker.
Walker lands with a left to the head.
Walker stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Still in the clinch, Walker scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Walker lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of The Pirate backwards.
A short right from Walker on the inside.
A hook to the body from Walker.
The Pirate can't find room to land a body shot as Walker controls the action.
Walker gets through The Pirate's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Stevie Walker showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Walker 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28

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