PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Stephan Walter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tony Jaa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Walter
vs
Jaa

173 cm
37
185 lbs
16 - 17 - 0

175 cm
35
162 lbs
9 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Knockout power

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 16 - 17 - 0, fighting out of London, Stephan Walter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 14 - 0, fighting out of London, Tony Jaa!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Atkins and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jaa shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Walter pinned against the cage. Walter gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Jaa shoots in looking for a takedown. Walter tries to sprawl out of it but Jaa keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Walter manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Walter leaves Jaa with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Stephan Walter has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tony Jaa.
Walter goes for a double leg but Jaa avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Jaa continues to drive forward.
Jaa tries to score a body lock takedown but Walter shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

Walter turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.

Walter is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Jaa is trying to escape and Walter transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Jaa is forced to tap! Nice work there by Walter! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Stephan Walter!
Stephan Walter really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Milwaukee's Best Nutrition logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.