PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between David Walker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michal Cieslak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Michal Cieslak is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Walker
vs
Cieslak

186 cm
25
194 lbs
1 - 5 - 0

191 cm
24
200 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, David Walker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Michal Cieslak!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Andrew Berry and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Walker circles away from the clinch attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cieslak looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Cieslak pushes Walker up against the cage in a clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Walker.
Walker wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Walker just leaning against Cieslak, taking a breather.
I was talking to Walker's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Walker has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Cieslak avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Cieslak lands a left hand that snaps the head of Walker backwards.
Walker is breathing heavily.
Cieslak lands on the inside with an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Walker blocking some punches.
Walker looking for a takedown.
Cieslak throws a punch but it's blocked by Walker.
Cieslak misses with a punch on the inside.
Walker trying to land knees to the body.
Walker blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walker jumps guard but Cieslak stands there with Walker around his waist. Walker gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for David Walker. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cieslak fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cieslak lands with a light punch inside.
Walker tries to pull guard but Cieslak forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Cieslak working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Cieslak scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Cieslak fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Walker has had enough of the clinch but Cieslak keeps him there for the moment.
A head punch on the inside from Cieslak fails to land.
Walker is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Cieslak scores with a shot to the side of Walker's head.
Cieslak scores with a nice hook to the head.

Walker is rocked!
Cieslak lands a big right hand that drops Walker! The killer instinct kicks in and Cieslak finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Cieslak!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Michal Cieslak!