PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Stanley Walters (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Prawdziwy Albanczyk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Prawdziwy Albanczyk has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Stanley Walters's chin.

Walters
vs
Albanczyk

163 cm
18
177 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

176 cm
18
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Stanley Walters!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Prawdziwy Albanczyk!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Arvi Lind and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Albanczyk tries to clinch
and Walters counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Albanczyk throws a one two combo.
Albanczyk tries to close the distance and clinch up but Walters swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Albanczyk tries to close the distance and clinch but Walters swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Walters seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Albanczyk tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Walters appears to be looking for a big counter.
Walters throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Albanczyk throws a sloppy head kick
and Walters counters with a series of strikes. Albanczyk will be more careful next time no doubt.
Albanczyk tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Walters paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Albanczyk looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
As Albanczyk looks to move away, Walters throws a big counter combo bu Albanczyk just gets out of the way.
Walters slips a jab and a cross from Albanczyk.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Albanczyk checks a leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Albanczyk gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Walters to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Albanczyk can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Walters controls the pace.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walters postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Walters could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Walters is looking to work some ground and pound but Albanczyk has wrist control.
Walters has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Walters looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Albanczyk is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Walters is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Walters distracts Albanczyk with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Walters throws a big elbow that misses.
Albanczyk is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Walters trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Walters stands and steps away. Albanczyk gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Albanczyk looks winded!
Albanczyk throws a right and a left that Walters avoids nicely.

Walters feints and as Albanczyk raises his hands in defense, Walters changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Walters stays in close to Albanczyk's body and controls the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Albanczyk avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Walters sitting in guard, not really doing much.

Walters decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Prawdziwy Albanczyk seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Walters dives in and scores a takedown into Albanczyk's guard.
Walters is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Albanczyk working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Walters.
Walters controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Walters scoring with punches to the head and body.

Walters stands up from Albanczyk's guard - Walters perhaps looking for a knockout.

Walters scores with a takedown into Albanczyk's guard.
Walters connects with a couple of short punches.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Walters's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

Walters gets to his feet - Albanczyk follows without any prompting.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walters avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Walters shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Albanczyk napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Albanczyk is trying to escape the position but Walters is controlling the position.

Walters tries for a kimura but Albanczyk is defending well.
Walters controls the position.

Walters tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Walters has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Walters has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Albanczyk is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Walters yanks on the arm and Albanczyk is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Walters.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Stanley Walters!