PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between John Walker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pele Madriano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Walker comes into the arena with Another One Bites the Dust blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Walker
vs
Madriano

185 cm
20
199 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

178 cm
20
186 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

GREEN!160

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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, John Walker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Pele Madriano!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Sam Margolis and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Walker throws a sloppy head kick and Madriano moves out of range easily.
Walker changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Walker keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Madriano gets a clinch.
Walker tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Madriano's elbow.
Walker tries to work over Madriano's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Madriano doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Walker tries to throw a body punch but Madriano avoids it by throwing Walker back against the cage.
Madriano tries a body shot but Walker blocks it.
Madriano blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Walker goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Walker is pushing Madriano up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Madriano misses with some punches.
Walker blocks a body shot from Madriano.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walker can't find room to land a body shot as Madriano controls the action.
Madriano misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Walker swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Walker is working Madriano over against the cage.
Walker is pushing Madriano up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Walker has Madriano pressed against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Madriano.
Madriano lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Walker misses with some punches.
Walker is struggling to control the position.
Walker has Madriano pressed against the cage.
Madriano blocks a body shot from Walker.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walker's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Madriano prevents a body shot from Walker.
Madriano misses with a body punch.
Walker lands a shoulder strike.
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.
Madriano's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Madriano lands a nice uppercut.
Walker tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Madriano's elbow.
Madriano goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Madriano swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Walker.
Walker tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Madriano goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A right hand to the body from Madriano.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Madriano blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Madriano has had enough of the clinch but Walker keeps him there for the moment.
Walker scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Walker effectively controlling the action here.
Walker keeps control of Madriano as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Walker blocks a body shot from Madriano.
Madriano scores with an uppercut up the middle.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Madriano.
Walker pressing his opponent against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Madriano's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Madriano has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Walker seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Madriano can turn it around.
A left hand lands to the body for Walker.
Walker tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Walker lands with a short shot to the head.
Madriano doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Walker fails to land.
Walker blocks a body shot from Madriano.
Madriano lands a body shot in the clinch.
Madriano throws a head punch that misses.
Walker can't find room to land a body shot as Madriano controls the action.
Madriano scores with a nice hook to the head.
Walker swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Madriano looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Madriano wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Walker has him pressed against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Walker.
Walker stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Walker leaning his opponent against the cage.
Walker swings away with an uppercut that misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Madriano pushes Walker back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Walker dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Walker wants to clinch up but Madriano keeps it at a distance.
Walker swings for the body but Madriano moves out of range.
Madriano is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Walker with a body shot.
Walker throws a leg kick which misses Madriano's front leg but catches the back leg as Madriano tries to avoid it.

Madriano darts in and clinches Walker up against the cage.
Madriano working hard to break the clinch.
A body shot lands from Walker.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Madriano creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Madriano throws a head punch that misses.
Walker lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Walker lands a shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Walker misses with a body punch.
Walker misses with a body punch.
Walker blocking some punches.
Madriano tries to throw a body punch but Walker avoids it by throwing Madriano back against the cage.
Walker prevents a body shot from Madriano.
John Walker has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from Walker.
Walker swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nice body punch from Madriano - that landed with a thud.
Walker swings wildly with an uppercut but Madriano uses good head movement to avoid it.
Madriano tries to throw a body punch but Walker avoids it by throwing Madriano back against the cage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
A right hand to the body from Walker.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Madriano.
Walker lands a left hand.
Walker tries to throw a body punch but Madriano avoids it by throwing Walker back against the cage.
Madriano leaning his opponent against the cage.
Madriano tries to stall but Walker uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Madriano is trying to maintain a safe position but Walker gets an underhook and turns Madriano into the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Walker fails to land.
Walker tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Madriano's elbow.
Walker tries to work over Madriano's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Walker misses with a punch to the body.
Walker controlling the action here for a moment.
Walker misses with a punch on the inside.
Madriano blocks a body shot from Walker.
Walker misses with a body punch.
Madriano blocking some punches.
Madriano misses with a short punch on the inside.
Walker scores with a nice hook to the head.
Walker throws a punch but it's blocked by Madriano.
Madriano can't find room to land a body shot as Walker controls the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Madriano is looking to break free of the clinch but Walker has double underhooks.
A head punch on the inside from Madriano fails to land.
Walker working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Walker dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Madriano doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Walker lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Madriano misses with the head strike.
Walker tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Madriano's elbow.
A short left from Walker.
A head punch on the inside from Madriano fails to land.
Walker softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Walker misses with a body punch.
Madriano can't find room to land a body shot as Walker controls the action.
Walker tries to throw a body punch but Madriano avoids it by throwing Walker back against the cage.
Walker tries a body shot but Madriano blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walker lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Madriano backwards.
Walker working aggressively here.
Walker is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Madriano can do to turn this around?
Walker prevents Madriano from breaking the clinch.
Walker doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Madriano lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Madriano lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Walker backwards.
Walker misses with a punch to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Walker blocks an uppercut.
Walker displaying some good clinch control by pressing Madriano up against the cage.
Madriano lands a left hand that snaps the head of Walker backwards.
Walker misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Walker slowing the pace effectively.
Walker misses with a body punch.
Walker goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Walker dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Madriano on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Madriano dodges the punch combination from Walker.
Madriano looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Walker throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Madriano sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Walker rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Madriano moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Walker throws out a powerful jab.
Walker bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Madriano's head.
Good exchange - Walker coming out on top.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Walker keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Walker just misses with a punch to the body.
Madriano digs a good hook to Walker's body.
Walker tests Madriano's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Walker has Madriano up against the cage in a clinch.
Madriano controlling the action here for a moment.
Madriano taking a breather.
Madriano scores with a hook to the body.
Madriano struggles to land a body shot inside as Walker controls his hands.
Walker misses with a punch on the inside.
Madriano slows down the pace here.
Walker lands a shoulder strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Madriano takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A frustrated look appears on Madriano's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Madriano misses with a punch to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Walker.
Walker has a couple of punches blocked by Madriano.
Walker blocking some punches.
Walker leaning his opponent against the cage.
Walker lands with a left to the head.
Walker keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Madriano's efforts to push away.
Walker lands a nice shot to the body.
Walker lands with a left to the head.
Walker throws a head punch that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Madriano lands a body punch.
Walker lands a body shot in the clinch.
Madriano looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Madriano pressing his opponent against the cage.
Madriano tries to throw a body punch but Walker avoids it by throwing Madriano back against the cage.
Madriano is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Walker working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Madriano prevents a body shot from Walker.
Madriano lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Walker or not.
Madriano has had enough of the clinch but Walker keeps him there for the moment.
Walker misses with a punch on the inside.
Walker looking to stall.
A nice right hand lands inside from Walker.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walker managing to block the knees to the body from Madriano.
A body shot lands from Madriano.
Walker throws a head punch that misses.
A nice left hand lands by Madriano.
Walker avoiding damage as Madriano throws knees to the body.
A short uppercut from Walker.
Walker tries a body shot but Madriano blocks it.
Good body shot from Walker.
Walker lands with a short shot 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 misses with a punch to the body.

Madriano breaks the clinch.
Madriano avoids a punch combination nicely.
Madriano swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Pele Madriano has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
John Walker is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Walker clinches.

And that's the end of the fight!
John Walker showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Walker has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Walker!
John Walker decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.