PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nate Walker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyler Hellstrom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hellstrom has chosen Firestarter as his entrance music. Nate Walker has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Walker
vs
Hellstrom

187 cm
23
185 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

177 cm
21
185 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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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 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Nate Walker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tyler Hellstrom!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Donatello Bradman and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Walker ducks under a wild hook from Hellstrom.
Walker displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hellstrom throws out the jab.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Hellstrom throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Walker closes the distance and clinches up with Hellstrom, looking for a takedown. Walker pushes Hellstrom against the cage but Hellstrom circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

Hellstrom takes the fight into the clinch.
Hellstrom is trying to maintain a safe position but Walker gets an underhook and turns Hellstrom into the cage.
Hellstrom digs a right hand underneath Walker's ribcage. Walker let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Hellstrom lands an uppercut.
Walker fails to pull guard.

Walker manages to break the clinch.
Hellstrom throws a hook but Walker avoids it easily.
Hellstrom lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Hellstrom throws a looping overhand right but Walker ducks down to avoid it.
Walker shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Hellstrom as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nate Walker. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Walker moves out of range of the strikes.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Hellstrom is pressed up against the cage. Walker has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Hellstrom down to the mat. Hellstrom avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Hellstrom throws a leg kick which misses Walker's front leg but catches the back leg as Walker tries to avoid it.
Walker is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Walker shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Hellstrom lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

It looks like Nate Walker has been cut.
Hellstrom feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Walker's calf.

Walker tries to keep at a distance but Hellstrom has taken the fight into the clinch.
Hellstrom misses with a knee strike.
Hellstrom lands a body shot in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hellstrom lands a shoulder strike.
Hellstrom lands an elbow that stopped Walker in his tracks for a moment.
Hellstrom lands a nice knee to the body.
Hellstrom landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hellstrom lands an elbow just above Walker 's eye.
Hellstrom softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Hellstrom leaning his opponent against the cage.
Hellstrom lands with a short shot to the head.
Hellstrom lands a right hand that snaps the head of Walker backwards.
Walker tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Good body shot from Hellstrom.
Hellstrom slowing the pace effectively.
Good body shot from Hellstrom.
Knees to the body from Hellstrom.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hellstrom lands a right hand.
Hellstrom taking a breather.
Hellstrom gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hellstrom lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Hellstrom lands an elbow inside that Walker shrugs off.
Hellstrom scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hellstrom lands a nice elbow.
Walker takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hellstrom lands an elbow inside.
A short body shot lands from Hellstrom as the two fighters clinch.
Hellstrom lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short body shot lands from Hellstrom as the two fighters clinch.
Hellstrom lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walker drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Hellstrom gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Hellstrom lands with a right to the head.
Hellstrom stalling against the cage.
Hellstrom lands with a short shot to the head.
Hellstrom lands a nice shot to the body.
Hellstrom looking to slow down the pace here.

Hellstrom manages to break the clinch.

Hellstrom drives through and clinches with Walker against the cage.

Hellstrom pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Walker walks into a stiff left hand from Hellstrom.
Walker uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hellstrom.
Hellstrom throws a nice outside leg kick.
Hellstrom scores with a nice strike.

Walker is rocked!
Hellstrom sees an opening and throws a straight punch right through Walker's defenses. It connects perfectly with Walker's jaw and knocks him out cold! Wow - that's a contender for knockout of the year - absolutely brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Tyler Hellstrom!