PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jeffrey Walsh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcus Cortez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Walsh
vs
Cortez

208 cm
24
279 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
25
225 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jeffrey Walsh!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Marcus Cortez!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cortez with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Walsh shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Cortez as he avoids it easily.
Cortez doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Walsh counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Cortez!
Cortez is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Walsh off and has taken his back!
Walsh is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.
Cortez misses with an elbow to the head.
Walsh trying to control the action but Cortez just sinks the hooks in.
Walsh wants to get back to his feet.
Walsh trying to control the action but Cortez just sinks the hooks in.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walsh prevents Cortez from getting a body triangle.
Walsh trying to control but not successfully.
Walsh tries to roll but Cortez sticks to his back.
Walsh trying to control the hands but Cortez won't let him.
Cortez missing with strikes from the back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Cortez missing with strikes.
Walsh covering up well under a barage of strikes.
Walsh trying to control the hands but Cortez won't let him.
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.

Cortez is working hard for the rear naked choke here.

Cortez looking for the choke from the back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walsh is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Cortez.

Cortez is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Walsh has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
I really don't envy Walsh right now.
Cortez has good solid back control here.

Walsh showing good submission defense here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Walsh trying to control but not successfully.
Cortez wants to control the position but Walsh frees himself and scrambles - Cortez manages to regain control in side control.
You can see the frustration on Walsh's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Cortez misses with the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcus Cortez dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Cortez gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Walsh to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Marcus Cortez has got the better of the ground game so far.
Cortez preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Cortez is on top in guard.

A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Cortez accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Cortez postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Walsh is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Cortez, into his guard.

We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Walsh postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walsh postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Walsh connects with a couple of short punches.
Cortez tries to strike from the bottom.
Walsh postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Cortez is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Walsh is aware though and is defending well.
Cortez is trying to keep Walsh in close.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Cortez. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Walsh lands a couple of digs.

Cortez looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Walsh distracts Cortez with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walsh postures up in Cortez's guard and throws a big left but Cortez blocks it.
Walsh missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Walsh scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Cortez avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Walsh throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Cortez works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Walsh makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Walsh throws a big right hand that misses.
Walsh won't allow Cortez to sweep him here.
Cortez avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Walsh is looking to work some ground and pound but Cortez has wrist control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walsh cracks Cortez with a solid left hand.
Walsh postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Cortez controlling Walsh's posture.
Walsh lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Cortez is trying to control the position but Walsh postures up.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Walsh's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Walsh postures up and lands a big shot to Cortez's brow.
Cortez utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Walsh 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.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walsh in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Cortez wants to sweep but no luck.
Cortez is breathing heavily.
Walsh scoring with some ground and pound.
Walsh chips away with some ground and pound.
Cortez working a defensive guard but Walsh manages to pass into side control anyway.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Walsh working the ground and pound.

Walsh is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Cortez has escaped the position, nice work there.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Walsh swings around for an armbar but Cortez sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Walsh's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeffrey Walsh dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Cortez misses with a takedown attempt - Walsh sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Cortez moves into the clinch.
Walsh fails to pull the fight into his guard.

Walsh escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Marcus Cortez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Cortez clinches.
Cortez being controlled against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cortez throws an elbow but it misses.
Cortez looking to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Walsh's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Cortez gets tackled into the cage by Walsh. Walsh maintains the clinch.
Cortez tries to break the clinch but Walsh is controlling the position.
Walsh prevents a takedown attempt there.

Walsh pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Walsh tries to clinch up.
Cortez shoots in for a takedown but Walsh shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Jeffrey Walsh has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marcus Cortez.

Cortez has closed the distance and engaged Walsh in a clinch.
Cortez is looking to break free of the clinch but Walsh has double underhooks.
Cortez is trying to break the clinch but Walsh is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cortez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Walsh misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cortez.
A frustrated look appears on Cortez's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Walsh pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
No luck for Cortez with that takedown attempt.
Cortez fails to land the takedown.
Cortez shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Walsh defends it nicely.
Cortez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Cortez gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Walsh connects with a couple of short punches.
Walsh throwing strikes from guard but Cortez blocks nicely.
Walsh cracks Cortez with a solid left hand.
Walsh is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Walsh keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Cortez's head.
Walsh scoring with punches to the head and body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cortez controlling the position.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Walsh's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Walsh's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Walsh has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Cortez is proving hard to escape from.
Cortez working a defensive guard here.
Cortez has a closed guard, preventing Walsh from standing up.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Cortez bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Walsh's guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jeffrey Walsh showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Walsh has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jeffrey Walsh!