PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between King Diamond (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eric Walker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). King Diamond has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Diamond
vs
Walker

167 cm
27
165 lbs
8 - 8 - 1

179 cm
22
168 lbs
6 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 8 - 1, fighting out of New York, King Diamond!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Eric Walker!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diamond takes a head kick and keeps coming.

It looks like King Diamond has been cut.
Diamond misses with a wild body shot.
A swing and a miss from Diamond.
Walker misses with a wild body shot.
Diamond connects with a body shot that sends Walker's belly button to the back.

Walker moves into the clinch.
Diamond has Walker pressed against the cage.
Diamond has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Walker misses with a hook to the ribs.
Walker tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Diamond's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Diamond misses the shot to the body.
Diamond looks to land a combination but Walker avoids it well.
Walker tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Diamond paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Diamond cracks Walker with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Walker tries to clinch but Diamond is having none of it.
Diamond swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Walker is looking for the big counter here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Walker lands a two punch combo.
Walker is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Diamond rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Walker moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Diamond swinging wildly here.
Walker needs to keep his hands up - Diamond had a free shot at his head there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab from Diamond.

Walker is rocked!
Diamond looks to land a combination but Walker avoids it well.
Walker is still on wobbly legs! Can Diamond finish him?
Walker moves in looking to clinch but Diamond pushes him off.
and Diamond counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Walker! He's just covering up as Diamond starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). King Diamond!
After winning the bout, King Diamond thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.