PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Walker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anthony Nickoson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anthony Nickoson told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Walker
vs
Nickoson

175 cm
18
170 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

185 cm
18
178 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Prefers standup

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Johnny Walker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Anthony Nickoson!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yuuki Gou and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nickoson doesn't manage to clinch there - Walker circles away.
Nickoson moves in looking to clinch but Walker pushes him off.
Nickoson tries to clinch but Walker is having none of it.
Walker circles away from the clinch attempt
and Walker counters with a left to the body.
Walker misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nickoson.
Walker swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
We've been told by Walker's head coaches at Valhalla Training Camp that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Nickoson has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Walker finds it's way round the side to connect with Nickoson's head.
Nickoson is looking to clinch but Walker is avoiding it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Walker. Nickoson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Walker throws a combination. Nickoson tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Nickoson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Walker paws at him with a jab and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Nickoson closes the distance and pushes Walker back into the cage.
Nickoson tries to stall but Walker uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Nickoson blocking some punches.
Nickoson misses with the head strike.
Nickoson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Walker tries to work over Nickoson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Walker avoids a wild elbow strike from Nickoson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Nickoson.
Nickoson lands an elbow inside that Walker shrugs off.
Walker on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Walker prevents a body shot from Nickoson.
Nickoson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Walker swings wildly with an uppercut but Nickoson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Walker swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nickoson blocking some punches.
Walker misses with a hook to the ribs.
Walker lands a hook that snaps the head of Nickoson backwards.
Walker misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Walker.
Nickoson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nickoson stalling in the clinch but Walker improves position.
Walker makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Walker blocks a body shot from Nickoson.
Nickoson lands an elbow inside.
Walker lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Nickoson backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Nickoson.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The referee calls for Walker to work.
Walker blocks an elbow strike from Nickoson.
Walker lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Walker.
Walker lands with a short shot to the head.
Walker misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nickoson lands an elbow inside.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Nickoson tries to land knees in the clinch but Walker avoids the damage to the body.
Nickoson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nickoson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Walker tries to throw a body punch but Nickoson avoids it by throwing Walker back against the cage.
Walker softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Walker lands a body shot in the clinch.
Walker blocks the elbow strike.
Walker pushes Nickoson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walker misses with the head strike.
Walker lands a nice shot to the body.
Nickoson looks winded!
A nice right hand lands inside from Walker.
Walker throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Nickosons head.
A short left from Walker.
Nickoson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Walker makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Walker works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Walker presses Nickoson against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Nickoson fails to land.
Walker lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Walker lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Walker lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Walker takes an elbow to the temple.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nickoson has a couple of punches blocked by Walker.
Walker lands a right hand that snaps the head of Nickoson backwards.
Walker lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Walker lands a body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walker lands with a short shot to the head.
Nickoson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Walker lands with a left to the head.
Walker lands a shoulder strike.
A right hook to the body lands for Walker.
Nickoson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Walker has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Walker gets through Nickoson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Walker digs a right hand into Nickoson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Nickoson's gas tank.
Walker lands a left hand.
A right hand to the body from Walker.
A right hook to the body lands for Walker.
Walker works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Walker lands a body punch in the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Walker lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Walker lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Walker lands a right hand that snaps the head of Nickoson backwards.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
A short right from Walker.
Walker working some nice short punches in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Walker dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

A cross from Walker lands.
Nickoson tries to clinch there but Walker circles away.
Nickoson moves to clinch but Walker breaks away
and Walker counters with a left to the body.
Anthony Nickoson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Walker lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Nickoson darts in trying to clinch
and Walker connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nickoson tries to clinch there but Walker circles away.
Walker was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Nickoson wants to clinch.
It looked like Walker was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Nickoson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nickoson tries to clinch
and Walker counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Walker lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Nickoson at a distance.
Walker slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Walker lands a nice looking body shot.
Nickoson is breathing heavily.
Nickoson tries to close the distance and clinch but Walker swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Walker - just one landing.
Walker lands a nice looking body shot.
Nickoson darts in trying to clinch
and Walker counters with a nice uppercut.
Jab, jab by Walker - just one landing.
Walker lands a jab to the nose.
Walker listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Nickoson tries to clinch up.
Walker throws a shot to the body.
Walker lands a nice looking body shot.
Walker scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

Walker moves into the clinch successfully.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nickoson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Walker has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Walker scores with a shoulder strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Walker.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nickoson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Still in the clinch, Walker scores with a nice short uppercut.
Walker lands with a short shot to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Walker.
Walker lands a left hand.
Walker lands a hook to the side of the head.
Walker avoids the elbow strike from Nickoson, against the cage.
Walker gets through Nickoson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Walker lands a shot to the body.
Walker throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Nickosons head.
Walker lands an uppercut.
Johnny Walker has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Walker lands with a right to the head.
Walker cracks Nickoson with a nice body shot.
Walker lands a hook that snaps the head of Nickoson backwards.
Walker lands a shoulder strike.
Walker pushes Nickoson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Walker is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nickoson can do to turn this around?
Walker lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Walker throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Nickosons head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walker leaning his opponent against the cage.
Walker scores with a hook to the body.
Walker scores with a shot to the side of Nickoson's head.
Walker working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Walker lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Nice body punch from Walker - that landed with a thud.
Walker avoiding damage as Nickoson throws knees to the body.
Walker lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Walker stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Walker lands a body punch in the clinch.
Walker working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A right hook to the body lands for Walker.
Walker digs a right hand into Nickoson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Nickoson's gas tank.
Nickoson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Nickoson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walker lands a hook that snaps the head of Nickoson backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Walker creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Walker.
Walker lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Walker scores with a hook to the body.
Walker lands a right hand.
Walker lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Walker effectively controlling the action here.
Walker lands a body punch.
A shot in the inside from Walker.
Walker throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Nickosons head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Walker takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Walker.
A short uppercut from Walker.
Walker lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Walker dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Walker tests Nickoson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Walker lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Johnny Walker is winning the standup battle so far.
Nickoson wants to clinch.
Walker keeps the fight on the outside.
Walker was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Nickoson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Walker paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Walker fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Good standup being displayed there by Walker as he connects with a hook.
Nickoson wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Walker throws a shot to the body.
Nickoson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nickoson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Walker.
Nickoson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nickoson tries to clinch but Walker moves out of range.
Walker lands a really nice looking cross but Nickoson seems unphased.
Nickoson tries to clinch there but Walker circles away.
Nickoson is looking to clinch but Walker is avoiding it.
Nickoson wants to clinch.
Nickoson closes the distance but Walker moves to the side
and Walker makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Nickoson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Walker swats him away and circles back towards the center.
An attempted straight right counter from Walker misses the target.
Walker scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Nickoson doesn't seem bothered though.
Good shot there by Walker.
Nickoson has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Walker finds it's way round the side to connect with Nickoson's head.
Nickoson tries to clinch
and Walker counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nickoson tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Walker counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nickoson takes one to the chin there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Walker lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Walker dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Walker scores with a nice head shot.
Walker tests Nickoson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Walker cracks Nickoson with a right hand to the side of the head.
Walker lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Walker connects with a single shot there.
Walker uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Nickoson has time to react.
Nickoson tries to grapple but his opponent circles
letting Walker counter with a right hand.
Walker fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Nickoson looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

Walker rushes Nickoson and presses him up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walker lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Nickoson has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A right hand to the body from Walker.
A right handed body shot lands from Walker.
A right handed body shot lands from Walker.
A short right from Walker on the inside.
Walker lands a nice uppercut.
Walker lands a nice uppercut.
Walker lands a body shot in the clinch.
Walker lands a hook to the side of the head.
Good body shot from Walker.
Walker lands with a light punch inside.
Walker lands a nice uppercut.
Nice body punch from Walker.
Walker works on Nickoson's body with a couple of short punches.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Walker lands a hook that snaps the head of Nickoson backwards.
Walker working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walker lands an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Walker creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Walker scores with a shot to the side of Nickoson's head.
Walker stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Walker pushes Nickoson back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Walker slowing the pace effectively.
Walker softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short left from Walker.
Walker pushes Nickoson back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A body shot lands from Walker.
Nickoson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Walker lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Walker lands a hook that snaps the head of Nickoson backwards.
A short right from Walker on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Walker lands a hook that snaps the head of Nickoson backwards.
Walker works on Nickoson's body with a couple of short punches.
Anthony Nickoson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nice body punch from Walker.

And that's the end of the fight!
Johnny 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 Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:25
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:25
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johnny Walker!
An out of breath Johnny Walker thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.