PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Neal Bob (ranked 1201 p4p, 162 weight class) and Joe Walcott (ranked 1548 p4p, 201 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Bob
vs
Walcott

183 cm
29
199 lbs
18 - 12 - 1

187 cm
27
190 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Arcticus University: London
King of Clothes

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 18 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Neal Bob!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joe Walcott!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Richard Clark and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circle momentarily. Bob darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Walcott connects with a good right hand that stumbles Bob. Bob circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Walcott has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Walcott scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Bob on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Bob takes a jab right on the kisser.
Bob connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Bob scores with a three punch combo!
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!
Walcott scores with a nice strike.
Walcott moves out of range of the body kick.
Walcott moves out of range as Bob strikes.
Bob with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Walcott to score with a decent uppercut.

Bob lands a big head kick that sends Walcott tumbling to the mat! Bob takes a step backwards and waves Walcott back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Nice uppercut lands for Walcott. That snapped Bob's head back.
Bob lands a body shot.
Walcott throws a chopping leg kick but Bob manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Walcott scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Bob keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
It looked like Bob wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Walcott rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bob moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Walcott.
Bob moves into range and connects with a jab.
Joe Walcott seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bob throws a body punch but Walcott moves out of range.
Bob looks to throw the jab but Walcott is out of range.
A big right from Bob misses.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Bob.
Walcott swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Bob throws a quick counter head kick but Walcott was just out of range.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Bob.
Walcott throws an overhand right that lands on Bob's shoulder, as Bob tries to avoid the shot.
Walcott lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bob circles away quickly and effectively.
A little feinted left hand from Bob on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Walcott misses the jab.
Bob throwing a counter right hand but Walcott manages to avoid it.
Bob throws a series of punches but Walcott avoids them all with ease.
Bob has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Walcott.
Walcott throws a shot from downtown. Bob moves away and avoids it.
A little feinted left hand from Bob on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A head kick misses from Bob.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Walcott keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walcott ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Walcott throws a right hand that misses
and Bob counters with a straight right hand.
Walcott connects with a solid leg kick.
Bob throws a lazy right hand but Walcott sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Walcott misses with a few strikes there.
Decent striking displayed by Walcott there.
Walcott 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.
Bob throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bob ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Walcott moves away.
Walcott lands a nice hook to Bob's body. Bob takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Walcott lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Walcott catches Bob with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Walcott is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Bob had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Bob throws a sloppy head kick
and Walcott counters with a low kick, right behind Bob 's knee.
Bob misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bob keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bob plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Walcott bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Bob's head.
Walcott fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Bob has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Walcott throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Walcott lands a nice leg kick that just misses Bob's sensitive parts.
Bob looks to throw the jab but Walcott is out of range.
Bob throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Bob lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Bob walks into a stiff left hand from Walcott.
Walcott is looking to land body kicks.
Walcott swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Bob.
A swing and a miss from Bob.
A left lands for Bob.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bob looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Walcott connects with a solid leg kick.
Bob throws a sloppy head kick and Walcott moves out of range easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walcott slips a jab from Bob.
Walcott connects with a good right hand that stumbles Bob. Bob circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Bob throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Walcott stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Bob on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Bob feints and then cracks Walcott's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Walcott down.
Bob checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Walcott scores with a three punch combo!
Bob is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Bob misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bob misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Walcott.
Walcott swings for the body but Bob moves out of range.
Nice uppercut there from Bob.
Walcott catches Bob with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bob keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Walcott.
A little feinted left hand from Bob on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A slow jab from Bob misses its intended target.
A countering left hand to the body from Walcott misses.
Bob swings widly with a right hand
and Walcott connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Joe Walcott will probably get the nod.
That's time! Bob's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Bob throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Bob throws a head kick but Walcott moves out of range.
Bob tried to score with a low kick but Walcott checks it.
Bob scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Walcott doesn't seem bothered though.
Walcott bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Bob's head backwards.
Bob chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Walcott can pounce on him.
Bob staying out of range there.
Bob was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Bob throws a lazy uppercut
and Walcott counters with a straight right hand.
A chopping leg kick lands by Walcott.
Walcott scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Walcott fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Walcott avoids a punch combination nicely.
Walcott swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Walcott lands a nice leg kick that just misses Bob's sensitive parts.
Walcott lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Neal Bob is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walcott scores with a shot to the body.
Bob goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Walcott throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Walcott fails to land with a series of punches.
Walcott throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Walcott uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bob.
Walcott takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Walcott throws a leg kick but Bob moved away.
Bob misses with a wild body shot.
Bob throws out a loose jab but Walcott uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bob with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Walcott to score with a decent uppercut.
Walcott throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bob avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bob went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Bob looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Bob lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Bob.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Walcott throws a lazy right hand but Bob sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Walcott lands a nice looking body shot.
Bob throws a head kick that misses.
Walcott shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A swing and a miss from Bob.
Walcott scores with a jab.
Walcott throws a chopping leg kick but Bob manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Walcott scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Walcott!
Bob walks into a left hand.
Bob throws a lazy uppercut
and Walcott counters with an inside leg kick.
A cross from Bob lands.
Bob takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Bob pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Walcott with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walcott throws an overhand right that lands on Bob's shoulder, as Bob tries to avoid the shot.
Walcott throws a low kick, looking for Bob's leg but Bob calmly moves out of range.
Walcott looks for the body kick but Bob saw that one coming.
Walcott throws a low kick but Bob moves out of range easily.
Bob throws a wild body kick that Walcott sees coming a mile off.
Bob chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Walcott can pounce on him.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Bob might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Bob's corner calls for a 1-2. Bob obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Joe Walcott seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Walcott avoids the head kick by Bob.
Bob connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Walcott's hands.
Walcott attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Nice body punch from Walcott.
Walcott throws a sloppy body shot
and Bob connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Walcott lands with a thumping leg kick.
Walcott connects with a single shot there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walcott keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Bob backing away here, and Walcott unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Walcott lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

It looks like Neal Bob has been cut.
Walcott bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Bob takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Bob looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bob swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bob looks to land a right hand but Walcott moved out of range.
Bob throws a series of punches but Walcott moves out of range.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bob fakes the leg kick and cracks Walcott in the body.
Walcott misses with a wild body shot.
A nice combination there by Walcott.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bob. Walcott does a little dance to reset his feet.
Walcott darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Walcott uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bob.
Bob slips a straight right by Walcott.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Walcott showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Neal Bob's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Walcott moves away from the strike by Bob.
Walcott looks to land a left hand but Bob moved out of range nicely.
A chopping leg kick lands by Walcott.
Walcott lands a nice shot to the body.
Walcott feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Bobs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
A telegraphed right hand from Walcott misses the target.
Walcott lunges at Bob with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Bob's hand.
Bob loads up on a big right hand but Walcott slips the punch.
Walcott shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Walcott with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Walcott scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Bob takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Bob throws the left hand but Walcott avoids the punch easily.
Bob rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Walcott moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Danga de danga de dang - Walcott scores with a four punch combination!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walcott is looking to slow Bob down with leg kicks.
Bob looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Bob looks to land a left hand but Walcott moved out of range nicely.
A lazy left from Walcott finds it's target.
Walcott dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bob. That did some damage!
Walcott keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Walcott changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Bob ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A looping hook to the body misses from Walcott. Bob does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bob is looking to counter with a body kick.
Walcott buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Walcott throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Walcott throws a right hand that misses
and Bob counters with a left and a right that stings Walcott.
Walcott fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bob manages to avoid it.
Bob swings for the body but Walcott moves out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jab, jab by Bob - just one landing.
Walcott throws a leg kick which misses Bob's front leg but catches the back leg as Bob tries to avoid it.
Neal Bob has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walcott throws a leg kick which misses Bob's front leg but catches the back leg as Bob tries to avoid it.
Walcott cracks Bob with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Walcott moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Bob throws a head kick that misses.
Walcott fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Bob on the side of the head.
Walcott digs a good hook to Bob's body.
Walcott buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Bob keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Walcott.
Bob throws a jab when Walcott was well out of range.
A countering left hand to the body from Walcott misses.
Walcott uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Bob has time to react.
Walcott connects with a crisp jab.
Walcott misses with a low kick as Bob jumps back.
Walcott throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bob sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Walcott misses with an uppercut. Bob saw that one coming.
Walcott just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromBob.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Bob. That snapped Walcott's head back.
Walcott avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Bob bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bob throws a lazy right hand but Walcott sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Walcott has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Walcott moves away from the strike by Bob.
Walcott lands a jab to the head.
Walcott avoids the head kick by Bob.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Walcott digs a good body shot into Bob's ribs.
Walcott lands with an overhand left.
Walcott darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Walcott slips a straight right by Bob.
Walcott blocks a head kick by Bob.
Walcott buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Walcott thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Bob if he has to take too many more of those.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Walcott lands a head shot.
Bob takes one to the chin there.
Walcott lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Walcott lands a nice leg kick that just misses Bob's sensitive parts.
Nice body kick from Bob.
Walcott feints and then cracks Bob's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bob down.
Bob moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Bob looks to land a right hand but Walcott moved out of range.
Bob misses with a head kick.
Walcott blocks a head kick by Bob.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Walcott with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Walcott lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Walcott scores with a nice right hand.
Joe Walcott is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Walcott connects with a leg kick. Bob looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Joe Walcott comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Walcott has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 28:30
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Glass scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joe Walcott!