PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gryers Walker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dreadlock Rasta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rasta comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Buffalo Soldier kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! This should be a great matchup!

Walker
vs
Rasta

185 cm
22
205 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

187 cm
18
210 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gryers Walker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dreadlock Rasta!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Wesley Smith and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Rasta gets a clinch.

Rasta breaks from the clinch.
Rasta wants to clinch up but Walker keeps it at a distance.
Walker lands a jab-cross combination.
Walker keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Walker misses with a head kick.
Rasta shoots for a takedown but Walker saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Rasta avoids a kick to the body.
Walker tries a head kick but it misses.
Gryers Walker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rasta moves in looking to clinch but Walker pushes him off.
Rasta is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Walker connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Rasta momentarily.
Rasta fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rasta with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Walker to score with a decent uppercut.
Walker attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Walker lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Rasta backs up against the cage.
Walker keeps the fight on the outside.
Walker connects with a nice looking jab.
Walker connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Rasta is looking to clinch but Walker is avoiding it.
Rasta tries to clinch but Walker is having none of it.
Walker connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Rasta's hands.
Walker connects with a right hand. Rasta shakes it off.
Rasta fails to land the takedown.
Walker looks to land a combination. Rasta sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rasta looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rasta tries to clinch but Walker moves out of range.
Walker misses with a head kick.
Rasta shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Walker but Walker pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Gryers Walker has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dreadlock Rasta.
Rasta moves out of range of the leg kick from Walker.
Walker moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Walker stuffs the takedown attempt from Rasta. Rasta gets slowly back to his feet.
Rasta looks gassed!
Walker throws a right and a left that Rasta avoids nicely.
Rasta is looking to clinch but Walker is avoiding it.
Rasta is looking to clinch.
A head kick misses from Walker.
Walker throws a head kick but Rasta moves out of range.
Walker pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rasta misses with a wild combination.
Walker lands a nice looking body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Walker scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Walker's corner calls for a 1-2. Walker obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Rasta fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rasta tries to clinch up but Walker circles away and keeps his distance.
Walker connects with a right hand. Rasta shakes it off.
Walker stuffs the takedown.
Walker throws a series of strikes that have Rasta backpedaling.
Walker tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Rasta is able to avoid easily.
Walker scores with a one two! Rasta had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
No luck for Rasta with that takedown attempt.
Gryers Walker is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A decent looking cross lands there for Walker.
Rasta moves in looking to clinch but Walker pushes him off.
Rasta closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Walker scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Walker lands a two punch combo.
Walker tries a head kick but it misses.
Rasta wants to clinch.
Walker misses with a kick to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rasta dodges the punch combination from Walker.
Rasta avoids the head kick by Walker.
Rasta tries to clinch up.
Rasta will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Rasta wants to clinch.
Rasta has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Rasta takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Walker lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Rasta at a distance.
Walker misses with a body shot.
Rasta tries to clinch up.
Rasta has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Rasta takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Rasta wants to clinch.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Walker.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Walker misses with a low kick.
Rasta shoots in for a double leg but Walker sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Walker tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Walker scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Rasta doesn't seem bothered though.
Rasta takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Walker slips a jab from Rasta.
Walker throws a combination. Rasta tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Rasta is looking to clinch but Walker is avoiding it.
Rasta tries to clinch but Walker moves out of range.
Walker keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Nice sprawl there from Walker as Rasta shoots in.
Rasta will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Walker lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Rasta throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Walker listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Walker is working the combinations to good effect here.
Walker avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rasta doesn't manage to clinch there - Walker circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gryers Walker dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Walker throws a right and a left that both miss.
Walker attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Walker fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Rasta checks it well.
Rasta walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Walker scores with a hook to the body. Rasta takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Rasta on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Walker lands with a nice body punch.
Rasta has a takedown stuffed.
Rasta throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Walker lands an overhand right.
Walker clobbers Rasta with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

Rasta pushes Walker up against the cage in a clinch.
Rasta prevents the takedown attempt.
Rasta's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Rasta drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Walker gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rasta throws a head punch that misses.
Rasta is trying to drag Walker to the mat but Walker just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Gryers Walker has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dreadlock Rasta.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walker wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Good body shot from Walker.

Rasta escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Walker goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Rasta looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Rasta avoids the head kick by Walker.
A shot to de liver by Walker. Beautiful body shot.
Rasta moves out of range as Walker throws a body kick.
Walker lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Walker avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rasta misses with a body kick.
Walker with a hook.
Rasta tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rasta throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Walker's head.
Rasta avoids the head kick by Walker.
Walker tries a head kick but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Rasta tries to clinch but Walker moves out of range.
Rasta tries to clinch up but Walker circles away and keeps his distance.
Walker takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Walker throws a head kick but Rasta moves out of range.
Walker misses with a two punch combination.
Rasta shoots in for a double leg but Walker sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Gryers Walker is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rasta fails with a takedown attempt.
Walker misses with a two punch combination.
Rasta takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Walker goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Rasta throws a sloppy head kick and Walker moves out of range easily.
Rasta takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Rasta tries to clinch but Walker is having none of it.
Rasta tries to close the distance and clinch but Walker swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Walker scores with a jab. Rasta acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Rasta on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Walker cracks Rasta with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rasta takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Walker tries a head kick but it misses.
Walker throws a lazy head kick

and Rasta counters with a single leg into guard. Walker didn't expect that.

Walker is looking for a triangle here but Rasta uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Rasta prevents Walker from escaping the position.

Rasta has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Rasta looks to land a combination but Walker avoids it well.
Walker scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Rasta tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Walker swivels and escapes.
Rasta shoots in for a takedown but Walker shows good takedown defense.
Walker lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Walker lands a glancing blow to the side of Rasta's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rasta fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Rasta fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Rasta fails to land the takedown.
Walker keeps the fight on the outside.
Rasta tries to clinch there but Walker circles away.
Walker looks to land a body kick but Rasta moved away.
Rasta is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Walker scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Rasta avoids the head kick by Walker.
Walker misses with a low kick.
Rasta shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Walker pinned against the cage. Walker gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Rasta fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Walker throws a half hearted mid kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dreadlock Rasta showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Walker connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Rasta shoots in but Walker avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Rasta takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Walker lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Rasta moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Rasta tries to close the distance and clinch up but Walker swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rasta tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Walker paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rasta doesn't manage to clinch there - Walker circles away.
Walker's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Walker duly obliges.
Walker throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Walker misses with a hook. Rasta ducked under it nicely.
Rasta tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rasta tries to clinch up.
Walker lands a nice hook to Rasta's body. Rasta takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Walker is looking to chop away at Rasta's legs.
Walker circles away from the clinch attempt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rasta shoots in but Walker avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Walker ducks under a wild hook from Rasta.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Walker.
Rasta wants to clinch up but Walker keeps it at a distance.
Walker throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Walker swats away the attempt to clinch by Rasta.
Rasta looks for a takedown but Walker sprawls well.
Gryers Walker has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dreadlock Rasta.
Walker misses with an attempted mid kick.
Walker works over Rasta's head and body with a nice combination.
Rasta tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Walker paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Walker misses with a low kick.
Walker fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Rasta is out of range.
Gryers Walker is winning the standup battle so far.
Walker fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Rasta on the side of the head.
Walker shoots in but no luck this time.
Rasta shoots in but Walker avoids the takedown attempt easily.
A lazy left from Walker finds it's target.
Rasta tries to close the distance and clinch up but Walker swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Rasta wants to clinch.
Walker throws a body kick that misses.
Walker misses with a head kick.
Rasta doesn't manage to clinch there - Walker circles away.
Rasta doesn't manage to clinch there - Walker circles away.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Rasta checks a leg kick.
Rasta changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Walker tries to avoid it but Rasta manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Walker to the ground. Walker escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Rasta shoots in for a takedown but Walker shows good takedown defense.
Walker misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Walker scores with a one two! Rasta had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Walker connects with a right hand. Rasta shakes it off.
Walker lunges at Rasta with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Rasta's hand.
Walker pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Walker thuds a left hand into Rasta's body.
Walker bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Walker looks to land a combination but Rasta avoids it well.
Walker looks for the body kick but Rasta saw that one coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rasta tries to clinch up.
Nice body punch from Walker.
Walker misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Walker jabs at Rasta's body.
Walker fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A jab from Walker does it's job there.
Rasta tries to clinch there but Walker circles away.
Rasta fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rasta shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Walker pinned against the cage. Walker gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Rasta walks into a stiff left hand from Walker.
Walker will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Rasta fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jab, jab by Walker - just one landing.
Rasta takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Rasta on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Rasta is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Walker.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Walker stuffs the takedown attempt from Rasta. Rasta gets slowly back to his feet.
Walker fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A shot to de liver by Walker. Beautiful body shot.
Walker lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
A jab from Walker finds it's way through Rasta's defenses.

Rasta has closed the distance and engaged Walker in a clinch.
Walker gets underhooks to prevent Rasta's takedown attempt.
Rasta with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A body shot lands from Walker.
Walker lands with a short shot to the head.
Walker wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rasta has him pressed against the cage.
Rasta on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Walker wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Rasta stops a takedown attempt from Walker.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Rasta fails to pull guard.
Walker cracks Rasta with a nice body shot.
Walker lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Rasta or not.
Walker wants to break free but Rasta has control.
Rasta prevents Walker from breaking the clinch.
Walker has had enough of the clinch but Rasta keeps him there for the moment.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gryers Walker showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Walker 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 29:28
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gryers Walker!