PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kent Fuentes (ranked 24761 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arther Walsh (ranked 6178 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Fuentes
vs
Walsh

222 cm
25
279 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

195 cm
21
220 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 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kent Fuentes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Arther Walsh!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shigeki Sano and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Walsh moves into range and clinches up with Fuentes.
Walsh can't break the clinch.
Walsh can't get the takedown.
Walsh tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Fuentes smiles and moves away.
Walsh throws the kick towards the body but Fuentes avoids it.
Walsh shoots and misses

and Fuentes counters with a takedown into side control.
Walsh tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.
Kent Fuentes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Arther Walsh.
Fuentes tries to get the hooks in deep but Walsh pushed the leg off.
Fuentes missing with strikes from the back.
I really don't envy Walsh right now.
Fuentes missing with punches from the back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walsh is keeping busy.
Even with his hooks in, Fuentes manages to miss with strikes from the back.
Fuentes is hanging on to Walsh's back as he tries to escape.
Walsh wants to get back to his feet.
Will Fuentes go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
Walsh just trying to survive but Fuentes is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Walsh prevents Fuentes from getting a body triangle.
Walsh tries to escape but Fuentes has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Walsh covering up well under a barage of strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fuentes somehow managing to miss with a strike from the back.
Fuentes misses with punches from the back.
Fuentes has the hooks in. Walsh is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Walsh looking very determined here, making life difficult for Fuentes.
You can see the frustration on Walsh's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Fuentes scores with punches to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walsh tries to escape but Fuentes has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Walsh has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Fuentes.
Fuentes lands punches and elbows.
Fuentes connects with a big shot to the side of Walsh's head.
Fuentes throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Walsh!
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Fuentes.
Walsh tries to break free.
Even with his hooks in, Fuentes manages to miss with strikes from the back.
Walsh covering up well under a series of strikes from Fuentes.
Fuentes missing with punches from the back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walsh tries to roll but Fuentes sticks to his back.
Walsh trying to control the action but Fuentes just sinks the hooks in.
Walsh might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Fuentes haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Walsh wants to escape the position.
Walsh wants to control his opponent's hands but Fuentes gets his hands free.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kent Fuentes dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

A combination from Walsh does no damage.
Fuentes is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Walsh can do to turn this around?
Fuentes stuffs the takedown attempt from Walsh. Walsh gets slowly back to his feet.
Fuentes tries to counter with a takedown but Walsh is quick to defend against it.
Fuentes tries to clinch there but Walsh circles away.

Walsh darts in and clinches Fuentes up against the cage.
Walsh drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Fuentes pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kent Fuentes is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Walsh has managed to clinch.
Fuentes is trying to break the clinch but Walsh has him pressed against the cage.
Walsh tries to circle away but Fuentes has him pinned against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walsh tries to break the clinch but Fuentes is controlling the position.
Fuentes looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Fuentes tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Walsh smiles and moves away.
Walsh fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Kent Fuentes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Arther Walsh.
Walsh ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Fuentes fails to land the takedown.

Walsh moves into the clinch successfully.

Fuentes pulls guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walsh showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Fuentes wants to sweep here but Walsh controlling him for the moment.
Walsh is stalling in the full guard.
Fuentes throws a couple of heel strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Walsh seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Fuentes looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Walsh stops Fuentes from standing up.
Walsh looking to pass the guard.
Fuentes is adopting a defensive guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Walsh avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Walsh's corner is telling him to maintain position.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Walsh stops Fuentes from standing up.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Fuentes fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Walsh avoids it really well and circles away.
Walsh keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fuentes blocks a head kick by Walsh.
Fuentes connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Walsh's hands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fuentes stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Fuentes wants it to stay on the feet.
Walsh shoots in for a double leg but Fuentes sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Walsh is breathing heavily.

Fuentes gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Fuentes pulls Walsh into guard.
Fuentes lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Walsh is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Fuentes dives into side control.
The ground and pound from Fuentes seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Kent Fuentes overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Fuentes landing strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kent Fuentes dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Fuentes throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Walsh is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Fuentes tries for a takedown but Walsh sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Walsh looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Walsh shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Walsh looks to land a combination but Fuentes avoids it well.
Walsh is trying hard to land a takedown here. Fuentes sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Fuentes uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Walsh.

Fuentes tries to keep at a distance but Walsh has taken the fight into the clinch.
Walsh fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Kent Fuentes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Arther Walsh.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Fuentes's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fuentes fails with the takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fuentes tries to close the distance and clinch up but Walsh swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Walsh with the counter takedown but Fuentes avoids it easily.
Fuentes tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Walsh manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Walsh moves out of range of the strikes.
Walsh fails with the takedown

and Fuentes counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Walsh takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Fuentes trying to control the position from guard on top but Walsh is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Fuentes won't allow Walsh to sweep him here.
Walsh is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fuentes stands up over Walsh, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Fuentes looking to pass the guard.
Fuentes is looking to work some ground and pound but Walsh has wrist control.
Walsh looking to hit a scissor sweep but Fuentes is one step ahead there.
Fuentes postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Walsh working for a triangle but Fuentes defends it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fuentes scoring with punches to the head and body.
Walsh preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Walsh wants to sweep but no luck.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
A combination from Fuentes does no damage.
Walsh shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Fuentes but Fuentes pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Fuentes tries to counter with a takedown but Walsh is quick to defend against it.
Fuentes dives in for a single leg takedown but Walsh sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Fuentes has taken the fight to the clinch.
Walsh has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Fuentes is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Fuentes is trying to pull guard but Walsh turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Walsh takes a shot to the head.
Walsh tries for a takedown. No joy.
Walsh misses with a hook from the clinch.
Walsh is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Fuentes pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Fuentes ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Fuentes no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Arther Walsh has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kent Fuentes is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Walsh throws a big right hand that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kent Fuentes showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Fuentes, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 30:27
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kent Fuentes!