PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Joey Karate (ranked 3301 p4p, 418 weight class) and Johnny Walker (ranked 2642 p4p, 348 weight class). Karate comes into the arena with Shot Em' blaring out of the sound system. Johnny Walker is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Karate
vs
Walker

180 cm
20
169 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

175 cm
20
170 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Decent elbows
Good chin

World class boxer
Good gas tank

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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 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Joey Karate!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Johnny Walker!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yukihiro Shimada and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Walker throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Karate counters by moving into the clinch.
Walker tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A left hand lands to the body for Walker.
Karate lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Karate misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Karate lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Walker avoids a wild elbow strike from Karate.
Karate lands a damaging elbow.
Walker lands a left hand that snaps the head of Karate backwards.
Karate lands a right hand that snaps the head of Walker backwards.
Karate scores with a nice hook to the head.
Karate lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Karate goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A hook to the body from Karate.
Karate swings wildly with an uppercut but Walker uses good head movement to avoid it.
Walker blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Walker.
Karate blocks a body shot from Walker.
Karate gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Karate misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karate lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Karate creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
I was talking to Karate's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Karate creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Walker's defenses.
A nice left hand lands by Karate.
Karate misses with a body punch.
Karate tries a body shot but Walker blocks it.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Karate throws an elbow that misses.
Karate pushes off an throws an elbow but Walker leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Karate.
Nice elbow from Karate.
Walker lands a left hand.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Walker.
Karate lands a nice elbow.
Karate swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Walker lands a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Walker throws a head punch that misses.
Karate blocks an uppercut.
Walker pushes Karate back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karate misses with a short punch on the inside.
Karate tries to work over Walker's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Karate lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Walker blocks an elbow strike from Karate.
A hook to the body from Walker.
Walker dodges an elbow strike from Karate.
Walker lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Karate.
Walker misses with a body punch.
Walker lands a shoulder strike.
Karate misses with a punch on the inside.
Walker tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Walker works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Walker can't find room to land a body shot as Karate controls the action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Karate.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Karate can't find room to land a body shot as Walker controls the action.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Karate just misses with a elbow thrown towards Walker's brow.
Karate pushes off an throws an elbow but Walker leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Karate tries to stall but Walker uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Karate pushes Walker back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joey Karate dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Walker clinches.
Walker tries to throw a body punch but Karate avoids it by throwing Walker back against the ropes.
Walker has a couple of punches blocked by Karate.
Walker takes an elbow to the temple.
Karate creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Walker's defenses.
Karate is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Walker can do to turn this around?
Walker tries to work over Karate's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Walker goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Still in the clinch, Walker scores with a nice short uppercut.
Karate goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Karate lands a hook that snaps the head of Walker backwards.
Karate can't find room to land a body shot as Walker controls the action.
Karate throws an elbow but it misses.
Karate prevents a body shot from Walker.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Karate throws an elbow that misses.
Karate struggles to land a body shot inside as Walker controls his hands.
Karate looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Karate goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Walker working aggressively here.
Karate misses with a body punch.
Karate is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Walker.
Walker tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Walker takes an elbow to the forehead.
Karate lands an elbow just above Walker 's eye.
Karate misses with a hook to the ribs.
Karate lands a right hand.
Walker misses with the head strike.
Walker throws a head punch that misses.
Walker gets through Karate's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Walker makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Walker working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Karate lands a hook that snaps the head of Walker backwards.
Walker lands a right hand that snaps the head of Karate backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Karate tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Walker's elbow.
Karate lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Karate misses with a hook from the clinch.
Walker prevents a body shot from Karate.
Karate struggles to land a body shot inside as Walker controls his hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walker lands with a short shot to the head.
Karate digs a right hand underneath Walker's ribcage. Walker let out a lung full of air as it connected.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Karate.
Walker works on Karate's body with a couple of short punches.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Walker.
Karate goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Walker lands with a short shot to the head.
A short right from Walker.
Karate tries to work over Walker's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Karate goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Walker lands a hook to the side of the head.
Karate is struggling to control the position.
Walker misses with the head strike.
Karate scores with a shoulder strike.
Karate misses with an elbow over the top.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Walker.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Walker blocks an elbow strike from Karate.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Johnny Walker will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

A looping hook to the body misses from Karate. Walker does a little dance to reset his feet.
Walker dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Karate cracks Walker with a good jab.
Karate misses with a right hand
enabling Walker to counter with a crisp jab.
Karate fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Walker with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Walker lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Walker throws a jab when Karate was well out of range.
Walker lands with a nice body punch.
Walker swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Karate.
Walker missing with a left hand there. Karate was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Decent striking displayed by Walker there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Karate takes one to the side of the head.
Karate takes one to the side of the head.
Karate slips a straight right by Walker.
It looked like Karate was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Walker.
Karate misses the shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Karate moves into the clinch successfully.
Walker has a couple of punches blocked by Karate.
Walker blocks an elbow strike from Karate.
Walker lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Karate backwards.
Walker's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Karate misses with a punch on the inside.
Walker misses with a hook from the clinch.
Karate lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Walker tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Karate's elbow.
Karate throws an elbow that misses.
Karate misses with a body punch.
Karate gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Karate swings wildly with an uppercut but Walker uses good head movement to avoid it.
Karate can't find room to land a body shot as Walker controls the action.
Karate creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Walker creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Karate.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Karate lands a nice elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walker tries to throw a body punch but Karate avoids it by throwing Walker back against the ropes.
Walker misses with some punches.
Karate misses with a body punch.
Walker digs a right hand into Karate's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Karate's gas tank.
Nice body punch from Karate.
Karate pushes Walker back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Walker swings wildly with an uppercut but Karate uses good head movement to avoid it.
Walker misses with the head strike.
Karate lands an elbow just above Walker 's eye.
Karate lands with a left to the head.

Walker breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Karate throws a body punch but Walker moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Walker scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A jab from Walker does it's job there.
Walker steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Karate.
Karate misses with a body punch
and Walker counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

And that's the end of the fight!
Johnny Walker comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Walker has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight 29:29
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 28:29
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by majority 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.