PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ilya Yaj (ranked 1036 p4p, 112 weight class) and Adam Walker (ranked 2896 p4p, 258 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Yaj
vs
Walker

170 cm
26
146 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

160 cm
26
135 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ilya Yaj!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Adam Walker !
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, David Hoff and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yaj fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Yaj cracks Walker with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Walker fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Walker with a hook.
Walker throws a hook but Yaj blocks it.
Walker scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

Yaj gets a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Walker .
Yaj fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Walker breaks the clinch.
Yaj wants to clinch.
Jab from Walker .
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yaj takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

It looks like Ilya Yaj has been cut.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Yaj.
Yaj fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Yaj clinches up with Walker and pushes him back against the cage.
Walker misses with a short punch on the inside.
Walker blocking some punches.
Yaj misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Yaj doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Yaj throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Walker s head.
Walker lands a hook that snaps the head of Yaj backwards.
Walker goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Yaj working aggressively here.
Walker misses with a hook to the ribs.
Yaj tries to work over Walker 's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Walker tries to throw a body punch but Yaj avoids it by throwing Walker back against the cage.
Yaj lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Walker lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Walker tries a body shot but Yaj blocks it.
Walker pushes Yaj back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Walker lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Walker .
Yaj misses with a hook from the clinch.
Yaj looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Yaj tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Walker 's elbow.
Walker tries to work over Yaj's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Yaj misses with a hook from the clinch.
Yaj misses with a punch to the body.
Yaj lands a body shot.
Yaj tries to work over Walker 's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Yaj misses with some punches.
A short body shot lands from Yaj as the two fighters clinch.
Yaj misses with a body punch.
Yaj looking to stall.
Walker blocks a body shot from Yaj.
Walker blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Walker .
Yaj tries to throw a body punch but Walker avoids it by throwing Yaj back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Walker breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Walker has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Yaj tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Walker was well out of range. Poor timing from Yaj.
Walker scores with a nice right hand.
Yaj will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Yaj looks to land a right hand but Walker moved out of range.
Yaj takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Walker misses with an uppercut.
Yaj tries to counter by clinching up but Walker breaks away and moves out of range.
Yaj misses with a looping right.
Yaj closes the distance and clinches up with Walker , looking for a takedown. Yaj pushes Walker against the cage but Walker circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Yaj tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Walker manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Yaj tries to clinch there but Walker circles away.
A little jabbing left from Walker on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Walker scores with a decent looking hook.
A punch combination from Yaj misses.
Yaj tries to clinch there but Walker circles away.
Walker circles away from the clinch attempt.
Walker keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Yaj.
Yaj misses the jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yaj fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Yaj tries to clinch but Walker is having none of it.
Yaj tries to move into range but Walker moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Walker keeps the fight on the outside.
Walker cracks Yaj on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Yaj falls backwards against the cage. Walker follows up with more strikes that drop Yaj to his knees. Walker keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Yaj! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Adam Walker !
After winning the bout, Adam Walker thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.