PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ludvig Ericsson (ranked 1066 p4p, 160 weight class) and Joe Walcott (ranked 1140 p4p, 177 weight class). Walcott comes into a darkened arena with his song building. The Way Of The Fist kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Ericsson
vs
Walcott

186 cm
33
212 lbs
24 - 16 - 0

187 cm
32
204 lbs
16 - 11 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Pit Bull Development

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 24 - 16 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ludvig Ericsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Joe Walcott!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Cecil Peabody and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ericsson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Walcott.
Ericsson is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Ericsson slips under a jab from Walcott.
Walcott lands with a hook. Ericsson tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

Ericsson changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Walcott looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Walcott is not content to let Ericsson control the position.
Walcott defending against the ground and pound.
Ericsson throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Ericsson slows the pace down.
Ericsson working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ericsson postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Ericsson throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Walcott avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Ericsson.
Ericsson slows the pace down.
Ericsson has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
You can see the frustration on Walcott's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Ericsson sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Walcott is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Ericsson looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Walcott is avoiding damage well.
Ericsson postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Ericsson working the ground and pound from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The strikes coming from Ericsson are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Ericsson throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Ericsson throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Walcott avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Ericsson.
Ericsson taking a break here but Walcott is having none of it and regains half guard.
Walcott wants to get back to his feet.
Walcott is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Ericsson scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walcott is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Ericsson thows a huge punch but Walcott dodges it nicely.
Ericsson is taking a breather. Walcott says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Ericsson thows a huge punch but Walcott dodges it nicely.
Ericsson is nestled in close to Walcott, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Walcott tries to roll over but Ericsson keeps him under control.
Walcott tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Ericsson has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Ericsson can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Walcott is looking to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walcott taking shots to the head.
Ericsson throwing strikes here but Walcott is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
We've been informed that Walcott has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
BOOM! Ericsson connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ericsson thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Walcott avoids a series of strikes thrown by Ericsson.
Ericsson fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ericsson tries to control but Walcott wriggling away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Ericsson gets the takedown into side control.
Ericsson works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Walcott tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Ericsson working the ground and pound but Walcott is defending the strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Walcott avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Ericsson.
Walcott tries to buck Ericsson off but Ericsson is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walcott parries the strikes from Ericsson easily there. Ericsson is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Walcott to escape.
Walcott is looking to regain half guard here but Ericsson keeps moving and retains side control.
Ericsson throwing strikes but Walcott manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Ericsson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Walcott can do to turn this around?
Ericsson tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Ericsson holds on tight, trying to prevent any damage.
Ericsson tries to control the position but he's not in luck - Walcott easily slips into full mount!
Ericsson manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Ericsson is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Walcott's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Walcott's back!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ericsson is punishing Walcott with strikes - can he finish him?!
Ludvig Ericsson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Ericsson throwing sloppy strikes.
Ericsson punishes Walcott with strikes from the back mount.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Walcott avoids the strikes from Ericsson.
Ericsson lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
Ericsson keeps control of the position as Walcott tries to break free.
Ericsson is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.
Ericsson misses with punches from the back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ericsson really has the hooks in deep now - there seems like no escape for Walcott.
Ericsson misses with punches from the back.
Ericsson is looking to control Walcott but Walcott is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Ericsson lands shots from the back.
I would not like to be Walcott right now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walcott avoids the strikes from Ericsson.
Walcott is really stuck here.
Ericsson is trying to stick to Walcott's back but Walcott is turning into Ericsson. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Ericsson's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Walcott.
Walcott won't allow Ericsson to sweep him here.
Walcott postures up in Ericsson's guard and throws a big left but Ericsson blocks it.
Ericsson looking to hit a scissor sweep but Walcott is one step ahead there.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Ericsson is on top in guard.

Ericsson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ludvig Ericsson dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Ericsson drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Ericsson with a nice head shot there.
Ericsson pushes down on Walcott's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Ericsson trying to control the action but Walcott is working from the bottom.
Ericsson lands strikes from half guard.
Ericsson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Walcott defending well though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Walcott wants to get back to full guard.
Walcott avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Ericsson.
Ericsson throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Walcott to regain full guard.
Ericsson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ericsson connects with a couple of short punches.
Ericsson passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Ericsson working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Ericsson trying to control the action but Walcott is working from the bottom.
Ericsson throws an elbow but Walcott slips to the side and avoids it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walcott tries to improve position but can't.
Walcott takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Ericsson is putting a hurting on Walcott here, landing some big shots from side control.
Ericsson taking a breather here.
Ericsson creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Walcott sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Joe Walcott has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ericsson tries to score with some ground and pound. Walcott controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Ericsson has knee on belly momentarily but Walcott bucks him off and regains half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Ericsson lands a nice short elbow.
Ericsson trying to pass the guard but Walcott defending well.
Ericsson working Walcott over with strikes.
Ericsson missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Ericsson not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Walcott is staying active underneath Ericsson, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Ludvig Ericsson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ericsson stalling.
Ericsson is thwarting Walcott's attempts to control the position.
Ericsson throwing shots but Walcott is blocking nicely.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Ericsson with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Walcott gets caught napping as Ericsson dives in and scores a takedown. Walcott manages to retain guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ludvig Ericsson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Ericsson, 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ludvig Ericsson!
Joe Walcott was interviewed post fight and said 'WTF?!? Gamma is a joke. Anyway Pit Bull Development is the best. I am always so focused because of that shit. Anyone who says different can suck a dick.'.