PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between James Walker (ranked 5206 p4p, 509 weight class) and Jackson Tyrone (ranked 3707 p4p, 412 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Jackson Tyrone was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Walker
vs
Tyrone

180 cm
18
174 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

187 cm
19
182 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Determined

Urban Fighter

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, James Walker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jackson Tyrone!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Gwen Towbar and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice body kick from Tyrone.
Tyrone slips under a jab from Walker.
A little jabbing left from Tyrone on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Tyrone connects with a solid leg kick.
Tyrone wants to clinch up but Walker keeps it at a distance.
Walker sizes up Tyrone with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Walker tries to bum rush Tyrone with a series of wild strikes but Tyrone uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Walker swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Walker misses with a right hand
and Tyrone makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Walker really felt that one!
Tyrone thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Walker if he has to take too many more of those.
Tyrone looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Tyrone thuds his shin into the meat of Walker's side.
Walker swings widly with a right hand
and Tyrone counters with a good low kick that Walker was not able to check.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tyrone feints and then cracks Walker's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Walker down.
A decent looking cross lands there for Walker.
A good leg kick by Tyrone.
The fighters circling - Walker throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Walker throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tyrone.
Tyrone goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Tyrone lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Walker misses with an uppercut
and Tyrone counters with an outside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyrone lands a head kick. Walker smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
That kick from Tyrone tenderised Walker's leg. Walker is trying to keep his angry face on.
Walker misses with a straight right.
Despite the aggression on Tyrone's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Tyrone slips under a jab from Walker.
Tyrone unleashes a big counter combination but Walker bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Tyrone slips under a jab from Walker.
A nice inside leg kick there by Tyrone. That's going to slow Walker down.
Walker throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Walker scores with a jab. Tyrone acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Walker throws a hook but Tyrone blocks it.
Walker uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tyrone.
Tyrone lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Walker at a distance.
Tyrone lands a head kick!
Tyrone scores with a head kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tyrone with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Walker misses with a body punch
and Tyrone counters with a leg kick.
Walker stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Tyrone.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walker misses with a hook.
Tyrone ducks under a wild hook from Walker.
Tyrone is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Walker throws a body shot but no joy.
Walker throws a series of punches but Tyrone moves out of range.
Walker misses with a hook
and Tyrone makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Tyrone scores with a kick to the midsection.
Walker takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Tyrone scores with a leg kick.
Tyrone moves out of range of the strikes.
Walker on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Tyrone scores with a kick to the body.
Tyrone lands with a slapping head kick.
Walker throws a right hand that misses
and Tyrone counters with an outside leg kick.
Tyrone throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Walker.
Walker lands with a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walker swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Walker connects with a good right hand that stumbles Tyrone. Tyrone circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Walker misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tyrone.
Tyrone scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Tyrone pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Walker was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Walker misses with a hook. Tyrone ducked under it nicely.
Walker throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

A big head kick from Tyrone and Walker is sent sprawling to the canvas!

Walker is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tyrone wants to stand but Walker has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Oh Walker is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tyrone wants to control from the top but Walker keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tyrone looking to sit in guard and control but Walker gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Walker seems to have got his legs back now.
Tyrone is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Tyrone looking for a guillotine here but Walker defends easily.
Tyrone wants to sweep but no luck.
Tyrone trying to control the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Walker decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Tyrone, up you get!
Walker will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Tyrone scoring well with a low kick there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jackson Tyrone dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Walker is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tyrone.
Tyrone gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Walker.
Tyrone slips a straight right by Walker.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Walker looks to score with a jab to the body but Tyrone is just out of range.
Walker throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Tyrone clinches.
Tyrone pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Walker managing to block the knees to the body from Tyrone.
Walker tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tyrone's elbow.
Tyrone utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Walker fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Walker fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tyrone misses with a knee strike.
Tyrone is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Walker is defending well for now.
Walker blocks the elbow strike.
Tyrone is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Tyrone connects with a nasty looking knee right to Walker's face.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Walker tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyrone misses with a knee to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Walker.
Walker is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Tyrone misses with a knee strike.
Tyrone misses with a knee strike.
Tyrone misses with a knee strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Walker.
Tyrone pushes off an throws an elbow but Walker leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Walker managing to block the knees to the body from Tyrone.
Walker blocks an elbow strike from Tyrone.
Tyrone lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Walker swings wildly with an uppercut but Tyrone uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tyrone misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Walker.
Tyrone tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tyrone tries to work over Walker's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Walker manages to break the clinch.
Tyrone avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tyrone avoids the body shot from Walker.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tyrone bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
A head kick from Tyrone lands but Walker takes it in his stride.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tyrone avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tyrone ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Walker takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Walker waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tyrone.
Walker misses with a looping left.
Tyrone tries to clinch there but Walker circles away.
Tyrone slips a straight right by Walker.
Walker misses with a wild body shot.
Walker throws a right and a left that both miss.
A solid body kick from Tyrone.
Tyrone slips under a jab.
Walker throws a jab but it's blocked by Tyrone.
Walker misses with a hook
and Tyrone counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Tyrone misses with a head kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walker keeps the fight on the outside.
Tyrone plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Walker ducks under a wild hook from Tyrone.
Walker scores with a hook.
Walker scores with a jab. Tyrone acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Walker has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Tyrone lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Walker will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The fighters circling - Walker throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Despite the aggression on Tyrone's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Tyrone slips a straight right by Walker.
Walker misses with a straight right.
Walker throws a shot from downtown. Tyrone moves away and avoids it.
A swing and a miss from Walker.
Tyrone fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Walker.
Walker throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tyrone ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tyrone throws the left hand but Walker avoids the punch easily.
A jab from Walker misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tyrone throws a head kick that Walker semi-blocks.
Walker throws the left hand but Tyrone avoids the punch easily.
Tyrone uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Walker.
A shot to the liver by Walker. Beautiful body shot.
Walker takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A big left from Walker misses.
Tyrone throws a shot from downtown. Walker moves away and avoids it.
Tyrone fakes the leg kick and cracks Walker in the body.
Tyrone staying out of range there.
Walker throws a lazy right hand but Tyrone sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Tyrone feints a counter leg kick.
A good leg kick by Tyrone.
Jackson Tyrone seems to be getting the better of the standup.
An inside leg kick lands from Tyrone.
The fighters circling - Walker throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tyrone avoids the body shot from Walker.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Jackson Tyrone will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Tyrone lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Tyrone misses with a looping left.
Tyrone throws a series of punches but Walker moves out of range.
A jab from Walker misses.
Walker is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tyrone.
Walker misses with a wild combination.
Tyrone appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Tyrone turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Walker throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Tyrone finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
A swing and a miss from Walker.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Walker misses with a shot to the body
and Tyrone counters with a head kick. That will keep Walker thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Tyrone pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Walker on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Tyrone uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Walker.
Walker misses with an uppercut
and Tyrone counters with a big head kick but Walker shrugs it off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyrone thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Walker if he has to take too many more of those.

Tyrone lands a head kick that stumbles Walker and the fighters go to the mat.
Tyrone postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tyrone wants to pass the guard but Walker is keeping the position.
Tyrone throwing strikes but missing.
Tyrone pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Walker is keeping the position for now.
Tyrone looking to sit in guard and control but Walker gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Tyrone is working an open guard so Walker takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Walker pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Walker misses with a looping left.
Walker sets himself, and Tyrone steps forward looking for the clinch! Walker avoids it this time.
Walker misses with a body shot.
Tyrone slips under a jab.
Walker swings for the body but Tyrone moves out of range.
Tyrone scores with a jab. Walker acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

Tyrone instigates a clinch.
Walker wants to stall.
Walker blocks an elbow strike.

Tyrone lands a big knee from the Thai clinch and Walker goes down hard! The ref takes a good look at him but he's still defending himself. Tyrone in side control.
Walker is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Jackson Tyrone is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Tyrone wants to take a breather but Walker manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Tyrone.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyrone stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Walker swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Tyrone is looking to pass into half guard but Walker pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Walker is in guard.

Walker stands up from guard. Let's bang!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walker throws a series of strikes that have Tyrone backpedaling.

Tyrone closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Walker avoiding damage as Tyrone throws knees to the body.
Walker misses with a hook from the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Walker's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Tyrone trying to land knees to the body.
Tyrone blocks an uppercut.
Walker working aggressively here.
Tyrone connects with a nasty looking knee right to Walker's face.
Tyrone throws a knee to the head but misses.
James Walker has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Walker blocks the elbow strike.
Tyrone unloads a knee to the mid-section. Walker lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tyrone unloads a knee to the mid-section. Walker lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Tyrone blocking some punches.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jackson Tyrone comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Tyrone winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 27:30
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jackson Tyrone!