PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Lemmy Bang (ranked 1492 p4p, 1224 weight class) and Kevin Walters (ranked 151 p4p, 127 weight class). Bang comes into the arena with For Heavy Metal we will die! blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bang
vs
Walters

169 cm
27
145
8 - 3 - 0

180 cm
26
156
10 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Heavy Metal Drugs
Brooklyn Threads

Voodoo Nutrition

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 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lemmy Bang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kevin Walters!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Russell Pearce and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bang swings for the body but Walters moves out of range.
Bang avoids the body shot from Walters.
Bang tries to clinch up but Walters circles away and keeps his distance.
Bang lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Walters circles away quickly and effectively.
Walters with the counter takedown but Bang avoids it easily.
Bang misses with a hook.
Walters wants to counter with a clinch but Bang pushes him away.
Walters thuds a left hand into Bang's body.

Bang rushes Walters and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Walters blocks an uppercut.

Bang manages to break the clinch.
Walters throws a body shot but no joy.
Walters bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bang ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Walters moves away.
Bang wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bang scores with a nice right hand.
Bang swings widly with a right hand

and Walters counters by moving into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bang lands a right hand that snaps the head of Walters backwards.
Bang doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Walters tries for a takedown. No joy.
Walters is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Walters blocking some punches.
Bang tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bang misses with a hook to the ribs.
Walters blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Walters blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Walters tries to pull guard but Bang won't allow it.
Lemmy Bang has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kevin Walters.
Walters is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Bang to keep the fight standing.
Bang prevents the takedown attempt.
Bang misses with a short punch on the inside.
Walters looking for a takedown.
A right handed body shot lands from Bang.
Bang misses with the head strike.
Walters has Bang pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Bang manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
A right hand to the body from Bang.
Walters tries for a takedown but Bang manages to get underhooks.
Bang lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Walters is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Walters looks winded!
Walters is trying to pull guard but Bang turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bang scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Bang lands with a light punch inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bang softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bang definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Walters tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Bang just stands there and leans against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Bang scores with a nice short uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Bang.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bang.
Bang misses with a punch on the inside.
Bang lands with a light punch inside.
Bang lands a left hand that snaps the head of Walters backwards.
Walters is looking to take this one to the mat.
Bang lands a left hand that snaps the head of Walters backwards.
Bang working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bang throws a punch but it's blocked by Walters.
Bang stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Bang throws a head punch that misses.
Bang lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Bang.
Bang tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A left hand lands to the body for Bang.
Walters tries to pull guard but Bang forces him back to his feet, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walters tries to score a body lock takedown but Bang shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Bang misses with a hook from the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Bang scores with a nice short uppercut.
Bang prevents the takedown attempt.
Walters jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Bang walks away with a smile on his face. Walters gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Bang lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Bang throws a shot from downtown. Walters moves away and avoids it.
Walters ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bang throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Walters throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bang loads up on a big right hand but Walters slips the punch.
Walters with the counter takedown but Bang avoids it easily.
Walters throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bang throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Walters sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Walters has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Some wild striking there from Bang.
Bang lands with an uppercut that bounces Walters off the cage and back into range.
Walters throws a body punch but Bang moves out of range.
Walters is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Bang rather than just go for the knockout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bang throws a good cross that connects.
Lemmy Bang seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bang lands with a right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bang tries to clinch up but Walters circles away and keeps his distance.
Walters takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Bang misses with a looping right.
Bang throws a jab when Walters was well out of range.
Walters on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Walters ducks under a wild hook from Bang.
Walters drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Bang defends it well.
Walters misses with a straight left.
Walters shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Bang defends it nicely.
Walters slips a jab from Bang.
Bang throws an overhand right that lands on Walters's shoulder, as Walters tries to avoid the shot.
Walters circles away from the clinch attempt.
Decent striking displayed by Bang there.
Bang tries to clinch but Walters is having none of it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Lemmy Bang dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Bang tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Walters manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Walters throws the left hand but Bang avoids the punch easily.
A quick step to the side and Bang tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bang moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Bang throws a hook to the side of Walters's head but Walters sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bang is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Bang misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bang tries to close the distance and clinch but Walters swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lemmy Bang is winning the standup battle so far.
Bang looks to land a right hand but Walters moved out of range.
Walters digs a good hook to Bang's body.
Walters slips a jab from Bang.
Walters tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Bang lands a body shot.
Bang fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Walters manages to avoid it.
Walters is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Bang tries to bum rush Walters with a series of wild strikes but Walters uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters circling - Walters throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bang bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Walters's head backwards.
Bang tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Walters paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Walters fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Walters avoids the body shot from Bang.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Bang.
Bang lands with a good body shot.
Bang moves in looking to clinch but Walters pushes him off.
Walters swings for the body but Bang moves out of range.
Bang swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Bang throws out a loose jab but Walters uses good head movement to avoid it.
Walters throws a jab when Bang was well out of range.
Walters moves away from the strike by Bang.
Walters keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bang throws a good cross that connects.
Bang avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A jab from Bang misses.
Bang uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Bang fails in his attempt to clinch.
Walters with the counter takedown but Bang avoids it easily.

Bang clinches with his opponent.
Bang is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Walters can do to turn this around?
Bang gets through Walters's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bang misses with the head strike.
A short left from Bang.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bang lands with a right to the head.
Bang is pressed up against the cage. Walters has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Bang down to the mat. Bang avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Bang misses with a lunging right hand
and Walters counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Bang has a couple of punches blocked by Walters.

Bang pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Walters keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bang.
Bang misses with a hook. Walters ducked under it nicely.
Bang throws a jab when Walters was well out of range.
Walters slips a straight right by Bang.
The crowd cheers as Bang lands an impressive looking overhand right. Walters doesn't seem phased though.
Bang swings widly with a right hand

and Walters counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Bang is not content to let Walters control the position.
Bang wants to get back to full guard.
Well, if Walters is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bang on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Walters is just content to waste time from the top position. Bang takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Bang keeping moving, preventing Walters from controlling successfully.
Walters chips away with some ground and pound.

Walters stands up over his opponent, looking to dive in with a big punch. Here he comes, superman style! Oh, the punch misses and Bang has got him in a triangle choke for good measure! Oh no! Walters manages to get his head free but now Bang has transitioned to an armbar! Walters grimaces and is forced to tap! Beautiful Jiu Jitsu from Bang! I'd be surprised if that didn't end up as submission of the night!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Lemmy Bang!
An out of breath Lemmy Bang thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.