PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Walcott (ranked 1682 p4p, 1839 weight class) and Nuri Jafar (ranked 185 p4p, 200 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Walcott
vs
Jafar

170 cm
39
144
33 - 24 - 3

175 cm
39
145
37 - 30 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

HELLBENT

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 33 - 24 - 3, fighting out of Montreal, Tommy Walcott!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 37 - 30 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nuri Jafar!
The judges for this bout are Topper Green, Hugh Johnson and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jafar ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Walcott moves away.
It looked like Walcott was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Jafar loads up on a big right hand but Walcott slips the punch.
Walcott lands with a good body shot.
Nuri Jafar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jafar looks to land a right hand but Walcott moved out of range.
A big left from Jafar misses.
Jafar looks to throw the jab but Walcott is out of range.
Jafar avoids the body shot from Walcott.
Jafar looks for a takedown but Walcott sprawls well.
A little feinted left hand from Walcott on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Jafar misses with a lunging right hand
letting Walcott counter with a right hand.
Jafar throws a sloppy body shot
and Walcott counters with a lovely straight right hand!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Walcott lands a jab.
Jafar blocks a jab.
A countering left hand to the body from Jafar misses.
Walcott swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jafar is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Walcott with a body shot.
Jafar misses with a straight right.
A quick step to the side and Walcott tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Walcott takes a shot right to the bread basket.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walcott jabs Jafar to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Walcott has been working on his boxing with his coaches at potato place in the buildup to the fight.
Jafar uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Walcott.
Jafar shoots in for a takedown but Walcott shows good takedown defense.

Walcott instigates a clinch.
Walcott works on Jafar's body with a couple of short punches.
A short right from Walcott.
Walcott tries a body shot but Jafar blocks it.
Walcott lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Jafar misses with some punches.
A hook to the body from Walcott.
Walcott working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Walcott blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jafar lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Jafar tries to work over Walcott's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Walcott is leaning against Jafar and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Walcott misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jafar lands a body punch.
Walcott tries a body shot but Jafar blocks it.
Jafar misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walcott lands a shoulder strike.
Still in the clinch, Walcott scores with a nice short uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Walcott.
Walcott blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Walcott scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Jafar swings wildly with an uppercut but Walcott uses good head movement to avoid it.
Walcott presses Jafar against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Jafar swings wildly with an uppercut but Walcott uses good head movement to avoid it.
Walcott scores with a hook to the body.
A right hand to the body from Walcott.
Walcott scores with a hook to the body.
Walcott lands a nice uppercut.
Walcott blocking some punches.
Walcott lands a left hand.
Jafar working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Jafar makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Walcott softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Jafar goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jafar tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jafar tries a body shot but Walcott blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Walcott.
Jafar misses with a hook from the clinch.
Walcott takes a shot to the head.
Walcott lands an uppercut.
Walcott lands with a left to the head.
Jafar throws a punch but it's blocked by Walcott.
Jafar misses with a punch on the inside.
Walcott pushes Jafar back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Jafar looks winded!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jafar.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Walcott.
Walcott lands with a short shot to the head.

Walcott pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Walcott takes the fight into the clinch.
Walcott digs a right hand into Jafar's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Jafar's gas tank.
Jafar tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jafar tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jafar tries a body shot but Walcott blocks it.
A hook to the body from Walcott.
A short uppercut from Walcott.
Walcott lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Walcott.
Jafar misses with the head strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Walcott.
Walcott lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Jafar misses with a short punch on the inside.
Walcott gets through Jafar's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Walcott lands a body punch in the clinch.
Jafar fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jafar swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jafar misses with a punch on the inside.
Walcott scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Nice body punch from Walcott.
Jafar misses with some punches.
Walcott lands with a light punch inside.
Walcott doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Good body shot from Walcott.
Walcott lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jafar.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Walcott.
Walcott lands a body shot in the clinch.
Walcott scores with a nice hook to the head.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Walcott cracks Jafar with a nice body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Tommy Walcott dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Walcott drives through and clinches with Jafar against the cage.
Walcott lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Walcott lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Walcott blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Walcott.
Jafar has a couple of punches blocked by Walcott.
A right handed body shot lands from Walcott.
Walcott scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Walcott lands with a left to the head.
Walcott lands a hook to the side of the head.
Walcott working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Walcott scores with a nice short uppercut.

Jafar is rocked!
Walcott lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jafar is still on wobbly legs! Can Walcott finish him?
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jafar working aggressively here.
Walcott misses with a hook to the ribs.
Walcott lands a body punch in the clinch.
Jafar seems to have recovered his senses.
Walcott working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Walcott manages to break the clinch.
Jafar is breathing heavily.
Nice defenses there by Walcott.
It looked like Walcott wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Jafar shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Walcott counters with a straight right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Walcott. Beautiful body shot.
Jafar avoids a kick to the body.
Walcott is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jafar can do to turn this around?
Jafar just misses with a punch to the body.
Walcott works Jafar's body with a nice hook.
Jafar throws a hook to the side of Walcott's head but Walcott sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jafar shoots in looking for a takedown. Walcott tries to sprawl out of it but Jafar keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Walcott manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Walcott cracks Jafar with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Jafar has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Jafar there as he acknowledges the shot.
Walcott connects with an inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jafar throws a looping overhand right but Walcott ducks down to avoid it.
Walcott connects with a solid leg kick.
Jafar chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Walcott can pounce on him.
Jafar takes one to the side of the head.
Walcott gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A looping hook to the body misses from Walcott. Jafar does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jafar takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Walcott tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jafar swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Walcott is looking to wear down Jafar with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A jab from Jafar misses.
Walcott lands with an uppercut that bounces Jafar off the cage and back into range.
Jafar misses with a straight right.
Walcott walks into a jab.
Walcott scores with a crisp jab that stopped Jafar in his tracks.
Walcott scores with a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jafar lands a jab to Walcott's midsection.
Walcott keeps the fight on the outside.
Jafar misses with a shot to the body
and Walcott counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Walcott lands an overhand right.
Jafar throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jafar swings widly with a right hand
and Walcott counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Walcott misses with a wild body shot.
A little jabbing left from Jafar on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Walcott misses with a few strikes there.
Jafar swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Walcott lands an overhand right.
Jafar drops his hands momentarily and Walcott takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

Jafar scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Walcott throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Walcott dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Jafar. That did some damage!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walcott scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Walcott misses with a hook. Jafar ducked under it nicely.
Tommy Walcott is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jafar doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

Walcott clinches with his opponent.
Tommy Walcott has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Jafar throws a punch but it's blocked by Walcott.
A right hook to the body lands for Walcott.
A left hand lands to the body for Walcott.
Walcott lands a body shot in the clinch.
Walcott presses Jafar against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Walcott working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Walcott lands with a right to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jafar tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Walcott lands a shot to the body.
Walcott softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jafar.
Walcott stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Tommy Walcott dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Jafar takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Walcott moves out of range of the strikes.
Walcott is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Tommy Walcott is winning the standup battle so far.
Jafar tries to move into range but Walcott moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Walcott dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jafar on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Walcott catches Jafar with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Walcott turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Walcott keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jafar.
Walcott misses with a body shot.
Jafar let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Jafar drops his hands momentarily and Walcott takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Walcott stuffs the takedown.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jafar looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jafar throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Walcott counters with a one-two to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jafar takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Walcott misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jafar misses with a jab to the body
and Walcott counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A punch lands to the side of Jafar 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Jafar has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Jafar throws a lazy uppercut
and Walcott counters with a huge uppercut, hook combination that drops Jafar! The ref has seen enough - he's dived in to stop the fight! Brutal strikes by Walcott!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tommy Walcott!
During a confident post fight interview, Tommy Walcott thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
Nuri Jafar spoke after the fight, saying 'He did not follow the script'.