|
|
PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chad Bartz (ranked 182 p4p, 795 weight class) and Walter Payton (ranked 29 p4p, 120 weight class). Payton has chosen Andre Nickatina - Yeah as his entrance music. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Walter Payton enters the cage!
 |
|
 |
| 188 cm
33
215
23 - 11 - 0 |
|
194 cm
32
215
20 - 7 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
|
Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
|
| |
|
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 23 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chad Bartz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Walter Payton!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Eliza Hachem and Ben Watson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Payton throws a shot from downtown. Bartz moves away and avoids it.
Payton missing with a left hand there. Bartz was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Payton pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Payton throws an off balance right hand
letting Bartz counter with a right hand.
Payton has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Payton misses with a right hand
enabling Bartz to counter with a crisp jab.
Jab by Payton.
A nice leg kick from Bartz, right into the meat of the thigh.
Bartz has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
A jab from Bartz misses.
Bartz ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bartz lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Payton misses with a lunging right hand
and Bartz counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Bartz uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Payton.
Payton misses with a straight right.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Payton misses with a two punch combination.
Bartz swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Bartz blocks a jab.
Bartz tried to counter with a leg kick but Payton avoided it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bartz uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Payton.
A jab from Payton misses.
Bartz uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Payton has time to react.
It looks like Walter Payton has been cut.
Payton walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Bartz checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Payton throws a looping overhand right but Bartz ducks down to avoid it.
It looked like Bartz was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Payton.
Bartz slips under a jab from Payton.
An attempted straight right counter from Bartz misses the target.
Payton throws a lazy right hand but Bartz sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bartz avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A jab from Bartz misses.
Payton throws a jab when Bartz was well out of range.
Payton might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Payton scores with a hook.
Bartz takes a swing at Payton's ribcage but misses.
Payton scores with a punch to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Payton. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Payton.
Bartz lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Payton throws an off balance right hand
and Bartz counters with a leg kick.
Walter Payton seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bartz throws a leg kick but Payton sees it coming and moves out of range.
Payton throws an off balance right hand
and Bartz counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bartz lands with a shot to the body.
Bartz getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Bartz lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Payton falls backwards - clearly groggy! Bartz dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chad Bartz!
A very excited looking Chad Bartz made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
The defeated Walter Payton had this to say: 'Bullsh*t'.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| S |
C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
|
S |
C |
G |
|
energy
A | B |
|
hype
A | B |
|
pop
A | B |
|
mgr
A | B |
|
FIGHT
RATING
57% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
