PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sean Rivers (ranked 1681 p4p, 3961 weight class) and Benjamin Walton (ranked 233 p4p, 450 weight class). Rivers comes to the cage accompanied by Gojira - Sphinx. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Rivers
vs
Walton

182 cm
25
180
5 - 6 - 0

185 cm
25
174
7 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

KOMBAT KLOTHING
Conviction

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 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sean Rivers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Benjamin Walton!
The judges for this bout are Ben Watson, Ron Honeybunn and Ben Hemmingworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rivers dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Walton cracks Rivers with a right hand to the side of the head.

It looks like Sean Rivers has been cut.
Walton ducks under a wild hook from Rivers.
Walton scores with a shot to the body.
Rivers 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.
Walton throws a body punch but Rivers moves out of range.
Rivers is looking to counter punch.
Rivers lands with a thumping leg kick.
Rivers slips under a jab from Walton.
Rivers moves away from the strike by Walton.
Walton throws a hook but Rivers avoids it easily.
Rivers slips a jab from Walton.
Rivers ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Walton looks to land a right hand but Rivers moved out of range.
Walton lands with a hook. Rivers tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Walton throws a hook but Rivers blocks it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Walton with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Rivers to score with a decent uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivers thows a left - swing and a miss!
Walton swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Rivers throws a shot from downtown. Walton moves away and avoids it.
Walton looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Rivers moves out of range of the strikes.
An attempted straight right counter from Rivers misses the target.
Walton avoids the body shot from Rivers.
Walton misses with a hook to the body
and Rivers counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nice body kick from Rivers.
Walton misses with a left hand
and Rivers connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Walton catches Rivers with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Rivers ducks under a wild hook from Walton.
Rivers moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A slow jab from Rivers misses its intended target.
Rivers fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Walton has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Rivers misses with a body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rivers ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Walton works Rivers's body with a nice hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Walton blocks a jab.
Walton now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Walton slips under a jab from Rivers.
Rivers closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Rivers blocks a head kick by Walton.
Rivers lands a jab.
Rivers takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
A telegraphed right hand from Rivers misses the target.
Walton uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rivers.
Rivers doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Walton throws an off balance right hand
and Rivers counters with a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rivers scores with a nice head shot.
Rivers uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Walton.
Walton lands an overhand right.
Rivers cracks Walton with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Rivers with a nice calf kick.
Walton missing with a left hand there. Rivers was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rivers swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Walton pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Walton cracks Rivers with a right hand to the side of the head.
Rivers ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rivers missing with a left hand there. Walton was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Walton ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rivers moves away.
A punch lands to the side of Rivers 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Nice straight punches there by Rivers. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Rivers.

That's four 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!
Rivers chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Walton misses with a hook. Rivers ducked under it nicely.
Walton 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.
Walton steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rivers.
Walton looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Walton takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Rivers gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Walton.

Sean Rivers's cut is getting worse.
Sean Rivers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Walton takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Rivers lands a glancing blow to the side of Walton's head.
Rivers lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Walton circles away quickly and effectively.
Walton swings for the body but Rivers moves out of range.
Rivers ducks under a wild hook from Walton.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Walton is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Rivers misses with a hook.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Sean Rivers will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Sean Rivers's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Rivers scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Walton throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rivers counters with a stiff right hand.
Walton throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rivers counters with a nice uppercut.
A big right from Walton misses.
Walton misses the shot to the body.
Rivers tries to land a front kick but Walton steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Walton swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Walton misses with a body shot.
It looked like Rivers wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Rivers lands a nice looking body kick.
Rivers uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Walton.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Walton throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rivers sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rivers clobbers Walton with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Rivers lands a jab to the nose.
Walton missing with a left hand there. Rivers was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walton throws out a loose jab but Rivers uses good head movement to avoid it.
Walton loads up on a big right hand but Rivers slips the punch.
Walton misses with a right hand
and Rivers counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Rivers lands a nice looking kick to the body. Walton takes a step back to recover.
Rivers throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Walton throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rivers counters with a nice body kick.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Walton might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Rivers has got the better of the exchanges.
Walton lands the left hand.
Rivers lands a jab to the head.
Rivers lands a lovely overhand right.
Walton swings for the body but Rivers moves out of range.
Rivers throws an overhand right that lands on Walton's shoulder, as Walton tries to avoid the shot.
Nice uppercut lands for Rivers. That snapped Walton's head back.
Walton throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rivers counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Walton checks a leg kick.
Rivers lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A nice leg kick lands there from Rivers.
Rivers is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Walton can do to turn this around?
Rivers throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Rivers takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Rivers blocks a head kick by Walton.
Rivers misses the shot to the body.
Walton paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Walton throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rivers lands a nice shot that snaps Walton's head back.
Walton misses with a looping left.
Rivers appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Walton has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Rivers misses with a straight right.
Walton keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rivers.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rivers fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Walton.
Walton throws a jab when Rivers was well out of range.
Walton swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Rivers counters with a left to the body.
Walton throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The fighters circling - Rivers throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Walton now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
A bone on bone clash there as Walton blocks the leg kick.
Rivers lands with a nice body punch.
Rivers misses with a hook. Walton ducked under it nicely.
Walton needs to keep his hands up - Rivers had a free shot at his head there.
Rivers scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Rivers connects with a leg kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Rivers.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rivers lands a body shot.
Walton's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Rivers tries a low kick but Walton avoids it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Walton! But no joy.
Rivers feints and then cracks Walton's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Walton down.
Walton 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.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rivers lands a really nice looking cross but Walton seems unphased.
Rivers with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Walton connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A head kick by Walton misses
and Rivers counters with a nice low kick that buckles Walton's knee momentarily.
Rivers looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A shot to the body from Walton misses
and Rivers counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A cross from Walton lands.
Rivers throws a lazy right hand but Walton sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Walton misses with a looping right.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Sean Rivers dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Sean Rivers's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Walton throws a shot to the body.
Walton throws a body punch but Rivers moves out of range.
Rivers works the jab nicely.
Walton defending well as Rivers loads up on a big left hand.
Rivers ducks under a wild hook from Walton.
Walton lands a lovely overhand right.
Walton has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Walton there as he acknowledges the shot.
Rivers throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Walton throws a poor cross that misses
and Rivers counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Walton throws a hook to the side of Rivers's head but Rivers sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sean Rivers is winning the standup battle so far.
Walton throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rivers cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rivers moves forwards but Walton connects with a nice, crisp jab.
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!
Rivers cracks Walton with a good jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivers ducks under a wild hook from Walton.
Rivers throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Walton throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rivers counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Walton darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Rivers lands a jab to the head.
Walton swings widly with a right hand
and Rivers counters with a good, hard body kick but Walton shrugs it off.
Walton 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.
A punch lands to the side of Walton 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Rivers cracks Walton with an open hand slap.
Rivers misses with a left hand
and Walton counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Rivers displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Walton throws out the jab.
Rivers keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jab by Rivers.
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!
Rivers cracks Walton with an open hand slap.
Jab by Rivers.
Walton throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rivers counters with a left to the body.
Walton takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Rivers throws a lazy uppercut
and Walton counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Walton looks to land a right hand but Rivers moved out of range.
Rivers looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Walton scores with a body shot.
Walton swings widly with a right hand
and Rivers cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rivers swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rivers throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Walton to counter with a crisp jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walton throws out a loose jab but Rivers uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice cross by Rivers.
Rivers misses with a looping left.
Walton throws out a loose jab but Rivers uses good head movement to avoid it.
Walton looks to land a right hand but Rivers moved out of range.
Rivers finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Walton throws out a counter right but Rivers avoids it with no problem.
Rivers connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Rivers uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Walton.
Rivers misses with a hook.
Walton misses with a hook.
Rivers connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Walton connects with a body shot that sends Rivers's belly button to the back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walton misses with a straight right.
Rivers lands a slapping body shot.
Rivers lands a glancing blow to the side of Walton's head.
Walton uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rivers.
Walton moves into range and connects with a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rivers scores with a decent looking hook.
Rivers attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Walton moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Rivers slips a jab from Walton.
Rivers throws a leg kick which misses Walton's front leg but catches the back leg as Walton tries to avoid it.
Rivers jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Walton looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Nice shot lands for Rivers.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sean Rivers showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Rivers has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Ben Watson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ron Honeybunn scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ben Hemmingworth scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sean Rivers!
Sean Rivers thanked the fans post fight for their support.