PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy Walker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maurice Lafay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Walker comes to the cage accompanied by Oh No You Didn't. Maurice Lafay looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Walker
vs
Lafay

189 cm
22
185 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

173 cm
22
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jimmy Walker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Maurice Lafay!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Bruno Lombardi and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Walker has taken the fight to the clinch.
Lafay looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Walker tries to land knees in the clinch but Lafay avoids the damage to the body.
Walker just leaning against Lafay, taking a breather.
Walker tries to land a knee to the head but Lafay blocks with his arms.
Walker looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Lafay managing to block the knees to the body from Walker.
Lafay stalling in the clinch but Walker improves position.
Walker keeps control of Lafay as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Walker trying to land knees to the body.
Lafay can't get the takedown.
Lafay tries to pull guard but Walker won't allow it.
Walker tries to land knees in the clinch but Lafay avoids the damage to the body.
Lafay blocks the elbow strike.
Nice elbow from Walker.
Lafay tries to pull guard but Walker holds him up against the cage and eventually Lafay drops back down to his feet.
Jimmy Walker has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Maurice Lafay.
Walker taking a breather.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Walker misses with an elbow strike.
Nice elbow from Walker.
Walker trying to land knees to the body.
Walker missing with knees to the body.
Lafay managing to block the knees to the body from Walker.
A knee to the head by Walker.

It looks like Maurice Lafay has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Walker throws an elbow but misses.
Walker trying to stall but Lafay improves his position.
Walker with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Lafay blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Walker is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lafay is defending well for now.
Walker looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Lafay avoids the elbow strike from Walker, against the cage.
Walker misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lafay.
Lafay blocks the elbow strike.
Walker is trying to stall.
Walker stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Walker missing with knees to the body.
Walker tries to land knees in the clinch but Lafay avoids the damage to the body.
Lafay avoiding damage as Walker throws knees to the body.
Walker with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Walker throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lafay blocks it with crossed arms.
Walker is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lafay is defending well for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Walker is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Walker tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lafay avoids it.
Walker just leaning against Lafay, taking a breather.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Jimmy Walker.
Walker is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Walker tries to close the distance and clinch but Lafay swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Walker moves into the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Walker.
Lafay should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Walker tries a knee to the head but Lafay blocks it.
Walker tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walker tries to land knees in the clinch but Lafay avoids the damage to the body.
Walker pushes off an throws an elbow but Lafay leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Walker controlling the action here for a moment.
Walker tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Walker throws an elbow but it misses.
Walker pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Walker throws an elbow that misses.
Walker utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Walker lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Lafay as Walker tries to tie him up.
Lafay blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lafay avoiding damage as Walker throws knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Lafay avoids a wild elbow strike from Walker.
Walker dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Walker throws an elbow that misses.
Walker throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Walker missing with knees to the body.
Walker just leaning against Lafay, taking a breather.
With the fighters up against the cage, Walker throws an elbow but misses.
Walker using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Walker looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Walker tries to land knees in the clinch but Lafay avoids the damage to the body.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Walker trying to land knees to the body.
Walker lands an elbow inside that Lafay shrugs off.
Walker holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Lafay blocks an elbow strike from Walker.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jimmy Walker dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Maurice Lafay's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Walker buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Lafay takes a kick to the side of the head.
Walker fails with an attempt to clinch.

Walker clinches up against the cage.
Walker tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lafay avoids it.
Walker trying to control the position but instead, Lafay has worked for underhooks and has pushed Walker into the cage.
Walker misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lafay.
Walker using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Walker misses with an elbow over the top.
Walker looking to throw knees to the head but Lafay is blocking nicely.
Walker working Lafay over with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Walker.
Walker misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lafay.
Walker wants to stall.
Lafay is breathing heavily.
Walker using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Walker trying to stall but Lafay improves his position.
Walker tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lafay avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walker taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Walker pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Walker trying to land knees to the body.
Lafay managing to block the knees to the body from Walker.
Walker stalling against the cage.
Walker trying to land knees to the body.
Walker stalls.
Walker misses with an elbow strike.
Lafay avoiding damage as Walker throws knees to the body.
Walker misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lafay.
Walker content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Walker throws an elbow but it misses.
Walker misses with a knee strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Walker unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Walker taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Walker using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lafay has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lafay managing to block the knees to the body from Walker.
Lafay blocks an elbow strike.
Walker connects with a knee to the head.
Lafay avoiding damage as Walker throws knees to the body.
Walker scores a nice knee to the body.
Lafay blocks an elbow strike from Walker.
Lafay managing to block the knees to the body from Walker.
Walker looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Lafay managing to block the knees to the body from Walker.
Walker throws an elbow but it misses.
Walker throws an elbow but it misses.
Lafay blocks the elbow strike.
Lafay avoiding damage as Walker throws knees to the body.
Walker trying to land knees to the body.
Walker misses with an elbow over the top.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walker trying to land knees to the body.
Lafay avoids a wild elbow strike from Walker.
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.
Walker is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Walker lands an elbow inside.
Lafay on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on Walker - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Walker tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Walker displaying some good clinch control by pressing Lafay up against the cage.
Walker pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Walker tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lafay avoids it.
The referee is keeping an eye on Walker - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Lafay avoiding damage as Walker throws knees to the body.
Lafay letting Walker take a breather here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Knees to the body from Walker.
Walker throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Walker trying to stall but Lafay improves his position.
Walker throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Walker trying to land knees to the body.
Walker has Lafay pressed against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Jimmy Walker.
Walker tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lafay paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lafay avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Walker throws a head kick that half lands.
Walker is looking to clinch.

Walker closes the distance and pushes Lafay back into the cage.
Lafay avoiding damage as Walker throws knees to the body.
Lafay blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Walker is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Walker misses with a knee strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Walker clinches.
Walker tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Walker has Lafay pushed against the cage.
Walker tries to stall but Lafay uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Stalling in the clinch from Walker.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Walker.
Jimmy Walker has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Lafay avoids the elbow strike from Walker, against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Lafay as Walker tries to tie him up.
Walker tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lafay avoids it.
Walker tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lafay avoids it.
Walker trying to land knees to the body.
Lafay takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Walker dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Walker tries to stall but Lafay uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Jimmy Walker.
Walker displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Lafay.
Walker fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walker is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Walker feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Lafay's calf.
Walker tries to clinch up but Lafay circles away and keeps his distance.
Walker tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lafay paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Walker tries to close the distance and clinch but Lafay swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lafay avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lafay avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Walker tries to clinch up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Walker looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jimmy Walker is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Walker moves in looking to clinch but Lafay pushes him off.
Walker wants to clinch up but Lafay keeps it at a distance.

Walker clinches up with Lafay and pushes him back against the cage.
Walker looking to stall.
Walker tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lafay avoids it.
Walker is stalling here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Walker throws an elbow but it misses.
Walker stalling in the clinch but Lafay improves position.
Walker tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Lafay avoiding damage as Walker throws knees to the body.
Walker misses with an elbow strike.
Walker throws an elbow but it misses.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Walker tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lafay avoids it.
Walker throws an elbow but it misses.
Walker is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Lafay is keeping busy.
Walker missing with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Walker.
Walker is stalling here.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Walker just misses with a elbow thrown towards Lafay's brow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Jimmy Walker.
Walker tries to clinch but Lafay is having none of it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Walker looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lafay swats away the attempt to clinch by Walker.
Walker tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Walker tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lafay paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Walker has closed the distance and engaged Lafay in a clinch.
Jimmy Walker is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Walker unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lafay lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Walker tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lafay avoids it.
Walker throws a knee to the head but misses.
Walker landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Lafay tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Walker's elbow.
Walker tries to land a knee to the head but Lafay blocks with his arms.
Walker tries to land knees in the clinch but Lafay avoids the damage to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Walker throws an elbow but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Walker throws an elbow but misses.
Walker avoiding damage.
Maurice Lafay has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

And that's the end of the fight!
Jimmy Walker showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Walker 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 Joseph Jones scores the fight 30:26
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:26
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jimmy Walker!