PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between jermain walcott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mad Hatter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mad Hatter has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

walcott
vs
Hatter

187 cm
22
205 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

190 cm
19
215 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, jermain walcott!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mad Hatter!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Donatello Bradman and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hatter fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hatter keeps the fight on the outside.
Hatter rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but walcott moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

walcott closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

walcott escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
walcott shoots in but Hatter avoids the takedown attempt easily.
walcott is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hatter stalks walcott and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into walcott's face. walcott staggers backwards, shaken.
A right-left combo lands from Hatter.
walcott slips a jab and a cross from Hatter.
Left hook, right uppercut from Hatter.

walcott is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hatter leaves walcott with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Oh walcott is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hatter throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
walcott seems to have got his legs back now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
walcott misses with a head kick.
Hatter misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hatter uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
walcott shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Hatter sprawls well. Hatter wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. walcott gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for jermain walcott. That's going to take a lot out of him.
walcott takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Hatter moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Some wild striking there from Hatter.
Horrible takedown by walcott or perhaps it was just good defense by Hatter which made him look bad.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hatter stalks walcott and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into walcott's face. walcott staggers backwards, shaken.
walcott throws a leg kick which misses Hatter's front leg but catches the back leg as Hatter tries to avoid it.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for walcott. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
walcott walks into a left hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hatter misses with a series of wild punches.
jermain walcott seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hatter lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as walcott backs up against the cage.
Mad Hatter is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
walcott tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Hatter swivels and escapes.
walcott is breathing heavily.
walcott moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Some wild striking there from Hatter.
Hatter checks a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hatter throws a nice looking combination but walcott bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hatter misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hatter throws a right hand that walcott ducks under and follows up with a left that walcott also avoids with ease.
Hatter slaps away a takedown attempt from walcott, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Hatter moves out of range of the body kick from walcott.
walcott takes one on the chin but seems OK.
walcott tries for a takedown but Hatter sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Hatter throws a nice looking combination but walcott bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hatter avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Hatter misses with a two punch combination.
Hatter lands with a nice combination. walcott backs away looking to recover.
Hatter misses with a double jab.
Hatter looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
walcott misses with a double jab
and Hatter counters with a series of strikes. walcott will be more careful next time no doubt.
walcott walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Hatter checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Hatter misses with a wild combination.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hatter displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
A shot to de liver by Hatter. Beautiful body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Hatter looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
walcott tries to throw a body punch but Hatter avoids it by throwing walcott back against the cage.
walcott tries to throw a body punch but Hatter avoids it by throwing walcott back against the cage.
walcott is trying to drag Hatter to the mat but Hatter just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
walcott gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Hatter.
Hatter is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
walcott misses with a body punch.
Hatter jumps guard but walcott stands there with Hatter around his waist. Hatter gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Hatter stalling in the clinch but walcott improves position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hatter is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
walcott looking for a takedown.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

walcott escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hatter misses with the combination.
walcott tries to move into range but Hatter moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Hatter rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but walcott moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hatter blocks a head kick by walcott.
Hatter fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
walcott slips a jab and a cross from Hatter.
Hatter throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Hatter connects with a jab.
A punch combination from walcott misses.
walcott misses with a takedown attempt - Hatter sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for jermain walcott. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hatter throws a nice looking combination but walcott bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
walcott throws a quick inside leg kick.
Hatter leaves walcott with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
walcott has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Hatter jabs walcott right on the nose. walcott blinks but takes it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hatter lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Hatter lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as walcott backs up against the cage.
Hatter keeps the fight on the outside.
walcott on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Hatter moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
walcott slips a jab and a cross from Hatter.
Hatter lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Hatter swats away the attempt to clinch by walcott.
Hatter bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hatter changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
walcott takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Hatter scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
walcott misses with a combination
and Hatter counters with a stiff right hand.
Hatter fails to land with a series of punches.
A jab from Hatter does it's job there.
walcott is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Hatter lands with a cross.
jermain walcott is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
No joy there for Hatter, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mad Hatter showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

walcott wants to clinch
and Hatter counters with a left and a right that stings walcott.
Left hook, right uppercut from Hatter.
walcott avoids a punch combination nicely.
walcott closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
walcott showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hatter.
Hatter swinging wilding here.
Hatter throws a series of punches but walcott moves out of range.
Hatter takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
walcott is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hatter jabs walcott right on the nose. walcott blinks but takes it well.
Hatter throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Hatter throws a combination but it was largely blocked by walcott.
Hatter moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
walcott shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Hatter pinned against the cage. Hatter gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Hatter scores with a jab.
walcott looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hatter fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
walcott has his takedown stuffed
and Hatter connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
walcott tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hatter misses with a series of wild punches.
Hatter looks to land a combination but walcott avoids it well.
A left lands for Hatter.
walcott has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Hatter misses with a few strikes there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
walcott tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Hatter swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for jermain walcott. That's going to take a lot out of him.
walcott swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Hatter counters with a nice uppercut.
Hatter is working the combinations to good effect here.
Hatter looking to land some kicks to the body here.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Hatter goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Hatter with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A nice combination there by Hatter.
Hatter lands a body shot.
walcott takes one to the side of the head.
Hatter keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
A jab lands there for Hatter.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hatter lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as walcott backs up against the cage.
walcott throws a push kick but Hatter slaps the foot to one side.
Nice straight punches there by Hatter. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Hatter.
Hatter 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.
walcott on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Hatter throws a series of strikes that have walcott backpedaling.
Hatter misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hatter throws a series of punches but walcott avoids them all with ease.
Hatter moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mad Hatter comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Hatter winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Winston Howard scores the fight 26:30
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 26:30
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mad Hatter!