PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brandon Walls (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and twopak Shekur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Walls might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Last Resort - Papa Roach. Shekur comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Hit Em Up! kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Walls
vs
Shekur

198 cm
19
283 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

183 cm
23
225 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

MFS Outfitters ™

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Brandon Walls!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, twopak Shekur!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Tarja Halkonen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Walls is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Shekur.
A left lands for Walls.

It looks like twopak Shekur has been cut.
A combination from Walls does no damage.
Walls throws a right and a left that Shekur avoids nicely.
A big right from Walls misses.
Walls scores with a kick to the midsection.
Shekur looks gassed!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Shekur uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Walls.

Walls forces Shekur back against the cage and clinches.
A nice left hand lands by Walls.
Walls lands a nice uppercut.
Walls pushes Shekur back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Walls lands with a right to the head.

That has opened up twopak Shekur's cut even more.
Walls lands with a right to the head.

Shekur is rocked!

Walls works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Walls tries to free his leg and advance position but Shekur is retaining full guard.
Walls with a flurry of punches that miss.
Walls works over Shekur with some ground and pound from guard.
Walls throwing strikes from guard but Shekur blocks nicely.
Shekur is trying to control the position but Walls postures up.
Walls lands a couple of decent looking shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walls postures up and lands a big shot to Shekur's brow.

Walls drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Walls jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Walls gets to his feet. Shekur looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Good shot there by Walls.
Walls throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Shekur sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Shekur fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Brandon Walls is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Shekur fails with an attempt to clinch.
Shekur misses with a straight left.

Walls closes the distance and clinches.
Shekur takes a shot to the head.

The cut above twopak Shekur's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Shekur tries for a takedown but Walls manages to get underhooks.
Walls lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Walls.
Walls lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Walls lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Walls lands a right hand that snaps the head of Shekur backwards.
Walls gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Walls tries to land a knee to the head but Shekur blocks with his arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shekur is looking to break free of the clinch but Walls has double underhooks.
Walls lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Shekur.
Walls is leaning against Shekur and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Walls lands a nice uppercut.
Walls can't get the takedown.
Shekur blocks an uppercut.
Shekur is trying to stall.
A short right from Walls.
Walls fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Walls.
Shekur misses with a punch on the inside.
Walls keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Shekur's efforts to push away.

Walls manages to pull guard.
Walls will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Shekur is looking to stand up but Walls won't let him.
Walls has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Shekur throws a strike but Walls rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Walls passes into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Shekur is looking to improve his position.
Walls slips a nice elbow through Shekur's hands, connecting with Shekur's forehead.

twopak Shekur's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Walls is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Walls trying to mount his opponent but Shekur defends it.
Walls throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Shekur really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Walls. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Walls thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Shekur's head.
Walls thows a huge punch but Shekur dodges it nicely.
Walls not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The fighters are battling for position here. Shekur manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shekur utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Walls prevents Shekur from getting back to his feet.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Walls avoids a punch combination nicely.
Shekur takes a jab right on the kisser.
Walls looks to clinch
and Shekur counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Walls lands a head kick. Shekur smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at twopak Shekur's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Brandon Walls!