PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Hallam Walker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Quall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Walker comes into the arena with The Naked And Famous - Punching In A Dream blaring out of the sound system. Quall comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Beach Blast kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Hallam Walker is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Walker
vs
Quall

181 cm
19
190 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

193 cm
22
196 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Hallam Walker!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, James Quall!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Bruno Hogan and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Quall works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Walker has a takedown stuffed.
Walker tries to clinch there but Quall circles away.
Walker is looking to clinch.
Walker tries to clinch but Quall is having none of it.
Walker gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Quall connects with the punch.
Nice body punch from Quall.
Quall sizes up Walker with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

Quall has Walker up against the cage in a clinch.
Quall lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Walker or not.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Quall working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Quall blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Quall stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Walker throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Quall blocks it with crossed arms.
Walker goes for a takedown in the clinch but Quall prevents it.
Quall scores with a hook to the body.
Walker looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hallam Walker. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walker looking for a takedown.
Quall lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Quall has Walker pushed against the cage.
Walker tries to work over Quall's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A left hand lands to the body for Quall.
Walker has Quall pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Quall manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Quall takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Quall missing with knees to the body.
Quall scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A bit of stalling here from Quall.
Walker is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Walker has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Quall is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Quall lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Walker.
Walker is breathing heavily.
Walker is working for takedown but Quall is calmly controlling the position for now.
Quall lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Walker goes for a takedown attempt but Quall pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Quall jabs Walker right on the nose. Walker blinks but takes it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quall lands a glancing blow to the side of Walker's head.
Walker with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Quall to score with a decent uppercut.
Quall throws out a powerful jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Quall clinches up against the cage.
Walker has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Quall is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Quall lands a nice shot to the body.
Quall digs a right hand underneath Walker's ribcage. Walker let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Quall digs a right hand underneath Walker's ribcage. Walker let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Quall prevents the takedown attempt.
Quall digs a right hand into Walker's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Walker's gas tank.
Quall digs a right hand into Walker's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Walker's gas tank.
Quall lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Quall lands a left hand.
Quall avoiding damage.
Quall pushes Walker back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Quall works on Walker's body with a couple of short punches.
Quall lands a body shot in the clinch.
Quall pushes Walker back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Quall dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Quall.
Quall lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Walker letting Quall take a breather here.
A body shot lands from Quall.
A right handed body shot lands from Quall.
Quall lands a body shot.
Quall lands a body punch in the clinch.
Quall lands with a right to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Quall.
Quall pushes Walker back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Walker tries for a takedown but Quall manages to get underhooks.
Quall stops a takedown attempt from Walker.
Quall has Walker pushed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Quall as the two fighters clinch.
Quall lands a body punch in the clinch.
Quall lands a body shot in the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Quall scores with a knee to the head.
Quall digs a right hand underneath Walker's ribcage. Walker let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Stalling in the clinch from Quall.
Quall lands with a light punch inside.
Quall stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Quall lands with a short shot to the head.
Quall managing to block the knees to the body from Walker.
Walker misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nice body punch from Quall.
Quall crunches a lovely knee into Walker's ribcage.
A short body shot lands from Quall as the two fighters clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Quall working Walker over with knees to the body.
Quall throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Walkers head.
Quall pressing his opponent against the cage.
Quall lands a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Quall dominated that round.
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.

Walker tries to grapple but his opponent circles
enabling Quall to counter with a crisp jab.
Quall bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Walker closes the distance but Quall moves to the side
and Quall connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Quall moves into range and clinches up with Walker.
Quall stalling in the clinch.
Quall lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Walker drops down looking for an ankle pick but Quall pulls his leg out and moves away.
Quall lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Walker throws a body punch but Quall moves out of range.
Walker tries to clinch up
and Quall cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Quall closes the distance and pushes Walker back into the cage.
Quall scores with a shoulder strike.
Quall will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Walker up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Quall.
Quall pushes Walker back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Walker is working for takedown but Quall is calmly controlling the position for now.
Walker is looking to control Quall's arms but Quall gets an underhook and turns him. Now Walker has his back to the cage.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Quall presses Walker against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Quall stops a takedown attempt from Walker.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hallam Walker. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Walker drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Quall gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Walker lands an uppercut.
Quall prevents the takedown attempt.
Quall has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Walker goes for a takedown in the clinch but Quall prevents it.
Quall prevents a takedown attempt there.
Nice body punch from Quall - that landed with a thud.
Quall lands a body shot.
Walker tries for a takedown. No joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quall stops a takedown attempt from Walker.
A short body shot lands from Quall as the two fighters clinch.
Good body shot from Quall.
Walker is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Quall gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Quall working Walker over with knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A left hand lands to the body for Quall.
Nice body punch from Quall - that landed with a thud.
Quall stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
James Quall seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Quall digs a right hand into Walker's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Walker's gas tank.
Quall lands a body shot.
Nice body punch from Quall - that landed with a thud.
Quall pushes Walker back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Quall stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Quall scores with a hook to the body.
A short body shot lands from Quall as the two fighters clinch.
Quall lands a damaging elbow.
Quall has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Quall just leaning against Walker, taking a breather.
A short right from Quall.
A nice left hand lands by Quall.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walker avoids a wild elbow strike from Quall.
Walker drops down looking for an ankle pick but Quall pulls his leg out and moves away.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Quall, right into the meat.
Quall lands with a straight right. Walker didn't see that one coming.
Hallam Walker is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Left hook, right uppercut from Quall.
Quall closes the distance and lands a one-two.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Decent striking displayed by Quall there.

Walker is rocked!
Quall is throwing a storm of strikes! Right hook, left hook and follows it up with a spinning back fist! Walker hits the canvas like a rag doll! And just like that, this one is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). James Quall!
James Quall is the new middleweight champion!