PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Kelly Robinson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Walsh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Robinson
vs
Walsh

178 cm
24
155 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

150 cm
24
145 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kelly Robinson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Brian Walsh!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Hugh Johnson and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Robinson tries to clinch up but Walsh circles away and keeps his distance.
Robinson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Robinson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Walsh avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Walsh swats away the attempt to clinch by Robinson.
Walsh looks to land a combination but Robinson avoids it well.
Kelly Robinson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Walsh lands with a nice combination. Robinson backs away looking to recover.

It looks like Kelly Robinson has been cut.
Robinson tries to clinch but Walsh is having none of it.
Robinson tries to clinch but Walsh moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Robinson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Robinson is looking to clinch.
Walsh dips to his left and cracks Robinson with an uppercut!
Robinson doesn't manage to clinch there - Walsh circles away.
Walsh swats away the attempt to clinch by Robinson.
Nice uppercut there from Walsh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Robinson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Robinson is looking to clinch.
Robinson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Walsh paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Robinson wants to clinch up but Walsh keeps it at a distance.
Robinson tries to clinch there but Walsh circles away.
Robinson is looking to clinch but Walsh is avoiding it.

Robinson rushes Walsh and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Walsh breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Walsh misses with the combination.
Walsh loads up on a big right hand but Robinson slips the punch.
Walsh throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Walsh moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Walsh lands with an overhand left.

Robinson is rocked!
Robinson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Oh Robinson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Robinson wants to clinch up but Walsh keeps it at a distance.
Robinson blocks a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Robinson moves in looking to clinch but Walsh pushes him off.
Robinson seems to have got his legs back now.
Walsh lands a right hook to the body.
Robinson tries to clinch up.
Robinson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Walsh swats away the attempt to clinch by Robinson.
Walsh circles away from the clinch attempt.
Robinson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Robinson tries to clinch but Walsh is having none of it.
Walsh avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Robinson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Walsh paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Robinson wants to clinch.
Walsh throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walsh swings for the body but Robinson moves out of range.
Walsh throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Robinson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Walsh missing with a left hand there. Robinson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The fight stays on the outside here - Robinson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Walsh fails to land with a series of punches.
Robinson fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Robinson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Robinson tries to clinch but Walsh moves out of range.
Robinson wants to clinch.
Robinson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Walsh paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Robinson moves in looking to clinch but Walsh pushes him off.
Walsh works over Robinson's head and body with a nice combination.
The fight stays on the outside here - Robinson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's four 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.
Walsh circles away from the clinch attempt.
Walsh circles away from the clinch attempt.
Walsh circles away from the clinch attempt.
Robinson moves in looking to clinch but Walsh pushes him off.
Robinson moves in looking to clinch but Walsh pushes him off.
Walsh misses with a looping right.
Robinson wants to clinch up but Walsh keeps it at a distance.
Robinson wants to clinch up but Walsh keeps it at a distance.
Robinson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Robinson doesn't manage to clinch there - Walsh circles away.
A jab lands there for Walsh.
Robinson tries to close the distance and clinch but Walsh swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Robinson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Robinson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Walsh thuds his right hand into Robinson's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Jab by Walsh.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brian Walsh dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kelly Robinson'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.

Robinson tries to clinch but Walsh is having none of it.
Walsh throws a right and a left that both miss.
Robinson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Robinson ducks under a wild hook from Walsh.
Robinson moves in looking to clinch but Walsh pushes him off.
Brian Walsh is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Walsh scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Robinson avoids the body shot from Walsh.
Robinson doesn't manage to clinch there - Walsh circles away.
Robinson doesn't manage to clinch there - Walsh circles away.
Robinson wants to clinch.
Robinson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Robinson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Walsh swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Walsh misses with a straight right.
Walsh lands with a right that hurts Robinson. Robinson looks to clinch but Walsh throws a short knee that drops Robinson. This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch and Knee). Brian Walsh!
Brian Walsh is the new featherweight champion!