PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Liam Lasher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chuck Walker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Lasher
vs
Walker

178 cm
18
212 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

187 cm
25
212 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Liam Lasher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Chuck Walker!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Alexandre Firmino and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Walker tries to land a front kick but Lasher steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Lasher shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Walker sprawls well. Walker wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Lasher gets slowly back to his feet.
Walker circles away from the clinch attempt.
Walker connects with an inside leg kick.
Good leg kick by Walker there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Walker tries to score with a low kick but Lasher moves his leg out of the way.
Lasher shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Walker sprawls well. Walker wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Lasher gets slowly back to his feet.
Lasher shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Walker pinned against the cage. Walker gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Liam Lasher. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Lasher.
Lasher checks a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Walker clinches with his opponent.
A knee to the head by Walker.

It looks like Liam Lasher has been cut.
Lasher is trying to stall.
Walker scores with a knee to the head.
Walker trying to land knees to the body.
Lasher can't break the clinch.
Walker tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lasher avoids it.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Walker just misses with a elbow thrown towards Lasher's brow.
Walker tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lasher avoids it.
Walker lands an elbow inside.
Walker misses with a knee strike.
Walker lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Walker lands an elbow inside that Lasher shrugs off.
Walker using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Walker lands a knee to the head.

Liam Lasher's cut is getting worse.
Walker is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lasher is defending well for now.
Walker gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nice elbow from Walker.
Walker misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lasher.
Walker looking to throw knees to the head but Lasher is blocking nicely.
Walker tries to land knees in the clinch but Lasher avoids the damage to the body.
Walker looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walker throws a knee to the head but misses.
Walker throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lasher blocks it with crossed arms.
Lasher fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Lasher tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Walker just stands there and leans against the cage.
Walker trying to land knees to the body.
Lasher is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Walker gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Lasher tries for a takedown but Walker manages to get underhooks.
Lasher is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Lasher looking for a takedown.
Walker throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lasher blocks it with crossed arms.
Walker lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Lasher on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lasher is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Lasher wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Lasher blocks an elbow strike from Walker.
Lasher tries to pull guard but Walker holds him up against the cage and eventually Lasher drops back down to his feet.
Walker trying to land knees to the body.
Lasher jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Walker walks away with a smile on his face. Lasher gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Some bone on bone action there as Lasher checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Lasher throws a nice looking combination but Walker bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Lasher shoots for a takedown but Walker saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lasher fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Walker manages to avoid it.
Lasher shoots in for a takedown but Walker shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Lasher closes the distance looking to clinch
and Walker counters with a nice low kick that buckles Lasher's knee momentarily.
Lasher closes the distance looking to clinch
and Walker counters with an inside leg kick.
Walker throws a leg kick that misses.
Walker will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Lasher tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Walker counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Walker.
Walker tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Walker creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Lasher's defenses.
Lasher is trying to break the clinch but Walker has him pressed against the cage.
Lasher takes an elbow to the forehead.

Liam Lasher's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Lasher avoids a wild elbow strike from Walker.
Walker throws an elbow but it misses.
Walker looking to throw knees to the head but Lasher is blocking nicely.
Lasher on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lasher is trying to break the clinch but Walker is controlling him.
Lasher tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Walker's elbow.
Lasher jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Walker walks away with a smile on his face. Lasher gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Walker avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lasher has his takedown stuffed

and Walker counters by moving into the clinch.
Lasher blocks an elbow strike from Walker.
Lasher trying to control the position but instead, Walker has worked for underhooks and has pushed Lasher into the cage.
Lasher managing to block the knees to the body from Walker.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chuck Walker dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Liam Lasher's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Lasher moves in looking to clinch but Walker pushes him off.
Crunch! Walker slams his shin into Lasher's torso.
Lasher misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Lasher closes the distance looking to clinch

and Walker counters by moving into the clinch.
Walker with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Walker misses with an elbow over the top.
Walker prevents a takedown attempt there.
Lasher takes an elbow to the forehead.
Walker avoids the elbow strike from Lasher, against the cage.
Walker connects with a knee to the head.
Walker throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lasher blocks it with crossed arms.
Lasher jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Walker walks away with a smile on his face. Lasher gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Liam Lasher. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lasher misses with a takedown attempt
and Walker counters with a slapping leg kick.
Walker is breathing heavily.
Lasher fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Lasher tries to keep at a distance but Walker has taken the fight into the clinch.
Lasher takes an elbow to the temple.
Lasher jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Walker walks away with a smile on his face. Lasher gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Walker tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Lasher is able to avoid easily.
Lasher looks for a takedown but Walker sprawls well.
Lasher on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Walker. Walker obviously looking to wear him down.
Lasher moves out of range of the body kick.
Lasher closes this distance looking for a takedown but Walker circles away.
Walker stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Walker wants it to stay on the feet.

Walker has Lasher up against the cage in a clinch.
Walker using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lasher has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walker landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Walker tries a knee to the head but Lasher blocks it.
Lasher looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
With the fighters up against the cage, Walker throws an elbow but misses.
Lasher blocks an elbow strike.
Walker tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lasher avoids it.
Lasher drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Walker lands a knee to the body.
Lasher tries to pull guard but Walker holds him up against the cage and eventually Lasher drops back down to his feet.
Walker throws an elbow that misses.
Walker with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Lasher fails to pull guard.
Walker with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Lasher jumps guard but Walker stands there with Lasher around his waist. Lasher gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Walker misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lasher.
Lasher jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Walker walks away with a smile on his face. Lasher gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Walker tries to clinch up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lasher misses with a takedown

and Walker counters by clinching up.
Lasher tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Lasher avoiding damage as Walker throws knees to the body.
Walker creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Lasher tries to circle away but Walker has him pinned against the cage.
Lasher tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Walker just stands there and leans against the cage.
Lasher manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Walker is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lasher is defending well for now.

Lasher manages to pull guard.

Lasher is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Walker is aware though and is defending well.
Lasher is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Lasher is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Walker is defending against the submission attempts here by Lasher.
Walker is in trouble now - Lasher has advanced to mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Chuck Walker will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Liam Lasher's cut.
That's time! Lasher's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Lasher tries to score a power double leg takedown but Walker sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Lasher somewhat.
Walker tries to work over Lasher's front leg with a kick but Lasher checks it.
Walker tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Lasher is able to avoid easily.
Liam Lasher is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lasher has his takedown stuffed

and Walker counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Walker gets underhooks to prevent Lasher's takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Liam Lasher. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lasher takes an elbow to the forehead.
Walker tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lasher avoids it.
Walker lands a nice elbow.

Jeez, Liam Lasher's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Walker using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lasher has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Walker takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Lasher blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lasher managing to block the knees to the body from Walker.
Walker creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Lasher's defenses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lasher tries to score a body lock takedown but Walker shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Walker misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lasher.
Lasher wants to break free but Walker has control.
Walker misses with a knee to the head.
Lasher managing to block the knees to the body from Walker.
Walker gets underhooks to prevent Lasher's takedown attempt.
Lasher goes for a takedown in the clinch but Walker prevents it.
Walker throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Lasher has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Walker is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Lasher trying to stall but Walker improves his position.
Lasher looking for a takedown.
Walker throws a knee to the head but misses.

Lasher pulls guard successfully.
Walker trying to stand up but can't free himself from Lasher's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Lasher looking for a guillotine here but Walker defends easily.
Chuck Walker is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Walker really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Lasher. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Lasher uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Lasher doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Walker counters with a nice leg kick.
Walker wants to clinch up but Lasher keeps it at a distance.
Walker bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.

Lasher shoots in and bounces Walker off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lasher is stalling in the full guard.
Lasher wants to control from the top but Walker keeps moving.
Lasher wants to pass the guard but Walker is keeping the position.

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.

Lasher is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Walker can do anything to dispel that myth.
Lasher wants to control from the top but Walker keeps moving.

Lasher is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Lasher pushing down on Walker's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

And that's the end of the fight!
Liam Lasher showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Walker has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 27:29
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 28:29
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 28:29

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