PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Chris Walkman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nahna Notorious (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Walkman
vs
Notorious

172 cm
22
156 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

182 cm
25
168 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Chris Walkman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nahna Notorious!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Columbo Gatti and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Notorious fails in his attempt to clinch.

Notorious closes the distance and clinches.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Notorious - that landed with a thud.
A left hand lands to the body for Notorious.
Notorious content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Notorious landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Notorious lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Walkman backwards.
Notorious connects with a nasty looking knee right to Walkman's face.
Notorious goes for a takedown attempt but Walkman pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Notorious swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Walkman gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Notorious wants to control from the top but Walkman keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Notorious postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Notorious controlling from the top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Walkman preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Notorious trying to control but Walkman is working from the bottom.
Notorious in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Notorious is looking to work some ground and pound but Walkman has wrist control.
Walkman working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Notorious.
Notorious in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Walkman is breathing heavily.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Notorious accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Notorious throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Walkman is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Notorious throws a strike but Walkman rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Notorious looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

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.
Notorious wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Notorious wants to improve his position but instead Walkman has moved into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nahna Notorious dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Sloppy strikes from Notorious. Those never looked like landing.
Notorious connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Notorious tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Walkman manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Notorious shoots in looking for a takedown. Walkman tries to sprawl out of it but Notorious keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Walkman manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Notorious staying out of range there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Walkman tries to clinch up

and Notorious counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Notorious.
Notorious is leaning against Walkman and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A hook to the body from Notorious.
Notorious lands a hook that snaps the head of Walkman backwards.
Nice body punch from Notorious.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Walkman is fighting off a takedown attempt but Notorious is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Walkman to the mat. Walkman regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Notorious throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Notorious in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Notorious wants to control from the top but Walkman keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Notorious slips nicely into half guard.
Notorious sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Walkman avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Notorious.
Notorious is trying to control. Walkman wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Notorious not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walkman keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Notorious missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Walkman has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Notorious is working away from the top position though.
Walkman keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Notorious seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Notorious wants to pass to mount but Walkman is defending the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Walkman is staying active underneath Notorious, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Notorious slips a nice elbow through Walkman's hands, connecting with Walkman's forehead.
Notorious wants to pass the guard but Walkman is defending well.
Notorious not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Notorious is taking a breather. Walkman says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Notorious's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nahna Notorious showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Notorious throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Walkman was covering up waiting for the punch and Notorious finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Notorious stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Walkman swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Notorious throwing strikes from guard but Walkman blocks nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Walkman keeping moving, preventing Notorious from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Notorious working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Notorious pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Walkman is keeping the position for now.
Notorious is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Notorious connects with a couple of short punches.
Notorious wants to control from the top but Walkman keeps moving.
Notorious tries to free his leg and advance position but Walkman is retaining full guard.

That's two 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.
Notorious working some strikes from top position.
Notorious throws and elbow that misses. Walkman uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Notorious's guard. Nice move by Walkman!
Notorious has Walkman pulled in close to control his posture.
Notorious wants to sweep but no luck.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Notorious is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Nahna Notorious was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Walkman uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Notorious.
Notorious tries to close the distance and clinch up but Walkman swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Chris Walkman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Notorious closes the distance and clinches.
A knee to the head by Notorious.
A hook to the body from Notorious.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nahna Notorious comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Notorious has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Alyssa Summers scores the fight 27:30
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 27:30
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nahna Notorious!