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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bobby Corozzo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jimmy Walker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Walker has chosen Born to be Wild as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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265 lbs
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230 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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BJJ White Belt
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bobby Corozzo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jimmy Walker!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Joseph Jones and Russell Pearce.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Corozzo slips a jab and a cross from Walker.
Walker falls off balance throwing a combination
and Corozzo counters by moving into the clinch.
Walker looking to stall.
Corozzo pulls guard successfully.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Walker postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Walker would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Corozzo wants to get back to his feet but Walker is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Walker wanted to stand there but Corozzo had control of the position.
Walker throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Corozzo wants to sweep but no luck.
Walker wants to control from the top but Corozzo keeps moving.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Walker accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Corozzo is trying to keep Walker in close.
Walker throwing strikes from guard but Corozzo blocks nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Walker lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Walker scoring with punches to the head and body.
Walker stands and steps away. Corozzo gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Walker thows a left - swing and a miss!
Corozzo shoots in for a double leg but Walker sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Corozzo doesn't manage to clinch there - Walker circles away.
Corozzo tries to clinch but Walker is having none of it.
Walker scores with a jab to the body.
Corozzo is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sloppy strikes from Walker. Those never looked like landing.
Corozzo is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Walker.
It looks like Bobby Corozzo has been cut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Walker misses.
Walker looks to land a combination but Corozzo avoids it well.
Jimmy Walker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Walker looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Walker connects with a good right hand that stumbles Corozzo. Corozzo circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Corozzo fails in his attempt to clinch.
Corozzo gets a clinch.
Walker blocks an elbow strike from Corozzo.
Walker tries to circle away but Corozzo has him pinned against the cage.
Corozzo pulls Walker into guard.
Walker in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Walker missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Corozzo is trying to control the position but Walker postures up.
Walker trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Walker postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Walker missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walker tries to free his leg and advance position but Corozzo is retaining full guard.
Walker is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Walker trying to control but Corozzo is working from the bottom.
Walker throws an elbow that misses. Corozzo uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Walker's guard. Nice move by Corozzo!
Walker looking to hit a scissor sweep but Corozzo is one step ahead there.
Walker wants to stand and escape but Corozzo is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walker looking for a sweep. Not yet Walker, not yet.
Corozzo prevents Walker from getting back to his feet.
Walker has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Corozzo trying to control the position from guard on top but Walker is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jimmy Walker has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Corozzo lands with a thumping leg kick.
Walker connects with the punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice sprawl there from Walker as Corozzo shoots in.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Walker will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A punch combination from Walker misses.
Corozzo shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Walker as he avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jimmy Walker dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bobby Corozzo's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Corozzo avoids the body shot from Walker.
Walker misses with a wild body shot.
Walker scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Walker swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Walker misses with a few strikes there.
Corozzo will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Corozzo shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Walker as he avoids it easily.
A left and a right from Walker both land. Nice combination.
Walker ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Jimmy Walker seems to be getting the better of the standup.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Walker jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Walker throws a right and a left that both miss.
Walker looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Walker misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Walker misses with a two punch combination.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Corozzo fails in his attempt to clinch.
Walker throws out a powerful jab.
Walker connects with a looping right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch combination from Walker misses.
Walker scores with a jab to the body.
Some wild striking there from Walker.
Walker throws a right and a left that Corozzo avoids nicely.
Some wild striking there from Walker.
Walker throws a nice looking combination but Corozzo bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Walker lands a nice hook to Corozzo's body. Corozzo takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Corozzo is looking to clinch but Walker is avoiding it.
Walker misses with a jab, cross combination.
Walker lands a nice shot that snaps Corozzo's head back.
Walker cracks Corozzo with a right hand to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Walker fails to land with a series of punches.
Walker scores with a jab. Corozzo acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Walker lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Corozzo circles away quickly and effectively.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walker throws a series of punches but Corozzo avoids them all with ease.
Walker stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bobby Corozzo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Walker goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Left hook, right uppercut from Walker.
Walker connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Corozzo shoots in but Walker avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Jimmy Walker is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A jab lands there for Walker.
Bobby Corozzo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Walker misses with a jab, cross combination.
Walker catches Corozzo with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Nice sprawl there from Walker as Corozzo shoots in.
Walker throws a nice looking combination but Corozzo bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Corozzo tries to clinch there but Walker circles away.
Walker scores with a nice right hand.
Walker lands with a good body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walker scores with a shot to the body.
Walker throws a right and a left that both miss.
No joy there for Walker, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Corozzo looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Walker is fending him off so far but Corozzo persists. Nope, Walker circles away and we're back to standing.
Corozzo with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Walker to score with a decent uppercut.
No joy there for Walker, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Corozzo doesn't manage to clinch there - Walker circles away.
Walker will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Walker lands a two punch combo.
Walker lands with a good body shot.
Walker swinging wildly here.
Walker defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Corozzo.
Walker misses with a double jab.
Walker throws a right hand that Corozzo ducks under and follows up with a left that Corozzo also avoids with ease.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walker misses with the combination.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Walker misses with a wild combination.
Corozzo looks for a takedown but Walker sprawls well.
Walker shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Corozzo eats them both and turns towards Walker to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Walker fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Walker lands a right hook to the body.
Walker thows a body shot but no joy.
Walker moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Corozzo gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Walker displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Corozzo.
Walker throws a right hand that Corozzo ducks under and follows up with a left that Corozzo also avoids with ease.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jimmy Walker showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Bobby Corozzo's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Corozzo closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Walker throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Walker lands with a shot to the body.
Walker scores with a nice head shot.
Corozzo shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Walker as he jumps to the side.
A jab-cross combination lands for Walker and sends Corozzo crashing to the mat! Walker follows him down to the mat - Corozzo regains half guard but he's not out of trouble yet!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Corozzo taking some punishment here, with Walker in his half guard.
Corozzo is staying active underneath Walker, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Walker tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Walker is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Walker is trying to control. Corozzo wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walker thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Corozzo is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Walker scores with a couple of nice shots.
Corozzo has hold of Walker's hands but Walker slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Walker really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Corozzo. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Walker wants to stand up but Corozzo has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Walker is keen to just control but Corozzo is a slippery customer.
Walker wants to stand up but Corozzo has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Walker thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Corozzo's head.
Walker decides to return to a standing position.
Walker throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Corozzo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Corozzo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Walker will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Walker lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Corozzo takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Corozzo doesn't manage to clinch there - Walker circles away.
Walker lunges at Corozzo with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Corozzo's hand.
Corozzo throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Walker's waist but Walker gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Corozzo off to one side.
Walker connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Corozzo momentarily.
Walker lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Corozzo at a distance.
Walker rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Corozzo moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nice shot by Walker.
Walker works Corozzo's body with a nice hook.
Danga de danga de dang - Walker scores with a four punch combination!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walker throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Walker throws a right and a left that both miss.
No luck for Corozzo with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bobby Corozzo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Walker.
Corozzo takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Walker misses with a hook. Corozzo ducked under it nicely.
Jimmy Walker is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Walker keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
The fight stays on the outside here - Corozzo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Walker.
A nice combination there by Walker.
Corozzo looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Corozzo has taken the fight to the clinch.
Walker wants to break free but Corozzo has control.
Walker is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Corozzo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Walker tries to break the clinch but Corozzo is controlling the position.
Corozzo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Walker blocks it with crossed arms.
Corozzo jumps guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Corozzo keeping moving, preventing Walker from controlling successfully.
Walker with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Corozzo keeping moving, preventing Walker from controlling successfully.
Walker might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Corozzo kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Walker stays in close to Corozzo's body and controls the position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jimmy Walker comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Walker winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 David Schapiro scores the fight 26:30
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 26:30
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jimmy Walker!
An out of breath Jimmy Walker thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
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hype
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