PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Wade Walker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anton Seeberg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Walker might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to wanted dead or alive. Seeberg has chosen Alice in chains - Check my brain as his entrance music. Wade Walker has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Walker
vs
Seeberg

175 cm
21
175 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

172 cm
21
164 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Wade Walker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Anton Seeberg!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Luis Engracia and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Seeberg throws the kick towards the body but Walker avoids it.
Seeberg throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Walker lands a head shot.
Walker tries a head kick but it misses.
Seeberg throws a sloppy head kick and Walker moves out of range easily.
Seeberg lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Walker throws a head kick that misses
and Seeberg finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Seeberg ducks under a wild hook from Walker.
Walker avoids the head kick by Seeberg.
Seeberg tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Walker circles away from the clinch attempt.
Seeberg blocks a head kick by Walker.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Seeberg.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Walker manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Seeberg on his heels. He'll look to pass Seeberg's guard now, I'm sure.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Walker is looking to stand up but Seeberg won't let him.
Seeberg is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Walker wants to control from the top but Seeberg keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walker throws a big right hand that misses.
Seeberg looking to hit a scissor sweep but Walker is one step ahead there.
Walker throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Seeberg works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Walker working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Walker with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Walker stands up from Seeberg's guard - Walker perhaps looking for a knockout.
Walker pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Walker moves into the clinch.
Seeberg lands a damaging elbow.
Walker jumps guard but Seeberg stands there with Walker around his waist. Walker gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Seeberg misses with an elbow strike.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Walker misses with an elbow strike.

Walker decides to pull guard.

Walker working for a triangle but Seeberg defends it easily.
Seeberg wants to control from the top but Walker keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walker is striking from the bottom but Seeberg uses the opportunity to pass into half guard.
Seeberg trying to control the action but Walker is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Anton Seeberg was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Seeberg tries to clinch there but Walker circles away.
Walker looks for a takedown but Seeberg sprawls well.
Seeberg avoids the head kick by Walker.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Seeberg misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Seeberg avoids the head kick by Walker.
Walker throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wade Walker dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Walker throws a sloppy head kick and Seeberg moves out of range easily.
Walker scores with a jab to the body.
Seeberg tries to clinch up but Walker circles away and keeps his distance.
Walker misses with a body kick.
A head kick misses from Walker.
Wade Walker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Seeberg throws a front kick that sends Walker stumbling back into the cage.
Walker fails with an attempt to clinch.
Walker missing with a left hand there. Seeberg was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Walker misses with a head kick.
Walker tries a head kick but it misses.
Walker throws a sloppy head kick and Seeberg moves out of range easily.
Walker misses with a hook.

Seeberg moves into range and clinches up with Walker.
Seeberg on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Seeberg breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Walker is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Seeberg is defending well.
Seeberg is trying to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Seeberg's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Seeberg closes the distance and pushes Walker back into the cage.
Walker is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Seeberg to keep the fight standing.

Seeberg manages to break the clinch.
Seeberg tries to clinch but Walker is having none of it.
Seeberg throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Walker plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Seeberg throws a front kick that sends Walker stumbling back into the cage.
Walker steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Seeberg. That one must have hurt.
Seeberg keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Walker.
Seeberg throws a head kick that half lands.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The fight stays on the outside here - Walker looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Walker throws a head kick but Seeberg moves out of range.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Walker blocks a head kick by Seeberg.
Seeberg blocks a head kick by Walker.

Seeberg clinches up with Walker and pushes him back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Walker has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Seeberg uses from the top position.

Walker is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Seeberg is aware though and is defending well.
Seeberg is pushing down on Walker's leg trying to pass to half guard. Walker is fighting to maintain full guard but Seeberg has managed to sneak the leg through.

Walker looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Walker with the active half guard here but Seeberg passes nicely into side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seeberg is staying tight to Walker's torso, preventing him from escaping.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Seeberg is looking to take a break and control but Walker is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Walker can't do much from the bottom here.

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.

Seeberg stands up and beckons Walker to his feet.
Seeberg dodges the punch combination from Walker.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Walker pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Walker misses with a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anton Seeberg showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Walker pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Seeberg scores with a kick to the body.
Seeberg doesn't manage to clinch there - Walker circles away.
Walker misses with an uppercut
and Seeberg counters with a head kick.
Anton Seeberg seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Walker tries to close the distance and clinch up but Seeberg swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Walker throws a sloppy head kick and Seeberg moves out of range easily.
Seeberg wants to clinch.
Seeberg wants to clinch.
Seeberg misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Walker misses with a head kick.
Walker throws a sloppy head kick and Seeberg moves out of range easily.
Walker throws a wild body kick that Seeberg sees coming a mile off.
Seeberg tries to close the distance and clinch but Walker swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Seeberg. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Seeberg throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.

That's one minute gone in the round.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Walker crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Seeberg - the referee stops the clock and Walker gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Seeberg. Walker manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Walker works the jab nicely.
Seeberg lands a high kick!
Walker jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Seeberg goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

Seeberg closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Walker will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Walker looking to stall.
Walker can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
Walker avoids the elbow strike from Seeberg, against the cage.

Seeberg breaks the clinch.
Walker throws a head kick that misses.
Seeberg steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Walker.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Walker moves into the clinch.

Seeberg breaks from the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Walker looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Seeberg changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Walker looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walker is trying to get back to half guard.
Walker is working hard here to advance position.

Seeberg decides to stand back up. Seeberg steps back and let's Walker get back to his feet.
Walker looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Walker takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Seeberg tries a head kick but it misses.
Seeberg tries to clinch up but Walker circles away and keeps his distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walker throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Seeberg pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Walker throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Seeberg shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Walker as he jumps to the side.
Walker circles away from the clinch attempt.
Walker keeps the fight on the outside.
Seeberg throws a head kick but Walker moves out of range.
Walker tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Walker throws a sloppy head kick and Seeberg moves out of range easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Seeberg looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Seeberg doesn't manage to clinch there - Walker circles away.
Walker avoids the head kick by Seeberg.
Seeberg takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Walker throws a sloppy head kick and Seeberg moves out of range easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Seeberg lands a head kick!

Seeberg has managed to clinch.

Seeberg breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Walker has Seeberg up against the cage in a clinch.
Seeberg looks to throw an elbow but misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Walker trying to land knees to the body.
Walker keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Seeberg's efforts to push away.

Walker breaks the clinch.
Walker throws an off balance right hand
and Seeberg counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Seeberg throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A swing and a miss from Walker.
Walker keeps the fight on the outside.
Walker throws a body kick that misses.
Seeberg throws a head kick that half lands.

And that's the end of the fight!
Anton Seeberg comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Seeberg 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 Emerson Jorge scores the fight 28:29
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 28:29
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anton Seeberg!
After winning the bout, Anton Seeberg thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.