PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ben Walsh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Wilcox (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Walsh
vs
Wilcox

192 cm
25
217 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
22
195 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Good knees
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Intelligent

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ben Walsh!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alex Wilcox!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Dmitry Maklakov and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Walsh closes the distance and clinches.
Walsh tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wilcox avoids it.
Wilcox with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wilcox avoiding damage as Walsh throws knees to the body.
Walsh tries to land a knee to the head but Wilcox blocks with his arms.
Walsh misses with a hook to the ribs.
Walsh tries to land knees in the clinch but Wilcox avoids the damage to the body.
Walsh taking a breather.
Walsh tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wilcox looking for a takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Walsh crunches a lovely knee into Wilcox's ribcage.
Walsh taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Walsh with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Wilcox pressing his opponent against the cage.
Walsh connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Alex Wilcox has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wilcox takes a knee right on the jaw!
Wilcox tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Walsh dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Walsh gets underhooks to prevent Wilcox's takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walsh misses with a knee strike.
Walsh tries to land knees in the clinch but Wilcox avoids the damage to the body.
Walsh with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Walsh throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wilcox fails to pull guard.
Ben Walsh has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alex Wilcox.
Walsh pressing his opponent against the cage.
Wilcox looking to throw knees to the head but Walsh is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wilcox tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Walsh lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Walsh connects with a knee to the head.

Wilcox is rocked!
Wilcox tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Walsh avoids it.
Wilcox is still on wobbly legs! Can Walsh finish him?
Walsh lands a knee to the body.
Wilcox throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Walsh blocks it with crossed arms.
Wilcox seems to have recovered his senses.
Walsh landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Wilcox just misses with a elbow thrown towards Walsh's brow.
Wilcox avoiding damage as Walsh throws knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ben Walsh dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alex Wilcox's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Nice takedown defense from Walsh. No joy for Wilcox on that attempt.

Walsh moves into the clinch.
Wilcox with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Walsh tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wilcox avoids it.
Wilcox dodges an elbow strike from Walsh.
Walsh unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Walsh tries to land knees in the clinch but Wilcox avoids the damage to the body.
Wilcox tries a knee to the head but Walsh blocks it.
Walsh tries to work over Wilcox's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Knees in the clinch landing for Walsh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walsh crunches a lovely knee into Wilcox's ribcage.
Wilcox throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Walsh blocks it with crossed arms.
Wilcox is trying to force a seperation but Walsh has the dominant position.
Walsh throws a knee to the head but misses.
Walsh stalling in the clinch.
Walsh scores with a knee to the head.
Walsh trying to land knees to the body.
Ben Walsh has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Walsh throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wilcox blocks it with crossed arms.
Walsh missing with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wilcox tries to pull guard but Walsh holds him up against the cage and eventually Wilcox drops back down to his feet.
Walsh stalling in the clinch.
Knees to the body from Walsh.
Walsh tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wilcox avoiding damage as Walsh throws knees to the body.
Wilcox has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Walsh after a bit of a struggle.
Ben Walsh has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alex Wilcox.
Wilcox is breathing heavily.
A knee to the head by Walsh.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walsh misses with a punch to the body.
Wilcox misses with a knee to the head.
Walsh is pushing Wilcox up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Walsh misses with a knee strike.
Walsh avoiding damage as Wilcox throws knees to the body.
Walsh throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wilcox blocks it with crossed arms.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wilcox is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Walsh misses with a punch to the body.
Walsh looking to throw knees to the head but Wilcox is blocking nicely.
Walsh connects with a knee to the head.
Walsh looking to throw knees to the head but Wilcox is blocking nicely.
Walsh lands a knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Walsh.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wilcox is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Walsh is defending well for now.
A knee to the head by Walsh.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ben Walsh dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Alex Wilcox's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Walsh tries to clinch there but Wilcox circles away.
Walsh misses the shot to the body.

Wilcox tries to keep at a distance but Walsh has taken the fight into the clinch.
Walsh blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Walsh tries to land knees in the clinch but Wilcox avoids the damage to the body.
Walsh throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wilcox blocks it with crossed arms.
Walsh landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Wilcox is looking to control Walsh's arms but Walsh gets an underhook and turns him. Now Wilcox has his back to the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walsh lands a knee to the head.
Walsh stalling the fight.
Walsh unloads a knee to the mid-section. Wilcox lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Walsh stalls.
Wilcox blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walsh crunches a lovely knee into Wilcox's ribcage.
Walsh misses with a punch on the inside.
Walsh missing with knees to the body.
Wilcox wants to break the clinch but can't.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Walsh obliges.
Walsh tries to land a knee to the head but Wilcox blocks with his arms.
Wilcox managing to block the knees to the body from Walsh.
Walsh lands a knee to the body.
Walsh landing knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walsh tries a knee to the head but Wilcox blocks it.
A knee to the head by Walsh.
Walsh tries a knee to the head but Wilcox blocks it.
Walsh lands a big knee to the head and Wilcox goes down! Walsh pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:36 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ben Walsh!