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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Wade Walker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Charles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Walker comes to the cage accompanied by wanted dead or alive. Wade Walker has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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185 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class MT
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Great elbows
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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
9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Wade Walker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, David Charles!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Chris Downing and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Walker drives through with a takedown into guard.
Walker is looking to advance position but Charles has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Walker tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Poor strikes thrown by Charles there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Walker manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Walker is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Charles takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Walker is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Charles sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Charles works his foot free and advances to mount.
Walker is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Walker has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Charles takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walker is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Walker manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Walker moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Charles wants to control from the top but Walker keeps moving.
Charles connects with a couple of short punches.
Charles avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Walker looking to control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Charles with a flurry of punches that miss.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Walker is trying to keep Charles in close.
Charles is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Charles avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Charles is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Walker is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Charles trying to control the position from guard on top but Walker is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walker is looking for a triangle here but Charles uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Walker tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Charles wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Walker struggling a bit here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Charles trying to control the action but Walker is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Wade Walker will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Nice takedown defense from Charles. No joy for Walker on that attempt.
Sloppy strikes from Charles. Those never looked like landing.
Walker throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Charles's waist but Charles gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Walker off to one side.
A punch combination from Charles misses.
Charles throws a jab when Walker was well out of range.
Walker is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Charles.
Walker takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A shot to the liver by Charles. Beautiful body shot.
Walker swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Walker throws a head kick that misses.
Charles lands a right hook to the body.
Walker pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sloppy strikes from Charles. Those never looked like landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walker gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Charles avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Walker shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Charles pinned against the cage. Charles gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Wade Walker. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Walker takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Charles looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Charles keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Walker doesn't manage to clinch there - Charles circles away.
Charles's corner calls for a 1-2. Charles obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Walker tries for a takedown but Charles sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Walker dives in and scores a takedown into Charles's guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Walker wants to stand but Charles has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Charles is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Charles is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Walker is trying to control but can't.
Walker missing with punches from the bottom.
Walker trying to control from the bottom.
Charles trying to pass the guard but Walker defending well.
Charles has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walker is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
Charles throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Walker can't escape the position.
Charles working Walker over with strikes here.
Charles avoids the attempt from Walker to control.
Walker throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Walker wants to control but Charles is having none of it.
Charles looking to control and managing it successfully.
Wade Walker overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walker tries to reverse the position but Charles maintains control.
Charles controlling his opponent.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Walker is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
David Charles showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Walker's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
A punch combination from Walker misses.
Charles lands a nice hook to Walker's body. Walker takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Walker is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Charles.
David Charles seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Charles wants to clinch.
Charles connects with a jab and follows up with a big overhand right! Oh that's hurt Walker! He's out on his feet! Charles rushes in and drops Walker with another big right hand, forcing the referee to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:22 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). David Charles!
An out of breath David Charles 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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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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