PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jeremiah Walker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Boris Russian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Walker
vs
Russian

195 cm
25
205 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

189 cm
24
220 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Determined

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jeremiah Walker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Boris Russian!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Alec Ball and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Walker shoots in but no luck this time.
Russian leaves Walker with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Walker gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Russian counters with a two punch combo.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jeremiah Walker. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Walker tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Russian swivels and escapes.
Walker looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Russian is fending him off so far but Walker persists. Nope, Russian circles away and we're back to standing.

Walker scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Walker is breathing heavily.
Russian tries to escape but Walker is in control.
Sloppy strikes there by Walker.
Russian pushes Walker away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Walker gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Walker scoring with punches from side control.
Russian is working to avoid the ground and pound but Walker connects with a decent elbow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Russian is trying to buck Walker off.
Walker lands a few punches from side control.
Russian is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Walker has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Walker working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Walker lands some shots froms side control.
Walker postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Walker lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Russian down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Russian pushes Walker away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Walker gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Walker working the head with strikes.
Walker prevents Russian from escaping the position.
Russian is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Walker landing strikes.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Russian can do anything to dispel that myth.
Walker scoring with punches from side control.
Russian takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Walker lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Russian down.
Russian wants to get back to his feet but Walker drags him back down.
Walker tries to advance to mount but can't.
Russian wants to get back to his feet.
Russian takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Russian takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Walker creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walker lands an elbow.
Russian tries to escape but Walker is in control.
Walker working the head with strikes.
Russian is trying to get back to his feet.
Walker grinds an elbow into Russian's temple.
Walker cracks Russian with a big right hand but Russian just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Walker creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Walker landing strikes.
Walker prevents Russian from escaping the position.
Walker cracks Russian with a big right hand but Russian just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Russian wants to get back to his feet.
Walker is chipping away with strikes.
Russian is working to avoid the ground and pound but Walker connects with a decent elbow.
Russian pushes Walker away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Walker gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Walker lands a few punches from side control.
Russian is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Russian is working to avoid the ground and pound but Walker connects with a decent elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walker lands an elbow.
Walker cracks Russian with a big elbow.
Walker is working Russian over with some ground and pound from side control.
Walker is working Russian over with some ground and pound from side control.
Walker lands a nice forearm strike.
Walker in side control lands a decent elbow.
Walker lands a few punches from side control.
Russian is trying to buck Walker off.
Walker lands a nice forearm strike.
Walker looks up at the clock and then as Russian takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Walker smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Walker prevents Russian from escaping the position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Walker scoring with punches from side control.
Walker grinds an elbow into Russian's temple.
Russian is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Walker landing strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walker works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Walker working the ground and pound.
Walker working the ground and pound.
Walker working the ground and pound.
Walker works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Walker works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Russian on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Russian taking punishment in the form of punches.

Russian is rocked!
Russian is pushing Walker's head away, looking to escape. Walker manages to hold on to the position though.
Check out the look on Walker's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Russian is pushing Walker's head away, looking to escape. Walker manages to hold on to the position though.
Walker lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Russian taking punishment in the form of punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Walker landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Russian is still in real trouble! Can Walker finish him?
Walker looks up at the clock and then as Russian takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Walker smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Walker is putting a hurting on Russian here, landing some big shots from side control.
Walker cracks Russian with a big right hand but Russian just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeremiah Walker dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Russian defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Walker.
Russian seems to have recovered his senses.
Walker misses with a takedown attempt - Russian sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Walker drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Walker misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Russian wants to get back to his feet.
Walker lands an elbow.
Walker lands an elbow.
Russian is trying to buck Walker off.
Walker working the head with strikes.
Walker is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Russian can do to turn this around?
Walker lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Russian is trying to buck Walker off.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Walker cracks Russian with a big elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walker is chipping away with strikes.
Walker working the head and body with strikes.
Check out the look on Walker's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Russian is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Walker asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Walker is chipping away with strikes.
Russian is trying to get back to his feet.
Walker lands an elbow.
Russian is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Walker is controlling him well.
Walker working the ground and pound from side control.
Russian is trying to get back to his feet.
Walker working the head and body with strikes.
Walker lands an elbow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Walker connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Russian some visible discomfort.
Walker working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Walker lands a nice forearm strike.
Walker is putting a hurting on Russian here, landing some big shots from side control.

Russian is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Russian taking a bit of punishment here - Walker scoring with strikes.
Russian is still in real trouble! Can Walker finish him?
Walker scores with punches from side control.
Walker lands a nice forearm strike.
Russian takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Walker working the ground and pound from side control.
Walker advances to full mount.
Walker lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Russian is trying to stand.
Walker lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Russian is trying to stand.
Russian seems to have recovered his senses.
Walker is landing with some decent strikes but Russian is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Walker is landing with some decent strikes but Russian is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Russian is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Walker postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Russian looks a forlorn figure.
Walker raining down shots from the mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walker landing strikes, looking to finish!
Russian in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Walker is in full mount looking to finish with strikes. He lands a big shot, followed by another and Russian goes limp! The ref jumps in to end the fight - a big win for Walker!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Jeremiah Walker!