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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Damian Wolkowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steven Walter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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168 lbs
18 - 13 - 1 |
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170 lbs
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BJJ Red Belt
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Damian Wolkowski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 21 - 2, fighting out of London, Steven Walter!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Paul Aken and Paulsen Ambrosius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wolkowski gets tackled into the cage by Walter. Walter maintains the clinch.
Walter gets through Wolkowski's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Walter stalling against the cage.
Walter breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Walter moves into the clinch.
Walter is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Walter scores with a nice hook to the head.
Walter lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Wolkowski or not.
Walter pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Walter pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Walter tries to close the distance and clinch but Wolkowski swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wolkowski throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Walter.
Wolkowski takes a swing at Walter's ribcage but misses.
Wolkowski tries to bum rush Walter with a series of wild strikes but Walter uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Wolkowski shoots in but no luck this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wolkowski misses the shot to the body.
Wolkowski shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Walter as he jumps to the side.
Walter tests Wolkowski's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Wolkowski swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Walter.
Walter clinches up against the cage.
Walter throws an elbow that misses.
Walter presses Wolkowski against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Walter works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Walter tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Walter working Wolkowski over with knees to the body.
Wolkowski 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.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A bit of stalling here from Walter.
Wolkowski drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Walter gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Damian Wolkowski. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Walter breaks from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wolkowski closes this distance looking for a takedown but Walter circles away.
Wolkowski rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Walter moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Wolkowski will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Wolkowski misses with a wild combination.
Walter has closed the distance and engaged Wolkowski in a clinch.
Walter's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Walter stuffs the takedown.
Walter wants to clinch up but Wolkowski keeps it at a distance.
Steven Walter is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Wolkowski misses with an attempted mid kick.
Walter fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Walter forces Wolkowski back against the cage and clinches.
Walter is struggling to control the position.
Walter pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walter gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Wolkowski is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Walter lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Walter will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Wolkowski up against the cage.
Walter is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Walter pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Walter tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wolkowski swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A slow jab from Wolkowski misses its intended target.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Wolkowski has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Walter is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Wolkowski is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Walter pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walter throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Walter breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wolkowski will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Walter gets a clinch.
Wolkowski on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Walter manages to break the clinch.
Wolkowski gets a takedown into half guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Wolkowski prevents Walter from standing back up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wolkowski not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Wolkowski sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Walter defending well though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wolkowski throwing shots but Walter is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Steven Walter dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Walter drives through and clinches with Wolkowski against the cage.
Walter unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A knee to the head by Walter.
It looks like Damian Wolkowski has been cut.
Walter misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wolkowski.
Come on Walter - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Walter has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. So far he's outscoring his opponent in the clinch so it seems to have been worthwhile.
Walter escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Walter tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Walter fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Wolkowski, pushing him back against the cage.
Walter is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Walter avoiding damage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Walter just misses with a elbow thrown towards Wolkowski's brow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walter pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wolkowski waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Walter.
Wolkowski misses with a takedown attempt - Walter sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Walter tries to clinch but Wolkowski is having none of it.
Walter tries to clinch but Wolkowski is having none of it.
Wolkowski looks to land a right hand but Walter moved out of range.
Walter misses with a jab, cross combination.
Wolkowski has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Damian Wolkowski. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wolkowski throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Walter tries to clinch there but Wolkowski circles away.
Wolkowski shoots in for a takedown but Walter shows good takedown defense.
Walter throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Walter tries to clinch there but Wolkowski circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from Wolkowski.
Walter tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Wolkowski manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Damian Wolkowski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Walter rushes Wolkowski and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Walter lands a body punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Walter breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wolkowski drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Wolkowski tries to move to full mount but Walter actually manages to regain half guard.
Wolkowski missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Wolkowski missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wolkowski is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Wolkowski tries to control but Walter wriggling away.
Wolkowski has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Walter's face.
Walter is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Wolkowski punching from mount but Walter doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Wolkowski postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Walter looks a forlorn figure.
Walter blocking the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wolkowski throws some wild stikes that Walter manages to avoid easily.
Walter is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Wolkowski with good strikes from the mount here!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wolkowski thowing shots but they're missing.
Damian Wolkowski overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Wolkowski misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Wolkowski in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Walter taking shots to the head.
Wolkowski working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Damian Wolkowski dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Damian Wolkowski's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Walter throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Walter moves into the clinch successfully.
Walter stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Walter putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Wolkowski in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on Walter - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Walter throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wolkowski drops down looking for an ankle pick but Walter pulls his leg out and moves away.
Wolkowski shoots in and drives through. Walter sprawls well.
Walter moves in looking to clinch but Wolkowski pushes him off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wolkowski waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Walter.
Wolkowski is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Walter throws a sloppy head kick and Wolkowski moves out of range easily.
Walter gets caught flat footed, as Wolkowski shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Wolkowski throws a big elbow that misses.
Wolkowski wants to pass the guard but Walter is keeping the position.
Wolkowski is working hard here to advance position.
Wolkowski throws an elbow that misses. Walter uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Wolkowski's guard. Nice move by Walter!
Walter decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Wolkowski, up you get!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walter has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Walter swinging wildly here.
Wolkowski scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wolkowski swings widly with a right hand
and Walter counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Walter breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wolkowski fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Damian Wolkowski. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Walter wants to clinch.
Wolkowski throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wolkowski closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Walter to the mat! Walter manages to get full guard.
Wolkowski prevents Walter from getting back to his feet.
Wolkowski trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walter is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Walter keeping moving, preventing Wolkowski from controlling successfully.
Wolkowski controls from within his opponent's guard.
Wolkowski postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Wolkowski throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Walter works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wolkowski throws a big right hand that misses.
Wolkowski trying to control the position from guard on top but Walter is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Walter is looking to stand up but Wolkowski isn't so interested in that idea.
Wolkowski throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Walter keeping moving, preventing Wolkowski from controlling successfully.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Walter has momentary wrist control but Wolkowski slips an elbow through the middle.
Wolkowski trying to control the position from guard on top but Walter is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that's the end of the fight!
Damian Wolkowski showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Wolkowski has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Albert Achterberg scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Damian Wolkowski!
A relieved looking Damian Wolkowski thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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hype
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