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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jay Walker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Clint Pereira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Walker comes to the cage accompanied by Top Cats - Red Light Spells Danger. Pereira has chosen K5 - Lovin' Feelin' as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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181 lbs
5 - 3 - 0 |
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186 lbs
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Good wrestling
Decent elbows
KO power |
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World class MT
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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
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jay Walker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Clint Pereira!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, David Schapiro and Columbo Gatti.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pereira with a jab.
Walker throws a jab when Pereira was well out of range.
Pereira instigates a clinch.
Pereira stalling the fight.
Pereira makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Pereira content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Our sources have told us that Walker has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Walker avoids the elbow strike from Pereira, against the cage.
Pereira lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Pereira makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Pereira lands a body shot in the clinch.
Pereira displaying some good clinch control by pressing Walker up against the cage.
Walker has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Pereira makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Walker working hard to break the clinch.
Pereira tries to land knees in the clinch but Walker avoids the damage to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pereira keeps control of Walker as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Pereira is pushing Walker up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Pereira struggles to land a body shot inside as Walker controls his hands.
Walker blocks an elbow strike from Pereira.
Walker blocks an uppercut.
Pereira lands a right hand that snaps the head of Walker backwards.
Pereira can't find room to land a body shot as Walker controls the action.
Pereira taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Pereira with a knee to the head.
A short uppercut from Pereira.
Pereira missing with knees to the body.
Pereira tries to land a knee to the head but Walker blocks with his arms.
Pereira lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Pereira tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Walker's elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walker wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Pereira has him pressed against the cage.
Pereira lands a nice elbow.
Pereira creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Walker's defenses.
Pereira lands a right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pereira keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Walker's efforts to push away.
Walker takes an elbow to the temple.
Pereira prevents Walker from breaking the clinch.
Pereira looking to throw knees to the head but Walker is blocking nicely.
Walker managing to block the knees to the body from Pereira.
Pereira just leaning against Walker, taking a breather.
Walker is trying to break the clinch but Pereira has him pressed against the cage.
Pereira scores with a hook to the body.
Pereira doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A right handed body shot lands from Pereira.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walker is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Pereira lands with a light punch inside.
Pereira has Walker pressed against the cage, preventing Walker from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Walker on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pereira lands with a right to the head.
Walker pushes Pereira back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Walker working hard to break the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Pereira.
Pereira doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pereira using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Walker has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pereira lands a damaging elbow.
Pereira lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Pereira creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Pereira throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Walker blocks it with crossed arms.
Walker avoids a wild elbow strike from Pereira.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walker avoiding damage as Pereira throws knees to the body.
Pereira unloads a knee to the mid-section. Walker lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Pereira lands a nice uppercut.
Walker has had enough of the clinch but Pereira keeps him there for the moment.
Pereira throws a punch but it's blocked by Walker.
Pereira has a couple of punches blocked by Walker.
Pereira scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Walker softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Walker is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Walker tries to circle away but Pereira has him pinned against the cage.
Nice elbow from Pereira.
Pereira lands a nice shot to the body.
Pereira unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Pereira trying to land knees to the body.
Pereira lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Clint Pereira dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Walker misses with a right hand
and Pereira counters with a nice body shot.
Pereira lands with a nice body punch.
Pereira throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Walker stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Pereira closes the distance and pushes Walker back into the cage.
Pereira lands a damaging elbow.
It looks like Jay Walker has been cut.
Pereira is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Walker is defending well for now.
Pereira keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Walker's efforts to push away.
Walker is trying to break the clinch but Pereira has him pressed against the cage.
Walker swings away with an uppercut that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pereira tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Walker is trying to break the clinch but Pereira has him pressed against the cage.
Nice elbow from Pereira.
Pereira tries to land a knee to the head but Walker blocks with his arms.
Pereira struggles to land a body shot inside as Walker controls his hands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walker just leaning against Pereira, taking a breather.
Pereira lands an elbow inside that Walker shrugs off.
Pereira landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Pereira working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Pereira lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Walker trying to stall but Pereira improves his position.
Pereira pushes Walker back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pereira stalling.
Clint Pereira seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Walker is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Pereira misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Walker.
Pereira has Walker pushed against the cage.
Pereira missing with knees to the body.
Walker managing to block the knees to the body from Pereira.
Walker blocking some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pereira is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Walker is defending well for now.
Pereira misses with a punch on the inside.
Pereira lands a nice elbow.
Walker's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Walker connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pereira looks for the body kick but Walker saw that one coming.
A combination from Pereira does no damage.
Clint Pereira is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Walker throws a hook to the side of Pereira's head but Pereira sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Pereira! But no joy.
Pereira closes the distance and clinches.
Pereira lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Walker breaks from the clinch.
Walker lands a jab to the nose.
Walker misses with a combination
and Pereira counters with a thumping low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walker circles away from the clinch attempt.
Pereira scores with a body shot.
Walker misses with a looping right.
Pereira doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Walker falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Pereira counter with a right hand.
Walker throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Pereira moves in looking to clinch but Walker pushes him off.
Pereira wants to clinch up but Walker keeps it at a distance.
Walker avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Walker uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pereira.
Pereira has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Pereira moves forwards but Walker connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Pereira tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Walker manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pereira fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Walker looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Pereira throws a leg kick that misses.
Pereira is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Walker misses with a straight right.
Pereira is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Walker with a body shot.
Clint Pereira seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Walker swats away the attempt to clinch by Pereira.
Pereira tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Walker manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Pereira looks to land a combination but Walker avoids it well.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A solid leg kick lands there for Pereira.
Pereira moves out of range as Walker strikes.
Pereira throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Pereira throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Walker.
Walker misses with a hook. Pereira ducked under it nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Clint Pereira showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jay Walker's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Pereira misses with a jab, cross combination.
Walker throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Walker avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Pereira slips a jab from Walker.
Pereira tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Walker swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Walker misses with an uppercut. Pereira saw that one coming.
Pereira ducks under a wild hook from Walker.
Walker is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Walker throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Pereira wants to counter the offense by Walker and move into the clinch position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A right-left combo lands from Pereira.
Walker has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Good work by Walker as he checks the leg kick.
Walker chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Pereira can pounce on him.
Pereira is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pereira lands with a kick to the ribs.
Walker misses with a lunging right hand
and Pereira counters with a two punch combo.
Pereira avoids the body shot from Walker.
Pereira looks to clinch
and Walker counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Walker looks to land a left hand but Pereira moved out of range nicely.
Pereira lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Pereira tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Walker was well out of range. Poor timing from Pereira.
Pereira throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A nice leg kick lands there from Pereira.
Pereira misses with a series of wild punches.
Pereira ducks under a wild hook from Walker.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walker connects with a looping right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Some wild striking there from Pereira.
Pereira looks to throw the jab but Walker is out of range.
Pereira tries a head kick but it misses.
Walker tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pereira was well out of range. Poor timing from Walker.
Walker scores with a jab to the head.
Some wild striking there from Pereira.
Pereira misses with a series of wild punches.
Walker throws a hook but Pereira blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walker lands a jab to the head.
Pereira throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Walker loads up on a big right hand but Pereira slips the punch.
Pereira feints a counter leg kick.
Walker throws a lazy uppercut
and Pereira counters with a nice leg kick.
Walker misses with a few strikes there.
As Walker backs off Pereira throws a huge counter combo but Walker manages to avoid it all.
Walker thows a left - swing and a miss!
Pereira connects with the punch.
Pereira moves out of range of the strikes.
Pereira throws a counter combo.
A clash of legs there as Walker blocks the low kick.
Pereira gets a clinch.
Pereira lands a body punch in the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Pereira scores with a nice hook to the head.
Pereira lands an elbow that stopped Walker in his tracks for a moment.
Clint Pereira is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pereira lands an elbow just above Walker 's eye.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pereira struggles to land a body shot inside as Walker controls his hands.
Pereira swings wildly with an uppercut but Walker uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pereira throws an elbow but it misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Walker.
Walker throws a punch but it's blocked by Pereira.
Walker is trying to break free.
Jay Walker has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pereira lands with a light punch inside.
Walker can't break the clinch.
Pereira keeps control of Walker as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Walker takes an elbow to the temple.
And that's the end of the fight!
Clint Pereira comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Pereira has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 26:30
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 26:30
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Clint Pereira!
A relieved looking Clint Pereira thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
The defeated Jay Walker had this to say: 'Bad referee...'.
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FIGHT
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