PBP Commentary

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

Walker
vs
Gatmaitan

188 cm
25
205 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

194 cm
26
219 lbs
5 - 7 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Hates pizza

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Carson Walker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Andres Gatmaitan!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Ryoma Takatsuka and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Nice elbow from Gatmaitan.

It looks like Carson Walker has been cut.
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.
A knee to the head by Gatmaitan.
Gatmaitan lands an elbow that stopped Walker in his tracks for a moment.
Walker blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gatmaitan's coach down at Kombat MMA was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Gatmaitan's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Gatmaitan scores with a knee to the head.
Walker lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Gatmaitan.
Walker taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Walker throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Gatmaitan misses with an elbow over the top.
Walker wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Gatmaitan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Walker's efforts to push away.
Walker with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Gatmaitan lands an elbow inside that Walker shrugs off.
Gatmaitan lands an elbow inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gatmaitan trying to land knees to the body.
Gatmaitan lands a body punch in the clinch.
Gatmaitan avoiding damage as Walker throws knees to the body.
Walker scores with a shot to the side of Gatmaitan's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walker with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Walker struggles to land a body shot inside as Gatmaitan controls his hands.
Gatmaitan lands an elbow inside.
Gatmaitan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gatmaitan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Walker is breathing heavily.
Gatmaitan tries to land knees in the clinch but Walker avoids the damage to the body.
Walker misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gatmaitan.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Gatmaitan.
Walker blocks the elbow strike.
Gatmaitan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Gatmaitan struggles to land a body shot inside as Walker controls his hands.
Gatmaitan lands a right hand that snaps the head of Walker backwards.
Gatmaitan misses with the head strike.
Walker looking to stall.
Gatmaitan lands an uppercut.
Gatmaitan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Walker avoiding damage as Gatmaitan throws knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gatmaitan lands a body shot in the clinch.
Walker takes an elbow to the temple.
Gatmaitan pushes Walker back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Gatmaitan.
Gatmaitan working aggressively here.
Walker is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Gatmaitan tries a body shot but Walker blocks it.
Gatmaitan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gatmaitan landing knees to the body.
Gatmaitan misses with the head strike.
Gatmaitan digs a right hand into Walker's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Walker's gas tank.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Gatmaitan obliges.
A nice right hand lands inside from Gatmaitan.
Gatmaitan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Gatmaitan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Gatmaitan landing knees to the head.

Walker is rocked!

Carson Walker's cut is getting worse.
Gatmaitan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Oh Walker is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Walker is looking to control Gatmaitan's arms but Gatmaitan gets an underhook and turns him. Now Walker has his back to the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Gatmaitan.
Walker seems to have got his legs back now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gatmaitan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Gatmaitan presses Walker against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Gatmaitan putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Walker in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Gatmaitan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gatmaitan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A head punch on the inside from Gatmaitan fails to land.
Gatmaitan lands a right hand.
Gatmaitan lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Walker or not.
Gatmaitan connects with a knee to the head.
Gatmaitan tries to work over Walker's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gatmaitan lands a right hand that snaps the head of Walker backwards.
Gatmaitan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Gatmaitan has Walker pressed against the cage, preventing Walker from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Gatmaitan misses with a knee strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gatmaitan can't find room to land a body shot as Walker controls the action.
Gatmaitan managing to block the knees to the body from Walker.
Gatmaitan landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walker tries to land knees in the clinch but Gatmaitan avoids the damage to the body.
Gatmaitan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nice elbow from Gatmaitan.
Gatmaitan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Gatmaitan tries to work over Walker's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Walker tries to land knees in the clinch but Gatmaitan avoids the damage to the body.
Gatmaitan throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Gatmaitan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Walker blocks a body shot from Gatmaitan.
Gatmaitan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Walker's defenses.
Walker takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gatmaitan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Walker breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gatmaitan uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Walker crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Gatmaitan - the referee stops the clock and Walker gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Gatmaitan. Walker manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Gatmaitan lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Gatmaitan throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andres Gatmaitan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Carson Walker's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Walker avoids the body shot from Gatmaitan.
Walker steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gatmaitan.
Sloppy strikes from Walker. Those never looked like landing.
Walker avoids the head kick by Gatmaitan.
Andres Gatmaitan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Walker takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Gatmaitan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Walker misses with the combination.
Walker throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gatmaitan tries to clinch but Walker moves out of range.
Walker looks for the body kick but Gatmaitan saw that one coming.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Gatmaitan.
Gatmaitan keeps Walker at a distance using the push kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
A right-left combo lands from Gatmaitan.
Gatmaitan wants to clinch up but Walker keeps it at a distance.
Gatmaitan tries to clinch but Walker is having none of it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A thudding body kick lands there by Gatmaitan!
Gatmaitan wants to clinch up but Walker keeps it at a distance.
Gatmaitan keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Gatmaitan lands a big head kick that sends Walker tumbling to the mat! Gatmaitan takes a step backwards and waves Walker back to his feet - he wants the finish!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gatmaitan tries to clinch there but Walker circles away.
Gatmaitan is looking to clinch but Walker is avoiding it.
Ohhhhh! A huge head kick from Gatmaitan! Walker is out on his feet! Gatmaitan rushes in and throws more strikes. The ref is looking closely - Walker is covering up but the punishment is just too much and the ref steps in to stop the fight! Walker is staring into space, just thankful that the beatdown has ended. Brutal finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:13 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Andres Gatmaitan!
Andres Gatmaitan thanked the fans post fight for their support.