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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stephan Walter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Walter Kovacs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Walter Kovacs will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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211 lbs
22 - 19 - 0 |
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205 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent MT
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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
22 - 19 - 0, fighting out of London, Stephan Walter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
29 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Walter Kovacs!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Stewart Dunkirk and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Walter rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kovacs moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A little jabbing left from Kovacs on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Walter throws a poor cross that misses
and Kovacs counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Walter throws a one two combo.
Walter throws a right hand that Kovacs ducks under and follows up with a left that Kovacs also avoids with ease.
Walter ducks under a wild hook from Kovacs.
Kovacs ducks under a wild hook from Walter.
A looping hook to the body misses from Walter. Kovacs does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kovacs moves out of range of the body kick.
Walter tries to clinch but Kovacs moves away
and Kovacs connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Walter takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Walter throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Walter takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kovacs misses with a body punch
and Walter counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Kovacs throws the left hand but Walter avoids the punch easily.
Walter misses with a wild body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kovacs cracks Walter with an open hand slap.
Walter lands with a nice body punch.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Walter, as that shot connected.
Stephan Walter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Walter slips under a jab.
Kovacs circles away from the clinch attempt.
Walter doesn't manage to clinch there - Kovacs circles away.
Kovacs looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Kovacs circles away from the clinch attempt
and Kovacs counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
A punch combination from Walter misses.
Walter drops his hands momentarily and Kovacs takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Nice shot by Kovacs.
Walter tries to clinch up but Kovacs circles away and keeps his distance.
Walter is looking to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kovacs tries to keep at a distance but Walter has taken the fight into the clinch.
Kovacs lands a hook that snaps the head of Walter backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kovacs avoids the elbow strike from Walter, against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Walter.
Walter tries to work over Kovacs's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Walter leaning his opponent against the cage.
Kovacs has a couple of punches blocked by Walter.
Kovacs misses with a punch on the inside.
Kovacs has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Walter trying to stall but Kovacs improves his position.
Walter breaks from the clinch.
Kovacs lands a nice hook to Walter's body. Walter takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Kovacs avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kovacs swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Kovacs fails to land with a series of punches.
Kovacs is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Walter is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kovacs's corner calls for a 1-2. Kovacs obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Nice jab there from Kovacs.
Walter misses with a double jab.
Nice uppercut there from Kovacs.
Walter moves into the clinch.
Kovacs misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kovacs makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Kovacs.
Kovacs misses with the head strike.
Walter is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Kovacs holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Kovacs swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walter is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Kovacs misses with a hook from the clinch.
A body shot lands from Walter.
Walter trying to land knees to the body.
Kovacs swings wildly with an uppercut but Walter uses good head movement to avoid it.
Walter trying to land knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Walter prevents a body shot from Kovacs.
Kovacs misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kovacs throws a punch but it's blocked by Walter.
Kovacs throws a punch but it's blocked by Walter.
Kovacs blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Walter.
Kovacs throws a punch but it's blocked by Walter.
Walter tries to circle away but Kovacs has him pinned against the cage.
Kovacs stalling.
Kovacs swings wildly with an uppercut but Walter uses good head movement to avoid it.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Walter just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kovacs's brow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Walter Kovacs dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Kovacs uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Walter.
Kovacs is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Kovacs scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Walter doesn't seem bothered though.
Walter throws a sloppy head kick and Kovacs moves out of range easily.
Kovacs throws a jab when Walter was well out of range.
Walter quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Kovacs dodges the punch combination from Walter.
Kovacs scores with a hook.
Stephan Walter is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Walter fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kovacs works the jab nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kovacs circles away from the clinch attempt.
Some wild striking there from Kovacs.
A quick step to the side and Walter tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Walter is looking to wear down Kovacs with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Walter tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kovacs paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walter tries to close the distance and clinch but Kovacs swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Walter tries to score with a low kick but Kovacs moves his leg out of the way.
Walter throws a body punch but Kovacs moves out of range.
Kovacs lands a right hook to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Walter looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kovacs throws the left hand but Walter avoids the punch easily.
Kovacs lands a jab to Walter's midsection.
Kovacs clobbers Walter with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Walter blocks a jab.
Walter 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.
Walter on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Walter moves to clinch but Kovacs breaks away
and Kovacs counters with a nice uppercut.
Walter throws a right hand that misses
and Kovacs counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Kovacs there.
Walter takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Walter throws a leg kick that is checked
and Kovacs cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kovacs keeps the fight on the outside.
Kovacs wants to counter the offense by Walter and move into the clinch position.
Walter swinging wildly here.
Kovacs avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kovacs showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Walter.
Kovacs bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Walter's head backwards.
Walter tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kovacs paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Walter fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Kovacs.
Walter will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Walter fails in his attempt to clinch.
It seemed like Kovacs was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
The fighters circle momentarily. Kovacs darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Walter moves in looking to clinch but Kovacs pushes him off.
Kovacs looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Kovacs has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Kovacs works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Some wild striking there from Walter.
Kovacs throws out a counter right but Walter avoids it with no problem.
Kovacs circles away from the clinch attempt.
Walter looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Kovacs feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Walters jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Walter misses with a wild combination.
Kovacs circles away from the clinch attempt.
Walter is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Kovacs's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walter is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kovacs might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Walter tries to close the distance and clinch but Kovacs swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kovacs. Walter does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kovacs keeps the fight on the outside.
Walter throws a lazy uppercut
and Kovacs cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Walter wants to clinch up but Kovacs keeps it at a distance.
Kovacs looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Kovacs scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Walter misses with the body kick
and Kovacs counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kovacs cracks Walter with a right hand to the side of the head.
Kovacs swats away the attempt to clinch by Walter.
Walter wants to clinch up but Kovacs keeps it at a distance.
Walter is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Walter Kovacs showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Walter tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kovacs manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Walter ducks right into an uppercut from Kovacs.
Walter throws out a loose jab but Kovacs uses good head movement to avoid it.
Walter bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kovacs takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Kovacs blocks a head kick by Walter.
Kovacs bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kovacs swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Walter tries to clinch but Kovacs moves away
and Kovacs counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
It looks like Stephan Walter has been cut.
Walter is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Walter is looking to clinch.
Kovacs fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Walter manages to avoid it.
Kovacs cracks Walter with an open hand slap.
Walter displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kovacs throws out the jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walter tries to clinch there but Kovacs circles away.
Walter wants to clinch
letting Kovacs counter with a right hand.
Walter tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kovacs manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Walter looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Walter throws a series of punches but Kovacs moves out of range.
Walter tries to clinch but Kovacs is having none of it.
Walter tries to clinch there but Kovacs circles away.
Kovacs bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Kovacs throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Walter takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Walter throws a right and a left that Kovacs avoids nicely.
Kovacs bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Walter's head backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kovacs fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Walter throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kovacs tries to counter with a clinch but Walter shakes him off and moves away.
Walter misses with a leg kick.
Kovacs throws out a counter right but Walter avoids it with no problem.
Walter moves in looking to clinch but Kovacs pushes him off.
Walter on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Walter's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Walter duly obliges.
Kovacs misses with a wild body shot.
Walter tries to clinch up
and Kovacs counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Walter takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Kovacs circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kovacs cracks Walter with a good jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walter tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kovacs swats him away and circles back towards the center.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Kovacs! But no joy.
Kovacs listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Kovacs lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Walter throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Kovacs counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Kovacs throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Walter on the side of the head.
Walter throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Walter Kovacs seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Walter misses with a body shot.
Jab by Kovacs.
Walter takes a jab right on the kisser.
Kovacs wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Walter shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Walter is looking to clinch.
Kovacs swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Walter wants to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Walter misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kovacs looks to score with a jab to the body but Walter is just out of range.
Walter tries to move into range but Kovacs moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Walter tries to clinch but fails miserably
enabling Kovacs to counter with a crisp jab.
Walter Kovacs is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Kovacs showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Walter.
Walter takes one to the side of the head.
Kovacs uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Walter.
Kovacs connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Stephan Walter has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kovacs avoids the head kick by Walter.
And that's the end of the fight!
Walter Kovacs comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Kovacs 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Walter Kovacs!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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