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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pablo Walter (ranked 24866 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yash Pathak (ranked 5791 p4p, 0 weight class). Yash Pathak will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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219 cm
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214 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
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179 cm
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200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Good in bed |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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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
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pablo Walter! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Yash Pathak! The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Marco Blurström and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Pathak closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Walter did well to prevent Pathak getting side control. Walter has one foot on Pathak's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet. Walter really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape. Pathak shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Walter manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage. Walter keeping moving, preventing Pathak from controlling successfully. Walter wants to stand up but Pathak is controlling him. Walter wriggles free and stands up. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Pathak shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Walter manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage. Walter pushes Pathak off and scrambles back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round. Pathak scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent. Pathak shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Pathak showed some decent athleticism there. Walter manages to get to full guard.
Walter is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Pathak is controlling him. Pathak with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Walter is looking to stand up but Pathak isn't so interested in that idea. Pathak wants to control from the top but Walter keeps moving. Pathak looks winded! Walter pushes Pathak off and scrambles back to his feet.
Pathak dives in and scores a takedown into Walter's guard. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Walter is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Walter manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Pathak manages to get himself to full guard.
Walter is in close to Pathak's body, working some short punches and elbows. Walter is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound. Pathak really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Walter. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out. Walter is in close to Pathak's body, working some short punches and elbows. Walter decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Pathak, up you get! Pathak shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Pathak showed some decent athleticism there. Walter has managed to escape just enough to sneak back to his feet but Pathak is on him like a limpet, forcing Walter back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Walter manages to break the clinch.
Walter fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Pathak to the ground. Walter is now in Pathak's guard. Pathak wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Walter manages to pass to side control. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Walter working the head and body with strikes. Pathak is looking to get back to full guard here but Walter has managed to pass to side control instead. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pablo Walter dominated that round. The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Walter shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Walter showed some decent athleticism there. Pathak tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Walter manages to move to mount!
Walter prevents Pathak from getting the reversal. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Walter lands a couple of good shots and Pathak has given up his back, trying to escape the position! Walter is landing with strikes from the back. Walter punches Pathak on the ear. Pathak is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round. Pathak is trapped and Walter is scoring with shots to the head and body. Walter is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Pathak up.
Pathak covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
Walter is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Walter gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Walter gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Walter apologises and we restart here on the feet.
Pathak wants to clinch up but Walter keeps it at a distance. Pathak throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Walter was covering up waiting for the punch and Pathak finishes the takedown easily into guard. Walter pushes Pathak off and gets back to his feet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Walter throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Pathak tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Walter is in Pathak's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Walter postures up and lands a big shot to Pathak's brow. Walter working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound. Walter lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard. Walter lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard. Pathak is working an open guard so Walter takes the opportunity to get back to his feet. Walter darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard. Pathak pushes Walter off but Walter dives into side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Walter looks up at the clock and then as Pathak takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Walter smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Walter works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head. Walter creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots. A lull in the action here. Pathak is working to avoid the ground and pound but Walter connects with a decent elbow. Walter scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Pathak to see if he's OK.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Walter decides to stand up, so the ref orders Pathak to his feet. A head kick from Walter lands but Pathak takes it in his stride. Pathak takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Walter is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pathak can do to turn this around? Walter looking for a takedown here - he's got it. Pathak is looking to stand back up but Walter counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Pathak. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Walter decides to stand and escape the position. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pablo Walter dominated that second round. The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Pathak tries to sprawl but Walter drives through with a takedown into half guard. Pathak scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Walter manages to mount him!
Walter putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound! Walter cracks Pathak with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Walter looking to finish Pathak with some ground and pound. This is bad for Pathak! The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Walter avoids the attempt from Pathak to control. Walter breaks from Pathak's wrist control and lands an elbow. Pathak takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round. Walter scoring with strikes but Pathak is staying in there. Walter sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment. Walter raining down hammerfists from mount. The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Walter cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Walter connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
BOOM! Walter connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Walter will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions. Walter lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Walter unloading with bombs! Walter fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Walter landing shots from mount. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Walter is landing with some decent strikes but Pathak is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue. Walter lands with some strikes. Walter looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Walter unloading with bombs! BOOM! Walter connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Walter punishing his opponent with strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Walter looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Walter lands a nice shot to the head. Walter with shots to the head and body - Pathak looks very uncomfortable down there. Walter scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Walter lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Walter takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though. Walter landing strikes, looking to finish! Walter landing strikes from the mount and Pathak is in trouble!
That's four minutes gone in the round. Walter landing strikes from the mount. Walter breaks from Pathak's wrist control and lands an elbow. Walter putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound! This has been an exciting period of action! Walter pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage. Walter raining down hammerfists from mount. Walter scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Pathak?
Pathak is bucking up trying to escape but Walter cracks him with another couple of good strikes. Pathak is in all sorts of trouble here.
Yash Pathak has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here! Pablo Walter is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach. Walter controlling from mount.
And that's the end of the fight! Pablo Walter showed his dominance in that final round. Well Walter has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:26 Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:26 Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pablo Walter!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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