|
|
PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Howard Stern (ranked 2109 p4p, 261 weight class) and Joe Walcott (ranked 3099 p4p, 361 weight class). Stern kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is The Great American Nightmare. Walcott has chosen The Way Of The Fist as his entrance music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
 |
|
 |
| 184 cm
36
199 lbs
28 - 21 - 1 |
|
187 cm
30
197 lbs
11 - 9 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin |
|
Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
|
| |
|
Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
28 - 21 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Howard Stern!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Joe Walcott!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Colin Fotheringham and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stern lands with a cross.
Stern dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
We've been told by Stern's head coaches at FIERCE that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Howard Stern seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Walcott takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Walcott throws a leg kick
letting Stern counter with a right hand.
Stern lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Stern will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Stern scores with a jab to the head.
Walcott pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Walcott takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Walcott throws a hook but Stern blocks it.
Stern circles away from the clinch attempt.
It looked like Stern wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Walcott throws a push kick but Stern slaps the foot to one side.
Horrible takedown attempt by Stern or perhaps it was just good defense by Walcott, which made it look bad.
Stern stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Walcott.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Walcott works the jab nicely.
Stern uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Walcott.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch combination from Walcott misses.
Stern is looking to clinch but Walcott is avoiding it.
Walcott takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Stern misses with an attempted mid kick.
Stern connects with a jab.
A cross from Stern lands.
A lazy body kick from Stern
and Walcott makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Stern with a jab.
Stern throws a jab when Walcott was well out of range.
Stern gets a clinch.
Walcott misses with a short punch on the inside.
Walcott blocks an uppercut.
Walcott throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Walcott scores with a nice hook to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Walcott misses with a hook from the clinch.
Stern swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Stern goes for a takedown attempt but Walcott pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Stern throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walcott throws a quick inside leg kick.
Stern gets tackled into the cage by Walcott. Walcott maintains the clinch.
Walcott throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sterns head.
Stern leaning against his opponent.
Stern blocking some punches.
Walcott prevents Stern from breaking the clinch.
Stern wants to break the clinch but can't.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Stern.
Stern avoids a wild elbow strike from Walcott.
Walcott lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Walcott avoids the elbow strike from Stern, against the cage.
Stern tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Walcott just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Howard Stern. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Stern can't break the clinch.
Walcott fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Walcott blocking some punches.
Walcott leaning against his opponent.
Stern working hard to break the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Stern fails to land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walcott fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Stern.
Stern misses with an elbow strike.
Walcott creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Walcott tries to throw a body punch but Stern avoids it by throwing Walcott back against the cage.
Walcott dodges an elbow strike from Stern.
Stern tries to stall but Walcott uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Walcott goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Walcott has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Stern seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Walcott can turn it around.
Stern throws a punch but it's blocked by Walcott.
Stern throws a punch but it's blocked by Walcott.
Stern misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Stern.
Walcott tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Stern tries to land a knee to the head but Walcott blocks with his arms.
A short uppercut from Stern.
Walcott misses with a hook from the clinch.
Stern lands an elbow inside that Walcott shrugs off.
Walcott avoids a wild elbow strike from Stern.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walcott lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Stern backwards.
Walcott working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Walcott blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Stern breaks the clinch.
Walcott has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Walcott moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Walcott connects with a crisp jab.
Stern scores with a nice head shot.
Stern smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Stern ducks under a wild hook from Walcott.
Stern bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Stern doesn't manage to clinch there - Walcott circles away.
Walcott looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Walcott fails with an attempt to clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Walcott slips under a jab from Stern.
Stern throws a lazy right hand but Walcott sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Walcott is trying to counter with his kicks.
Stern swinging wildly here.
Walcott blocks a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Howard Stern dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Walcott walks into a left hand.
Stern rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Walcott cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Walcott lands with a right hand.
Stern pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Walcott looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A chopping leg kick lands by Stern.
Walcott misses with a few strikes there.
Stern with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Stern misses with a low kick.
Walcott throws a counter combo.
Stern closes the distance and pushes Walcott back into the cage.
Still in the clinch, Walcott scores with a nice short uppercut.
Stern throws a punch but it's blocked by Walcott.
Walcott lands an uppercut.
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!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Stern creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Stern breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Stern rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Walcott to counter with a crisp jab.
Stern lands with a shot to the body.
Walcott lands a jab.
Stern throws a shot from downtown. Walcott moves away and avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walcott comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Stern throws an overhand right that lands on Walcott's shoulder, as Walcott tries to avoid the shot.
Nice defenses there by Stern.
Stern is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Walcott.
Stern throws a big shot that misses.
Walcott raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Walcott is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Stern.
Stern throws the left hand but Walcott avoids the punch easily.
Walcott throws a shot from downtown. Stern moves away and avoids it.
Stern showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Walcott.
Stern fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Walcott is out of range.
Walcott misses with a straight left.
Walcott fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stern manages to avoid it.
A swing and a miss from Stern.
A lazy left from Stern finds it's target.
Walcott cracks a nice hook into Stern's ribs.
Stern instigates a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Walcott scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A shot in the inside from Walcott.
Walcott avoids the elbow strike from Stern, against the cage.
Walcott lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Stern misses with some punches.
Stern working hard to break the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Walcott.
Stern fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Walcott throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sterns head.
Stern throws a head punch that misses.
Stern leaning against his opponent.
Walcott blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Walcott blocking some punches.
Stern wants to get back to striking at distance but Walcott won't allow it.
Walcott swings wildly with an uppercut but Stern uses good head movement to avoid it.
Walcott has a couple of punches blocked by Stern.
Stern is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Walcott to keep the fight standing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Walcott.
Walcott misses with a short punch on the inside.
Walcott avoids a wild elbow strike from Stern.
Still in the clinch, Stern scores with a nice short uppercut.
Walcott lands a nice uppercut.
Stern looking to stall.
Stern tries to pull guard but Walcott holds him up against the cage and eventually Stern drops back down to his feet.
Walcott blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Stern.
Stern breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from Stern. Walcott does a little dance to reset his feet.
Walcott tries to move into range but Stern moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Stern throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Walcott counters with a stiff right hand.
Walcott defending well as Stern loads up on a big left hand.
Walcott tries to clinch up but Stern circles away and keeps his distance.
Stern throws a sloppy head kick and Walcott moves out of range easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stern looks to land a right hand but Walcott moved out of range.
Stern tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Walcott manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A slow jab from Walcott misses its intended target.
Walcott shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Stern eats them both and turns towards Walcott to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Walcott just misses with a punch to the body.
Walcott walks into a left hand.
Stern throws a jab when Walcott was well out of range.
Stern misses with a left hand
and Walcott counters with a three punch combo that has Stern backing up. Stern nods at Walcott to acknowledge the strikes.
Walcott tries to clinch up but Stern circles away and keeps his distance.
Joe Walcott is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Stern throws a hook but Walcott avoids it easily.
Nice uppercut there from Stern.
Stern throws a body shot but no joy.
Walcott moves away from the strike by Stern.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Walcott throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Stern on the side of the head.
Walcott lands with a nice body punch.
Stern rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Walcott counters with a nice uppercut.
Walcott lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Joe Walcott will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Stern misses with a right hand
and Walcott counters with a stiff right hand.
Stern shoots in for a takedown but Walcott shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Stern lands a really nice looking cross but Walcott seems unphased.
Stern dips to his left and cracks Walcott with an uppercut!
Stern lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Walcott misses with a low kick.
Walcott bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Stern's head.
Walcott throws a nice looking combination but Stern bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Walcott just misses with a punch to the body.
Stern misses with a leg kick.
Walcott with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A telegraphed right hand from Stern misses the target.
Walcott moves out of range as Stern strikes.
Walcott swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Walcott checks a low kick from Stern.
Stern waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Walcott.
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!
Stern misses with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stern on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A jab from Stern misses.
Walcott swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Walcott slips under a jab.
Stern lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
A lazy left from Stern finds it's target.
A shot to the liver by Stern. Beautiful body shot.
Stern looks to land a right hand but Walcott moved out of range.
Stern walks into a straight right hand from Walcott.
Stern swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Walcott counters with a straight right hand.
Walcott misses with a hook. Stern ducked under it nicely.
Some wild striking there from Walcott.
Walcott has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A jab from Stern misses.
Stern on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Walcott takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Stern tries to clinch up.
Walcott ducks under a wild hook from Stern.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stern throws a sloppy head kick and Walcott moves out of range easily.
Stern uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Walcott.
Walcott connects with a good right hand that stumbles Stern. Stern circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Walcott misses with a wild body shot.
Stern fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Walcott manages to avoid it.
Walcott swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Stern.
Stern tries to keep at a distance but Walcott has taken the fight into the clinch.
Stern is trying to force a seperation but Walcott has the dominant position.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Stern.
A short uppercut from Walcott.
Walcott stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Joe Walcott seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Walcott has Stern pressed against the cage.
Walcott continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Walcott tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Stern avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walcott lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Walcott is looking to control Stern's arms but Stern gets an underhook and turns him. Now Walcott has his back to the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Walcott fails to land.
Stern throws a head punch that misses.
Stern wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Walcott has him pressed against the cage.
Come on Walcott - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Walcott prevents Stern from breaking the clinch.
Walcott just leaning against Stern, taking a breather.
Walcott blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Stern working aggressively here.
Stern looking to slow down the pace here.
Stern's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Walcott works over Stern's head and body with a nice combination.
Stern misses with a straight left.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Stern.
Walcott sizes up Stern with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Stern scores with a nice strike.
Stern is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Walcott throws a hook to the side of Stern's head but Stern sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice straight punches there by Walcott. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Walcott.
Stern rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Walcott counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Walcott walks into a straight right hand from Stern.
Walcott thows a left - swing and a miss!
Stern tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Walcott was well out of range. Poor timing from Stern.
Stern takes one to the chin there.
Joe Walcott seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Walcott steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Stern.
Decent striking displayed by Stern there.
Walcott pushes Stern away with a front kick.
Stern scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
And that's the end of the fight!
Joe Walcott comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Walcott has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 William Gold scores the fight 28:29
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joe Walcott!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Joe Walcott waved his t-shirt featuring Pit Bull Development's logo in front of the cameras.
In defeat, Howard Stern stepped up to the mic, saying 'I blame Robin and those big G's.'.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| S |
C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
|
S |
C |
G |
|
energy
A | B |
|
hype
A | B |
|
pop
A | B |
|
mgr
A | B |
|
FIGHT
RATING
77% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
