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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Watch Out Ronaldo (ranked 619 p4p, 29 weight class) and Tommy Walcott (ranked 1790 p4p, 94 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Tommy Walcott enters the cage!
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140 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Watch Out Ronaldo!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tommy Walcott!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Albert Achterberg and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ronaldo on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Walcott. Walcott obviously looking to wear him down.
Ronaldo misses with a leg kick
and Walcott counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A chopping leg kick lands by Ronaldo.
Walcott bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ronaldo is looking to land body kicks.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Ronaldo.
Ronaldo avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Watch Out Ronaldo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ronaldo throws a leg kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Walcott cracks the inside of Ronaldo's front leg.
Ronaldo looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Walcott keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Ronaldo pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ronaldo 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.
Walcott throws a jab when Ronaldo was well out of range.
Ronaldo's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Walcott connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Ronaldo scrambles back to his feet.
Walcott ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ronaldo with a nice cross.
We've been informed that Walcott has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ronaldo throws a wild body kick that Walcott sees coming a mile off.
Walcott doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Ronaldo throws a leg kick which misses Walcott's front leg but catches the back leg as Walcott tries to avoid it.
Walcott keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ronaldo.
Ronaldo uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Walcott has time to react.
Walcott attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Walcott getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Walcott throws a solid leg kick but Ronaldo takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Walcott.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walcott checks a low kick from Ronaldo.
Walcott tries to clinch there but Ronaldo circles away.
Walcott tries a head kick but it misses.
Walcott jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Ronaldo pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Walcott throws a lazy right hand but Ronaldo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Walcott scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Ronaldo doesn't seem bothered though.
Ronaldo throws out a loose jab but Walcott uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ronaldo thows a left - swing and a miss!
Walcott looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Ronaldo throws a low kick, looking for Walcott's leg but Walcott calmly moves out of range.
Walcott tries to counter by closing the distance.
Ronaldo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Walcott.
Walcott now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Walcott scores with a nice head shot.
Walcott misses with a straight right.
Nice body punch from Walcott.
Walcott tries to clinch up.
Walcott checks a leg kick.
Ronaldo walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Ronaldo lands a slapping body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ronaldo takes one on the button.
Ronaldo throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Ronaldo throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Walcott throws out a counter right but Ronaldo avoids it with no problem.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walcott slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Walcott swings for the body but Ronaldo moves out of range.
Ronaldo lands with a good body shot.
Ronaldo tries to work over Walcott's front leg with a kick but Walcott checks it.
Walcott misses with a low kick.
Ronaldo tries a low kick but Walcott avoids it.
Ronaldo throws a lazy uppercut
and Walcott counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Walcott throws a chopping leg kick but Ronaldo manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A slow jab from Walcott misses its intended target.
As Walcott backs away, Ronaldo returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
A jab from Walcott finds it's way through Ronaldo's defenses.
Ronaldo clobbers Walcott with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Ronaldo scores with a nice body kick.
Walcott misses with a body shot.
Ronaldo appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Walcott throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
A jab from Ronaldo misses.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Ronaldo controlling the action here for a moment.
Walcott fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ronaldo blocking some punches.
Ronaldo lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Walcott or not.
Ronaldo tries to work over Walcott's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ronaldo manages to break the clinch.
Ronaldo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Walcott manages to avoid it.
Ronaldo lands a nice hook to Walcott's body. Walcott takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Ronaldo scores with a jab to the body.
Ronaldo with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Nice uppercut there from Ronaldo.
Ronaldo lands a nice leg kick that just misses Walcott's sensitive parts.
Walcott is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Ronaldo had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Walcott throws a quick inside leg kick.
Ronaldo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ronaldo connects with a right hand. Walcott shakes it off.
Walcott fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ronaldo manages to avoid it.
Walcott throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Walcott moves out of range of the strikes.
Walcott only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Ronaldo looks to score with a jab to the body but Walcott is just out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ronaldo avoids the body shot from Walcott.
Walcott throws a hook but Ronaldo blocks it.
Ronaldo goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walcott bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ronaldo throws a quick inside leg kick.
Walcott misses with a lunging right hand
and Ronaldo counters with a straight right hand.
Ronaldo pivots, looking for a leg kick but Walcott is out of range and Ronaldo settles back down.
Walcott uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ronaldo.
Ronaldo stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Walcott.
Walcott takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
An inside leg kick from Walcott misses.
Walcott takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Walcott lands an overhand right.
Walcott looks to land a right hand but Ronaldo moved out of range.
A big right from Ronaldo misses.
Ronaldo throws a body shot but no joy.
Ronaldo throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Ronaldo looks to throw the jab but Walcott is out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Walcott darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Ronaldo throws a shot from downtown. Walcott moves away and avoids it.
Walcott thuds a left hand into Ronaldo's body.
Walcott connects with a solid leg kick.
Ronaldo moves out of range of the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Watch Out Ronaldo will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Ronaldo takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Walcott tries to clinch but Ronaldo is having none of it.
Walcott looks to land a right hand but Ronaldo moved out of range.
Walcott throws out a loose jab but Ronaldo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Walcott scores with a jab to the head.
Walcott ducks under a wild hook from Ronaldo.
Ronaldo fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Walcott, pushing him back against the cage.
Nice body punch from Walcott - that landed with a thud.
Ronaldo misses with a punch on the inside.
Ronaldo lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Walcott swings wildly with an uppercut but Ronaldo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Walcott tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ronaldo's elbow.
A short right from Ronaldo on the inside.
Ronaldo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ronaldo takes a shot to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ronaldo creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Walcott misses with a short punch on the inside.
Walcott blocks an elbow strike from Ronaldo.
Walcott lands with a light punch inside.
Ronaldo slowing the pace effectively.
Ronaldo tries to work over Walcott's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walcott misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ronaldo lands a shoulder strike.
Walcott misses with a punch to the body.
Ronaldo misses with a punch on the inside.
Walcott misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ronaldo scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Ronaldo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Walcott tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A shot in the inside from Walcott.
Walcott working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Walcott scores with a hook to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Ronaldo just misses with a elbow thrown towards Walcott's brow.
Walcott lands a right hand.
Ronaldo lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ronaldo lands an elbow that stopped Walcott in his tracks for a moment.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ronaldo misses with some punches.
Walcott blocks a body shot from Ronaldo.
A head punch on the inside from Ronaldo fails to land.
Ronaldo lands an elbow inside that Walcott shrugs off.
A short left from Walcott.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Walcott creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walcott tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ronaldo throws a head punch that misses.
Walcott lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Walcott pushes Ronaldo back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Walcott can't find room to land a body shot as Ronaldo controls the action.
Ronaldo has a couple of punches blocked by Walcott.
Ronaldo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Walcott lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Walcott misses with a body punch.
Ronaldo avoiding damage.
Ronaldo wants to stall.
Ronaldo misses with a body punch.
Walcott tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ronaldo's elbow.
Walcott struggles to land a body shot inside as Ronaldo controls his hands.
Ronaldo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ronaldo tries to work over Walcott's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ronaldo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Walcott lands a hook that snaps the head of Ronaldo backwards.
Ronaldo prevents a body shot from Walcott.
Ronaldo lands a body punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ronaldo misses with some punches.
Ronaldo lands with a short shot to the head.
Ronaldo is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Ronaldo lands with a left to the head.
Walcott tries a body shot but Ronaldo blocks it.
Walcott lands a body punch.
Walcott lands a left hand.
Walcott lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Walcott doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ronaldo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ronaldo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A left hand lands to the body for Ronaldo.
Ronaldo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Walcott scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Walcott takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Good standup being displayed there by Ronaldo as he connects with a hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Walcott moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Ronaldo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Walcott checks a leg kick.
Walcott lands with a thumping leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ronaldo tries to land a body kick
and Walcott finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Walcott misses with a low kick as Ronaldo jumps back.
Ronaldo misses with a hook
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Ronaldo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Walcott throws an overhand right that lands on Ronaldo's shoulder, as Ronaldo tries to avoid the shot.
Ronaldo was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Ronaldo is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Ronaldo fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Walcott checks it well.
Tommy Walcott seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Walcott swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Ronaldo.
Walcott fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ronaldo tries to score with a low kick but Walcott moves his leg out of the way.
Walcott misses with an uppercut.
Ronaldo tries to land a leg kick but Walcott saw it coming and moves away.
Ronaldo goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Ronaldo throws a half hearted mid kick.
Walcott dodges the punch combination from Ronaldo.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ronaldo missing with a left hand there. Walcott was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A clash of legs there as Ronaldo blocks the low kick.
Walcott throws a good cross that connects.
Ronaldo misses with a straight left.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Tommy 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!
Walcott takes one on the button.
Ronaldo misses with a body shot.
A nice leg kick lands there from Walcott.
Walcott throws a hook to the side of Ronaldo's head but Ronaldo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ronaldo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Walcott.
Walcott connects with a body shot that sends Ronaldo's belly button to the back.
Ronaldo checks the leg kick.
Ronaldo swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Walcott misses with a low kick.
Walcott throws a leg kick but Ronaldo moved away.
Ronaldo moves in looking to clinch but Walcott pushes him off.
Walcott looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Walcott lands a lovely overhand right.
Walcott drops his hands momentarily and Ronaldo takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Walcott checks a low kick from Ronaldo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ronaldo moves in looking to clinch but Walcott pushes him off.
Ronaldo throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Ronaldo digs a good hook to Walcott's body.
Ronaldo takes a swing at Walcott's ribcage but misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ronaldo. Walcott does a little dance to reset his feet.
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!
Ronaldo goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Walcott looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walcott connects with the punch.
Ronaldo ducks under a wild hook from Walcott.
Walcott throws a body punch but Ronaldo moves out of range.
Walcott dodges the punch combination from Ronaldo.
Walcott misses with an uppercut. Ronaldo saw that one coming.
Ronaldo takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Ronaldo cracks the inside of Walcott's front leg.
Walcott throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Walcott loads up on a big right hand but Ronaldo slips the punch.
Walcott waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ronaldo.
Walcott tried to score with a low kick but Ronaldo checks it.
Ronaldo tries to clinch there but Walcott circles away.
Walcott avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ronaldo misses the shot to the body.
Ronaldo fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Walcott.
Walcott throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ronaldo feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Walcott's calf.
Walcott scores with a punch to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Ronaldo is predictable there
and Walcott counters with a nice low kick that buckles Ronaldo's knee momentarily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Walcott connects with a looping right hand.
Ronaldo throws a body shot but no joy.
Ronaldo looking to land some kicks to the body here.
The fighters circle momentarily. Ronaldo darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Ronaldo throws a low kick but Walcott moves out of range easily.
Ronaldo looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Walcott throws the left hand but Ronaldo avoids the punch easily.
Ronaldo loads up on a big right hand but Walcott slips the punch.
Ronaldo gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A low kick from Ronaldo misses
and Walcott counters with a right hand to the body.
Nice cross by Walcott.
Walcott throws a hook but Ronaldo blocks it.
Ronaldo cracks a nice hook into Walcott's ribs.
Walcott looks to land a right hand but Ronaldo moved out of range.
Ronaldo takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Walcott looks to score with a jab to the body but Ronaldo is just out of range.
Walcott misses the shot to the body.
Ronaldo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Walcott.
Ronaldo looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ronaldo tried to score with a low kick but Walcott checks it.
Ronaldo jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Walcott's jab looks to have found its range, popping Ronaldo under the eye.
Walcott steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ronaldo.
Ronaldo connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Walcott's hands.
Ronaldo throws a chopping leg kick but Walcott manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Walcott throws a low kick but Ronaldo avoids it.
Walcott wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Walcott misses with a hook. Ronaldo ducked under it nicely.
Ronaldo scores with a spinning back kick!
Ronaldo walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Walcott checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Ronaldo misses the jab.
Walcott lands a nice looking body shot.
Ronaldo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Walcott.
Ronaldo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Walcott lands with an overhand left.
Ronaldo fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Walcott checks it well.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Walcott scoring well with a low kick there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walcott slips under a jab.
Ronaldo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Walcott was well out of range. Poor timing from Ronaldo.
Walcott missing with a left hand there. Ronaldo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Walcott thuds his shin into the meat of Ronaldo's side.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Ronaldo lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Walcott has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Walcott and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Walcott throws a nice outside leg kick.
Walcott takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Ronaldo misses the shot to the body.
Walcott throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Walcott throws a body punch but Ronaldo moves out of range.
Walcott throws a quick inside leg kick.
Walcott slips a jab from Ronaldo.
A slapping body kick lands there for Ronaldo.
Walcott attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Walcott moves out of range of the body kick.
Ronaldo backing away here, and Walcott unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Walcott looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A low kick from Ronaldo misses
and Walcott counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Nice shot by Ronaldo.
A slow jab from Ronaldo misses its intended target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tommy Walcott really dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Walcott swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Watch Out Ronaldo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Walcott looks to land a left hand but Ronaldo moved out of range nicely.
A telegraphed right hand from Ronaldo misses the target.
Walcott stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ronaldo.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Walcott crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Ronaldo - the referee stops the clock and Walcott gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Ronaldo. Walcott manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Walcott swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Ronaldo lands a head shot.
Walcott tries to land a leg kick but Ronaldo saw it coming and moves away.
Ronaldo throwing a counter right hand but Walcott manages to avoid it.
Ronaldo works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A decent looking cross lands there for Ronaldo.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Ronaldo checks a leg kick.
Ronaldo throws a front kick aimed at Walcott's knee but Walcott avoids it well.
Ronaldo misses with an uppercut
and Walcott counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ronaldo swats away the attempt to clinch by Walcott.
Walcott swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ronaldo misses with a body shot.
Ronaldo's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Walcott connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Ronaldo scrambles back to his feet.
Ronaldo moves into range and connects with a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walcott doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Ronaldo moves out of range of the body kick from Walcott.
Ronaldo wants to clinch up but Walcott keeps it at a distance.
Walcott chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Ronaldo scores with a body shot.
Walcott uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Ronaldo fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Walcott is out of range.
Ronaldo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ronaldo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Walcott.
Ronaldo attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Ronaldo missing with a left hand there. Walcott was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Walcott feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Ronaldos jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Walcott keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Ronaldo cracks the inside of Walcott's front leg.
Ronaldo throws a wild body kick that Walcott sees coming a mile off.
Ronaldo throws a looping overhand right but Walcott ducks down to avoid it.
Ronaldo keeps the fight on the outside.
Walcott throws a body punch but Ronaldo moves out of range.
Walcott uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ronaldo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ronaldo connects with an inside leg kick.
Walcott checks a leg kick.
Ronaldo gets tackled into the cage by Walcott. Walcott maintains the clinch.
Walcott tries a body shot but Ronaldo blocks it.
Walcott blocks a body shot from Ronaldo.
Ronaldo lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ronaldo lands with a light punch inside.
Watch Out Ronaldo has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Ronaldo misses with some punches.
Walcott lands a hook that snaps the head of Ronaldo backwards.
Walcott works on Ronaldo's body with a couple of short punches.
Ronaldo throws a head punch that misses.
Walcott throws a head punch that misses.
Ronaldo misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ronaldo.
Ronaldo is trying to maintain a safe position but Walcott gets an underhook and turns Ronaldo into the cage.
Walcott can't find room to land a body shot as Ronaldo controls the action.
Walcott lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ronaldo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Walcott pulls Ronaldo into guard.
Ronaldo trying to control the position from guard on top but Walcott is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walcott can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Ronaldo controls the pace.
Walcott wants to hit a switch here but Ronaldo passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Walcott there!
Ronaldo punching from mount but Walcott doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Ronaldo controlling from mount.
Ronaldo looking to finish with strikes here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ronaldo misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Ronaldo content just to control the position here.
Ronaldo wants to control but instead Walcott manages to regain half guard.
Ronaldo sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Ronaldo wants to lay and pray for a moment but Walcott keeps working.
Ronaldo content to control rather than advance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Watch Out Ronaldo had his way with Tommy Walcott in that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Ronaldo misses with a straight left.
Ronaldo pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ronaldo takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Walcott misses with a hook.
Walcott attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
It looked like Ronaldo wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Walcott takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Ronaldo looks to land a body kick but Walcott moved away.
Ronaldo throws a leg kick but Walcott checks it.
Good shot there by Walcott.
Ronaldo lands a jab.
Walcott on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Ronaldo looks to land a right hand but Walcott moved out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ronaldo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Walcott.
Walcott scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Ronaldo stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Walcott.
Walcott avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Walcott with a nice cross.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice defenses there by Ronaldo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Ronaldo checks a leg kick.
Walcott ducks under a wild hook from Ronaldo.
A cross from Walcott lands.
Ronaldo swings away with a body shot that misses
and Ronaldo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Walcott throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ronaldo lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Ronaldo scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Walcott thumps Ronaldo with a low kick.
Walcott on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Walcott scores with a sloppy right hand. Ronaldo should have avoided that one.
Ronaldo throws a body punch but Walcott moves out of range.
Walcott feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Ronaldos jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Walcott slips under a jab.
Ronaldo pivots, looking for a leg kick but Walcott is out of range and Ronaldo settles back down.
Walcott tries to counter with a clinch but Ronaldo shakes him off and moves away.
A solid body kick from Walcott.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Walcott tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ronaldo was well out of range. Poor timing from Walcott.
Ronaldo cracks the inside of Walcott's front leg.
Walcott throws a hook but Ronaldo avoids it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Walcott.
Walcott dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Walcott lands a jab to the head.
Ronaldo throws out a leg kick but Walcott moves out of range and Ronaldo only half commits.
Nice body punch from Walcott.
Walcott displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ronaldo throws out the jab.
Walcott checks a leg kick.
Ronaldo wants to clinch.
Walcott scoring well with a low kick there.
Ronaldo slips under a jab.
Ronaldo looks to score with a jab to the body but Walcott is just out of range.
Walcott with a hook.
Walcott takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Ronaldo lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walcott getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
A bone on bone clash there as Walcott blocks the leg kick.
Ronaldo throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Walcott counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Walcott lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Ronaldo tests Walcott's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Ronaldo throws a half hearted mid kick.
Walcott throws a quick inside leg kick.
Walcott ducks under a wild hook from Ronaldo.
Ronaldo just misses with a punch to the body.
Ronaldo walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Walcott takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Ronaldo blocks a leg kick.
Ronaldo throws a body punch but Walcott moves out of range.
Walcott connects with a crisp jab.
Walcott lands a really nice looking cross but Ronaldo seems unphased.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ronaldo throws a leg kick but Walcott moved away.
A nice leg kick lands there from Walcott.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Ronaldo.
Ronaldo throws a leg kick that misses.
Ronaldo lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Walcott throws a body shot but no joy.
Ronaldo tests Walcott's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Ronaldo takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A bone on bone clash there as Walcott blocks the leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Ronaldo.
Walcott misses with a low kick.
Ronaldo throws a jab but it's blocked by Walcott.
Ronaldo on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
An inside leg kick from Ronaldo misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Walcott feints and then cracks Ronaldo's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Ronaldo down.
Ronaldo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Walcott connects with an inside leg kick.
Ronaldo swings for the body but Walcott moves out of range.
Walcott scoring well with a low kick there.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tommy 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 47:48
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 48:48
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 47:48
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Tommy Walcott!
Tommy Walcott is the new bantamweight champion!
Tommy Walcott really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that IniTech Nutrition logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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