PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Barton Walsh (ranked 24366 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Clarkson (ranked 24758 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Barton Walsh has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Walsh
vs
Clarkson

214 cm
25
279 lbs
0 - 5 - 0

160 cm
20
265 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Barton Walsh!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jason Clarkson!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Walsh clinches.

Walsh breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Walsh plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

Clarkson moves into the clinch.
Clarkson wants to break the clinch but can't.

Clarkson is trying to trip Walsh. He has hold of a leg but Walsh is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Clarkson persists though and gets the takedown into guard.

Walsh has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Clarkson is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Walsh blocks a body shot from Clarkson.
Walsh is trying to break the clinch but Clarkson is controlling him.

Walsh breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Clarkson tries to clinch there but Walsh circles away.

Walsh has managed to clinch.

Walsh gets control of Clarkson's arms and successfully pulls guard. Walsh will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Walsh is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Clarkson won't allow Walsh to sweep him here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walsh keeping moving, preventing Clarkson from controlling successfully.
Clarkson should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Clarkson looking to pass the guard.
Clarkson controlling from the top position.
Clarkson trying to control but Walsh is working from the bottom.
Clarkson wants to stand and escape but instead Walsh has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Walsh stopping the sweep attempt from Clarkson.
Clarkson is still trying to improve position.
Walsh controls from within his opponent's guard.
Walsh working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Clarkson striking off his back but it's not causing Walsh any problems.
Clarkson is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Clarkson has momentary wrist control but Walsh slips an elbow through the middle.
Clarkson looking for a sweep. Not yet Clarkson, not yet.
Clarkson controls Walsh momentarily but Walsh frees himself.
Walsh throwing strikes from guard but Clarkson blocks nicely.
Clarkson is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Walsh is controlling him.
Walsh is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

Walsh stands up from Clarkson's guard - Walsh perhaps looking for a knockout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walsh lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

Clarkson shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Clarkson trying to control from Walsh's half guard. Walsh has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Walsh wants to stand but Clarkson is controlling the position.
Walsh controlling Clarkson's posture.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walsh keeping moving, preventing Clarkson from controlling successfully.

Walsh has his feet on Clarkson's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.

Walsh clinches up against the cage.

Clarkson pulls guard effortlessly.
Walsh will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Clarkson controlling the position.
Clarkson is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Walsh is controlling him.
Walsh engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Walsh scoring with some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Barton Walsh dominated that round.
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.

Walsh gets caught napping as Clarkson dives in and scores a takedown. Walsh manages to retain guard.
Clarkson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Walsh swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Walsh looking to hit a scissor sweep but Clarkson is one step ahead there.

Clarkson stands and steps away. Walsh gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

Clarkson closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Walsh is trying to stand.
Walsh is staying active underneath Clarkson, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

Clarkson is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Walsh has managed to free his arm - good work.
Clarkson is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Walsh kicks off Clarkson and gets to his feet.

Walsh moves into the clinch.

Clarkson has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Walsh uses from the top position.
Walsh postures up.

Walsh gets to his feet - Clarkson follows without any prompting.

Walsh has taken the fight to the clinch.
Walsh is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Clarkson can do to turn this around?
Walsh prevents Clarkson from breaking the clinch.
Walsh prevents Clarkson from breaking the clinch.

Clarkson breaks from the clinch.

Walsh moves into the clinch.

Clarkson has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Walsh regains guard immediately.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walsh avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Walsh has control of Clarkson's left arm, preventing Clarkson from doing any damage.
Clarkson sitting in guard here, content to control.
Walsh trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!

Walsh pushes Clarkson off and gets back to his feet.
Clarkson takes a head kick and keeps coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Walsh moves into the clinch.
Clarkson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

Walsh manages to break the clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Clarkson has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Walsh clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Clarkson is not going to allow Walsh to sit and survive in this position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Walsh trying to get back to his feet but Clarkson is in full control for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clarkson trying to control momentarily.
Walsh is trying to stand back up.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Clarkson.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Clarkson has eaten all the pies!
Walsh is trying to stand back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Barton Walsh dominated that second round.
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. This is the final round!

Walsh tries to sprawl but Clarkson drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Clarkson wants to control but Walsh is keeping him busy.
Walsh is trying to stand.
Clarkson thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Walsh blocking the ground and pound attempt from Clarkson.
Clarkson wants to control but Walsh is keeping him busy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Clarkson is looking to advance position but Walsh won't allow it.
Clarkson prevents Walsh from standing back up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walsh trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.

Clarkson shoots in and gets a takedown into Walsh's guard.

The fighters are working up against the cage. Walsh manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.
Clarkson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Walsh managing to block the knees to the body from Clarkson.

Walsh manages to break the clinch.

Clarkson shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Clarkson showed some decent athleticism there.

Walsh makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Clarkson takes a head kick and keeps coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good work by Walsh as he checks the leg kick.

Walsh has Clarkson up against the cage in a clinch.

Walsh breaks the clinch.

Clarkson has closed the distance and engaged Walsh in a clinch.

Clarkson pulls guard.
Clarkson wants to stand and escape but Walsh is having none of it.
Walsh postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Walsh preventing the sweep.
Clarkson throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Clarkson controls Walsh momentarily but Walsh frees himself.
Walsh with a nice head shot there.
Walsh postures up and lands a big shot to Clarkson's brow.
Walsh lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walsh controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

Walsh gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

Walsh forces Clarkson back against the cage and clinches.

Walsh breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Walsh closes the distance and clinches.
Clarkson throws a knee to the head but misses.

Walsh ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Walsh no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Walsh pulls Clarkson in to control the position.
Walsh keeping moving, preventing Clarkson from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Walsh pushes Clarkson off and scrambles back to his feet.
Clarkson is looking to clinch but Walsh is avoiding it.

Walsh closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Walsh breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Clarkson shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

Walsh kicks off Clarkson and gets to his feet.
Jason Clarkson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Barton Walsh is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Clarkson is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Walsh.

And that's the end of the fight!
Barton Walsh showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Walsh 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Barton Walsh!