PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dewanye Wallace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jake Dresari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wallace comes to the cage accompanied by Here We go again. Dresari is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Execution Song. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Wallace
vs
Dresari

195 cm
22
152 lbs
1 - 5 - 0

177 cm
20
150 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Dewanye Wallace!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jake Dresari!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Damien Edna and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wallace throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Dresari's waist but Dresari gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Wallace off to one side.
Dresari tries to clinch but Wallace moves out of range.
Wallace looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Dresari wants to clinch up but Wallace keeps it at a distance.
Wallace swats away the attempt to clinch by Dresari.
Wallace shoots in for a double leg but Dresari sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dewanye Wallace. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wallace swats away the attempt to clinch by Dresari.
Wallace really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Wallace pushes Dresari up against the cage in a clinch.
Dresari trying to stall but Wallace improves his position.
Wallace goes for a takedown attempt but Dresari pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dresari moves in looking to clinch but Wallace pushes him off.
Wallace shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Dresari but Dresari pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Wallace shoots for a double leg takedown but Dresari sprawls well. He's pushed Wallace's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dresari tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wallace paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dresari is looking to clinch.
Dresari tries to clinch there but Wallace circles away.
Wallace throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Dresari's waist but Dresari gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Wallace off to one side.
Wallace closes this distance looking for a takedown but Dresari circles away.
Wallace is breathing heavily.

Dresari has taken the fight to the clinch.

Dresari jumps guard.
Wallace throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Wallace working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Dresari working a defensive guard here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wallace working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Dresari trying to keep a closed guard but Wallace is proving a slippery customer.
Dresari lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Wallace!
Dresari content just to control the position here.

Dresari gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!
Dresari is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dresari tries to clinch up.
Dresari is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wallace shoots in looking for a takedown. Dresari tries to sprawl out of it but Wallace keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Dresari manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Wallace.
Dresari tries to clinch up but Wallace circles away and keeps his distance.
Wallace avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wallace has a takedown stuffed.

Dresari has closed the distance and engaged Wallace in a clinch.

Wallace turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Dresari gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Dresari is looking for a sweep. Wallace is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dresari trying to control but Wallace postures up.
Dresari is trying to stand.
Wallace is looking to pass Dresari's guard but actually Dresari recovers to full guard.
Dresari lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Wallace!
Dresari wants to get back to his feet but Wallace is holding on tight.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jake Dresari dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Nice takedown defense from Dresari. No joy for Wallace on that attempt.
Dresari tries to clinch but Wallace moves out of range.
Wallace tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Dresari counters by clinching up.
Wallace tries to score a body lock takedown but Dresari shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

Wallace has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Dresari is trying to keep an underhook but Wallace manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Dresari keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Wallace throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Dresari gets full guard.
Dresari wants to sweep here but Wallace controlling him for the moment.
Wallace postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wallace pushing down on Dresari's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dresari wants to control but Wallace is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Wallace looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Dresari with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Dresari trying to control but Wallace postures up.
Wallace passes the guard and advances to mount!
Wallace will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Dresari is working to get back to half guard.
Wallace landing strikes from the mount and Dresari is in trouble!
The referee warns Dresari that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wallace scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Wallace lands a nice shot to the head.
Wallace prevents Dresari from getting the reversal.
Wallace thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Wallace scoring with strikes but Dresari is staying in there.
Dresari takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Wallace throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Wallace looking to finish Dresari with some ground and pound. This is bad for Dresari!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
A nice elbow there by Wallace.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wallace lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Wallace throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Dresari wants to control but Wallace is having none of it.
A nice elbow there by Wallace.
Wallace working the ground and pound effectively.
Dresari tries to hold on but Wallace postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Wallace lands a heavy elbow.
Dresari gets back to half guard.
Wallace throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Dresari gets back to full guard.
Dresari has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Dresari working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Wallace.
Dresari pulls Wallace in to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dewanye Wallace 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!

Wallace closes this distance looking for a takedown but Dresari circles away.
Wallace shoots in for a double leg but Dresari sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Dresari is looking to clinch.
Dresari fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wallace misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dewanye Wallace. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Dresari rushes Wallace and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Wallace has Dresari pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Dresari manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Dresari wants a takedown but no success here.
Wallace is working for takedown but Dresari is calmly controlling the position for now.
Wallace tries to score a body lock takedown but Dresari shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Wallace wants a takedown but no success here.

Wallace is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Dresari can't fight it off and eventually Wallace manages to take the fight to the floor. Dresari looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Wallace landing some decent shots from guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wallace throws a strike but Dresari rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Dresari would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Wallace looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Wallace will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Wallace wants to sweep but no luck.
Wallace throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Wallace is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Wallace throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Dresari avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Wallace.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dresari is looking to improve his position.
Wallace looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Dresari is trying to stand up here but Wallace is controlling him well.
Dresari keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Dresari is trying to control but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Wallace closes this distance looking for a takedown but Dresari circles away.
Wallace will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Dresari tries to clinch there but Wallace circles away.
Wallace misses with a straight right.
Wallace looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Dresari is fending him off so far but Wallace persists. Nope, Dresari circles away and we're back to standing.
Dewanye Wallace seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Wallace tries to keep at a distance but Dresari has taken the fight into the clinch.
Dresari is pressed up against the cage. Wallace has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Dresari down to the mat. Dresari avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Dewanye Wallace is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Wallace tries to close the distance and clinch but Dresari swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wallace fails to land the takedown.
Wallace tries for a takedown but Dresari circles away easily

and Dresari moves into the clinch.
Wallace can't get the takedown.

Wallace wants the takedown. Dresari is fighting it off but Wallace persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Dresari's guard against the cage.
Wallace loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dresari looking to control.
Wallace trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Wallace lands a couple of digs.
Wallace works over Dresari with some ground and pound from guard.
Wallace throws and elbow that misses. Dresari uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Wallace's guard. Nice move by Dresari!
Dresari won't allow Wallace to sweep him here.
Wallace throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Dresari trying to control the position from guard on top but Wallace is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Wallace thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Dewanye Wallace.
I think Wallace has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Summer Carpenter scores the fight 29:28
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 29:28
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dewanye Wallace!