PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Vincent Wallace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Duke Weebalos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Weebalos has chosen Big Sean - Guap as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Wallace
vs
Weebalos

178 cm
21
179 lbs
3 - 8 - 0

173 cm
22
171 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Vincent Wallace!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Duke Weebalos!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, John Mangel and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wallace shoots in for a double leg but Weebalos sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Vincent Wallace seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wallace rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Weebalos moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Weebalos takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Wallace scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Weebalos avoids a punch combination nicely.
Wallace throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Weebalos stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Wallace with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Wallace throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wallace lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Weebalos tries to clinch up but Wallace circles away and keeps his distance.
Weebalos doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Wallace throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Wallace.
Weebalos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wallace shoots for a takedown but Weebalos saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vincent Wallace. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wallace will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Wallace lands a jab.
Wallace misses with a two punch combination.
Wallace fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Weebalos manages to avoid it.
Wallace falls off balance throwing a combination
and Weebalos counters with a nice uppercut.
Wallace misses with a wild combination.
Wallace bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Weebalos's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wallace throws a right hand that Weebalos ducks under and follows up with a left that Weebalos also avoids with ease.
Weebalos closes this distance looking for a takedown but Wallace circles away.
Wallace throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wallace slips a straight right by Weebalos.
Wallace digs a good body shot into Weebalos's ribs.
Wallace misses with a wild body shot.
Wallace falls off balance throwing a combination
and Weebalos counters with a stiff right hand.
No joy there for Wallace, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Wallace scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Weebalos tries to clinch but Wallace moves out of range.
Wallace throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Weebalos stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Wallace scores with a takedown into Weebalos's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Wallace trying to control the position from guard on top but Weebalos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Wallace postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wallace throws an elbow that misses. Weebalos uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Wallace's guard. Nice move by Weebalos!
Weebalos is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Weebalos trying to control but Wallace is working from the bottom.
Wallace knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Weebalos on the ground.
Wallace looking to control.
Weebalos throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Weebalos thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Weebalos trying to control but Wallace is working from the bottom.

Wallace has his feet on Weebalos's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Weebalos on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Wallace shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Weebalos eats them both and turns towards Wallace to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

It looks like Duke Weebalos has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wallace fails to land with a series of punches.
Wallace lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Wallace shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vincent Wallace dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Duke Weebalos's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Weebalos is looking to clinch.
Wallace fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Weebalos manages to avoid it.
Vincent Wallace is winning the standup battle so far.
Wallace slips a jab from Weebalos.
Wallace tries to score a power double leg takedown but Weebalos sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Wallace somewhat.

Wallace shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Wallace has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Weebalos working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Wallace.
Wallace content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Wallace in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Wallace tries to free his leg and advance position but Weebalos is retaining full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Weebalos has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Wallace with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Wallace postures up in Weebalos's guard and throws a big left but Weebalos blocks it.
Weebalos keeping moving, preventing Wallace from controlling successfully.
Wallace working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Wallace advances position into side control!
Wallace is chipping away with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Weebalos takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Wallace in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Wallace fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Wallace working away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The strikes coming from Wallace are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Weebalos parries the strikes from Wallace easily there. Wallace is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Weebalos to escape.
Wallace grinds an elbow into Weebalos's temple.
Wallace staying calm.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wallace tries to score with some ground and pound. Weebalos controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Wallace with the ground and pound but Weebalos regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Wallace drops an elbow to the side of Weebalos's head.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Wallace lands a nice short elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wallace lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Weebalos regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Wallace.
Wallace postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Wallace keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Weebalos's head.
Weebalos keeping moving, preventing Wallace from controlling successfully.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wallace throwing strikes but missing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vincent Wallace dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Duke Weebalos's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Wallace misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Weebalos takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Wallace works the jab nicely.
Vincent Wallace is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Weebalos throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Wallace misses with the combination.
Wallace lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Weebalos circles away quickly and effectively.
Wallace shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Weebalos sprawls well. Weebalos wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Wallace gets slowly back to his feet.
Wallace lands with a nice combination. Weebalos backs away looking to recover.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wallace lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Wallace slips under a jab from Weebalos.
Wallace tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Weebalos was well out of range. Poor timing from Wallace.
Wallace moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Nice defenses there by Weebalos.
Weebalos swings for the body but Wallace moves out of range.
Wallace throws a one two combo.
Wallace misses with a body shot.
Jab from Wallace.
Wallace scores with a body shot.
Nice cross by Wallace.
Weebalos uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wallace.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wallace just misses with a punch to the body.
Wallace misses with a wild combination.
Wallace tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Weebalos was well out of range. Poor timing from Wallace.
Weebalos staying out of range there.
Wallace swings for the body but Weebalos moves out of range.
Weebalos misses with a straight right.
Wallace throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Weebalos.
Weebalos takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
No joy there for Wallace, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Wallace lands a right hook to the body.
Wallace is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Weebalos can do to turn this around?
No joy there for Wallace, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wallace misses with a double jab.
Weebalos tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Wallace swivels and escapes.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Weebalos stalling the fight.
Wallace wants to take the fight to the mat but Weebalos manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Wallace has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Weebalos after a bit of a struggle.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vincent Wallace. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wallace has Weebalos pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Weebalos manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Weebalos prevents a takedown attempt there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Weebalos throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wallace blocks it with crossed arms.
Weebalos controlling the action here for a moment.
Weebalos misses with a knee strike.
Wallace wants to take the fight to the mat but Weebalos manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wallace tries to score a body lock takedown but Weebalos shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Wallace has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Weebalos avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Vincent Wallace showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Wallace, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Steve Erwin scores the fight for Vincent Wallace!
Judge John Mangel scores the fight for Vincent Wallace!
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight for Vincent Wallace!

Vincent Wallace wins by unanimous decision!