PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between William Wallace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Barabas Aramis Barabas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Wallace
vs
Aramis Barabas

198 cm
18
260 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
225 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, William Wallace!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Barabas Aramis Barabas!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Roosa Järviläinen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wallace keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Aramis Barabas defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Wallace.
Aramis Barabas tries to score a power double leg takedown but Wallace sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Aramis Barabas somewhat.

Aramis Barabas gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Wallace to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Aramis Barabas 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.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Aramis Barabas trying to keep a closed guard but Wallace is proving a slippery customer.

Wallace drops back looking for a leg! Aramis Barabas is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Aramis Barabas manages to kick Wallace off! Wallace jumps back into Aramis Barabas's guard.

Aramis Barabas throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Wallace escapes and throws Aramis Barabas's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Wallace will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aramis Barabas tries to control the position but he's not in luck - Wallace easily slips into full mount!
Wallace content just to control the position here.
Wallace with good strikes from the mount here!
Aramis Barabas really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Wallace. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Wallace controlling from mount.

Wallace looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wallace looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Aramis Barabas is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Wallace fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Wallace lands a heavy elbow.
A nice elbow there by Wallace.
Wallace content just to control the position here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wallace scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Aramis Barabas?
Wallace lands a heavy elbow.
Wallace content just to control the position here.
Wallace prevents Aramis Barabas from getting the reversal.
Aramis Barabas is in a horrible position here. Wallace smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Wallace with the ground and pound from mount.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Aramis Barabas is trying to escape the mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wallace dominating with strikes here.
Aramis Barabas is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Wallace putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Wallace controlling the pace for now.
Wallace looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Aramis Barabas looks winded!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wallace lands a big shot there that rocks Aramis Barabas but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Wallace controlling his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

William Wallace dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Aramis Barabas tries to clinch but Wallace moves out of range.
Horrible takedown by Wallace or perhaps it was just good defense by Aramis Barabas which made him look bad.
Wallace shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Aramis Barabas as he avoids it easily.

Wallace rushes Aramis Barabas and presses him up against the cage.

Wallace ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Wallace no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.

Wallace pushes a forearm under Aramis Barabas's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Aramis Barabas is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). William Wallace!