PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Tyrone Wallace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ted Coke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Coke has chosen Cocaine as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Ted Coke told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Wallace
vs
Coke

176 cm
29
139 lbs
13 - 9 - 0

170 cm
28
140 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

Great wrestler
Good knees
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tyrone Wallace!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ted Coke!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Coke looks to throw the jab but Wallace is out of range.
Coke looks to land a right hand but Wallace moved out of range.
Coke keeps the fight on the outside.
Wallace avoids the body shot from Coke.

Coke closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Coke is trying to break the clinch but Wallace has him pressed against the ropes.

Coke jumps guard and drags Wallace to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Wallace accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Wallace with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Coke has a closed guard, preventing Wallace from standing up.
Coke trying to control the position.
Coke wants to stand but Wallace is controlling the position.
Wallace sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Coke's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Coke blocking the ground and pound attempt from Wallace.
Nice strikes from Wallace there.
Wallace is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

Wallace stands up out of the half guard.
Wallace keeps the fight on the outside.

Wallace drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Wallace passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Wallace moves into full mount!
Wallace misses with a head shot.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wallace can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Coke is looking to escape.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Wallace cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Wallace with a couple of short strikes.
Coke taking shots to the head.
Wallace raining down hammerfists from mount.
Wallace working Coke over with strikes here.

Coke is rocked!
Wallace postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Coke in real trouble here! The ref calls for Coke to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tyrone Wallace!
After the fight, Tyrone Wallace was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.