PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Antoine Wallace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Keiji Numa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wallace comes to the cage accompanied by Pray by Jay-Z feat. Rob Dougan. Numa has chosen Ladies and Gentlemen as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Wallace
vs
Numa

175 cm
35
203 lbs
26 - 17 - 0

169 cm
33
188 lbs
15 - 23 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
KO power

TWGC Champion
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Antoine Wallace!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 23 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Keiji Numa!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Winston Howard and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Numa ducks under a wild hook from Wallace.
Wallace misses with an uppercut

and Numa counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Wallace's guard now.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Wallace looking for a sweep. Not yet Wallace, not yet.
Wallace is working hard here to advance position.
Wallace is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Numa slips nicely into half guard.

Wallace is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Numa pulls his head out easily.
Wallace won't allow Numa to pass to mount.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Numa is working for a submission of some sort.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wallace wants to get back to full guard.
Wallace wants to sweep but Numa has passed to side control!
Wallace tries to bench press Numa off him but Numa keeps the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Numa trying to control the action but Wallace is working from the bottom.
Wallace tries to improve position but can't.

Numa working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Wallace is looking for a sweep.

Numa tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Numa has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Numa trying to control the action but Wallace is working from the bottom.
Numa tries to move to mount but Wallace blocks the move with his legs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Numa wants to lay and pray for a moment but Wallace keeps working.
Wallace sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Numa trying to control the action but Wallace is working from the bottom.
Numa is looking to stall here but Wallace recovers full guard.
Numa stopping the sweep attempt from Wallace.
Numa wants to control from the top but Wallace keeps moving.

Wallace is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Numa defends well.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wallace trying to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Numa is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

Wallace looking for a guillotine here but Numa defends easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Wallace is on top in guard.
Wallace working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Numa is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Wallace cracks Numa with a solid left hand.
Wallace trying to control but Numa is working from the bottom.
Wallace postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Numa throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Numa has momentary wrist control but Wallace slips an elbow through the middle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wallace with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

Numa is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Wallace defends well.
Wallace is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Wallace works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Numa is looking to improve his position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Wallace lands a nice short elbow.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wallace not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Wallace landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Wallace scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

Numa is rocked!
Wallace lands a big elbow - Numa is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Wallace!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Antoine Wallace!
In his post fight interview, Antoine Wallace gave a big smile as he said 'The A-Train rolls on! Find me someone else to put on their back.'.