PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Allan May (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and TJ Wallace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). TJ Wallace will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

May
vs
Wallace

198 cm
25
200 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

183 cm
25
209 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Inexperienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Allan May!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, TJ Wallace!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Dmitry Maklakov and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
May shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Wallace as he avoids it easily.
May has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Wallace.
Wallace throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Wallace fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt May.
Wallace keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
May throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Wallace's waist but Wallace gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing May off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Allan May. That's going to take a lot out of him.
May looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
May shoots in for a takedown but Wallace shows good takedown defense.
May tries for a takedown but Wallace sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
No luck with that takedown attempt from May.
May is breathing heavily.
Wallace scores with a one two! May had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
May shoots in looking for a takedown. Wallace tries to sprawl out of it but May keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Wallace manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! May crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Wallace - the referee stops the clock and May gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Wallace. May manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Wallace feints and then cracks May's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow May down.
Wallace thumps May with a low kick.
Sloppy strikes from Wallace. Those never looked like landing.
Wallace explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Wallace scoring well with a low kick there.
Wallace throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A chopping leg kick lands by Wallace.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Wallace fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt May.
Wallace lands with a kick to the ribs.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Wallace, right into the meat.
Wallace displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
May blocks a head kick by Wallace.
Wallace throws a series of punches but May moves out of range.
A chopping leg kick lands by Wallace.
Wallace feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to May's calf.
Wallace lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Wallace.
May throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Wallace's waist but Wallace gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing May off to one side.
Wallace lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wallace connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A chopping leg kick lands by Wallace.
Wallace lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Wallace scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
May on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Wallace lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
May takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A solid body kick from Wallace.
A solid leg kick lands there for Wallace.
Wallace scores with a head kick. May tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wallace slaps away a takedown attempt from May, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Wallace throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
May shoots in but no luck this time.
May tries for a takedown but Wallace sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Wallace throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by May.
Wallace scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for May. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
An inside leg kick lands from Wallace.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wallace lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Wallace.
Wallace scores with a nice body kick.
Wallace with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Wallace lands a big head kick that sends May tumbling to the mat! Wallace takes a step backwards and waves May back to his feet - he wants the finish!

May is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Wallace - that will leave a mark!

May shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Wallace wants to stand up but May is controlling him.
May will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wallace is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.

That's one minute gone in the round.
May trying to control the position from guard on top but Wallace is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
May is looking to work some ground and pound but Wallace has wrist control.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells May's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
May keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Wallace's head.
Wallace keeping full guard, as May tries to pass.
May stops Wallace from standing up.
May throwing strikes from guard but Wallace blocks nicely.
May connects with a couple of short punches.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Wallace can do anything to dispel that myth.
May lands a couple of decent looking shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wallace is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
May stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Wallace swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Wallace has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
May trying to control but Wallace is working from the bottom.
May postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
May is standing up over Wallace. Wallace looks to escape but May dives into side control.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
May lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Wallace down.
Wallace takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Wallace tries to escape but May is in control.
Allan May overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

May tries for a kimura but Wallace is defending well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

May looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
May has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Wallace!
May in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
May with the ground and pound from mount.
Wallace is really trying hard to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
May lands with some strikes.

Wallace is rocked!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
May lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Wallace hang on?
Wallace is still in real trouble! Can May finish him?
May unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Wallace wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! May celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Allan May!