PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Antoine Wallace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Trinidad Suarez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wallace comes into the arena with Pray by Jay-Z feat. Rob Dougan blaring out of the sound system. Trinidad Suarez has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Wallace
vs
Suarez

175 cm
38
203 lbs
32 - 18 - 1

183 cm
30
200 lbs
21 - 11 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 32 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Antoine Wallace!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Trinidad Suarez!
The judges for this bout are Francis DeMontford, Ron Honeybunn and Ben Hemmingworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Suarez fails to land the takedown.
Suarez doesn't succeed with the takedown
letting Wallace counter with a right hand.
Suarez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Suarez misses with a wild body shot.
Wallace shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Suarez. Wallace does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wallace throws a body punch but Suarez moves out of range.
Wallace misses the body punch

and Suarez counters with a nice double leg into guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Suarez trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Suarez throwing strikes but missing.
Suarez is looking to work some ground and pound but Wallace has wrist control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wallace not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Suarez working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Suarez scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

Wallace is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Suarez is aware though and is defending well.
Suarez trying to control the position from guard on top but Wallace is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Wallace throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Suarez postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Wallace working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Suarez.

Wallace throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Wallace is on top in guard.
Suarez has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Wallace accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Suarez preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Wallace throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Suarez works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Suarez is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wallace tries to get to full guard but Suarez has control of the leg.

Wallace looking for submissions off his back.
Wallace is looking to improve his position.
Suarez thows a huge punch but Wallace dodges it nicely.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Wallace is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Suarez's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Suarez's back!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Suarez trying to control the hands but Wallace breaks the grip.
Wallace throwing wild punches that miss their target.
Suarez is trying to escape under a series of strikes and manages to escape from Wallace 's hooks.
Suarez takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Wallace landing strikes from the mount and Suarez is in trouble!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Suarez really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Wallace is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Suarez can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Wallace working the ground and pound effectively.

Suarez is rocked!
Wallace lands a big shot to the head and Suarez winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Antoine Wallace!
After the big win, Antoine Wallace made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Tokyo United Fightwear and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.