PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sher Shah Suri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antoine Wallace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wallace is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Pray by Jay-Z feat. Rob Dougan. Antoine Wallace struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 187.4lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. On his way into the cage it seems that Sher Shah Suri has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Sher Shah Suri seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Shah Suri
vs
Wallace

183 cm
38
200 lbs
30 - 20 - 0

175 cm
46
203 lbs
37 - 26 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Spartan Nutrition

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 30 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sher Shah Suri!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 37 - 26 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Antoine Wallace!
The judges for this bout are Topper Green, John Mangel and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A telegraphed right hand from Suri misses the target.
Wallace misses the shot to the body.
Wallace is looking to chop away at Suri's legs.
Wallace takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Wallace's coach down at Palazzo Paisano was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Wallace's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Wallace closes the distance looking to clinch
and Suri connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wallace tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wallace throws a leg kick but Suri sees it coming and moves out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Suri on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Wallace throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Antoine Wallace seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Suri is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Wallace moves to clinch but Suri breaks away

and Suri counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

Wallace is rocked!
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Suri arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Wallace's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Sher Shah Suri!
Sher Shah Suri decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
In defeat, Antoine Wallace stepped up to the mic, saying 'He was the better man tonight...the A-Train will be back and better than ever.'.