PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sigurd Wallace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Hughs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wallace comes into the arena with Down with the Sickness (instrumental) -Disturbed blaring out of the sound system. Joe Hughs has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Wallace
vs
Hughs

178 cm
25
156 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

178 cm
48
167 lbs
47 - 49 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sigurd Wallace!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 47 - 49 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Joe Hughs!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Alec Ball and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wallace misses with a wild body shot.
Sloppy strikes from Hughs. Those never looked like landing.
Hughs scores with a nice right hand.
Hughs lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

Hughs clinches up with Wallace and pushes him back against the cage.

Hughs manages to break the clinch.

Wallace shoots in and bounces Hughs off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.

Hughs is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Hughs keeping busy, throwing shots from the bottom.
Wallace slips nicely into half guard.
Wallace is keen to just control but Hughs is a slippery customer.
Wallace is looking to advance position but Hughs won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Wallace is looking for a kimura but Hughs is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Wallace to get the leverage.
Hughs makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Hughs.
Wallace looking to pass the guard.

Wallace avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Hughs tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Wallace is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

Hughs has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Wallace can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Wallace postures up in Hughs's guard and throws a big left but Hughs blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hughs keeping moving, preventing Wallace from controlling successfully.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Hughs throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.

Hughs has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Wallace can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Wallace passes Hughs's left leg - he's now in half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hughs tries to get to full guard but Wallace has control of the leg.
Hughs is refusing to be controlled, as Wallace sits in half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wallace not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Hughs is refusing to be controlled, as Wallace sits in half guard.

Wallace is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Hughs defends it well.
Hughs gets back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Hughs working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Wallace has passed into half guard!
Wallace wants to control but Hughs is keeping him busy.
Hughs is looking to get back to full guard here but Wallace has managed to pass to side control instead.
Hughs tries to bench press Wallace off him but Wallace keeps the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wallace trying to control the position but Hughs is working away.
Wallace is really struggling to control Hughs but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Hughs is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Hughs is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Wallace trying to control the position but Hughs is working away.
Hughs is letting Wallace control him for a moment.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Wallace thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Sigurd Wallace will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Wallace closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Hughs manages to work his way to half guard, despite Wallace's best efforts.
Wallace prevents Hughs from improving his position.
Hughs is staying active underneath Wallace, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Wallace prevents Hughs from improving his position.
Wallace wants to control but Hughs is keeping him busy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Wallace is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Wallace is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Hughs doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Wallace.

Hughs looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hughs looking for submissions off his back.
Wallace winds up and cracks Hughs with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

Wallace is looking for a kimura here.

Hughs looking for submissions off his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Wallace sitting and controlling from the half guard.

Hughs looking for submissions off his back.
Wallace seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Hughs does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Wallace is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Hughs is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.

Wallace is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Hughs is just riding it out for now. Wallace eventually gives up the hold.
Hughs is looking to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hughs looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Wallace looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Hughs wants to improve his position but Wallace is controlling well.
Hughs is not content to let Wallace control the position.
Sigurd Wallace overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Hughs looking for submissions off his back.

Wallace is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Hughs sees it coming and defends easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Wallace wants to pass the guard but Hughs is defending well.
Wallace prevents Hughs from improving his position.
Wallace wants to take a breather but Hughs is having none of it.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Hughs is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Wallace's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Wallace's back!
Wallace has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Wallace tries to escape but Hughs has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Wallace covering up well under a barage of strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sigurd Wallace dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Wallace drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.

Wallace thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Wallace got a little sloppy there for a moment and Hughs has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Wallace has managed to get both his arms back between Hughs's legs - danger averted.
Hughs lands a couple of decent looking body shots there.
Wallace trying to control but Hughs is working from the bottom.

Hughs had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Wallace defends it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wallace wants to control from the top but Hughs keeps moving.
Wallace is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hughs can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wallace forces his way into half guard.
Wallace missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

Hughs actively working from the bottom here.
Wallace wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hughs keeps working.
Wallace tries to pass the half guard into mount. Hughs knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Hughs is trying to get back to full guard.

Hughs actively working from the bottom here.
Joe Hughs has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hughs takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Hughs wants to get back to full guard.
Wallace is pressing down on Hughs's thigh, looking to free his foot. Hughs is holding on for now.

Wallace wants to work for an arm triangle but Hughs is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Wallace is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Hughs is staying active underneath Wallace, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Hughs gets back to full guard.

Hughs is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wallace trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Hughs looking to hit a scissor sweep but Wallace is one step ahead there.
Wallace stands and throws Hughs's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Wallace throwing shots but missing, from side control.

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

Wallace thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Hughs's face as Wallace controls the position.
Hughs tries to improve position but can't.
Wallace wants to control but Hughs is keeping him busy.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Wallace tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Wallace has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

And that's the end of the fight!
Sigurd Wallace showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Wallace, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Peck scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sigurd Wallace!
An out of breath Sigurd Wallace thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.