PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Oliver Queen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Wallace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Queen
vs
Wallace

186 cm
31
140 lbs
10 - 9 - 0

185 cm
29
132 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Oliver Queen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ryan Wallace!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Queen loads up on a big right hand but Wallace slips the punch.
Queen shoots in looking for a takedown but Wallace manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Queen's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Queen feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Wallace's calf.

Queen scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Wallace is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Queen scores with a couple of nice shots.
Wallace is trying to stand.
Queen has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Queen content to control rather than advance.
Wallace misses with some strikes from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Well, if Queen is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Queen postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Wallace to stand up.

Queen clinches with his opponent.
Wallace pushes off an throws an elbow but Queen leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

Queen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Queen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wallace.
Wallace is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Queen with a body shot.
Wallace throws a right hand that Queen ducks under and follows up with a left that Queen also avoids with ease.
Queen tries to counter by clinching up but Wallace breaks away and moves out of range.

Queen throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Wallace was covering up waiting for the punch and Queen finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Queen slips nicely into half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Queen lands a nice short elbow.
Wallace trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
Queen prevents Wallace from getting the reversal.
Wallace has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Queen controlling the pace for now.
Queen in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wallace is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Wallace keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Queen controlling from the full mount.
Wallace is trying desperately to improve position.
Queen content just to control the position here.
Wallace is trying to stand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Queen controlling from the full mount.
Queen lands a heavy elbow.
Queen controlling from mount.
The referee warns Wallace that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Wallace is desperately trying to improve his position but Queen has a good base and remains in mount.
Queen looking to control and managing it successfully.
Wallace tries to reverse the position but Queen maintains control.
Wallace in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Queen fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Wallace wants to get back to his feet.
Wallace is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Queen looking to control and managing it successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wallace really wants to buck Queen off and get back to his feet.
Wallace is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
You get the feeling that Wallace really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Wallace is working to get back to half guard.
Queen blocks Wallace's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Wallace is looking to improve his position but Queen isn't that keen on the idea.
Queen tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Queen lands a big elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Oliver Queen dominated that round.
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.

Queen connects with a nice looking jab.
Queen scores with a jab.

Queen forces Wallace back against the cage and clinches.
Wallace is looking to take this one to the mat.
Queen lands a left hand that snaps the head of Wallace backwards.
Wallace misses with a short punch on the inside.
Queen lands with a light punch inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wallace.
Wallace throws a punch but it's blocked by Queen.
Wallace wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Queen pulls guard effortlessly.
Wallace must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Queen is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Wallace preventing the sweep.
Queen is controlling Wallace's posture.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Queen is on top in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Queen is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

Wallace working for submissions but it's allowed Queen to get to half guard.
Wallace is trying to control but can't.

Wallace looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Queen not doing much here.
Queen has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Wallace tries to kick Queen off but Queen keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Queen scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

Wallace looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Queen looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Queen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Wallace can do to turn this around?
Queen working over Wallace with some ground and pound. Wallace looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Queen lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Wallace is trying to stand up here but Queen is controlling him well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wallace taking some punishment here, with Queen in his half guard.
Wallace on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Queen slows the pace down in half guard.
Wallace is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Queen scores with a couple of nice shots.
Wallace pushes Queen off looking to stand but Queen dives back in and keeps control.
Queen content to control rather than advance.

Wallace looking for submissions off his back.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Queen lands a nice short elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wallace pushes Queen off looking to stand but Queen dives back in and keeps control.
Wallace has hold of Queen's hands but Queen slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Queen performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Wallace trying to control from the bottom.
Queen really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Queen drops an elbow to the side of Wallace's head.
Queen not doing much here.

Queen decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Queen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Wallace is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Queen jabs at Wallace's body.
Oliver Queen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Queen is looking to slow Wallace down with leg kicks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Oliver Queen dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Wallace showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Queen.
Queen shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Wallace pinned against the cage. Wallace gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Queen looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Wallace!
Wallace wants to get back to his feet but Queen is dominant here and he's now got Wallace's back!
Wallace is really stuck here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wallace is trying to get back to his feet but Queen has full control of the position and if anything, Wallace has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Queen lands shots from the back.

Queen has both hooks in and is working for a choke. Wallace is in real trouble here. Queen gets an arm under the chin and tightens the submission attempt... is this the end? Yes, Wallace is tapping out! Queen wins by rear naked choke!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Oliver Queen!
A relieved looking Oliver Queen thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
In defeat, Ryan Wallace stepped up to the mic, saying 'I'm going to look back and assess my skills. Hopefully I can come back stronger and much improved. Sorry to all my fans, but you can't win them all.'.