PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between David Hamil (ranked 7176 p4p, 681 weight class) and Kenneth Wallace (ranked 25021 p4p, 794 weight class). Hamil's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, I want to know what love is. The key to victory for David Hamil has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Hamil
vs
Wallace

166 cm
26
210 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

194 cm
18
223 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Experienced

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Good gas tank

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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 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, David Hamil!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kenneth Wallace!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Jeff Smith and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck with that takedown attempt from Hamil.
Wallace misses with a hook. Hamil ducked under it nicely.

Hamil shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Wallace tries to get to full guard but Hamil has control of the leg.
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.
Hamil is thwarting Wallace's attempts to control the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Hamil is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Wallace looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Hamil wants to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wallace is looking for a sweep. Hamil is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Wallace is still trying to improve position.
Hamil works his way into full mount!
Wallace tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Hamil with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Wallace is trying desperately to improve position.

Hamil with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Wallace wants to control but Hamil is having none of it.
Wallace tries to control the position but Hamil now has his back.
What can Wallace do to escape this position? He's going to have to figure it out pretty quick if he wants to stay in the fight!
Wallace tries to escape the position.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

Hamil is persistently looking for the submission but Wallace is defending it well.
Wallace is really stuck here.

Wallace defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Hamil's arms.
You can see the frustration on Wallace's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hamil just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.
Wallace tries to break free.

Hamil is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Wallace is defending well though. Hamil let's go of the attempt for now.

Hamil is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Wallace has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.

Hamil working for a choke but Wallace is defending well.
Wallace wants to control his opponent's hands but Hamil gets his hands free.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wallace might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Hamil haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Hamil lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Wallace.

Hamil has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.

Hamil has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Wallace tries to roll but Hamil sticks to his back.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Wallace keeps trying to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Hamil dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Wallace bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Hamil manages to get back to half guard.
Hamil manages to get to full guard.
Hamil might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Wallace wants to control from the top but Hamil keeps moving.

Hamil had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Wallace defends it easily.
Hamil bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Wallace's guard.

We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wallace tries to strike from the bottom.
Wallace striking off his back but it's not causing Hamil any problems.

Hamil is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Hamil advances position into side control!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hamil trying to control the action but Wallace is working from the bottom.
Wallace is looking to reverse the position.
You can see the frustration on Wallace's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Wallace throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
Wallace is looking for a sweep.
Hamil controls the position.
Wallace wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
Hamil cracks Wallace with a big right hand but Wallace just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.

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.
Wallace is looking to reverse the position.
Hamil trying to control the position but Wallace is working away.

Hamil is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Wallace has escaped the position, nice work there.

Hamil is trying to get an arm triangle but Wallace is defending well.
Wallace is looking for a sweep.

Hamil thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Wallace has one of Hamil's arms on lockdown, trying to prevent him from doing any damage.
Wallace really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Hamil. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Wallace tries to improve position but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hamil controls the position.
Hamil working away.
Wallace striking from the bottom but nothing landed.
Wallace is trying to improve his position.
Wallace wants to control but Hamil postures up.
Hamil trying to control the position but Wallace is working away.
Hamil wants to stand but Wallace has his arm trapped.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Hamil gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

Hamil escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Wallace gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Hamil is on top in guard.

Hamil stopping the sweep attempt from Wallace.
Wallace working a defensive guard but Hamil passes into half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Wallace wants to control but Hamil is keeping busy.
Hamil seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Wallace is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Hamil dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Hamil tries to sprawl but Wallace drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Nice strikes from Wallace there.
Wallace thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Wallace seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Wallace winds up and cracks Hamil with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Wallace connects with a nice short shot to Hamil's temple.
Hamil wants to control but Wallace is keeping busy.
Wallace throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Hamil to regain full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wallace wants to control from the top but Hamil keeps moving.

Wallace avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Wallace cracks Hamil with a solid left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wallace is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Wallace is looking to work some ground and pound but Hamil has wrist control.

Hamil looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Hamil is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Wallace can do to turn this around?
Hamil lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Wallace looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Wallace is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Wallace keeping moving, preventing Hamil from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wallace striking off his back but it's not causing Hamil any problems.
Hamil forces his way into half guard.

Wallace is defending against the submission attempts here by Hamil.
Wallace is looking to control Hamil's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Wallace avoid being mounted?
Wallace is refusing to be controlled, as Hamil sits in half guard.
Hamil prevents Wallace from improving his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hamil is looking to take a break and control but Wallace is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Wallace throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Hamil wants to lay and pray for a moment but Wallace keeps working.
Hamil passes to full mount!
Hamil prevents Wallace from getting the reversal.
Wallace throws some wild strikes from the bottom.
Wallace is desperately trying to improve his position but Hamil has a good base and remains in mount.
Hamil punishing his opponent with strikes.
Wallace wants to hold on but Hamil pushes him away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hamil looking to control but Wallace is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Hamil avoids the attempt from Wallace to control.
Wallace swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Hamil blocks Wallace's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
David Hamil overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hamil lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
David Hamil is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Wallace has given up his back.
Good control from Hamil.

Hamil looking for the choke but no joy.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hamil wants to control but Wallace is keeping busy.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to David Hamil.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Hamil, 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 Paul Gruel scores the fight for David Hamil!
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight for David Hamil!
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight for David Hamil!

David Hamil wins by unanimous decision!
In his post fight interview, David Hamil started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.