PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Harold Harmbe (ranked 944 p4p, 129 weight class) and William Wallace (ranked 731 p4p, 107 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Harmbe
vs
Wallace

196 cm
31
204 lbs
15 - 9 - 1

195 cm
31
190 lbs
12 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Insanely flexible

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

XFighter Clothing

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 15 - 9 - 1, fighting out of New York, Harold Harmbe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, William Wallace!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Colin Fray and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Harmbe rushes Wallace and presses him up against the cage.

Wallace breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wallace steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Harmbe.
Harmbe looks to land a body kick but Wallace moved away.
Wallace scores with a body shot.
Harmbe misses with a wild body shot.
Wallace throws an overhand right that lands on Harmbe's shoulder, as Harmbe tries to avoid the shot.
Harmbe missing with a left hand there. Wallace was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Wallace keeps the fight on the outside.
Harmbe has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Touch Of Death Combat Academy in the buildup to the fight.
Harmbe blocks a jab.
A big left from Wallace misses.
Harmbe throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wallace looks to land a combination. Harmbe sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Harmbe staying out of range there.
Wallace slips a jab from Harmbe.
Wallace uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Harmbe.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harmbe misses with a hook
and Wallace counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wallace throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Harmbe keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wallace.
A shot to the body from Harmbe misses
and Wallace connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Harmbe misses the shot to the body.
A countering left hand to the body from Wallace misses.
Harmbe fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Wallace takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Wallace swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Harmbe throws an off balance right hand
and Wallace counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A telegraphed right hand from Harmbe misses the target.
A nice side step and Wallace releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.

Wallace lands a left and a right that send Harmbe crashing to the mat, dazed. Wallace thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Harmbe is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wallace thuds a left hand into Harmbe's body.
Oh Harmbe is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Wallace ducks under a wild hook from Harmbe.
Wallace unleashes a big counter combination but Harmbe bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Wallace swats away the attempt to clinch by Harmbe.
Harmbe seems to have got his legs back now.

Harmbe clinches up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wallace wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Harmbe has him pressed against the cage.
Harmbe lands a knee to the head.
Harmbe stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Harmbe lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Wallace manages to break the clinch.
Harold Harmbe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harmbe lands with a cross.
Wallace misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Harmbe.
Harmbe is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Wallace throws a right hand that Harmbe ducks under and follows up with a left that Harmbe also avoids with ease.
It looked like Harmbe wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Harmbe takes a swing at Wallace's ribcage but misses.
Wallace throws a hook but Harmbe avoids it easily.
Harmbe throws a lazy uppercut
and Wallace counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Wallace scores with a hook to the body. Harmbe takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Harmbe throws out a loose jab but Wallace uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harmbe misses with a jab to the body
and Harmbe takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Wallace lands a big uppercut and Harmbe crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Harmbe looks OK. Wallace waves Harmbe back to his feet!
Harmbe staying out of range there.
Harmbe takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Harmbe throws a series of punches but Wallace moves out of range.
William Wallace is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Harmbe loads up on a big right hand but Wallace slips the punch.
Harmbe throws a series of punches but Wallace avoids them all with ease.
Wallace now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Wallace misses the jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wallace walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Harmbe swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Wallace moves away from the strike by Harmbe.
Harmbe misses with a double jab
and Harmbe takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Wallace lands a big uppercut and Harmbe crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Harmbe looks OK. Wallace waves Harmbe back to his feet!
Harmbe misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wallace.
We've been informed that Wallace has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harmbe misses with a straight left.
Wallace misses with a double jab.
Wallace slips under a jab from Harmbe.

Harmbe clinches up against the cage.
Knees to the body from Harmbe.

Wallace breaks from the clinch.
A telegraphed right hand from Wallace misses the target.
Harmbe misses the body punch

and Wallace counters with a nice right hand that sends Harmbe toppling to the canvas! Harmbe scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Wallace finish him?!
Harmbe misses with a straight right.
Some wild striking there from Wallace.
Harmbe fires out a quick counter leg kick but Wallace just manages to avoid it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sloppy strikes from Wallace. Those never looked like landing.
Wallace moves out of range of the body kick from Harmbe.

Harmbe moves into the clinch successfully.
Wallace looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

William Wallace dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Wallace looks to throw the jab but Harmbe is out of range.
Wallace has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Harmbe with a nice cross.
Wallace throws a jab but it's blocked by Harmbe.
Wallace throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Harmbe sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Wallace avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Harmbe uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Wallace.
Harmbe connects with a good right hand that stumbles Wallace. Wallace circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
No luck for Harmbe with that takedown attempt.
As Harmbe backs off Wallace throws a huge counter combo but Harmbe manages to avoid it all.
Wallace waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Harmbe.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harmbe connects with a right hand. Wallace shakes it off.
Wallace steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Harmbe.
Wallace throws a jab when Harmbe was well out of range.
As Wallace looks to move away, Harmbe throws a big counter combo but Wallace just gets out of the way.
Wallace steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Harmbe.
Harmbe moves in looking to clinch but Wallace pushes him off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wallace slips a jab from Harmbe.
Harmbe throws a nice looking combination but Wallace bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Harmbe swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Harmbe throws a predictable looking body shot
and Wallace counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Wallace, as that shot connected.
Harmbe misses the body punch
and Wallace counters with a two punch combo.

It looks like Harold Harmbe has been cut.
Wallace walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Wallace with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Harmbe to score with a decent uppercut.
Wallace misses with a series of wild punches.
Harmbe gets caught by a brutal right hook which buckles his knees! Harmbe tries to backpedal with his spaghettilegs but Wallace is headhunting and goes for the kill. A jab and a right hook connect and Harmbe buckles badly as his eyes roll back. The referee steps in and saves Harmbe!! Harmbe is complaining but he was clearly out on his feet. Wallace throws his mouthpiece into the crowd. Mmmm spit-tastic.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). William Wallace!
William Wallace took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, XFighter Clothing for their support in the buildup to the fight.
In defeat, Harold Harmbe stepped up to the mic, saying 'This might have been my last fight tonight'.