PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Julian Wallace (ranked 22873 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carter Jose De La Cus (ranked 5206 p4p, 0 weight class). Wallace comes to the cage accompanied by scotland the brave. Jose De La Cus has chosen Britney Spears - Gimme More as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Julian Wallace had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Wallace
vs
Jose De La Cus

173 cm
29
135 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

173 cm
32
141 lbs
18 - 17 - 3

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Julian Wallace!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 17 - 3, fighting out of Tokyo, Carter Jose De La Cus!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Sosuke Kotani and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wallace throws out a loose jab but Jose De La Cus uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jose De La Cus tests Wallace's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Jose De La Cus digs a good body shot into Wallace's ribs.
Nice defenses there by Jose De La Cus.
Wallace is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jose De La Cus.
Good shot there by Jose De La Cus.
Jose De La Cus scores with a jab. Wallace acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Jose De La Cus scores with a body shot.
Decent striking displayed by Jose De La Cus there.

Wallace is rocked!
Wallace throws a big shot that misses.
Jose De La Cus showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Wallace.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jose De La Cus ducks under a wild hook from Wallace.
Jose De La Cus connects with a body shot that sends Wallace's belly button to the back.
Nice body punch from Jose De La Cus.
Wallace tries to bum rush Jose De La Cus with a series of wild strikes but Jose De La Cus uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Wallace on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Wallace looks to land a left hand but Jose De La Cus moved out of range nicely.
Julian Wallace seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jose De La Cus listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Oh Wallace is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A left lands for Jose De La Cus.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jose De La Cus connects with a nice looking jab.
Jose De La Cus looks to land a combination but Wallace avoids it well.
Wallace tries a head kick but it misses.

Jose De La Cus waves his right hand out in front of him, looking to distract Wallace. Oh, he's unloaded a beast of a left hand - it worked! He's dropped Wallace to the canvas! Can he finish him!?
Wallace wants to stand up but Jose De La Cus is controlling him.
Jose De La Cus works over Wallace with some ground and pound from guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jose De La Cus lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Jose De La Cus looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Jose De La Cus is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Jose De La Cus with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jose De La Cus looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jose De La Cus is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Jose De La Cus connects with a couple of short punches.
Jose De La Cus content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Jose De La Cus scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Wallace is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Jose De La Cus postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Jose De La Cus with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Jose De La Cus landing some decent shots from guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jose De La Cus postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Jose De La Cus landing with the ground and pound.
Wallace being controlled here, momentarily.
Jose De La Cus stands up over Wallace, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

Jose De La Cus stands up and waves to Wallace to follow him.
Wallace takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
I'm just looking down at my notes here and I see that.... oh! Jose De La Cus has cracked Wallace with a big right, followed by a left! He's out on his feet! Jose De La Cus lands another huge swinging hook and Wallace tumbles to the canvas! The ref dives in to save Wallace, before Jose De La Cus can land any more shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Carter Jose De La Cus!
Carter Jose De La Cus decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.