PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between William Wallace (ranked 916 p4p, 121 weight class) and Yoel Mir (ranked 1430 p4p, 188 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Yoel Mir enters the cage!

Wallace
vs
Mir

195 cm
32
190 lbs
13 - 3 - 0

188 cm
24
186 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Riner 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 13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, William Wallace!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Yoel Mir!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, George Francis and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mir scores with a shot to the body.
Wallace misses with a double jab.
Mir fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Wallace.
Wallace takes one on the button.
Mir uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Wallace.

Mir takes the fight into the clinch.
Wallace wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mir has him pressed against the cage.
Mir cracks Wallace with a nice body shot.
A short body shot lands from Mir as the two fighters clinch.
Mir utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Mir working Wallace over with knees to the body.
Wallace is breathing heavily.
Mir utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Mir doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Wallace takes a knee right on the jaw!
Wallace is trying to push Mir away but Mir has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Mir lands a knee to the head.
Wallace is trying to push Mir away but Mir has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Mir lands a shoulder strike.
Mir prevents Wallace from breaking the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mir tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wallace avoiding damage as Mir throws knees to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Mir.
A nice right hand lands inside from Mir.
Mir with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Wallace manages to break the clinch.
Wallace takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Mir lands with a hook. Wallace tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

Wallace tries to keep at a distance but Mir has taken the fight into the clinch.
Wallace blocks a body shot from Mir.
Mir doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Wallace escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mir misses with a combination
and Wallace counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mir throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wallace blocks it with crossed arms.
Mir has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Wallace seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Mir can turn it around.
Wallace is looking to break free of the clinch but Mir has double underhooks.
Wallace looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mir struggles to land a body shot inside as Wallace controls his hands.
Mir putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Wallace in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Wallace avoiding damage as Mir throws knees to the body.
Wallace wants to break free but Mir has control.
Mir tries to land knees in the clinch but Wallace avoids the damage to the body.
Mir tries to land a knee to the head but Wallace blocks with his arms.
Wallace wants to break the clinch but can't.

Wallace breaks from the clinch.
Mir fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Wallace.
Mir fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Wallace blocks the body kick.
Wallace keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mir.
Jab, jab by Mir - just one landing.
Wallace tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mir was well out of range. Poor timing from Wallace.
Mir scores with a push kick.
Nice jab there from Mir.
Mir lands with a nice body punch.
Wallace swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wallace takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Wallace tests Mir's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Mir cracks the inside of Wallace's front leg.
An inside leg kick lands from Mir.
Mir lands the left hand.
Wallace walks into a left hand.
Wallace throws a body punch but Mir moves out of range.

Mir closes the distance and clinches.
Knees in the clinch landing for Mir.
Mir misses with a punch on the inside.
Mir lands a nice shot to the body.
Mir tries to land knees in the clinch but Wallace avoids the damage to the body.
Mir with an attempt at a knee that misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mir lands a body shot.
Mir lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Wallace escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mir lands with a thumping leg kick.
Mir connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Yoel Mir seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mir fails with an attempt to clinch.
A jab from Mir does it's job there.
Wallace lands with a cross.
Wallace moves out of range of the body kick from Mir.
Mir scores with a nice right hand.
Wallace scores with a jab to the body.
Wallace takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Mir looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Mir moves out of range as Wallace strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wallace moves away from the strike by Mir.
Wallace is looking to counter punch.
Good leg kick by Mir there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Wallace misses the jab.
Wallace throws a series of punches but Mir avoids them all with ease.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yoel Mir dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Mir throws a nice inside leg kick.
Mir misses with a hook.
The fighters circling - Mir throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

Mir drives through and clinches with Wallace against the cage.

Wallace breaks the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mir looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wallace avoids the head kick by Mir.
An attempted straight right counter from Wallace misses the target.
A bone on bone clash there as Wallace blocks the leg kick.
A jab from Wallace does it's job there.
Mir lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mir tries to clinch up.
Mir looks to land a left hand but Wallace moved out of range nicely.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Mir.
Mir fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wallace manages to avoid it.
Mir rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Mir takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wallace looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Mir throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Wallace sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A nice combination there by Mir.
Wallace avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Mir throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Wallace counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Mir is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Mir lets loose with a powerful body kick. Wallace will feel that in the morning.
Wallace misses the jab.
Mir misses with a few strikes there.
Mir misses with a body kick.
Mir darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Wallace blocks a head kick by Mir.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wallace pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Wallace fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Mir on the side of the head.
Wallace is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wallace takes a swing at Mir's ribcage but misses.
Wallace walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Mir has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Mir cracks a nice hook into Wallace's ribs.
Mir swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Wallace takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Wallace slips under a jab.
Wallace gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Nice shot by Mir.

Wallace is rocked!
Mir throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Wallace's head.
Oh Wallace is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Nice uppercut there from Mir.
The fighters circle momentarily. Mir darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Wallace avoids a punch combination nicely.
Mir steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Wallace.
Mir lands an overhand right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wallace throws a hook but Mir blocks it.
Mir misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Mir goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Mir throws out a loose jab but Wallace uses good head movement to avoid it.
A counter left hand to the body from Wallace misses its target.
Mir fails to land with a series of punches.
Wallace throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Mir throws out a counter right but Wallace avoids it with no problem.
Wallace thows a left - swing and a miss!
Mir explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Mir lands a nice looking body kick.
Wallace ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mir moves away.
Mir ducks under a wild hook from Wallace.
Wallace takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Wallace seems to have got his legs back now.
Wallace bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Wallace stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Mir.
Wallace avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Wallace throwing a counter right hand but Mir manages to avoid it.
Mir misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Mir throws out a powerful jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mir misses with a straight right.
Mir throws a series of punches but Wallace avoids them all with ease.
Mir loads up on a big right hand but Wallace slips the punch.
Mir moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Mir throws a low kick but Wallace moves out of range easily.
Mir connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Mir throws a body punch but Wallace moves out of range.
Wallace went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Mir looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Wallace misses with a wild body shot.
A countering left hand to the body from Mir misses.
Mir cracks Wallace with a right hand to the side of the head.
Mir uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wallace.

Mir clinches with his opponent.
Mir with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wallace wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Mir utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yoel Mir showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!

Mir misses with a head kick.
Mir throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Wallace's head.
Mir scores with a jab.
Mir is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Wallace.
A nice inside leg kick there by Mir. That's going to slow Wallace down.
Mir wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A nice leg kick lands there from Mir.
Mir connects with a single shot there.
No joy there for Wallace, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mir scores with a nice body kick.
Mir scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Wallace throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A jab from Mir does it's job there.
Mir lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Wallace at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Mir finds it's way through Wallace's defenses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Mir lands with a kick to the ribs.
Mir feints a jab promting Wallace to slip. Mir then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Wallace slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Mir doesn't manage to clinch there - Wallace circles away.
Wallace with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Mir to score with a decent uppercut.
Mir throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
BOOM! Mir lands a beautiful left hook that drops Wallace. Wallace tries to recover but Mir is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Wallace lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:32 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yoel Mir!
Yoel Mir seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.