PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Henry Wallace (ranked 1326 p4p, 147 weight class) and Chad Yonic (ranked 1375 p4p, 151 weight class). Chad Yonic acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Wallace
vs
Yonic

177 cm
25
149 lbs
12 - 11 - 0

168 cm
24
160 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Sportivité

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Henry Wallace!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Chad Yonic!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Marco Blurström and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Yonic instigates a clinch.
Wallace tries to throw a body punch but Yonic avoids it by throwing Wallace back against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Wallace just misses with a elbow thrown towards Yonic's brow.
Wallace lands with a right to the head.
Wallace pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Wallace swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wallace takes a shot to the head.
Wallace makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Wallace creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Wallace fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wallace blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Yonic lands a right hand.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Wallace.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Yonic creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yonic blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Yonic stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Yonic scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Yonic jumps guard and drags Wallace to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Wallace wants to get up but he can't break Yonic's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

Yonic is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Wallace is aware though and is defending well.

Yonic has his feet on Wallace's thighs here. He's pushed Wallace off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Wallace screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Chad Yonic!
Chad Yonic really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Sportivité logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.