PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Henry Wallace (ranked 2481 p4p, 239 weight class) and Owen Osterberg (ranked 23779 p4p, 466 weight class). Henry Wallace has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Wallace
vs
Osterberg

177 cm
25
149 lbs
12 - 13 - 0

168 cm
26
148 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Henry Wallace!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Owen Osterberg!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Osterberg throws a hook but Wallace avoids it easily.
Osterberg takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

It looks like Owen Osterberg has been cut.
Osterberg has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Osterberg scores with a decent looking hook.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wallace. Osterberg does a little dance to reset his feet.

Osterberg pushes Wallace up against the cage in a clinch.
Wallace fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Osterberg tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A body shot lands from Osterberg.
Osterberg takes a shot to the head.
Osterberg misses with a body punch.

Wallace's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Wallace misses with a shot to the body
and Osterberg counters with a nice body shot.
Wallace just misses with a punch to the body.
Wallace lands a right hook to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Osterberg steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Wallace.
Wallace avoids the body shot from Osterberg.
Osterberg pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Osterberg scores with a nice strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wallace moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Wallace swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Osterberg lands a jab to Wallace's midsection.
Osterberg throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Wallace takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Wallace rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Osterberg moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Wallace avoids a kick to the body.
Osterberg comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Wallace is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Osterberg.
Osterberg now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Osterberg steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Wallace.
Wallace blocks the body kick.

Osterberg darts in and clinches Wallace up against the cage.
Wallace throws a head punch that misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wallace blocking some punches.
Wallace misses with an elbow strike.
Osterberg takes an elbow to the temple.
Wallace misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wallace lands an elbow inside.
Wallace blocks a body shot from Osterberg.
Wallace blocks a body shot from Osterberg.
Osterberg tries to work over Wallace's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Osterberg lands a shoulder strike.
Osterberg struggles to land a body shot inside as Wallace controls his hands.
Wallace swings wildly with an uppercut but Osterberg uses good head movement to avoid it.
Osterberg tries a body shot but Wallace blocks it.
Wallace working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Osterberg's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Osterberg misses with some punches.
Wallace lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Osterberg lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Wallace or not.
Wallace blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Osterberg blocks an uppercut.
Osterberg blocks an elbow strike.
Wallace prevents a body shot from Osterberg.
Osterberg tries to work over Wallace's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Still in the clinch, Osterberg scores with a nice short uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wallace.
Osterberg's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wallace misses with the head strike.
Osterberg working aggressively here.
Osterberg dodges an elbow strike from Wallace.
Wallace tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Wallace lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Wallace creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Osterberg.
Wallace misses with an elbow over the top.
Osterberg fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Osterberg tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Wallace lands with a right to the head.
Wallace working aggressively here.
Osterberg scores with a shoulder strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Wallace just misses with a elbow thrown towards Osterberg's brow.
Wallace lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Osterberg doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Osterberg lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Osterberg tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
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 lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Wallace looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Osterberg swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Osterberg lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Osterberg scores with a nice hook to the head.
Wallace lands an elbow inside that Osterberg shrugs off.
With the fighters up against the cage, Wallace throws an elbow but misses.
Wallace creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Osterberg's defenses.
Osterberg struggles to land a body shot inside as Wallace controls his hands.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Osterberg.
Osterberg tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Wallace lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Wallace lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Osterberg misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Wallace working aggressively here.
Osterberg lands a shoulder strike.
Osterberg working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Osterberg misses with a hook from the clinch.
Osterberg is working Wallace over against the cage.
Osterberg blocks the elbow strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Osterberg blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wallace throws a punch but it's blocked by Osterberg.
Osterberg tries to throw a body punch but Wallace avoids it by throwing Osterberg back against the cage.
Wallace gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Wallace lands on the inside with an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Henry Wallace will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Owen Osterberg's cut.
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.

Osterberg moves away from the strike by Wallace.
Osterberg is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Osterberg pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Wallace stuns Osterberg with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Osterberg keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Osterberg scores with a body shot.
Wallace looks to land a combination but Osterberg avoids it well.
Wallace moves away from the strike by Osterberg.
Wallace lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

Wallace closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Henry Wallace has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Wallace creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Osterberg makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Wallace scores with a nice hook to the head.

Wallace pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Wallace darts in and clinches Osterberg up against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Wallace throws an elbow but misses.
Osterberg misses with a body punch.
Wallace blocks a body shot from Osterberg.
Wallace misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Osterberg tries to work over Wallace's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Osterberg doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wallace swings wildly with an uppercut but Osterberg uses good head movement to avoid it.
Osterberg lands a hook that snaps the head of Wallace backwards.
Osterberg tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wallace lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Osterberg backwards.
Osterberg misses with a hook to the ribs.
Wallace gets through Osterberg's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Wallace tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Osterberg's elbow.
Osterberg misses with a body punch.
Wallace tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Osterberg tries to throw a body punch but Wallace avoids it by throwing Osterberg back against the cage.
Wallace misses with the head strike.
Wallace blocks a body shot from Osterberg.
Osterberg tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Wallace just misses with a elbow thrown towards Osterberg's brow.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Osterberg.
Still in the clinch, Osterberg scores with a nice short uppercut.
Wallace prevents a body shot from Osterberg.
Wallace lands an elbow inside that Osterberg shrugs off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Osterberg blocks an uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wallace lands a shoulder strike.
Osterberg throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Wallaces head.
Wallace pushes off an throws an elbow but Osterberg leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Wallace lands a nice elbow.
Osterberg tries to work over Wallace's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Wallace misses with a short punch on the inside.
Osterberg tries to work over Wallace's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Osterberg misses with the head strike.
Wallace tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wallace lands a left hand that snaps the head of Osterberg backwards.
Wallace has a couple of punches blocked by Osterberg.
Wallace can't find room to land a body shot as Osterberg controls the action.
Osterberg's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Osterberg is rocked!
Wallace digs a right hand into Osterberg's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Osterberg's gas tank.
Osterberg is still on wobbly legs! Can Wallace finish him?
Wallace lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Osterberg lands a nice shot to the body.
Wallace lands an elbow just above Osterberg 's eye.
Osterberg blocks the elbow strike.
Wallace lands a nice uppercut.
Wallace lands a shoulder strike.
Osterberg misses with a punch on the inside.
Wallace lands a left hand.
Osterberg swings wildly with an uppercut but Wallace uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wallace creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Osterberg with a big uppercut! Osterberg tries to clinch up but Wallace pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Osterberg to the mat! Osterberg covers up and Wallace unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Henry Wallace!