PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Yeshua Immanuel (ranked 745 p4p, 556 weight class) and William Wallace (ranked 100 p4p, 69 weight class). Yeshua Immanuel could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to William Wallace's chin.

Immanuel
vs
Wallace

181 cm
34
190
10 - 7 - 0

195 cm
44
190
33 - 18 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Voodoo Nutrition

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 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yeshua Immanuel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 33 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, William Wallace!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Dean Styles and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Immanuel tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wallace swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A swing and a miss from Wallace.
Immanuel lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Wallace backs up against the cage.
Wallace has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Wallace changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Immanuel tries to land a body kick
and Wallace counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Immanuel on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Wallace waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Immanuel.
Immanuel attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Immanuel looks to land a left hand but Wallace moved out of range nicely.
Wallace walks into a straight right hand from Immanuel.
A shot to the body from Immanuel misses
and Wallace counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wallace. Immanuel does a little dance to reset his feet.
Immanuel tries to close the distance and clinch but Wallace swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Some wild striking there from Immanuel.
Immanuel takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Immanuel throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Wallace! But no joy.
Yeshua Immanuel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Immanuel misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Immanuel takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Immanuel looks to land a combination but Wallace avoids it well.
Immanuel misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Wallace appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Immanuel jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Immanuel avoids the body shot from Wallace.
Good exchange - Wallace coming out on top.
Immanuel goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Wallace lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Immanuel misses with an uppercut
and Wallace counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Immanuel misses with a looping right.
Wallace scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wallace tries to clinch but Immanuel is having none of it.
Immanuel misses with a combination
and Wallace counters with a nice body shot.
Wallace scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Immanuel swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Immanuel dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Wallace. Beautiful body shot.
Immanuel throws a sloppy head kick
and Wallace counters with a nice uppercut.
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.
Immanuel gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Wallace.
Immanuel will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Wallace throws a jab when Immanuel was well out of range.
Immanuel tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Wallace manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Wallace is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Immanuel misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wallace.
Wallace swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Wallace has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Immanuel is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Wallace.
Wallace looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Wallace checks the leg kick.
Wallace scores with a jab.
Wallace connects with a body shot that sends Immanuel's belly button to the back.
Wallace is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Immanuel.
Some bone on bone action there as Wallace checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Wallace looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A nice combination there by Immanuel.
Wallace thuds a left hand into Immanuel's body.
Immanuel is breathing heavily.
Wallace throws a hook to the side of Immanuel's head but Immanuel sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Immanuel looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Immanuel takes one on the button.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wallace misses with an uppercut.
Immanuel bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Wallace's head.
Immanuel uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wallace.
Wallace works Immanuel's body with a nice hook.
Wallace slips under a jab.
Wallace sizes up Immanuel with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Wallace misses with a shot to the body
and Immanuel counters with a stiff right hand.
A big left from Immanuel misses.
Wallace throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Wallace thows a left - swing and a miss!
Wallace misses the shot to the body.
Immanuel fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Immanuel misses with a leg kick
and Wallace cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Wallace swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wallace lands a lovely overhand right.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Immanuel ducks under a wild hook from Wallace.
Immanuel waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Wallace.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wallace thows a left - swing and a miss!
Wallace changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Wallace scores with a body shot.
Wallace misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Wallace thows a left - swing and a miss!
Wallace slips a jab and a cross from Immanuel.
Immanuel throws a left and a right that both miss
and Wallace counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Immanuel thinking.
Wallace throws a body shot but no joy.
Wallace scores with a shot to the body.
Wallace slips under a jab from Immanuel.
Wallace misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Immanuel.
Wallace is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A telegraphed right hand from Immanuel misses the target.
Immanuel ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Immanuel throws a nice head kick!
A big left from Immanuel misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

William Wallace dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Wallace connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Wallace has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Immanuel ducks under a wild hook from Wallace.
Wallace just misses with a punch to the body.
Immanuel went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
A telegraphed right hand from Wallace misses the target.
Yeshua Immanuel is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Immanuel misses with a looping right.
Immanuel will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Wallace looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Immanuel with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Wallace to score with a decent uppercut.
Wallace uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Immanuel.
Wallace is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Immanuel with a body shot.
The fighters circling - Immanuel throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Wallace scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Immanuel doesn't seem bothered though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Immanuel throws a head kick that misses.
Wallace connects with a nice looking jab.
Immanuel throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Immanuel throws a poor cross that misses
and Wallace counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Wallace cracks Immanuel with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A lazy body kick from Immanuel
and Wallace connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Immanuel might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Immanuel motions for Wallace to come forward. Immanuel throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Immanuel looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Wallace throws a body shot but no joy.
Wallace rushes Immanuel and starts throwing punches like they are going out of style! Immanuel is up against the cage and has nowhere to go. Wallace piles on the pressure and Immanuel crumples to the floor! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:16 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). William Wallace!
William Wallace thanked the fans post fight for their support.
Yeshua Immanuel spoke after the fight, saying 'Thanks to my coaches, sorry I came up short. Great game plan by my opponent. It was his night tonight. '.