PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Frank Pietra (ranked 3300 p4p, 3603 weight class) and Frank Wallace (ranked 368 p4p, 398 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Pietra
vs
Wallace

180 cm
25
199
1 - 0 - 0

172 cm
25
190
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Frank Pietra!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Frank Wallace!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Roosa Järviläinen and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wallace dives in for a single leg takedown but Pietra sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
The fight stays on the outside here - Wallace looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Wallace closes the distance and pushes Pietra back into the cage.
Pietra is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Wallace wants a takedown but no success here.

Pietra pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wallace looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Wallace is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

It looks like Frank Wallace has been cut.
Wallace tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Pietra counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Pietra stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Pietra wants it to stay on the feet.
Frank Pietra has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Frank Wallace.

Wallace forces Pietra back against the cage and clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wallace is trying to stall.

Pietra breaks the clinch.
Pietra misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Wallace clinches with his opponent.

Pietra pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wallace lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

It looks like Frank Pietra has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wallace has his takedown stuffed

and Pietra counters with a crisp one two that drops Wallace! Pietra thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Wallace to his feet! Wallace is in big trouble!

Wallace is rocked!
Pietra plants his feet and throws a brutal three punch combo that sends Wallace swiftly into unconsciousness! Right, left, right! Boom, boom, boom! Wallace face plants, battered and bloodied! He might never be the same again after that finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Frank Pietra!
In his post fight interview, Frank Pietra started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.