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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Antoine Wallace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Hall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wallace comes to the cage accompanied by Pray by Jay-Z feat. Rob Dougan. Ben Hall has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Antoine Wallace's chin.
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202 lbs
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195 lbs
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Good wrestling
Counter striker
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
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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
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Antoine Wallace!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ben Hall!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Bruno Hogan and Eliza Hachem.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wallace moves into the clinch.
Wallace throws a head punch that misses.
Wallace misses with an elbow strike.
Hall blocks an uppercut.
Wallace lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hall backwards.
Wallace has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Hall clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Wallace patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
Hall tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Wallace is landing with some decent strikes but Hall is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wallace lands a big elbow.
Wallace putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Wallace misses with a head shot.
Hall in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Wallace looking to finish with strikes here!
Wallace is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Hall has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Hall!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wallace has an active guard here but Hall has managed to pass into half guard.
Wallace is looking to improve his position.
Wallace is not content to let Hall control the position.
Hall is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wallace wants to improve his position but Hall is controlling well.
The fighters are battling for position here. Wallace manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Hall got a little sloppy there for a moment and Wallace has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Hall has managed to get both his arms back between Wallace's legs - danger averted.
Hall is looking to stand up but Wallace won't let him.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Hall has gone for a leg lock! Wallace slips out almost immediately though and dives into Hall's guard.
Hall throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Wallace escapes and throws Hall's legs to the side, diving into side control!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hall wants to get back to his feet.
Wallace is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Hall has escaped the position, nice work there.
Wallace working the strikes but Hall uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Wallace passes to side control.
Wallace tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wallace working the ground and pound but Hall is defending the strikes.
Hall gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Wallace takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Hall is trying to control but can't.
Hall moves into full guard.
Wallace chips away with some ground and pound.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hall pulls Wallace in close to prevent any damage.
Wallace scoring with some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Antoine Wallace dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Wallace bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Sloppy strikes there by Wallace.
Sloppy strikes there by Wallace.
Wallace in side control lands a decent elbow.
Wallace tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Wallace has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Hall gets back to half guard.
Wallace is trying to control. Hall wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Wallace is working for a kimura but Hall is defending it quite comfortably.
Wallace is thwarting Hall's attempts to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hall tries to kick Wallace off but Wallace keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Hall is trying to maintain the position but Wallace is very close to passing his half guard.
Wallace throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Wallace thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Hall's head.
Wallace working Hall over with strikes.
Wallace throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Wallace thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Hall's head.
Hall on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Hall gets full guard.
Hall working a defensive guard but Wallace passes into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hall has hold of Wallace's hands but Wallace slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
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 is thwarting Hall's attempts to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wallace is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Hall is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Wallace not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Wallace throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Hall wants to get back to his feet.
Wallace winds up and cracks Hall with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hall is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Hall is trying to maintain the position but Wallace is very close to passing his half guard.
Wallace not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Wallace is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Wallace throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Wallace looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Hall with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Antoine Wallace overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hall won't allow Wallace to pass to mount.
Wallace works his way into full mount!
Hall taking shots to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hall is desperately trying to improve his position but Wallace has a good base and remains in mount.
Hall is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Wallace scores with a couple of good head shots there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hall in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Wallace has control of Hall's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Hall regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Wallace is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Hall has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wallace with shots to the head and body - Hall looks very uncomfortable down there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Antoine Wallace dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
A left lands for Hall.
Wallace takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Hall works over Wallace's head and body with a nice combination.
Wallace takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A big left from Wallace misses.
Hall gets caught flat footed, as Wallace shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
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!
Hall wants to stand but Wallace is controlling the position.
Wallace trying to control but Hall is working from the bottom.
Wallace trying to move into half guard but instead Hall has managed to sweep!
Wallace wants to sweep here but Hall controlling him for the moment.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wallace looking for subs off his back but Hall has passed one foot through into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wallace trying to control but Hall postures up.
Hall wants to lay and pray for a moment but Wallace keeps working.
Wallace trying to control here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Hall is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Hall works his foot free and advances to mount.
Wallace is squirming around, avoiding Hall's attempts to control the action.
Hall is trying to take his opponent's back.
Wallace is wriggling around trying to escape.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hall trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Wallace is controlling an arm, preventing Hall from taking his back. Although keeping him in mount is no better to be honest.
Hall stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.
Hall moves out of range of the strikes.
Wallace drives through with a takedown into Hall's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Wallace sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Hall's guard.
Wallace passes to full mount!
Antoine Wallace is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hall is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Wallace takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Wallace lands a nice shot to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wallace landing shots from mount.
Hall blocking the ground and pound.
Wallace looking to control and managing it successfully.
Wallace looking to finish with strikes here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wallace dominating with strikes here.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Antoine Wallace.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Wallace, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 30:27
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Antoine Wallace!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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