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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Antoine Wallace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Nuclear (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wallace comes to the cage accompanied by Pray by Jay-Z feat. Rob Dougan. Nuclear has chosen Nuclear Assault - Critical Mass as his entrance music. David Nuclear will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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203 lbs
30 - 18 - 1 |
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209 lbs
23 - 16 - 2 |
Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
30 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Antoine Wallace!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 16 - 2, fighting out of Sydney, David Nuclear!
The judges for this bout are Ron Honeybunn, Eliza Hachem and Ben Watson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wallace fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nuclear manages to avoid it.
Nuclear stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Nuclear wants it to stay on the feet.
Wallace scores with a sloppy right hand. Nuclear should have avoided that one.
Wallace rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Nuclear counters with a thumping low kick.
A jab from Wallace misses.
Wallace misses with a wild body shot.
Wallace misses with a body shot.
Wallace swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A nice inside leg kick there by Wallace. That's going to slow Nuclear down.
Antoine Wallace seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nuclear looks to score with a jab to the body but Wallace is just out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wallace throws a looping overhand right but Nuclear ducks down to avoid it.
Nuclear keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wallace jabs Nuclear to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Wallace.
Wallace working away.
Nuclear is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Wallace sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Nuclear is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Nuclear dodges the ground and pound from Wallace.
Nuclear is looking to regain half guard here but Wallace keeps moving and retains side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wallace sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Nuclear is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wallace working the ground and pound but Nuclear is defending the strikes.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Wallace lands some shots froms side control.
We've been hearing that Wallace has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Wallace in side control lands a decent elbow.
Wallace lands an elbow.
Wallace throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
You can see the frustration on Nuclear's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Wallace sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Nuclear is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Nuclear is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Wallace looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Nuclear is avoiding damage well.
Nuclear controls the position for a moment.
Nuclear tries to improve position but can't.
Nuclear regains half guard.
Nuclear wants to control but Wallace is keeping busy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Wallace lands a nice short elbow.
Wallace thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Nuclear's head.
Wallace thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Nuclear's head.
Wallace has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Nuclear is looking for a sweep. Wallace is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Nuclear won't allow Wallace to pass to mount.
Nuclear is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Wallace working over Nuclear with some ground and pound. Nuclear looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Nuclear has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Wallace is working away from the top position though.
Wallace passes to side control.
Wallace creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wallace lands an elbow.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Nuclear can do anything to dispel that myth.
Wallace grinds an elbow into Nuclear's temple.
The ground and pound from Wallace seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Nuclear is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Wallace misses with the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nuclear struggling a bit here.
Wallace tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Wallace looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Nuclear is avoiding damage well.
Wallace looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Nuclear tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Nuclear struggling a bit here.
Nuclear tries to improve position but can't.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wallace in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Nuclear is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Wallace asserts his dominance and retains side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Antoine Wallace dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Wallace looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Nuclear is trying to stand up here but Wallace is controlling him well.
Wallace looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Nuclear with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Nuclear avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Wallace.
Nuclear is trying to stand back up but Wallace is controlling him
Wallace not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Wallace is trying to control the action in half guard but Nuclear is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Nice strikes from Wallace there.
Nuclear wants to get back to his feet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wallace looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Nuclear with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Nuclear is looking to improve his position.
Wallace trying to pass the guard but Nuclear defending well.
Nuclear avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Wallace.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nuclear wants to control but Wallace is keeping busy and won't allow it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wallace throwing shots but Nuclear is blocking nicely.
Nuclear wants to get back to full guard.
Wallace not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Wallace seems to be looking for submissions.
Wallace working the head and body with strikes.
Nuclear gets full guard.
Nuclear working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Wallace.
Wallace is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Nuclear controls Wallace momentarily but Wallace frees himself.
Antoine Wallace overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Nuclear wants to stand up but Wallace is controlling him.
Wallace trying to control but Nuclear is working from the bottom.
Wallace scoring with some ground and pound.
Wallace scoring with some ground and pound.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wallace stopping the sweep attempt from Nuclear.
Nuclear really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Wallace. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Wallace with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wallace showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Nuclear keeping full guard, as Wallace tries to pass.
Wallace working some strikes from top position.
Nuclear working a defensive guard here.
Wallace postures up and lands a big shot to Nuclear's brow.
Wallace working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Nuclear is looking to stand up but Wallace isn't so interested in that idea.
Wallace won't allow Nuclear to sweep him here.
Wallace throws a big right hand that misses.
Nuclear wants to sweep here but Wallace controlling him for the moment.
Nuclear wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wallace stopping the sweep attempt from Nuclear.
Wallace scoring with punches to the head and body.
Wallace landing with the ground and pound.
Wallace throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Nuclear works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Wallace is in close to Nuclear's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Wallace connects with a couple of short punches.
Wallace distracts Nuclear with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Wallace throws a big right hand that misses.
Wallace stopping the sweep attempt from Nuclear.
Wallace might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Wallace wants to control from the top but Nuclear keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wallace tries to free his leg and advance position but Nuclear is retaining full guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nuclear working a defensive guard here.
Nuclear is controlling Wallace's posture.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. David Nuclear wasn't active enough on the ground.
Nuclear throws a leg kick but Wallace sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Nuclear uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wallace.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wallace. Nuclear does a little dance to reset his feet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wallace misses the shot to the body.
Wallace misses with a body punch
and Nuclear counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Antoine Wallace dominated that second 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. This is the final round!
Wallace tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nuclear was well out of range. Poor timing from Wallace.
Nuclear fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Wallace.
Wallace scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Wallace scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wallace. Nuclear does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wallace shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Nuclear sprawls well. Nuclear wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Wallace gets slowly back to his feet.
Wallace looks to score with a jab to the body but Nuclear is just out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wallace takes a shot to the body in his stride.
David Nuclear is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Wallace misses with a looping left.
Wallace misses with a looping left.
Wallace throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wallace just misses with a punch to the body.
Wallace lands a slapping body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wallace misses with a straight right.
Nuclear on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Wallace. Wallace obviously looking to wear him down.
Nice jab there from Wallace.
Wallace tries for a takedown but Nuclear sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
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 looks to land a left hand but Nuclear moved out of range nicely.
Wallace misses with a wild body shot.
Wallace fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Antoine Wallace. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nuclear lands with an overhand left.
Wallace throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Wallace misses with a hook
and Nuclear counters with a slapping leg kick.
David Nuclear has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wallace attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Wallace misses with a kick to the body
letting Nuclear counter with a right hand.
A slow jab from Wallace misses its intended target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wallace misses with a body shot.
Nuclear connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Wallace's hands.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wallace misses the shot to the body.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Nuclear. Wallace shrugs it off though.
Wallace swings and misses with a hook to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nuclear takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
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 Wallace has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Ron Honeybunn scores the fight 30:28
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ben Watson scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Antoine Wallace!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Antoine Wallace waved his t-shirt featuring Tokyo United Fightwear 's logo in front of the cameras.
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energy
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hype
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