PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between David Wallace (ranked 5928 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zack Harlow (ranked 6688 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Wallace
vs
Harlow

196 cm
25
202 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

176 cm
25
198 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Likes musicals

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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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, David Wallace!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Zack Harlow!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Daniel Blasius and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harlow throws a head kick that misses

and Wallace moves into the clinch.
Harlow looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Wallace tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Harlow just stands there and leans against the cage.
Wallace is pushing Harlow up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Wallace stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Harlow wants a takedown but no success here.
Wallace goes for a takedown in the clinch but Harlow prevents it.
Harlow's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Wallace manages to break the clinch.
Wallace shoots in and drives through. Harlow sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for David Wallace. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wallace scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wallace cracks the inside of Harlow's front leg.
Wallace will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Harlow moves into range and clinches up with Wallace.

Wallace breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Harlow fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Harlow gets tackled into the cage by Wallace. Wallace maintains the clinch.

Wallace breaks the clinch.

Harlow gets tackled into the cage by Wallace. Wallace maintains the clinch.
Wallace content to slow the pace in the clinch.

Wallace jumps guard.
Wallace is trying to keep Harlow in close.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wallace looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.

Wallace has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Harlow is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Wallace breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
No luck for Wallace with that takedown attempt.
Wallace throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Harlow.
Wallace tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Harlow defends well and Wallace ends up having to push Harlow into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harlow stuffs the takedown attempt from Wallace. Wallace gets slowly back to his feet.

Wallace darts in and clinches Harlow up against the cage.

Harlow pulls guard.
Harlow working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Wallace.
Harlow keeping moving, preventing Wallace from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wallace controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Wallace slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

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!
Wallace trying to control the action but Harlow is working from the bottom.

Wallace decides to stand back up.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Wallace fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Harlow avoids it really well and circles away.
It seemed like Harlow was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Wallace dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Harlow slaps away a takedown attempt from Wallace, before circling back to the center of the mat.
David Wallace is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Wallace shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Harlow will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Wallace went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Wallace tries for a takedown but Harlow sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Harlow feints the counter takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for David Wallace. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wallace fails with a takedown attempt.
Wallace will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Harlow changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wallace leaves Harlow with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

Wallace clinches with his opponent.
Harlow is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wallace lands a good knee to the midsection. Harlow won't want to take too many of those.

Wallace breaks the clinch.
Harlow stuffs the takedown.
Harlow leaves Wallace with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Harlow stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Harlow wants it to stay on the feet.
Harlow cracks a nice hook into Wallace's ribs.

Wallace scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

Harlow pushes Wallace off and gets back to his feet.
Zack Harlow seems to be getting the better of the standup.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Harlow walks forward, straight into a front kick from Wallace.

Harlow gets tackled into the cage by Wallace. Wallace maintains the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Wallace breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Harlow keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Harlow! But no joy.
Harlow slips a jab and a cross from Wallace.
Wallace stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Wallace wants it to stay on the feet.
A counter left hand to the body from Wallace misses its target.
Harlow keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
As Wallace backs off Harlow throws a huge counter combo but Wallace manages to avoid it all.
Wallace closes this distance looking for a takedown but Harlow circles away.
Harlow now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Wallace throws a sloppy head kick and Harlow moves out of range easily.
Harlow shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Wallace but Wallace pushes him off and we're back to square one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice combination there by Wallace.
Harlow avoids a punch combination nicely.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Wallace is defended easily by Harlow.
Wallace closes the distance but Harlow moves to the side
and Harlow counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Wallace is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Wallace gets a clinch.
Harlow wants a takedown but no success here.
Wallace using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

Wallace breaks from the clinch.
Wallace lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Harlow backs up against the cage.
Wallace tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Harlow defends well and Wallace ends up having to push Harlow into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.

Wallace clinches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Harlow prevents a body shot from Wallace.
Wallace leaning against his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Wallace dominated that second round.
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. This is the final round!

Wallace tries to clinch up.
Wallace shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Harlow defends it nicely.
Harlow stuffs the takedown.
Despite the aggression on Harlow's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Harlow 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.
A head kick misses from Wallace.
Harlow is trying hard to land a takedown here. Wallace sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wallace shoots in for a takedown but Harlow shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for David Wallace. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wallace fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Harlow shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Wallace counters with a flying knee. Nice.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harlow shoots in looking for a takedown. Wallace tries to sprawl out of it but Harlow keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Wallace manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Wallace slaps away a takedown attempt from Harlow, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Wallace misses with a few strikes there.
Harlow tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Wallace shoots for a double leg takedown but Harlow sprawls well. He's pushed Wallace's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Wallace fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wallace lands with a slapping head kick.
Harlow fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Wallace rushes Harlow and presses him up against the cage.
Wallace managing to block the knees to the body from Harlow.
Wallace is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Harlow can do to turn this around?

Wallace pulls guard effortlessly.
Harlow slips nicely into half guard, despite the strikes coming from Wallace.

Wallace is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Harlow pulls his head out easily.
Wallace trying to control but Harlow postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wallace regains full guard. Nicely done.
Harlow throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Wallace is trying to hold Harlow in close to prevent damage but Harlow has managed to pass into half guard.
Wallace slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Harlow working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Wallace looking for a sweep. Not yet Wallace, not yet.
David Wallace overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Harlow is looking to work some ground and pound but Wallace has wrist control.
Wallace is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Harlow is holding on to half guard well.

Wallace wants to work for an arm triangle but Harlow is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Harlow won't allow Wallace to pass to mount.
Zack Harlow has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
David Wallace is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Wallace controlling the action here.

And that's the end of the fight!
David Wallace showed his dominance in that final round.
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 Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... David Wallace!