PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Barrett Wallace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and frank jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wallace comes to the cage accompanied by Gimme the Loot. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Wallace
vs
jones

191 cm
21
213 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

190 cm
23
210 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Granite chin

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Barrett Wallace!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, frank jones!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, John Mangel and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wallace swings for the body but jones moves out of range.
jones shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Wallace pinned against the cage. Wallace gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Wallace has managed to clinch.
jones is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.

Wallace escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wallace wants to clinch.
jones shoots in but Wallace avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Barrett Wallace has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of frank jones.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wallace is looking to clinch.
jones dodges the punch combination from Wallace.

Wallace moves into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Wallace manages to break the clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Wallace is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
jones goes for a takedown attempt but Wallace pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Wallace misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Wallace is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Wallace looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
jones takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
jones fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
jones throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Wallace's waist but Wallace gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing jones off to one side.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
jones shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Wallace throws a sloppy head kick and jones moves out of range easily.

Wallace clinches up with jones and pushes him back against the cage.
Wallace wants to break free but jones has control.
jones keeps control of Wallace as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Wallace wants to break the clinch but can't.
jones drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Wallace taking a breather.
Wallace wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wallace has had enough of the clinch but jones keeps him there for the moment.

Wallace breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
jones circles away from the clinch attempt.
jones closes the distance and clinches up with Wallace, looking for a takedown. jones pushes Wallace against the cage but Wallace circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

jones shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
jones trying to control the position from guard on top but Wallace is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Wallace wants to stand but jones is controlling the position.
jones's corner is telling him to maintain position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
jones looking to pass the guard.
jones slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Wallace is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst jones is controlling him.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
jones trying to control the position from guard on top but Wallace is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Wallace wants to stand and escape but jones is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Barrett Wallace dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Wallace clinches up with jones and pushes him back against the cage.
jones has Wallace pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Wallace manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Wallace tries to land knees in the clinch but jones avoids the damage to the body.

Wallace escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
jones shoots in but Wallace avoids the takedown attempt easily.

Wallace closes the distance and clinches.
jones goes for a takedown in the clinch but Wallace prevents it.
Barrett Wallace has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of frank jones.

Wallace breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Barrett Wallace seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wallace fails in his attempt to clinch.
jones throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Wallace's waist but Wallace gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing jones off to one side.

Wallace instigates a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
jones tries for a takedown but Wallace manages to get underhooks.

Wallace breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
jones shoots in looking for a takedown. Wallace tries to sprawl out of it but jones 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.
jones circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wallace lands a body shot.
Wallace tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but jones paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Wallace is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
jones shoots in for a double leg but Wallace sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
jones shoots in for a double leg but Wallace sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
jones is breathing heavily.

Wallace rushes jones and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
jones has Wallace pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Wallace manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
jones keeps control of Wallace as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Wallace breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Wallace drives through and clinches with jones against the cage.
Wallace is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Wallace unloads a knee to the mid-section. jones lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
jones can't get the takedown.

Wallace breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
jones takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Wallace stuffs the takedown attempt from jones. jones gets slowly back to his feet.
jones showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Wallace.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wallace throws a head kick that jones semi-blocks.

Wallace closes the distance and clinches.

Wallace escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Barrett Wallace is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Wallace tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wallace tries to clinch up but jones circles away and keeps his distance.
jones swats away the attempt to clinch by Wallace.
Wallace's corner calls for a 1-2. Wallace obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
jones shoots in for a takedown but Wallace shows good takedown defense.
Wallace is looking to clinch.
Wallace is looking to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
jones shoots for a takedown but Wallace saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
jones looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
jones takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
jones looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

Wallace gets a clinch.
Wallace tries to land a knee to the head but jones blocks with his arms.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Wallace lands a knee to the body.
Wallace wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but jones has him pressed against the cage.

Wallace breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

jones takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Wallace cracks a nice hook into jones's ribs.
jones fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Wallace fails with an attempt to clinch.
jones shoots in but no luck this time.
Wallace is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
jones looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Wallace is fending him off so far but jones persists. Nope, Wallace circles away and we're back to standing.
Barrett Wallace has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of frank jones.
jones will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Wallace tries to clinch but jones moves out of range.
Wallace fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
jones takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Wallace drives through and clinches with jones against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wallace just leaning against jones, taking a breather.
Wallace wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but jones has him pressed against the cage.
Wallace is pushing jones up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

jones works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Wallace wants to stand and escape but jones is having none of it.
Wallace being controlled here, momentarily.
jones must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
jones wants to pass the guard but Wallace is keeping the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
jones missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
jones trying to control but Wallace is working from the bottom.
jones loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
jones trying to control but Wallace is working from the bottom.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
jones shoots in looking for a takedown. Wallace tries to sprawl out of it but jones 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.
jones avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wallace is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Wallace clinches.
Wallace wants to get back to striking at distance but jones won't allow it.
Wallace has had enough of the clinch but jones keeps him there for the moment.
Wallace wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Wallace has jones pressed against the cage.
jones is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Wallace pulls him back up using the underhooks.
jones drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
jones drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Wallace gets the underhooks and prevents it.

Wallace's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Wallace works over jones's head and body with a nice combination.
Wallace looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Barrett Wallace is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

jones scores a takedown into full mount!
Wallace trying desperately to get to his feet.
frank jones has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Barrett Wallace is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

jones swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Wallace is now in jones's guard. A big mistake from jones there, giving up the dominant position!

And that's the end of the fight!
Barrett Wallace showed his dominance in that final round.
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 Skip Squint scores the fight 30:26
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 30:26
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 30:26

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