PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jackson Wallace (ranked 5152 p4p, 542 weight class) and Israel Adesilva (ranked 5679 p4p, 572 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Wallace
vs
Adesilva

180 cm
25
215 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

184 cm
25
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jackson Wallace!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Israel Adesilva!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Ben Hemmingworth and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Adesilva moves out of range as Wallace throws a body kick.
Adesilva is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Wallace.
Wallace fails with a takedown attempt.
Wallace sets himself, and Adesilva steps forward looking for the clinch! Wallace avoids it this time.
Decent striking displayed by Adesilva there.

It looks like Jackson Wallace has been cut.
Wallace throws a hook to the side of Adesilva's head but Adesilva sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Adesilva connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Wallace momentarily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Adesilva slips under a jab.
Adesilva misses the shot to the body.
Wallace could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Wallace throws the kick towards the body but Adesilva avoids it.
Wallace misses the shot to the body.
Adesilva appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Adesilva.
Wallace blocks a jab.
Adesilva tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Wallace counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Adesilva pushes Wallace off but Wallace dives into side control.
Wallace is staying tight to Adesilva's torso, preventing him from escaping.

Wallace thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

Wallace is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Adesilva is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wallace prevents Adesilva from escaping the position.

Wallace is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Adesilva has escaped the position, nice work there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

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 cracks Adesilva with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Adesilva 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 moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.

Wallace has hold of Adesilva's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Adesilva tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Wallace cranks the arm and Adesilva screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Adesilva, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Jackson Wallace!
Our winner, Jackson Wallace, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.