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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Roberto Maldini (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Wallace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wallace is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Let's Go. James Wallace struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 171.0lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Roberto Maldini!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, James Wallace!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wallace cracks Maldini with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Nice straight punches there by Maldini. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Maldini.
Maldini connects with a right hand. Wallace shakes it off.
Maldini scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Wallace lands a nice shot to the body.
Maldini misses with a jab, cross combination.
Maldini scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Wallace on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Wallace comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Wallace scores with a nice head shot.
Maldini throws a series of punches but Wallace moves out of range.
Wallace with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Maldini to score with a decent uppercut.
Maldini uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wallace.
Maldini throws a series of punches but Wallace moves out of range.
Maldini fails to land with a series of punches.
Nice body punch from Wallace.
Maldini getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Maldini takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Maldini throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Wallace throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Maldini.
Wallace throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Maldini on the side of the head.
Maldini takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Maldini fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Wallace throws a hook but Maldini avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wallace misses with a jab, cross combination.
Wallace showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Maldini.
Wallace takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Maldini!
Some wild striking there from Wallace.
Maldini swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Wallace counters with a stiff right hand.
Wallace misses with a looping left.
Maldini clobbers Wallace with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Wallace throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Maldini sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Maldini throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Wallace lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Maldini slips a straight right by Wallace.
Wallace throws a hook but Maldini blocks it.
Maldini throws a series of punches but Wallace moves out of range.
Maldini clobbers Wallace with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Maldini cracks Wallace with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Maldini takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Maldini misses with a jab to the body
and Wallace counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Maldini throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
No joy there for Maldini, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Maldini swinging wilding here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maldini swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Maldini throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Wallace counters with a straight right hand.
Maldini moves forwards but Wallace connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Maldini will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Maldini takes one on the button.
Wallace dodges the punch combination from Maldini.
Maldini walks into a stiff left hand from Wallace.
Maldini fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Wallace might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Good exchange - Wallace coming out on top.
Wallace cracks Maldini with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Maldini misses with a few strikes there.
Wallace throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Maldini misses with a combination
and Wallace counters with a stiff right hand.
Wallace swinging wilding here.
Maldini rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Wallace moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Maldini throws a nice looking combination but Wallace bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wallace throws out a loose jab but Maldini uses good head movement to avoid it.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Maldini, as that shot connected.
Maldini works over Wallace's head and body with a nice combination.
Maldini throws a left and a right that both miss
and Wallace counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Maldini looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Maldini misses with a combination
and Wallace cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Maldini will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Maldini takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Wallace takes a swing at Maldini's ribcage but misses.
Maldini swinging wilding here.
Wallace throws a jab but it's blocked by Maldini.
Wallace fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Maldini looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Wallace throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Good exchange - Wallace coming out on top.
Maldini is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
No joy there for Maldini, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Maldini is working the combinations to good effect here.
Maldini lands a glancing blow to the side of Wallace's head.
Wallace takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Wallace showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Maldini.
Wallace scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Maldini doesn't seem bothered though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wallace scores with a jab to the head.
Maldini swinging wilding here.
Maldini wants to clinch.
Maldini slips under a jab.
Wallace paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Maldini wants to land a leg kick but Wallace is out of range.
Wallace throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Maldini scores with a hook.
Maldini throws a nice looking combination but Wallace bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Maldini swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Wallace counters with a stiff right hand.
Wallace has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Wallace, as that shot connected.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Maldini.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wallace tries to bench press Maldini off him but Maldini keeps the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
James Wallace dominated that 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.
Maldini throws a left and a right that both miss
and Wallace counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Maldini looks to land a combination but Wallace avoids it well.
A right-left combo lands from Maldini.
Wallace misses with a looping right.
No joy there for Maldini, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Wallace misses with a looping left.
Wallace swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Maldini on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Maldini fails to land with a series of punches.
James Wallace seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Maldini throws a series of punches but Wallace avoids them all with ease.
Wallace throws the left hand but Maldini avoids the punch easily.
Wallace avoids a punch combination nicely.
Some wild striking there from Maldini.
Wallace comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Maldini misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Maldini misses with a combination
and Wallace counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Wallace throws a combination. Maldini tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
It looks like Roberto Maldini has been cut.
Wallace misses with a hook.
Maldini swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maldini scores with a three punch combo!
Roberto Maldini is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Wallace slips a jab and a cross from Maldini.
Wallace misses with a wild body shot.
Wallace lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Maldini at a distance.
Wallace lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Maldini ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Maldini misses with a jab, cross combination.
Wallace dodges the punch combination from Maldini.
Maldini throws a combination that misses
letting Wallace counter with a right hand.
Donk. Wallace catches Maldini right on the button with a cross.
Maldini's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Maldini duly obliges.
Wallace lands a nice hook to Maldini's body. Maldini takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Maldini throws an overhand right that lands on Wallace's shoulder, as Wallace tries to avoid the shot.
Maldini lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Wallace connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Wallace misses the jab.
Maldini lands with a right hand.
Maldini misses with the combination.
Wallace throws a lazy right hand but Maldini sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A big right from Wallace misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maldini lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Wallace at a distance.
Wallace checks a low kick from Maldini.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Maldini!
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.
Maldini takes a jab right on the kisser.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Maldini connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Wallace throws a good cross that connects.
Wallace throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Maldini throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Maldini throws a series of punches but Wallace moves out of range.
Maldini throws a right and a left that both miss.
Wallace misses with a hook. Maldini ducked under it nicely.
Maldini misses with a wild combination.
Wallace uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Maldini.
Some wild striking there from Wallace.
Maldini swinging wilding here.
Maldini works the jab nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wallace throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Maldini takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Maldini misses with a few strikes there.
Maldini looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Maldini throws a nice looking combination but Wallace bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Wallace has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Maldini!
Wallace fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Maldini is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Maldini staying out of range there.
Wallace scores with a punch to the head.
Maldini swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Wallace counters with a nice uppercut.
Wallace showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Maldini.
Maldini fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Wallace is out of range.
Maldini throws a right and a left that Wallace avoids nicely.
Maldini tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wallace paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Maldini misses with a two punch combination.
Wallace misses with a looping left.
Maldini throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Wallace counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Wallace avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maldini misses with a double jab.
Maldini gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Maldini misses with a combination
and Wallace connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A left and a right from Maldini both land. Nice combination.
Maldini looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Wallace scores with a jab to the body.
Maldini throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Wallace connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A big left from Wallace misses.
Wallace throws the left hand but Maldini avoids the punch easily.
Wallace misses the shot to the body.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Wallace in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Maldini falls off balance throwing a combination
and Maldini takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Wallace fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Maldini manages to avoid it.
Wallace misses with a hook.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Maldini swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Wallace counter with a right hand.
Wallace takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Maldini misses with a jab, cross combination.
Wallace misses with a jab, cross combination.
Maldini ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
James Wallace showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Roberto Maldini's cut.
That's time! Maldini's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Maldini changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Maldini swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Maldini throws a one two combo.
A swing and a miss from Wallace.
Wallace misses with a double jab.
Maldini looks to score with a jab to the body but Wallace is just out of range.
Maldini misses the jab.
Maldini ducks under a wild hook from Wallace.
Wallace scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Maldini throws a combination that misses
and Wallace counters with a straight right hand.
Wallace misses with a straight left.
A combination from Maldini does no damage.
Maldini throws a left and a right that both miss
and Wallace counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Maldini wants to clinch up but Wallace keeps it at a distance.
Maldini lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Wallace circles away quickly and effectively.
Wallace thows a left - swing and a miss!
Maldini steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Wallace.
Maldini throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Maldini misses with a series of wild punches.
Maldini throws a nice looking combination but Wallace bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Wallace has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Maldini swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wallace misses with a looping right.
No joy there for Maldini, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A big left from Wallace misses.
Maldini takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Maldini slips a straight right by Wallace.
Wallace throws a nice looking combination but Maldini bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Maldini lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Wallace circles away quickly and effectively.
Wallace misses with a straight left.
Wallace misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Maldini.
Maldini swinging wilding here.
Maldini will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Maldini fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Danga de danga de dang - Maldini scores with a four punch combination!
No joy there for Maldini, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Maldini wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Wallace looks to land a right hand but Maldini moved out of range.
Wallace dodges the punch combination from Maldini.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Maldini lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Wallace has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Wallace and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from Maldini.
Maldini scores with a three punch combo!
Maldini goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Wallace closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Wallace throws a jab when Maldini was well out of range.
Maldini throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Maldini looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Maldini swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Maldini swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Maldini scores with a crisp jab that stopped Wallace in his tracks.
Maldini throws a series of punches but Wallace moves out of range.
Maldini lands a jab-cross combination.
Maldini lands a with a good body shot.
Maldini scores with a one two! Wallace had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Maldini misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wallace. Maldini does a little dance to reset his feet.
Maldini misses with a jab, cross combination.
Maldini avoids the body shot from Wallace.
Wallace moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Wallace takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Wallace throws a jab when Maldini was well out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maldini moves into range and connects with a jab.
Maldini avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Maldini lands with a straight right. Wallace didn't see that one coming.
Maldini throws a right hand that Wallace ducks under and follows up with a left that Wallace also avoids with ease.
Wallace misses with an uppercut.
Nice shot lands for Wallace.
Maldini lands with a cross.
Wallace swats away the attempt to clinch by Maldini.
Maldini throws a leg kick but Wallace moved away.
Roberto Maldini has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Good exchange - Maldini coming out on top.
Maldini misses with a combination
and Wallace counters with a straight right hand.
Maldini has taken the fight to the clinch.
Maldini is trying to break the clinch but Wallace is controlling him.
Maldini wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Maldini wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Wallace lands a right hand that snaps the head of Maldini backwards.
A short body shot lands from Wallace as the two fighters clinch.
Wallace has Maldini pressed against the cage, preventing Maldini from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maldini is trying to break the clinch but Wallace is controlling him.
Maldini wants to break free but Wallace has control.
Maldini is trying to break the clinch but Wallace has him pressed against the cage.
Maldini tries to break free but Wallace pushes him back against the cage.
Maldini is trying to force a seperation but Wallace has the dominant position.
Maldini breaks from the clinch.
Maldini lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Maldini fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Maldini tests Wallace's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Maldini looks to land a combination. Wallace sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Maldini slips under a jab from Wallace.
Maldini takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Maldini will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Wallace moves out of range as Maldini strikes.
Decent striking displayed by Wallace there.
Maldini misses with a wild combination.
James Wallace is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Maldini swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
And that's the end of the fight!
Roberto Maldini showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Wallace has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... James Wallace!
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