PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Suriya Pinphet (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and William Wallace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). William Wallace has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Pinphet
vs
Wallace

201 cm
23
185 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

185 cm
27
193 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

The Dark Side

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Suriya Pinphet!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, William Wallace!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Micheangelo Fripello and Colin Fray.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wallace shoots in and drives through. Pinphet sprawls well.
William Wallace seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Pinphet clinches with his opponent.
Wallace is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Pinphet putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Wallace in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Pinphet leaning against his opponent.
Wallace takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like William Wallace has been cut.
Pinphet scores with a knee to the head.
Pinphet with a knee to the head.
Wallace looks winded!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wallace tries for a takedown but Pinphet manages to get underhooks.
Suriya Pinphet has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of William Wallace.

Pinphet pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wallace doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Pinphet counters with a monster head kick that knocks Wallace out cold! He topples like fallen a tree, crashing to the mat! Timbeeeeeerrr!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Suriya Pinphet!
Suriya Pinphet was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.