PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between William Wallace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Van Der Sluijs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). James Van Der Sluijs will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Wallace
vs
Van Der Sluijs

185 cm
28
193 lbs
5 - 8 - 0

182 cm
24
182 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

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 5 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, William Wallace!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, James Van Der Sluijs!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Micheangelo Fripello and Paul Gruel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Horrible takedown by Wallace or perhaps it was just good defense by Van Der Sluijs which made him look bad.
Wallace shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Van Der Sluijs but Van Der Sluijs pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Wallace fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for William Wallace. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wallace has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Wallace there as he acknowledges the shot.

It looks like William Wallace has been cut.
Wallace throws a looping overhand right but Van Der Sluijs ducks down to avoid it.
Nice cross by Van Der Sluijs.
Van Der Sluijs defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Wallace.
Van Der Sluijs lands a nice looking body kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Wallace looks up at the clock. Bad move! Van Der Sluijs lands a right hand from hell, dropping Wallace. Van Der Sluijs pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). James Van Der Sluijs!
James Van Der Sluijs decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.