PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nick Abbate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and William Wallace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wallace has chosen Bodies by Drowning Pool as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Abbate
vs
Wallace

175 cm
20
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
19
215 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
KO power

Good wrestler
Brawler
Tends to cut

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nick Abbate!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, William Wallace!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, George Francis and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Abbate tries to clinch there but Wallace circles away.
Abbate looks to land a body kick but Wallace moved away.

Wallace gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Wallace really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Abbate. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Wallace wants to sweep here but Abbate controlling him for the moment.
Abbate trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Abbate trying to control the position from guard on top but Wallace is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Wallace is pulling down on Abbate's head to control his posture.
Abbate passes into half guard.
Abbate missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Wallace blocking the ground and pound attempt from Abbate.
Wallace missing with punches from the bottom.

Abbate is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Abbate looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wallace is not content to let Abbate control the position.
Abbate throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Abbate tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Wallace.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Wallace gets the takedown into side control.
Wallace in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Wallace lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Abbate down.
Abbate has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Wallace works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Abbate is breathing heavily.
Wallace lands a few punches from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abbate sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Wallace scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Abbate has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Wallace is working away from the top position though.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Wallace scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Wallace looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Abbate tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Wallace has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Wallace scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Abbate?

Abbate is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
BOOM! Wallace connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Oh Abbate is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Wallace pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Wallace with a couple of short strikes.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Wallace cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Wallace unloading with bombs!
Wallace is landing with some decent strikes but Abbate is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Wallace punishing his opponent with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wallace lands with some strikes.
Wallace punishing his opponent with strikes.
Abbate working to try and regain half guard.
Abbate wants to hold on but Wallace pushes him away.
Abbate is wriggling around trying to escape.
Wallace dominating with strikes here.
Abbate is working to get back to half guard.
Wallace landing punches.
Abbate is working to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wallace pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Wallace is landing with some decent strikes but Abbate is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Wallace cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Wallace lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Abbate hang on?
Abbate is wriggling around trying to escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wallace working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Abbate is trying to escape the mount.
Wallace raining down shots from the mount!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A nice elbow there by Wallace.
Wallace pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Wallace landing strikes from the mount and Abbate is in trouble!
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 landing shots from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

William Wallace dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Wallace shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
letting Abbate counter with a right hand.
William Wallace seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wallace fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Wallace shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Abbate as he jumps to the side.
Nick Abbate has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of William Wallace.
Wallace shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Wallace has a takedown stuffed.
Wallace shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Abbate as he jumps to the side.
Wallace shoots in and drives through. Abbate sprawls well.
Wallace tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Abbate swivels and escapes.
Wallace shoots in but no luck this time.
Wallace closes the distance and clinches up with Abbate, looking for a takedown. Wallace pushes Abbate against the cage but Abbate circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Wallace shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Wallace fails to land the takedown.
Abbate stuffs the takedown.
Wallace will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Horrible takedown by Wallace or perhaps it was just good defense by Abbate which made him look bad.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Wallace.
Wallace is breathing heavily.
Wallace shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Abbate as he jumps to the side.
Wallace fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Wallace fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Wallace looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Abbate is fending him off so far but Wallace persists. Nope, Abbate circles away and we're back to standing.
Wallace shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Abbate but Abbate pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Abbate stuffs the takedown attempt from Wallace. Wallace gets slowly back to his feet.
Wallace has a takedown stuffed.
Horrible takedown by Wallace or perhaps it was just good defense by Abbate which made him look bad.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wallace shoots in but no luck this time.
Wallace shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Wallace shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Abbate as he jumps to the side.
Wallace fails with a takedown attempt.
Wallace fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Nick Abbate is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Abbate keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Wallace looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Abbate is fending him off so far but Wallace persists. Nope, Abbate circles away and we're back to standing.
Wallace shoots in but Abbate avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Wallace shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Wallace shoots in for a takedown but Abbate shows good takedown defense.
Abbate seems to have got his legs back now.
Wallace circles away from the clinch attempt.

Wallace feints and as Abbate raises his hands in defense, Wallace changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Wallace working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Abbate's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abbate not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Abbate is looking for a triangle here but Wallace uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Wallace scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Abbate to see if he's OK.

Wallace decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Abbate throws a one two combo.

Wallace closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Abbate manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
William Wallace has got the better of the ground game so far.
Abbate pushes Wallace off looking to stand but Wallace dives back in and keeps control.

Abbate looking for submissions off his back.
Abbate moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Abbate is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wallace lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Abbate looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Wallace tries to stand but Abbate is controlling from the bottom.

Abbate has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Abbate has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wallace tries to escape the position.
Abbate doesn't have the hooks in and Wallace manages to turn into his guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nick Abbate dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Wallace drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Wallace must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Wallace with a nice head shot there.
Abbate bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Wallace's guard.
Abbate won't allow Wallace to sweep him here.
Abbate works a leg free and moves into half guard.

Abbate looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Wallace regains full guard. Nicely done.

Abbate drops back looking for a leg! Wallace is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Wallace manages to kick Abbate off! Abbate jumps back into Wallace's guard.

Abbate decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Wallace, up you get!
Wallace takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Abbate is looking to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wallace throws a left and a right that both miss
and Abbate counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Wallace shoots and misses

and Abbate counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Abbate.
Wallace wants to get back to striking at distance but Abbate won't allow it.

Wallace gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Abbate wants to get back to full guard.
Abbate moves into full guard.
Wallace working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Abbate's head.
Wallace landing with the ground and pound.

Abbate is looking for a triangle but Wallace pushes his legs off easily.
Abbate tries to strike from the bottom.

Abbate working for a triangle but Wallace defends it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Wallace avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Wallace trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Abbate had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Wallace is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Abbate Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Wallace's back instead.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wallace tries to escape the position.
Abbate is looking to control Wallace but Wallace is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Wallace tries to break free.
Abbate misses with a punch to the head.

Abbate working from the back looking to end the fight with a rear naked choke. Wallace is doing well to defend. Abbate seems to have got his hand under the chin though and he's sunk the choke in! Wallace is forced to tap and this one is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:02 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Nick Abbate!