PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Vinny Wallione (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Walton Kunz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kunz is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Dutchland Heil. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Wallione
vs
Kunz

152 cm
25
135 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
25
142 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Tends to cut

Leviathan Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Vinny Wallione!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Walton Kunz!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Bart Greer and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kunz throws a right and a left that Wallione avoids nicely.
Kunz is looking to clinch.
Wallione misses with a wild body shot.
Wallione fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Wallione displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Kunz.
Walton Kunz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kunz shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
letting Wallione counter with a right hand.
Kunz on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Wallione lands with a right hand.
Kunz shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Wallione as he jumps to the side.
Vinny Wallione has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Walton Kunz.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kunz is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kunz shoots for a takedown but Wallione saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Kunz wants to clinch but Wallione slips to the side

and Wallione counters with a takedown into side control.

Kunz explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kunz walks into a left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kunz tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Wallione manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Wallione clobbers Kunz with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Kunz tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wallione swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kunz shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Wallione but Wallione pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Kunz tries to clinch up.
Nice uppercut there from Wallione.
Kunz takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Kunz throws a looping overhand right but Wallione ducks down to avoid it.
Wallione appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Wallione jabs Kunz right on the nose. Kunz blinks but takes it well.
Kunz goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Wallione comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Wallione paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Wallione shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Kunz napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Kunz regains half guard there - taking advantage of Wallione's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
Kunz is looking to control Wallione's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Kunz avoid being mounted?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wallione throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Kunz to regain full guard.
Wallione has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Kunz has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Wallione is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Wallione misses with a body punch.
Kunz has Wallione pressed against the cage, preventing Wallione from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Wallione wants a takedown.
Wallione is looking to take this one to the mat.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

Kunz manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Wallione lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wallione postures up and lands a big shot to Kunz's brow.
Wallione stopping the sweep attempt from Kunz.
Kunz controls Wallione momentarily but Wallione frees himself.
Kunz might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Wallione haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Wallione accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Wallione scoring with some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Wallione content to sit in guard, stalling... Great. Oh but he could get punished here because Kunz has locked up a guillotine! Kunz's face is contorted as he sqeezes tight on the submission attempt - will he finish? Wallione is holding on here and Kunz must be using up a lot of energy. Wallione has gone limp! He's out! He's out cold! Kunz gets to his feet, tossing aside his stricken foe. Arms raised, he milks the applause from the crowd. Great submission!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Walton Kunz!
Walton Kunz 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.