PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dave Tran (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and William Wallace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wallace has chosen BraveHeart as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Tran
vs
Wallace

175 cm
25
160 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

225 cm
19
160 lbs
2 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight 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, Dave Tran!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, William Wallace!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Dirk Anderson and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wallace throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tran.
Wallace tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Tran swivels and escapes.
Wallace tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tran swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tran drops down looking for a counter takedown but Wallace sprawls and moves away.

Tran dives in and scores a takedown into Wallace's guard.
Tran passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Tran working the body and head with strikes.
Wallace is working to avoid the ground and pound but Tran connects with a decent elbow.
Tran just content to control the position.
Wallace is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Tran scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Wallace to see if he's OK.
Wallace wants to control but Tran postures up.
Tran scores with a couple of short elbows.
Tran scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Wallace to see if he's OK.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tran happy to just control the position for now.

Tran is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Wallace is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Wallace on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Tran controls the position.
Tran lands a few punches from side control.
Wallace really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Tran. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Tran working the head with strikes.
Tran taking a breather here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tran cracks Wallace with a big elbow.
Tran 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.
Tran just content to control the position.
Tran tries to move into full mount but can't pass Wallace's legs.

Tran is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Wallace is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Wallace takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Wallace takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Tran tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Tran lands a few punches from side control.
Tran scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Wallace to see if he's OK.
Tran staying calm.
Tran lands a nice forearm strike.

Tran goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Wallace has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Tran but great work by Wallace.
We've been informed that Wallace has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Tran is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Wallace asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Tran manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tran stalling.

Tran is working for a kimura but Wallace is defending it quite comfortably.
Tran seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dave Tran dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Wallace lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tran circles away quickly and effectively.
Wallace shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Tran sprawls well. Tran wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Wallace gets slowly back to his feet.

Tran shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Wallace napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Dave Tran overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Tran working the ground and pound from side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tran wants to lay and pray for a moment but Wallace keeps working.
Wallace taking punishment in the form of punches.
Tran controlling the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wallace takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Tran is chipping away with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tran cracks Wallace with a big right hand but Wallace just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Tran is putting a hurting on Wallace here, landing some big shots from side control.
Tran working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Tran lands some shots froms side control.

Tran is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Wallace has escaped the position, nice work there.
Wallace taking a bit of punishment here - Tran scoring with strikes.
Wallace on the wrong end of some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tran lands a few punches from side control.
Tran is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.

Tran is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Wallace is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Wallace takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Tran has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Wallace!
Tran punishing his opponent with strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tran with the ground and pound from mount.
Tran landing shots from mount.
Tran has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Wallace's face.
Tran lands a nice shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tran lands with some strikes.
Wallace flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Tran controlling the pace for now.
Tran raining down shots from the mount!
Tran with shots to the head and body - Wallace looks very uncomfortable down there.
Tran breaks from Wallace's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Wallace tries to reverse the position but Tran maintains control.
Tran looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Tran working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Tran takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Tran with shots to the head and body - Wallace looks very uncomfortable down there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tran putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Tran controlling the position easily from mount.
Tran landing strikes from the mount.
Tran looking to control and managing it successfully.
Wallace taking shots to the head.
Tran lands a big elbow.

Tran is working for a guillotine from mount but Wallace frees his head quite easily.
Tran controlling the pace for now.
Wallace is in all sorts of trouble here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dave Tran dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Tran closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Wallace to the mat! Wallace manages to get full guard.
Tran is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Tran postures up and lands a big shot to Wallace's brow.
Tran is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Wallace can do to turn this around?
Tran postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Tran lands a couple of elbows.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tran stands up over Wallace, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Tran is stalling in the full guard.
Tran lands a couple of decent looking shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tran is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Tran is working Wallace over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Tran keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Wallace's head.
Tran is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Tran lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Tran showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Tran scoring with some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tran controlling from the top position.
Tran distracts Wallace with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Tran stays in close to Wallace's body and controls the position.
Tran chips away with some ground and pound.
Tran controls from within his opponent's guard.
Tran keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Wallace's head.
Tran chips away with some ground and pound.
Tran postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Wallace can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Tran controls the pace.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tran is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Tran is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Tran keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Wallace's head.
Tran stands up over Wallace, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Tran landing some decent shots from guard.
Tran tries to free his leg and advance position but Wallace is retaining full guard.
Tran seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Tran works over Wallace with some ground and pound from guard.
Tran postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wallace looking to control.
Tran makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Tran is in close to Wallace's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Tran stays in close to Wallace's body and controls the position.
Tran postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Tran content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Tran works over Wallace with some ground and pound from guard.
Tran sitting in guard here, content to control.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Tran working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Wallace's head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dave Tran showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Tran, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 David Hoff scores the fight 30:25
Judge Dirk Anderson scores the fight 30:25
Judge Santiago Holmes scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dave Tran!
William Wallace was interviewed post fight and said 'freedom'.