PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between David Tanlagu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and William Wallace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tanlagu comes to the cage accompanied by Where The Hood At. Wallace comes into a darkened arena with his song building. BraveHeart kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! David Tanlagu looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Tanlagu
vs
Wallace

182 cm
19
155 lbs
2 - 27 - 0

225 cm
19
160 lbs
3 - 7 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

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 2 - 27 - 0, fighting out of The Island, David Tanlagu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 7 - 0, fighting out of The Island, William Wallace!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Winston Alpacca and David Hoff.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tanlagu misses with a two punch combination.
A nice side step and Wallace releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Tanlagu looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Tanlagu avoids the head kick by Wallace.
Tanlagu appears to be looking for a big counter.
Wallace shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Tanlagu as he avoids it easily.
Tanlagu seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Wallace tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tanlagu paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Wallace has his takedown stuffed
and Tanlagu counters with a stiff right hand.

Tanlagu has taken the fight to the clinch.
Tanlagu jumps guard but Wallace stands there with Tanlagu around his waist. Tanlagu gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Tanlagu prevents a takedown attempt there.
Wallace looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
David Tanlagu has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of William Wallace.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wallace is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Tanlagu pulls him back up using the underhooks.

Tanlagu pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tanlagu takes a kick to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wallace doesn't manage to clinch there - Tanlagu circles away.
Wallace changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Tanlagu tries to avoid it but Wallace manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Tanlagu to the ground. Tanlagu escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Wallace throws a head kick that misses.
Left hook, right uppercut from Wallace.
Wallace takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Wallace will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Tanlagu shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Wallace as he avoids it easily.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Tanlagu.
Wallace appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Wallace throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tanlagu.
Wallace rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tanlagu moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from Wallace.
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 closes the distance but Tanlagu moves to the side
and Tanlagu counters with a three punch combo that has Wallace backing up. Wallace nods at Tanlagu to acknowledge the strikes.
Wallace is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Wallace fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Tanlagu appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
William Wallace seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Wallace shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Wallace tries to pass to full mount but Tanlagu defends it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tanlagu has hold of Wallace's hands but Wallace slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Wallace lands a nice short elbow.
Tanlagu tries to roll over but Wallace keeps him under control.
Wallace trying to control the action but Tanlagu is working from the bottom.
Wallace is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

Wallace has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Tanlagu defend it? Wallace steps over the head and cranks it - Tanlagu is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Wallace!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). William Wallace!
Our winner, William Wallace, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
In defeat, David Tanlagu stepped up to the mic, saying 'Don't Worry Bro, Im Gonna Win Bro'.