PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Nathan Wallace (ranked 530 p4p, 63 weight class) and Jacque Joteel (ranked 579 p4p, 70 weight class). Wallace kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Time for some Aksion- Redman. Joteel has chosen Moogwalzer as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Wallace
vs
Joteel

176 cm
36
146 lbs
23 - 14 - 0

175 cm
24
154 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

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World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Nathan Wallace!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jacque Joteel!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shigeki Fujiwara and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A left and a right from Wallace both land. Nice combination.
Wallace misses with a two punch combination.
Joteel with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Wallace looks to land a combination but Joteel avoids it well.
Joteel connects with the punch.
Joteel throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Wallace.
Wallace looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Joteel appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
A cross from Joteel lands.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Joteel connects with a solid leg kick.
Wallace stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Joteel.
Wallace missing with a left hand there. Joteel was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Joteel is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Wallace.
Joteel misses with a body kick.
Wallace moves out of range as Joteel strikes.
Wallace fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Joteel tries to counter with a clinch but Wallace shakes him off and moves away.
Wallace tries to bum rush Joteel with a series of wild strikes but Joteel uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Joteel scores with a hook to the body. Wallace takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Joteel throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
A solid body kick from Joteel.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wallace throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Wallace throws a series of punches but Joteel moves out of range.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Wallace, as that shot connected.
Joteel throws a solid leg kick but Wallace takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Joteel.
Joteel scores with a jab.
Joteel scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
The fighters circling - Wallace throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A good leg kick by Wallace.
Joteel swinging wildly here.
Joteel fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Wallace chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Joteel can pounce on him.
Wallace cracks the inside of Joteel's front leg.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wallace misses with a wild combination.
Joteel tries to land a leg kick but Wallace saw it coming and moves away.
Joteel fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joteel cracks Wallace with a right hand to the side of the head.
Joteel misses with a straight right.
Wallace seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Joteel moves out of range of the strikes.
Joteel throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Wallace sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Joteel scores with the left hand. Wallace knows he should have avoided that one.
Danga de danga de dang - Wallace scores with a four punch combination!
Wallace throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Joteel.
Wallace swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Wallace misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Wallace walks into a stiff left hand from Joteel.
Wallace takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Joteel ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Wallace swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Joteel turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Joteel has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Wallace doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Joteel lands a jab to Wallace's midsection.
Joteel attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joteel slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Joteel throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Wallace stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Wallace throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Joteel.
Wallace throws a head kick that misses.
Wallace looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Joteel cracks Wallace with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Wallace tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Joteel is able to avoid easily.
Wallace throws a low kick but Joteel avoids it.
Joteel tries a low kick but Wallace avoids it.
Wallace misses with a leg kick.
Wallace throws a combination that misses
and Joteel counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Wallace thinking.
Jacque Joteel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wallace will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Wallace misses with an uppercut. Joteel saw that one coming.
Wallace takes a shot right to the bread basket.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wallace walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Joteel gets a clinch.
Wallace is looking to break free of the clinch but Joteel has double underhooks.
Wallace looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Wallace breaks the clinch.
Wallace misses with a double jab
and Joteel counters with a good, hard body kick but Wallace shrugs it off.
Joteel throws a quick inside leg kick.
Joteel misses with a wild body shot.
Wallace throws a big counter combination but Joteel scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Joteel tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Joteel showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Wallace.
Wallace ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Wallace shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Joteel eats them both and turns towards Wallace to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A cross from Joteel lands.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Joteel.
Joteel looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Wallace takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jacque Joteel dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Joteel jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Joteel's jab looks to have found its range, popping Wallace under the eye.
Joteel thows a left - swing and a miss!
Joteel getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Joteel checks the leg kick.
Wallace throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jacque Joteel seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Joteel feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Wallace's calf.
Wallace keeps the fight on the outside.
Joteel blocks a head kick by Wallace.
Good shot there by Joteel.
Wallace takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

Joteel clinches up with Wallace and pushes him back against the ropes.
Joteel doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wallace is trying to break the clinch but Joteel has him pressed against the ropes.
Joteel scores with a shoulder strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wallace is trying to break the clinch but Joteel has him pressed against the ropes.
Wallace is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Joteel is trying to stall.
Joteel misses with a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wallace wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Joteel has him pressed against the ropes.
Wallace looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Joteel misses with the head strike.
Joteel works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Wallace prevents a body shot from Joteel.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Joteel creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Joteel misses with a hook from the clinch.
Wallace looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Joteel struggles to land a body shot inside as Wallace controls his hands.
I was talking to Wallace's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Joteel.
Joteel misses with a hook from the clinch.
Joteel lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Wallace is trying to break free.
Wallace is trying to push Joteel away but Joteel has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Joteel makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A frustrated look appears on Wallace's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Wallace wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Joteel has him pressed against the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Joteel breaks the clinch.
Wallace misses with a double jab.
Wallace looks to land a body kick but Joteel moved away.
Joteel tries to counter by closing the distance.
Joteel stuns Wallace with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Joteel lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Joteel digs a good body shot into Wallace's ribs.
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 throws a series of punches but Joteel avoids them all with ease.
Joteel dodges the punch combination from Wallace.
Wallace takes one on the button.
Joteel misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The fighters circling - Joteel throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nathan Wallace is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Joteel lands a nice looking kick to the body. Wallace takes a step back to recover.
Wallace goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A jab from Wallace misses.
Joteel counters with a body kick.
Joteel tries to work over Wallace's front leg with a kick but Wallace checks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joteel stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Wallace.
Joteel looks to clinch
letting Wallace counter with a right hand.
A cross from Joteel lands.
Joteel looks to land a body kick but Wallace moved away.
A lazy left from Joteel finds it's target.
Jab, jab by Joteel - just one landing.
A slapping body kick lands there for Joteel.
Joteel moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Wallace with a jab.
Wallace misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Joteel thumps Wallace with a low kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Some wild striking there from Wallace.
Wallace throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Joteel slips a jab and a cross from Wallace.
Joteel let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Joteel dodges the punch combination from Wallace.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wallace misses with a double jab.
Wallace looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A nice leg kick lands there from Joteel.
Wallace is looking to land body kicks.
Wallace feints and then cracks Joteel's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Joteel down.
Joteel moves into range and connects with a jab.
Joteel moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Wallace swinging wildly here.
Wallace looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Wallace blocks the body kick.
Wallace appears to be looking for a big counter.
Wallace lands a jab-cross combination.

Joteel clinches with his opponent.
Joteel softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Wallace breaks from the clinch.
Sloppy strikes from Wallace. Those never looked like landing.
Joteel thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Wallace if he has to take too many more of those.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jacque Joteel showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Some wild striking there from Wallace.
A little jabbing left from Joteel on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.

Joteel clinches up with Wallace and pushes him back against the ropes.
Joteel scores with a hook to the body.
Nice body punch from Joteel - that landed with a thud.
Wallace wants to break free but Joteel has control.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Joteel.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wallace.
A frustrated look appears on Wallace's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Jacque Joteel seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Joteel misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Joteel misses with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Wallace breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A jab from Joteel does it's job there.
Wallace misses with a double jab.
Wallace tries to move into range but Joteel moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Joteel ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Joteel blocks the body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Wallace. Those never looked like landing.
Joteel is looking to score with low kicks.
Wallace walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Joteel misses with a straight left.
Wallace takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Joteel tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Wallace manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Wallace falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling Joteel to counter with a crisp jab.
A combination from Wallace does no damage.
Joteel swings for the body but Wallace moves out of range.
Wallace throws a big counter combination but Joteel scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Joteel lands a body shot.
Wallace tries to bum rush Joteel with a series of wild strikes but Joteel uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Joteel cracks the inside of Wallace's front leg.
Wallace avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wallace throws an overhand right that lands on Joteel's shoulder, as Joteel tries to avoid the shot.
Joteel blocks a leg kick.
Nathan Wallace has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joteel connects with a body shot.
Joteel has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wallace swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Wallace ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Wallace takes one to the chin there.
Joteel tries to clinch up but Wallace circles away and keeps his distance.
Wallace throws a big counter combination but Joteel scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Joteel thumps Wallace with a low kick.
Wallace throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Joteel.
Joteel misses with a body kick.
Wallace rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Joteel moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Joteel dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Wallace. That did some damage!
Joteel is looking to clinch but Wallace is avoiding it.
Nice uppercut lands for Joteel. That snapped Wallace's head back.
Joteel is looking to chop away at Wallace's legs.
Joteel lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Wallace at a distance.
Wallace swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Joteel misses with a wild combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Wallace does no damage.
Wallace takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Jab from Joteel.
Wallace throws a wild body kick that Joteel sees coming a mile off.
Wallace throws a chopping leg kick but Joteel manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Donk. Joteel catches Wallace right on the button with a cross.
Wallace rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Joteel moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Wallace avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Wallace falls off balance throwing a combination
and Joteel counters with a straight right hand.
Wallace takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Joteel wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Wallace fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A jab from Joteel finds it's way through Wallace's defenses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Joteel fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wallace misses with a low kick.
Wallace swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Joteel is looking to slow Wallace down with leg kicks.
Wallace throws a nice looking combination but Joteel bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Joteel takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Wallace will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Wallace takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Joteel throws a nice outside leg kick.
Wallace moves forwards but Joteel connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Wallace pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Wallace falls off balance throwing a combination
and Wallace takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Wallace looks to land a combination but Joteel avoids it well.
Joteel uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wallace throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Joteel dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Joteel throws a quick inside leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jacque Joteel comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Joteel has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jacque Joteel!
An out of breath Jacque Joteel thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.