PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rex Botic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vincent Wallace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rex Botic has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Botic
vs
Wallace

190 cm
31
175 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

178 cm
21
179 lbs
3 - 7 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rex Botic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Vincent Wallace!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Damien Edna and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wallace paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

Botic shoots in and bounces Wallace off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

Botic is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Wallace wants to sweep but no luck.

Botic thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

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

Botic drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Botic seems to have locked his on tight now - Wallace screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Botic, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Rex Botic!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Rex Botic made sure he mentioned Blood Bank ($10), along with how happy he was to win his fight.