PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jake Allen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and KJ Hoodwell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hoodwell is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Pinball. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Allen
vs
Hoodwell

195 cm
25
270 lbs
10 - 8 - 0

190 cm
25
266 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Good knees
Very strong

Powerful takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin

-OVERDOSE Factory-

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jake Allen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, KJ Hoodwell!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hoodwell shoots in but Allen avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Hoodwell looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Hoodwell shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Allen defends it nicely.
Jake Allen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of KJ Hoodwell.
Allen leaves Hoodwell with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

Allen closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Hoodwell is working for takedown but Allen is calmly controlling the position for now.
Allen gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Hoodwell.
Allen gets through Hoodwell's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Allen lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hoodwell fails to pull guard.
Allen throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Hoodwell looks gassed!
Allen digs a right hand underneath Hoodwell's ribcage. Hoodwell let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Allen is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Allen lands with a light punch inside.

Allen breaks the clinch.
Allen connects with a crisp jab.
KJ Hoodwell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Allen looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Allen lands a couple of elbows.
Hoodwell can't keep his opponent in guard - Allen advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Allen wants to take a breather but Hoodwell is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Allen has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Allen breaks from Hoodwell's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Allen takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Allen lands with some strikes.
Allen with shots to the head and body - Hoodwell looks very uncomfortable down there.
Hoodwell is looking to get to half guard.
Hoodwell is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
BOOM! Allen connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Allen working Hoodwell over with strikes here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Allen dominating with strikes here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hoodwell tries to reverse the position but Allen maintains control.
Allen scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Hoodwell?
This has been an exciting period of action!
Allen lands a big elbow.
Allen scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Allen connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Allen controlling from the full mount.
Allen breaks from Hoodwell's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Allen landing strikes, looking to finish!
Allen lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Allen unloading with bombs!
Allen tries to control but Hoodwell wriggling away.
Allen breaks from Hoodwell's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Allen landing shots from mount.
Allen looking to finish Hoodwell with some ground and pound. This is bad for Hoodwell!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Allen.
Allen scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Allen looking to control but Hoodwell is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Hoodwell is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Allen landing shots from mount.

Allen with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Hoodwell wants to hold on but Allen pushes him away.
Allen sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Allen scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Allen is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Hoodwell can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Hoodwell is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Hoodwell manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Allen prevents Hoodwell from improving his position.
Allen working over Hoodwell with some ground and pound. Hoodwell looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Allen scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Allen seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Hoodwell does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Hoodwell wants to improve his position but Allen is controlling well.
Allen passes to full mount!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Allen avoids the attempt from Hoodwell to control.
Allen prevents Hoodwell from getting the reversal.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jake Allen dominated that 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.

Allen connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Hoodwell momentarily.
Allen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hoodwell can do to turn this around?
Hoodwell tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Allen counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Nice shot lands for Allen.
Allen scores with a nice strike.
Hoodwell tries to clinch up
and Allen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Allen sends Hoodwell crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Allen is motioning to the referee to let Hoodwell up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

It looks like KJ Hoodwell has been cut.

Allen scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Allen working the head with strikes.
Hoodwell is not content to let Allen control the position.
Hoodwell is looking for a sweep.
Hoodwell is breathing heavily.
Allen scores with a couple of short elbows.
Hoodwell takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hoodwell is trying to get back to half guard.

Allen decides to stand back up. Allen steps back and let's Hoodwell get back to his feet.
Allen connects with a looping right hand.
Jake Allen is winning the standup battle so far.
Good shot there by Allen.
Allen throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Hoodwell on the side of the head.
Allen scores with a nice head shot.
Allen scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hoodwell needs to keep his hands up - Allen had a free shot at his head there.
Nice cross by Allen.
Allen looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hoodwell on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Allen is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Allen plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Hoodwell walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Hoodwell tries for a takedown but Allen circles away easily
and Allen counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Hoodwell thinking.

Allen looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Allen working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hoodwell is pressing down on Allen's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Allen sitting in guard here, content to control.
Allen with a flurry of punches that miss.

Hoodwell had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Allen defends it easily.
Allen lands a couple of decent looking shots.

Hoodwell is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Allen stands up over Hoodwell, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

Allen gets to his feet - Hoodwell follows without any prompting.
Hoodwell fails with the takedown
enabling Allen to counter with a crisp jab.
Allen lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Hoodwell avoids the body shot from Allen.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hoodwell doesn't succeed with the takedown
letting Allen counter with a right hand.
Jake Allen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of KJ Hoodwell.
Allen keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Allen scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Hoodwell walks into a jab.

Allen drives through with a takedown into guard.

Hoodwell is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Allen is aware though and is defending well.
Allen trying to control but Hoodwell is working from the bottom.
Allen slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Allen wants to control from the top but Hoodwell keeps moving.

Allen got a little sloppy there for a moment and Hoodwell has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Allen has managed to get both his arms back between Hoodwell's legs - danger averted.
Allen working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Hoodwell's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Allen trying to control the position from guard on top but Hoodwell is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hoodwell avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Allen postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Hoodwell is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Allen trying to control but Hoodwell is working from the bottom.
Allen advances to half guard.

Hoodwell looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Allen working over Hoodwell with some ground and pound. Hoodwell looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Allen prevents Hoodwell from improving his position.
Allen tries to pass the half guard into mount. Hoodwell knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jake Allen dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on KJ Hoodwell's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Allen throws a hook but Hoodwell blocks it.
KJ Hoodwell is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Allen jabs at Hoodwell's body.
Allen connects with a body shot.
Hoodwell with a lazy takedown attempt
and Allen counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Allen's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Allen duly obliges.

Allen shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Allen was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Allen with the ground and pound from mount.
Hoodwell is looking to get to half guard.
Allen breaks from Hoodwell's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Hoodwell really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Hoodwell in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Hoodwell tries to get back to half guard but can't.
A nice elbow there by Allen.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Allen wants to control the pace but Hoodwell is squirming around nicely.
Hoodwell manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Allen scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

Allen stands up out of the half guard.

Allen has Hoodwell up against the cage in a clinch.
Good body shot from Allen.

Hoodwell tightens his grip and picks Allen up, before dumping him to the ground. Allen manages to land in guard.
Hoodwell looking to pass the guard.

Hoodwell drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Allen manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Hoodwell has Allen in his guard.

Hoodwell has an active guard here but Allen has managed to pass into half guard.
Jake Allen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Allen with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Hoodwell manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

Hoodwell escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Allen gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Allen has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Hoodwell is looking for a triangle but Allen pushes his legs off easily.
Allen wants to control from the top but Hoodwell keeps moving.

Hoodwell looking for a guillotine here but Allen defends easily.
Allen content to stall in guard here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Allen connects with a couple of short punches.
Allen postures up and lands a big shot to Hoodwell's brow.
Allen content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

Allen stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Nice uppercut lands for Allen. That snapped Hoodwell's head back.
Hoodwell misses with a takedown
and Allen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Allen digs a good hook to Hoodwell's body.

Allen drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Hoodwell is looking to regain half guard here but Allen keeps moving and retains side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Allen content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Allen trying to control the position but Hoodwell is working away.
Hoodwell can't do much from the bottom here.
Allen is chipping away with strikes.
Hoodwell regains half guard.
Allen lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Allen is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Hoodwell has hold of Allen's hands but Allen slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
KJ Hoodwell has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hoodwell is not content to let Allen control the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jake Allen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Allen has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:26
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:26
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jake Allen!