PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jason Allen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tommy Oliver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Allen's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, The Realest Sport. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Allen
vs
Oliver

185 cm
26
178 lbs
11 - 8 - 0

175 cm
25
180 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

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 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jason Allen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tommy Oliver!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Allen doesn't manage to clinch there - Oliver circles away.

Allen moves into range and clinches up with Oliver.

Allen has clasped his hands together around Oliver's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Allen has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Oliver is looking to get to half guard.
Allen throws a sloppy strike and Oliver uses the opportunity to reverse the position! A bit of a scramble here and Oliver has ended up in Allen's guard.
Oliver throws and elbow that misses. Allen uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Oliver's guard. Nice move by Allen!
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Allen accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Allen works over Oliver with some ground and pound from guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Allen has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Oliver is proving hard to escape from.
Allen throws and elbow that misses. Oliver uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Allen's guard. Nice move by Oliver!
Oliver keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Allen's head.
Oliver is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

Allen throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Oliver with a nice head shot there.

Allen is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Oliver defends well.
Oliver postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Oliver throwing strikes from guard but Allen blocks nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Allen is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Oliver is aware though and is defending well.
Oliver forces his way into half guard.
Oliver missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Oliver stops Allen from getting back to his feet.
Oliver scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Allen is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Oliver scores with a couple of nice shots.
Oliver throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Oliver prevents Allen from improving his position.

Allen kicks Oliver off and gets back to his feet.
Allen stuffs the takedown attempt from Oliver. Oliver gets slowly back to his feet.
Allen gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Oliver counters with a single leg into guard. Allen didn't expect that.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Oliver postures up in Allen's guard and throws a big left but Allen blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Oliver accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Oliver lands a couple of decent looking shots.

Allen looking for a guillotine here but Oliver defends easily.
Allen is breathing heavily.
Oliver throwing strikes but missing.
Oliver scoring with some ground and pound.
Allen 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.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Allen is on top in guard.
Allen thows a big elbow that misses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Allen won't allow Oliver to sweep him here.
Allen postures up in Oliver's guard and throws a big left but Oliver blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Oliver manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Allen is working to get back to half guard.
Oliver looking to finish Allen with some ground and pound. This is bad for Allen!
Allen really wants to buck Oliver off and get back to his feet.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Oliver cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Allen is in all sorts of trouble here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The referee warns Allen that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Allen slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Allen is pressing down on Oliver's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Oliver stopping the sweep attempt from Allen.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tommy Oliver dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Oliver shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Allen's guard.

Allen escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Oliver gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Oliver won't allow Allen to get back to his feet.
Oliver must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Oliver with a flurry of punches that miss.
Oliver lands a couple of elbows.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Allen wants to stand and escape but Oliver is having none of it.
Oliver is looking to work some ground and pound but Allen has wrist control.
Oliver postures up in Allen's guard and throws a big left but Allen blocks it.
Oliver landing with the ground and pound.
Oliver throwing strikes but missing.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Allen with a poor takedown

and Oliver counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Oliver.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliver working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Oliver is looking to work some ground and pound but Allen has wrist control.
Oliver lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Oliver working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Oliver is working Allen over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Oliver working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Allen's head.
Oliver with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Allen bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Oliver's guard.
Allen loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Allen stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Oliver swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Allen throws a strike but Oliver rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oliver in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Allen is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Oliver defends well.
Oliver throwing strikes but missing.

Allen looking for a guillotine here but Oliver defends easily.
Oliver landing with the ground and pound.

Allen has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Oliver can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Allen is looking to stand up but Oliver isn't so interested in that idea.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliver is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Oliver lands a couple of digs.
Oliver connects with a couple of short punches.
Oliver lands a couple of digs.
Oliver missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Allen is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Oliver holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Allen trying to advance position but Oliver counters by regaining guard.
Allen throws a strike but Oliver rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oliver stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Allen swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Oliver got a little sloppy there for a moment and Allen has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Oliver has managed to get both his arms back between Allen's legs - danger averted.
Oliver trying to control but Allen is working from the bottom.

Allen is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Oliver is in close to Allen's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Oliver working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Oliver works a leg free and moves into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tommy Oliver showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Oliver swats away the attempt to clinch by Allen.
Allen wants to clinch.
No luck for Oliver with that takedown attempt.
Allen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Allen misses with a shot to the body

and Oliver counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Oliver stops Allen from getting back to his feet.

Allen looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Oliver missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Oliver working over Allen with some ground and pound. Allen looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliver thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Allen's head.

Allen looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Oliver trying to control from half guard but Allen is working away.
Allen moves into full guard.
Oliver landing some decent shots from guard.
Allen manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Oliver manages to get himself to full guard.
Allen trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Allen throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oliver has his hands on Allen's head, controlling the position.
Allen trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Oliver is on top in guard.
Oliver trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Allen working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Oliver doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oliver manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Allen wants to stand and escape but Oliver is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliver trying to control the position from guard on top but Allen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Allen looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Allen is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Allen is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Oliver thows a big elbow that misses.
Oliver working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Allen is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Oliver is controlling him.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Oliver doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Allen counters with a shoot takedown. Oliver fights it but they end up in guard.
Allen throws a big right hand that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oliver avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Tommy Oliver has got the better of the ground game so far.
Oliver preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Oliver not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Allen throws and elbow that misses. Oliver uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Allen's guard. Nice move by Oliver!
Jason Allen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Allen has momentary wrist control but Oliver slips an elbow through the middle.
Oliver slips nicely into half guard.
Allen wants to get back to his feet.
Allen on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Tommy Oliver is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Allen missing with punches from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Tommy Oliver.
I've got Oliver winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tommy Oliver!