PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Zack Allan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Martin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Allan's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Party Hard. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Allan
vs
Martin

177 cm
22
160 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

175 cm
23
161 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

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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 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Zack Allan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mike Martin!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Alyssa Summers and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Allan wants to clinch but Martin slips to the side
and Martin makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Martin throws a low kick but Allan avoids it.
Allan slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Martin catches Allan with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Martin fails with the takedown.
Martin looks to clinch
and Allan counters with a thumping low kick.
Martin sizes up Allan with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Martin connects with a body shot that sends Allan's belly button to the back.
Allan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Martin.
Allan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Allan tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Martin counters with a right hand to the body.
Allan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Allan throws a series of punches but Martin moves out of range.
Allan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Martin.
A shot to the liver by Martin. Beautiful body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Allan looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Martin throws a jab when Allan was well out of range.
Zack Allan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Martin scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Allan scores with a body shot.
Allan cracks Martin with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Allan moves to clinch but Martin breaks away
and Martin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Allan misses with a body shot.
Martin lands a nice shot that snaps Allan's head back.
Allan moves out of range as Martin strikes.
A jab from Martin does it's job there.
Martin misses with a two punch combination.
Martin wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martin misses with a takedown attempt
and Allan counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Allan tries to clinch up.
A swing and a miss from Martin.
Martin is looking to clinch.
Allan tries to close the distance and clinch but Martin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Allan tries to clinch up but Martin circles away and keeps his distance.

Martin forces Allan back against the cage and clinches.
Martin working Allan over with knees to the body.
Allan misses with an elbow strike.
Allan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Allan throws a punch but it's blocked by Martin.
Martin lands a nice shot to the body.
A short right from Allan on the inside.
Allan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Allan lands with a right to the head.
Allan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Martin's elbow.
Allan stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Martin lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Allan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Martin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Allan lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A short right from Allan.
Allan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Martin pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Allan misses with a punch on the inside.
Allan tries to land knees in the clinch but Martin avoids the damage to the body.
Martin has a couple of punches blocked by Allan.
Martin blocks the elbow strike.
Martin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Allan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Martin throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Martin dodges an elbow strike from Allan.
Allan takes a shot to the head.
Allan throws a head punch that misses.
Martin misses with an elbow over the top.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Martin.
Allan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Martin blocks the elbow strike.
Martin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Allan.
Martin's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Allan avoids the elbow strike from Martin, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Allan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Allan - that landed with a thud.
Martin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Martin lands a hook that snaps the head of Allan backwards.
A hook to the body from Allan.
Martin presses Allan against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Allan cracks Martin with a nice body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Martin misses with an elbow over the top.
Martin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Allan misses with an elbow over the top.
A head punch on the inside from Martin fails to land.
Allan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Martin blocks it with crossed arms.
A head punch on the inside from Allan fails to land.
Martin lands a hook that snaps the head of Allan backwards.
Allan lands a shot to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Allan.
Allan misses with a hook from the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Martin misses with a punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Martin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Martin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Allan throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Martins head.
Martin pushes Allan back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Martin fails to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Mike Martin will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Allan fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Martin looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A jab from Martin misses.
Martin keeps the fight on the outside.
Martin lands with a nice body kick.
Allan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Allan's corner calls for a 1-2. Allan obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Martin looks to land a left hand but Allan moved out of range nicely.
Allan takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Allan checks a leg kick.
Allan tries a head kick but it misses.
Allan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Martin.
Martin throws an overhand right that lands on Allan's shoulder, as Allan tries to avoid the shot.
Allan pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Allan swings for the body but Martin moves out of range.
Martin slips a jab from Allan.
Martin lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Martin on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Allan. Martin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Martin throws a one two combo.
Allan is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Martin missing with a left hand there. Allan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Martin swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Allan counters with a straight right hand.
Martin shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Allan defends it nicely.
Allan tries to clinch but Martin moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Allan avoids a punch combination nicely.
Allan throws a hook but Martin blocks it.
Martin stuns Allan with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Allan defending well as Martin loads up on a big left hand.
Martin wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A combination from Allan does no damage.
Allan slips under a jab.
Jab, jab by Allan - just one landing.
Martin with a nice cross.
Martin swats away the attempt to clinch by Allan.
Martin looks to score with a jab to the body but Allan is just out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martin loads up on a big right hand but Allan slips the punch.
The fighters circling - Allan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Allan walks into a jab.
Martin dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Martin throws an overhand right that lands on Allan's shoulder, as Allan tries to avoid the shot.
Martin looks to throw the jab but Allan is out of range.
Allan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Allan tries to close the distance and clinch but Martin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Martin scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Allan swings for the body but Martin moves out of range.
Allan missing with a left hand there. Martin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Allan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Allan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Martin.

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.
Martin falls off balance throwing a combination
and Allan counters with a series of strikes. Martin will be more careful next time no doubt.
Allan walks into a stiff left hand from Martin.
Allan misses with a looping right.
Allan tries to clinch but Martin moves out of range.
Martin misses with a low kick.
Martin tries for a takedown but Allan circles away easily
and Allan counters with a lovely shot to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Allan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Martin just misses with a punch to the body.
Mike Martin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Allan slips a straight right by Martin.
Nice defenses there by Allan.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Zack Allan will probably get the nod.
That's time! Allan's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

A left lands for Martin.

Allan gets caught flat footed, as Martin shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Martin is looking to work some ground and pound but Allan has wrist control.
Allan manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Martin manages to get himself to full guard.
Martin being controlled here, momentarily.
Allan tries to stand but Martin is controlling from the bottom.
Allan has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Martin is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Martin has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Allan can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Martin is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Allan is aware though and is defending well.

Allan got a little sloppy there for a moment and Martin has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Allan has managed to get both his arms back between Martin's legs - danger averted.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Allan stopping the sweep attempt from Martin.
Allan working some strikes from top position.
Allan looking to sit in guard and control but Martin gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Allan wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Martin stopping the sweep attempt from Allan.
Martin throwing strikes but missing.
Martin is fighting to break Allan's control of his arms but Allan is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Martin trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Martin sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Allan's guard.
Martin thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Allan's head.
Allan is trying to stand back up but Martin is controlling him
Allan is looking to control Martin's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Allan avoid being mounted?
Allan is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Martin jumps into side control!
Martin misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Martin takes a little break here. Allan wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Martin lands some shots froms side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Allan struggling a bit here.
Allan regains half guard.
Allan is concentrating on defense, preventing Martin from advancing position.
Martin is looking to advance position but Allan won't allow it.
Martin takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Martin throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Martin trying to control from half guard but Allan is working away.
Martin working the head and body with strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Martin comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Martin has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Jonathan Paton scores the fight 29:30
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 27:30
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Martin!