PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Andy Allanson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kalash Nikov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Allanson comes to the cage accompanied by Know Your Enemy. Nikov has chosen Jedi Mind Tricks- Uncommon Valor (A Vietnam Story) as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Andy Allanson could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Kalash Nikov's chin.

Allanson
vs
Nikov

170 cm
26
155 lbs
14 - 10 - 2

174 cm
23
158 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Steel Penn's Laundry 93%

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 14 - 10 - 2, fighting out of Hilo, Andy Allanson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kalash Nikov!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nikov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nikov misses with a body kick.
Nikov checks a low kick from Allanson.
Nikov wants to clinch.
Allanson tries to score with a low kick but Nikov moves his leg out of the way.
Nikov closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Allanson throws a sloppy head kick and Nikov moves out of range easily.
That kick from Allanson tenderised Nikov's leg. Nikov is trying to keep his angry face on.
Nikov thows a body shot but no joy.
Allanson checks a leg kick nicely.
Nikov chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Allanson blocks a low kick nicely.
Nikov throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Allanson throws a head kick but Nikov moves out of range.
Allanson scores with a three punch combo!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nikov just misses with a punch to the body.
Allanson dips to his left and cracks Nikov with an uppercut!
A good leg kick by Allanson.
Allanson looks for the body kick but Nikov saw that one coming.
Nikov uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Allanson.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Nikov, right into the meat.
Nikov moves out of range of the body kick from Allanson.
Allanson misses the shot to the body.
An inside leg kick lands from Nikov.
Nikov thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Allanson if he has to take too many more of those.
Nikov tries to clinch but Allanson is having none of it.
Nikov ducks under a wild hook from Allanson.

Nikov gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Allanson prevents Nikov from breaking the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Allanson has Nikov pressed against the cage.
Nikov stalls.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Allanson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nikov looking to throw knees to the head but Allanson is blocking nicely.
Allanson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nikov lands a good knee to the midsection. Allanson won't want to take too many of those.
Nikov tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Allanson avoids it.
Nikov is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Nikov is looking to break free of the clinch but Allanson has double underhooks.
Nikov is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Allanson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Nikov in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Nikov is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Allanson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Good work by Allanson as he checks the leg kick.
Nikov on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Nikov uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Allanson.
Nikov wants to clinch but Allanson slips to the side
and Allanson counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Nikov moves in looking to clinch but Allanson pushes him off.
Nikov falls off balance throwing a combination
and Allanson makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Allanson blocks a head kick by Nikov.
Allanson checks a low kick from Nikov.
Nikov on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Allanson. Allanson obviously looking to wear him down.
Allanson wants to slow Nikov down by chopping away at his legs.
Allanson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Allanson misses with a looping right.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nikov throws a low kick but it's checked well by Allanson.
Allanson blocks a head kick by Nikov.
That kick from Nikov tenderised Allanson's leg. Allanson is trying to keep his angry face on.
Nice body kick from Allanson.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nikov tries to close the distance and clinch up but Allanson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Allanson misses with a body shot.
Allanson fails to land with a series of punches.
Allanson scoring well with a low kick there.
Allanson throws a hook to the side of Nikov's head but Nikov sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Allanson lands an overhand right.
Allanson connects with a body shot that sends Nikov's belly button to the back.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Allanson keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Nikov throws a head kick that misses
and Allanson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Allanson punishes Nikov's body with a nice straight punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andy Allanson 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.

Nikov has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Allanson.
A low kick from Nikov misses
and Allanson counters with a nice uppercut.
Allanson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Allanson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Allanson scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Allanson blocks a head kick by Nikov.
Allanson tries to work over Nikov's front leg with a kick but Nikov checks it.
Nikov tries to clinch up but Allanson circles away and keeps his distance.
Allanson goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Andy Allanson is winning the standup battle so far.
Nikov takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Nikov tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Allanson takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Allanson ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nikov tries a head kick but it misses.
Nikov throws a head kick that misses
and Allanson counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Nikov is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nikov misses with a low kick as Allanson jumps back.
Allanson lands a slapping body shot.
Allanson throws a jab but it's blocked by Nikov.
Allanson throws a head kick that Nikov semi-blocks.
Nikov takes one to the side of the head.

Nikov is rocked!
Nikov tries to clinch up but Allanson circles away and keeps his distance.
Nikov motions for Allanson to come forward. Nikov throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Allanson cracks Nikov with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Nikov is still on wobbly legs! Can Allanson finish him?
Allanson is looking to chop away at Nikov's legs.
Nikov throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Nikov seems to have recovered his senses.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Nikov, right into the meat.
Allanson connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Nikov tries to clinch up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nikov takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Nikov staying out of range there.
Nikov fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nikov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Allanson.
Allanson misses with a wild body shot.
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!
Nikov tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Allanson keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Allanson avoids the body shot from Nikov.
Allanson scores with a hook.
Allanson throws a nice head kick!
Allanson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kalash Nikov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nikov takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A head kick misses from Nikov.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nikov throws a combination. Allanson tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Allanson checks a low kick from Nikov.
Allanson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Allanson misses with a head kick.
Nikov throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Nikov pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nikov takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Allanson lunges at Nikov with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Nikov's hand.
Jab from Allanson.
Allanson looks to land a right hand but Nikov moved out of range.
Nikov misses with a body kick.
Nikov tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Allanson counters with a nice leg kick.
A head kick by Nikov misses
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
and Allanson counters with a nice uppercut.
Allanson throws a right hand that Nikov ducks under and follows up with a left that Nikov also avoids with ease.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nikov is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A bone on bone clash there as Nikov blocks the leg kick.

Nikov gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Allanson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Allanson misses with an elbow strike.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Nikov.
Allanson landing knees to the head.
Nikov is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Allanson is defending well for now.
Allanson lands a body punch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Allanson pressing his opponent against the cage.
Allanson trying to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andy Allanson dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Allanson with a hook.
Allanson throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Nikov avoids the head kick by Allanson.
Nikov throws a leg kick but Allanson moved away.
Nikov is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Allanson rather than just go for the knockout.
Nikov throws a quick inside leg kick.
Nikov throws a jab when Allanson was well out of range.
A swing and a miss from Allanson.
Nikov doesn't manage to clinch there - Allanson circles away.
Allanson lands a nice shot that snaps Nikov's head back.
Allanson lands a right hook to the body.
A decent looking cross lands there for Allanson.
Nikov takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Nikov moves out of range of the body kick from Allanson.
Nikov tries to clinch but Allanson moves out of range.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Allanson, right into the meat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nikov fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nikov throws a leg kick
and Allanson counters with a slapping leg kick.
Allanson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Allanson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Allanson stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Nikov lands a two punch combo.
Allanson misses with a two punch combination.
Nikov finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Allanson scores with a body shot.
Allanson swings for the body but Nikov moves out of range.
Nikov takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Allanson connects with a nice looking jab.
Allanson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Nikov can pounce on him.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nikov looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nikov lands a jab-cross combination.
Allanson connects with the punch.
Allanson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nikov staying out of range there.
Nikov throws a head kick but Allanson moves out of range.
Allanson misses with a leg kick.
A head kick misses from Allanson.
Nikov showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Allanson.
Nikov thows a body shot but no joy.
Allanson fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Nikov has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Allanson scores with a jab to the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Allanson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Allanson lands with an overhand left.
Nikov throws a chopping leg kick but Allanson manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Allanson lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Nikov misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Andy Allanson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Allanson wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Nikov takes a swing at Allanson's ribcage but misses.
Allanson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Nikov.
Nikov slips a jab from Allanson.
Nikov moves in looking to clinch but Allanson pushes him off.
Nikov ducks under a wild hook from Allanson.
Nikov connects with an inside leg kick.
Nikov motions for Allanson to come forward. Nikov throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Allanson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Allanson lands a lovely overhand right.
Nikov throws a nice head kick!
Allanson lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Nikov slips under a jab from Allanson.
Nikov takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Nikov has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Allanson throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nikov avoids the body shot from Allanson.
Nikov wants to clinch.
Kalash Nikov has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nikov steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Allanson.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Allanson misses with a left hand
and Nikov connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

And that's the end of the fight!
Andy Allanson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Allanson 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Andy Allanson!
Andy Allanson thanked the fans post fight for their support.