PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dan Connely (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jake Allen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jake Allen has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Connely
vs
Allen

195 cm
23
275 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

195 cm
21
270 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

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 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dan Connely!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jake Allen!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Robert Douchet and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Connely closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Allen slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Connely pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Allen is keeping the position for now.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Allen is on top in guard.
Connely looking for a sweep. Not yet Connely, not yet.
Allen lands a couple of digs.
Allen stopping the sweep attempt from Connely.
Connely manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Allen manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Connely is trying to control the action in half guard but Allen is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Connely prevents Allen from improving his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Connely trying to mount his opponent but Allen defends it.
Connely wants to lay and pray for a moment but Allen keeps working.
Allen is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Allen misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Allen is trying to get back to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Connely moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Allen throws a hook but Connely blocks it.
Allen shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
enabling Connely to counter with a crisp jab.
Good exchange - Connely coming out on top.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Allen shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Connely wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Allen.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Connely slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Allen looks gassed!
Connely keeping hold of Allen's head, controlling as best he can.
Connely is trying to maintain the position but Allen is very close to passing his half guard.
Allen throwing shots but Connely is blocking nicely.
Connely works his way to full guard. Good work.
Allen is looking to work some ground and pound but Connely has wrist control.
Allen preventing the sweep.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Connely is on top in guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Allen can do anything to dispel that myth.

Allen throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Connely 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.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Allen looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Connely wants to control from the top but Allen keeps moving.
Connely lands a couple of elbows.
Allen wants to sweep but no luck.
Connely working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Connely is working Allen over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
A shot to the body from Allen misses
and Connely connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Allen walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Allen takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Connely jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.

Connely shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Allen taking shots to the head.
Connely with shots to the head and body - Allen looks very uncomfortable down there.
Connely scoring with strikes but Allen is staying in there.
Allen really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Connely with good strikes from the mount here!
Connely with a couple of short strikes.
Connely lands with some strikes.
Connely lands a big shot there that rocks Allen but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Connely is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Allen in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Connely scoring with strikes but Allen is staying in there.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Connely lands with some strikes.
Connely sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Allen working to try and regain half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dan Connely dominated that round.
That's time! Connely's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

The fighters circling - Allen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Allen thows a body shot but no joy.
Allen with a poor takedown

and Connely counters with a single leg into guard. Allen didn't expect that.
Connely scoring with some ground and pound.
Connely trying to control the position from guard on top but Allen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Connely lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's 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.
Connely scores with a few weak punches.
Connely regains full guard. Nicely done.
Allen landing some decent shots from guard.
Allen throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Connely throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Allen working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Connely's head.
Allen is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Allen chips away with some ground and pound.
Connely lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Allen!
Connely with good strikes from the mount here!
Connely working Allen over with strikes here.
Connely with the ground and pound from mount.
Allen is looking to get to half guard.
Connely tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Allen can't escape the position.
Allen takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Allen is in a horrible position here. Connely smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Connely looking to control but Allen is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Connely working Allen over with strikes here.
Allen throwing hammer fists to the chest of Connely. What's that going to do exactly?
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Connely fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Allen is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Allen taking shots to the head.
Dan Connely overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Connely lands a nice shot to the head.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Connely cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Allen is desperately trying to improve his position but Connely has a good base and remains in mount.
Connely working Allen over with strikes here.
Connely scoring with strikes but Allen is staying in there.
Allen is looking to improve his position but Connely isn't that keen on the idea.
Allen is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Connely looking to finish Allen with some ground and pound. This is bad for Allen!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Allen is trying desperately to improve position.
Allen slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Connely prevents Allen from improving his position.
Connely trying to control the pace.
Allen has hold of Connely's hands but Connely slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Allen is looking to improve his position.
Connely wants to lay and pray for a moment but Allen keeps working.

Allen looking for submissions off his back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Allen misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Allen makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Allen.
Allen looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Connely stands up over Allen, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Connely 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.
Connely keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Allen's head.
Connely preventing the sweep.
Connely trying to control but Allen is working from the bottom.
Allen wants to sweep but no luck.
Connely trying to control but Allen is working from the bottom.
Allen really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Connely. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Connely postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Allen takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dan Connely 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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Connely getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Connely scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Allen has his takedown stuffed
and Connely counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The fighters circle momentarily. Connely darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

Allen shoots in and bounces Connely off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Connely lands a decent shot there.
Connely looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Allen in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Connely trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Connely punching to the body, from the bottom.
Allen must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Connely lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Allen!
Allen is bucking up trying to escape but Connely cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Connely connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Connely unloading with bombs!
Connely lands a heavy elbow.
Connely cracks Allen with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Connely landing punches.
Allen is in all sorts of trouble here.
A nice elbow there by Connely.
Connely is landing with some decent strikes but Allen is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Allen swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Connely looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Allen tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Connely landing strikes from the mount and Allen is in trouble!
Allen gets back to half guard.
Allen misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Connely is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Allen flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Allen tries to get to full guard but Connely has control of the leg.
Allen is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Connely scores with a couple of nice shots.
Allen moves into full guard.
Allen doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Allen keeping moving, preventing Connely from controlling successfully.

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

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Connely trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Allen tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Connely working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Allen's head.
Allen has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Connely has passed into side control.
Connely scoring with punches from side control.
Allen is trying to escape the position but Connely is controlling the position.
Allen on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Connely trying to control the position but Allen is working away.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Allen tries to bench press Connely off him but Connely keeps the position.
Allen throws a couple of strikes even though he's not really in a good position to do so.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Allen throws an elbow to the body but it doesn't land.
Allen is looking to reverse the position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Allen with a poor takedown
and Connely connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Allen shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Connely as he jumps to the side.
Dan Connely has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jake Allen.
Allen throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Connely's waist but Connely gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Allen off to one side.

Connely fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Allen sprawls well initially but Connely persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Jake Allen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Allen misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Allen regains full guard. Nicely done.
Connely won't allow Allen to sweep him here.
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.
Connely regains full guard. Nicely done.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Allen's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Allen lands a couple of digs.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dan Connely showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Connely 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:27
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dan Connely!