PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mr Steel Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Merle Allin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Merle Allin has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Steel Penn
vs
Allin

189 cm
25
278 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

195 cm
25
269 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Intelligent

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mr Steel Penn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Merle Allin!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Arvi Lind and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Penn lands a leg kick that knocks Allin off balance momentarily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Allin. Penn does a little dance to reset his feet.
Allin misses with a body shot.
Allin misses the jab.
Penn pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Penn checks a leg kick.
Allin throws a series of punches but Penn moves out of range.
Penn keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Crunch! Penn slams his shin into Allin's torso.
Penn swats away the attempt to clinch by Allin.
Penn buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Penn throws a shot to the body.
Allin looks winded!
Penn scores with a nice head shot.
Allin rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Penn counters with a thumping low kick.
Penn feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Allin's calf.
Allin takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Penn feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Allin's calf.
Penn throws a head kick but Allin moves out of range.
Penn throws a head kick but Allin moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Allin takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Penn lands a head kick!
Penn throws a head kick but Allin moves out of range.
Penn throws a head kick but Allin moves out of range.
Penn throws a sloppy head kick and Allin moves out of range easily.
Allin is looking to clinch but Penn is avoiding it.
Penn avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Penn misses the jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Penn throws a head kick but Allin moves out of range.
Allin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Allin takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Allin throws a lazy right hand but Penn sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Penn throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Allin forces Penn back against the cage and clinches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Allin creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Penn's defenses.
Allin comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Penn blocks an elbow strike from Allin.
Allin misses with an elbow over the top.
Allin lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Penn takes an elbow to the forehead.
Penn is trying to break free.
Nice elbow from Allin.
Penn avoids a wild elbow strike from Allin.
Allin keeps control of Penn as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Penn takes an elbow to the temple.
Penn tries to break the clinch but Allin is controlling the position.
Nice elbow from Allin.
Allin lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Penn is trying to force a seperation but Allin has the dominant position.
Penn tries to break the clinch but Allin is controlling the position.

Penn breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Allin blocks a head kick by Penn.
Allin misses with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Allin takes a swing at Penn's ribcage but misses.

Allin fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Penn, pushing him back against the cage.
Penn dodges an elbow strike from Allin.
Penn avoids a wild elbow strike from Allin.
Penn is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Penn avoiding damage as Allin throws knees to the body.
Penn wants to break free but Allin has control.
Penn wants to break the clinch but can't.
Allin looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Allin lands an elbow that stopped Penn in his tracks for a moment.
Penn has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Allin lands an elbow inside.
Allin misses with an elbow strike.
Allin lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Mr Steel Penn has been cut.
Penn is looking to break free of the clinch but Allin has double underhooks.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Penn.
Penn wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Penn is trying to push Allin away but Allin has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Penn wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Allin has him pressed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Penn is trying to break the clinch but Allin is controlling him.
Penn is trying to push Allin away but Allin has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Penn takes an elbow to the temple.
With the fighters up against the cage, Allin throws an elbow but misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Allin lands an elbow inside that Penn shrugs off.
Penn is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Penn tries to break the clinch but Allin is controlling the position.
Allin lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Penn avoids a wild elbow strike from Allin.
Penn can't break the clinch.
Penn avoids the elbow strike from Allin, against the cage.
Penn wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Allin has him pressed against the cage.
Penn tries to circle away but Allin has him pinned against the cage.
Penn wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Penn takes an elbow to the temple.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Allin gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Allin.
Allin lands a nice elbow.
Penn wants to break free but Allin has control.
Allin lands an elbow inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mr Steel Penn dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mr Steel Penn's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Allin swings for the body but Penn moves out of range.
Penn looks to land a left hand but Allin moved out of range nicely.
Penn tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Penn uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Allin.
Allin swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Allin has Penn up against the cage in a clinch.
Allin lands a damaging elbow.
Penn blocks an elbow strike from Allin.
Allin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Penn has had enough of the clinch but Allin keeps him there for the moment.
Allin throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Allin just misses with a elbow thrown towards Penn's brow.
Penn takes an elbow to the temple.
Allin gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Penn is trying to break free.
Allin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Penn is defending well for now.
Penn has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A frustrated look appears on Penn's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Penn wants to get back to striking at distance but Allin won't allow it.
Allin lands an elbow inside.

Mr Steel Penn's cut is getting worse.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Allin.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Allin throws an elbow that misses.
Penn is trying to break the clinch but Allin is controlling him.
Allin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Penn avoids it.
Allin lands an elbow inside that Penn shrugs off.
Allin lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nice elbow from Allin.

Penn is rocked!

Mr Steel Penn's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Allin lands an elbow just above Penn 's eye.
Oh Penn is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Clinched against the cage, Allin lands a big elbow that drops Penn! The ref dives in to save him from more shots - Penn is complaining that he's OK but he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Merle Allin!
Merle Allin seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.