PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Barry Allen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tarmo Hovi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hovi has chosen Die for Metal as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Allen
vs
Hovi

191 cm
24
215 lbs
11 - 2 - 1

200 cm
24
260 lbs
8 - 2 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Reaper Combatwear
Hellbent

//buriedALIVE// Fight Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Barry Allen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tarmo Hovi!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Arvi Lind and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hovi checks a leg kick.
Allen has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Hovi.
Allen looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Hovi takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Allen throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
We've been hearing reports that Allen has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
That kick from Allen tenderised Hovi's leg. Hovi is trying to keep his angry face on.
Hovi connects with a right hand. Allen shakes it off.
Allen connects with an inside leg kick.
Tarmo Hovi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hovi misses with a body kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Allen blocks a low kick nicely.
Hovi closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Hovi tried to score with a low kick but Allen checks it.
Hovi avoids the body shot from Allen.
Allen thuds his right hand into Hovi's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Allen tries a low kick but Hovi avoids it.
Allen misses with a low kick.
Hovi throws a body punch but Allen moves out of range.
Hovi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Allen throws a low kick but it's checked well by Hovi.
Allen jabs Hovi to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Hovi scores with a spinning back kick!
Allen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hovi was well out of range. Poor timing from Allen.
Hovi tries to land a front kick but Allen steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Hovi tries to land a front kick but Allen steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Allen takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Hovi gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Allen.
Allen tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Allen moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Allen misses with a low kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Allen moves forwards but Hovi connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Allen explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Hovi throws a wild body kick that Allen sees coming a mile off.
Nice uppercut lands for Allen. That snapped Hovi's head back.
Allen bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Hovi's head backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hovi throws a head kick but Allen moves out of range.
Hovi connects with an inside leg kick.
A lazy left from Allen finds it's target.
Some bone on bone action there as Hovi checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Hovi lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Hovi misses the body punch

and Allen moves into the clinch.
Hovi taking a breather.
Allen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hovi's elbow.
Hovi lands a shoulder strike.
Hovi is trying to stall.
Hovi swings wildly with an uppercut but Allen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hovi holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Hovi lands a body punch in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Allen lands a left hand.
Hovi can't break the clinch.
Nice body punch from Allen.
A nice left hand lands by Allen.
Hovi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hovi is trying to maintain a safe position but Allen gets an underhook and turns Hovi into the cage.
Hovi throws a punch but it's blocked by Allen.
Allen works on Hovi's body with a couple of short punches.
Hovi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hovi misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hovi.
Allen misses with the head strike.
Allen has a couple of punches blocked by Hovi.
A nice right hand lands inside from Allen.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Allen tries to throw a body punch but Hovi avoids it by throwing Allen back against the cage.
Hovi scores with a hook to the body.
Allen lands a body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Allen stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Hovi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hovi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Allen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hovi makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Allen struggles to land a body shot inside as Hovi controls his hands.
Allen scores with a hook to the body.
Allen lands a hook that snaps the head of Hovi backwards.
Hovi is trying to maintain a safe position but Allen gets an underhook and turns Hovi into the cage.
Allen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Hovi fails to land.
Hovi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hovi working hard to break the clinch.
Allen tries to work over Hovi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Allen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Allen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hovi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Allen.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Barry Allen dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

An inside leg kick lands from Hovi.
Allen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Allen slips under a jab from Hovi.
Allen scores with a crisp jab that stopped Hovi in his tracks.
Allen throws a nice inside leg kick.
Hovi lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Allen takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Allen scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Hovi doesn't seem bothered though.
Hovi closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hovi lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Hovi throws a solid leg kick but Allen takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Hovi.
Hovi throws a predictable looking body shot

and Allen counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Hovi tries to work over Allen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Allen working aggressively here.
Good body shot from Allen.
Barry Allen has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Allen stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Hovi is breathing heavily.
A short left from Allen.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Allen swings wildly with an uppercut but Hovi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Allen lands an uppercut.
Allen is trying to maintain a safe position but Hovi gets an underhook and turns Allen into the cage.
Allen working aggressively here.
Hovi's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Hovi has a couple of punches blocked by Allen.
Hovi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hovi swings wildly with an uppercut but Allen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Allen looking to slow down the pace here.
Allen misses with some punches.

Hovi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Allen looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Allen checks a low kick from Hovi.
Hovi throws the kick towards the body but Allen avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Allen fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hovi.
Hovi misses with a low kick as Allen jumps back.
A nice inside leg kick there by Hovi. That's going to slow Allen down.
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!
Hovi scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Hovi throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Hovi throws a series of punches but Allen avoids them all with ease.
Allen punishes Hovi's body with a nice straight punch.
Allen lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hovi's sensitive parts.
Allen scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Hovi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Allen fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Hovi is out of range.
A clash of legs there as Allen blocks the low kick.
Allen connects with an inside leg kick.
Allen throws a leg kick that misses.
Allen tries a low kick but Hovi avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hovi moves out of range of the leg kick from Allen.

Allen closes the distance and clinches.
Allen lands a nice uppercut.
Allen blocks a body shot from Hovi.
Allen stalling in the clinch but Hovi improves position.
Hovi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hovi can't break the clinch.
Allen dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Hovi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hovi is trying to maintain a safe position but Allen gets an underhook and turns Hovi into the cage.
Allen misses with the head strike.

Hovi breaks from the clinch.
Allen checks a leg kick.
Hovi looks to land a left hand but Allen moved out of range nicely.
Hovi has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Hovi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Allen tries a head kick but it misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hovi misses with a head kick.
Allen lunges at Hovi with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Hovi's hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Allen takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Allen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hovi throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Allen.
Allen loads up on a big right hand but Hovi slips the punch.
Allen on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Allen misses with a low kick.
Hovi connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Hovi swings and misses with a shot to the body

and Allen counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Allen.
Hovi misses with a body punch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Allen blocks an uppercut.
Allen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Hovi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Allen misses with a low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

The fight stays on the outside here - Allen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Allen moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Hovi misses the shot to the body.
Allen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hovi was well out of range. Poor timing from Allen.
Allen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hovi was well out of range. Poor timing from Allen.
Hovi moves away from the strike by Allen.
Hovi turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Allen tries to work over Hovi's front leg with a kick but Hovi checks it.
Hovi throws a quick inside leg kick.
Allen connects with a body shot that sends Hovi's belly button to the back.
Allen throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Allen throws the left hand but Hovi avoids the punch easily.
Hovi takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Allen lands a head shot.
Hovi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Allen.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Allen connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Hovi wants to slow Allen down by chopping away at his legs.
Hovi checks the leg kick nicely there.
Allen takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hovi throws out a leg kick but Allen moves out of range and Hovi only half commits.
Allen throws a low kick but Hovi moves out of range easily.
Allen throws a body kick that misses.
Hovi keeps the fight on the outside.
Allen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hovi cracks the inside of Allen's front leg.
Allen throws out a loose jab but Hovi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Allen buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hovi.
Allen is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Allen lands with a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hovi misses with the combination.
Allen blocks the body kick.
Hovi moves out of range as Allen throws a body kick.
Allen throws a nice inside leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hovi misses with the combination.
Allen throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Allen throws a lazy uppercut

and Hovi holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Allen blocking some punches.
Hovi tries to work over Allen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Allen swings wildly with an uppercut but Hovi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hovi is trying to stall.
Hovi misses with a punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Allen working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Allen lands with a right to the head.
Hovi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Allen's elbow.
Allen tries a body shot but Hovi blocks it.
Hovi can't find room to land a body shot as Allen controls the action.
Hovi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Allen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Allen blocks an uppercut.
Allen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Allen fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Allen.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Allen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Allen lands a shoulder strike.
Allen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Allen scores with an uppercut up the middle.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Allen.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Allen.
Hovi takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hovi tries a body shot but Allen blocks it.
Allen misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Hovi fails to land.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Allen.
Allen scores with a shot to the side of Hovi's head.

Hovi is rocked!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Allen.
Hovi is still on wobbly legs! Can Allen finish him?
Hovi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Allen stalling.
Allen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Allen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Allen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hovi looking to stall.
Allen swings wildly with an uppercut but Hovi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Allen pushes Hovi back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Hovi misses with a punch to the body.
Hovi seems to have recovered his senses.
Allen lands a left hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Allen lands a big right hand that drops Hovi! The killer instinct kicks in and Allen finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Allen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:54 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Barry Allen!
An out of breath and clearly excited Barry Allen thanked Reaper Combatwear for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).