PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Parker Allen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul McKilly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Allen
vs
McKilly

183 cm
18
181 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

186 cm
25
180 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Parker Allen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Paul McKilly!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice jab there from Allen.
Allen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Allen looks to land a combination but McKilly avoids it well.
Allen throws a sloppy head kick and McKilly moves out of range easily.
Allen looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Allen just misses with a punch to the body.
McKilly tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Allen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Allen keeps the fight on the outside.
Allen keeps the fight on the outside.
Allen keeps the fight on the outside.
McKilly wants to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - McKilly looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Allen throws a hook to the side of McKilly's head but McKilly sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McKilly throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Allen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Parker Allen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McKilly moves out of range of the strikes.
McKilly tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Allen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
McKilly throws out a loose jab but Allen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Allen bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps McKilly's head backwards.
McKilly throws a lazy uppercut
and Allen counters with a two punch combo.
McKilly takes a swing at Allen's ribcage but misses.
Allen misses the body punch
and McKilly counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Allen thinking.
Allen scores with a jab to the body.
McKilly works Allen's body with a nice hook.
Allen throws a right and a left that both miss.
Allen throws a leg kick but McKilly sees it coming and moves out of range.
A big left from McKilly misses.
McKilly blocks a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McKilly fails with an attempt to clinch.
McKilly throws a looping overhand right but Allen ducks down to avoid it.
Allen throws a series of punches but McKilly moves out of range.
Allen connects with a looping right hand.
Allen's jab looks to have found its range, popping McKilly under the eye.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McKilly tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
McKilly tries to clinch up.
McKilly lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

It looks like Parker Allen has been cut.
McKilly moves out of range of the strikes.
Nice jab there from Allen.
Allen ducks under a wild hook from McKilly.
Allen looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A swing and a miss from McKilly.
McKilly bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McKilly tries to close the distance and clinch up but Allen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
McKilly staying out of range there.

McKilly pushes Allen up against the cage in a clinch.
McKilly working hard to break the clinch.
Allen keeps control of McKilly as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
McKilly can't break the clinch.

Allen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
McKilly throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Allen.
Allen misses with a straight right.
Allen connects with a crisp jab.
McKilly is looking to clinch but Allen is avoiding it.
McKilly is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
McKilly tries to clinch up but Allen circles away and keeps his distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McKilly waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Allen.
McKilly misses the jab.
Allen lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as McKilly backs up against the cage.
McKilly slips under a jab.
McKilly tries to clinch but Allen is having none of it.
McKilly stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McKilly tries to clinch but Allen moves out of range.
McKilly moves in looking to clinch but Allen pushes him off.
McKilly digs a good body shot into Allen's ribs.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
McKilly slips under a jab.
A big left from McKilly misses.
Allen lands a jab to the nose.
Allen defending well as McKilly loads up on a big left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Paul McKilly will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Parker Allen's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Allen throws a combination but it was largely blocked by McKilly.
Allen connects with a crisp jab.
Allen misses with a looping left.
McKilly looks to land a right hand but Allen moved out of range.
Allen works the jab nicely.
A telegraphed right hand from McKilly misses the target.
McKilly takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Allen lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Allen fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
McKilly doesn't manage to clinch there - Allen circles away.
McKilly connects with a jab.
Allen throws a series of punches but McKilly moves out of range.
No joy there for Allen, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Allen stuns McKilly with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Parker Allen is winning the standup battle so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Allen misses with a combination
and McKilly counters with a nice body shot.
Some wild striking there from McKilly.
McKilly looks to land a right hand but Allen moved out of range.
McKilly throws out a loose jab but Allen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Allen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Allen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Allen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
McKilly tries to clinch there but Allen circles away.
A swing and a miss from Allen.
McKilly displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Allen connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McKilly takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
McKilly throws a hook but Allen blocks it.
McKilly ducks under a wild hook from Allen.
Allen misses the body punch
and McKilly counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
McKilly just misses with a punch to the body.
McKilly tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Allen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Allen has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from McKilly finds it's way round the side to connect with Allen's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Allen keeps the fight on the outside.
Allen is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Allen misses with a series of wild punches.
McKilly misses with a hook. Allen ducked under it nicely.
Allen shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. McKilly eats them both and turns towards Allen to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for McKilly, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
McKilly waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Allen.
Allen throws a right hand that McKilly ducks under and follows up with a left that McKilly also avoids with ease.
Allen fails to land with a series of punches.
McKilly jabs at Allen's body.
Allen throws a series of punches but McKilly avoids them all with ease.
Allen misses with an uppercut. McKilly saw that one coming.
McKilly throws a lazy right hand but Allen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Parker Allen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Allen looks to score with a jab to the body but McKilly is just out of range.
McKilly waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Allen.
The fight stays on the outside here - McKilly looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Allen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Allen looks to score with a jab to the body but McKilly is just out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Allen on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
McKilly throws a hook but Allen blocks it.
McKilly misses with a hook. Allen ducked under it nicely.
McKilly throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Allen throws a series of punches but McKilly avoids them all with ease.

McKilly closes the distance and clinches.

Allen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
McKilly tries to clinch up but Allen circles away and keeps his distance.
Allen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
McKilly swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
McKilly tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Allen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McKilly tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Allen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
McKilly keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Allen.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Paul McKilly will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Parker Allen's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!

A shot to the liver by Allen. Beautiful body shot.
McKilly throws an overhand right that lands on Allen's shoulder, as Allen tries to avoid the shot.
A jab from McKilly misses.
Allen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McKilly.
Allen swats away the attempt to clinch by McKilly.

Allen gets tackled into the cage by McKilly. McKilly maintains the clinch.

Allen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Allen throws a nice looking combination but McKilly bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
McKilly wants to clinch
and Allen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
McKilly doesn't manage to clinch there - Allen circles away.
McKilly pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Allen looks to land a right hand but McKilly moved out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Allen looks to land a left hand but McKilly moved out of range nicely.
Allen swings for the body but McKilly moves out of range.
McKilly throws a hook to the side of Allen's head but Allen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

McKilly closes the distance and clinches.
A frustrated look appears on McKilly's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Allen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Allen throws a looping overhand right but McKilly ducks down to avoid it.
Allen misses with a lunging right hand
and McKilly counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Allen misses with a series of wild punches.
Allen defending well as McKilly loads up on a big left hand.
McKilly loads up on a big right hand but Allen slips the punch.
McKilly fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McKilly is looking to clinch.
McKilly waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Allen.
McKilly connects with the punch.
Some wild striking there from McKilly.
McKilly throws out a loose jab but Allen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Allen throws a right and a left that McKilly avoids nicely.
Allen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but McKilly circles away quickly and effectively.
McKilly uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Allen.
Allen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but McKilly circles away quickly and effectively.
Allen ducks under a wild hook from McKilly.
Allen ducks under a wild hook from McKilly.
Allen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as McKilly throws out the jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McKilly cracks Allen with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
McKilly darts in trying to clinch
letting Allen counter with a right hand.
Paul McKilly is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
McKilly tries to clinch but Allen moves out of range.
Allen misses with an uppercut.
Parker Allen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Allen throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Allen lands a really nice looking cross but McKilly seems unphased.
Allen throws a hook to the side of McKilly's head but McKilly sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Allen throws a right and a left that McKilly avoids nicely.
Allen loads up on a big right hand but McKilly slips the punch.
McKilly scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Danga de danga de dang - McKilly scores with a four punch combination!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McKilly connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Allen momentarily.
McKilly might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
McKilly tries to close the distance and clinch up but Allen swats him away and circles back towards the center.

McKilly clinches.
McKilly throws a head punch that misses.
McKilly can't find room to land a body shot as Allen controls the action.
McKilly misses with a hook from the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McKilly tries to break free but Allen pushes him back against the cage.
McKilly has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Allen has McKilly pressed against the cage, preventing McKilly from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Allen breaks the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
McKilly tries to clinch but Allen moves out of range.
Allen takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Allen lands a jab to McKilly's midsection.

And that's the end of the fight!
Paul McKilly comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well McKilly has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paul McKilly!
An out of breath Paul McKilly thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.