PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Zack Allan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sadiq Hossein (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Allan kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Total War. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Allan
vs
Hossein

177 cm
34
145 lbs
30 - 10 - 0

170 cm
31
152 lbs
22 - 12 - 3

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 30 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Zack Allan!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 12 - 3, fighting out of New York, Sadiq Hossein!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, John Kavanagh and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hossein scores with a crisp jab that stopped Allan in his tracks.
Nice shot by Hossein.
Allan moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Hossein tries to land a leg kick but Allan saw it coming and moves away.
Hossein misses with a body shot.
Allan scores with a nice right hand.
Good standup being displayed there by Hossein as he connects with a hook.
Hossein misses with a head kick.
Hossein avoids a kick to the body.
Allan avoids a punch combination nicely.
Allan lands a jab to the head.
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!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Allan.
Allan throws a nice outside leg kick.
Hossein moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Hossein lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hossein dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Allan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hossein paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hossein steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Allan. That one must have hurt.
Hossein blocks a head kick by Allan.
Allan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hossein moves away.
Hossein looks to throw the jab but Allan is out of range.
Hossein works the jab nicely.
Allan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hossein throws a series of strikes that have Allan backpedaling.
Allan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hossein.
A low kick from Hossein is predictable there

and Allan counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Allan tries a knee to the head but Hossein blocks it.
Allan lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hossein backwards.
Hossein prevents a body shot from Allan.
Allan letting Hossein take a breather here.
Allan tries to throw a body punch but Hossein avoids it by throwing Allan back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hossein can't break the clinch.
Allan landing knees to the head.

It looks like Sadiq Hossein has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Allan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hossein's face.
Allan trying to land knees to the body.
Allan lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Allan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Allan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hossein blocks it with crossed arms.
Allan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Allan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Allan unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Allan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hossein blocks it with crossed arms.
Allan tries to throw a body punch but Hossein avoids it by throwing Allan back against the cage.
Allan misses with the head strike.
Allan connects with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Allan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Allan lands an uppercut.
Allan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hossein's efforts to push away.
Allan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hossein.
Hossein stalling in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Allan fails to land.
Hossein managing to block the knees to the body from Allan.
Allan tries a knee to the head but Hossein blocks it.
Allan lands a nice shot to the body.
Hossein has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hossein stalls.
Allan works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Hossein breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Allan takes the fight into the clinch.
Allan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hossein avoids it.
Allan works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Allan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hossein.
Allan missing with knees to the body.
Allan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hossein.
Allan misses with a body punch.

Hossein escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Allan forces Hossein back against the cage and clinches.
Allan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Allan scores with a shoulder strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zack Allan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sadiq Hossein's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Allan throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Hossein on the side of the head.
Allan paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Hossein lands with a nice combination. Allan backs away looking to recover.
Hossein uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Allan looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Hossein is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Allan.
Hossein throws a low kick but it's checked well by Allan.
Hossein throws a combination that misses

and Allan counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Hossein wants to break free but Allan has control.
Allan misses with some punches.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Allan.
Hossein wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Allan has him pressed against the cage.
Allan tries a body shot but Hossein blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hossein.
Allan missing with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hossein wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Allan has him pressed against the cage.
Allan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hossein avoids it.
Allan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Allan struggles to land a body shot inside as Hossein controls his hands.
Allan misses with a punch to the body.
Hossein blocks a body shot from Allan.
Allan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Allan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Allan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Allan missing with knees to the body.
Allan keeps control of Hossein as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Allan.

Hossein manages to break the clinch.
Allan cracks Hossein with a good jab.
A slapping leg kick lands for Hossein.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hossein thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hossein has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Allan finds it's way round the side to connect with Hossein's head.
Allan on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hossein scores with a leg kick.
Sadiq Hossein seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Allan bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Allan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hossein lands a lovely overhand right.
Allan is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Allan avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sadiq Hossein is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hossein ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Allan moves away.
Hossein throws a quick inside leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Allan. Hossein does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hossein steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Allan.
Allan avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hossein ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Sadiq Hossein seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Allan doesn't manage to clinch there - Hossein circles away.
Hossein misses with a hook. Allan ducked under it nicely.
Allan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hossein.
Hossein loads up on a big right hand but Allan slips the punch.
Allan looks for the body kick but Hossein saw that one coming.
Sloppy strikes from Hossein. Those never looked like landing.
Hossein blocks the body kick.
Hossein misses with a few strikes there.
Hossein loads up on a big right hand but Allan slips the punch.
Hossein drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Allan goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Hossein throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Allan counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Allan tries a knee to the head but Hossein blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Allan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Allan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Allan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Allan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Allan keeps control of Hossein as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A knee to the head by Allan.
Hossein prevents a body shot from Allan.
Hossein avoiding damage as Allan throws knees to the body.
Hossein is looking to break free of the clinch but Allan has double underhooks.
Allan digs a right hand underneath Hossein's ribcage. Hossein let out a lung full of air as it connected.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Allan tries to land a knee to the head but Hossein blocks with his arms.
Allan misses with a body punch.

Hossein breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hossein takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zack Allan dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Sadiq Hossein's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Hossein keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Hossein throws a series of punches but Allan moves out of range.
Hossein throws a solid leg kick but Allan takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Hossein.
Allan avoids the body shot from Hossein.
Hossein connects with a single shot there.
Hossein thows a body shot but no joy.
Hossein misses the jab.
Hossein throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hossein swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Allan just misses with a punch to the body.
Allan dodges the punch combination from Hossein.
Allan has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Hossein finds it's way round the side to connect with Allan's head.
Allan lands a jab to Hossein's midsection.
A low kick from Hossein is predictable there

and Allan moves into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hossein looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Allan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hossein's efforts to push away.

Hossein breaks from the clinch.
Allan throws a body punch but Hossein moves out of range.
Hossein dodges the punch combination from Allan.
Hossein throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Allan moves into the clinch.
Allan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hossein wants to stall.
Hossein on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Allan scores with a knee to the head.
Allan lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hossein backwards.
Allan pushes Hossein back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hossein is trying to break the clinch but Allan is controlling him.
Zack Allan has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Allan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hossein looking to slow down the pace here.
Allan tries a body shot but Hossein blocks it.

Hossein breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hossein fails to land with a series of punches.
Hossein scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Hossein just misses with a punch to the body.
Hossein throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Allan fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hossein looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Allan just misses with a punch to the body.
Hossein throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hossein moves away from the strike by Allan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Allan scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Hossein fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Allan.
Allan ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Hossein goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Hossein moves out of range as Allan throws a body kick.
Hossein throws a low kick but it's checked well by Allan.
Hossein misses with a series of wild punches.
Hossein uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Allan.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Allan.
Hossein punishes Allan's body with a nice straight punch.
Hossein misses with a body shot.
Allan lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Allan misses with a looping right.
Allan walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hossein fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hossein thumps Allan with a low kick.
Allan pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Hossein throws a leg kick

and Allan counters by clinching up.
Allan throws a punch but it's blocked by Hossein.
Allan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hossein's elbow.
Allan tries to throw a body punch but Hossein avoids it by throwing Allan back against the cage.

Hossein breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hossein on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Allan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Allan throws a body kick that misses
and Hossein counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hossein throws an overhand right that lands on Allan's shoulder, as Allan tries to avoid the shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Zack Allan did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on Sadiq Hossein's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Hossein moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Hossein with a jab.
Allan lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Allan on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Allan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hossein comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Hossein scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Hossein feints a jab promting Allan to slip. Hossein then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Allan slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Allan throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Hossein tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Allan slips a jab and a cross from Hossein.
A telegraphed right hand from Allan misses the target.
Hossein jabs at Allan's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Allan swings for the body but Hossein moves out of range.
Allan slips a jab and a cross from Hossein.
Hossein looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Allan blocks a leg kick.
Allan throws a half hearted mid kick.
Allan misses with a low kick.
Hossein moves out of range of the strikes.
Hossein cracks Allan with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Allan takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Allan throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Allan dodges the punch combination from Hossein.
Allan throws out a loose jab but Hossein uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Hossein misses the target.
Allan walks into a left hand.
Allan avoids a punch combination nicely.
A head kick misses from Allan.
Hossein throws a nice outside leg kick.
Allan's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Hossein connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Allan scrambles back to his feet.
Hossein takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Allan checks the leg kick.
Allan throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Allan misses with a wild body shot.
Hossein stuns Allan with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Hossein throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Allan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Hossein throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Allan scores with a kick to the midsection.
Allan is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Allan keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Allan pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Allan avoids a kick to the body.
Hossein has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Allan.
Allan goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Allan's jab looks to have found its range, popping Hossein under the eye.
Nice shot by Hossein.
Allan on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Hossein lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Hossein delivers a nice body kick.
Hossein tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Allan was well out of range. Poor timing from Hossein.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Allan is looking to land body kicks.
Allan lands a front kick.
Hossein misses with a body kick.
Allan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hossein.
Hossein blocks a head kick by Allan.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hossein takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Hossein blocks the body kick.
Hossein lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Hossein needs to keep his hands up - Allan had a free shot at his head there.
Hossein throws a hook but Allan avoids it easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hossein works over Allan's head and body with a nice combination.
Allan looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Hossein misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hossein thows a leg kick but Allan checks it

and Allan counters by clinching up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close fourth round but Sadiq Hossein will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Sadiq Hossein's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Hossein dips to his left and cracks Allan with an uppercut!
A nice leg kick lands there from Hossein.
Some bone on bone action there as Allan checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A slow jab from Hossein misses its intended target.
Allan tries to land a front kick but Hossein steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Hossein connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Allan momentarily.
Hossein throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hossein throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Allan stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Hossein looks to land a combination but Allan avoids it well.
Hossein misses with a looping left.
Hossein throws a looping overhand right but Allan ducks down to avoid it.
Hossein throws a nice outside leg kick.
Allan loads up on a big right hand but Hossein slips the punch.
Hossein jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Allan misses with a jab to the body
and Hossein counters with a nice uppercut.
Hossein is looking to chop away at Allan's legs.
Hossein throws a looping overhand right but Allan ducks down to avoid it.
Hossein's corner calls for a 1-2. Hossein obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Hossein works Allan's body with a nice hook.
Hossein scores with a jab to the head.
Allan moves out of range of the leg kick from Hossein.
Hossein throws a nice outside leg kick.
Hossein lands with a straight right. Allan didn't see that one coming.
Hossein changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Allan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hossein.
Allan takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Allan scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
The crowd cheers as Hossein lands an impressive looking overhand right. Allan doesn't seem phased though.
Allan slips under a jab.
Hossein throws a leg kick

and Allan counters by moving into the clinch.
Allan with a knee to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Allan lands with a short shot to the head.
Hossein has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Allan misses with a punch to the body.
Knees to the body from Allan.
Hossein is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Still in the clinch, Allan scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hossein wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hossein managing to block the knees to the body from Allan.
Allan presses Hossein against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Allan prevents Hossein from breaking the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Allan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short uppercut from Allan.
Hossein prevents a body shot from Allan.
Allan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Allan keeps control of Hossein as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Allan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hossein blocks it with crossed arms.
Hossein avoiding damage as Allan throws knees to the body.
Allan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Allan misses with a knee strike.
Hossein's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Allan has a couple of punches blocked by Hossein.
Allan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hossein is defending well for now.
Hossein blocking some punches.
Zack Allan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Hossein breaks from the clinch.
Allan throws a push kick but Hossein slaps the foot to one side.
Hossein scores with a sloppy right hand. Allan should have avoided that one.
Allan pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Allan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hossein moves away.
Hossein throws a left and a right that both miss

and Allan counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Allan misses with a punch to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hossein looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Sadiq Hossein.
I think Allan has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 48:48
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 47:48
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 48:48

The fight is ruled a majority draw!
Oh dear, what a disastrous situation! The belt remains unclaimed and both fighters go home unhappy!