PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kane Grey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Trev Allen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Grey
vs
Allen

176 cm
27
249 lbs
2 - 1 - 1

200 cm
19
250 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

V-Mask Clothing (10%)

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 2 - 1 - 1, fighting out of London, Kane Grey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Trev Allen!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Donald Grub and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grey tries to clinch but Allen is having none of it.

Grey instigates a clinch.

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

Grey fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Allen, pushing him back against the cage.
Allen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Allen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Allen looking for a takedown.
Allen prevents a body shot from Grey.
Grey can't break the clinch.
Allen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Grey can't find room to land a body shot as Allen controls the action.
Grey is trying to break the clinch but Allen is controlling him.

Allen breaks from the clinch.
No luck for Allen with that takedown attempt.
Grey quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grey tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Allen buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Kane Grey is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Allen misses with the combination.
Allen looks to land a right hand but Grey moved out of range.
Grey is looking to counter punch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Grey looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Allen is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
We've been hearing reports that Grey has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.

Grey pushes Allen up against the cage in a clinch.
Allen is leaning against Grey and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Allen avoids the elbow strike from Grey, against the cage.
Allen is trying to drag Grey to the mat but Grey just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Kane Grey has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Trev Allen.
Grey throws a punch but it's blocked by Allen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grey lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Grey makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Allen landing knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Allen.

Allen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Grey tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Allen counters with a one-two to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Grey gets off balance looking for a body kick

and Allen counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Allen content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Allen decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Grey defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Allen.
Grey seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Allen looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Grey is fending him off so far but Allen persists. Nope, Grey circles away and we're back to standing.
Grey is looking for a counter combo.
Grey moves in looking to clinch but Allen pushes him off.
Allen is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Allen thuds his shin into the meat of Grey's side.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Allen breaks from the clinch.
Grey tries to close the distance and clinch up but Allen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Allen tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Grey swivels and escapes.
Grey displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Allen.
An attempted straight right counter from Grey misses the target.
Allen tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Grey swivels and escapes.

Allen clinches up against the cage.
Grey trying to land knees to the body.
Allen looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Allen wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Grey could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Allen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Grey backwards.

It looks like Kane Grey has been cut.
Grey throws an elbow but it misses.
Grey misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Grey fails to land.
Allen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Allen throws an elbow that misses.

Allen breaks from the clinch.

Grey instigates a clinch.
Allen prevents a body shot from Grey.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Allen tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Grey tries to work over Allen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Grey is stalling here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Trev Allen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kane Grey's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Grey fails with an attempt to clinch.
Grey tries to clinch up but Allen circles away and keeps his distance.
Grey tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Allen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Grey tries to clinch but Allen moves out of range.
Allen thinks about the counter body kick.
Allen circles away from the clinch attempt.

Allen gets a double leg takedown into Grey's guard.
Allen pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Grey is keeping the position for now.
Grey is trying to keep Allen in close.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Allen stops Grey from standing up.
Allen engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grey trying to keep a closed guard but Allen is proving a slippery customer.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Grey is looking to stand up but Allen isn't so interested in that idea.
Grey is wriggling around but Allen manages to pass to half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Allen is looking to advance position but Grey won't allow it.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Allen has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Grey gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Allen trying to control but Grey is working from the bottom.
Allen might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Grey haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Allen won't allow Grey to get back to his feet.
Allen missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Allen is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Allen throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Allen gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Grey counters with a straight right hand.
Kane Grey is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grey on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Grey throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Allens head.
Grey tries to work over Allen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Grey tries to throw a body punch but Allen avoids it by throwing Grey back against the cage.

Allen breaks from the clinch.

Allen manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Grey on his heels. He'll look to pass Grey's guard now, I'm sure.
Grey is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Allen lands a couple of elbows.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Allen seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Trev Allen has got the better of the ground game so far.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Trev Allen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Kane Grey's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Allen tries to clinch up.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A head punch on the inside from Grey fails to land.
Grey doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Grey misses with the head strike.
Grey tries to work over Allen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Allen jumps guard but Grey turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Grey throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Allen blocks it with crossed arms.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Grey prevents Allen from breaking the clinch.
Allen is working for takedown but Grey is calmly controlling the position for now.
Allen blocking some punches.
Allen managing to block the knees to the body from Grey.
Grey prevents a takedown attempt there.
Kane Grey has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Trev Allen.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grey misses with a punch to the body.
Kane Grey has scored more points in the clinch so far.

Allen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Grey tries to clinch up but Allen circles away and keeps his distance.

Grey clinches up with Allen and pushes him back against the cage.
Allen managing to block the knees to the body from Grey.

Allen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Allen shoots in but Grey avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Allen swats away the attempt to clinch by Grey.

Allen throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Grey was covering up waiting for the punch and Allen finishes the takedown easily into guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Allen sitting in guard, not really doing much.

Grey scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Grey fails with an attempt to clinch.
Grey is looking to clinch but Allen is avoiding it.
Grey tries to close the distance and clinch but Allen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Allen shoots in looking for a takedown but Grey manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Allen's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Allen lands a head kick. Grey smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Allen shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Grey as he avoids it easily.

Grey drives through and clinches with Allen against the cage.
Grey misses with a punch to the body.

Allen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Grey fails in his attempt to clinch.
Grey tries to close the distance and clinch but Allen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Allen misses with a takedown attempt - Grey sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Allen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Allen shoots in for a takedown but Grey shows good takedown defense.
Grey avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Allen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grey is looking to clinch but Allen is avoiding it.
Allen goes for a double leg but Grey avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Grey continues to drive forward.
It looked like Grey was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Grey looks to land a body kick but Allen moved away.
Grey wants to clinch.
Grey tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Allen! But no joy.
Grey wants to clinch up but Allen keeps it at a distance.
Grey tries to clinch but Allen is having none of it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Allen explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Trev Allen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Allen ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Kane Grey has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Trev Allen is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Good leg kick by Allen there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Trev Allen.
I've got Allen winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 28:30
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Trev Allen!