PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Lamar Allen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brody Kavanagh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brody Kavanagh has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Lamar Allen's chin.

Allen
vs
Kavanagh

170 cm
24
152 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

174 cm
25
152 lbs
12 - 5 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lamar Allen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Brody Kavanagh!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Colin Fotheringham and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Allen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kavanagh.
Kavanagh has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Allen throws a low kick, looking for Kavanagh's leg but Kavanagh calmly moves out of range.
Allen blocks a jab.
Allen stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kavanagh.
Allen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kavanagh throws out a counter right but Allen avoids it with no problem.
Allen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Allen fails with a takedown attempt.
Kavanagh uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Allen.
Allen takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Allen takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Kavanagh connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Allen looks to land a right hand but Kavanagh moved out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big left from Kavanagh misses.
Allen wants to land a leg kick but Kavanagh is out of range.
Allen tries a low kick but Kavanagh avoids it.
Kavanagh thinks about the counter body kick.
Allen looks to score with a jab to the body but Kavanagh is just out of range.
Allen blocks a leg kick.
Kavanagh buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Allen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kavanagh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Allen lands a front kick.
Nice uppercut there from Kavanagh.
Kavanagh scores with a kick to the midsection.
Brody Kavanagh seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kavanagh lands a body shot.
Kavanagh fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Allen manages to avoid it.
Kavanagh throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Allen blocks the body kick.
Allen lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Brody Kavanagh is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kavanagh tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Allen was well out of range. Poor timing from Kavanagh.
Kavanagh dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Allen moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Allen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kavanagh.
Kavanagh tries to land a front kick but Allen steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Kavanagh throws a looping overhand right but Allen ducks down to avoid it.
Kavanagh takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Allen misses with a lunging right hand
and Kavanagh counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kavanagh connects with a leg kick. Allen looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A combination from Allen does no damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kavanagh misses with a wild body shot.
Allen throws a body shot but no joy.
Allen misses with a body kick.
Kavanagh looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Kavanagh throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Allen wants to slow Kavanagh down by chopping away at his legs.
Kavanagh pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
It looked like Allen was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Allen ducks under a wild hook from Kavanagh.
Kavanagh scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Allen takes a jab right on the kisser.
Allen throws a big shot that misses.
Kavanagh digs a good body shot into Allen's ribs.
Allen misses with a hook.
Kavanagh bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kavanagh gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Allen.
Kavanagh cracks Allen with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Kavanagh throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Kavanagh throws out a loose jab but Allen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Allen pivots, looking for a leg kick but Kavanagh is out of range and Allen settles back down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Allen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Allen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Allen takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Allen defending well as Kavanagh loads up on a big left hand.
Kavanagh clobbers Allen with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Kavanagh lands the left hand.
Kavanagh bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Allen's head.
Allen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kavanagh manages to avoid it.
Allen misses with a wild body shot.
Allen cracks Kavanagh with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Allen with a lazy takedown attempt
and Kavanagh counters with an inside leg kick.
Kavanagh ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Kavanagh lands a lovely overhand right.
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!
Allen throws a right hand that misses
and Kavanagh counters with a straight right hand.
Allen works over Kavanagh's head and body with a nice combination.
Kavanagh throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kavanagh ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kavanagh misses with a body kick.
A jab lands there for Kavanagh.
Allen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kavanagh moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kavanagh lands a lovely overhand right.
Kavanagh works Allen's body with a nice hook.
Allen throws a big shot that misses.
Kavanagh lands with a nice combination. Allen backs away looking to recover.
Kavanagh slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Kavanagh throws a lazy right hand but Allen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kavanagh scores with a crisp jab that stopped Allen in his tracks.
Kavanagh misses with a hook. Allen ducked under it nicely.
Kavanagh is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Allen had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Allen is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Sloppy strikes from Kavanagh. Those never looked like landing.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Kavanagh checks a leg kick.
Kavanagh misses with a hook.
Allen ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Kavanagh connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Allen misses with a takedown attempt
and Kavanagh counters with a stiff right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brody Kavanagh dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Allen looks to throw the jab but Kavanagh is out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kavanagh. That's going to slow Allen down.
Kavanagh just misses with a punch to the body.
Allen misses with a series of wild punches.
Allen throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kavanagh looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Kavanagh uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Allen.
Kavanagh throws a big shot that misses.
Kavanagh fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Kavanagh scores with a body shot.
Brody Kavanagh seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kavanagh lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Kavanagh lands a nice hook to Allen's body. Allen takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Allen looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Allen thumps Kavanagh with a low kick.
Kavanagh keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Allen.
Allen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Allen shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Kavanagh as he avoids it easily.
Sloppy strikes from Kavanagh. Those never looked like landing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Allen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kavanagh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Allen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kavanagh.
Allen throws a lazy uppercut
and Kavanagh counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kavanagh swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kavanagh scores with a nice body kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Allen. Kavanagh does a little dance to reset his feet.
Allen works the jab nicely.
Allen avoids the body shot from Kavanagh.
Allen misses with a body kick.
A nice side step and Kavanagh releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Allen 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.
Kavanagh feints and then cracks Allen's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Allen down.
Allen takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Allen is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Kavanagh swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kavanagh uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Allen tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Allen shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kavanagh takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Allen throws a hook to the side of Kavanagh's head but Kavanagh sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by Kavanagh.
Allen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kavanagh manages to avoid it.
A shot to the body from Allen misses
letting Kavanagh counter with a right hand.
Kavanagh scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Kavanagh moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Kavanagh connects with a solid leg kick.
Allen throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Allen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kavanagh has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Kavanagh looks for the body kick but Allen saw that one coming.
Kavanagh throws a body punch but Allen moves out of range.
Kavanagh misses with a body shot.
Kavanagh showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Allen.
Kavanagh throws a shot to the body.
Allen slips a jab from Kavanagh.
Allen thuds his right hand into Kavanagh's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Allen might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Allen fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Allen lands a nice shot to the body.
Allen lands an overhand right.
Allen takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Kavanagh tests Allen's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Allen has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Allen there as he acknowledges the shot.
A big right from Allen misses.
Kavanagh throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kavanagh.
Kavanagh lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Kavanagh scores with a kick to the body.
Allen will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Kavanagh misses with a hook. Allen ducked under it nicely.
Kavanagh missing with a left hand there. Allen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kavanagh swinging wildly here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Allen lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Kavanagh backs up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kavanagh throws a lazy uppercut

and Allen counters with a single leg into guard. Kavanagh didn't expect that.
Allen wants to control from the top but Kavanagh keeps moving.
Allen with a flurry of punches that miss.
Kavanagh looking for a sweep. Not yet Kavanagh, not yet.
Allen tries to free his leg and advance position but Kavanagh is retaining full guard.
Allen postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Allen throws an elbow that misses. Kavanagh uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Allen's guard. Nice move by Kavanagh!

Allen keeping moving, preventing Kavanagh from controlling successfully.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kavanagh showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brody Kavanagh showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Allen's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Kavanagh misses with an uppercut.
Kavanagh tried to score with a low kick but Allen checks it.
Allen was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Allen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Allen on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Kavanagh. Kavanagh obviously looking to wear him down.
Allen gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Kavanagh throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Allen on the side of the head.
Kavanagh ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Allen moves away.
Kavanagh throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Nice straight punches there by Kavanagh. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Kavanagh.

Allen shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Kavanagh keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Allen not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Allen working the head and body with strikes.
Allen with the ground and pound but Kavanagh uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Kavanagh lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Kavanagh looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Allen manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Kavanagh manages to get himself to full guard.

Kavanagh keeping moving, preventing Allen from controlling successfully.
Lamar Allen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Allen is really struggling to control Kavanagh but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Allen throws a strike but Kavanagh rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Kavanagh preventing the sweep.
Kavanagh's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Kavanagh wants to control from the top but Allen keeps moving.
Kavanagh slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kavanagh looking to sit in guard and control but Allen gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Allen in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Kavanagh utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Allen throws a big elbow that misses.
Allen being controlled here momentarily.
Lamar Allen overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Allen wants to control from the top but Kavanagh keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Kavanagh is controlling Allen's posture.
Allen scoring with some ground and pound.
Kavanagh avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Allen stands up over Kavanagh, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

Allen drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Kavanagh dives on top into guard.

The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Kavanagh tries to free his leg and advance position but Allen is retaining full guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Brody Kavanagh.
I've got Kavanagh 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 James Atkins scores the fight 27:30
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brody Kavanagh!
Brody Kavanagh tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.