PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between George Allen (ranked 3172 p4p, 410 weight class) and Kelvin Handleman (ranked 4094 p4p, 502 weight class). Handleman comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Pride FC Theme kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Kelvin Handleman is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Allen
vs
Handleman

188 cm
20
215 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

176 cm
27
210 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Sin City Allstars

Freebok (85% Laundry)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, George Allen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kelvin Handleman!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Aleksandr Martynov and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Allen takes a swing at Handleman's ribcage but misses.
A nice leg kick lands there from Allen.

Handleman closes the distance and pushes Allen back into the cage.
Allen presses Handleman against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Allen lands an uppercut.
Allen gets through Handleman's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Handleman tightens his grip and picks Allen up, before dumping him to the ground. Allen manages to land in guard.
Allen on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Allen tries to get out of the position.
Allen utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Handleman is pushing down on Allen's leg trying to pass to half guard. Allen is fighting to maintain full guard but Handleman has managed to sneak the leg through.
Allen gets full guard.
Allen controls Handleman momentarily but Handleman frees himself.
Allen keeping moving, preventing Handleman from controlling successfully.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Handleman accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Allen knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Handleman on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Handleman is looking to work some ground and pound but Allen has wrist control.
Allen has his hands on Handleman's head, controlling the position.
Handleman trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Handleman throws a big elbow that misses.
Handleman 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.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Handleman throwing strikes from guard but Allen blocks nicely.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Allen misses with a head kick.
Handleman with the counter takedown but Allen avoids it easily.
Allen takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

It looks like George Allen has been cut.
Allen lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Allen scores with a leg kick.
Handleman scores with a hook.
Allen lands with a cross.

It looks like Kelvin Handleman has been cut.
Allen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Handleman.
Handleman tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Allen counters with a stiff right hand.
Allen looks to score with a jab to the body but Handleman is just out of range.
Allen looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Allen connects with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Allen lands with an overhand left.
Allen moves away from the strike by Handleman.
Allen throws an overhand right that drops Handleman like a sack of potatoes! Allen dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). George Allen!
A very excited looking George Allen made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
Kelvin Handleman was interviewed post fight and said 'I'm a fucking man and no one will ever question that because I am a man before I am a fighter and to have some pussy that sits behind a computer all day question my manhood pisses me off...'.