PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Lamar Allen (ranked 1066 p4p, 113 weight class) and Muuka Laine (ranked 760 p4p, 84 weight class). Muuka Laine has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Lamar Allen's chin.

Allen
vs
Laine

170 cm
30
152 lbs
15 - 7 - 0

176 cm
29
146 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

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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 15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lamar Allen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Muuka Laine!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Laine on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Allen. Allen obviously looking to wear him down.
Allen lands a nice hook to Laine's body. Laine takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Allen swings for the body but Laine moves out of range.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Allen loads up on a big right hand but Laine slips the punch.
Allen digs a good hook to Laine's body.
Allen throws a looping overhand right but Laine ducks down to avoid it.
Laine connects with a solid leg kick.
Laine fails to land with a series of punches.
Lamar Allen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Allen blocks a leg kick.
Allen moves out of range as Laine throws a body kick.
Allen throws a body punch but Laine moves out of range.
Allen misses the shot to the body.
Allen blocks a head kick by Laine.
Laine scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Laine throws a right and a left that both miss.
Laine checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Allen digs a good hook to Laine's body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Allen closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Allen thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Laine is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Laine looks like he's trying to stand up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laine avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Allen.
Laine blocking the ground and pound attempt from Allen.
Laine trying to hold on to Allen's head to control him but Allen postures up.
Laine is pressing down on Allen's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Laine is trying to control the position but Allen postures up.
Laine keeping moving, preventing Allen from controlling successfully.
Laine wants to sweep here but Allen controlling him for the moment.
Laine is pulling down on Allen's head. It's preventing any offense from Allen, at least for the moment.
Allen passes into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Allen not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Allen prevents Laine from improving his position.
Allen thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Allen throwing shots but Laine is blocking nicely.
Laine on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Allen is looking to advance position but Laine won't allow it.
Allen not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Laine tries to roll over but Allen keeps him under control.
Laine moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Allen trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laine is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Laine looking to hit a scissor sweep but Allen is one step ahead there.
Allen working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Laine's head.
Laine is looking to stand up but Allen isn't so interested in that idea.
Allen postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Laine is trying to control the position but Allen postures up.
Laine is looking to stand up but Allen isn't so interested in that idea.
Allen lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

Allen thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Allen wants to control from the top but Laine keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Laine looking to control.
Laine is adopting a defensive guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Allen throwing strikes from guard but Laine blocks nicely.
Allen won't allow Laine to sweep him here.

Laine kicks Allen off and gets to his feet.
Laine swinging wildly here.
Good work by Allen as he checks the leg kick.

Laine has Allen up against the cage in a clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Allen swings wildly with an uppercut but Laine uses good head movement to avoid it.
Allen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lamar Allen dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Laine digs a good body shot into Allen's ribs.
A slow jab from Allen misses its intended target.
Allen misses the shot to the body.
Allen cracks Laine with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Laine has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Allen.
Laine tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Allen is able to avoid easily.
Allen looks to land a right hand but Laine moved out of range.
Allen keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Allen thumps Laine with a low kick.
Allen motions for Laine to come forward. Allen throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Laine turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Allen looks to score with a jab to the body but Laine is just out of range.
Laine appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Laine throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A counter left hand to the body from Allen misses its target.
Allen moves out of range of the body kick from Laine.
Allen looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.

Laine moves into the clinch successfully.
A hook to the body from Allen.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Laine tries to throw a body punch but Allen avoids it by throwing Laine back against the cage.

Laine manages to break the clinch.
Allen checks a leg kick.
Allen checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Allen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Laine was well out of range. Poor timing from Allen.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laine scores with a nice body kick.
Muuka Laine is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Laine tries to bum rush Allen with a series of wild strikes but Allen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Laine circles away from the clinch attempt.
Allen scores with a jab to the body.
Laine has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Allen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Laine throws a nice inside leg kick.
Laine throws a right and a left that both miss.
A slow jab from Allen misses its intended target.
Laine throws a hook to the side of Allen's head but Allen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Allen appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
A low kick from Allen misses
and Laine cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Allen connects with a looping right hand.
Muuka Laine seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Laine connects with a right hand. Allen shakes it off.
Allen lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Laine takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The fighters circling - Allen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Allen scores with a hook to the body. Laine takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Laine connects with a crisp jab.
Allen fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Laine.
Some wild striking there from Laine.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Allen throws a hook but Laine blocks it.
Allen stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Allen throws a jab when Laine was well out of range.
Laine getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Allen throws a low kick but Laine moves out of range easily.
Allen fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Laine throws a sloppy head kick and Allen moves out of range easily.
Allen misses with a wild body shot.
Laine explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Allen swats away the attempt to clinch by Laine.
Laine fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Allen just misses with a punch to the body.
Allen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Laine closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Laine throws a hook but Allen avoids it easily.
Allen throws a leg kick which misses Laine's front leg but catches the back leg as Laine tries to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laine misses with a low kick.
Laine throws a low kick, looking for Allen's leg but Allen calmly moves out of range.
Allen rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Laine counters with an outside leg kick.
Allen scores with a body shot.
Allen is looking to wear down Laine with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Allen connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Laine momentarily.
Laine is looking to land body kicks.
Allen showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Laine.
Laine walks into a stiff left hand from Allen.
Allen throws a leg kick
and Laine counters with a straight right hand.
Allen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Laine manages to avoid it.
Allen misses with a straight right.
Laine flicks out a counter leg kick but Allen steps away.
Allen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Laine moves away.
Allen throws a nice outside leg kick.
Laine tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Laine throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Allen checks a leg kick.
Allen misses with a body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Allen attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laine thows a leg kick but Allen checks it

and Allen counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Allen.
Laine working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Allen.
Allen being controlled here momentarily.
Allen stops Laine from standing up.
Laine keeping moving, preventing Allen from controlling successfully.
Laine seems keen to control Allen's posture.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Allen missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Lamar Allen overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Allen accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Lamar Allen will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Laine is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Allen.
Muuka Laine has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Allen fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Laine tries to clinch but Allen is having none of it.
A swing and a miss from Allen.
Allen with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Allen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Laine.
A looping hook to the body misses from Allen. Laine does a little dance to reset his feet.
Allen drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Allen ducks under a wild hook from Laine.
An attempted straight right counter from Allen misses the target.
Allen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Laine.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Allen misses with a punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Laine.
Laine prevents a takedown attempt there.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Laine.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Laine.
Laine wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Allen has him pressed against the cage.
Laine swings wildly with an uppercut but Allen uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Laine lands a left hand that snaps the head of Allen backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Laine.

Allen jumps guard and drags Laine to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Laine content to stall in guard here.

Laine decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Allen, up you get!
Allen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Laine moves away.
Laine follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Laine throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Laine with a nice cross.
Laine keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Laine takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Allen comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Laine throws an overhand right that lands on Allen's shoulder, as Allen tries to avoid the shot.
Allen swings for the body but Laine moves out of range.
Laine throws a low kick but Allen moves out of range easily.
Laine digs a good body shot into Allen's ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laine misses with an uppercut
and Allen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Laine lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Laine tries to score with a low kick but Allen moves his leg out of the way.
Allen blocks a low kick nicely.
Laine thows a leg kick but Allen checks it
and Allen counters with a left to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Allen.
Allen connects with a single shot there.
Laine gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Laine misses with a low kick as Allen jumps back.
Laine is looking to score with low kicks.
Allen misses with a body shot.
Allen looks to score with a jab to the body but Laine is just out of range.
Allen attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Allen lands a head shot.
Laine is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Allen swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A chopping leg kick lands by Allen.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Allen. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Allen.
Laine goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Allen connects with an inside leg kick.

Allen closes the distance and pushes Laine back into the cage.
Laine misses with a hook from the clinch.
Laine struggles to land a body shot inside as Allen controls his hands.
A head punch on the inside from Laine fails to land.
Allen lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Laine backwards.
Allen working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Allen lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Laine backwards.
Laine throws a punch but it's blocked by Allen.
Allen is working Laine over against the cage.

Laine escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Allen ducks under a wild hook from Laine.
Laine throws a series of punches but Allen moves out of range.
Allen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Allen appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Allen lands a jab to Laine's midsection.
Allen lands a jab to Laine's midsection.
Allen tries to clinch but Laine is having none of it.
Laine appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Allen looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Laine!
Allen lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Laine down.
Who's going to make the next move?

Allen thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Laine is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Allen off and has taken his back!
Laine controlling well, preventing Allen from escaping the position.
Allen breaks Laine's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Laine is looking to stand up but Allen isn't so interested in that idea.

Laine is looking for a triangle but Allen pushes his legs off easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lamar Allen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Allen, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:27

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