PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Barry Allen (ranked 6634 p4p, 545 weight class) and Marc Read (ranked 23315 p4p, 569 weight class). Allen comes to the ring accompanied by The Flash Theme. This should be fireworks!

Allen
vs
Read

183 cm
28
190 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

177 cm
20
196 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Barry Allen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Marc Read!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Eddie Farnsworth and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Read showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Allen.

Read takes the fight into the clinch.
Read misses with a hook to the ribs.
Read scores with a knee to the head.

Read gets control of Allen's arms and successfully pulls guard. Read will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Allen trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Read is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Allen tries to roll over but Read keeps him under control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Read is looking for a kimura but Allen is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Read to get the leverage.

Read is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Allen trying to control here.

Read is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Allen trying to hold on to Read's head to control him but Read postures up.

Read is looking for a kimura here.
Allen wants to control but Read is keeping busy.
Read looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

Read is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Allen moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Allen not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Read looking to pass the guard.

Read drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Read jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Allen looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Allen is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.

Read drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Read jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Read stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Allen swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Allen working a defensive guard here.
Read pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Allen is keeping the position for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Allen controls Read momentarily but Read frees himself.
Read stands and throws Allen's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Allen tries to improve position but can't.
We've been hearing good reports from Allen's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.

Read is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Allen knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Read tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Read has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Read tries for a kimura but Allen is defending well.
Allen tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Allen is working hard here to advance position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Read is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Allen knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Read tries for a kimura but Allen is defending well.

Read is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Allen knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Read tries to advance to mount but Allen denies him.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Allen tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Read wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

Read tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Allen is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marc Read dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Allen throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Allen throws a series of punches but Read moves out of range.
Read lands with a nice body kick.
Read connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Allen throws a right and a left that both miss.
Read will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Read delivers a nice body kick.
Good work by Read as he checks the leg kick.
Allen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Both fighters circling a little - Read finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Read tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Allen tried to score with a low kick but Read checks it.
Read misses with a head kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Read avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Read steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Allen throws a left and a right that both miss
and Read counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Read has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Read blocks a head kick by Allen.
A punch combination from Allen misses.
Read delivers a nice body kick.
Allen takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Read lets loose with a powerful body kick. Allen will feel that in the morning.
Allen throws a sloppy head kick and Read moves out of range easily.
Allen connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Read ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Read scoring well with a low kick there.
Read fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Allen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Read closes the distance and clinches.
Read blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Read makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Read lands a body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Read landing knees to the head.
Read gets through Allen's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Read connects with a knee to the head.

Read's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Barry Allen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Read throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Read throws a leg kick which misses Allen's front leg but catches the back leg as Allen tries to avoid it.
Marc Read seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Read throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Read throws a nice inside leg kick.
Read goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Allen finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Allen thows a leg kick but Read checks it

and Read holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Allen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Read scores with a knee to the head.
Read tries a body shot but Allen blocks it.
Read blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Allen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Read blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Allen throws a punch but it's blocked by Read.
Read is leaning against Allen and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Allen working aggressively here.
Read looking to throw knees to the head but Allen is blocking nicely.
Allen working aggressively here.

Read breaks the clinch.
Allen lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

It looks like Marc Read has been cut.

Read closes the distance and pushes Allen back into the ropes.
Read blocks an uppercut.
Read lands a shot to the body.
Allen misses with the head strike.
Allen lands a right hand.

Read breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Allen misses with a double jab
and Read counters with a stiff right hand.
Read plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

Read clinches up with Allen and pushes him back against the ropes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Allen misses with a punch on the inside.
Read lands a knee to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Allen.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Allen misses with a hook from the clinch.

Read manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.

Allen is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Read is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Read has escaped and now he's on top!

Read drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Read jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Read stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Allen swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Allen is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Allen keeping full guard, as Read tries to pass.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Allen looking to control.
Allen is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marc Read showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Marc Read's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Allen misses with a combination

and Read counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Allen lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Allen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Allen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Read lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Read scores with a knee to the head.

Allen is rocked!
Read pushes Allen against the ropes. Read is working some dirty boxing. Read pushes off with a quick right hook! Allen goes down! Allen tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Read moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marc Read!
Marc Read thanked the fans post fight for their support.