PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between James Allen (ranked 4146 p4p, 4034 weight class) and Leo Midland (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Allen
vs
Midland

172 cm
18
139
0 - 0 - 0

172 cm
18
143
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, James Allen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Leo Midland!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Percy O'Donnell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Midland is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Allen was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Allen lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Allen uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Allen throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Midland has taken the fight to the clinch.
Allen trying to control the position but instead, Midland has worked for underhooks and has pushed Allen into the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Midland just misses with a elbow thrown towards Allen's brow.
Allen is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Midland tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Allen's elbow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Midland throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Allen tries to work over Midland's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Allen.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Midland tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Allen's elbow.
Allen blocks an elbow strike.
Midland tries to work over Allen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Midland blocking some punches.
Midland blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Midland breaks from the clinch.
Allen lands a jab to the nose.
Allen darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A big left from Midland misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Midland looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Midland is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Allen scores with a jab to the jaw.
Allen connects with a body shot.

Midland closes the distance and clinches.
Allen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Allen is trying to force a seperation but Midland has the dominant position.
Midland struggles to land a body shot inside as Allen controls his hands.
Allen has had enough of the clinch but Midland keeps him there for the moment.
Midland blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Midland blocking some punches.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Midland.

It looks like James Allen has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Allen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Midland has a couple of punches blocked by Allen.
Allen tries to break free but Midland pushes him back against the cage.
Allen has a couple of punches blocked by Midland.
Allen blocks an elbow strike from Midland.
Allen blocks a body shot from Midland.
Midland misses with a hook to the ribs.
Midland fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Allen fails to land.
Midland prevents Allen from breaking the clinch.
Midland misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Midland doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Midland escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Midland walks into a stiff left hand from Allen.
Allen lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Allen scores with a jab to the body.
Midland tries to clinch there but Allen circles away.

Midland fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Allen, pushing him back against the cage.
Allen tries to break the clinch but Midland is controlling the position.
Allen wants to break free but Midland has control.
Allen throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Midland fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Midland.
Midland keeps control of Allen as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
With the fighters up against the cage, Midland throws an elbow but misses.
Allen throws a punch but it's blocked by Midland.
Midland throws an elbow but it misses.
Allen working hard to break the clinch.

Midland breaks from the clinch.
Allen moves out of range of the strikes.
Allen blocks a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Allen misses.
Allen scores with a decent looking hook.

Midland moves into the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Midland misses with some punches.
Midland blocking some punches.
Midland misses with an elbow strike.
Allen takes an elbow to the forehead.
Midland blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Allen avoids a wild elbow strike from Midland.
With the fighters up against the cage, Midland throws an elbow but misses.
Allen has a couple of punches blocked by Midland.
Midland looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Midland prevents Allen from breaking the clinch.
Allen blocks the elbow strike.
Midland blocking some punches.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Allen has a couple of punches blocked by Midland.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that James Allen will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on James Allen's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

The crowd cheers as Allen lands an impressive looking overhand right. Midland doesn't seem phased though.
Allen keeps the fight on the outside.
Allen fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Allen throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Midland on the side of the head.
Allen scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Allen lands a body shot.
Allen misses with a body shot.
Allen takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Allen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Midland can do to turn this around?

Midland instigates a clinch.
Midland misses with a punch on the inside.
Midland misses with a hook from the clinch.
Allen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Midland can't find room to land a body shot as Allen controls the action.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Allen blocks the elbow strike.
Allen wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Midland has him pressed against the cage.
Allen misses with a short punch on the inside.

Midland breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Allen throws a jab but it's blocked by Midland.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Midland tries to clinch up.
Midland tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Allen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Midland takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Allen lands with a nice combination. Midland backs away looking to recover.
Midland fails to land with a series of punches.

Midland has Allen up against the cage in a clinch.
Midland misses with some punches.
Midland goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Midland misses with a short punch on the inside.
Allen has had enough of the clinch but Midland keeps him there for the moment.
Midland keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Allen's efforts to push away.
Midland misses with a body punch.
Midland misses with a short punch on the inside.
Allen misses with a punch on the inside.
Allen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Midland's elbow.

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

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Midland takes one to the chin there.

Midland pushes Allen up against the cage in a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Midland has Allen pressed against the cage, preventing Allen from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Midland's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Allen throws a hook to the side of Midland's head but Midland sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Midland clinches up against the cage.
Allen swings wildly with an uppercut but Midland uses good head movement to avoid it.
Midland misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Midland breaks the clinch.
Midland closes the distance but Allen moves to the side
and Allen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Midland moves into range and clinches up with Allen.
Midland working aggressively here.
With the fighters up against the cage, Midland throws an elbow but misses.
Midland blocks a body shot from Allen.
Allen looking to stall.
Allen wants to get back to striking at distance but Midland won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Midland prevents Allen from breaking the clinch.
Midland manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Allen wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Midland creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

Midland breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A big right from Allen misses.

Midland gets a clinch.
Midland misses with an elbow over the top.
Midland misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Midland lands an elbow that stopped Allen in his tracks for a moment.
Midland tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Midland can't find room to land a body shot as Allen controls the action.
Allen lands a nice uppercut.
Midland tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Allen's elbow.
Allen can't find room to land a body shot as Midland controls the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Midland manages to break the clinch.
Allen slips under a jab.

Midland closes the distance and pushes Allen back into the cage.
Midland creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Midland throws an elbow that misses.
Allen dodges an elbow strike from Midland.
Midland keeps control of Allen as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Allen trying to control the position but instead, Midland has worked for underhooks and has pushed Allen into the cage.
Midland throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Midland tries a body shot but Allen blocks it.
Allen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Allen dodges an elbow strike from Midland.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Midland blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Allen breaks the clinch.
Midland darts in trying to clinch
and Allen counters with a straight right hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that James Allen will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on James Allen's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Allen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Midland keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Allen's efforts to push away.
Allen throws a punch but it's blocked by Midland.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Midland.

James Allen's cut is getting worse.
Allen is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Allen working aggressively here.
Allen is trying to break free.
Allen tries to work over Midland's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Allen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Allen tries to keep at a distance but Midland has taken the fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Allen is looking to break free of the clinch but Midland has double underhooks.
Midland tries to land knees in the clinch but Allen avoids the damage to the body.
Midland looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Midland has Allen pressed against the cage, preventing Allen from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Midland misses with some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Allen.
Allen throws a punch but it's blocked by Midland.
Allen avoids the elbow strike from Midland, against the cage.
Midland lands a damaging elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Midland fails to land.
Midland tries a body shot but Allen blocks it.
Allen tries to break the clinch but Midland is controlling the position.
Midland blocking some punches.
Allen blocks an uppercut.
Midland prevents Allen from breaking the clinch.
Midland blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Midland pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Allen wants to break the clinch but can't.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Allen.
Midland blocks an uppercut.
Allen tries a body shot but Midland blocks it.
Midland goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Midland swings wildly with an uppercut but Allen uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Midland pushes off an throws an elbow but Allen leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

Midland breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Allen throws out a powerful jab.
Midland steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Allen.
Allen scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Midland doesn't seem bothered though.
Allen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Midland looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Allen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Midland doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Midland tries to clinch up but Allen circles away and keeps his distance.
Allen is looking to counter punch.
Allen looks to land a right hand but Midland moved out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Midland clinches up with Allen and pushes him back against the cage.
Midland misses with an elbow strike.
Midland displaying some good clinch control by pressing Allen up against the cage.
Allen is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Allen misses with the head strike.
Allen takes an elbow to the forehead.

James Allen's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Allen wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Midland has him pressed against the cage.
Midland misses with a body punch.
Midland pushes off an throws an elbow but Allen leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Midland comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Jeez, James Allen's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at James Allen's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:25 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Leo Midland!