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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Benny Allen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juan Pablo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Pablo's choice of entrance music: smoke the fire. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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147 lbs
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140 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible |
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Counter striker
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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
11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Benny Allen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Juan Pablo!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Emerson Jorge and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pablo with a poor takedown
and Allen counters with a nice uppercut.
Pablo takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Allen lands with a straight right. Pablo didn't see that one coming.
Allen throws a body punch but Pablo moves out of range.
Allen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pablo moves away.
Pablo has his takedown stuffed
and Allen holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Pablo changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Allen fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Benny Allen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Juan Pablo.
Pablo shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Allen counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Allen thows a body shot but no joy.
Pablo has his takedown stuffed
and Allen counters with a right hand to the body.
Allen with a hook.
Allen drives through and clinches with Pablo against the cage.
Pablo lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Allen.
Allen lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Pablo.
Allen misses with some punches.
A short uppercut from Allen.
Allen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Allen working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Allen ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Allen no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Allen is looking for a triangle but Pablo pushes his legs off easily.
Allen looking to hit a scissor sweep but Pablo is one step ahead there.
Allen manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Pablo working to try and regain half guard.
Allen looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Allen is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Pablo to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Pablo shrugs it off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pablo tries to hold on but Allen postures up.
Allen moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Pablo has worked his arm free - good work by Pablo!
Pablo takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Allen tries for a kimura but Pablo is defending well.
Pablo is trying to control Allen's posture but Allen avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pablo is not content to let Allen control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pablo is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Allen's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Allen is looking for a kimura but Pablo is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Allen to get the leverage.
Pablo is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Allen pulls his head out easily.
Allen is looking for a kimura but Pablo is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Allen to get the leverage.
Allen thows a huge punch but Pablo dodges it nicely.
Pablo regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Allen.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Allen missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Pablo working a defensive guard here.
Allen working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Allen thows a big elbow that misses.
Allen postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Pablo is looking for a triangle here but Allen uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Pablo tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Allen presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Allen thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Benny Allen dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
A punch combination from Allen misses.
Allen scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Pablo doesn't seem bothered though.
Allen clobbers Pablo with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Allen checks a leg kick.
Allen scores with a crisp jab that stopped Pablo in his tracks.
Pablo doesn't succeed with the takedown
enabling Allen to counter with a crisp jab.
Allen connects with a looping right hand.
Pablo scores a takedown into full mount!
Pablo with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Allen throwing hammer fists to the chest of Pablo. What's that going to do exactly?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Allen manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Allen has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
The fighters are battling for position here. Allen manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Allen wants to sweep here but Pablo controlling him for the moment.
Allen looking to control.
Allen looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Pablo puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Pablo prevents Allen from improving his position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pablo sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Allen defending well though.
Allen is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Pablo's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Pablo's back!
Pablo trying to control the hands but Allen won't let him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Allen lands strikes to the head.
Allen punches the canvas rather than the man.
Pablo is having to fend off submission attempts from Allen, who is looking to sink in the choke. Allen doesn't have the hooks in though and Pablo manages to reverse position! He's now on top, in his opponent's guard.
Allen tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Allen controls Pablo momentarily but Pablo frees himself.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pablo thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Allen is trying to keep Pablo in close.
Allen throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Pablo escapes and throws Allen's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Pablo is looking to take a break and control but Allen is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Pablo is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Allen has escaped the position, nice work there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Allen is looking to reverse the position.
Pablo is looking to take a break and control but Allen is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Pablo cracks Allen with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Allen is trying to improve his position.
Pablo wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Allen, who protects the arm well.
Allen is looking to reverse the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Juan Pablo will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Pablo slips a jab from Allen.
Allen thows a body shot but no joy.
Allen misses the shot to the body.
Allen connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Allen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pablo moves away.
Allen scores with a jab to the body.
Pablo with a poor takedown
and Allen decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Pablo's guard.
Allen throwing strikes but missing.
Allen avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Allen with a flurry of punches that miss.
Pablo throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Allen postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Pablo takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Allen distracts Pablo with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Allen throwing strikes from guard but Pablo blocks nicely.
Allen drops back looking for a leg! Pablo is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Pablo manages to kick Allen off! Allen jumps back into Pablo's guard.
Pablo is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Allen content to stall in guard here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Pablo looking for a guillotine here but Allen defends easily.
Pablo looking for a guillotine here but Allen defends easily.
Allen passes Pablo's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Allen not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Allen stalling.
Allen works his way into side control.
Allen landing strikes.
Pablo is trying to get back to half guard.
Benny Allen overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Allen goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Pablo has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Allen but great work by Pablo.
Allen is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Allen actively working from the bottom here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pablo wants to work for an arm triangle but Allen is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Pablo prevents Allen from improving his position.
Pablo wants to stand but Allen has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Pablo looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Allen gets full guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Benny Allen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Allen has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 29:28
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 29:28
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Benny Allen!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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