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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Al Allen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Commodore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Al Allen could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Mike Commodore's chin.
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263 lbs
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244 lbs
5 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Al Allen!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mike Commodore!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Reed Andrews and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Commodore staying out of range there.
Allen lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Commodore lands a jab.
Allen lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Allen swats away the attempt to clinch by Commodore.
The fight stays on the outside here - Commodore looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Commodore walks into a straight right hand from Allen.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Allen throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Commodore plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
The fight stays on the outside here - Commodore looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Commodore misses with a low kick.
Allen throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Commodore tries to close the distance and clinch but Allen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Allen throws a looping overhand right but Commodore ducks down to avoid it.
Allen tries to score with a low kick but Commodore moves his leg out of the way.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Commodore swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Allen takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Commodore tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Allen scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Commodore misses with an uppercut.
Commodore looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Mike Commodore seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Commodore takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Commodore throws a leg kick that is checked
enabling Allen to counter with a crisp jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Allen. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Allen.
Commodore tries to clinch up but Allen circles away and keeps his distance.
Commodore tries to clinch but Allen moves out of range.
Commodore displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Allen throws out the jab.
Commodore tries to clinch there but Allen circles away.
Commodore throws a leg kick but Allen moved away.
Allen misses with a straight left.
Commodore tries to clinch there but Allen circles away.
Allen checks the leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Commodore is looking to clinch but Allen is avoiding it.
Commodore fails with an attempt to clinch.
Commodore throws a head kick that misses.
Allen connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Allen throws a leg kick but Commodore moved away.
Commodore misses with a body kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Commodore pushes Allen away with a front kick.
Commodore fails with an attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Mike Commodore will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Commodore fails with an attempt to clinch.
Allen misses with an uppercut. Commodore saw that one coming.
Commodore is looking to clinch but Allen is avoiding it.
Commodore lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Commodore throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
A big right from Commodore misses.
Commodore motions for Allen to come forward. Commodore throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Allen lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Commodore has taken the fight to the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Allen blocking some punches.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Commodore just misses with a elbow thrown towards Allen's brow.
Allen avoids the elbow strike from Commodore, against the cage.
Allen tries to pull guard but Commodore forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Commodore lands an elbow just above Allen 's eye.
It looks like Al Allen has been cut.
Allen avoids a wild elbow strike from Commodore.
Allen avoids the elbow strike from Commodore, against the cage.
Commodore throws an elbow but it misses.
Allen misses with a knee to the head.
Allen blocks an elbow strike from Commodore.
Commodore lands an elbow inside that Allen shrugs off.
Allen is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Commodore to keep the fight standing.
Commodore trying to stall but Allen improves his position.
Commodore lands a nice elbow.
Commodore pushes off an throws an elbow but Allen leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Commodore prevents Allen from breaking the clinch.
Commodore throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Commodore tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Commodore keeps control of Allen as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Commodore tries to stall but Allen uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Commodore looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Commodore.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Allen avoids the elbow strike from Commodore, against the cage.
Commodore lands an elbow inside.
Allen working hard to break the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Commodore just misses with a elbow thrown towards Allen's brow.
Allen fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Al Allen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Commodore misses with an elbow strike.
Commodore lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Allen avoids the elbow strike from Commodore, against the cage.
Commodore looking to slow down the pace here.
Commodore misses with an elbow strike.
Allen lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Commodore pushes off an throws an elbow but Allen leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Allen takes an elbow to the forehead.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Commodore pressing his opponent against the cage.
Allen has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Commodore uses from the top position.
Commodore must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Allen avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Allen wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Commodore trying to control but Allen is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Al Allen wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Commodore looks to clinch
and Allen counters with a stiff right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Allen avoids a punch combination nicely.
A big left from Allen misses.
Commodore lands with a nice body kick.
Commodore does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Commodore lands a body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A bone on bone clash there as Allen blocks the leg kick.
Allen circles away from the clinch attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mike Commodore showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Al Allen's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Commodore tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Allen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Commodore fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Commodore fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Allen checks it well.
Allen takes one on the button.
Commodore fails in his attempt to clinch.
Allen on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Commodore throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Commodore tries to score with a low kick but Allen moves his leg out of the way.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Commodore fails with an attempt to clinch.
Commodore throws a low kick, looking for Allen's leg but Allen calmly moves out of range.
Allen throws a jab when Commodore was well out of range.
Allen lands a high kick!
Allen checks a leg kick nicely.
Allen scores with a nice head shot.
Commodore will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Allen has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Commodore.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Allen swats away the attempt to clinch by Commodore.
Commodore tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Allen counters with a three punch combo that has Commodore backing up. Commodore nods at Allen to acknowledge the strikes.
Commodore wants to clinch.
Commodore throws a half hearted mid kick.
Commodore takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Commodore pivots, looking for a leg kick but Allen is out of range and Commodore settles back down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Commodore avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Commodore tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Commodore misses with a low kick.
Allen takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Commodore darts in trying to clinch
and Allen counters with a nice uppercut.
Commodore tries to clinch but Allen is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Commodore tries to close the distance and clinch up but Allen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Commodore fails in his attempt to clinch.
Allen takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Commodore uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Allen.
Commodore fails with an attempt to clinch.
A clash of legs there as Allen blocks the low kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A big right from Allen misses.
Commodore looking to land some kicks to the body here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mike Commodore really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Al Allen's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Commodore connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Commodore tries to clinch but Allen is having none of it.
Allen throws a body kick that misses.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Commodore lands with a thumping leg kick.
Commodore doesn't manage to clinch there - Allen circles away.
Allen gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Commodore has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Allen.
Commodore swings away with a leg kick that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Commodore tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A telegraphed right hand from Commodore misses the target.
Commodore fails with an attempt to clinch.
A head kick misses from Commodore.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Allen checks a leg kick.
Sloppy strikes from Commodore. Those never looked like landing.
A jab from Allen misses.
Allen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Commodore fails in his attempt to clinch.
Commodore feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Allens jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Commodore ducks under a wild hook from Allen.
Allen misses with a body kick.
Allen checks a leg kick.
Commodore tries to clinch there but Allen circles away.
Allen scores with a nice right hand.
Allen loads up on a big right hand but Commodore slips the punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Commodore throws a head kick that misses.
Commodore walks into a left hand.
Allen throws a big shot that misses.
Commodore is looking to clinch.
Commodore staying out of range there.
Allen avoids the head kick by Commodore.
Good leg kick by Commodore there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Commodore.
Commodore is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Allen.
Commodore throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Allen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Commodore clinches up against the cage.
Allen has had enough of the clinch but Commodore keeps him there for the moment.
Allen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Commodore ducks under a wild hook from Allen.
Mike Commodore seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Allen checks a low kick from Commodore.
Commodore lands with a thumping leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mike Commodore dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Al Allen's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Commodore tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Commodore wants to clinch.
Allen keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Commodore misses with a low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Commodore fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Allen checks it well.
Commodore fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Allen is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Allen looks to score with a jab to the body but Commodore is just out of range.
Commodore displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Allen throws out the jab.
Commodore slips a straight right by Allen.
That kick from Commodore tenderised Allen's leg. Allen is trying to keep his angry face on.
Commodore throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Commodore throws a head kick that misses.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Commodore.
Commodore tries to clinch up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Commodore dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Allen. That did some damage!
Commodore misses with a head kick.
Allen chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Commodore wants to clinch
and Allen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Commodore tries to clinch there but Allen circles away.
A nice leg kick lands there from Allen.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Commodore, right into the meat.
Commodore wants to slow Allen down by chopping away at his legs.
Commodore throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Allen.
Commodore moves out of range as Allen strikes.
Commodore throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Allen counters with a low kick, right behind Commodore 's knee.
Allen fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Commodore checks it well.
Commodore tries to clinch but Allen moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Commodore motions for Allen to come forward. Commodore throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Commodore feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Allen's calf.
Al Allen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Commodore throws a nice outside leg kick.
Commodore swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Commodore wants to land a leg kick but Allen is out of range.
Mike Commodore is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Commodore wants to clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Allen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Commodore comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Commodore winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 45:50
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 45:50
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 45:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Commodore!
Mike Commodore is the new heavyweight champion!
Mike Commodore decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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energy
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