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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mike Allen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Billy Brogden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brogden has chosen "The Bleeding" Five Finger Death Punch as his entrance music. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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162 lbs
0 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mike Allen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Billy Brogden!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Fedor Mirinova and Dmitry Maklakov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Allen looks to land a combination but Brogden avoids it well.
Brogden is trying hard to land a takedown here. Allen sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Brogden looks for a takedown but Allen sprawls well.
Brogden blocks a head kick by Allen.
Allen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A jab from Allen does it's job there.
Allen tries to bum rush Brogden with a series of wild strikes but Brogden uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Some wild striking there from Allen.
Allen drops Brogden with a right and a left! Allen comes rushing in but Brogden regains his composure and manages to keep Allen in guard.
Brogden is rocked!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Allen looking to pass the guard.
Brogden is still in real trouble! Can Allen finish him?
Allen sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Brogden's guard.
Brogden seems to have recovered his senses.
Allen with the ground and pound but Brogden uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Allen wants to control from the top but Brogden keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brogden wants to sweep here but Allen controlling him for the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Allen works over Brogden with some ground and pound from guard.
Brogden keeping moving, preventing Allen from controlling successfully.
Allen got a little sloppy there for a moment and Brogden has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Allen has managed to get both his arms back between Brogden's legs - danger averted.
Allen tries to stand but Brogden is controlling from the bottom.
Allen has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brogden looking to hit a scissor sweep but Allen is one step ahead there.
Allen wants to stand but Brogden is controlling his posture from full guard.
Brogden has his foot on Allen's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Allen works his way back into a safe position though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Allen tries to free his leg and advance position but Brogden is retaining full guard.
Brogden trying to control the position.
Allen prevents Brogden from getting back to his feet.
Brogden is looking for a triangle here but Allen uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Brogden wants to get back to his feet but Allen drags him back down.
Brogden tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Allen wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Allen moves into full mount!
Brogden regains half guard.
Allen postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Brogden to stand up.
Allen throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Brogden closes the distance and clinches.
Brogden jumps guard but Allen stands there with Brogden around his waist. Brogden gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Mike Allen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Billy Brogden.
Brogden breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Allen's jab looks to have found its range, popping Brogden under the eye.
Allen misses with a body shot.
Allen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mike Allen dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Brogden darts in looking for a takedown but Allen gets double underhooks and turns Brogden into the cage.
Brogden manages to break the clinch.
Brogden tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Allen was well out of range. Poor timing from Brogden.
Allen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Brogden dives in and grabs Allen's left leg, looking for a takedown. Allen pushes down on Brogden's head and hops out.
Brogden tries to close the distance and clinch but Allen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Brogden fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Mike Allen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Billy Brogden.
Allen throws a right and a left that Brogden avoids nicely.
Allen lands a nice hook to Brogden's body. Brogden takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Allen throws a right and a left that Brogden avoids nicely.
Allen misses with a series of wild punches.
Allen works Brogden's body with a nice hook.
Allen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Brogden was well out of range. Poor timing from Allen.
Brogden clinches up with Allen and pushes him back against the cage.
Brogden goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Still in the clinch, Brogden scores with a nice short uppercut.
Brogden softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Allen looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Brogden tries to throw a body punch but Allen avoids it by throwing Brogden back against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Brogden.
Allen has had enough of the clinch but Brogden keeps him there for the moment.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Brogden stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Brogden misses with a body punch.
Allen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Brogden is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Allen to keep the fight standing.
Allen working hard to break the clinch.
Allen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Allen tries to break the clinch but Brogden is controlling the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Allen is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Allen is trying to break free.
Brogden manages to pull guard.
Brogden is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
The fighters are battling for position here. Allen manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Allen managing to control the position.
Allen keeping moving, preventing Brogden from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Allen is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Allen is pulling down on Brogden's head to control his posture.
Mike Allen overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Mike Allen.
Brogden tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Allen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Brogden moves into the clinch successfully.
A knee to the head by Brogden.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Brogden.
Allen is trying to break free.
Allen wants to get back to striking at distance but Brogden won't allow it.
Brogden scores with a hook to the body.
Brogden fails to pull guard.
Brogden misses with a body punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Brogden breaks from the clinch.
Brogden pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Brogden clinches up against the cage.
Brogden misses with a hook to the ribs.
Allen tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Brogden smiles and moves away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Allen misses with a looping left.
Brogden 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.
A punch combination from Allen misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Billy Brogden showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Sloppy strikes from Allen. Those never looked like landing.
Allen displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Brogden.
Oooh a lovely combination from Allen sends Brogden down but not out. Allen dives into side control looking to finish.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Allen decides to stand back up. Allen steps back and let's Brogden get back to his feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Allen. Brogden does a little dance to reset his feet.
Allen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Allen slaps away a takedown attempt from Brogden, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Allen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Allen stuffs the takedown.
Mike Allen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Billy Brogden.
Allen fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
A swing and a miss from Allen.
Brogden throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Allen's waist but Allen gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Brogden off to one side.
Allen is looking to wear down Brogden with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Brogden tries to clinch up but Allen circles away and keeps his distance.
Allen scores with a takedown into Brogden's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brogden looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Brogden trying to control the position.
Allen stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Brogden swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Brogden tries to strike from the bottom.
Brogden keeping moving, preventing Allen from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brogden is looking to stand up but Allen isn't so interested in that idea.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Brogden keeping moving, preventing Allen from controlling successfully.
We're going to have a standup here because Mike Allen wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Allen keeps the fight on the outside.
Billy Brogden seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brogden shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Allen but Allen pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Allen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Brogden.
Mike Allen is winning the standup battle so far.
Brogden ducks under a wild hook from Allen.
Allen looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Allen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Brogden.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Allen, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Brogden looks for a takedown but Allen sprawls well.
Brogden closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Brogden working aggressively here.
Allen is looking to break free of the clinch but Brogden has double underhooks.
Brogden misses with a hook to the ribs.
Brogden doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Billy Brogden seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Allen blocking some punches.
Brogden misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Brogden is working Allen over against the cage.
Allen is looking to break free of the clinch but Brogden has double underhooks.
Brogden misses with a body punch.
Allen is trying to break the clinch but Brogden is controlling him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brogden crunches a lovely knee into Allen's ribcage.
Allen misses with the head strike.
Allen is trying to push Brogden away but Brogden has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Brogden tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Allen's elbow.
Allen swings wildly with an uppercut but Brogden uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brogden softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Allen is trying to break free.
Brogden misses with a hook to the ribs.
Allen is trying to break the clinch but Brogden has him pressed against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Brogden gets underhooks to prevent Allen's takedown attempt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Allen prevents a body shot from Brogden.
Brogden misses with the head strike.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Allen showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Allen has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Allen!
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energy
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hype
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