PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Wesley Allen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Conan Balboa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Allen
vs
Balboa

176 cm
25
144 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

186 cm
40
139 lbs
27 - 35 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

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 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Wesley Allen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 35 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Conan Balboa!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Robert Twigg and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Balboa scoring well with a low kick there.
Allen tries to clinch up but Balboa circles away and keeps his distance.
That kick from Balboa tenderised Allen's leg. Allen is trying to keep his angry face on.
Allen blocks a low kick nicely.
Conan Balboa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
An inside leg kick lands from Balboa.
Balboa lands with a thumping leg kick.
Balboa finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Allen is trying hard to land a takedown here. Balboa sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Allen fails in his attempt to clinch.
Balboa misses with a low kick.
Balboa swats away the attempt to clinch by Allen.
Balboa tried to score with a low kick but Allen checks it.
Balboa turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Balboa is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Balboa lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Allen has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Allen and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Balboa throws a low kick, looking for Allen's leg but Allen calmly moves out of range.

Allen forces Balboa back against the cage and clinches.
Balboa wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Allen has him pressed against the cage.
Balboa tries to break the clinch but Allen is controlling the position.
Balboa misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Allen.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Allen misses with a knee to the head.
Allen wants a takedown but no success here.
Allen wants to break the clinch but can't.
Balboa tries to break the clinch but Allen is controlling the position.

Balboa escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Allen tries to clinch but Balboa is having none of it.

Allen moves into range and clinches up with Balboa.
Balboa wants to break the clinch but can't.
Allen wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Balboa has him pressed against the cage.

Allen manages to break the clinch.
Balboa lands a head shot.

It looks like Wesley Allen has been cut.

Balboa tries to keep at a distance but Allen has taken the fight into the clinch.
Balboa missing with knees to the body.
Balboa wants to break the clinch but can't.
Balboa wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Balboa is trying to break the clinch but Allen is controlling him.
Allen avoiding damage as Balboa throws knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balboa tries to circle away but Allen has him pinned against the cage.
Allen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Balboa tries to circle away but Allen has him pinned against the cage.
Balboa putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Allen in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Allen wants to get back to striking at distance but Balboa won't allow it.
Balboa is trying to force a seperation but Allen has the dominant position.
Allen is trying to break the clinch but Balboa has him pressed against the cage.
Allen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Balboa misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Allen.
Allen is trying to force a seperation but Balboa has the dominant position.
Balboa looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Balboa tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Allen avoids it.
Allen is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Allen is looking to take this one to the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Wesley Allen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Allen is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Allen has Balboa pressed against the cage, preventing Balboa from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Allen prevents Balboa from breaking the clinch.
Balboa tries to land knees in the clinch but Allen avoids the damage to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Allen is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Balboa tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Allen avoids it.
Balboa wants to get back to striking at distance but Allen won't allow it.
Allen is trying to push Balboa away but Balboa has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Allen holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Allen swings wildly with an uppercut but Balboa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Balboa looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Balboa has had enough of the clinch but Allen keeps him there for the moment.
Allen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Balboa wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Balboa is trying to break the clinch but Allen has him pressed against the cage.
Allen prevents Balboa from breaking the clinch.
Balboa has had enough of the clinch but Allen keeps him there for the moment.
Balboa trying to land knees to the body.
Allen fails to pull the fight into his guard.

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.
Balboa tries to break the clinch but Allen is controlling the position.
Balboa managing to block the knees to the body from Allen.
Balboa trying to land knees to the body.

Balboa's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Balboa lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Balboa lands a nice leg kick that just misses Allen's sensitive parts.
Balboa darts in trying to clinch

and Allen counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Balboa!

Allen stands up and beckons Balboa to his feet.

Allen fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Balboa sprawls well initially but Allen persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Allen is taking a breather. Balboa says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Allen stops Balboa from getting back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Conan Balboa dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Wesley 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.

Allen avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Balboa lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Balboa throws a leg kick

and Allen holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Balboa breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wesley Allen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Allen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Balboa swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Balboa feints and then cracks Allen's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Allen down.
Balboa lands a nice leg kick that just misses Allen's sensitive parts.
Balboa buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

Allen gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Allen looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Allen drops down looking for an ankle pick but Balboa pulls his leg out and moves away.
Balboa attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Balboa throws a leg kick

and Allen holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Balboa is trying to break the clinch but Allen has him pressed against the cage.
Balboa has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Balboa has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Balboa missing with knees to the body.
Allen prevents Balboa from breaking the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Balboa is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Allen is defending well for now.
Allen is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Balboa to keep the fight standing.
Balboa is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Balboa prevents Allen from breaking the clinch.
Balboa working hard to break the clinch.
Allen is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Balboa to keep the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Wesley Allen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Allen tries to pull guard but Balboa holds him up against the cage and eventually Allen drops back down to his feet.
Balboa unloads a knee to the mid-section. Allen lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Balboa wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Allen has him pressed against the cage.
Balboa is looking to break free of the clinch but Allen has double underhooks.

Allen breaks from the clinch.
Balboa scoring well with a low kick there.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Balboa.
Allen on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Balboa has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balboa throws a leg kick

and Allen decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Balboa's guard.
Balboa is wriggling around but Allen manages to pass to half guard.

This has been an exciting period of action!

Allen stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Allen takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Allen takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

Allen fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Balboa, pushing him back against the cage.
Allen is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

Allen breaks from the clinch.
Good shot there by Balboa.

Allen darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Allen uses his free foot to push down on Balboa's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Balboa.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Allen with a couple of short strikes.
Allen controlling his opponent.
Wesley Allen overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The referee warns Balboa that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Balboa is flailing around, obviously not happy about being mounted. Allen locks hold of one of his arms and spins for an armbar. He's got it! Balboa is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Wesley Allen!