PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Bruce Allen (ranked 2281 p4p, 206 weight class) and Moses Makwame (ranked 4903 p4p, 364 weight class). Makwame has chosen House of Pain - Jump Around as his entrance music. Moses Makwame is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Allen
vs
Makwame

175 cm
26
155 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

163 cm
19
143 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bruce Allen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Moses Makwame!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Valeri Chadov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Makwame closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Allen wants the takedown. Makwame is fighting it off but Allen persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Makwame's guard against the cage.
Makwame wants to sweep here but Allen controlling him for the moment.
Allen lands a couple of digs.
Makwame working a defensive guard here.
Allen scoring with some ground and pound.
Allen keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Makwame's head.
Makwame avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Allen lands a couple of elbows.
Allen scoring with punches to the head and body.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Allen lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Makwame is trying to control the position but Allen postures up.

Allen avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Allen working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Makwame's head.
Makwame looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Makwame escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Allen gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Allen stopping the sweep attempt from Makwame.
Allen postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

Makwame had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Allen defends it easily.
Allen keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Makwame's head.
Allen distracts Makwame with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

Allen stands up from Makwame's guard - Allen perhaps looking for a knockout.
Allen fails with the takedown
and Makwame cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Makwame scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Makwame tries to score with some ground and pound. Allen controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Allen manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Allen is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Allen takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Allen landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Makwame is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Nice strikes from Allen there.
Allen controlling the action here.
Allen takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Makwame on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Makwame keeping hold of Allen's head, controlling as best he can.
Allen performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Makwame makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Makwame.
Allen cracks Makwame with a solid left hand.
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.
Allen connects with a couple of short punches.
Allen scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

Allen stands up from guard. Let's bang!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Allen shoots in but no luck this time.
Allen swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Makwame manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Allen on his heels. He'll look to pass Allen's guard now, I'm sure.
Makwame wants to control from the top but Allen keeps moving.
Allen has his hands on Makwame's head, controlling the position.
Allen looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce Allen dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Makwame closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Bruce Allen overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Makwame looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Makwame wants to lay and pray for a moment but Allen keeps working.
Allen gets back to half guard.
Allen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Makwame can do to turn this around?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Makwame lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Makwame missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Allen tries to get to full guard but Makwame has control of the leg.

Makwame is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Makwame tries to pass the half guard into mount. Allen knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Allen keeping hold of Makwame's head, controlling as best he can.

Makwame is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

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.
Allen won't allow Makwame to pass to mount.
Allen gets back to full guard.
Makwame trying to control but Allen is working from the bottom.
Makwame must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Makwame might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Allen haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Allen will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Allen controlling the position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Allen closes the distance and clinches up with Makwame, looking for a takedown. Allen pushes Makwame against the cage but Makwame circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Allen seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Moses Makwame seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Allen shoots in for a takedown but Makwame shows good takedown defense.
Makwame stuffs the takedown.
Makwame steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Allen.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bruce Allen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Makwame throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Allen counters with a nice double leg into side control. Makwame won't be happy with that.
Makwame is looking to reverse the position.
Allen working the head with strikes.
Allen working the ground and pound.
Makwame sneaks back into half guard.

Allen is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Makwame doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Allen.

Makwame looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Makwame wants to improve his position but Allen is controlling well.
Allen takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Makwame slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Allen stands up over Makwame, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
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 is in close to Makwame's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Allen connects with a couple of short punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce Allen dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Allen avoids the body shot from Makwame.
Makwame throws a nice looking combination but Allen bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Makwame clinches with his opponent.

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

Allen scores with a takedown into Makwame's guard.
Allen landing with the ground and pound.
Makwame really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Allen. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Allen content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Makwame controls Allen momentarily but Allen frees himself.
Allen landing with the ground and pound.

Allen got a little sloppy there for a moment and Makwame has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Allen has managed to get both his arms back between Makwame's legs - danger averted.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Makwame looking to control.
Allen with a nice head shot there.
Allen with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

Makwame has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Allen can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Allen showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Makwame keeping moving, preventing Allen from controlling successfully.
Allen is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Allen lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

Allen is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Allen trying to control but Makwame is working from the bottom.
Allen working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Makwame's head.
Allen working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Allen pushes down on Makwame's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Allen landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Makwame throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Allen lands with a punch from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Makwame trying to hold on to Allen's head to control him but Allen postures up.
Allen working the head and body with strikes.
Makwame is staying active underneath Allen, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Allen scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

Makwame is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Allen pulls his head out easily.
Allen prevents Makwame from improving his position.
Makwame is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Allen scores with a couple of nice shots.
Makwame wants to get back to full guard.
Makwame trying to hold on to Allen's head to control him but Allen postures up.
Allen lands with a punch from half guard.
Moses Makwame has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Allen slows the pace down in half guard.
Allen is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Makwame taking some punishment here, with Allen in his half guard.
Allen is controlling the pace.
Makwame is trying to control but can't.
Bruce Allen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Allen wants to pass to mount but Makwame is defending the position.
Makwame on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bruce Allen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Allen, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bruce Allen!
Our winner, Bruce Allen, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
Moses Makwame was interviewed post fight and said 'The strongest man won today.'.