PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between George Allen (ranked 320 p4p, 45 weight class) and Mikhail Orlov (ranked 333 p4p, 48 weight class). Mikhail Orlov has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with George Allen's chin.

Allen
vs
Orlov

188 cm
28
215 lbs
13 - 3 - 0

196 cm
27
205 lbs
18 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Dark Knight Nutrition

VanDam Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, George Allen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mikhail Orlov!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Chris Edwards and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Orlov connects with a crisp jab.
Orlov getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Orlov lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Orlov thumps Allen with a low kick.
Allen avoids the body shot from Orlov.
Orlov throws a lazy uppercut
and Orlov takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Orlov throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
It looked like Allen wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Orlov tests Allen's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Orlov.
Allen takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Orlov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Orlov jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Mikhail Orlov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
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 connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

It looks like Mikhail Orlov has been cut.
Allen misses with a body kick.
Allen throws an overhand right that lands on Orlov's shoulder, as Orlov tries to avoid the shot.
Orlov closes the distance but Allen moves to the side
and Allen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Orlov misses with an attempted mid kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Allen blocks a head kick by Orlov.
Orlov has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Allen walks forward, straight into a front kick from Orlov.
Orlov with a nice cross.
Allen moves out of range as Orlov throws a body kick.
Orlov scores with a sloppy right hand. Allen should have avoided that one.
Allen avoids the body shot from Orlov.
Allen was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Orlov lands an overhand right.
Orlov looks to land a body kick but Allen moved away.
Allen fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Orlov on the side of the head.
Allen throws a hook to the side of Orlov's head but Orlov sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Orlov appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Orlov is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Allen had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Orlov - that will leave a mark!
Orlov staying out of range there.
Allen checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Allen swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Orlov lands with an overhand left.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Allen lands with a right hand.
Orlov 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.
Allen seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Allen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Allen wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Orlov throws a front kick that sends Allen stumbling back into the cage.
Orlov lands a lovely overhand right.
Allen throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Orlov.
A head kick misses from Orlov.
Allen tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A jab lands there for Orlov.
Orlov getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

Allen sends Orlov crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Allen is motioning to the referee to let Orlov up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Orlov scores with the left hand. Allen knows he should have avoided that one.
Allen avoids the body shot from Orlov.
Allen staying out of range there.
Allen lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Orlov throws the kick towards the body but Allen avoids it.
Nice straight punches there by Orlov. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Orlov.
Orlov tries to land a front kick but Allen steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Orlov fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Allen has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Allen misses with an uppercut.
Allen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Orlov.
Orlov 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.
Orlov looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Orlov with a hook.
Allen is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Orlov pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Allen throws out a loose jab but Orlov uses good head movement to avoid it.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Orlov tries a body shot but Allen blocks it.
Orlov tries to throw a body punch but Allen avoids it by throwing Orlov back against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Orlov.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Allen.
Orlov misses with a body punch.
Allen misses with a punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Allen.
Allen blocks an uppercut.
Orlov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Orlov prevents a body shot from Allen.
Allen blocks an uppercut.
Allen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Allen lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Allen misses with a body punch.
Orlov softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Allen.
Orlov tries a body shot but Allen blocks it.
Orlov blocks a body shot from Allen.
A head punch on the inside from Orlov fails to land.
Orlov prevents a body shot from Allen.
Allen lands an uppercut.
Allen lands a nice shot to the body.
Allen blocks a body shot from Orlov.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Allen.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Orlov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Allen tries a body shot but Orlov blocks it.
Allen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Allen tries to throw a body punch but Orlov avoids it by throwing Allen back against the cage.
Orlov lands a shoulder strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Mikhail Orlov will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Mikhail Orlov's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Orlov throws a low kick, looking for Allen's leg but Allen calmly moves out of range.
Allen throws a counter high kick but Orlov was just alert enough to avoid it.
Nice body punch from Orlov.
Orlov misses with a hook.
Orlov avoids a kick to the body.
Orlov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Allen was well out of range. Poor timing from Orlov.
A slow jab from Allen misses its intended target.
Allen takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Orlov scores with a kick to the body.
Crunch! Orlov slams his shin into Allen's torso.
Allen throws a shot from downtown. Orlov moves away and avoids it.
Orlov fails with an attempt to clinch.
Orlov throws a wild body kick that Allen sees coming a mile off.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Orlov bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Orlov throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Allen to counter with a crisp jab.

Allen lands a big head kick that sends Orlov tumbling to the mat! Allen takes a step backwards and waves Orlov back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Orlov is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Allen scores with a push kick.
Orlov is still on wobbly legs! Can Allen finish him?
Allen throws a jab but it's blocked by Orlov.
Allen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Orlov.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Orlov misses with a left hand
and Allen counters with a huge left! Orlov is in big trouble! He's backing up but Allen isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Orlov from any more damage. A dominating finish by Allen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:06 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). George Allen!
George Allen bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.