PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Richie Allen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and RR Ryan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Allen
vs
Ryan

180 cm
18
140 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

167 cm
25
145 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Richie Allen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, RR Ryan!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Allen drives through and clinches with Ryan against the cage.
Ryan is pressed up against the cage. Allen has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Ryan down to the mat. Ryan avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Ryan closes the distance looking to clinch
and Allen counters with a low kick, right behind Ryan 's knee.
Ryan with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Allen keeps the fight on the outside.
Allen lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.

Ryan fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Allen to the ground. Ryan is now in Allen's guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

Ryan stands up from guard. Let's bang!

Ryan darts in and clinches Allen up against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Allen can't get the takedown.
Allen is looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Richie Allen. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Ryan breaks from the clinch.
RR Ryan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Ryan has closed the distance and engaged Allen in a clinch.
Allen really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Ryan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Allen slaps away a takedown attempt from Ryan, before circling back to the center of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ryan closes the distance and clinches.

Ryan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ryan tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Allen counters with a solid body kick.
A nice combination there by Ryan.
Ryan fails with a takedown attempt.
Ryan changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Ryan throws a low kick but Allen avoids it.
Allen tries to clinch but Ryan moves out of range.
Ryan closes the distance but Allen moves to the side

and Allen moves into the clinch.

Ryan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Ryan clinches up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ryan is defending well against a takedown attempt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ryan can't break the clinch.

Allen breaks the clinch.
Ryan connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ryan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ryan 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 stuns Ryan with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Allen shoots in but no luck this time.
The crowd cheers as Ryan lands an impressive looking overhand right. Allen doesn't seem phased though.

Allen clinches up against the cage.
Allen trying to stall but Ryan improves his position.

Ryan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Allen lands with a kick to the ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ryan scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

It looks like Richie Allen has been cut.
Allen is breathing heavily.
Allen stuffs the takedown attempt from Ryan. Ryan gets slowly back to his feet.
Allen fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Ryan throws a body punch but Allen moves out of range.
Ryan throws a shot to the body.
Ryan tries to clinch up.
Ryan doesn't manage to clinch there - Allen circles away.
Ryan lands a nice looking body kick.
Ryan shoots in looking for a takedown. Allen tries to sprawl out of it but Ryan keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Allen manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Allen fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Ryan rushes Allen and presses him up against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Allen fails to pull guard.
Ryan wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ryan wants to get back to striking at distance but Allen won't allow it.

Ryan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Allen tries to clinch but Ryan moves out of range.
Allen tries to clinch but Ryan is having none of it.
Allen misses the shot to the body.
Ryan misses with a series of wild punches.
Ryan tries to clinch up but Allen circles away and keeps his distance.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Ryan has taken the fight to the clinch.
Ryan is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

RR Ryan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Richie Allen's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Ryan scores a takedown into full mount!
Allen is trying desperately to improve position.

Ryan is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
Allen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ryan has a takedown stuffed.
Ryan tries to clinch up.
Allen fails with a takedown attempt.

Allen closes the distance and clinches.
Allen fails to pull the fight into his guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ryan is pressed up against the cage. Allen has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Ryan down to the mat. Ryan avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Richie Allen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ryan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ryan tries to close the distance and clinch but Allen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Allen checks the leg kick.
Allen stuffs the takedown attempt from Ryan. Ryan gets slowly back to his feet.
Ryan lands a jab to the nose.
Ryan stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Ryan wants it to stay on the feet.
Ryan fails in his attempt to clinch.

Ryan drives through and clinches with Allen against the cage.
Allen is trying to pull guard but Ryan has him pressed against the cage.
Allen fails to pull guard.
Ryan wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Ryan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ryan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Richie Allen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ryan swinging wildly here.
Ryan keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Ryan buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Ryan swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Allen.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ryan wants to clinch up but Allen keeps it at a distance.

Ryan moves into the clinch.
Ryan looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ryan wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Allen tries to pull guard but Ryan won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Allen keeps control of Ryan as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A frustrated look appears on Ryan's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Allen is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Ryan to keep the fight standing.

Ryan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ryan tries to clinch but Allen moves out of range.
Ryan tries to clinch up.
Ryan shoots in looking for a takedown but Allen manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Ryan's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Ryan 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.
Allen keeps the fight on the outside.

Ryan gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Ryan tries to circle away but Allen has him pinned against the cage.
Allen wants a takedown but no success here.
Ryan wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Allen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Allen shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Ryan pinned against the cage. Ryan gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Ryan 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 Ryan off to one side.
Ryan shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Allen but Allen pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Ryan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A jab lands there for Ryan.
Ryan lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Allen backs up against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Allen throws a head kick but Ryan moves out of range.
Ryan looks to clinch
and Allen counters with a big head kick but Ryan shrugs it off.
Ryan shoots in looking for a takedown but Allen manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Ryan's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

RR Ryan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Richie Allen's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Allen checks a leg kick.
Ryan will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Ryan is looking to clinch.
Ryan tries to land a leg kick but Allen saw it coming and moves away.

Allen clinches up against the cage.
Ryan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Allen has him pressed against the cage.
Allen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ryan is defending well for now.

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

Allen gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Allen is looking for a takedown.
Ryan is trying to force a seperation but Allen has the dominant position.
Allen jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Ryan walks away with a smile on his face. Allen gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Ryan rushes Allen and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Ryan blocks a body shot from Allen.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ryan prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Richie Allen. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Allen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ryan lands with an overhand left.
RR Ryan seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ryan is looking to clinch.
Ryan looks to land a right hand but Allen moved out of range.
Ryan fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Allen on the side of the head.
Ryan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Allen.
Ryan shoots in but Allen avoids the takedown attempt easily.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Ryan is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Allen lands a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ryan gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Allen.
Ryan blocks a body shot from Allen.
Ryan tries to break the clinch but Allen is controlling the position.

Ryan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Allen shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Ryan defends it nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Allen closes the distance and clinches up with Ryan, looking for a takedown. Allen pushes Ryan against the cage but Ryan circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Ryan wants to clinch.
Ryan moves in looking to clinch but Allen pushes him off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ryan moves in looking to clinch but Allen pushes him off.
Ryan shoots in looking for a takedown but Allen manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Ryan's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Ryan looks to clinch

and Allen counters by moving into the clinch.
Ryan working hard to break the clinch.
Ryan gets underhooks to prevent Allen's takedown attempt.
Ryan is looking to break free of the clinch but Allen has double underhooks.
Ryan wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Allen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Ryan shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Ryan was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

Ryan stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ryan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ryan tries to clinch up.
No luck for Ryan with that takedown attempt.
Allen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ryan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ryan tries to close the distance and clinch but Allen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ryan has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Allen throws a head kick but Ryan moves out of range.

Ryan instigates a clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Allen keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Ryan's efforts to push away.

Ryan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

And that's the end of the fight!
RR Ryan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Ryan has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... RR Ryan!