PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Paul Allison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Denis Domian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Domian has chosen WTC as his entrance music. Denis Domian acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Allison
vs
Domian

170 cm
18
145 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

175 cm
18
153 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Intelligent

Good takedowns
Excellent boxer
Tends to cut

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Paul Allison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Denis Domian!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Dmitry Maklakov and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice defenses there by Domian.
Domian misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Allison scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Domian doesn't seem bothered though.
Paul Allison seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Allison misses with a series of wild punches.
Domian shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Domian shoots in but Allison avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Paul Allison has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Denis Domian.
Domian keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Allison.
Domian takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Nice defenses there by Domian.
Allison throws a lazy right hand but Domian sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Allison throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Allison throws a series of punches but Domian moves out of range.
Domian changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Allison tries to avoid it but Domian manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Allison to the ground. Allison escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Paul Allison is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Allison throws a right and a left that both miss.
No joy there for Allison, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Allison swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Allison connects with a body shot that sends Domian's belly button to the back.
Domian closes this distance looking for a takedown but Allison circles away.
Horrible takedown by Domian or perhaps it was just good defense by Allison which made him look bad.
Domian blocks a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Allison loads up on a big right hand but Domian slips the punch.
Allison misses with a series of wild punches.
Allison swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Domian.
Sloppy strikes from Allison. Those never looked like landing.
Allison throws a right hand that Domian ducks under and follows up with a left that Domian also avoids with ease.
Allison misses with the combination.
Allison is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Domian.
Allison throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Domian uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Allison.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Allison scores with a jab to the head.
Domian avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Allison is breathing heavily.
Allison fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Domian manages to avoid it.
Allison throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Domian.
Domian tries for a takedown but Allison circles away easily
and Allison counters with a three punch combo that has Domian backing up. Domian nods at Allison to acknowledge the strikes.
A cross from Allison lands.
Domian shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Allison defends it nicely.
Allison misses with an uppercut. Domian saw that one coming.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Domian slips a jab and a cross from Allison.
No luck for Domian with that takedown attempt.
Allison misses with an uppercut. Domian saw that one coming.
Domian fails with a takedown attempt.
Domian shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Allison lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Domian circles away quickly and effectively.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Allison dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Allison misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Allison looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Allison throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Allison takes a swing at Domian's ribcage but misses.
Allison throws an off balance right hand

and Domian counters with a takedown into side control.

Domian working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Domian is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Allison looks calm but he's in trouble here. Domian gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Allison is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Domian lets go of the hold and Allison can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Denis Domian!
A very excited looking Denis Domian rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.