PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mateus Allen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Will Javis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Will Javis will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Allen
vs
Javis

165 cm
31
152 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

185 cm
23
145 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mateus Allen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Will Javis!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Edson Gomes and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Javis throws a series of punches but Allen moves out of range.
Javis is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Javis throws a lazy right hand but Allen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

Allen looking to score a takedown here. Javis is defending well but Allen drives through and ends up in Javis's guard.
Allen sitting in guard here, content to control.
Allen pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Javis is keeping the position for now.
Allen is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Allen looking to pass the guard.
Javis thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Javis keeping moving, preventing Allen from controlling successfully.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Mateus Allen wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Allen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Javis tries to sprawl but Allen drives through with a takedown into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Javis wants to control but Allen is keeping busy and won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Allen looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Allen blocks the strikes from Javis.
Javis is trying to control but can't.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Will Javis wasn't active enough on the ground.
Javis looks to clinch

and Allen counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Javis!
Allen is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Javis really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Allen breaks from Javis's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Javis has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Javis taking shots to the head.
The referee warns Javis that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Allen with shots to the head and body - Javis looks very uncomfortable down there.
Allen controlling the position easily from mount.
A nice elbow there by Allen.
Allen wants to control the pace but Javis is squirming around nicely.
Allen landing strikes from the mount.
Javis is looking to improve his position but Allen isn't that keen on the idea.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Allen cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Allen raining down shots from the mount!
Allen tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Allen can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Javis is looking to escape.
Allen is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Javis can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Javis is trying desperately to improve position.
Javis tries to lock up and control but Allen gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Javis taking shots to the head.
Allen wants to control the pace but Javis is squirming around nicely.
Javis is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Allen working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Javis in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Allen looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Allen in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Allen is in the full mount, landing strikes.

Javis is rocked!
Allen wants to control the pace but Javis is squirming around nicely.
Javis wants to try and get back to his feet.
Allen with good strikes from the mount here!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Allen looking to finish Javis with some ground and pound. This is bad for Javis!
Allen dominating with strikes here.
Javis is still in real trouble! Can Allen finish him?
Allen avoids the attempt from Javis to control.
Allen in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Javis tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Javis seems to have recovered his senses.
Javis fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Javis stalks Allen and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Allen's face. Allen staggers backwards, shaken.
Allen takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Javis looks to score with a jab to the body but Allen is just out of range.
Allen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Javis wants to clinch.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Javis enables Allen to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Javis manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Allen controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Allen cracks Javis with a solid left hand.
Mateus Allen overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Allen postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Javis is trying to hold Allen in close to prevent damage but Allen has managed to pass into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Allen scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Allen controlling the action here.
Allen is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Javis!
Allen looking to control but Javis is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Allen controlling from mount.
Allen raining down hammerfists from mount.
Allen lands a big elbow.
Allen looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Javis is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Allen lands a heavy elbow.
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 lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Javis is squirming around, avoiding Allen's attempts to control the action.
Allen is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Javis can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Allen postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Javis looks a forlorn figure.
Allen scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Javis?
Allen lands a big elbow.
Javis is looking to improve his position but Allen isn't that keen on the idea.
Javis is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Javis is working to get back to half guard.
Allen punishing his opponent with strikes.
Allen working the ground and pound effectively.

Javis is rocked!
Allen avoids the attempt from Javis to control.
Allen lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Javis is still in real trouble! Can Allen finish him?
Javis tries to lock up and control but Allen gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Javis seems to have recovered his senses.
Allen controlling from the full mount.
Allen breaks from Javis's wrist control and lands an elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Allen looking to control and managing it successfully.
BOOM! Allen connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Allen with good strikes from the mount here!
Allen dominating with strikes here.
Allen is landing with some decent strikes but Javis is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Allen controlling the position easily from mount.
Allen working the ground and pound effectively.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Allen tries to control but Javis wriggling away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mateus Allen dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Javis fails to land with a series of punches.
Javis misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Javis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Allen was well out of range. Poor timing from Javis.
Javis tries to bum rush Allen with a series of wild strikes but Allen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Javis is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Allen.
Javis moves to clinch but Allen breaks away

and Allen counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Allen.
Allen working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Javis wants to get back to his feet but Allen is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

Javis is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Allen is aware though and is defending well.
Allen scoring with some ground and pound.
Allen throwing strikes from guard but Javis blocks nicely.
Javis takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Allen is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Allen landing with the ground and pound.
Javis is trying to keep Allen in close.
Javis keeping moving, preventing Allen from controlling successfully.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Allen controlling from the top position.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Mateus Allen wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Javis throws a wild body kick that Allen sees coming a mile off.
Will Javis is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Javis closes the distance looking to clinch

and Allen counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Allen.
Mateus Allen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Javis is looking to stand back up but Allen counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Javis.
Allen controlling the action here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Javis trying to hold on to Allen's head to control him but Allen postures up.
Allen controlling the action here.
Javis is trying to get back to full guard.
Allen sitting and controlling from the half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Allen's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Mateus Allen just wasn't active enough.

Allen moves into the clinch.
Javis misses with an elbow over the top.
Allen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Javis can do to turn this around?
A frustrated look appears on Javis's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Allen keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Javis's efforts to push away.

Javis breaks the clinch.
Allen throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Javis stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Allen misses the jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Javis wants to clinch.

Allen gets a double leg takedown into Javis's guard.
Allen wants to pass the guard but Javis is keeping the position.
Allen looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Allen wants to pass the guard but Javis is keeping the position.
Will Javis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.

Javis had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Allen defends it easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mateus 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 Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:27
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mateus Allen!
A victorious Mateus Allen thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.