PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Zack Allan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sadiq Hossein (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Allan might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Total War. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Allan
vs
Hossein

177 cm
33
145 lbs
27 - 10 - 0

170 cm
30
152 lbs
20 - 10 - 3

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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 27 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Zack Allan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 10 - 3, fighting out of New York, Sadiq Hossein!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Franklyn Lucas and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Allan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hossein swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hossein finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Allan ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Allan throws a wild body kick that Hossein sees coming a mile off.
Allan has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Sweat Lodge in the buildup to the fight.
Allan fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hossein.
That kick from Allan tenderised Hossein's leg. Hossein is trying to keep his angry face on.
A head kick misses from Hossein.
Allan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hossein swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hossein on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Allan throws a sloppy head kick and Hossein moves out of range easily.
Allan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hossein connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Allan tries to close the distance and clinch but Hossein swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A jab from Allan misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Allan attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Hossein avoids the head kick by Allan.
Hossein takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Allan getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Allan!
Allan scores with a leg kick.
Allan throws the kick towards the body but Hossein avoids it.
Allan misses with a leg kick
and Hossein counters with a nice uppercut.
Allan tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Allan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hossein.
Allan lands a nice hook to Hossein's body. Hossein takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hossein checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Allan throws a predictable looking body shot
and Hossein counters with a series of strikes. Allan will be more careful next time no doubt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Allan connects with a crisp jab.
Allan tries to land a leg kick but Hossein saw it coming and moves away.
Hossein avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Crunch! Allan slams his shin into Hossein's torso.
Allan lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Hossein checks a low kick from Allan.
Allan moves into range and connects with a jab.
Allan tests Hossein's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Allan lands with a cross.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Allan scores with a shot to the body.
Allan throws a sloppy head kick and Hossein moves out of range easily.
Allan is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Allan misses with a series of wild punches.
Allan throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hossein.
Allan goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Hossein showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Allan.
Allan fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Hossein on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Allan. Allan obviously looking to wear him down.
Allan fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Allan connects with an inside leg kick.
Allan swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Hossein counters with a stiff right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Allan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hossein swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Allan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hossein.
Hossein shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Hossein ducks under a wild hook from Allan.
Allan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hossein has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Allan.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hossein tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hossein on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zack Allan dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Allan misses with a body kick.
Sloppy strikes from Hossein. Those never looked like landing.
Allan throws a hook to the side of Hossein's head but Hossein sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Allan is looking to score with low kicks.
Allan throws a head kick that misses.
Hossein's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A leg kick checked by Allan.
Hossein circles away from the clinch attempt
and Hossein counters with a slapping leg kick.
Zack Allan is winning the standup battle so far.
Allan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Allan throws a nice looking combination but Hossein bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Allan misses with a kick to the body
and Hossein counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A thudding body kick lands there by Allan!
Allan tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hossein manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Zack Allan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Allan clinches with his opponent.
Allan prevents Hossein from breaking the clinch.
Allan tries a knee to the head but Hossein blocks it.
Allan misses with a body punch.
Hossein managing to block the knees to the body from Allan.
Allan has Hossein pressed against the cage, preventing Hossein from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Allan tries a knee to the head but Hossein blocks it.

Hossein escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hossein moves forwards but Allan connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Allan takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Allan looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Allan misses with a low kick.
Allan doesn't manage to clinch there - Hossein circles away.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Allan throws a front kick that sends Hossein stumbling back into the cage.
Allan works the jab nicely.
Hossein takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Allan scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A looping hook to the body misses from Allan. Hossein does a little dance to reset his feet.
Allan lands a jab.
Allan is looking to land body kicks.
Hossein moves out of range as Allan strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hossein misses with a looping right.
Allan scores with a kick to the body.
Allan misses with the combination.
Allan lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hossein's sensitive parts.
Allan shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A big right from Allan misses.

Allan moves into the clinch successfully.
Allan struggles to land a body shot inside as Hossein controls his hands.
A frustrated look appears on Hossein's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Allan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hossein blocks it with crossed arms.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Allan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Allan has a couple of punches blocked by Hossein.
Allan pushes Hossein back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Allan obliges.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hossein tries to break free but Allan pushes him back against the cage.
Allan putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hossein in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Hossein is breathing heavily.
Hossein wants to get back to striking at distance but Allan won't allow it.
Hossein is trying to break the clinch but Allan has him pressed against the cage.
Allan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hossein's elbow.
Allan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Allan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hossein's elbow.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hossein blocks an uppercut.
Hossein has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Allan seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Hossein can turn it around.
Hossein tries to break free but Allan pushes him back against the cage.
Allan throws a punch but it's blocked by Hossein.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zack Allan dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Allan connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

It looks like Sadiq Hossein has been cut.
Allan tries to clinch but Hossein moves out of range.
Allan keeps Hossein at a distance using the push kick.
A head kick misses from Allan.
Allan with a hook.
Hossein throws a solid leg kick but Allan takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Hossein.
Allan moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Allan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Allan moves in looking to clinch but Hossein pushes him off.
Allan looks for the body kick but Hossein saw that one coming.
Allan goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hossein tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Hossein takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Allan blocks a jab.
Allan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hossein can do to turn this around?
Hossein fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Allan, right into the meat.
Some bone on bone action there as Hossein checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Allan tries a head kick but it misses.
Hossein takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Allan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hossein avoids a kick to the body.
Allan wants to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hossein moves out of range of the leg kick from Allan.
Hossein closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Allan misses with a leg kick
letting Hossein counter with a right hand.
Allan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Allan tries to close the distance and clinch but Hossein swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Allan misses with a looping right.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Allan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Allan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hossein paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Hossein 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Hossein moves out of range as Allan throws a body kick.
Allan lands a high kick!
Hossein takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Allan thows a leg kick but Hossein checks it
and Hossein counters with a right hand to the body.
Hossein shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Allan throws a leg kick that misses.
Allan throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Hossein's head.
Allan lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Allan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hossein gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Zack Allan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Allan connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A thudding body kick lands there by Allan!
Hossein lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Allan is looking to chop away at Hossein's legs.
Hossein throws a hook to the side of Allan's head but Allan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hossein slips a jab from Allan.
A head kick by Allan misses
and Hossein counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Allan is rocked!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hossein avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Oh Allan is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Allan misses with a leg kick.
Sadiq Hossein has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hossein bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Allan's head backwards.

And that's the end of the fight!
Zack Allan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Allan has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Dean Styles scores the fight 30:27
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zack Allan!
During a confident post fight interview, Zack Allan thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.