PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Lamar Allen (ranked 2352 p4p, 226 weight class) and Manny Puno (ranked 2137 p4p, 211 weight class). 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.

Allen
vs
Puno

170 cm
28
152 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

180 cm
29
158 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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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 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lamar Allen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Manny Puno!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Bruno Lombardi and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Allen fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Allen circles away from the clinch attempt
and Allen counters with a stiff right hand.
Puno ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nice uppercut there from Puno.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Puno has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Allen misses with a straight right.
Allen defending well as Puno loads up on a big left hand.
Puno misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Puno just misses with a punch to the body.
Allen darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Allen fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Allen cracks Puno with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Puno connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Allen slips a straight right by Puno.
Puno tries to close the distance and clinch up but Allen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Allen looks to land a right hand but Puno moved out of range.
Allen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Allen keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Allen misses the jab.
Allen throws a body shot but no joy.
Allen throws a body shot but no joy.
Puno throws a big shot that misses.
Puno keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Puno waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Allen.
Allen appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Allen throws a shot from downtown. Puno moves away and avoids it.
Allen throws a nice inside leg kick.
Puno slips under a jab from Allen.
Puno 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.
Puno scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Allen throws a big shot that misses.
Allen scores with a jab to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Allen misses the target.
It seemed like Puno was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Allen with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Puno swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Allen counters with a straight right hand.
Puno misses with a looping right.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Allen throws a hook to the side of Puno's head but Puno sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Puno! But no joy.
Allen throws a leg kick but Puno checks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Allen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A little feinted left hand from Allen on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A lazy left from Allen finds it's target.
Good exchange - Puno coming out on top.

Puno has managed to clinch.
Puno misses with a body punch.
Puno misses with the head strike.
A right hand to the body from Puno.
Allen lands a shoulder strike.
Allen can't find room to land a body shot as Puno controls the action.
Puno blocking some punches.
Allen lands with a light punch inside.
Allen prevents a body shot from Puno.
Puno blocks an uppercut.
A short right from Allen on the inside.
Puno pushes Allen back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Puno.
Allen wants to stall.
Puno lands a shot to the body.
Allen misses with the head strike.
Allen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puno lands a body punch in the clinch.
Puno scores with a shoulder strike.
Puno lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Nice body punch from Puno.

Allen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Allen lands a nice shot that snaps Puno's head back.
Puno loads up on a big right hand but Allen slips the punch.
Allen scores with a jab to the body.
Puno misses with a straight left.
Puno throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Puno takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Allen scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Allen lands a nice shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Puno throws the left hand but Allen avoids the punch easily.
Allen swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Puno to counter with a crisp jab.
Allen shoots in but Puno avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Puno on the wrong end of a nice hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Allen throws a shot from downtown. Puno moves away and avoids it.
Allen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Puno.
Puno throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Allen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Puno.
Puno lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

Allen is rocked!

It looks like Lamar Allen has been cut.
Puno keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Allen.
Oh Allen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Puno throws a nice looking combination but Allen bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Puno connects with a good right hand that stumbles Allen. Allen circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Puno waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Allen.
Allen was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.

Puno fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Allen, pushing him back against the cage.
Allen has a couple of punches blocked by Puno.
Allen slowing the pace effectively.
Allen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Allen seems to have got his legs back now.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Allen has a couple of punches blocked by Puno.
Allen has a couple of punches blocked by Puno.
Allen prevents a body shot from Puno.
Puno throws a head punch that misses.
Puno tries to throw a body punch but Allen avoids it by throwing Puno back against the cage.
Allen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Lamar Allen will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Lamar Allen's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Puno avoids a punch combination nicely.
Allen scores with a nice strike.
Puno clobbers Allen with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

Puno closes the distance and clinches.
A short right from Puno on the inside.
Allen working aggressively here.
Puno tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Allen's elbow.
Puno can't find room to land a body shot as Allen controls the action.
Puno leaning against his opponent.
Allen lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Puno.
Puno misses with a punch on the inside.
Puno tries to work over Allen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Puno lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Allen or not.
A short uppercut from Puno.
Puno misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Puno struggles to land a body shot inside as Allen controls his hands.
Puno goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Allen tries to work over Puno's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Puno misses with a punch to the body.
A short uppercut from Puno.
Puno tries a body shot but Allen blocks it.
Puno lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Allen prevents a body shot from Puno.
Puno misses with a body punch.
Allen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Puno looking to slow down the pace here.
Puno blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Puno lands a body shot in the clinch.
Puno wants to stall.
A head punch on the inside from Allen fails to land.
Puno struggles to land a body shot inside as Allen controls his hands.

Allen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Allen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Puno thuds a left hand into Allen's body.
Allen takes a swing at Puno's ribcage but misses.
Allen defending well as Puno loads up on a big left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Puno slips a straight right by Allen.
Allen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Allen throws out a loose jab but Puno uses good head movement to avoid it.
Puno appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Allen with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Lamar Allen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Allen lunges at Puno with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Puno's hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Allen throws a low kick but it's checked well by Puno.

Puno moves into the clinch.
Nice body punch from Allen - that landed with a thud.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Puno.
Puno doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Puno misses with a body punch.
Puno misses with a body punch.
Puno swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Puno lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Puno working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Puno gets through Allen's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Puno working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Puno cracks Allen with a nice body shot.
Puno misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Allen throws a head punch that misses.
Allen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Puno backwards.
Puno lands a body shot.
Puno lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Puno lands a hook to the side of the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Puno lands with a light punch inside.
Puno fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Puno misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Puno.
Puno digs a right hand into Allen's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Allen's gas tank.

Puno escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Allen lands with an uppercut that bounces Puno off the cage and back into range.
Puno might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Puno throws a nice looking combination but Allen bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Allen walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Puno checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Allen digs a good hook to Puno's body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Puno throws an overhand right that lands on Allen's shoulder, as Allen tries to avoid the shot.
Puno walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

Allen has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Puno tries to work over Allen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Allen misses with the head strike.
Allen is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Puno tries to throw a body punch but Allen avoids it by throwing Puno back against the cage.
Puno blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Allen misses with a punch to the body.
Puno tries to work over Allen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Puno misses with a hook from the clinch.
Puno goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Puno lands a right hand that snaps the head of Allen backwards.
Puno blocks an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Allen.
Allen tries to circle away but Puno has him pinned against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Puno as Allen tries to tie him up.
Puno can't find room to land a body shot as Allen controls the action.
Puno goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Allen blocks an uppercut.
Puno softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Manny Puno showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Lamar Allen's cut.
That's time! Allen's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Puno wants to clinch up but Allen keeps it at a distance.
Allen tries to close the distance and clinch but Puno swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Puno takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Allen connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Puno momentarily.
A jab lands there for Allen.
Puno with a jab.
Allen walks into a left hand.
Puno dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Lamar Allen is winning the standup battle so far.
Allen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Puno.
Allen stuns Puno with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Puno looks to score with a jab to the body but Allen is just out of range.
Allen missing with a left hand there. Puno was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Allen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Puno throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Allen tries to bum rush Puno with a series of wild strikes but Puno uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Puno throws a lazy right hand but Allen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nice body punch from Puno.
Puno throws a body punch but Allen moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Allen throws a body punch but Puno moves out of range.
Puno lands with a shot to the body.
Allen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
An attempted straight right counter from Allen misses the target.
A jab from Puno does it's job there.
Puno swings for the body but Allen moves out of range.
Puno throws out a loose jab but Allen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Allen throws a looping overhand right but Puno ducks down to avoid it.
The crowd cheers as Allen lands an impressive looking overhand right. Puno doesn't seem phased though.
Allen lands with a shot to the body.
Puno connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Allen slips a jab from Puno.
Allen throws a hook but Puno avoids it easily.
Puno misses with a hook. Allen ducked under it nicely.
Allen just misses with a punch to the body.
Allen looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

Puno moves into the clinch successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Allen throws a head punch that misses.
Puno gets through Allen's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Puno misses with some punches.
Allen digs a right hand into Puno's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Puno's gas tank.
Allen throws a head punch that misses.
Allen lands a hook to the side of the head.
Allen misses with the head strike.
Puno can't find room to land a body shot as Allen controls the action.
Allen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Allen.
Nice body punch from Allen - that landed with a thud.
Allen taking a breather.
Allen tries a body shot but Puno blocks it.
Puno lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Puno tries to work over Allen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Allen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Allen blocks an uppercut.
Puno misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puno swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Puno misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Puno is leaning against Allen and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Allen pushes Puno back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Allen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Allen struggles to land a body shot inside as Puno controls his hands.
Puno blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Puno tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Puno misses with a punch to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Allen creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Puno swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Allen presses Puno against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Allen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Allen tries to stall but Puno uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Manny Puno seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Puno.
Puno working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Puno tries a body shot but Allen blocks it.
Good body shot from Puno.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Puno.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Puno swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Puno tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Allen's elbow.
Allen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Puno's elbow.
Puno lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Puno tries a body shot but Allen blocks it.
A short body shot lands from Allen as the two fighters clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Puno lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Allen lands a nice uppercut.
Allen prevents a body shot from Puno.
Puno lands a body shot in the clinch.
Puno misses with a punch to the body.
Allen looking to stall.
Allen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Puno lands with a left to the head.
Puno working aggressively here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Manny Puno comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Puno has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Chad Campbell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 28:30
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Manny Puno!