when HTTP_REQUEST_DATA not working

Hello folks, I have a POC I'm testing out. The idea is a web user does a HTTP POST with token that matches a value in a data group. If it matches it will connect them to the pool. I am running into trouble with HTTP_REQUEST_DATA not firing. I've done some debugging by placing log statements within my many IF clauses.

Running LTM 11.5.1 HF4

when CLIENT_ACCEPTED { 
    set usertoken "1"

} 
end of CLIENT_ACCEPTED

when HTTP_REQUEST_DATA {
     log local0. "HITTING http-request-data clause"
     foreach x [split [string tolower [HTTP::payload]] "&"] {
        if { $x starts_with "token=" } {
            set usertoken [lindex [split $x "="] 1]
        }
    }
    log local0. "User $usertoken attempted login from [IP::client_addr]:[TCP::client_port]"
} 
end of HTTP_REQUEST_DATA

when HTTP_REQUEST {
set MasterToken [class match -value "num" equals data_POC ]
    if { ([IP::addr [IP::client_addr] equals "10.255.255.4/32"]) }{
        Admin Page displayed based on source IP
        HTTP::respond 200 content "Token is $MasterToken"
         log local0. "HITTING 10.30.0.0 clause"
    } else {
         Check if request is a POST
        if { ([string tolower [HTTP::method]] eq "post" ) } {
             log local0. "HItting post clause"

            check content length is less than a 1Mb, or capture 1Mb only
            if { ([HTTP::header "Content-Length"] ne "") && ([HTTP::header "Content-Length"] <= 1048576)}{
                 log local0. "hitting content-length clause"
                set content_length [HTTP::header "Content-Length"]
            } else {
                set content_length 1048576
            }
             Check if $content_length is not set to 0
            if { $content_length > 0} {
                 log local0. "HITTING http-collect clause"
                HTTP::collect 
                this fires the HTTP_REQUEST_DATA event
            }

             Check if $gloabal_usertoken and $MAsterToken match
             if { ($usertoken eq $MasterToken) }{
                MATCH page
                HTTP::respond 200 content " MATCH $usertoken and $MasterToken "
              }
              else { 
                 NO match page
                 HTTP::respond 200 content " NO MATCH $usertoken and $MasterToken "
              }
         NO POST  data
        } else {
                HTTP::respond 200 content [ifile get "iFile_TokenPage"] 
         }
    }
}
end of HTTP_REQUEST

• usertoken = dynamic variable that gets set in HTTP_REQUEST_DATA based on the POST field=token and it's value, and read in HTTP_REQUEST where it is compared to the Data Group value.

Interesting enough the client logic is making it to HTTP::collect

Jun 10 17:09:01 deltm02 info tmm3[10524]: Rule /Common/irule_tokenPage : HItting post clause
Jun 10 17:09:01 deltm02 info tmm3[10524]: Rule /Common/irule_tokenPage : hitting content-length clause
Jun 10 17:09:01 deltm02 info tmm3[10524]: Rule /Common/irule_tokenPage : HITTING http-collect clause
Jun 10 17:09:02 deltm02 info tmm3[10524]: Rule /Common/irule_tokenPage : HItting post clause
Jun 10 17:09:02 deltm02 info tmm3[10524]: Rule /Common/irule_tokenPage : hitting content-length clause
Jun 10 17:09:02 deltm02 info tmm3[10524]: Rule /Common/irule_tokenPage : HITTING http-collect clause
Jun 10 17:09:03 deltm02 info tmm3[10524]: Rule /Common/irule_tokenPage : HItting post clause
Jun 10 17:09:03 deltm02 info tmm3[10524]: Rule /Common/irule_tokenPage : hitting content-length clause
Jun 10 17:09:03 deltm02 info tmm3[10524]: Rule /Common/irule_tokenPage : HITTING http-collect clause
Jun 10 17:09:03 deltm02 info tmm3[10524]: Rule /Common/irule_tokenPage : HItting post clause
Jun 10 17:09:03 deltm02 info tmm3[10524]: Rule /Common/irule_tokenPage : hitting content-length clause
Jun 10 17:09:03 deltm02 info tmm3[10524]: Rule /Common/irule_tokenPage : HITTING http-collect clause

Lastly here is the iFile_TokenPage just incase

Any help would be greatly appreciated.