PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dick Dennison (ranked 4356 p4p, 12768 weight class) and Steve The Smiling Assassin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Steve The Smiling Assassin has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Dennison
vs
The Smiling Assassin

192 cm
19
223
1 - 1 - 0

188 cm
47
215
17 - 16 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dick Dennison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Steve The Smiling Assassin!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Gwen Towbar and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - The Smiling Assassin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dennison works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
The Smiling Assassin tries to clinch up.
Dennison keeps the fight on the outside.
The Smiling Assassin tries to clinch up but Dennison circles away and keeps his distance.
The Smiling Assassin wants to clinch.
Dennison swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.

Dennison shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Dennison preventing the sweep.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Dennison's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Dennison is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Smiling Assassin keeping full guard, as Dennison tries to pass.
Dennison lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Dennison stands and throws The Smiling Assassin's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Dennison blocks the strikes from The Smiling Assassin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Smiling Assassin striking from the bottom but nothing landed.
The Smiling Assassin striking from the bottom but nothing landed.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The Smiling Assassin misses with a strike from the bottom.
The Smiling Assassin is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Dennison's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
The Smiling Assassin is looking for a sweep. Dennison is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Dennison seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but The Smiling Assassin does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Nice strikes from Dennison there.
The Smiling Assassin throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Dennison prevents The Smiling Assassin from improving his position.
Ground and pound from Dennison.
Dennison working the head and body with strikes.
Dennison has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Dennison lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The Smiling Assassin throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Dennison looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The Smiling Assassin strikes from the bottom but Dennison uses the opportunity to move to side control.
The Smiling Assassin tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
The Smiling Assassin looking for a sweep but Dennison has passed into full mount! Oh no!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dennison lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Dennison cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dennison landing punches.

The Smiling Assassin is rocked!
Dennison postures up and throws a massive shot that knocks The Smiling Assassin out cold! Two more strikes to his unconscious opponent for good luck and this one is all over! Dennison goes absolutely crazy with his corner! Wow, you can see how much that win means to him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Dick Dennison!
In defeat, Steve The Smiling Assassin stepped up to the mic, saying 'Thank you fans for your support and Vladimir Putin for inspiring me to take shirtless photos of myself.'.