PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Art Bowers (ranked 1643 p4p, 1877 weight class) and Dick Dennison (ranked 224 p4p, 262 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Bowers
vs
Dennison

191 cm
25
250
7 - 7 - 0

192 cm
23
239
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

HELLBENT

Conquer
Brooklyn Apothecary

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Art Bowers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dick Dennison!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Chris Edwards and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bowers slaps away a takedown attempt from Dennison, before circling back to the center of the mat.
As Dennison looks to move away, Bowers throws a big counter combo but Dennison just gets out of the way.
The fighters circling - Bowers throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Dennison is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Dennison darts in and clinches Bowers up against the cage.
Bowers prevents the takedown attempt.
Dennison pushes Bowers back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dennison tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bowers's elbow.
Dennison misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dennison lands with a short shot to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dennison.
Bowers looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Dennison throws a punch but it's blocked by Bowers.
Dennison throws a head punch that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dennison stalling the fight.
Still in the clinch, Dennison scores with a nice short uppercut.

Bowers's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Dennison keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bowers.
Bowers keeps the fight on the outside.
Bowers misses with a low kick as Dennison jumps back.

Dennison closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Bowers quickly recovers to half guard.
Bowers wants to stand back up but Dennison manages to pass into side control.
Dennison in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Dennison tries to score with some ground and pound. Bowers controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Dennison just content to control the position.
Dennison throwing strikes but missing, from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Check out the look on Dennison's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Bowers takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Dennison looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Bowers is avoiding damage well.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bowers pushes Dennison away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Dennison gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Bowers prevents Dennison from improving position.
Dennison in side control, throwing shots but Bowers defends.
Dennison lands an elbow.
Dennison fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Dennison tries to score with some ground and pound. Bowers controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Bowers is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Dennison is controlling him well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here.
An elbow from Dennison crashes against the mat.
Bowers takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Dennison fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Check out the look on Dennison's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Bowers is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Dennison wants to control but Bowers is keeping him busy.
Dennison has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Bowers tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Dennison landing strikes from the mount.
Dennison breaks from Bowers's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Dennison raining down hammerfists from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Poor strikes thrown by Dennison there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Dennison fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Dennison throwing strikes here but Bowers is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
A nice elbow there by Dennison.
Dennison scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Bowers?
Dennison looking to control but Bowers is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Dennison postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Bowers looks a forlorn figure.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Dick Dennison dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Bowers looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Bowers looks to land a right hand but Dennison moved out of range.
Dick Dennison seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bowers takes a swing at Dennison's ribcage but misses.
Bowers stuffs the takedown.

Dennison gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Bowers is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Bowers is trying to break the clinch but Dennison is controlling him.
I was talking to Bowers's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Dennison.
Dennison misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Dennison fails to land.
A hook to the body from Dennison.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dennison avoiding damage.
A frustrated look appears on Bowers's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bowers can't break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dennison goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dennison digs a right hand into Bowers's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Bowers's gas tank.
Bowers can't break the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Dennison.
Bowers is pressed up against the cage. Dennison has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Bowers down to the mat. Bowers avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Art Bowers has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dick Dennison.
Bowers swats away the attempt to clinch by Dennison.
Dennison lands a nice hook to Bowers's body. Bowers takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Dennison connects with a body shot.

Dennison closes the distance and clinches.
Bowers wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Dennison can't find room to land a body shot as Bowers controls the action.
Dennison lands a left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bowers blocking some punches.
Bowers tries to break free but Dennison pushes him back against the cage.
Dennison tries to work over Bowers's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bowers is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Dennison is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Bowers pulls him back up using the underhooks.
A frustrated look appears on Bowers's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Dennison struggles to land a body shot inside as Bowers controls his hands.
Dennison has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Bowers is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
A short right from Dennison.
Dennison scores with a shot to the side of Bowers's head.
Dennison doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Bowers breaks from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dennison misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

Dennison shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Dennison was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Dennison wants to lay and pray for a moment but Bowers keeps working.
Bowers takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Dennison misses with the ground and pound.
Bowers is working to avoid the ground and pound but Dennison connects with a decent elbow.
Bowers is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Dennison trying to control the action but Bowers is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dennison working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Dennison throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Dennison trying to control the action but Bowers is working from the bottom.
Dennison lands an elbow.
Dennison working the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bowers is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Dennison is controlling him well.
Dennison landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Dennison lands a nice forearm strike.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Dick Dennison showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

A combination from Bowers does no damage.
Dennison looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Dennison throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Bowers on the side of the head.
Bowers throws the left hand but Dennison avoids the punch easily.

Dennison moves into the clinch.
Dennison doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Dennison.
Bowers is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bowers prevents a body shot from Dennison.
Dennison throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Dennison.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dennison lands a right hand.
Dennison swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dennison has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Bowers seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Dennison can turn it around.
Dennison tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bowers's elbow.
Dennison working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dennison misses with some punches.
Dennison is working Bowers over against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Dennison.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dennison tries a body shot but Bowers blocks it.
Bowers prevents a body shot from Dennison.
Dennison works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Dennison misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dick Dennison seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Dennison misses with some punches.
Dennison goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dennison looking for a takedown.
Dennison has Bowers pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Bowers manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Dennison goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bowers has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Dennison misses with the head strike.
Dennison lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Bowers.
Bowers blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dennison misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Dennison tightens his grip and picks Bowers up, before dumping him to the ground. Bowers manages to land in guard.
Dennison has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bowers wants to stand but Dennison is controlling the position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dennison accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Bowers utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Dennison controlling from the top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dennison trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Dennison lands a couple of digs.
Dennison trying to move into half guard but instead Bowers has managed to sweep!

Dennison seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Bowers preventing the sweep.
Dennison trying to control the position here.
Art Bowers has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Dennison is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Dick Dennison is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Dennison throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dick Dennison comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Dennison winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 27:30
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dick Dennison!