PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Denis Denisov (ranked 21875 p4p, 2840 weight class) and Mickey Dismantle (ranked 491 p4p, 345 weight class). Dismantle comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Come As You Are kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Denisov
vs
Dismantle

167 cm
32
140
10 - 23 - 2

170 cm
30
148
15 - 9 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Vegan Gains

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 23 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Denis Denisov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 9 - 1, fighting out of London, Mickey Dismantle!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Denisov closes the distance and clinches.
Dismantle misses with a hook from the clinch.
Denisov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dismantle misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dismantle lands a shoulder strike.
Dismantle presses Denisov against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Dismantle misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dismantle misses with a hook to the ribs.
Denisov blocks an uppercut.

Denisov ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Denisov no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Dismantle trying to stand up but can't free himself from Denisov's guard.
Denisov throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Dismantle must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Denisov throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Denisov striking off his back but it's not causing Dismantle any problems.
Denisov is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Dismantle wants to get up but he can't break Denisov's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Denisov trying to strike off his back.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Denisov throws some sloppy strikes off his back.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Dismantle throws an off balance right hand
and Denisov counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dismantle throws a lazy right hand but Denisov sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Denisov wants to clinch but Dismantle slips to the side
and Dismantle cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Denisov gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Denisov is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Dismantle to keep the fight standing.
Dismantle lands with a short shot to the head.
Dismantle misses with a hook from the clinch.
Denisov is trying to pull guard but Dismantle has him pressed against the cage.
Dismantle working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Dismantle throws a head punch that misses.
Dismantle tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Denisov's elbow.
Denisov is trying to pull guard but Dismantle has him pressed against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Denis Denisov. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Dismantle fails to land.
Still in the clinch, Dismantle scores with a nice short uppercut.
Denisov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dismantle goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dismantle misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dismantle tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Denisov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Denisov manages to break the clinch.
Denisov is looking to clinch.
Dismantle misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Denisov.
Denisov tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Dismantle swivels and escapes.
Denisov fails with the takedown.
Denisov tries to bum rush Dismantle with a series of wild strikes but Dismantle uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Dismantle swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Both fighters circling a little - Dismantle finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dismantle waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Denisov.
Denisov checks the leg kick.
Dismantle misses with a jab, cross combination.
Denisov misses with a takedown attempt
letting Dismantle counter with a right hand.
Dismantle fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dismantle jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dismantle throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Denisov sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Denisov wants to clinch.
Dismantle throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Denisov walks into a left hand.

It looks like Denis Denisov has been cut.
Dismantle shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A little feinted left hand from Denisov on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Denisov uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dismantle.
Dismantle misses with a straight left.
Dismantle has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Dismantle smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Dismantle throws a hook but Denisov blocks it.
Denisov moves out of range of the strikes.
Dismantle wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Denisov pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Dismantle back to the cage. Denisov follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Dismantle lands a right hook to the body.
Dismantle throws a hook but Denisov blocks it.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Denisov checks a leg kick.
Denisov throws a big counter combination but Dismantle scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Dismantle misses the shot to the body.
Dismantle scoring well with a low kick there.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Mickey Dismantle dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Denis Denisov's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Dismantle chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Denisov throws a series of punches but Dismantle avoids them all with ease.
Dismantle swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Denisov takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Dismantle lands with a good body shot.
Denisov throws a combination. Dismantle tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

Denisov darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

Dismantle has one foot on Denisov's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Denisov shoots in looking for a takedown. Dismantle tries to sprawl out of it but Denisov keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Dismantle manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Denisov rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dismantle moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Denisov slips a straight right by Dismantle.
Dismantle throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Denisov on the side of the head.
Dismantle looks for the body kick but Denisov saw that one coming.
Denisov swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Dismantle throws a leg kick but Denisov checks it.
Dismantle is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Dismantle connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Denisov misses with a few strikes there.
Dismantle appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Dismantle swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Dismantle misses the shot to the body.
Denisov goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Dismantle looks to land a right hand but Denisov moved out of range.
Denisov shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Dismantle sprawls well. Dismantle wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Denisov gets slowly back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Denisov moves in looking to clinch but Dismantle pushes him off.
Denisov has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Denis Denisov. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dismantle misses the jab.
Dismantle swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Denisov cracks Dismantle with a good jab.
Denisov steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dismantle.
No joy there for Denisov, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Dismantle scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Dismantle has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Denisov lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dismantle misses with a body shot.
As Dismantle looks to move away, Denisov throws a big counter combo but Dismantle just gets out of the way.
Denisov throws a right hand that Dismantle ducks under and follows up with a left that Dismantle also avoids with ease.
Dismantle looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Denisov ducks under a wild hook from Dismantle.
Dismantle buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Denisov dives in for a single leg takedown but Dismantle sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Dismantle lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Denisov backwards.
Denisov has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Dismantle is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Dismantle tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Denisov is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Dismantle to keep the fight standing.
Dismantle swings wildly with an uppercut but Denisov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Denisov jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Dismantle walks away with a smile on his face. Denisov gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Denisov closes the distance and clinches.
Denisov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Denisov blocks an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Denisov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dismantle tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Denisov's elbow.
Mickey Dismantle seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Dismantle tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dismantle lands a nice shot to the body.
Dismantle misses with some punches.
I was talking to Denisov's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Denisov jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Dismantle walks away with a smile on his face. Denisov gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Dismantle looks to land a right hand but Denisov moved out of range.
Denis Denisov is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dismantle dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Denisov. That did some damage!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Denisov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Denisov on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Dismantle avoids a punch combination nicely.
Denisov moves out of range as Dismantle strikes.

Denisov moves into the clinch successfully.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Mickey Dismantle showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Denis Denisov's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Denisov fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Dismantle sprawls well initially but Denisov persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Dismantle is looking to improve his position.
Denisov working the head and body with strikes.
Denisov throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dismantle is trying to stand.
Denisov scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Denisov thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Dismantle's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice strikes from Denisov there.
Denisov wants to control but Dismantle is keeping him busy.
Dismantle wants to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Denisov is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Denisov missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dismantle wants to get back to his feet.
Dismantle blocking the ground and pound attempt from Denisov.
Denisov wants to take a breather but Dismantle is having none of it.
Denisov uses his free foot to push down on Dismantle's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Dismantle.
Denisov looking to ground and pound but Dismantle is blocking nicely.
Denisov 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.
Denisov raining down shots from the mount!
Dismantle felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Denisov thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Denisov throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Denisov throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Dismantle wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Denisov.
Denisov looking to control but Dismantle is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Denisov scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Denisov with the ground and pound from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Denisov throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Dismantle holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Denisov tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Denis Denisov has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Denisov thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Denisov thowing shots but they're missing.

Denisov working for a submission but Dismantle is keeping him at bay.
Dismantle manages to work a leg through to get back to half guard here. Good work there by Dismantle, under a barage of strikes from Denisov.
Denisov looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dismantle is staying active underneath Denisov, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Dismantle blocking the ground and pound attempt from Denisov.
Denisov not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Denisov landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Denisov working the head and body with strikes.
Denisov seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Dismantle pushes Denisov off looking to stand but Denisov dives back in and keeps control.
Denisov working Dismantle over with strikes.
Denisov not landing any meaningful shots this time.

And that's the end of the fight!
Denis Denisov showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Dismantle 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mickey Dismantle!
Mickey Dismantle thanked the fans post fight for their support.