PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Aristides Abel (ranked 1123 p4p, 159 weight class) and Denny Sideman (ranked 1019 p4p, 141 weight class). Abel's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Express Yourself. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Abel
vs
Sideman

190 cm
26
201 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

183 cm
27
195 lbs
13 - 9 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

BuriedAlive// Fight Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Aristides Abel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 9 - 1, fighting out of London, Denny Sideman!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Alyssa Summers and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sideman gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Sideman pushes Abel back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Abel definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Sideman misses with a hook from the clinch.
Abel lands a nice uppercut.
Abel swings wildly with an uppercut but Sideman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Abel lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sideman backwards.
Abel misses with a punch on the inside.

Sideman escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Abel connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Abel takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Sideman avoids the head kick by Abel.

Abel pushes Sideman up against the cage in a clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sideman misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sideman presses Abel against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Sideman lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Abel backwards.
Abel misses with a punch on the inside.
Abel misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Abel misses with the head strike.
Sideman lands with a short shot to the head.
Abel softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abel working aggressively here.

Abel breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sideman misses with a looping right.
Abel swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.

Sideman moves into the clinch.

Abel breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Abel is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Sideman rushes Abel and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Sideman breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Abel closes the distance and clinches.
Sideman blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sideman tries to throw a body punch but Abel avoids it by throwing Sideman back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Abel.
Sideman takes a shot to the head.
Abel lands a shoulder strike.
Sideman throws a punch but it's blocked by Abel.
Sideman is trying to break the clinch but Abel is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abel swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sideman swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Sideman breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Abel staying out of range there.
Abel throws a low kick but Sideman avoids it.
Abel takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

Sideman has taken the fight to the clinch.
Abel throws a punch but it's blocked by Sideman.
Sideman prevents a body shot from Abel.
Abel tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A left hand lands to the body for Sideman.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sideman.
Abel swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Abel throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sideman.
Good body shot from Abel.
Abel tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Abel tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Abel has Sideman pressed against the cage, preventing Sideman from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abel tries to work over Sideman's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sideman lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Abel is trying to force a seperation but Sideman has the dominant position.
Abel misses with a hook from the clinch.
Abel swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sideman misses with some punches.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Sideman swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Good body shot from Abel.

Sideman breaks the clinch.
Sideman wants to clinch.
Sideman wants to clinch.
Abel steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sideman.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Sideman closes the distance and pushes Abel back into the cage.
Abel swings wildly with an uppercut but Sideman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Abel misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sideman blocking some punches.

Sideman breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sideman misses with a hook
and Abel counters with a nice leg kick.
The fighters circling - Sideman throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sideman takes one to the side of the head.
Abel throws a series of punches but Sideman moves out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
No joy there for Sideman, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Abel appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Sideman misses with a looping left.
As Sideman backs away, Abel returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Abel throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sideman cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sideman scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Abel doesn't seem bothered though.
Abel takes a shot right to the bread basket.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Denny Sideman will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

A punch combination from Sideman misses.
Denny Sideman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Some bone on bone action there as Sideman checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Abel looks to land a right hand but Sideman moved out of range.
Abel wants to slow Sideman down by chopping away at his legs.
Sideman is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sideman throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Abel takes the fight into the clinch.

Abel breaks from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sideman misses with an uppercut.
Sideman throws a right hand that misses
and Abel counters with a straight right hand.
Jab, jab by Sideman - just one landing.
Sideman keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Abel.
Abel throws a front kick aimed at Sideman's knee but Sideman avoids it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sideman misses with a left hand
and Abel connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Abel moves away from the strike by Sideman.
Jab by Abel.
Sideman throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sideman is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Abel swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Sideman misses with a right hand
and Abel counters with a stiff right hand.
Sideman lands an overhand right.
Sideman fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Abel manages to avoid it.
Sideman swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sideman throws a big shot that misses.
Abel is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Sideman throws a series of punches but Abel moves out of range.
Abel throws an off balance right hand
and Sideman counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Abel takes a swing at Sideman's ribcage but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sideman misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Abel.
Abel throws a big counter combination but Sideman scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Sideman fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Abel manages to avoid it.
Abel throws a counter high kick but Sideman was just alert enough to avoid it.
Abel looks to score with a jab to the body but Sideman is just out of range.
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!
Abel defending well as Sideman loads up on a big left hand.
Abel throws a quick counter head kick but Sideman was just out of range.
Abel keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sideman.
Abel fires out a quick counter leg kick but Sideman just manages to avoid it.

Sideman gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Sideman breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Abel scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Abel drops his hands momentarily and Sideman takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Sideman thows a left - swing and a miss!
Abel tests Sideman's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Sideman closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Sideman lands a lovely overhand right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Abel. Those never looked like landing.
Sideman tries to close the distance and clinch but Abel swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Abel tries to clinch there but Sideman circles away.
Abel gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Abel takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Sideman moves out of range as Abel strikes.
Sideman paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Abel throws a low kick, looking for Sideman's leg but Sideman calmly moves out of range.
Sideman lands a jab to the head.
Abel swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Sideman counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Abel scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Sideman doesn't seem bothered though.
Sideman throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Abel went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Sideman misses with a straight right.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abel throws a low kick but it's checked well by Sideman.
Sideman blocks a head kick by Abel.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sideman lands a nice shot that snaps Abel's head back.
Abel moves away from the strike by Sideman.
Sideman checks a leg kick nicely.
Sideman missing with a left hand there. Abel was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Abel lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

Abel gets tackled into the cage by Sideman. Sideman maintains the clinch.
Abel fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Abel lands with a left to the head.
Sideman lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Abel.
Aristides Abel has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Sideman lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Abel backwards.
A shot in the inside from Abel.
Abel lands with a right to the head.
Abel wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Denny Sideman showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Sideman takes one to the chin there.
Denny Sideman seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sideman looks to land a right hand but Abel moved out of range.
Sideman fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Abel looks to land a left hand but Sideman moved out of range nicely.
Sideman scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Abel doesn't seem bothered though.
Abel throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sideman.
Sideman scores with a hook.
Nice body punch from Sideman.
Abel displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sideman throws out the jab.
Abel slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Sideman throws a right hand that misses
and Abel counters with a thumping low kick.
Abel misses the jab.
Sideman loads up on a big right hand but Abel slips the punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sideman scores with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abel swings for the body but Sideman moves out of range.
Abel keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sideman.
As Sideman looks to move away, Abel throws a big counter combo but Sideman just gets out of the way.
Abel throws a lazy right hand but Sideman sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sideman throws a looping overhand right but Abel ducks down to avoid it.
Sideman misses the jab.
Abel scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Sideman connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Sideman misses with a telegraphed body shot
letting Abel counter with a right hand.
Sideman throws a sloppy body shot
and Abel counters with a stiff right hand.
Sideman scores with a jab to the head.
Sideman waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Abel.
Sideman displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Abel throws out the jab.
Sideman swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Aristides Abel has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sideman tests Abel's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Abel gets tackled into the cage by Sideman. Sideman maintains the clinch.
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!
Sideman doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Abel blocking some punches.
Abel swings wildly with an uppercut but Sideman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sideman is trying to maintain a safe position but Abel gets an underhook and turns Sideman into the cage.
Abel scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sideman works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Abel swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sideman blocks an uppercut.
Abel doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A right handed body shot lands from Sideman.
Sideman scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sideman lands a shoulder strike.
Abel blocks an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sideman misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Abel.
Good body shot from Sideman.
Sideman misses with a punch to the body.

Sideman breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Abel uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sideman.
Sideman wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Abel uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sideman.
Sideman throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Abel stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Sideman tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Abel paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sideman misses with a series of wild punches.
Good standup being displayed there by Abel as he connects with a hook.
Sideman blocks a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abel throws a head kick but Sideman moves out of range.
Sideman throws a jab when Abel was well out of range.
Sideman connects with a looping right hand.
Abel steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sideman.
Sideman misses with a jab, cross combination.
Abel throws a quick counter head kick but Sideman was just out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Abel throws a nice outside leg kick.
Sideman fails to land with a series of punches.
Abel avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sideman uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Abel.
Abel steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sideman.
The fighters circle momentarily. Sideman darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Denny Sideman is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Sideman missing with a left hand there. Abel was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

And that's the end of the fight!
Denny Sideman comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Sideman 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 Chad Campbell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Denny Sideman!
Denny Sideman spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.