PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Liam Striker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dennis Tretow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Striker's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, MMA THEME. Tretow has chosen Days of Thunder as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Striker
vs
Tretow

186 cm
25
145 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

178 cm
23
139 lbs
8 - 11 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Liam Striker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dennis Tretow!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Ian Loll and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tretow takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Striker tries to bum rush Tretow with a series of wild strikes but Tretow uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Tretow misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Striker will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Striker just misses with a punch to the body.
Striker throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Liam Striker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tretow looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Tretow uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Striker.
Striker misses with a two punch combination.
Striker circles away from the clinch attempt.
Striker throws a lazy right hand but Tretow sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Striker uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tretow.

Tretow shoots in and bounces Striker off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Tretow stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Striker swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tretow prevents Striker from getting back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tretow stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Striker swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Tretow controls from within his opponent's guard.
Striker really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Striker wants to stand and escape but Tretow is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Striker is working an open guard so Tretow takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Striker throws an overhand right that lands on Tretow's shoulder, as Tretow tries to avoid the shot.
Striker leaves Tretow with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Tretow is trying hard to land a takedown here. Striker sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Liam Striker has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dennis Tretow.
Tretow will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Striker throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Tretow slips a jab and a cross from Striker.
Striker keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Tretow looks gassed!
Striker lands a nice hook to Tretow's body. Tretow takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Striker lands with a nice combination. Tretow backs away looking to recover.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Tretow.
Tretow uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Striker.
Tretow avoids a punch combination nicely.
Tretow goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Tretow is looking to clinch but Striker is avoiding it.
Striker leaves Tretow with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Striker blocks a head kick by Tretow.
Striker connects with the punch.
Tretow shoots in but no luck this time.
Striker connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Striker dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Liam Striker dominated that round.
That's time! Striker's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

A shot to de liver by Striker. Beautiful body shot.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Striker.
Striker dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Striker swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Tretow shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Striker manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Striker wants to stand up but Tretow is controlling him.
Tretow wants to pass the guard but Striker is keeping the position.
Tretow trying to control but Striker is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Striker wants to stand and escape but Tretow is having none of it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tretow stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Striker swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Striker on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Striker tries to get out of the position.
Tretow advances to half guard.

Tretow decides to return to a standing position.
Striker keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Tretow has a takedown stuffed.
Tretow uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Striker.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Striker misses with a hook.
Tretow shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Striker pinned against the cage. Striker gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Tretow throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Striker's waist but Striker gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Tretow off to one side.
Liam Striker has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dennis Tretow.
Tretow on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Tretow shoots in and drives through. Striker sprawls well.
Tretow dodges the punch combination from Striker.
Striker throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Tretow looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Striker is fending him off so far but Tretow persists. Nope, Striker circles away and we're back to standing.
Striker lands a right hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jab by Striker.
Striker rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tretow moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tretow looks for a takedown but Striker sprawls well.
Tretow ducks under a wild hook from Striker.
Striker throws a nice looking combination but Tretow bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Striker swinging wildly here.
Tretow shoots for a takedown but Striker saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Tretow closes the distance and clinches up with Striker, looking for a takedown. Tretow pushes Striker against the cage but Striker circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Striker clobbers Tretow with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Nice takedown defense from Striker. No joy for Tretow on that attempt.
Striker listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Striker uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Tretow has time to react.
Tretow cracks the inside of Striker's front leg.
Horrible takedown by Tretow or perhaps it was just good defense by Striker which made him look bad.
Tretow dodges the punch combination from Striker.
Striker swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tretow closes this distance looking for a takedown but Striker circles away.
Striker misses with a wild body shot.
Striker displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Tretow.
Striker takes a swing at Tretow's ribcage but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Liam Striker dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Striker gets caught flat footed, as Tretow shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Tretow is stalling in the full guard.

Striker pushes Tretow off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Striker throws a shot from downtown. Tretow moves away and avoids it.
Nice sprawl there from Striker as Tretow shoots in.

Tretow feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Striker wants to stand up but Tretow is controlling him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Striker keeping moving, preventing Tretow from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tretow wants to pass the guard but Striker is keeping the position.

Striker pushes Tretow off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.

Tretow fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Striker sprawls well initially but Tretow persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Tretow stops Striker from getting back to his feet.
Tretow tries to pass to full mount but Striker defends it.
Tretow stops Striker from getting back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Striker is looking to get back to is feet but Tretow passes into side control.
Tretow controls the position.
Striker tries to escape but Tretow is in control.
Striker tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.
What can Striker do to escape this position? He's going to have to figure it out pretty quick if he wants to stay in the fight!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Striker holding both Tretow 's hands and preventing any damage.

Tretow is looking for the choke from the back position but Striker is controlling his hands well.
Dennis Tretow has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Striker trying to get back to his feet but Tretow is in full control for now.
Tretow is riding his opponent, not letting Striker buck him off.
Striker is trying to stand back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Tretow looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
Striker is trying to stand back up.
Liam Striker is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Tretow is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.
Striker looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dennis Tretow comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Striker has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 29:28
Judge William Peck scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Liam Striker!