PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Han Denderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fabrizio Aurelio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Denderson
vs
Aurelio

179 cm
22
163 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

174 cm
18
153 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

Good takedowns
Brawler
Solid chin

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 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Han Denderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Fabrizio Aurelio!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aurelio gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Aurelio takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Aurelio shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Aurelio is trying to control the action in half guard but Denderson is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Denderson works his way to full guard. Good work.
Aurelio works a leg free and moves into half guard.

Denderson looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Denderson controlling the position for now.

Denderson makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Denderson misses with a two punch combination.
Denderson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Aurelio moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Denderson throws a series of punches but Aurelio avoids them all with ease.
Denderson keeps the fight on the outside.

Aurelio clinches up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Denderson prevents the takedown attempt.
Denderson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Aurelio taking a breather.
Aurelio looking to slow down the pace here.
Aurelio tries for a takedown but Denderson manages to get underhooks.
Han Denderson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Fabrizio Aurelio.
Aurelio has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Denderson avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Aurelio is trying to drag Denderson to the mat but Denderson just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Denderson wants to get back to striking at distance but Aurelio won't allow it.
Aurelio drops down looking for an ankle pick but Denderson pulls his leg out and moves away.
Denderson connects with a nice looking jab.
Fabrizio Aurelio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aurelio misses with a takedown attempt - Denderson sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Aurelio looks gassed!
Denderson throws a right hand that Aurelio ducks under and follows up with a left that Aurelio also avoids with ease.
Denderson pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Aurelio back to the cage. Denderson follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Denderson misses with a few strikes there.
Aurelio has his takedown stuffed
and Denderson counters with a stiff right hand.
Aurelio takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Denderson misses with a series of wild punches.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Denderson lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Danga de danga de dang - Denderson scores with a four punch combination!

It looks like Fabrizio Aurelio has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Denderson clinches with his opponent.

Aurelio breaks the clinch.

Denderson forces Aurelio back against the cage and clinches.
Aurelio has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Denderson avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Aurelio has Denderson pressed against the cage, preventing Denderson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Denderson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Denderson tries to break free but Aurelio pushes him back against the cage.
Denderson prevents Aurelio from breaking the clinch.
Aurelio prevents Denderson from breaking the clinch.
Aurelio is working for takedown but Denderson is calmly controlling the position for now.

Denderson breaks the clinch.
Denderson lands a jab-cross combination.
Denderson throws a series of punches but Aurelio moves out of range.
Denderson throws a series of strikes that have Aurelio backpedaling.
Denderson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A jab from Denderson finds it's way through Aurelio's defenses.
Aurelio walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Denderson moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Denderson rushes Aurelio and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Denderson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Aurelio has him pressed against the cage.

Denderson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Han Denderson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Denderson connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Aurelio is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Denderson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aurelio slips a jab and a cross from Denderson.
Denderson lands a glancing blow to the side of Aurelio's head.
Denderson is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.

Denderson clinches up against the cage.
Denderson is trying to push Aurelio away but Aurelio has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Aurelio has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Denderson avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Denderson lands a hook that snaps the head of Aurelio backwards.
Aurelio is working for takedown but Denderson is calmly controlling the position for now.
Denderson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Denderson manages to break the clinch.
Denderson thuds a left hand into Aurelio's body.
Denderson throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Aurelio stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Denderson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Aurelio shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Denderson counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Denderson connects with a crisp jab.
Denderson scores with a shot to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Denderson. Those never looked like landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Han Denderson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Fabrizio Aurelio's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Danga de danga de dang - Denderson scores with a four punch combination!
Aurelio fails with the takedown
and Denderson counters with a one-two to the body.
Aurelio gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Denderson counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Aurelio thinking.
Denderson throws a series of punches but Aurelio avoids them all with ease.
Denderson thuds his right hand into Aurelio's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Denderson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Denderson lands a two punch combo.
Denderson looks to land a combination. Aurelio sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Denderson scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Denderson lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Denderson.

Denderson gets a clinch.

Denderson manages to break the clinch.
Han Denderson is winning the standup battle so far.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Denderson stalks Aurelio and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Aurelio's face. Aurelio staggers backwards, shaken.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Aurelio misses with a takedown
and Denderson counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Han Denderson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Fabrizio Aurelio.
Denderson throws a combination. Aurelio tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Denderson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Aurelio misses with a takedown
and Denderson counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Denderson paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Denderson scores with a three punch combo!
Nice body punch from Denderson.
Denderson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Aurelio.
Denderson misses with the combination.
Denderson is looking to clinch but Aurelio is avoiding it.

Aurelio shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.

Denderson looking for a guillotine here but Aurelio defends easily.

Denderson is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Aurelio is working for takedown but Denderson is calmly controlling the position for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aurelio has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Denderson is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

Denderson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Some wild striking there from Denderson.
Aurelio has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Denderson jabs Aurelio to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Denderson digs a good hook to Aurelio's body.
Aurelio takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Denderson lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Denderson lands with a shot to the body.
Denderson's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Denderson duly obliges.
Aurelio takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Denderson closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Denderson is looking to wear down Aurelio with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Denderson scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Denderson scores with a one two! Aurelio had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Nice takedown defense from Denderson. No joy for Aurelio on that attempt.
Denderson throws a nice looking combination but Aurelio bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Denderson is working the combinations to good effect here.
Denderson keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Denderson lands with a nice combination. Aurelio backs away looking to recover.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aurelio with a poor takedown
and Denderson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Aurelio doesn't manage to clinch there - Denderson circles away.
Denderson scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Aurelio shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Denderson sprawls well. Denderson wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Aurelio gets slowly back to his feet.
Aurelio will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Denderson looks to land a combination. Aurelio sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Denderson lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Aurelio avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Aurelio changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Denderson looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.

Aurelio tries for a kimura but Denderson is defending well.
Denderson is pushing Aurelio's head away, looking to escape. Aurelio manages to hold on to the position though.
Denderson can't do much from the bottom here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Denderson wants to get back to his feet but Aurelio drags him back down.

Aurelio tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Aurelio has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Aurelio is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Denderson knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Denderson wants to get back to his feet but Aurelio drags him back down.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Aurelio swings around for an armbar but Denderson sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Aurelio's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Han Denderson dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Fabrizio Aurelio's cut.
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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Some wild striking there from Denderson.

Aurelio gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Aurelio is trying to drag Denderson to the mat but Denderson just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Aurelio prevents Denderson from breaking the clinch.
Denderson tries to break the clinch but Aurelio is controlling the position.
Denderson prevents a takedown attempt there.
Aurelio wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Aurelio takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aurelio has Denderson pressed against the cage, preventing Denderson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Denderson gets underhooks to prevent Aurelio's takedown attempt.
Han Denderson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Fabrizio Aurelio.
Denderson tries to circle away but Aurelio has him pinned against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Denderson has had enough of the clinch but Aurelio keeps him there for the moment.
Denderson gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Aurelio.
Denderson lands with a left to the head.

Denderson manages to break the clinch.

Denderson has closed the distance and engaged Aurelio in a clinch.
Denderson prevents a takedown attempt there.
Denderson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Denderson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Denderson ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Han Denderson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Denderson lands a nice hook to Aurelio's body. Aurelio takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Denderson scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Denderson throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Aurelio on the side of the head.
Denderson scores with a three punch combo!
Denderson cracks Aurelio with a right hand to the side of the head.
Denderson fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Aurelio looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Some wild striking there from Denderson.

Denderson forces Aurelio back against the cage and clinches.
Aurelio looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Aurelio has Denderson pressed against the cage, preventing Denderson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Denderson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Denderson throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Denderson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Aurelio has his takedown stuffed
enabling Denderson to counter with a crisp jab.
Aurelio has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Aurelio dodges the punch combination from Denderson.
Denderson lands a really nice looking cross but Aurelio seems unphased.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Denderson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Denderson throws a series of punches but Aurelio moves out of range.

Aurelio scores a takedown into full mount!

Aurelio swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Denderson is now in Aurelio's guard. A big mistake from Aurelio there, giving up the dominant position!
Aurelio not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Aurelio is looking for a triangle here but Denderson uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Aurelio is looking for a sweep.

Denderson decides to stand up, so the ref orders Aurelio to his feet.
Denderson lands a right hook to the body.
Han Denderson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Denderson lands a two punch combo.
Aurelio moves to clinch but Denderson breaks away
and Denderson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Denderson takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Left hook, right uppercut from Denderson.
Aurelio misses with a takedown attempt
and Denderson counters with a series of strikes. Aurelio will be more careful next time no doubt.
Aurelio tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Denderson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Denderson tests Aurelio's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Denderson feints a jab promting Aurelio to slip. Denderson then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Aurelio slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Denderson throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Aurelio takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Denderson connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Aurelio with a lazy takedown attempt

and Denderson counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Denderson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fabrizio Aurelio has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Aurelio fails with the takedown
and Denderson counters with a lovely shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Denderson wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

And that's the end of the fight!
Han Denderson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Denderson, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Han Denderson!