PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Kurt Summers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wells Dengel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dengel has chosen Come to Daddy as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Summers
vs
Dengel

177 cm
23
157 lbs
11 - 2 - 0

188 cm
26
154 lbs
14 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kurt Summers!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Wells Dengel!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Steve Erwin and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Left hook, right uppercut from Dengel.
Summers stuffs the takedown.
Wells Dengel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Summers slips under a jab.
Summers misses with a hook.
Horrible takedown by Dengel or perhaps it was just good defense by Summers which made him look bad.
Summers checks a leg kick.
A big right from Summers misses.
Dengel scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Dengel shoots in and drives through. Summers sprawls well.
Kurt Summers has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Wells Dengel.
Dengel shoots for a takedown but Summers saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dengel walks into a straight right hand from Summers.
Dengel shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Summers defends it nicely.
Dengel tries a low kick but Summers avoids it.
Dengel fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Summers avoids it really well and circles away.
Summers thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Summers throws a head kick that half lands.
A chopping leg kick lands by Dengel.
Summers punishes Dengel's body with a nice straight punch.
Dengel looks to score with a jab to the body but Summers is just out of range.
Dengel moves out of range of the body kick.
Summers swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dengel shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Summers defends it nicely.
Summers throws a shot from downtown. Dengel moves away and avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Summers misses with a series of wild punches.
Dengel doesn't manage to clinch there - Summers circles away.
Summers connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Dengel shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Summers as he jumps to the side.
Summers connects with a solid leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dengel is looking to clinch.
Dengel dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Dengel tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kurt Summers is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Summers stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Summers wants it to stay on the feet.
Dengel misses with a leg kick
and Summers connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Dengel fails to land the takedown.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dengel throws a push kick but Summers slaps the foot to one side.
Dengel throws a leg kick
and Summers counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Kurt Summers will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Dengel misses with a leg kick.
Kurt Summers is winning the standup battle so far.
Summers misses with a head kick.
Dengel misses with a body shot.
Summers slaps away a takedown attempt from Dengel, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Summers stuns Dengel with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Good leg kick by Dengel there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Dengel has Summers pressed against the cage, preventing Summers from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Summers managing to block the knees to the body from Dengel.
Summers blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dengel is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Summers gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Dengel tries to land a knee to the head but Summers blocks with his arms.
Dengel misses with a knee strike.
Summers prevents the takedown attempt.
Kurt Summers has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Wells Dengel.
Dengel drops down looking for an ankle pick but Summers pulls his leg out and moves away.
Summers swinging wildly here.
Dengel shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Summers defends it nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Summers fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Dengel checks it well.
Dengel blocks a head kick by Summers.
Dengel has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Summers.
Kurt Summers is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Summers throws a head kick that misses.
That kick from Dengel tenderised Summers's leg. Summers is trying to keep his angry face on.
Summers tries to work over Dengel's front leg with a kick but Dengel checks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dengel scores with a head kick.
Summers keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Summers looks to land a left hand but Dengel moved out of range nicely.
Summers avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Summers pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A jab from Summers misses.
Summers feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Dengel's calf.
Dengel is trying hard to land a takedown here. Summers sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Summers misses with a head kick.
Summers defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Dengel.
Summers pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Dengel fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Dengel throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

Dengel clinches up against the cage.
Dengel misses with an elbow over the top.
Dengel looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Summers blocks an elbow strike from Dengel.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Wells Dengel will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Dengel avoids a kick to the body.
Dengel throws a low kick but it's checked well by Summers.
Summers is looking to chop away at Dengel's legs.
Dengel lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Summers checks a leg kick.
Summers tries a head kick but it misses.
Summers lands a jab.
Summers throws the kick towards the body but Dengel avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Summers avoids the body shot from Dengel.
Dengel dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Summers. That did some damage!

Dengel clinches with his opponent.

Dengel is trying to trip Summers. He has hold of a leg but Summers is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Dengel persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Dengel trying to control but Summers is working from the bottom.
Dengel prevents Summers from getting back to his feet.
Dengel tries to free his leg and advance position but Summers is retaining full guard.
Dengel with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dengel stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Summers swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Summers on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Summers tries to get out of the position.
Dengel is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Summers avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Dengel postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Dengel has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Dengel trying to control but Summers is working from the bottom.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dengel working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dengel missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Dengel stands and steps away. Summers gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Summers on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Good work by Summers as he checks the leg kick.
Summers throws a sloppy head kick and Dengel moves out of range easily.
Dengel moves out of range of the body kick.
Dengel shoots for a double leg takedown but Summers sprawls well. He's pushed Dengel's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

Dengel shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Summers manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Dengel wants to pass the guard but Summers is keeping the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dengel stops Summers from standing up.
Dengel working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Summers keeping moving, preventing Dengel from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dengel passes easily into side control. Nice work.

Dengel is trying to get an arm triangle but Summers is defending well.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dengel with the ground and pound but Summers regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wells Dengel really dominated that 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.

Dengel tries to clinch up.
Dengel blocks a head kick by Summers.
Summers tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Summers throws a right hand that misses
and Dengel counters with a good low kick that Summers was not able to check.
Dengel throws a head kick that misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Summers. Dengel does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dengel is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Summers lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Dengel defending well as Summers loads up on a big left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Summers lands with a nice combination. Dengel backs away looking to recover.
Summers scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Summers avoids a low kick by using good footwork.

Summers gets tackled into the cage by Dengel. Dengel maintains the clinch.
Dengel lands a nice knee to the body.
Summers on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dengel comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Dengel working Summers over with knees to the body.
Summers avoiding damage as Dengel throws knees to the body.
Dengel is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Summers gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dengel tries for a takedown but Summers manages to get underhooks.
Summers tries to break the clinch but Dengel is controlling the position.
Dengel landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Summers is trying to force a seperation but Dengel has the dominant position.
Dengel misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nice elbow from Dengel.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dengel misses with an elbow over the top.
Summers on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dengel drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Summers gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Kurt Summers has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Wells Dengel.
Dengel is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Dengel keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Summers's efforts to push away.
Summers holding his opponent close, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Summers blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Summers blocks the elbow strike.
Summers wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Summers manages to break the clinch.
Summers throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Dengel's head.
Summers finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A head kick misses from Summers.
Dengel throws a leg kick which misses Summers's front leg but catches the back leg as Summers tries to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Dengel moves into the clinch successfully.
Summers is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Summers tries to break the clinch but Dengel is controlling the position.
Summers's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Summers avoiding damage as Dengel throws knees to the body.
Dengel misses with an elbow over the top.
Summers wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dengel has him pressed against the cage.
Summers on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Summers avoids a wild elbow strike from Dengel.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Summers pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dengel uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Summers.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close fourth round but Wells Dengel will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Dengel ducks under a wild hook from Summers.
Summers scores with a three punch combo!
Dengel misses with a body kick.
Dengel throws a sloppy head kick and Summers moves out of range easily.
Summers keeps the fight on the outside.
Summers checks a leg kick.
Dengel misses with a low kick.
Summers misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Summers circles away from the clinch attempt
and Summers counters with a body kick that stops Dengel in his tracks momentarily.
Dengel fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Dengel defending well as Summers loads up on a big left hand.
Dengel finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Dengel tries for a takedown but Summers sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dengel thows a leg kick but Summers checks it
enabling Summers to counter with a crisp jab.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Dengel is defended easily by Summers.
Kurt Summers has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Wells Dengel.
Dengel is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Sloppy strikes from Summers. Those never looked like landing.
Summers tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Dengel will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Dengel fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Summers avoids it really well and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Summers throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A leg kick checked by Summers.
Wells Dengel is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Dengel ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Summers moves away.
Dengel tries a low kick but Summers avoids it.
Dengel throws a leg kick that misses.
Summers keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dengel tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dengel throws a head kick that misses.
Summers scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Summers throws out a loose jab but Dengel uses good head movement to avoid it.
Summers pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dengel is trying hard to land a takedown here. Summers sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Wells Dengel.
I think Dengel 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 46:49
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 46:49
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 46:49

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wells Dengel!
Wells Dengel is the new featherweight champion!