PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Randall Denny (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dylan Setright (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Denny
vs
Setright

187 cm
25
198 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
185 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Randall Denny!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Dylan Setright!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Steve Erwin and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Setright tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Denny fails to land with a series of punches.
Setright uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Denny.
Denny throws a shot from downtown. Setright moves away and avoids it.
Denny misses with a straight right.
Denny throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Setright tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A swing and a miss from Setright.
Denny swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Denny avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Denny misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Setright checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Setright blocks a head kick by Denny.
Denny throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Denny throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Setright.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Setright throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Setright tries to close the distance and clinch but Denny swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Setright tries to close the distance and clinch but Denny swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Denny throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A big left from Denny misses.
Setright tries to clinch but Denny moves out of range.
Denny throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Setright misses with a low kick.
Setright shoots in for a takedown but Denny shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Setright takes one on the button.
Denny circles away from the clinch attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Setright looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Setright tries to clinch up but Denny circles away and keeps his distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Denny throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Setright moves out of range as Denny strikes.
Setright is looking to clinch.
Denny digs a good body shot into Setright's ribs.
Setright tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Denny paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Setright tries to clinch up.
Denny avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Denny ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Setright moves away.
Denny misses with a jab, cross combination.
Setright tries to close the distance and clinch up but Denny swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Denny misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Setright misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Denny rushes Setright and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Setright letting Denny take a breather here.

Denny's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Randall Denny is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Denny has Setright up against the cage in a clinch.
Setright using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Denny has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Denny lands with a left to the head.
Setright tries to land a knee to the head but Denny blocks with his arms.

Denny manages to break the clinch.
Setright tries to clinch but Denny moves out of range.
Setright takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Jab by Denny.
Denny takes a swing at Setright's ribcage but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Setright avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Denny misses with a series of wild punches.
A punch combination from Denny misses.
Denny throws a series of punches but Setright avoids them all with ease.
Denny is breathing heavily.
Setright throws a nice head kick!
Randall Denny seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Denny avoids the head kick by Setright.
Denny throws a right and a left that Setright avoids nicely.
Denny swats away the attempt to clinch by Setright.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Denny looks to land a left hand but Setright moved out of range nicely.
Setright misses with a double jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Randall Denny dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Denny lands a body shot.
Denny throws a jab but it's blocked by Setright.
Denny swings for the body but Setright moves out of range.
Randall Denny is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Denny tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Setright paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Setright tries to close the distance and clinch but Denny swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Denny rushes Setright and presses him up against the cage.
Setright is looking to break free of the clinch but Denny has double underhooks.
Denny holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Setright can't break the clinch.
Denny scores with a shoulder strike.

Denny escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Denny comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Denny!
Denny slaps away a takedown attempt from Setright, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Setright is breathing heavily.
Setright tries to clinch there but Denny circles away.
Some wild striking there from Denny.
Denny swings for the body but Setright moves out of range.
Denny tries to bum rush Setright with a series of wild strikes but Setright uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Setright tries to keep at a distance but Denny has taken the fight into the clinch.
Denny dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

Denny's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Setright throws a body kick that misses.
Denny avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Denny throws a wild body kick that Setright sees coming a mile off.
Denny misses the shot to the body.
Denny avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Denny fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Setright closes the distance looking to clinch
letting Denny counter with a right hand.
Denny checks the leg kick nicely there.
Setright slips under a jab from Denny.
Denny throws a jab but it's blocked by Setright.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Denny throws a right and a left that Setright avoids nicely.
Setright moves out of range of the strikes.
Setright steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Denny.
Denny looks to land a left hand but Setright moved out of range nicely.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Setright misses with a knee to the head.

Denny breaks the clinch.
No luck for Setright with that takedown attempt.
Setright tries a head kick but it misses.
A head kick misses from Setright.
Denny throws a series of strikes that have Setright backpedaling.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Denny closes the distance and pushes Setright back into the cage.

Denny breaks from the clinch.
Denny looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A punch combination from Denny misses.
Denny misses with a few strikes there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A looping hook to the body misses from Denny. Setright does a little dance to reset his feet.
Denny throws a right and a left that Setright avoids nicely.
Setright closes this distance looking for a takedown but Denny circles away.
Randall Denny has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dylan Setright.

Denny clinches with his opponent.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Setright trying to control the position but instead, Denny has worked for underhooks and has pushed Setright into the cage.
Denny can't find room to land a body shot as Setright controls the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Randall Denny dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Denny throws a nice looking combination but Setright bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Denny jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Denny lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Setright checks a leg kick.
Denny scores with a hook to the body. Setright takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Denny throws a jab when Setright was well out of range.
Setright wants to clinch but Denny slips to the side
and Setright takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Setright moves in looking to clinch but Denny pushes him off.
Setright throws out a loose jab but Denny uses good head movement to avoid it.
Denny keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Setright looks to throw the jab but Denny is out of range.
Setright takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Setright.
Denny misses with a wild combination.
Denny thuds a left hand into Setright's body.
Denny fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

Denny moves into the clinch.
Setright being controlled against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Denny.
Denny is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Denny tries to break the clinch but Setright is controlling the position.
Denny tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Setright avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Denny breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Setright slips a jab from Denny.
Denny throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Denny misses with a wild body shot.
Setright is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Setright doesn't manage to clinch there - Denny circles away.
Setright misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Denny avoids the head kick by Setright.
Setright is looking to clinch.
Setright goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

Denny rushes Setright and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Denny as the two fighters clinch.
Denny misses with a body punch.

Denny breaks from the clinch.
Denny misses with a straight right.
Setright tries to clinch up.
Denny misses with an uppercut. Setright saw that one coming.

Denny clinches with his opponent.
Setright tries to land a knee to the head but Denny blocks with his arms.
Denny lands a body shot.

Denny breaks the clinch.
Denny misses with the combination.
Denny swats away the attempt to clinch by Setright.
Setright tries to clinch but Denny moves away
and Denny counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

It looks like Dylan Setright has been cut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Setright keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Setright shoots for a takedown but Denny saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Denny misses with a wild combination.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Setright steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Denny.
Denny looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Denny misses with a looping right.
Setright tries to clinch there but Denny circles away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The fight stays on the outside here - Setright looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A left lands for Denny.

And that's the end of the fight!
Randall Denny showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Denny has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Damien Edna scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Randall Denny!