PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Gus Dengel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Slim Calhoun (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dengel comes to the cage accompanied by Papillon. Calhoun has chosen Always Strapped by: Lil Wayne as his entrance music. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Dengel
vs
Calhoun

150 cm
30
148 lbs
22 - 13 - 0

173 cm
26
140 lbs
16 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

XTREME PWNAGE: Down Under!

Beast Body

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 13 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Gus Dengel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Slim Calhoun!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Marco Blurström and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Dengel clinches with his opponent.
Calhoun with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Dengel tries to land a knee to the head but Calhoun blocks with his arms.

Calhoun manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Calhoun looking for a sweep. Not yet Calhoun, not yet.
Calhoun controls Dengel momentarily but Dengel frees himself.
Calhoun has momentary wrist control but Dengel slips an elbow through the middle.
Dengel postures up in Calhoun's guard and throws a big left but Calhoun blocks it.

Calhoun is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Dengel defends well.
Dengel trying to control the position from guard on top but Calhoun is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Calhoun looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Dengel tries to free his leg and advance position but Calhoun is retaining full guard.
Dengel controlling from the top position.
Dengel trying to control but Calhoun is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dengel postures up.
Dengel keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Calhoun's head.
Dengel postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Dengel might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Calhoun manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Dengel manages to get himself to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Calhoun has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Dengel is proving hard to escape from.
Calhoun stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Dengel swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Dengel has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Calhoun wants to control from the top but Dengel keeps moving.
Calhoun is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dengel has a closed guard, preventing Calhoun from standing up.
Calhoun trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Dengel manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!

Dengel got a little sloppy there for a moment and Calhoun has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Dengel has managed to get both his arms back between Calhoun's legs - danger averted.
Calhoun wants to sweep here but Dengel controlling him for the moment.
Dengel is working Calhoun over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Dengel lands a couple of decent looking shots.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dengel is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Dengel trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Dengel keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Calhoun's head.
Dengel throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Calhoun works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Dengel lands a couple of elbows.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Calhoun is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Dengel with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Calhoun wants to sweep but no luck.
Dengel lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Dengel postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Dengel distracts Calhoun with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

Dengel avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Dengel scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Calhoun manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

Calhoun swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Dengel is now in Calhoun's guard. A big mistake from Calhoun there, giving up the dominant position!

Calhoun working for a triangle but Dengel defends it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dengel landing with the ground and pound.
Dengel trying to control the position from guard on top but Calhoun is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Calhoun looking to control.
Dengel stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Calhoun swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Dengel makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Dengel connects with a couple of short punches.
Dengel is working Calhoun over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dengel landing with the ground and pound.

Calhoun looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Dengel working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Calhoun's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gus Dengel dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Dengel fails with an attempt to clinch.

Dengel has taken the fight to the clinch.

Calhoun has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Dengel uses from the top position.

Calhoun is looking for a triangle here but Dengel uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Dengel cracks Calhoun with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Dengel working the body and head with strikes.
Dengel working away.
Dengel scores with a couple of short elbows.
Calhoun wants to control but Dengel postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dengel lands a nice forearm strike.
Dengel lands a few punches from side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Dengel tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Dengel in side control lands a decent elbow.
Calhoun struggling a bit here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Calhoun takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Dengel cracks Calhoun with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Dengel cracks Calhoun with a big right hand but Calhoun just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.

Calhoun is rocked!
Gus Dengel overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Dengel trying to control the action but Calhoun is working from the bottom.
Calhoun is still in real trouble! Can Dengel finish him?
Dengel working the ground and pound.
Calhoun is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Calhoun seems to have recovered his senses.

Calhoun looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Dengel scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Calhoun trying to control from the bottom.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Dengel missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dengel is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Calhoun tries to get to full guard but Dengel has control of the leg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Calhoun on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

Calhoun actively working from the bottom here.

Dengel wants to work for an arm triangle but Calhoun is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Calhoun wants to get back to his feet.
Dengel drops an elbow to the side of Calhoun's head.
Dengel is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

Calhoun actively working from the bottom here.
Calhoun wants to control but Dengel is keeping busy.
Dengel looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Calhoun with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Dengel lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dengel is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Calhoun controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Dengel with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Dengel looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Calhoun with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Calhoun wants to improve his position but Dengel is controlling well.
Dengel lands with a punch from half guard.
Nice strikes from Dengel there.
Dengel lands with a punch from half guard.
Dengel working the head and body with strikes.
Dengel takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Dengel scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Calhoun works his way to full guard. Good work.
Dengel lands a couple of elbows.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Dengel got a little sloppy there for a moment and Calhoun has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Dengel has managed to get both his arms back between Calhoun's legs - danger averted.
Dengel working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Calhoun's head.
Dengel works over Calhoun with some ground and pound from guard.
Dengel trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Calhoun is trying to control the position but Dengel postures up.

Calhoun working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Dengel doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Dengel manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Calhoun is breathing heavily.
Dengel with a nice head shot there.
Dengel won't allow Calhoun to sweep him here.
Dengel working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Dengel throwing strikes but missing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Calhoun is trying to control the position but Dengel postures up.
Dengel landing some decent shots from guard.
Calhoun controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gus Dengel dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Dengel thows a body kick. Calhoun tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Dengel tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Calhoun manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Dengel rushes Calhoun and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Calhoun tries for a takedown but Dengel manages to get underhooks.
Calhoun blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dengel tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dengel softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Dengel misses with a knee strike.
Calhoun fails to pull guard.
Dengel with a knee to the head.
Calhoun is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Gus Dengel has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Slim Calhoun.
Dengel gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Dengel with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dengel pushes Calhoun back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Dengel.
Dengel tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Calhoun fails to pull guard.
Dengel throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Dengel connects with a nasty looking knee right to Calhoun's face.
Calhoun takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Calhoun is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Dengel is defending well.
Dengel misses with a knee to the head.
Dengel tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Calhoun fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Calhoun lands a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Dengel.
Dengel has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Calhoun wants a takedown.
Calhoun tries to pull guard but Dengel forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Dengel with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dengel using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Calhoun has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dengel misses with an elbow over the top.

Calhoun pulls guard effortlessly.

Calhoun is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Dengel connects with a couple of short punches.
Dengel with a nice head shot there.

Calhoun throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Dengel's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Calhoun controls Dengel momentarily but Dengel frees himself.
Dengel chips away with some ground and pound.
Dengel slips nicely into half guard.

Calhoun looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Dengel works his way into side control.
Calhoun is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Calhoun takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
You can see the frustration on Calhoun's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Dengel cracks Calhoun with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Dengel scoring with punches and elbows.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dengel grinds an elbow into Calhoun's temple.
Dengel looks up at the clock and then as Calhoun takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Dengel smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Calhoun is looking for a sweep.
Dengel lands a few punches from side control.
Calhoun wants to control but Dengel postures up.
Calhoun takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Dengel cracks Calhoun with a big elbow. Oh, he's hurt! Dengel immediately mounts and start dropping bombs! Calhoun is done! The referee jumps in and saves him from any more punishment - a quick and decisive finish by Dengel!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:42 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gus Dengel!
Post fight, Gus Dengel took to the microphone: 'I appreciate Jake accepting this fight, coming off a two fight losing streak is rough but I'm back now baby!! '.