PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Dennis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ed Frettish (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dennis
vs
Frettish

165 cm
25
135 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

172 cm
25
142 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Solid chin

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Daniel Dennis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ed Frettish!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Bart Greer and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Frettish is looking to land body kicks.
Dennis swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dennis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Frettish was well out of range. Poor timing from Dennis.
Dennis just misses with a punch to the body.
Frettish throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Frettish lands with a slapping head kick.
Frettish misses with a head kick.
Dennis blocks a head kick by Frettish.
Frettish looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Frettish keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dennis takes a swing at Frettish's ribcage but misses.
Frettish misses with a kick to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dennis swinging wildly here.
Dennis connects with a single shot there.
A punch combination from Dennis misses.
Frettish tries to clinch up but Dennis circles away and keeps his distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Frettish pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Frettish uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dennis.

Frettish fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Dennis, pushing him back against the cage.
Frettish throws an elbow but it misses.
Frettish keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Dennis's efforts to push away.
Dennis can't break the clinch.
Dennis wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Dennis misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dennis fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Frettish lands an elbow just above Dennis 's eye.
Nice elbow from Frettish.
Dennis can't break the clinch.
Dennis looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Frettish takes a shot to the head.
Frettish pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Dennis has a couple of punches blocked by Frettish.
Frettish looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Dennis is trying to break the clinch but Frettish has him pressed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dennis tries to break free but Frettish pushes him back against the cage.
Frettish misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Frettish prevents Dennis from breaking the clinch.
Frettish lands an elbow just above Dennis 's eye.
Frettish blocks a body shot from Dennis.
Frettish creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Frettish.
Frettish throws a head punch that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Frettish just misses with a elbow thrown towards Dennis's brow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Frettish comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Dennis working aggressively here.
Frettish misses with an elbow strike.
Dennis wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Frettish has him pressed against the cage.
Dennis is trying to break the clinch but Frettish has him pressed against the cage.
Frettish is trying to maintain a safe position but Dennis gets an underhook and turns Frettish into the cage.
Frettish keeps control of Dennis as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Stalling in the clinch from Frettish.
Frettish looking to stall.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Frettish creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Dennis is looking to break free of the clinch but Frettish has double underhooks.
Dennis avoids the elbow strike from Frettish, against the cage.
Dennis throws a punch but it's blocked by Frettish.
Dennis is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Dennis looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Frettish comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Frettish throws an elbow but it misses.
Dennis digs a right hand into Frettish's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Frettish's gas tank.
Dennis wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
With the fighters up against the cage, Frettish throws an elbow but misses.
Dennis working hard to break the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Dennis.
Dennis misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dennis blocks an elbow strike from Frettish.

Dennis breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Frettish tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dennis throws a one two combo.
Dennis throws a shot to the body.
Dennis is looking to wear down Frettish with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Frettish closes the distance but Dennis moves to the side
and Dennis counters with a two punch combo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Frettish tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Dennis counters with a left and a right that stings Frettish.
Frettish looks winded!
Frettish tries a head kick but it misses.
Frettish throws a low kick, looking for Dennis's leg but Dennis calmly moves out of range.
Ed Frettish seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dennis swings for the body but Frettish moves out of range.
Frettish takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Frettish fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dennis scores with a nice right hand.
Dennis ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Dennis connects with a looping right hand.
Frettish pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daniel Dennis dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Dennis misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Frettish.
A jab from Dennis misses.
Frettish throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Dennis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Frettish moves away.
Frettish throws the kick towards the body but Dennis avoids it.
Frettish wants to clinch.
Frettish ducks under a wild hook from Dennis.
Frettish scores with a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Frettish throws a head kick but Dennis moves out of range.
Dennis blocks a low kick nicely.
Frettish tries a head kick but it misses.
Frettish uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dennis.
Dennis misses with a straight right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick from Frettish lands but Dennis takes it in his stride.
Dennis tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Frettish avoids a punch combination nicely.
Frettish doesn't manage to clinch there - Dennis circles away.
Dennis misses with a straight right.
Frettish tries to clinch there but Dennis circles away.
Dennis paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Dennis takes a swing at Frettish's ribcage but misses.
Dennis misses with a straight right.
Frettish misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Frettish is breathing heavily.
Dennis 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.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Frettish avoids a punch combination nicely.
Dennis lands a nice shot that snaps Frettish's head back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Frettish throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Frettish throws a body kick that misses.
Frettish on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Frettish throws a low kick but Dennis moves out of range easily.
Dennis wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Frettish tries a head kick but it misses.
Frettish bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Dennis looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Frettish wants to slow Dennis down by chopping away at his legs.
Frettish defending well as Dennis loads up on a big left hand.
Dennis is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Frettish can do to turn this around?
Frettish moves out of range as Dennis strikes.
Dennis throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Frettish stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Dennis stuns Frettish with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Dennis throws a looping overhand right but Frettish ducks down to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by Dennis.
Dennis looks to land a right hand but Frettish moved out of range.
Dennis takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Dennis bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Frettish's head backwards.
Decent striking displayed by Dennis there.

Frettish is rocked!
A lazy left from Dennis finds it's target.
Frettish is still on wobbly legs! Can Dennis finish him?
Dennis steps into range and unloads a brutal right left combo! Frettish is out on his feet! Dennis sets himself and nearly takes Frettish's head off with a straight right, sending him crashing to the mat! Wow, that was nasty... but awesome! Wooo!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Daniel Dennis!