PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Gareth Keenan Jr (ranked 1407 p4p, 1228 weight class) and Valen Dreth (ranked 140 p4p, 127 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Keenan Jr
vs
Dreth

179 cm
27
150
9 - 7 - 0

175 cm
28
148
11 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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Conviction
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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 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gareth Keenan Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Valen Dreth!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Phil Schofield and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Keenan Jr misses the jab.
Dreth misses with a takedown
and Keenan Jr counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
A clash of legs there as Dreth blocks the low kick.
Dreth tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Keenan Jr was well out of range. Poor timing from Dreth.
Keenan Jr displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dreth throws out the jab.
Dreth slips a straight right by Keenan Jr.
Keenan Jr with a hook.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Dreth has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Dreth uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Keenan Jr.
Keenan Jr tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Dreth manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Keenan Jr fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dreth manages to avoid it.
Keenan Jr misses with an uppercut
and Dreth counters with a thumping low kick.
Keenan Jr throws a shot from downtown. Dreth moves away and avoids it.
Dreth lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.

Keenan Jr gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Keenan Jr swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Keenan Jr goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Keenan Jr blocking some punches.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dreth.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Keenan Jr.
Keenan Jr scores with a nice hook to the head.
Keenan Jr has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Keenan Jr misses with the head strike.

Dreth jumps guard.
Keenan Jr preventing the sweep.
Keenan Jr slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

Dreth has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Keenan Jr should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Dreth has tightened it up now! Keenan Jr should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Valen Dreth!
During a confident post fight interview, Valen Dreth thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.