PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Gomer Pyle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mahmoud Denjat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pyle comes to the cage accompanied by The Marines' Hymn. Denjat has chosen U.S.A. National Anthem as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Pyle
vs
Denjat

183 cm
27
182 lbs
20 - 7 - 1

182 cm
30
175 lbs
26 - 10 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Gomer Pyle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mahmoud Denjat!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Marco Blurström and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Denjat misses with a low kick.
Denjat avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Pyle gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Denjat makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Pyle really felt that one!
Pyle fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Denjat has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Pyle takes a swing at Denjat's ribcage but misses.
Pyle fails with an attempt to clinch.
Denjat misses with an uppercut.
Pyle changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Denjat tries to avoid it but Pyle manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Denjat to the ground. Denjat escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Pyle looks to land a right hand but Denjat moved out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Pyle misses the target.
Pyle misses with a right hand
and Denjat counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Denjat finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Denjat connects with a leg kick. Pyle looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Denjat looks to land a body kick but Pyle moved away.
Pyle on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
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!

Pyle gets caught napping as Denjat dives in and scores a takedown. Pyle manages to retain guard.
Pyle keeping moving, preventing Denjat from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pyle looking to control.
Denjat throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Pyle is looking for a triangle but Denjat pushes his legs off easily.
Denjat landing with the ground and pound.
Denjat trying to control the position from guard on top but Pyle is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Denjat stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Pyle swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Denjat 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.
Denjat must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Denjat throws a big elbow that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pyle manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Denjat is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Denjat really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Denjat takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pyle postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Denjat looks a forlorn figure.
Pyle lands a heavy elbow.
Denjat is desperately trying to improve his position but Pyle has a good base and remains in mount.
Pyle lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Denjat hang on?
Denjat taking shots to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pyle landing shots from mount.
Pyle lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Denjat tries to hold on but Pyle pushes him away.
Pyle raining down shots from the mount!
Pyle with a couple of short strikes.

Denjat is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Denjat wants to control but Pyle is having none of it.
Pyle scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Denjat?
Denjat is still in real trouble! Can Pyle finish him?
Denjat is trying desperately to improve position.
Denjat seems to have recovered his senses.
Pyle landing punches.
Denjat working to try and regain half guard.
Denjat bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Pyle is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Pyle keeping moving, preventing Denjat from controlling successfully.
Pyle not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Pyle working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Denjat doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Denjat manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Pyle working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Denjat.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Pyle looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Denjat passes into side control.
Denjat lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Pyle down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gomer Pyle 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.

Pyle ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Denjat moves away.
Pyle dives in and grabs Denjat's left leg, looking for a takedown. Denjat pushes down on Pyle's head and hops out.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Denjat.
Pyle staying out of range there.
Pyle throws a body punch but Denjat moves out of range.
Denjat's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Pyle connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Denjat scrambles back to his feet.
Denjat swats away the attempt to clinch by Pyle.
Pyle shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Denjat defends it nicely.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Pyle.
Gomer Pyle seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A jab from Denjat does it's job there.
Pyle is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Denjat.
Pyle blocks a low kick nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pyle tries a low kick but Denjat avoids it.
Denjat rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pyle moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Pyle misses the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Denjat scores with a leg kick.
Pyle throws a sloppy body shot
and Denjat counters with an inside leg kick.
Pyle uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Denjat has time to react.
No joy there for Pyle, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Pyle thows a body shot but no joy.
The crowd cheers as Denjat lands an impressive looking overhand right. Pyle doesn't seem phased though.
Pyle swings for the body but Denjat moves out of range.
Denjat looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A jab from Denjat finds it's way through Pyle's defenses.
Pyle plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Denjat throws a leg kick which misses Pyle's front leg but catches the back leg as Pyle tries to avoid it.
Pyle misses with a wild body shot.
Denjat plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Denjat scores with a nice body kick.
Pyle lands a nice hook to Denjat's body. Denjat takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Denjat lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

Pyle is rocked!
Denjat slips under a jab from Pyle.
Oh Pyle is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Denjat takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Denjat throws out a powerful jab.
Pyle seems to have got his legs back now.
Denjat jabs Pyle right on the nose. Pyle blinks but takes it well.
Good work by Pyle as he checks the leg kick.
Denjat fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Pyle.
Denjat throws a leg kick but Pyle moved away.
Pyle closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Pyle misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Denjat.
Denjat throws a head kick but Pyle moves out of range.
Denjat keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Denjat ducks under a wild hook from Pyle.
Pyle swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Denjat throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Pyle looks to land a combination but Denjat avoids it well.
Denjat throws a leg kick which misses Pyle's front leg but catches the back leg as Pyle tries to avoid it.
Denjat takes a body punch but keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Denjat looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
The fighters circling - Pyle throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Denjat loads up on a big right hand but Pyle slips the punch.
Denjat displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Pyle.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gomer Pyle. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Denjat lands a head kick. Pyle smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

Denjat shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Pyle napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Denjat is looking to take a break and control but Pyle is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Pyle gets back to half guard.
Gomer Pyle overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Pyle has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Denjat is working away from the top position though.
The fighters are battling for position here. Pyle manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Denjat with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pyle has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Denjat has passed into side control.
Denjat trying to control the action but Pyle is working from the bottom.
Denjat cracks Pyle with a big elbow.
Denjat is chipping away with strikes.
Pyle is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Pyle manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.

Pyle looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Denjat missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Denjat prevents Pyle from improving his position.
Pyle moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mahmoud Denjat showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Pyle throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pyle fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Pyle thows a body shot but no joy.
Pyle misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Denjat.
Pyle lands a jab to the nose.
Pyle is looking to wear down Denjat with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A head kick misses from Denjat.
Pyle stuffs the takedown attempt from Denjat. Denjat gets slowly back to his feet.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Denjat.
Pyle throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Denjat's waist but Denjat gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Pyle off to one side.
Denjat scores with a sloppy right hand. Pyle should have avoided that one.
Denjat thumps Pyle with a low kick.
Jab from Denjat.
Pyle shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Denjat eats them both and turns towards Pyle to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Denjat scores with a nice body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Denjat waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Pyle.
Nice body kick from Denjat.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Pyle tries for a takedown but Denjat sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gomer Pyle. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pyle looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Denjat defending well as Pyle loads up on a big left hand.
Pyle on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A head kick from Denjat lands but Pyle takes it in his stride.
Denjat walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Pyle checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Denjat fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Pyle has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Pyle shoots for a double leg takedown but Denjat sprawls well. He's pushed Pyle's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Denjat works the jab nicely.
Mahmoud Denjat seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Pyle tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Denjat misses with a body kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Denjat misses with a low kick.
Pyle shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Denjat eats them both and turns towards Pyle to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Denjat closes the distance and clinches up with Pyle, looking for a takedown. Denjat pushes Pyle against the cage but Pyle circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pyle fails to land the takedown.
Pyle misses the jab.
Denjat throws a nice outside leg kick.
Pyle changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Denjat tries to avoid it but Pyle manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Denjat to the ground. Denjat escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Pyle shoots in but Denjat avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Denjat scores with a leg kick.
Denjat fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Pyle has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Denjat looking to land some kicks to the body here.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Pyle. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Pyle misses with a head kick.
Denjat scores with a nice body kick.
Denjat ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Pyle swings away with a body shot that misses
and Denjat counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Pyle sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Pyle with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Denjat to score with a decent uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Denjat slips a jab from Pyle.
A solid leg kick lands there for Denjat.
Denjat misses with a kick to the body.
Pyle is trying hard to land a takedown here. Denjat sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Pyle pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Denjat lands with a nice combination. Pyle backs away looking to recover.
Denjat tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pyle was well out of range. Poor timing from Denjat.
Denjat shoots in but no luck this time.
Denjat lets loose with a powerful body kick. Pyle will feel that in the morning.
Pyle has a takedown stuffed.
Denjat throws a nice outside leg kick.
Pyle takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Denjat throws a leg kick which misses Pyle's front leg but catches the back leg as Pyle tries to avoid it.
Pyle checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Denjat fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Pyle.
Pyle will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Denjat connects with a right hand. Pyle shakes it off.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Denjat scores with a shot to the body.
Denjat throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Denjat lands with an overhand left.
Denjat stuffs the takedown.
Denjat moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A thudding body kick lands there by Denjat!
Pyle misses with a jab to the body
and Denjat cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Denjat.
A lazy left from Denjat finds it's target.
Denjat connects with a single shot there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Denjat lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Pyle tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Denjat is able to avoid easily.
Denjat uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pyle.
Denjat throws a half hearted mid kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mahmoud Denjat comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Denjat 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 28:29
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mahmoud Denjat!
An out of breath and clearly excited Mahmoud Denjat thanked Hellbent for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).