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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Struan Findleton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dennis Tretow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Tretow's choice of entrance music: Days of Thunder. Findleton has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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135 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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139 lbs
2 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Intelligent |
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Brawler
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Struan Findleton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dennis Tretow!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Trevor Gratis and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A combination from Tretow does no damage.
Findleton looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Tretow with a jab.
Tretow scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Findleton is rocked!
Tretow misses with a wild combination.
Tretow tries to clinch up.
Tretow moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Oh Findleton is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Findleton swats away the attempt to clinch by Tretow.
Findleton seems to have got his legs back now.
Dennis Tretow seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tretow throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Findleton.
Findleton chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Tretow can pounce on him.
Tretow lands a jab-cross combination.
Tretow closes the distance and clinches.
Tretow creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Findleton's defenses.
Tretow landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Tretow pulls guard successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tretow is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Tretow bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Findleton's guard.
Tretow is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tretow tries to stand but Findleton is controlling from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Tretow landing some decent shots from guard.
Tretow cracks Findleton with a solid left hand.
Tretow gets to his feet. Findleton looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Tretow wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tretow breaks the clinch.
Tretow darts in and clinches Findleton up against the cage.
Findleton really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Tretow tries to break the clinch but Findleton is controlling the position.
Tretow breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tretow throws a series of punches but Findleton moves out of range.
Tretow lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Tretow scoring well with a low kick there.
Tretow throws a one two combo.
Tretow misses with a two punch combination.
Findleton shoots in looking for a takedown. Tretow tries to sprawl out of it but Findleton keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Tretow manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Findleton shoots in but no luck this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tretow throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Findleton.
Findleton tries to clinch up
and Tretow makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Tretow misses with a wild body shot.
Tretow misses with a head kick.
Findleton throws a lazy head kick
and Tretow counters by clinching up.
Tretow escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Findleton closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Tretow tries to buck Findleton off but Findleton is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Findleton prevents Tretow from escaping the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dennis Tretow dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Findleton tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Tretow counters with a nice uppercut.
Findleton throws a head kick but Tretow moves out of range.
Findleton swats away the attempt to clinch by Tretow.
Findleton looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Tretow lands with a nice combination. Findleton backs away looking to recover.
Tretow misses with a head kick.
Findleton needs to keep his hands up - Tretow had a free shot at his head there.
Tretow forces Findleton back against the cage and clinches.
Tretow escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tretow swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A slapping leg kick lands for Tretow.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Findleton stuffs the takedown.
Findleton lands a head kick!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tretow misses with a jab, cross combination.
Findleton shoots in for a takedown but Tretow shows good takedown defense.
Struan Findleton is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tretow drives through with a takedown into guard.
Tretow stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Findleton checks the leg kick nicely there.
Left hook, right uppercut from Tretow.
Findleton takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Tretow rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Findleton moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tretow throws a hook but Findleton blocks it.
Findleton throws a head kick but Tretow moves out of range.
Danga de danga de dang - Tretow scores with a four punch combination!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tretow misses with a series of wild punches.
Tretow has taken the fight to the clinch.
Tretow is looking to break free of the clinch but Findleton has double underhooks.
Tretow breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tretow misses with a body kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Findleton looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Findleton tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Tretow tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Findleton paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tretow tries to bum rush Findleton with a series of wild strikes but Findleton uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Tretow throws a series of punches but Findleton avoids them all with ease.
Tretow tests Findleton's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tretow will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Tretow is looking to clinch but Findleton is avoiding it.
Tretow fails in his attempt to clinch.
A solid body kick from Tretow.
Findleton wants to clinch but Tretow slips to the side
and Tretow counters with a nice low kick that buckles Findleton's knee momentarily.
Tretow tries to clinch but Findleton is having none of it.
Tretow throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Tretow gets a clinch.
Findleton tries to stall but Tretow uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Findleton breaks from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Tretow wants to clinch but Findleton slips to the side
and Findleton counters with a big head kick but Tretow shrugs it off.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Findleton crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Tretow - the referee stops the clock and Findleton gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Tretow. Findleton manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Findleton gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Tretow counters with a thumping low kick.
Tretow tries to close the distance and clinch but Findleton swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Findleton checks a leg kick.
Tretow shoots in for a takedown but Findleton shows good takedown defense.
Findleton scores with a takedown into Tretow's guard.
Tretow throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Tretow wants to stand and escape but Findleton is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dennis Tretow showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Findleton has his takedown stuffed
and Tretow counters with a nice body kick.
Tretow throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tretow throws a one two combo.
Tretow scores with a head kick.
Findleton fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tretow goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Findleton will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Tretow closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Tretow lands in his opponent's guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Findleton is on top in guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Findleton stands up and waves to Tretow to follow him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tretow throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Findleton's waist but Findleton gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Tretow off to one side.
Tretow thuds his right hand into Findleton's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Tretow clinches up with Findleton and pushes him back against the cage.
Findleton keeps control of Tretow as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Tretow tries to pull guard but Findleton holds him up against the cage and eventually Tretow drops back down to his feet.
Findleton tries to pull guard but Tretow won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Struan Findleton. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tretow wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Tretow wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Tretow wants to break free but Findleton has control.
Findleton is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Tretow wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Tretow wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tretow tries to break the clinch but Findleton is controlling the position.
Tretow tries to break the clinch but Findleton is controlling the position.
Tretow has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Findleton uses from the top position.
Tretow looking to hit a scissor sweep but Findleton is one step ahead there.
Dennis Tretow is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tretow has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Tretow is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Findleton is controlling him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Findleton gets to his feet - Tretow follows without any prompting.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tretow looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tretow looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nice sprawl there from Tretow as Findleton shoots in.
Struan Findleton has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tretow instigates a clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dennis Tretow comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Tretow has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Gregory Folan scores the fight 27:30
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Peck scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dennis Tretow!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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