PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between leo snow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dennis Tretow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tretow has chosen Days of Thunder as his entrance music. Dennis Tretow will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

snow
vs
Tretow

166 cm
22
137 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

178 cm
19
139 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Team S.W.A.T.

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, leo snow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dennis Tretow!
The judges for this bout are , and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

snow decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
snow looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
snow stops Tretow from getting back to his feet.
Tretow is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tretow holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.

Tretow kicks snow off and gets back to his feet.
Tretow turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
snow tries to move into range but Tretow moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Tretow.
Tretow is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
snow showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tretow.
Tretow throws a series of punches but snow moves out of range.
Tretow dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on snow. That did some damage!
Tretow thows a body kick. snow tries to catch it but that hurt him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from Tretow.
Tretow misses with a body kick.
snow lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Tretow lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as snow backs up against the cage.
snow throws a series of punches but Tretow moves out of range.

Tretow clinches.
Tretow is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Tretow has snow pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. snow manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
snow tries to pull guard but Tretow won't allow it.
Tretow jumps guard but snow stands there with Tretow around his waist. Tretow gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Tretow is trying to break free.

Tretow breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tretow misses with a double jab

and snow counters with a nice double leg into side control. Tretow won't be happy with that.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tretow tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but snow wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Tretow is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but snow has just dragged him back down to the mat.
snow is trying to move to mount but Tretow reverses beautifully and ends up in snow's guard.
snow wants to sweep but no luck.
Tretow wants to stand but snow is controlling his posture from full guard.
Tretow content to stall in guard here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tretow is looking to stand up but snow won't let him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tretow in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Tretow throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Tretow clinches.
snow keeps control of Tretow as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Tretow looking to throw knees to the head but snow is blocking nicely.
snow keeps control of Tretow as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
snow has had enough of the clinch but Tretow keeps him there for the moment.
Tretow wants to break free but snow has control.

Tretow manages to break the clinch.
Some bone on bone action there as snow checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
snow moves out of range as Tretow strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
snow shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Tretow as he avoids it easily.
A slapping body kick lands there for Tretow.
A punch lands to the side of snow 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Tretow looks to land a body kick but snow moved away.

snow takes the fight into the clinch.

Tretow breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
snow throws a left and a right that both miss

and Tretow counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Tretow.

snow has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Tretow can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
snow keeping moving, preventing Tretow from controlling successfully.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Tretow stands up and waves to snow to follow him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dennis Tretow dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

snow shoots in for a takedown but Tretow shows good takedown defense.

Tretow looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for snow!
Tretow wants to control the pace but snow is squirming around nicely.
snow tries to hold on but Tretow postures up.
Tretow sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tretow can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as snow is looking to escape.

That's one minute gone in the round.
snow is looking to get to half guard.
snow might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Tretow tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
snow is trying to escape the mount.
Tretow takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Tretow tries to control but snow wriggling away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
snow tries to lock up and control but Tretow gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Tretow trying to control but he's not successful this time.

Despite being in the dominant position, Dennis Tretow just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Tretow blocks a head kick by snow.
Dennis Tretow seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
snow with a lazy takedown attempt

and Tretow counters by clinching up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Tretow pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tretow swats away the attempt to clinch by snow.

Tretow drives through with a takedown into guard.

snow pushes Tretow off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Tretow stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for leo snow. That's going to take a lot out of him.
snow shoots for a double leg takedown but Tretow sprawls well. He's pushed snow's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Tretow scores with a leg kick.
Left hook, right uppercut from Tretow.
Tretow misses with a kick to the body.
snow throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Tretow darts in trying to clinch

and snow counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by snow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
snow prevents Tretow from getting back to his feet.
Dennis Tretow has got the better of the ground game so far.
Tretow looking for a sweep. Not yet Tretow, not yet.
snow tries to stand but Tretow is controlling from the bottom.
snow being controlled here momentarily.
Tretow doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Dennis Tretow will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Tretow throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Tretow wants to clinch up but snow keeps it at a distance.
Tretow looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Tretow thows a body kick. snow tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Tretow misses the shot to the body.
Tretow lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

snow darts in and clinches Tretow up against the cage.
Tretow tries to land a knee to the head but snow blocks with his arms.
snow avoiding damage.
snow prevents Tretow from breaking the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tretow tries to land a knee to the head but snow blocks with his arms.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tretow can't break the clinch.
Tretow wants to break the clinch but can't.

Tretow pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tretow tries a head kick but it misses.
Tretow closes the distance but snow moves to the side

and snow counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Tretow is looking to break free of the clinch but snow has double underhooks.
snow is trying to drag Tretow to the mat but Tretow just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
snow keeps control of Tretow as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Tretow breaks from the clinch.
Tretow throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.

Tretow shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in snow's guard.
snow is pulling down on Tretow's head to control his posture.
Tretow working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
snow is trying to control the position from the bottom.
snow is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
snow controlling the action here.
Tretow is pressing down on snow's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
snow trying to control the position from guard on top but Tretow is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
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 avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
snow works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Tretow moves into full guard.
snow has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Tretow is proving hard to escape from.
snow with a flurry of punches that miss.
snow pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Tretow is keeping the position for now.
snow prevents Tretow from getting back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
snow looking to sit in guard and control but Tretow gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

snow is working an open guard so Tretow takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
snow scores with a spinning back kick!

Tretow closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
snow is looking for a sweep.
Tretow slows the pace down.
snow is trying to control Tretow's posture but Tretow avoids it.
leo snow has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Tretow stands up and beckons snow to his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dennis Tretow comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Tretow winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dennis Tretow!