PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Wet Wild (ranked 2592 p4p, 302 weight class) and Denny Sideman (ranked 1405 p4p, 176 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Wild
vs
Sideman

189 cm
24
195 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

183 cm
24
195 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Wet Wild!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Denny Sideman!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Chris Downing and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sideman swinging wildly here.
Wild tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Sideman manages to circle out of the way.
Sideman lands a nice shot to the body.
Sideman moves away from the strike by Wild.
Nice defenses there by Sideman.
Sloppy strikes from Sideman. Those never looked like landing.
Wild is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Sideman.
Wild displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sideman throws out the jab.
Wild throws a big shot that misses.
The fighters circling - Sideman throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sideman throws a hook but Wild blocks it.

Sideman gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Sideman throws a punch but it's blocked by Wild.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Wild creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sideman is trying to break the clinch but Wild is controlling him.
Sideman blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wild.
Sideman working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Wild lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sideman lands a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wild.
Sideman blocks a body shot from Wild.
Sideman lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Wild backwards.
A right hand to the body from Wild.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Sideman 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.
Sideman pushes Wild back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wild working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sideman misses with a hook to the ribs.
Wild misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Wild tries to work over Sideman's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short left from Wild.
Sideman is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Wild misses with a hook from the clinch.
Wild misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Sideman.
Wild misses with the head strike.
A short left from Wild.
Wild throws a punch but it's blocked by Sideman.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sideman.

Sideman pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sideman uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Wild.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wild throws a jab but it's blocked by Sideman.
Wild takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Sideman throws an overhand right that lands on Wild's shoulder, as Wild tries to avoid the shot.
Sideman ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Sideman misses with an uppercut.
Wet Wild seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wild scores with a crisp jab that stopped Sideman in his tracks.
Sideman ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wild moves away.
Wild staying out of range there.
Sideman slips a straight right by Wild.
Wild fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wild keeps the fight on the outside.
Wild throws a jab when Sideman was well out of range.
A nice side step and Sideman releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Wild takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Wild pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Wild looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Wild cracks Sideman with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Sideman shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Sideman throws a right hand that Wild ducks under and follows up with a left that Wild also avoids with ease.
Wild seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wild ducks under a wild hook from Sideman.
Wild is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Sideman misses with a few strikes there.
Sideman showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Wild.
Sideman throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sideman keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wild bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Wild swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Sideman.
Wild wants to clinch.
Sideman doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Sideman tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wild swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Wild lands with a hook. Sideman tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

Wild has closed the distance and engaged Sideman in a clinch.

Sideman manages to break the clinch.
Wild slips under a jab.
It looked like Wild wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Wild's jab looks to have found its range, popping Sideman under the eye.
Sideman misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wild.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wild dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wild swings widly with a right hand
and Sideman counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Wild closes the distance and pushes Sideman back into the cage.
Wild digs a right hand into Sideman's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Sideman's gas tank.
Sideman throws a punch but it's blocked by Wild.

Sideman's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Wild misses the jab.
Sideman throws a body shot but no joy.
Sideman keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sideman blocks a jab.
Sideman misses with a wild body shot.
Wild keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sideman.
Wild with a body punch. A glancing blow.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wild lands with a good body shot.
Sideman takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Sideman lands with an uppercut that bounces Wild off the cage and back into range.
Wild avoids the body shot from Sideman.
Sideman lands a nice shot that snaps Wild's head back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Wet Wild will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Wild moves into the clinch successfully.
Wild digs a right hand into Sideman's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Sideman's gas tank.
A short right from Wild.
Wild lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Sideman or not.
Wild misses with a hook from the clinch.
Wild lands an uppercut.
Sideman swings wildly with an uppercut but Wild uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wild misses with a hook from the clinch.
Wild digs a right hand underneath Sideman's ribcage. Sideman let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Wild lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Sideman or not.
Wild gets through Sideman's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Wild throws a head punch that misses.
Wild lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Wild misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sideman is breathing heavily.
Wild misses with some punches.

Sideman breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wild scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Wild ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Sideman throws a shot from downtown. Wild moves away and avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sideman takes one on the button.
Wild works the jab nicely.
Sideman throws a jab when Wild was well out of range.
Wild fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Sideman looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Sideman looks to land a left hand but Wild moved out of range nicely.
Wild works over Sideman's head and body with a nice combination.
Nice shot by Wild.
Sideman misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wild.
Wild tries to counter by clinching up but Sideman breaks away and moves out of range.
A jab from Wild does it's job there.
Wild connects with the punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A looping hook to the body misses from Sideman. Wild does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wet Wild is winning the standup battle so far.
Wild tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sideman throws out a loose jab but Wild uses good head movement to avoid it.

Wild drives through and clinches with Sideman against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Sideman.
Sideman tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Wild misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wild doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wild goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Wild tries to throw a body punch but Sideman avoids it by throwing Wild back against the cage.
Wild scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sideman lands a left hand that snaps the head of Wild backwards.
Sideman tries to circle away but Wild has him pinned against the cage.
Wild fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wild is leaning against Sideman and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Sideman misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wild.
A nice right hand lands inside from Wild.
Sideman stalls.
Wild scores with a nice hook to the head.
Wild lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Wet Wild has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Wild lands with a left to the head.
Wild scores with a shoulder strike.
Wild lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sideman backwards.
Wild swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wild misses with some punches.
Wild lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sideman backwards.

Sideman is rocked!
Wild misses with a punch to the body.
Wild lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sideman backwards.
Sideman is still on wobbly legs! Can Wild finish him?
A quick uppercut on the inside from Wild.
Wild lands a body punch in the clinch.
Wild pushes Sideman against the cage. Wild is working some dirty boxing. Wild pushes off with a quick right hook! Sideman goes down! Sideman tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Wild moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Wet Wild!
Wet Wild took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Urban Fighter for their support in the buildup to the fight.