PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Denny Sideman (ranked 2026 p4p, 248 weight class) and DJ Rinky Dink (ranked 2712 p4p, 312 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Sideman
vs
Rinky Dink

183 cm
24
195 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

193 cm
23
193 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Milwaukee's Best Nutrition

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 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Denny Sideman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, DJ Rinky Dink!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Saam Ante and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sideman takes one to the chin there.

Sideman moves into range and clinches up with Rinky Dink.
Sideman lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sideman tries to throw a body punch but Rinky Dink avoids it by throwing Sideman back against the cage.
Sideman will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Rinky Dink up against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Rinky Dink fails to land.
Rinky Dink working aggressively here.
Rinky Dink has a couple of punches blocked by Sideman.
Rinky Dink prevents a body shot from Sideman.
Rinky Dink misses with the head strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sideman lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rinky Dink backwards.
Rinky Dink struggles to land a body shot inside as Sideman controls his hands.
Rinky Dink misses with some punches.
Rinky Dink makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Rinky Dink tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sideman lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Rinky Dink backwards.

Sideman breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sideman looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

Sideman clinches up with Rinky Dink and pushes him back against the cage.
Rinky Dink lands an uppercut.
Sideman blocking some punches.
Rinky Dink blocks a body shot from Sideman.
Rinky Dink misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rinky Dink.
Rinky Dink is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Sideman is keeping busy.
Sideman misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rinky Dink is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Rinky Dink blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rinky Dink looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Sideman gets control of Rinky Dink's arms and successfully pulls guard. Sideman will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Sideman is trying to keep Rinky Dink in close.
Rinky Dink wants to control from the top but Sideman keeps moving.

Sideman escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Rinky Dink gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Sideman controls Rinky Dink momentarily but Rinky Dink frees himself.
Rinky Dink trying to control the position from guard on top but Sideman is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sideman is controlling Rinky Dink's posture.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Sideman connects with a nice looking jab.
Sideman looks to land a left hand but Rinky Dink moved out of range nicely.
Rinky Dink throws a right hand that misses
and Sideman counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Rinky Dink on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A swing and a miss from Rinky Dink.
Sideman lands a glancing blow to the side of Rinky Dink's head.
Rinky Dink's corner calls for a 1-2. Rinky Dink obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Rinky Dink throws out a loose jab but Sideman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sideman throwing a counter right hand but Rinky Dink manages to avoid it.
Rinky Dink uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Sideman moves out of range as Rinky Dink strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sideman tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rinky Dink swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rinky Dink slips a straight right by Sideman.
Sideman checks the leg kick.
Sideman tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Rinky Dink manages to circle out of the way.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sideman throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rinky Dink is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Sideman with a body shot.
The fighters circling - Sideman throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Sideman slips under a jab.
Rinky Dink walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Sideman avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Sideman throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sideman uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rinky Dink.
Sideman slips under a jab.
Sideman slips under a jab from Rinky Dink.
Rinky Dink throws a lazy right hand but Sideman sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sideman dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
DJ Rinky Dink seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rinky Dink misses with a double jab.
Rinky Dink takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Sideman throws an overhand right that lands on Rinky Dink's shoulder, as Rinky Dink tries to avoid the shot.
Sideman throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rinky Dink takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Denny Sideman dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Rinky Dink is looking to land body kicks.
Rinky Dink attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Rinky Dink thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rinky Dink swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Denny Sideman is winning the standup battle so far.
Rinky Dink slips a jab from Sideman.
Rinky Dink moves out of range of the strikes.
Rinky Dink misses with a straight right.
Sideman works Rinky Dink's body with a nice hook.
Sideman misses with a looping right.
Rinky Dink misses with a hook.
Sideman fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Rinky Dink on the side of the head.
Sideman throws a right and a left that Rinky Dink avoids nicely.
A head kick misses from Rinky Dink.
A counter left hand to the body from Sideman misses its target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sideman lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Nice defenses there by Sideman.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rinky Dink misses the jab.

Sideman moves into the clinch.

Sideman breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Rinky Dink.
Sideman misses with a looping left.
Sideman uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rinky Dink.
A jab from Rinky Dink misses.
Sideman clobbers Rinky Dink with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Rinky Dink lands a glancing blow to the side of Sideman's head.
Rinky Dink uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sideman.
Sideman scores with a jab to the body.
Rinky Dink lands with a straight right. Sideman didn't see that one coming.
Rinky Dink missing with a left hand there. Sideman was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rinky Dink rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Sideman counter with a right hand.
Sideman 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!
Sideman misses with a body shot.
Sideman fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sideman scores with a jab to the head.
Sideman ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sideman lands a nice looking body shot.
Rinky Dink throws a lazy right hand but Sideman sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sideman swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rinky Dink throws out a leg kick but Sideman moves out of range and Rinky Dink only half commits.
Sideman with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Rinky Dink throws a right hand that misses

and Sideman counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Sideman.
Sideman lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Rinky Dink blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sideman blocking some punches.
Nice body punch from Sideman.

Sideman manages to break the clinch.
Rinky Dink misses with a low kick as Sideman jumps back.
Rinky Dink misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Rinky Dink throws a looping overhand right but Sideman ducks down to avoid it.
Sideman misses with a wild body shot.
Rinky Dink rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sideman moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sideman is looking to counter punch.
Rinky Dink avoids the body shot from Sideman.
It seemed like Rinky Dink was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Sideman is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rinky Dink can do to turn this around?
Sideman just misses with a punch to the body.
Rinky Dink misses the jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rinky Dink takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Sideman uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rinky Dink.
Sideman slips under a jab.
Good shot there by Sideman.
Good exchange - Sideman coming out on top.
Sideman throws out a powerful jab.
Sideman comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Rinky Dink slips a straight right by Sideman.
Rinky Dink looks to land a combination but Sideman avoids it well.
Rinky Dink looks to land a right hand but Sideman moved out of range.
Rinky Dink misses with a straight left.
A jab from Sideman misses.
Sideman scores with a decent looking hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rinky Dink looks to land a right hand but Sideman moved out of range.
Rinky Dink misses with a looping right.
Nice defenses there by Rinky Dink.
Rinky Dink waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sideman.
Sideman ducks under a wild hook from Rinky Dink.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sideman pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Rinky Dink back to the cage. Sideman follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Sideman loads up on a big right hand but Rinky Dink slips the punch.
Rinky Dink replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Sideman blocks it well.
Rinky Dink scores with a jab to the jaw.
Sideman misses the shot to the body.
Sideman blocks a head kick by Rinky Dink.
Sideman is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Rinky Dink swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rinky Dink throws a head kick but Sideman moves out of range.
Sideman misses with an uppercut.
Sideman fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Rinky Dink on the side of the head.
Sideman lands a nice shot to the body.
Sideman connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

Rinky Dink is rocked!
Nice jab there from Sideman.
Rinky Dink is still on wobbly legs! Can Sideman finish him?
Rinky Dink gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Sideman gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Denny Sideman!
In his post fight interview, Denny Sideman started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.