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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jackson Jericho (ranked 510 p4p, 60 weight class) and Denny Sideman (ranked 769 p4p, 100 weight class). Jericho comes to the cage accompanied by Judas Priest - You've Got Another Thing Comin'. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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188 cm
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200 lbs
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195 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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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 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jackson Jericho! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
12 - 7 - 1, fighting out of London, Denny Sideman! The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Anthony Taglia and Eddie Farnsworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! A punch lands to the side of Jericho 's head but he takes it in his stride. Sideman lands with a shot to the body. A looping hook to the body misses from Jericho. Sideman does a little dance to reset his feet. Jericho lands a head shot. Jericho is looking to clinch but Sideman is avoiding it.
Jericho jabs Sideman right on the nose. Sideman blinks but takes it well. Jericho tries to keep at a distance but Sideman has taken the fight into the clinch. Jericho throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jericho blocks an uppercut.
Sideman misses with a body punch.
Jericho tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. Jericho dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage. Jericho tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sideman's elbow. Sideman pressing his opponent against the cage. Sideman softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage. Jericho connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sideman's face.
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! Sideman lands a shoulder strike.
It looks like Jackson Jericho has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round. Sideman lands a right hand that snaps the head of Jericho backwards. A right hook to the body lands for Sideman.
Sideman lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage. Sideman breaks the clinch.
Jericho connects with a body shot. Jericho darts in and clinches Sideman up against the cage. Jericho misses with a knee strike.
Jericho blocks a body shot from Sideman. Sideman lands a right hand. Both fighters working to control the clinch. Jericho taking a breather. Jericho tries to land a knee to the head but Sideman blocks with his arms.
Jericho throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sideman lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Jericho backwards. Sideman breaks the clinch.
Jericho takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor. This has been an exciting period of action! Sideman circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sideman swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Sideman throws an overhand right that lands on Jericho's shoulder, as Jericho tries to avoid the shot. Sideman wants to clinch. Sideman has closed the distance and engaged Jericho in a clinch.
Jericho looking to stall.
Jericho tries to work over Sideman's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Jericho lands a right hand. Sideman misses with some punches.
Jericho's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not. Sideman lands a left hand.
Jericho scores with an uppercut up the middle. Sideman manages to break the clinch.
Sideman defending well as Jericho loads up on a big left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Nice straight punches there by Jericho. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Jericho. Good exchange - Sideman coming out on top. Jackson Jericho seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Sideman avoids a lazy jab quite easily. Sideman throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sideman tries to clinch up but Jericho circles away and keeps his distance. Jericho avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sideman swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target. Jericho throws out a powerful jab. Sideman misses with a hook. Jericho tries to keep at a distance but Sideman has taken the fight into the clinch. Sideman lands with a right to the head. Jericho lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sideman backwards. Jericho using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sideman has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jericho lands on the inside with an uppercut. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Sideman lands a nice uppercut. Jericho tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Sideman takes a shot to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round. A hook to the body from Jericho.
Jericho misses with a body punch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Jericho obliges. Sideman breaks from the clinch.
Jericho scores with a nice strike. Jericho is looking to clinch. Sideman works the jab nicely. Sideman cracks Jericho with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd. Jericho tries to clinch up. Sideman misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jericho.
Jericho jabbing away but nothing is landing. Sideman throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jericho. Jericho uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sideman. Sideman staying out of range there. The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. Sideman slips a jab from Jericho. Sideman slips under a jab from Jericho. Jericho misses with a body shot.
Sideman misses with a wild body shot. Jericho throwing a counter right hand but Sideman manages to avoid it. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Denny Sideman will probably get the nod. The cut man is working on Jackson Jericho's cut. That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Jericho scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent. Sideman connects with a body shot. Jericho tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Sideman ducks under a wild hook from Jericho. Sideman throws out a counter right but Jericho avoids it with no problem. Jericho throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land. A little jabbing left from Sideman on the counter but it doesn't find it's target. Sideman slips under a jab from Jericho. Sideman scores with a jab. Jericho acknowledges it with a nod of the head. Denny Sideman seems to be getting the better of the standup. Jericho moves into the clinch. Jericho using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sideman has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jackson Jericho has scored more points in the clinch so far. Jericho lands with a short head shot on the inside. Sideman tries to work over Jericho's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Jericho prevents Sideman from breaking the clinch. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Sideman working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely. Sideman lands a shoulder strike. Jericho misses with a body punch.
A knee to the head by Jericho.
It looks like Denny Sideman has been cut. 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! Jericho misses with a knee to the head. Jericho misses with a knee strike.
That's one minute gone in the round. Jericho throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sideman blocks it with crossed arms. Sideman works on Jericho's body with a couple of short punches. Jericho trying to control the position but instead, Sideman has worked for underhooks and has pushed Jericho into the cage. Sideman working aggressively here.
Sideman misses with the head strike.
Sideman can't find room to land a body shot as Jericho controls the action.
Sideman working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely. A head punch blocked on the inside by Sideman. Sideman's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. Jericho uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sideman. Sideman looks to score with a jab to the body but Jericho is just out of range. Jericho swings for the body but Sideman moves out of range.
Sideman swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made. Jericho tries to clinch up but Sideman circles away and keeps his distance. Sideman jabs at Jericho's body. Jericho swings for the body but Sideman moves out of range.
Jericho displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sideman throws out the jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Sideman fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jericho misses with an uppercut
and Sideman counters into the clinch. Nicely done. Sideman lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Sideman misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sideman throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Jerichos head. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Sideman wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jericho has him pressed against the cage. Sideman scores with a shot to the side of Jericho's head. Jericho tries to land a knee to the head but Sideman blocks with his arms.
Jericho lands a good knee to the midsection. Sideman won't want to take too many of those. Jericho tries to stall but Sideman uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Sideman is working Jericho over against the cage. A short right from Jericho. Good body shot from Jericho.
Jericho fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jericho goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sideman lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Jericho. Both guys are working to get underhooks.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Sideman misses with a short punch on the inside. Sideman pushes Jericho back against the cage and unloads with a body punch. Jericho lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage. Jericho misses with a knee strike.
Sideman pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Sideman takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it. Jericho tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Sideman throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Jericho counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head. Sideman tests Jericho's chin there with a solid looking shot. Sideman with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Jericho to score with a decent uppercut. Sideman moves out of range as Jericho strikes. Jericho misses with a hook
and Sideman cracks him with a counter punch right on the button. Sideman uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jericho. Jericho throws a shot from downtown. Sideman moves away and avoids it. Jericho throws the left hand but Sideman avoids the punch easily. Sideman throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Sideman fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Jericho on the side of the head. 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! Sideman on the wrong end of a nice jab. Sideman tries to close the distance and clinch but Jericho swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. Jericho misses with a right hand and Sideman counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body. Sideman lands with a nice body punch. Sideman moves out of range as Jericho strikes. A swing and a miss from Sideman. Sideman just misses with a punch to the body.
Sideman has closed the distance and engaged Jericho in a clinch.
Sideman breaks the clinch.
Nice defenses there by Jericho. Jericho slips a straight right by Sideman. Sideman avoids a lazy jab quite easily. Jericho misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sideman.
Sideman connects with a jab. Sideman jabs at Jericho's body. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Denny Sideman showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards. Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval. The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Nice body punch from Jericho. Jericho throws a shot from downtown. Sideman moves away and avoids it. Jericho ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face. Sideman swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target. Jericho listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut. Jericho connects with a good right hand that stumbles Sideman. Sideman circles away out of range and recomposes himself. Sideman throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sideman thows a left - swing and a miss! Jericho misses with a straight right. Jericho tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sideman paws at him with a jab and circles away. Jericho blocks a jab. Jericho fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Sideman looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Jericho looks to land a left hand but Sideman moved out of range nicely. Jericho throws a body shot but no joy. Sideman looks to land a right hand but Jericho moved out of range. Jericho is looking to clinch. Jericho takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch. Jab from Sideman.
That's one minute gone in the round. Sideman tries to close the distance and clinch but Jericho swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. Jericho throws the left hand but Sideman avoids the punch easily. Jericho swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sideman tries to counter with a clinch but Jericho shakes him off and moves away. Sideman lands a slapping body shot.
Sideman throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A jab from Jericho does it's job there. Sideman misses with an uppercut. Sideman looks to land a right hand but Jericho moved out of range. Jericho throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land. Sideman connects with the punch. Sideman throws a shot from downtown. Jericho moves away and avoids it. Nice defenses there by Sideman. Nice defenses there by Jericho. Jericho misses the shot to the body. Sideman darts in and clinches Jericho up against the cage. Jericho blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jackson Jericho has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round. Jericho with a knee to the head.
Sideman breaks the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action! Jericho fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sideman uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jericho. Sideman tests Jericho's chin there with a solid looking shot. Sideman lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head. Jericho rushes Sideman and presses him up against the cage. A head punch blocked on the inside by Sideman. Sideman lands with a short shot to the head. Sideman scores with a shot to the side of Jericho's head. Jericho blocks an uppercut.
Sideman works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Jericho connects with a knee to the head.
Jericho tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. Sideman goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sideman throws a head punch that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jericho. Jericho blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sideman scores with an uppercut up the middle. Sideman throws a head punch that misses. Sideman can't find room to land a body shot as Jericho controls the action.
Sideman struggles to land a body shot inside as Jericho controls his hands.
Sideman blocks a body shot from Jericho. Sideman misses with some punches.
A short right from Sideman. Jericho tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sideman pushes Jericho back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head. Sideman lands a left hand that snaps the head of Jericho backwards.
Jericho is rocked! Sideman blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Oh Jericho is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Sideman doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sideman blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Jericho throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sideman blocks it with crossed arms.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Sideman cracks Jericho with a nice body shot. Jericho seems to have got his legs back now. Both fighters are breathing heavily. Jericho misses with the head strike.
Nice body punch from Sideman. Sideman tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Sideman lands a right hand. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Sideman breaks the clinch.
Sideman scores with a decent looking hook. Sideman comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range. Sideman jabs Jericho right on the nose. Jericho blinks but takes it well. Sideman moves out of range as Jericho strikes. It seemed like Sideman was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it. Sideman clinches up with Jericho and pushes him back against the cage. Sideman scores with an uppercut up the middle. Jericho throws a head punch that misses. A short right from Sideman on the inside. Sideman's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. Sideman bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut. Denny Sideman is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight. Sideman uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jericho.
And that's the end of the fight! Denny Sideman comfortably won the final round on my scorecard. Well Sideman 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 John Kavanagh scores the fight 27:30 Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 27:30 Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Denny Sideman! Denny Sideman bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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pop
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RATING
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