PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Liam Gallagher (ranked 2472 p4p, 268 weight class) and Donson Denille (ranked 2346 p4p, 259 weight class). Liam Gallagher has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Gallagher
vs
Denille

210 cm
30
265 lbs
17 - 11 - 0

190 cm
30
229 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Liam Gallagher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Donson Denille!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Phil Schofield and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Denille comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

Gallagher clinches with his opponent.
Denille lands with a left to the head.
Denille struggles to land a body shot inside as Gallagher controls his hands.
Denille prevents a body shot from Gallagher.
A shot in the inside from Denille.
Gallagher prevents a body shot from Denille.
Gallagher misses with an elbow strike.
Gallagher throws an elbow but it misses.
Gallagher is defending well against a takedown attempt.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Denille.
Denille lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Denille.
Gallagher misses with a hook to the ribs.
Denille tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gallagher's elbow.
Gallagher lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
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!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Gallagher.

It looks like Donson Denille has been cut.

Gallagher escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Liam Gallagher seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A punch combination from Gallagher misses.
Denille thinks about the counter body kick.
Gallagher tries to clinch there but Denille circles away.
Denille tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gallagher misses with a body kick.

Gallagher fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Denille, pushing him back against the cage.
Denille makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Denille on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Gallagher pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Denille fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Liam Gallagher is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gallagher tries a head kick but it misses.
Gallagher throws a head kick but Denille moves out of range.
Gallagher throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Denille cracks Gallagher with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Gallagher avoids the body shot from Denille.
Gallagher misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Denille.
Gallagher has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Gallagher's jab looks to have found its range, popping Denille under the eye.
Denille uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gallagher.
A countering left hand to the body from Denille misses.
Gallagher ducks under a wild hook from Denille.
Gallagher appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gallagher pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Denille looks to land a left hand but Gallagher moved out of range nicely.
Gallagher shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Gallagher buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Gallagher lands with a slapping head kick.
Gallagher takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Denille takes one on the button.
Denille swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Denille blocks the body kick.
Gallagher cracks the inside of Denille's front leg.
Gallagher takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Gallagher moves out of range of the leg kick from Denille.
A clash of legs there as Denille blocks the low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body kick from Gallagher.
Denille scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Gallagher tries to clinch but Denille moves out of range.
Denille throws out a counter right but Gallagher avoids it with no problem.
Denille moves away from the strike by Gallagher.
Denille swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Denille throws the kick towards the body but Gallagher avoids it.
Gallagher tries to clinch up.
Gallagher missing with a left hand there. Denille was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gallagher throws a half hearted mid kick.
Gallagher rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Denille counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Gallagher throws a sloppy head kick and Denille moves out of range easily.
Gallagher swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gallagher is looking to score with low kicks.
Gallagher defending well as Denille loads up on a big left hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gallagher throws a leg kick
and Denille counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Denille lands a jab to Gallagher's midsection.
Gallagher misses with a wild body shot.
A clash of legs there as Gallagher blocks the low kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Gallagher misses the target.

Gallagher has managed to clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Denille takes an elbow to the forehead.
Denille lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Denille lands a hook to the side of the head.
Denille lands a body shot.
Gallagher prevents a body shot from Denille.
Gallagher leaning his opponent against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Denille.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Denille creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Gallagher lands an elbow inside.
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 Liam Gallagher will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Donson Denille's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Denille throws a body punch but Gallagher moves out of range.
Gallagher tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Denille paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Denille throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Gallagher on the side of the head.
Gallagher throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Denille.
Gallagher tries to clinch but Denille is having none of it.
Gallagher throws a head kick but Denille moves out of range.
Gallagher tries to clinch but Denille is having none of it.
Gallagher looks for the body kick but Denille saw that one coming.
Denille feints a counter leg kick.
Denille moves out of range of the body kick from Gallagher.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Denille misses with a wild body shot.
Liam Gallagher is winning the standup battle so far.
Gallagher takes a swing at Denille's ribcage but misses.
Gallagher tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Denille dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Denille lands a nice shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gallagher tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Denille is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Gallagher with a body shot.
A head kick misses from Denille.
Denille tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Denille lands with a cross.
Denille closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Gallagher tries a low kick but Denille avoids it.

Gallagher takes the fight into the clinch.
Denille misses with the head strike.
Denille fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Gallagher.
Denille lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Denille working aggressively here.
Gallagher tries a knee to the head but Denille blocks it.
Denille avoids a wild elbow strike from Gallagher.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Denille tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gallagher has a couple of punches blocked by Denille.
Denille misses with a hook from the clinch.
Denille working aggressively here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Denille softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Denille lands with a light punch inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Denille.
Gallagher goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gallagher swings wildly with an uppercut but Denille uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gallagher misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gallagher misses with an elbow over the top.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Gallagher using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Denille has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Denille has a couple of punches blocked by Gallagher.
A short uppercut from Denille.
Gallagher tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Denille lands a hook to the side of the head.
Denille prevents a body shot from Gallagher.
Gallagher blocks an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Denille scores with a nice hook to the head.
Denille softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Denille.
Denille swings wildly with an uppercut but Gallagher uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gallagher is trying to stall.
Denille lands a shoulder strike.
Gallagher throws an elbow that misses.
Donson Denille seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Gallagher's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Gallagher tries to throw a body punch but Denille avoids it by throwing Gallagher back against the cage.
Denille lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Denille misses with a punch on the inside.
Gallagher's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Denille creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Gallagher using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Denille has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
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!
Gallagher blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gallagher tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Denille's elbow.
Denille misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Denille misses with a body punch.
Denille tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gallagher landing knees to the head.
Denille throws a punch but it's blocked by Gallagher.
A short uppercut from Denille.
A nice left hand lands by Denille.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gallagher.
Denille misses with a punch on the inside.
Denille misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gallagher blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Denille goes for a takedown in the clinch but Gallagher prevents it.
Gallagher misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gallagher stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Denille prevents a body shot from Gallagher.
Gallagher misses with a punch to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Denille.
A short body shot lands from Denille as the two fighters clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Donson Denille showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Donson Denille's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Denille throws a right hand that misses
and Gallagher counters with an inside leg kick.
Denille avoids the head kick by Gallagher.
Denille is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Gallagher looks to score with a jab to the body but Denille is just out of range.
Gallagher tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Denille avoids a kick to the body.
Gallagher lands a body shot.
Gallagher misses with a jab to the body
and Denille counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Denille connects with a leg kick. Gallagher looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Gallagher throws a poor cross that misses
and Denille makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jab by Denille.
Gallagher takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Gallagher throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Denille manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Gallagher on his heels. He'll look to pass Gallagher's guard now, I'm sure.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Denille works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Gallagher wants to control but Denille is keeping busy.
Denille is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Gallagher is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Denille scores with a couple of nice shots.
Denille slips a nice elbow through Gallagher's hands, connecting with Gallagher's forehead.
Denille is thwarting Gallagher's attempts to control the position.
Denille takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Denille wants to control but Gallagher is keeping him busy.
Gallagher is looking to control Denille's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Gallagher avoid being mounted?
Denille has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Denille looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Gallagher wants to control but Denille is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Gallagher knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Denille on the ground.
Gallagher taking some punishment here, with Denille in his half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Denille is thwarting Gallagher's attempts to control the position.
Denille lands strikes from half guard.
Gallagher wants to get back to his feet.
Denille winds up and cracks Gallagher with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Denille lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Denille lands strikes from half guard.
Nice strikes from Denille there.
Denille scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Denille works his foot free and advances to mount.
Denille tries to control but Gallagher wriggling away.
Denille has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Gallagher is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gallagher takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Denille in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

Gallagher is rocked!
Denille connects with a bit shot that sees Gallagher covering up! More strikes from Denille and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Denille is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Donson Denille!
Donson Denille took some time post fight to say the following; 'How does it feel getting your ass kicked by someone 50lbs lighter'.