PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Justin Bennett (ranked 377 p4p, 54 weight class) and Mike Haggar (ranked 946 p4p, 115 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bennett
vs
Haggar

194 cm
22
288 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

202 cm
22
266 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

KAISER Nutrition - Q160

Hot Spunk

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Justin Bennett!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mike Haggar!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Gregory Folan and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Haggar slips a straight right by Bennett.
Haggar uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bennett.
Haggar tries to counter with a clinch but Bennett shakes him off and moves away.
Haggar takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Bennett scores with a shot to the body.
Haggar throws a lazy right hand but Bennett sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A left lands for Bennett.
Haggar avoids the body shot from Bennett.
Bennett ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Haggar paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

Haggar drives through and clinches with Bennett against the cage.
Bennett scores with a shoulder strike.
Bennett lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Haggar backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Haggar lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Bennett or not.
Bennett throws a punch but it's blocked by Haggar.
Bennett cracks Haggar with a nice body shot.
Bennett blocks an uppercut.
Bennett blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bennett blocking some punches.
Bennett tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bennett tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Bennett.
Haggar looks winded!
Bennett lands with a light punch inside.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Haggar 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.
Bennett lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Haggar backwards.
Bennett makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Bennett lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Bennett lands a hook that snaps the head of Haggar backwards.
Bennett stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Haggar misses with a punch on the inside.
A hook to the body from Bennett.
Bennett lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bennett scores with a nice hook to the head.
Bennett is working Haggar over against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bennett softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bennett lands a hook that snaps the head of Haggar backwards.
A right hand to the body from Bennett.
A body shot lands from Bennett.
Haggar's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Bennett tries to throw a body punch but Haggar avoids it by throwing Bennett back against the cage.
Bennett makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Haggar is rocked!
Bennett throws a big uppercut that drops Haggar! More strikes from Bennett and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Haggar lies dazed against the cage as Bennett celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Justin Bennett!
Justin Bennett retains his heavyweight title!
Justin Bennett took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Sportivité for their support in the buildup to the fight.