PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ivan Samsonov (ranked 685 p4p, 780 weight class) and Justin Bennett (ranked 84 p4p, 94 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Samsonov
vs
Bennett

202 cm
29
255
17 - 5 - 0

194 cm
26
288
12 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

HELLBENT
Urban Fighter

Conviction
Altitude Clothing

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 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ivan Samsonov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Justin Bennett!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Samsonov cracks Bennett with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Jab, jab by Bennett - just one landing.
Samsonov throws a right and a left that Bennett avoids nicely.
Bennett throws a body punch but Samsonov moves out of range.
Samsonov takes a jab right on the kisser.
Bennett scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Samsonov steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bennett.
Samsonov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bennett.
Samsonov throws a big shot that misses.
Samsonov on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Bennett with a hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Samsonov misses with an uppercut. Bennett saw that one coming.
Bennett throws a poor cross that misses
and Bennett takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bennett just misses with a punch to the body.
Bennett connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Bennett digs a good hook to Samsonov's body.
Bennett misses the shot to the body.
It looked like Samsonov was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
A big right from Bennett misses.
Bennett scores with a punch to the head.
Bennett misses with a body shot.
A little feinted left hand from Samsonov on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Samsonov scores with a jab to the jaw.
Samsonov takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Samsonov throws a looping overhand right but Bennett ducks down to avoid it.
Bennett throws out a counter right but Samsonov avoids it with no problem.
Samsonov throws a hook to the side of Bennett's head but Bennett sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bennett throws a shot from downtown. Samsonov moves away and avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Samsonov looks to land a right hand but Bennett moved out of range.
Bennett throws a sloppy body shot
and Samsonov counters with a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bennett rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Samsonov counters with a crisp one two that drops Bennett! Samsonov thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Bennett to his feet! Bennett is in big trouble!
Bennett misses with a body shot
and Samsonov counters with a big right hand! Oh Bennett is in trouble here! Samsonov follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ivan Samsonov!
Post fight, Ivan Samsonov stared into the camera and said ' иди на хуй себя idi na khuy sebya'.