PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Giorgio Petrosyan (ranked 4316 p4p, 4288 weight class) and Mark Beneke (ranked 513 p4p, 510 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Petrosyan
vs
Beneke

180 cm
19
181
4 - 0 - 0

182 cm
19
184
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Giorgio Petrosyan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mark Beneke!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Alan Glass and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beneke lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Nice jab there from Beneke.
Good exchange - Petrosyan coming out on top.
Petrosyan throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Beneke.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Beneke! But no joy.
Petrosyan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Beneke manages to avoid it.
Petrosyan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Some wild striking there from Beneke.
Beneke throws out a loose jab but Petrosyan uses good head movement to avoid it.
A little feinted left hand from Petrosyan on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Beneke throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Petrosyan counters with a nice body shot.
Petrosyan throws a shot from downtown. Beneke moves away and avoids it.
Petrosyan misses with a wild combination.
Beneke swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Beneke feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Petrosyans jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Beneke thows a left - swing and a miss!
Beneke slips under a jab from Petrosyan.
Beneke keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Beneke swings widly with a right hand
and Petrosyan counters with a right hand to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Petrosyan cracks Beneke with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Petrosyan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Beneke.
Petrosyan appears to be looking for a big counter.
Beneke throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Petrosyan moves out of range as Beneke strikes.
Beneke darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Beneke throws an overhand right that lands on Petrosyan's shoulder, as Petrosyan tries to avoid the shot.
Beneke scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Beneke takes a swing at Petrosyan's ribcage but misses.
Petrosyan ducks under a wild hook from Beneke.
Beneke lands a lovely overhand right.
Nice cross by Petrosyan.
Beneke lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Petrosyan scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Beneke tests Petrosyan's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Petrosyan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Beneke misses with a right hand
and Beneke takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A cross from Beneke lands.
Petrosyan definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Petrosyan misses with a few strikes there.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Beneke! But no joy.
Petrosyan takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
A looping hook to the body misses from Petrosyan. Beneke does a little dance to reset his feet.
Petrosyan throws a right and a left that Beneke avoids nicely.
The fighters circling - Beneke throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Petrosyan throws a shot from downtown. Beneke moves away and avoids it.
Petrosyan just misses with a punch to the body.
Beneke tries a quick counter leg kick but Petrosyan is wise to it.
Beneke uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Petrosyan.
Beneke jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Petrosyan loads up on a big right hand but Beneke slips the punch.
Beneke tries to land a leg kick but Petrosyan saw it coming and moves away.
Petrosyan seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Petrosyan throws a jab when Beneke was well out of range.
Petrosyan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Petrosyan dodges the punch combination from Beneke.
Petrosyan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Beneke.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petrosyan misses with a jab to the body
and Beneke connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Beneke scores with a decent looking hook.
Nice sprawl there from Petrosyan as Beneke shoots in.
Beneke throws a shot from downtown. Petrosyan moves away and avoids it.
Petrosyan throws a right and a left that Beneke avoids nicely.
Petrosyan throws a series of punches but Beneke avoids them all with ease.
Beneke swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Beneke throws a poor cross that misses
and Petrosyan counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Beneke swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Petrosyan throws a big counter combination but Beneke scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Beneke lands a jab-cross combination.
Beneke looks to throw the jab but Petrosyan is out of range.
Beneke paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Petrosyan throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Petrosyan walks into a straight right hand from Beneke.
Petrosyan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Beneke.
Petrosyan appears to be looking for a big counter.
Petrosyan misses with a few strikes there.
Beneke loads up on a big right hand but Petrosyan slips the punch.
Petrosyan takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Petrosyan checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Petrosyan on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Petrosyan moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
We've been informed that Beneke has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Beneke lands a nice shot that snaps Petrosyan's head back.
Beneke connects with a body shot.
Beneke showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Petrosyan.
Petrosyan misses with the combination.
A swing and a miss from Petrosyan.
Petrosyan misses with an uppercut. Beneke saw that one coming.
Nice takedown defense from Petrosyan. No joy for Beneke on that attempt.
Mark Beneke seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Petrosyan moves away from the strike by Beneke.
Beneke scores with a crisp jab that stopped Petrosyan in his tracks.
Petrosyan misses with a jab, cross combination.
Petrosyan moves out of range as Beneke strikes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Mark Beneke will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Petrosyan misses with a two punch combination.
Beneke throws a shot from downtown. Petrosyan moves away and avoids it.
Petrosyan loads up on a big right hand but Beneke slips the punch.
Beneke connects with a good right hand that stumbles Petrosyan. Petrosyan circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Giorgio Petrosyan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Beneke throws a low kick, looking for Petrosyan's leg but Petrosyan calmly moves out of range.
Petrosyan misses with a body shot.
Petrosyan moves out of range of the strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Beneke. Petrosyan does a little dance to reset his feet.
No joy there for Beneke, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
It looked like Petrosyan was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Beneke.
Petrosyan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Beneke sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Beneke avoids the body shot from Petrosyan.
Petrosyan scores with a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Beneke throws a lazy uppercut
and Beneke takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Petrosyan just misses with a punch to the body.
Beneke attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Beneke darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Petrosyan looks to score with a jab to the body but Beneke is just out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Petrosyan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Petrosyan looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Beneke looks to land a right hand but Petrosyan moved out of range.
Beneke scores with a nice head shot.
Beneke lands with a good body shot.
Beneke fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Petrosyan looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Beneke misses with an uppercut. Petrosyan saw that one coming.
Petrosyan walks into a stiff left hand from Beneke.
Petrosyan ducks right into an uppercut from Beneke.
Petrosyan moves away from the strike by Beneke.
Petrosyan throws a good cross that connects.
Beneke misses with a lunging right hand
and Petrosyan counters with a straight right hand.
Beneke lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Petrosyan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Beneke.
Petrosyan was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Beneke ducks under a wild hook from Petrosyan.
Beneke clobbers Petrosyan with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Beneke scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Petrosyan throws a big shot that misses.
Beneke swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Petrosyan slips under a jab.
Petrosyan misses with a few strikes there.
Petrosyan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Petrosyan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Mark Beneke seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Petrosyan blocks a leg kick.
Beneke lands a nice hook to Petrosyan's body. Petrosyan takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Beneke throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Beneke jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Beneke throws an overhand right that lands on Petrosyan's shoulder, as Petrosyan tries to avoid the shot.
Petrosyan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Beneke.
Beneke throws a right hand that misses
and Petrosyan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Beneke keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Beneke scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Petrosyan slips a jab from Beneke.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petrosyan moves away from the strike by Beneke.
Beneke keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Petrosyan.
Decent striking displayed by Beneke there.
Petrosyan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Beneke swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Petrosyan misses with an uppercut. Beneke saw that one coming.
Beneke looks to land a left hand but Petrosyan moved out of range nicely.
A counter left hand to the body from Petrosyan misses its target.
Petrosyan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Beneke.
Petrosyan drops his hands momentarily and Beneke takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Beneke ducks under a wild hook from Petrosyan.
Beneke throws a right hand that Petrosyan ducks under and follows up with a left that Petrosyan also avoids with ease.
Beneke throws a front kick aimed at Petrosyan's knee but Petrosyan avoids it well.
An attempted straight right counter from Petrosyan misses the target.
Beneke shoots in but Petrosyan avoids the takedown attempt easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beneke has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
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!
Beneke throws a hook but Petrosyan avoids it easily.
Beneke throws a hook but Petrosyan avoids it easily.
Petrosyan moves out of range as Beneke strikes.
Beneke showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Petrosyan.
A combination from Petrosyan does no damage.
Beneke lands a really nice looking cross but Petrosyan seems unphased.
Beneke misses with an uppercut. Petrosyan saw that one coming.
A jab from Beneke misses.
Petrosyan scores with a nice head shot.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Beneke, as that shot connected.
Jab by Beneke.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Petrosyan is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Left hook, right uppercut from Beneke.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Mark Beneke showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Petrosyan's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Beneke throws out a loose jab but Petrosyan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Petrosyan misses with a straight left.
Beneke throws a hook but Petrosyan blocks it.
Petrosyan throws a series of punches but Beneke avoids them all with ease.
Petrosyan slips a jab from Beneke.
A quick step to the side and Petrosyan tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Beneke misses with a low kick.
A shot to the liver by Beneke. Beautiful body shot.
Beneke avoids a punch combination nicely.
Petrosyan blocks a jab.
A big left from Beneke misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Beneke thuds his right hand into Petrosyan's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Beneke gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Beneke takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Petrosyan avoids a punch combination nicely.
Beneke throws a poor cross that misses
and Petrosyan counters with a two punch combo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Beneke!
Beneke moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Beneke takes a swing at Petrosyan's ribcage but misses.
Beneke scores with a nice head shot.
Petrosyan throws out a powerful jab.
Giorgio Petrosyan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Petrosyan ducks under a wild hook from Beneke.
Petrosyan takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Beneke misses with a wild body shot.
Petrosyan is looking for a counter combo.
Petrosyan misses with a two punch combination.
Some bone on bone action there as Petrosyan checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Petrosyan might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Petrosyan slips a straight right by Beneke.
Petrosyan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Beneke circles away quickly and effectively.
Beneke throws a lazy right hand but Petrosyan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Beneke scores with a nice right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Beneke connects with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beneke throws a nice looking combination but Petrosyan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Petrosyan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Beneke misses with a series of wild punches.
A telegraphed right hand from Beneke misses the target.
Beneke catches Petrosyan with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Beneke lands with an overhand left.
Beneke looks to land a left hand but Petrosyan moved out of range nicely.
Beneke paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Beneke lands with a good body shot.
Petrosyan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Beneke.
Beneke throws a hook to the side of Petrosyan's head but Petrosyan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Beneke missing with a left hand there. Petrosyan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Petrosyan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Beneke.
Petrosyan throwing a counter right hand but Beneke manages to avoid it.
Beneke defending well as Petrosyan loads up on a big left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beneke darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Beneke throws a right and a left that both miss.
Beneke misses with a looping left.
Beneke throws a right hand that misses
and Petrosyan counters with a right hand to the body.
Petrosyan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Petrosyan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Beneke.
Beneke throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A little feinted left hand from Petrosyan on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Petrosyan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Beneke keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Beneke loads up on a big right hand but Petrosyan slips the punch.
Beneke misses with an uppercut
and Petrosyan counters with a stiff right hand.
Petrosyan moves away from the strike by Beneke.
A jab from Beneke misses.
Beneke has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Beneke misses with a lunging right hand
and Petrosyan counters with a series of strikes. Beneke will be more careful next time no doubt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Beneke scores with a jab to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Petrosyan blocks a jab.
Beneke takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Beneke swings widly with a right hand
enabling Petrosyan to counter with a crisp jab.
Beneke lands a slapping body shot.
Beneke misses with a looping left.
Beneke misses the jab.
Petrosyan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Beneke moves away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Beneke. Petrosyan does a little dance to reset his feet.
A swing and a miss from Petrosyan.
Beneke tries to counter by closing the distance.
Petrosyan takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Mark Beneke is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Petrosyan misses with a double jab.
A combination from Petrosyan does no damage.
Petrosyan throws a jab when Beneke was well out of range.
Giorgio Petrosyan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Beneke motions for Petrosyan to come forward. Beneke throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mark Beneke comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Beneke 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mark Beneke!
Our winner, Mark Beneke, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.