PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tobias Ahearn (ranked 3513 p4p, 3800 weight class) and Mark Beneke (ranked 436 p4p, 460 weight class). Tobias Ahearn is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Ahearn
vs
Beneke

185 cm
20
181
4 - 1 - 1

182 cm
19
184
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 - 1 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tobias Ahearn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mark Beneke!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Vladimir Khabensky and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ahearn misses with an uppercut.
Ahearn closes the distance and lands a one-two.

It looks like Mark Beneke has been cut.
Ahearn cracks a nice hook into Beneke's ribs.
Ahearn definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Ahearn on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A big left from Beneke misses.
Ahearn ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Beneke misses with an uppercut.
Beneke connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Beneke avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Beneke fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ahearn lands with a cross.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A left and a right from Beneke both land. Nice combination.
Ahearn displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

Beneke is rocked!
A jab from Beneke misses.
Ahearn uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Beneke.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ahearn. Beneke does a little dance to reset his feet.
Beneke looks to throw the jab but Ahearn is out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beneke waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ahearn.
Beneke takes a swing at Ahearn's ribcage but misses.
Beneke throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ahearn sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ahearn throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Beneke takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Ahearn tests Beneke's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Ahearn throws a nice looking combination but Beneke bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Beneke throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ahearn is looking to wear down Beneke with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Beneke swings widly with a right hand
and Ahearn counters with a nice uppercut.
Ahearn misses with a body shot.
Ahearn feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Benekes jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Ahearn lands with a good body shot.
Ahearn missing with a left hand there. Beneke was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Beneke looks to throw the jab but Ahearn is out of range.
Ahearn throwing a counter right hand but Beneke manages to avoid it.
Beneke moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ahearn scores with a jab to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ahearn throws a nice looking combination but Beneke bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Beneke keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ahearn misses with a double jab.
A shot to the liver by Ahearn. Beautiful body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Beneke misses the target.
Beneke misses with a straight right.
The fighters circling - Beneke throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Beneke looks to land a right hand but Ahearn moved out of range.
Ahearn appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Ahearn takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Ahearn misses with a looping right.
Ahearn connects with a single shot there.
Beneke connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Ahearn momentarily.
Ahearn blocks a jab.
Ahearn lands a nice shot that snaps Beneke's head back.
Ahearn keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Beneke.
Ahearn is looking to counter with a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ahearn steps into range and unloads a brutal right left combo! Beneke is out on his feet! Ahearn sets himself and nearly takes Beneke's head off with a straight right, sending him crashing to the mat! Wow, that was nasty... but awesome! Wooo!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:07 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Tobias Ahearn!