PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Luuk Benjamin (ranked 2413 p4p, 2718 weight class) and Mickey Doolan (ranked 248 p4p, 281 weight class). Doolan has chosen Fight Dirty as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Benjamin
vs
Doolan

177 cm
19
150
5 - 0 - 0

170 cm
26
149
3 - 0 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Luuk Benjamin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 1, fighting out of London, Mickey Doolan!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Ivan Kurochkin and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Doolan takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
No joy there for Doolan, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Doolan misses with a double jab.
Benjamin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Doolan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Benjamin definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Doolan takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Benjamin thuds his right hand into Doolan's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Benjamin fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Doolan.
Benjamin with a nice calf kick.
Doolan takes a shot right to the bread basket.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Doolan 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.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Doolan moves forwards but Benjamin connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Doolan lands a two punch combo.
Benjamin scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Benjamin connects with a body shot.
Doolan throws a jab but it's blocked by Benjamin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Doolan misses with a jab, cross combination.
Doolan has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Benjamin.
Doolan walks into a stiff left hand from Benjamin.
Benjamin throws a quick inside leg kick.
Doolan falls off balance throwing a combination
and Benjamin counters with a nice body shot.
Doolan looks winded!
Benjamin drops Doolan with a straight right hand, right on the button! Benjamin follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Luuk Benjamin!
Mickey Doolan spoke after the fight, saying 'Man this game is tough. You lose a fight and it sits there on your record to remind you. I only hope we get to run it back.'.