PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Claudio Benedetti (ranked 5560 p4p, 2352 weight class) and Tor Troeng (ranked 579 p4p, 341 weight class). Benedetti comes to the ring accompanied by Atrevete te. Claudio Benedetti has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Benedetti
vs
Troeng

193 cm
34
207
24 - 13 - 0

187 cm
36
205
24 - 13 - 2

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Conquer

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Claudio Benedetti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 13 - 2, fighting out of New York, Tor Troeng!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Chris Saunders and Jeff Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Troeng avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Benedetti connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Benedetti lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Troeng is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Troeng tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Benedetti counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Benedetti has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Finch Gym in the buildup to the fight.

Troeng has taken the fight to the clinch.
Troeng blocks an uppercut.
Benedetti working aggressively here.

Benedetti breaks from the clinch.
Benedetti dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A head kick misses from Troeng.
Troeng takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Troeng tries to clinch up.

Benedetti lands a front kick to the face, that drops Troeng to the canvas! Is he dazed or just shocked? He's back to his feet and the referee is going to allow him to continue the fight!

Troeng is rocked!

It looks like Tor Troeng has been cut.
Troeng connects with the punch.
Benedetti tries a head kick but it misses.
A low kick from Troeng misses
and Benedetti counters with a straight right that drops Troeng to the canvas! Will Troeng beat the count? He's still wobbly and as the count reaches 7, he's still struggling to make it. 8...9...10. He's out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Claudio Benedetti!
A very excited looking Claudio Benedetti made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.