PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Claudio Benedetti (ranked 6045 p4p, 21635 weight class) and Nenad Jovanovic (ranked 576 p4p, 583 weight class). Benedetti comes to the ring accompanied by Atrevete te. On his way into the ring it seems that Claudio Benedetti has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Claudio Benedetti seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Benedetti
vs
Jovanovic

193 cm
34
207
25 - 13 - 0

188 cm
32
214
20 - 4 - 1

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Granite chin

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 25 - 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 20 - 4 - 1, fighting out of London, Nenad Jovanovic!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Sosuke Kotani and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Benedetti keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice uppercut there from Benedetti.

It looks like Nenad Jovanovic has been cut.
Benedetti lands with a hook. Jovanovic tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Benedetti ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A counter left hand to the body from Benedetti misses its target.
Benedetti throws a lazy right hand but Jovanovic sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jovanovic throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Benedetti throws a jab but it's blocked by Jovanovic.
Jovanovic thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jovanovic with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Benedetti has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Finch Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Jovanovic slips a jab from Benedetti.
Benedetti chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Jovanovic avoids the body shot from Benedetti.
Benedetti avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A little feinted left hand from Benedetti on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Jovanovic slips under a jab.
Jovanovic takes a jab right on the kisser.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Benedetti misses with a body shot.
We've been informed that Jovanovic has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Jovanovic changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Benedetti misses with a left hand
enabling Jovanovic to counter with a crisp jab.
Jovanovic displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Benedetti throws out the jab.
Benedetti misses with a hook
enabling Jovanovic to counter with a crisp jab.
A big right from Benedetti misses.
Jovanovic cracks Benedetti with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Benedetti throws a lazy uppercut
and Jovanovic counters with a nice uppercut.
Benedetti misses with a right hand
and Benedetti takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Jovanovic.
Jovanovic drops his hands momentarily and Benedetti takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Jovanovic lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jovanovic keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jovanovic tries to clinch but Benedetti is having none of it.
Benedetti takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Jovanovic throws a hook to the side of Benedetti's head but Benedetti sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jovanovic misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Benedetti.
Benedetti throwing a counter right hand but Jovanovic manages to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jovanovic clinches.
Jovanovic tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Benedetti's elbow.
Benedetti lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That has opened up Nenad Jovanovic's cut even more.
Jovanovic doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jovanovic tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jovanovic gets through Benedetti's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Jovanovic tries to work over Benedetti's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jovanovic tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A nice right hand lands inside from Jovanovic.
Jovanovic lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Jovanovic blocks an uppercut.
Jovanovic digs a right hand into Benedetti's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Benedetti's gas tank.
Benedetti misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Benedetti.
Benedetti fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Benedetti lands with a light punch inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jovanovic misses with some punches.
Benedetti throws a punch but it's blocked by Jovanovic.
Jovanovic stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Jovanovic's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Jovanovic blocking some punches.
Benedetti throws a head punch that misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Nenad Jovanovic will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Nenad Jovanovic's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Benedetti takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Jovanovic scores with a decent looking hook.
Jovanovic slips under a jab.
Nice defenses there by Jovanovic.
Some wild striking there from Benedetti.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Jovanovic! But no joy.
Nice cross by Jovanovic.
Jovanovic is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Benedetti defending well as Jovanovic loads up on a big left hand.
Benedetti throwing a counter right hand but Jovanovic manages to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jovanovic comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Jovanovic throws a lazy uppercut
and Benedetti counters with a stiff right hand.
Jovanovic loads up on a big right hand but Benedetti slips the punch.
Jovanovic waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Benedetti.
Jovanovic wants to clinch up but Benedetti keeps it at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jovanovic misses with a right hand
and Benedetti counters with a nice uppercut.
Jovanovic lands a jab-cross combination.
Benedetti swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Benedetti throws a nice looking combination but Jovanovic bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jovanovic bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Benedetti throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Jovanovic to counter with a crisp jab.
Jovanovic works over Benedetti's head and body with a nice combination.
A big left from Jovanovic misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Benedetti lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Benedetti throws a hook but Jovanovic avoids it easily.
Jovanovic lands with a nice body punch.
Nenad Jovanovic seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jovanovic scores with a nice right hand.
Benedetti misses the jab.
Benedetti misses with a hook. Jovanovic ducked under it nicely.
Benedetti moves out of range as Jovanovic strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jovanovic clinches up against the ropes.
Nenad Jovanovic seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Benedetti creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Jovanovic blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jovanovic lands a right hand that snaps the head of Benedetti backwards.
Benedetti swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jovanovic doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Benedetti.
Jovanovic blocks an uppercut.
Jovanovic lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Jovanovic blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jovanovic misses with the head strike.
Benedetti working aggressively here.
A left hand lands to the body for Jovanovic.

Benedetti manages to break the clinch.
Jovanovic tries to clinch up.
Benedetti is looking to counter punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Benedetti misses with an uppercut. Jovanovic saw that one coming.
Nice straight punches there by Jovanovic. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Jovanovic.
A telegraphed right hand from Jovanovic misses the target.
Benedetti takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Nenad Jovanovic showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Nenad Jovanovic's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Jovanovic tries to clinch but Benedetti moves out of range.
Claudio Benedetti has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jovanovic defending well as Benedetti loads up on a big left hand.
Nice cross by Benedetti.
Benedetti throws an overhand right that lands on Jovanovic's shoulder, as Jovanovic tries to avoid the shot.
Jovanovic swinging wildly here.
Jovanovic throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jovanovic sizes up Benedetti with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Benedetti tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Jovanovic is able to avoid easily.
Donk. Benedetti catches Jovanovic right on the button with a cross.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jovanovic throws an overhand right that lands on Benedetti's shoulder, as Benedetti tries to avoid the shot.
A slow jab from Benedetti misses its intended target.
Jovanovic throws a hook but Benedetti avoids it easily.
Jovanovic checks a leg kick nicely.
Jovanovic misses with a left hand
letting Benedetti counter with a right hand.

The cut above Nenad Jovanovic's eye is starting to cause him problems now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jovanovic just misses with a punch to the body.
Benedetti scores with a jab to the jaw.
Jovanovic connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Benedetti throws out a loose jab but Jovanovic uses good head movement to avoid it.

Jovanovic clinches up with Benedetti and pushes him back against the ropes.
Benedetti lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Jovanovic working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jovanovic.
Benedetti lands a nice uppercut.
Jovanovic tries to work over Benedetti's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Benedetti prevents a body shot from Jovanovic.
A short left from Jovanovic.
Benedetti working aggressively here.
Jovanovic fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jovanovic struggles to land a body shot inside as Benedetti controls his hands.
Benedetti misses with a hook from the clinch.

Benedetti escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Benedetti misses with a looping left.
Jovanovic lands a slapping body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jovanovic misses with a hook.
Jovanovic tries to clinch up but Benedetti circles away and keeps his distance.
It looked like Benedetti wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Jovanovic takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

Nenad Jovanovic's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Benedetti throws out a loose jab but Jovanovic uses good head movement to avoid it.
Claudio Benedetti seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jovanovic lands a glancing blow to the side of Benedetti's head.
A swing and a miss from Jovanovic.
Jovanovic tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Benedetti connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Nenad Jovanovic's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:39 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Claudio Benedetti!
A relieved looking Claudio Benedetti thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.