PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mauricio Benato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tom Morello (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Benato comes to the cage accompanied by Perry Mason. Morello has chosen Tubthumping - i Get Knocked Down as his entrance music. Mauricio Benato looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Benato
vs
Morello

178 cm
19
180 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

190 cm
20
190 lbs
2 - 1 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Win Nutritional - proof of quality

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mauricio Benato!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tom Morello!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Alexandre Firmino and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morello lands a two punch combo.
Benato thumps Morello with a low kick.
Some wild striking there from Morello.
Morello avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Morello!
Morello throws a series of punches but Benato moves out of range.
Morello lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Benato backs up against the cage.
Tom Morello seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Benato has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Benato scores with a push kick.
Morello throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Benato is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Morello.
Benato is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morello swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Morello misses with a two punch combination.
Morello is working the combinations to good effect here.
Morello lands with a nice combination. Benato backs away looking to recover.
No joy there for Morello, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Benato is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Morello.
Morello moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Benato fails with the takedown.
Morello fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Benato showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Morello.
Morello scores with a three punch combo!

That's one minute gone in the round.
A left and a right from Morello both land. Nice combination.
Morello lands a jab-cross combination.
Morello throws a combination. Benato tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Benato is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Morello.
Morello displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Morello!
Morello scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Left hook, right uppercut from Morello.
Morello lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Danga de danga de dang - Morello scores with a four punch combination!
Danga de danga de dang - Morello scores with a four punch combination!
A left and a right from Morello both land. Nice combination.
Morello stalks Benato and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Benato's face. Benato staggers backwards, shaken.
Morello throws a series of strikes that have Benato backpedaling.
Tom Morello is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Morello lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Benato has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Morello lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Morello lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Morello.
Benato slips a jab and a cross from Morello.
Morello fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morello displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Morello fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Morello moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Benato looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Morello lands a two punch combo.
Morello throws a nice looking combination but Benato bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Morello displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Morello fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Morello moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Morello moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Morello misses with a jab, cross combination.
Morello goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Benato has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Morello scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
No joy there for Morello, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Morello scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
A combination from Morello does no damage.
A right-left combo lands from Morello.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morello lands a jab-cross combination.
Morello throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Morello lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Morello scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Morello fails to land with a series of punches.
A right-left combo lands from Morello.
Morello fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Morello scores with a three punch combo!
Danga de danga de dang - Morello scores with a four punch combination!
Morello throws a one two combo.
Morello lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Morello closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Morello lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Morello.
Benato has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Morello scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Morello throws a right hand that Benato ducks under and follows up with a left that Benato also avoids with ease.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Morello!
Morello closes the distance and lands a one-two.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morello scores with a three punch combo!
Morello misses with a two punch combination.
Morello fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Morello looks to land a combination. Benato sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Morello misses with the combination.
Morello's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Morello duly obliges.
Morello throws a right and a left that Benato avoids nicely.
Benato doesn't manage to clinch there - Morello circles away.
Morello rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Benato moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Morello throws a right and a left that Benato avoids nicely.
Danga de danga de dang - Morello scores with a four punch combination!
Morello scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Morello scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Benato looks to land a body kick but Morello moved away.
Morello displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Morello swinging wilding here.
Benato takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tom Morello dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Benato has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Morello throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Morello throws a one two combo.
Tom Morello seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Morello looks to land a combination but Benato avoids it well.
Morello throws a right and a left that both miss.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Benato might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Morello throws a right and a left that both miss.
Morello closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Morello lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Benato avoids a punch combination nicely.
Mauricio Benato is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A combination from Morello does no damage.
Morello throws a series of punches but Benato avoids them all with ease.
Morello lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Benato circles away quickly and effectively.
Morello has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Danga de danga de dang - Morello scores with a four punch combination!
Benato tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Morello's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Morello duly obliges.
Morello lands a jab-cross combination.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Morello lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Morello stalks Benato and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Benato's face. Benato staggers backwards, shaken.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morello throws a one two combo.
Left hook, right uppercut from Morello.
Benato takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Morello closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Morello lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Benato circles away quickly and effectively.
Morello throws a series of punches but Benato moves out of range.
Morello lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Benato backs up against the cage.
A nice combination there by Morello.
Morello lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Benato circles away quickly and effectively.
A punch combination from Morello misses.
Benato is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Morello.
Morello throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Benato.
Morello looks to land a combination but Benato avoids it well.
Benato fails with a takedown attempt.
A combination from Morello does no damage.
Benato is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Morello.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morello lands a two punch combo.
Benato misses with a takedown attempt - Morello sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Morello throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Benato.
Morello throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Morello works over Benato's head and body with a nice combination.
Morello lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Morello throws a right and a left that both miss.
Morello lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Morello throws a right and a left that Benato avoids nicely.
Morello swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Morello tries to bum rush Benato with a series of wild strikes but Benato uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Morello misses with a double jab.
Morello misses with a few strikes there.
Benato throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Morello's waist but Morello gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Benato off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mauricio Benato. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Benato is defended easily by Morello.
Morello scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benato fails with an attempt to clinch.
Morello scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Morello's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Morello duly obliges.
Morello looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Morello swinging wilding here.
Morello throws a series of punches but Benato moves out of range.
Morello misses with a series of wild punches.
Benato dodges the punch combination from Morello.
Benato shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Morello sprawls well. Morello wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Benato gets slowly back to his feet.
Danga de danga de dang - Morello scores with a four punch combination!
Morello looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Benato tries to score a power double leg takedown but Morello sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Benato somewhat.
Benato shoots in but no luck this time.
Morello is looking to land body kicks.
Morello moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Morello misses with the combination.
Morello displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Morello lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Morello.
Benato showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Morello.
Morello lands with a nice combination. Benato backs away looking to recover.
Some wild striking there from Morello.
Benato wants to clinch.
Benato fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Morello avoids it really well and circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tom Morello showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Some wild striking there from Morello.
Benato has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Morello stalks Benato and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Benato's face. Benato staggers backwards, shaken.
Morello keeps the fight on the outside.
Morello misses with a two punch combination.
Morello throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Benato tries to clinch there but Morello circles away.
Morello lands a two punch combo.
Morello looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
No joy there for Morello, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Morello looks to land a combination but Benato avoids it well.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A left and a right from Morello both land. Nice combination.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Benato. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Benato tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Morello swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Morello throws a right and a left that Benato avoids nicely.
Morello throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morello works over Benato's head and body with a nice combination.
Benato fails to land the takedown.
Morello misses with a series of wild punches.
Morello displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Morello displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Morello lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Benato backs up against the cage.
Morello lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Morello tries to bum rush Benato with a series of wild strikes but Benato uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Morello throws a one two combo.
Morello scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Morello scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Morello throws a one two combo.
Left hook, right uppercut from Morello.
Morello throws a series of punches but Benato avoids them all with ease.
Morello throws a one two combo.
Morello looks to land a combination but Benato avoids it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morello misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Morello lands a two punch combo.
A nice combination there by Morello.
Morello will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Morello lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Morello throws a series of strikes that have Benato backpedaling.
Morello throws a right hand that Benato ducks under and follows up with a left that Benato also avoids with ease.
Morello throws a one two combo.
Morello's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Morello duly obliges.
Morello lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Benato tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Morello paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Benato moves in looking to clinch but Morello pushes him off.
Benato wants to clinch.
Morello moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Morello lands a jab-cross combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morello throws a series of punches but Benato avoids them all with ease.
Left hook, right uppercut from Morello.
Morello misses with the combination.
Morello misses with a two punch combination.
Morello closes the distance and lands a one-two.
A combination from Morello does no damage.
Benato lands a nice looking kick to the body. Morello takes a step back to recover.

Benato darts in and clinches Morello up against the cage.

Benato breaks the clinch.
Morello misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Morello misses with a series of wild punches.
Morello looks to land a combination but Benato avoids it well.
A punch combination from Morello misses.
Benato has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Morello misses with a series of wild punches.
Nice takedown defense from Morello. No joy for Benato on that attempt.
Benato wants to clinch up but Morello keeps it at a distance.
Morello scores with a one two! Benato had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Benato avoids a punch combination nicely.
Morello misses with a jab, cross combination.
A head kick misses from Benato.
Benato dodges the punch combination from Morello.
Benato shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Morello sprawls well. Morello wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Benato gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mauricio Benato. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Morello lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Morello avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mauricio Benato has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tom Morello is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Morello goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tom Morello comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Morello winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Emerson Jorge scores the fight 26:30
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 26:30
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tom Morello!