PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Benefits Of Uselessness (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jaggar Bennis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jaggar Bennis acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Of Uselessness
vs
Bennis

187 cm
18
174 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

186 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Benefits Of Uselessness!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jaggar Bennis!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Steve Erwin and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bennis shoots in and drives through. Of Uselessness sprawls well.
Bennis fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Bennis swats away the attempt to clinch by Of Uselessness.
Of Uselessness misses with the combination.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Bennis crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Of Uselessness - the referee stops the clock and Bennis gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Of Uselessness. Bennis manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Bennis dives in and grabs Of Uselessness's left leg, looking for a takedown. Of Uselessness pushes down on Bennis's head and hops out.
Benefits Of Uselessness has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jaggar Bennis.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Bennis is defended easily by Of Uselessness.

Of Uselessness shoots in and bounces Bennis off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bennis keeping moving, preventing Of Uselessness from controlling successfully.
Of Uselessness stops Bennis from standing up.
Of Uselessness wants to control from the top but Bennis keeps moving.
Of Uselessness trying to stand up but can't free himself from Bennis's guard.
Of Uselessness wants to pass the guard but Bennis is keeping the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

Of Uselessness decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Jaggar Bennis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bennis with a lazy takedown attempt
and Of Uselessness counters with a straight right hand.

Of Uselessness changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Bennis looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Of Uselessness wants to control but Bennis is keeping him busy.

Bennis throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
Bennis looks gassed!
Of Uselessness wants to clinch up but Bennis keeps it at a distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bennis misses with a takedown
and Of Uselessness counters with a one-two to the body.
Bennis shoots and misses
and Of Uselessness counters with a leg kick.

Of Uselessness closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Bennis did well to prevent Of Uselessness getting side control.
Of Uselessness is trying to control the action in half guard but Bennis is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Of Uselessness wants to stand but Bennis has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Of Uselessness seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Bennis does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bennis tries to kick Of Uselessness off but Of Uselessness keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Of Uselessness wants to control but Bennis is keeping him busy.
Of Uselessness missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

Bennis kicks Of Uselessness off and gets back to his feet.
Of Uselessness looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

Of Uselessness shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Bennis is trying to defend but Of Uselessness finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Bennis wants to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Benefits Of Uselessness dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Of Uselessness closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Bennis wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Of Uselessness is looking to take a break and control but Bennis is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Bennis is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Bennis is breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Of Uselessness stands up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bennis with a lazy takedown attempt
and Of Uselessness counters with a series of strikes. Bennis will be more careful next time no doubt.
Benefits Of Uselessness is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bennis showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Of Uselessness.
Bennis fails with the takedown
and Of Uselessness counters with a flying knee. Nice.

Of Uselessness scores with a takedown into Bennis's guard.
Of Uselessness wants to control from the top but Bennis keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Bennis has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Of Uselessness off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Of Uselessness buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Of Uselessness lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Bennis backs up against the cage.
Bennis misses with a takedown attempt
and Of Uselessness counters with a head kick. That will keep Bennis thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Benefits Of Uselessness has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jaggar Bennis.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Of Uselessness's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Of Uselessness duly obliges.
Bennis misses with a takedown attempt
and Of Uselessness counters with a head kick. That will keep Bennis thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!

Of Uselessness shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Bennis manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Of Uselessness wants to control from the top but Bennis keeps moving.

Of Uselessness gets to his feet - Bennis follows without any prompting.

Of Uselessness looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Bennis!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bennis is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Of Uselessness looking to control but Bennis is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Bennis wants to try and get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Benefits Of Uselessness dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Of Uselessness shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Of Uselessness trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Bennis squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Of Uselessness trying to control but Bennis is having none of it.
Bennis wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Of Uselessness tries to control but Bennis wriggling away.
Bennis is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Of Uselessness trying to control but Bennis is having none of it.
Bennis trying desperately to get to his feet.
Jaggar Bennis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Of Uselessness tries to control but Bennis wriggling away.

Of Uselessness is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
Bennis shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Of Uselessness counters with a two punch combo.
Bennis falls off balance throwing a combination

and Of Uselessness counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Of Uselessness gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Of Uselessness throws a sloppy head kick and Bennis moves out of range easily.
Bennis shoots and misses
and Of Uselessness counters with a slapping leg kick.
Bennis doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Of Uselessness counters with a nice low kick that buckles Bennis's knee momentarily.
Benefits Of Uselessness has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jaggar Bennis.

Of Uselessness gets a clinch.
Of Uselessness wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bennis using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Of Uselessness has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Of Uselessness is trying to force a seperation but Bennis has the dominant position.
Of Uselessness is trying to drag Bennis to the mat but Bennis just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Bennis is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Of Uselessness gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Bennis wants a takedown but no success here.
Of Uselessness tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Bennis smiles and moves away.
Bennis tries for a takedown but Of Uselessness circles away easily

and Of Uselessness counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Bennis lands one or two decent shots to the body here. Although from his own half guard, he's not going to be causing too much damage.
Of Uselessness controlling the action here.
Benefits Of Uselessness is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Of Uselessness is looking to advance position but Bennis won't allow it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Benefits Of Uselessness showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Of Uselessness has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Summer Carpenter scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Benefits Of Uselessness!