PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Derek Blackley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Benton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blackley comes to the cage accompanied by Shock To The System by Billy Idol. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Blackley
vs
Benton

172 cm
21
155 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

165 cm
25
150 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

Dangerous GnP
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Derek Blackley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jack Benton!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Thiago Cunha and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blackley fails to land with a series of punches.
Blackley is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Blackley looks to land a combination but Benton avoids it well.
Benton misses with a looping right.
Nice straight punches there by Benton. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Benton.
Blackley tries to close the distance and clinch but Benton swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Blackley closes the distance and lands a one-two.

It looks like Jack Benton has been cut.
Blackley throws a hook but Benton avoids it easily.
Blackley fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Benton avoids it really well and circles away.

Benton decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Benton is trying to control the action in half guard but Blackley is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Blackley tries to roll over but Benton keeps him under control.
Blackley gets back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blackley has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Benton has passed into side control.
Blackley taking a bit of punishment here - Benton scoring with strikes.
Benton in side control, throwing shots but Blackley defends.
Blackley is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Benton's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Blackley moves into full guard.
Benton content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Benton lands a couple of elbows.
Benton wants to control from the top but Blackley keeps moving.
Benton throwing strikes from guard but Blackley blocks nicely.
Benton lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benton landing some decent shots from guard.
Blackley preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Benton lands a couple of elbows.
Benton landing with the ground and pound.
Benton connects with a couple of short punches.
Benton throws a big right hand that misses.
Benton with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

Blackley is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Benton loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Benton postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Benton working some strikes from top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Benton connects with a couple of short punches.
Benton loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Blackley avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blackley preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Benton throwing strikes but missing.
Benton scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Blackley keeping moving, preventing Benton from controlling successfully.
Blackley not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Blackley uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Benton.
Benton lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Blackley misses with a takedown attempt

and Benton counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Blackley is breathing heavily.
Blackley taking some punishment here, with Benton in his half guard.
Benton throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Benton seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Benton prevents Blackley from standing back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blackley taking some punishment here, with Benton in his half guard.
Benton throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Benton not doing much here.
Benton looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Blackley with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Benton trying to control the action but Blackley is working from the bottom.
Blackley wants to improve his position but Benton is controlling well.
Blackley trying to control from the bottom.
Blackley taking some punishment here, with Benton in his half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Benton trying to control the action but Blackley is working from the bottom.
Benton lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Benton working Blackley over with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Benton dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jack Benton's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Benton lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

Benton throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Blackley was covering up waiting for the punch and Benton finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Benton stopping the sweep attempt from Blackley.
Blackley trying to keep a closed guard but Benton is proving a slippery customer.
Benton with a nice head shot there.
Benton throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Blackley works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Jack Benton has got the better of the ground game so far.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Benton accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Blackley has momentary wrist control but Benton slips an elbow through the middle.
Benton must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Benton is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Benton landing some decent shots from guard.
Benton throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Blackley works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blackley keeping moving, preventing Benton from controlling successfully.
Benton postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Benton won't allow Blackley to sweep him here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Blackley keeping moving, preventing Benton from controlling successfully.
Benton postures up and lands a big shot to Blackley's brow.
Benton is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Benton throwing strikes from guard but Blackley blocks nicely.
Benton landing with the ground and pound.
Blackley wants to sweep here but Benton controlling him for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benton stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Blackley swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Blackley throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Blackley looking for a sweep. Not yet Blackley, not yet.
Benton scoring with some ground and pound.
Benton wants to pass the guard but Blackley is keeping the position.
Benton lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Blackley is trying to control the position but Benton postures up.
Benton landing some decent shots from guard.
Benton is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benton trying to control the position from guard on top but Blackley is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Blackley looking for a guillotine here but Benton defends easily.
Blackley trying to control the position.
Benton postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Benton wants to control from the top but Blackley keeps moving.
Blackley throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Blackley wants to stand up but Benton is controlling him.

Blackley looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Benton has picked Blackley up and slammed him! Blackley can't keep hold of the triangle and Benton manages to pass to side control!

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.
Benton wants to lay and pray for a moment but Blackley keeps working.
Benton in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Blackley is trying to work for a sweep but Benton has mounted him!
Benton with a couple of short strikes.
Blackley taking shots to the head.
Benton lands a big elbow.
Benton lands a nice shot to the head.
Benton landing punches.
Blackley is bucking up trying to escape but Benton cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
A nice elbow there by Benton.
Benton has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Blackley's face.

Blackley is rocked!
Benton working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Oh Blackley is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Blackley is in a horrible position here. Benton smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Benton showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jack Benton's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Benton closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Blackley to the mat! Blackley manages to get full guard.
Benton prevents Blackley from getting back to his feet.
Blackley seems to have got his legs back now.
Benton postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Benton scoring with some ground and pound.

Blackley had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Benton defends it easily.
Benton lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Benton landing with the ground and pound.
Benton keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Blackley's head.
Blackley can't keep his opponent in guard - Benton advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Blackley is trying to control but Benton passes into side control!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Benton lands some shots froms side control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Benton lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Blackley down.
Benton in side control lands a decent elbow.
Blackley is trying to improve his position.
Benton lands a nice forearm strike.
Benton has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Blackley working to try and regain half guard.
Blackley tries to hold on but Benton pushes him away.
Benton with the ground and pound from mount.
Benton is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Blackley can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Blackley taking shots to the head.
Derek Blackley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benton landing punches.
Benton with good strikes from the mount here!
Benton cracks Blackley with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jack Benton!