PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shawn Thornton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and PJ Benn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Benn has chosen Raised fist- Words and Phrases as his entrance music. PJ Benn told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Thornton
vs
Benn

187 cm
21
217 lbs
6 - 3 - 1

189 cm
25
210 lbs
9 - 2 - 1

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

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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 6 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Shawn Thornton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, PJ Benn!
The judges for this bout are , and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Benn wants to clinch.
Nice defenses there by Benn.
Benn shoots in for a takedown but Thornton shows good takedown defense.

Benn clinches up with Thornton and pushes him back against the cage.
Benn fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Thornton content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Benn is trying to stall.
A left hand lands to the body for Thornton.
Benn manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Thornton cracks Benn with a nice body shot.
Thornton works on Benn's body with a couple of short punches.
Thornton lands a shoulder strike.
Thornton gets through Benn's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Benn looks gassed!
Thornton managing to block the knees to the body from Benn.
Benn can't get the takedown.
Shawn Thornton has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of PJ Benn.
Thornton throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Benns head.
Nice body punch from Thornton.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thornton lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Benn or not.
Good body shot from Thornton.

Thornton breaks the clinch.
Thornton tries to bum rush Benn with a series of wild strikes but Benn uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thornton scores with a nice strike.

It looks like PJ Benn has been cut.
Thornton tries a low kick but Benn avoids it.
Shawn Thornton seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thornton tries a head kick but it misses.
Thornton throws a head kick but Benn moves out of range.
Benn tries to clinch there but Thornton circles away.

Thornton sends Benn crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Thornton is motioning to the referee to let Benn up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Thornton drops Benn with a big left hand! Benn is injured, injured bad! Thornton jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Shawn Thornton!