PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between jeff duynham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Earl Bennet (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Earl Bennet will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

duynham
vs
Bennet

170 cm
25
210 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

191 cm
23
215 lbs
5 - 4 - 1

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Powerful

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, jeff duynham!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 1, fighting out of New York, Earl Bennet!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Lou da Vinci and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bennet swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
duynham looks to land a right hand but Bennet moved out of range.
duynham misses with a looping right.
Bennet lands a nice shot to the body.
Nice defenses there by duynham.
duynham defending well as Bennet loads up on a big left hand.
Bennet looks to land a right hand but duynham moved out of range.
Bennet will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
duynham slips a jab and a cross from Bennet.
Bennet doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Bennet misses with a wild combination.
No joy there for Bennet, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bennet staying out of range there.
Bennet moves out of range as duynham strikes.

duynham gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Bennet to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Bennet throwing strikes but missing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bennet working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Bennet postures up in duynham's guard and throws a big left but duynham blocks it.
Bennet throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as duynham works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Bennet postures up in duynham's guard and throws a big left but duynham blocks it.
Bennet postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Bennet working some strikes from top position.
Bennet throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as duynham works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
duynham knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Bennet on the ground.
Bennet advances to half guard.
Bennet is nestled in close to duynham, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Bennet scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bennet missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
duynham is breathing heavily.
Bennet thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed duynham's head.
Bennet scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Bennet sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. duynham defending well though.
duynham on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if duynham tries to get out of the position.
Bennet thows a huge punch but duynham dodges it nicely.
Bennet throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Bennet working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Bennet lands a nice short elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bennet is nestled in close to duynham, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Bennet takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
duynham keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bennet thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed duynham's head.
duynham is refusing to be controlled, as Bennet sits in half guard.
Bennet throwing shots but duynham is blocking nicely.
Ground and pound from Bennet.
Bennet lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

duynham is rocked!
Bennet lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked duynham! More strikes land and this one is all over! Bennet jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Earl Bennet!