PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jaafar Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stu Bennett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bennett comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Smuggly Ugly kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The key to victory for Jaafar Jackson has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Jackson
vs
Bennett

187 cm
22
227 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

196 cm
26
265 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jaafar Jackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Stu Bennett!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Winston Howard and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bennett drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.

Bennett gets to his feet - Jackson follows without any prompting.

Bennett scores with a takedown into Jackson's guard.
Bennett tries to free his leg and advance position but Jackson is retaining full guard.
Jackson knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Bennett on the ground.
Bennett not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

Jackson is working an open guard so Bennett takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Stu Bennett seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jackson is breathing heavily.

Bennett feints and as Jackson raises his hands in defense, Bennett changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bennett's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Jackson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Bennett.
Bennett pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Jackson is keeping the position for now.
Bennett looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Stu Bennett was stalling too much, according to the referee.

Bennett moves into the clinch.

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.

Bennett has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Jackson uses from the top position.
Bennett thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Bennett controlling Jackson's posture.
Bennett manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Bennett cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Bennett controlling the position easily from mount.
Bennett landing shots from mount.
Bennett tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bennett lands with some strikes.
Jackson on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Jackson tries to get out of the position.
Jackson is in a horrible position here. Bennett smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bennett tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stu Bennett dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Bennett looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

Bennett is looking for a kimura here.
Bennett passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Jackson!
Bennett breaks from Jackson's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bennett sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Bennett has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

Bennett looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Bennett tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Bennett.
Bennett takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Jackson in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

Jackson is rocked!

It looks like Jaafar Jackson has been cut.
Bennett has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bennett content just to control the position here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bennett drops a big elbow. That's hurt Jackson! More shots from Bennett and the ref steps in! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Stu Bennett!