PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Glen Benton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Keyser Soze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Keyser Soze struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 206.3lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Keyser Soze is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Benton
vs
Soze

185 cm
19
205 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

196 cm
25
220 lbs
3 - 7 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Good in bed

Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
Heavy handed

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Glen Benton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Keyser Soze!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Russell Pearce and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Benton lands a nice shot that snaps Soze's head back.
Keyser Soze seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Soze forces Benton back against the cage and clinches.
Benton takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Glen Benton has been cut.

Benton breaks the clinch.
Soze scores with a nice body kick.
Benton misses with a takedown attempt

and Soze holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Benton is trying to break the clinch but Soze is controlling him.
Soze tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Soze avoiding damage.
Soze tries a knee to the head but Benton blocks it.
Soze using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Benton has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Soze trying to land knees to the body.
Benton tries to pull guard but Soze won't allow it.
Soze prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Glen Benton. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Soze scores with a knee to the head.
Benton goes for a takedown in the clinch but Soze prevents it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Benton fails to pull guard.
Benton drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Soze misses with a knee strike.
Benton tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Soze just stands there and leans against the cage.
Benton is looking to break free of the clinch but Soze has double underhooks.
Benton lands with a short shot to the head.
Benton is trying to break the clinch but Soze has him pressed against the cage.
Soze tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Benton avoids it.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Soze with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Benton takes an elbow to the temple.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benton managing to block the knees to the body from Soze.
Soze lands an elbow inside that Benton shrugs off.
Soze with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Soze pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Soze looking to throw knees to the head but Benton is blocking nicely.
Soze looks gassed!
Benton tries to pull guard but Soze won't allow it.
Benton wants to stall.
Benton tries to break the clinch but Soze is controlling the position.
Soze looking to throw knees to the head but Benton is blocking nicely.
Benton is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Soze gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Knees in the clinch landing for Soze.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Benton tries to break the clinch but Soze is controlling the position.
Benton looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Benton avoiding damage.
Soze tries to land a knee to the head but Benton blocks with his arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soze gets underhooks to prevent Benton's takedown attempt.
Soze with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Soze misses with a knee to the head.
Benton looking to stall.
Benton tries to pull guard but Soze holds him up against the cage and eventually Benton drops back down to his feet.
Soze lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Soze misses with a knee to the head.
Benton has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Soze throws a knee to the head but misses.
Benton changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Soze fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Soze fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benton misses with a takedown attempt
and Soze counters with a body kick.
Benton is looking to clinch but Soze is avoiding it.
Benton has a takedown stuffed.
Benton shoots in but no luck this time.
A head kick misses from Soze.
Soze keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Soze stuffs the takedown.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Soze tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Benton manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Soze feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Bentons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Soze throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Keyser Soze dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Glen 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.

Soze swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Benton.
Soze throws a sloppy head kick
and Benton counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Soze clinches.
Benton tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Soze connects with a knee to the head.
Benton is working for takedown but Soze is calmly controlling the position for now.
Benton wants to break the clinch but can't.
Benton tries to pull guard but Soze won't allow it.
Soze tries a knee to the head but Benton blocks it.
Soze keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Benton's efforts to push away.
Soze tries to land knees in the clinch but Benton avoids the damage to the body.
Benton goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Soze looking to throw knees to the head but Benton is blocking nicely.
Soze is breathing heavily.
A right hand to the body from Benton.
Benton tries to pull guard but Soze won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Glen Benton. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Soze throws a knee to the head but misses.
Benton has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Soze misses with a knee strike.
Soze keeps control of Benton as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Benton trying to stall but Soze improves his position.
Benton tries to pull guard but Soze holds him up against the cage and eventually Benton drops back down to his feet.
Benton tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Soze prevents Benton from breaking the clinch.
Benton looking for a takedown.
Soze with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Soze is pressed up against the cage. Benton has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Soze down to the mat. Soze avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Soze slaps away a takedown attempt from Benton, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Benton lands a nice leg kick that just misses Soze's sensitive parts.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benton shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Soze eats them both and turns towards Benton to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Benton tries to clinch there but Soze circles away.
Benton doesn't manage to clinch there - Soze circles away.
Benton is trying hard to land a takedown here. Soze sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Benton shoots in and drives through. Soze sprawls well.
Soze leaves Benton with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Soze throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Benton.
Keyser Soze seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Soze displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Benton.
Soze defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Benton.
Soze scores with a body shot.
Soze pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Benton back to the cage. Soze follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benton fails with a takedown attempt.
Benton throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Soze's waist but Soze gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Benton off to one side.
Soze connects with a right hand. Benton shakes it off.
Soze throws a head kick that misses.
Benton fails in his attempt to clinch.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Benton is defended easily by Soze.
Benton is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Soze stuffs the takedown attempt from Benton. Benton gets slowly back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Soze with a hook.
Benton connects with a high kick.
Benton fails with the takedown
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Benton shoots in for a takedown but Soze shows good takedown defense.
Soze throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Soze stuffs the takedown attempt from Benton. Benton gets slowly back to his feet.

Soze drives through and clinches with Benton against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Soze lands an elbow just above Benton 's eye.
Benton is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Glen Benton will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Glen Benton's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Soze wants to clinch.
Soze tries to clinch but Benton moves out of range.

Soze fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Benton, pushing him back against the cage.
Soze tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Benton takes a knee to the side of the body.
Benton is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Soze is keeping busy.
Benton is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Benton is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Soze.
Soze tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Benton avoids it.
Soze using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Benton has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Keyser Soze seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Soze takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Benton is looking to break free of the clinch but Soze has double underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Soze lands a knee to the head.
Benton tries for a takedown but Soze manages to get underhooks.
Soze throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Benton blocks it with crossed arms.
With the fighters up against the cage, Soze throws an elbow but misses.
Benton is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Glen Benton. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Soze misses with a knee strike.
Benton jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Soze walks away with a smile on his face. Benton gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Benton looks for a takedown but Soze sprawls well.
Soze tries to clinch
and Benton counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Benton.
Benton looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Soze is fending him off so far but Benton persists. Nope, Soze circles away and we're back to standing.

Soze closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Benton trying to control but Soze postures up.
Benton might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Soze gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Soze keeps the fight on the outside.
Soze is looking to clinch.
Benton shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Soze as he avoids it easily.
Soze tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Benton paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Benton scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Benton tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Soze paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Glen Benton is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Soze lands a high kick!
Benton tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Soze paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Benton is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benton tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Soze paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Benton lands a head kick. Soze smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Benton has a takedown stuffed.
Benton closes this distance looking for a takedown but Soze circles away.

Soze clinches.
With the fighters up against the cage, Soze throws an elbow but misses.
Soze looking to throw knees to the head but Benton is blocking nicely.
Benton lands a body punch.
Benton stalls.
Benton is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benton wants to get back to striking at distance but Soze won't allow it.
Benton wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Soze stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
With the fighters up against the cage, Soze throws an elbow but misses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Benton as Soze tries to tie him up.

Benton jumps into guard, dragging Soze to the mat.
Benton is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

Soze gets to his feet. Benton looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Benton smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Benton tries to clinch but Soze moves out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
Keyser Soze comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Soze has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Dean Styles scores the fight 28:30
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 27:30
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Keyser Soze!