PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jeremy Bentham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lie Die (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Bentham might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Jester. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Bentham
vs
Die

198 cm
27
205 lbs
12 - 1 - 0

195 cm
27
215 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Very strong

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Knockout power

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 12 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Jeremy Bentham!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Lie Die!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Atkins and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bentham clinches.
Die has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Bentham is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Die is working for a takedown up against the ropes. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Bentham with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A knee to the head by Bentham.
Bentham landing knees to the head.
A knee to the head by Bentham.
Die is working for takedown but Bentham is calmly controlling the position for now.
Jeremy Bentham has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lie Die.
Bentham tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Die is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. Bentham gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Bentham throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Die blocks it with crossed arms.
Bentham looking to throw knees to the head but Die is blocking nicely.
Bentham looking to throw knees to the head but Die is blocking nicely.
Die can't get the takedown.
Bentham looking to throw knees to the head but Die is blocking nicely.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Bentham just misses with a elbow thrown towards Die's brow.
Bentham misses with a knee strike.
Bentham with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bentham lands a good knee to the midsection. Die won't want to take too many of those.
Bentham tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Die takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bentham tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bentham is breathing heavily.
Die has Bentham pressed up against the ropes and is working for takedown. Bentham manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Bentham looking to throw knees to the head but Die is blocking nicely.
Bentham with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bentham gets underhooks to prevent Die's takedown attempt.
Bentham with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bentham landing knees to the head.
Die avoids the elbow strike from Bentham, against the ropes.
Bentham misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Die.
Die can't get the takedown.
Bentham stops a takedown attempt from Die.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bentham tries to land a knee to the head but Die blocks with his arms.
A knee to the head by Bentham.
Die is working for takedown but Bentham is calmly controlling the position for now.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Die takes a knee right on the jaw!
Die changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Bentham fights it off and pushes away nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Die. Bentham does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bentham uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Die.
Bentham slaps away a takedown attempt from Die, before circling back to the center of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Die fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Bentham clinches up against the ropes.
Bentham is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Bentham lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bentham throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bentham tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bentham pushes off an throws an elbow but Die leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Bentham misses with a knee strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bentham gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Die.
Bentham tries a knee to the head but Die blocks it.
A knee to the head by Bentham.
Bentham tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Die takes a knee right on the jaw!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Die has Bentham pressed up against the ropes and is working for takedown. Bentham manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Die takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bentham throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Die blocks it with crossed arms.
Bentham misses with an elbow over the top.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bentham throws a knee to the head but misses.
A knee to the head by Bentham.
Die is trying to drag Bentham to the mat but Bentham just about manages to keep his footing. He used the ropes to his advantage there.
Bentham throws a knee to the head but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeremy Bentham dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Bentham moves in looking to clinch but Die pushes him off.
Bentham tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Die closes the distance and clinches.
Bentham looking to throw knees to the head but Die is blocking nicely.
Bentham misses with a knee strike.
Bentham tries a knee to the head but Die blocks it.

Die wants the takedown. Bentham is fighting it off but Die persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Bentham's guard against the ropes.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Bentham keeping moving, preventing Die from controlling successfully.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Die tries to free his leg and advance position but Bentham is retaining full guard.
Bentham keeping moving, preventing Die from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Die controls from within his opponent's guard.
Bentham keeping moving, preventing Die from controlling successfully.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Lie Die wasn't active enough on the ground.
Die keeps the fight on the outside.
Die with a poor takedown
and Bentham counters with a solid body kick.
Die is breathing heavily.
Bentham slips under a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bentham tries to clinch but Die is having none of it.
Bentham tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Die connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Bentham clinches.
Die tries to score a body lock takedown but Bentham shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Bentham lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bentham misses with an elbow over the top.
Bentham with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bentham stops a takedown attempt from Die.
Jeremy Bentham has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lie Die.
Die blocks the elbow strike.
Bentham scores a nice knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Bentham.
Bentham connects with a nasty looking knee right to Die's face.
Bentham tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bentham tries a knee to the head but Die blocks it.
Bentham misses with a knee to the head.
Bentham lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Die blocks an elbow strike.
Bentham with a knee to the head.
Die blocks an elbow strike.
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!
Die goes for a takedown attempt but Bentham pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Die misses with a two punch combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Die keeps the fight on the outside.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Bentham throws a sloppy head kick and Die moves out of range easily.

Die darts in and clinches Bentham up against the ropes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bentham stops a takedown attempt from Die.
Bentham throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Die blocks it with crossed arms.
Bentham is pressed up against the ropes. Die has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Bentham down to the mat. Bentham avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeremy Bentham dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!

Bentham gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Die dodges an elbow strike from Bentham.
Die can't get the takedown.
Die takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bentham throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Die blocks it with crossed arms.
Bentham with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bentham comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bentham obliges.
Bentham stops a takedown attempt from Die.
Bentham misses with a knee strike.
Bentham connects with a nasty looking knee right to Die's face.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bentham pushes off an throws an elbow but Die leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Bentham with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bentham lands a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bentham throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bentham lands a knee to the head.
Bentham throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Die blocks it with crossed arms.
Bentham prevents a takedown attempt there.
Jeremy Bentham has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lie Die.
Bentham lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Die looking for a takedown.
Die blocks an elbow strike from Bentham.
Die drops down looking for an ankle pick but Bentham pulls his leg out and moves away.
Bentham tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bentham is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Die can do to turn this around?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bentham tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Die counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bentham tries to clinch but Die is having none of it.
Nice sprawl there from Bentham as Die shoots in.
Bentham fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bentham has Die up against the ropes in a clinch.
A knee to the head by Bentham.
Die tries for a takedown. No joy.
Knees to the body from Bentham.
Bentham scores a nice knee to the body.
Jeremy Bentham is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bentham throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Die blocks it with crossed arms.
Die tries to score a body lock takedown but Bentham shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Bentham with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bentham misses with a knee strike.
Bentham connects with a nasty looking knee right to Die's face.
Lie Die has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bentham misses with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bentham with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Die avoids the elbow strike from Bentham, against the ropes.
Bentham with a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Die wants a takedown.
Bentham misses with an elbow over the top.
Bentham on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bentham misses with a knee strike.
Jeremy Bentham has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Die goes for a takedown in the clinch but Bentham prevents it.
Bentham with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bentham landing knees to the head.
Bentham with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Bentham.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jeremy Bentham showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Bentham, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 William Gold scores the fight for Jeremy Bentham!
Judge James Atkins scores the fight for Jeremy Bentham!
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight for Jeremy Bentham!

Jeremy Bentham wins by unanimous decision!