PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sam Benton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hunks Jucci (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Benton
vs
Jucci

185 cm
31
265 lbs
20 - 7 - 0

200 cm
21
270 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 20 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Sam Benton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Hunks Jucci!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch combination from Jucci misses.
Benton tries to clinch up.
Benton doesn't manage to clinch there - Jucci circles away.

Benton fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Jucci, pushing him back against the cage.
Jucci blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jucci wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Benton tries to work over Jucci's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short right from Benton on the inside.
Jucci wants to break the clinch but can't.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Benton.
Jucci tries to break the clinch but Benton is controlling the position.

Benton pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jucci rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Benton counters with a nice uppercut.
Benton throws a head kick that misses.
Jucci thows a body shot but no joy.
Benton tries to clinch but Jucci is having none of it.

Benton clinches with his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Benton goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Benton has a couple of punches blocked by Jucci.
Benton can't find room to land a body shot as Jucci controls the action.
Jucci is trying to break the clinch but Benton is controlling him.

Benton breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Benton tries to clinch up
and Jucci cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

It looks like Sam Benton has been cut.

Benton clinches.

Benton's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jucci misses with a looping left.
Benton tries to close the distance and clinch but Jucci swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Benton fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jucci throws a head kick but Benton moves out of range.
Benton fails with an attempt to clinch.
Benton tries to clinch up
and Benton takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jucci fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
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!
Jucci lands a jab to the head.
Benton uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jucci.
Jucci throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Jucci tries to keep at a distance but Benton has taken the fight into the clinch.
Benton throws a punch but it's blocked by Jucci.
Jucci prevents a body shot from Benton.
Jucci wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Benton lands a right hand.
Benton scores with a nice hook to the head.
Benton pushes Jucci back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Good body shot from Benton.
Jucci prevents a body shot from Benton.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benton lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Jucci wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Benton has him pressed against the cage.
Benton is working Jucci over against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Benton.
Benton lands a left hand that snaps the head of Jucci backwards.

Benton manages to break the clinch.
Jucci keeps the fight on the outside.
Jucci connects with a body shot that sends Benton's belly button to the back.
Benton tries to close the distance and clinch but Jucci swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jucci avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Benton doesn't manage to clinch there - Jucci circles away.
Jucci lands a lovely overhand right.
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!
Nice shot lands for Jucci.
The fighters circling - Jucci throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Benton is looking to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benton gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Jucci.
Benton tries to close the distance and clinch but Jucci swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jucci misses with the combination.
Benton fails in his attempt to clinch.
Benton displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jucci throws out the jab.
Left hook, right uppercut from Jucci.
Benton tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jucci paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Benton rushes Jucci and presses him up against the cage.
Jucci tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Benton avoids it.
Jucci is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Benton breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Benton has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

Sam Benton's cut is getting worse.

Jucci gets tackled into the cage by Benton. Benton maintains the clinch.
Benton throws a punch but it's blocked by Jucci.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Hunks Jucci will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Sam Benton's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Benton misses with a head kick.
Jucci avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Benton is looking to clinch.
Benton tries to clinch but Jucci is having none of it.
Jucci blocks a head kick by Benton.
Jucci misses with a low kick as Benton jumps back.
Jucci scores with a jab.
Benton is looking to clinch.
Benton tries to clinch up but Jucci circles away and keeps his distance.
Benton scoring well with a low kick there.
Benton on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Jucci bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jucci avoids the head kick by Benton.
Jucci throws a hook but Benton avoids it easily.
Benton tries to clinch but Jucci moves out of range.
Jucci lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Benton tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Jucci manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Benton throws a head kick that misses.
Hunks Jucci seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jucci throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sam Benton is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick by Benton misses
and Jucci makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Benton doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Jucci is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Jucci tries to land a front kick but Benton steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Some wild striking there from Jucci.
Jucci throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jucci throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Benton fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jucci misses the jab.
Benton darts in trying to clinch
and Benton takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Sam Benton's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
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 tries a head kick but it misses.
Benton is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jucci throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jucci tests Benton's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Jeez, Sam Benton's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benton misses with a body shot.
Jucci keeps the fight on the outside.
Benton throws a head kick but Jucci moves out of range.
Jucci scores with a three punch combo!

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Sam Benton's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Hunks Jucci!