PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stu Bennett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jim Janos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Bennett might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Smuggly Ugly . Janos has chosen Predator Theme as his entrance music. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Bennett
vs
Janos

196 cm
28
265 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

195 cm
21
255 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
KO power

Dangerous GnP
World class MT
Granite chin

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Seven Sins™

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 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Stu Bennett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jim Janos!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Hugh Johnson and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Janos pushes Bennett up against the cage in a clinch.
Janos working Bennett over with knees to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Bennett managing to block the knees to the body from Janos.
Janos lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Stu Bennett has been cut.
Janos is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Janos with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bennett tries to break free but Janos pushes him back against the cage.
Knees to the body from Janos.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Janos lands a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Janos.
Bennett is breathing heavily.
Janos landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Janos is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Bennett takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Janos creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bennett's defenses.
Janos stalling.
Janos landing knees to the head.
Janos landing knees to the head.
Janos unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bennett lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Janos lands a nice knee to the body.
Janos is pushing Bennett up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Janos lands a knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Janos obliges.
Janos trying to control the position but instead, Bennett has worked for underhooks and has pushed Janos into the cage.
Janos is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Janos.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Janos stalling against the cage.
Janos is trying to stall.
A knee to the head by Janos.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Janos lands a good knee to the midsection. Bennett won't want to take too many of those.
Janos avoiding damage.
Janos scores a nice knee to the body.
Janos putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bennett in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Janos with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Janos lands a knee to the body.
Bennett wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Janos has him pressed against the cage.
Bennett takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Janos landing knees to the body.
Janos using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Janos.
Janos landing knees to the body.
Janos is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Bennett takes a knee right on the jaw!
Janos with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Janos slows down the pace here.

Bennett breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Janos is looking to clinch.
Janos tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bennett swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Janos tries to close the distance and clinch but Bennett swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Janos ducks under a wild hook from Bennett.
Janos moves in looking to clinch but Bennett pushes him off.
The fight stays on the outside here - Janos looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Janos tries to clinch up

and Bennett counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Bennett preventing the sweep.
Janos keeping full guard, as Bennett tries to pass.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bennett looking to sit in guard and control but Janos gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jim Janos dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Stu Bennett's cut.
That's time! Bennett's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Bennett swats away the attempt to clinch by Janos.
Janos tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Stu Bennett is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Janos is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nice body kick there by Janos.
Janos wants to clinch

and Bennett counters with a shoot takedown. Janos fights it but they end up in guard.
Bennett trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Bennett wants to control from the top but Janos keeps moving.
Janos utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Janos wants to sweep but no luck.
Janos has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Stu Bennett.
Janos darts in trying to clinch

and Bennett counters by clinching up.
Janos is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bennett is defending well for now.
Janos manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Janos lands a knee to the head.
Janos landing knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Janos trying to control the position but instead, Bennett has worked for underhooks and has pushed Janos into the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Janos is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Janos is looking to control Bennett's arms but Bennett gets an underhook and turns him. Now Janos has his back to the cage.
Bennett takes a knee right on the jaw!
Janos will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Bennett up against the cage.
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!
Janos unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bennett lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Janos lands a nice knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Janos obliges.
Janos landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Janos.
Janos unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bennett lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Janos landing knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Janos is looking to control Bennett's arms but Bennett gets an underhook and turns him. Now Janos has his back to the cage.
Janos working Bennett over with knees to the body.
Janos lands a good knee to the midsection. Bennett won't want to take too many of those.
Janos stalls.
Janos using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Janos manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Janos lands a knee to the body.
Janos lands a knee to the body.
Janos scores with a knee to the head.
Janos lands an elbow inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Janos is trying to maintain a safe position but Bennett gets an underhook and turns Janos into the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Janos lands a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Janos.
Bennett can't get the takedown.
Janos landing knees to the body.
Janos using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Janos landing knees to the body.
Janos leaning his opponent against the cage.
Janos scores a nice knee to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Janos is trying to stall.
Jim Janos seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Knees in the clinch landing for Janos.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jim Janos showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Stu Bennett's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Janos tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bennett on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Janos tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Bennett manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Janos moves into the clinch.
Janos lands a nice elbow.
Janos is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Janos looking to slow down the pace here.
Knees in the clinch landing for Janos.
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!
A knee to the head by Janos.
Janos lands a nice knee to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Knees to the body from Janos.
Janos unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Janos stalling in the clinch but Bennett improves position.
Janos lands a good knee to the midsection. Bennett won't want to take too many of those.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Janos putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bennett in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bennett fails to pull guard.
Bennett takes a knee right on the jaw!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Janos.
Bennett takes a knee to the side of the body.
Janos putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bennett in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Janos lands a knee to the body.
Janos crunches a lovely knee into Bennett's ribcage.
Janos utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Janos scores a nice knee to the body.
Janos landing knees to the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Bennett as Janos tries to tie him up.
Janos landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Janos is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Janos landing knees to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Jim Janos.

Janos closes the distance and pushes Bennett back into the cage.
Bennett takes a knee right on the jaw!
Janos tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bennett avoids it.
Bennett tries to break the clinch but Janos is controlling the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Janos trying to land knees to the body.
Bennett wants to break the clinch but can't.
Janos utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Janos lands a nice knee to the body.
Janos unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Janos landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bennett takes a knee right on the jaw!
Janos lands a damaging elbow.
Janos lands a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Janos.
Janos with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Janos stalling in the clinch but Bennett improves position.
Jim Janos is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Janos lands a knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Janos lands a knee to the head.
Janos stops a takedown attempt from Bennett.
Bennett is trying to force a seperation but Janos has the dominant position.
Janos unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Janos with a knee to the head.
Bennett tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Janos just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stu Bennett. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Janos landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Bennett as Janos tries to tie him up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bennett tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jim Janos comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Janos winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Steve Erwin scores the fight 26:30
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 26:30
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jim Janos!
Jim Janos managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Milwaukee's Best 159's - $45, into his post fight interview.