PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mark Sims (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sam Benton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Sims
vs
Benton

190 cm
29
270 lbs
18 - 11 - 0

185 cm
31
265 lbs
20 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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 18 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mark Sims!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Sam Benton!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Benton tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sims swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Benton tries to clinch but Sims moves out of range.
Benton tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Benton tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sims swats away the attempt to clinch by Benton.
Sims throws a hook to the side of Benton's head but Benton sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Benton tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sims swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sims blocks a head kick by Benton.
Sims throws a hook but Benton blocks it.
Benton tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sims paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Benton throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Benton wants to clinch up but Sims keeps it at a distance.
Benton tries to clinch up but Sims circles away and keeps his distance.
Sims throws out a loose jab but Benton uses good head movement to avoid it.
Benton lands with a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Benton lands with a slapping head kick.
Benton misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Benton fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sims swats away the attempt to clinch by Benton.
Sims misses with a hook.
Benton fails in his attempt to clinch.
Benton is looking to clinch but Sims is avoiding it.
Sims keeps the fight on the outside.
A head kick misses from Benton.
Sims clobbers Benton with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Benton misses with a head kick.
Benton tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Benton tries to clinch there but Sims circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benton tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sims swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sims swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Benton.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Benton tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Sims manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sims lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

Benton has Sims up against the cage in a clinch.
Benton tries to circle away but Sims has him pinned against the cage.
A short right from Benton on the inside.
Sims doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Benton is trying to push Sims away but Sims has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Benton breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sims avoids the head kick by Benton.
Benton lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Benton throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benton scores with a head kick.
Benton tries to clinch but Sims moves out of range.
Sims keeps the fight on the outside.
Benton fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sims lands a body shot.
Sims throws out a loose jab but Benton uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sam Benton is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sims swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Benton tries to clinch there but Sims circles away.
Nice defenses there by Sims.
Benton tries to clinch there but Sims circles away.
Benton throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Benton gets a clinch.
Sims tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Benton takes a shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Benton makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Sims - that landed with a thud.
Benton cracks Sims with a nice body shot.
Benton misses with the head strike.
Sims swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Sims fails to land.
Benton lands a nice uppercut.
Benton has a couple of punches blocked by Sims.
Benton lands a shot to the body.
Sims is breathing heavily.
Sims drops down looking for an ankle pick but Benton pulls his leg out and moves away.
Benton scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Benton throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sam Benton dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Sims misses with a wild body shot.

It looks like Mark Sims has been cut.
Sims looks to throw the jab but Benton is out of range.
Benton is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sims throws a hook but Benton avoids it easily.
Sims keeps the fight on the outside.
A telegraphed right hand from Sims misses the target.
Sims looks to land a right hand but Benton moved out of range.
Sims is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Benton tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sims swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sims swats away the attempt to clinch by Benton.
Benton tries to clinch up but Sims circles away and keeps his distance.
Sims swats away the attempt to clinch by Benton.
Sims moves out of range of the body kick from Benton.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Benton tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Sims counters by clinching up.
Sims tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sims.
Benton lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Sims drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Benton gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Sims has a couple of punches blocked by Benton.
Benton misses with a punch to the body.
Sims digs a right hand underneath Benton's ribcage. Benton let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Benton blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Benton pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Benton misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sims misses with a hook. Benton ducked under it nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benton is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Benton is looking to clinch but Sims is avoiding it.
Benton is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Benton lands a nice leg kick that just misses Sims's sensitive parts.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sims takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
No joy there for Benton, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Benton tries to close the distance and clinch but Sims swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Benton tries to clinch up
and Sims counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Benton wants to clinch up but Sims keeps it at a distance.
Sims blocks a head kick by Benton.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benton ducks under a wild hook from Sims.
Benton tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Benton tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Benton moves into the clinch successfully.
Sims misses with the head strike.
Sims blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sims has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Benton is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Sims misses with a punch on the inside.
Benton lands a left hand.
Benton throws a head punch that misses.
Benton scores with a shoulder strike.
Benton lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Sims has Benton pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Benton manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mark Sims. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sims tries a body shot but Benton blocks it.
Benton misses with the head strike.
Sims blocks an uppercut.
Benton throws a head punch that misses.
A right handed body shot lands from Sims.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Benton tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sims pushes Benton back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sims misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Benton escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sims avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Benton wants to clinch but Sims slips to the side
and Sims counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Benton closes the distance and pushes Sims back into the cage.
Sims tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sims tries a body shot but Benton blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Sam Benton will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Mark Sims'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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Benton pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sims has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Benton.

Benton clinches up against the cage.
Sims fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Benton misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Benton lands a nice uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Sims scores with a nice short uppercut.
Sims misses with a hook from the clinch.
Benton works on Sims's body with a couple of short punches.
Sims blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sims is trying to drag Benton to the mat but Benton just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Benton breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sims circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Benton has closed the distance and engaged Sims in a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Benton fails to land.
Benton pushes Sims back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Benton scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sims tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Benton's elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Benton.
Benton creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Sims with a big uppercut! Sims tries to clinch up but Benton pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Sims to the mat! Sims covers up and Benton unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Sam Benton!