PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Noah Bennet (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yoshihiro Kondo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bennet kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Unloco - Crashing. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bennet
vs
Kondo

183 cm
26
193 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
190 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Solid chin

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SPARTA FIGHTWARE-GTI

Hell's Kitchen Lab Corp (95% quick laundry)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Noah Bennet!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yoshihiro Kondo!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Hirohito Nitta and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kondo drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bennet working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Kondo.
Bennet is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Kondo wants to get back to full guard.
Bennet tries to pass the half guard into mount. Kondo knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Bennet not doing much here.
Kondo is trying is best to control the position here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Bennet in particular looking to stall.
Kondo is trying to control but Bennet passes into side control!
Kondo parries the strikes from Bennet easily there. Bennet is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Kondo to escape.
Kondo tries to buck Bennet off but Bennet is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bennet is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Kondo is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Bennet is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Bennet unloads with some shots from mount but Kondo bucks and avoids them well.

Bennet looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Bennet has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Bennet controlling the pace for now.
Kondo is trying desperately to improve position.
Bennet looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bennet looking to control but Kondo is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Noah Bennet.
Bennet throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bennet scores with a push kick.

Kondo closes the distance and clinches.
Kondo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bennet blocking some punches.
Bennet has Kondo pushed against the cage.
Bennet connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kondo's face.

It looks like Yoshihiro Kondo has been cut.
Kondo misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bennet working Kondo over with knees to the body.
Kondo looks gassed!
Bennet is pushing Kondo up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A knee to the head by Bennet.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bennet obliges.
Bennet with a knee to the head.
Bennet lands an elbow just above Kondo 's eye.
Kondo working aggressively here.
Bennet stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Kondo has a couple of punches blocked by Bennet.
Bennet lands a knee to the head.
A short right from Bennet.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Bennet pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kondo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Bennet moves into the clinch.
Bennet unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kondo lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bennet landing knees to the head.
Bennet working Kondo over with knees to the body.
Bennet with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bennet lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bennet stalling in the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Bennet using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Bennet landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bennet lands a damaging elbow.
The referee calls for Bennet to work.

Bennet breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kondo has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Bennet.

Bennet drives through and clinches with Kondo against the cage.
The referee calls for Bennet to work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Noah Bennet dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Yoshihiro Kondo's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Bennet throws a right and a left that both miss.

Kondo drives through and clinches with Bennet against the cage.
Bennet creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kondo's defenses.
Bennet lands a good knee to the midsection. Kondo won't want to take too many of those.
Bennet with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kondo looking for a takedown.
Bennet stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Kondo misses with a punch on the inside.
Kondo trying to stall but Bennet improves his position.
Bennet putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kondo in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bennet scores with a knee to the head.
Kondo takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kondo goes for a takedown in the clinch but Bennet prevents it.
Kondo is breathing heavily.
Bennet connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kondo's face.

That has opened up Yoshihiro Kondo's cut even more.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bennet trying to stall but Kondo improves his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bennet with a knee to the head.
Kondo letting Bennet take a breather here.
Bennet lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bennet pressing his opponent against the cage.
Kondo is trying to break the clinch but Bennet is controlling him.
Bennet works on Kondo's body with a couple of short punches.
Bennet is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

Bennet pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kondo shoots for a double leg takedown but Bennet sprawls well. He's pushed Kondo's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Noah Bennet has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Yoshihiro Kondo.
Bennet connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Bennet looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Bennet lands a leg kick that knocks Kondo off balance momentarily.
Kondo takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Bennet fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Kondo, pushing him back against the cage.
Bennet crunches a lovely knee into Kondo's ribcage.
Bennet is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Kondo is keeping busy.
Noah Bennet has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Kondo is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Bennet pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bennet obliges.
Bennet connects with a knee to the head.
Bennet lands a good knee to the midsection. Kondo won't want to take too many of those.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bennet obliges.
Bennet is looking to control Kondo's arms but Kondo gets an underhook and turns him. Now Bennet has his back to the cage.
Bennet with a knee to the head.
Bennet with a knee to the head.
Kondo misses with some punches.
Bennet is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kondo can do to turn this around?
Bennet connects with a knee to the head.
Bennet lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bennet unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bennet holding his opponent close, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bennet makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Come on Bennet - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Bennet landing knees to the body.
Bennet looking to stall.
Bennet displaying some good clinch control by pressing Kondo up against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Noah Bennet.
Bennet slips a jab and a cross from Kondo.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Kondo crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Bennet - the referee stops the clock and Kondo gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Bennet. Kondo manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.

Kondo gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bennet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Bennet breaks from the clinch.

Bennet has managed to clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bennet landing knees to the head.
Bennet lands a nice knee to the body.
Bennet landing knees to the body.
Bennet gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bennet trying to stall but Kondo improves his position.
Nice elbow from Bennet.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bennet.
Kondo takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bennet pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Bennet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bennet lands a knee to the head.
Bennet landing knees to the head.
Bennet taking a breather.
A knee to the head by Bennet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Noah Bennet dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Yoshihiro Kondo's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

A slapping leg kick lands for Bennet.
Kondo dives in and grabs Bennet's left leg, looking for a takedown. Bennet pushes down on Kondo's head and hops out.
A solid body kick from Bennet.
Kondo steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Bennet. That one must have hurt.

Bennet clinches.
Bennet crunches a lovely knee into Kondo's ribcage.
Knees to the body from Bennet.

Bennet breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Yoshihiro Kondo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bennet lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Bennet lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kondo's sensitive parts.
Bennet scores with a kick to the midsection.
Bennet lands a leg kick that knocks Kondo off balance momentarily.
Bennet lands with a nice combination. Kondo backs away looking to recover.

Bennet clinches with his opponent.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bennet comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kondo drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Bennet gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Bennet connects with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bennet wants to stall.
Bennet can't find room to land a body shot as Kondo controls the action.
Bennet lands a nice knee to the body.
Bennet will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Kondo up against the cage.
Bennet scores with a knee to the head.
Bennet's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Bennet landing knees to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bennet lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Bennet with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bennet connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kondo's face.
Bennet lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Knees in the clinch landing for Bennet.
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!
Bennet lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bennet unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bennet connects with a knee to the head.
Bennet is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Kondo is keeping busy.
Kondo misses with the head strike.
Kondo swings wildly with an uppercut but Bennet uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kondo letting Bennet take a breather here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bennet blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kondo wants a takedown but no success here.
Noah Bennet has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Yoshihiro Kondo.
Bennet is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Bennet with a knee to the head.
Bennet lands a knee to the head.
Bennet lands a nice knee to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Bennet works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Bennet with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kondo is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Bennet pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Bennet throws an elbow but it misses.
Bennet putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kondo in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bennet is trying to stall.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bennet landing knees to the head.
Bennet putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kondo in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bennet utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Kondo fails to land.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bennet connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kondo's face.
Bennet stalling in the clinch but Kondo improves position.
Bennet blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A knee to the head by Bennet.
Bennet slows down the pace here.
Kondo's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The referee is keeping an eye on Kondo - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Bennet holding his opponent close, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Noah Bennet clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Yoshihiro Kondo's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Bennet throws a nice inside leg kick.
Nice takedown defense from Bennet. No joy for Kondo on that attempt.
Bennet scores with a push kick.

Bennet drives through and clinches with Kondo against the cage.
Bennet prevents the takedown attempt.
Bennet avoiding damage.
Kondo wants to take the fight to the mat but Bennet manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Noah Bennet has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Yoshihiro Kondo.
Bennet displaying some good clinch control by pressing Kondo up against the cage.
Bennet landing knees to the head.

Bennet's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bennet scoring well with a low kick there.
Bennet throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Kondo is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Bennet is looking to slow Kondo down with leg kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bennet has managed to clinch.
Bennet crunches a lovely knee into Kondo's ribcage.
Bennet connects with a knee to the head.
Bennet unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bennet connects with a knee to the head.
Bennet lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kondo letting Bennet take a breather here.
Bennet lands a knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bennet manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bennet obliges.
Bennet taking a breather.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bennet scores with a knee to the head.

Bennet's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bennet throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
A nice leg kick lands there from Bennet.
Bennet throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.

Bennet darts in and clinches Kondo up against the cage.
Bennet misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kondo wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kondo has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Bennet.
Bennet lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bennet putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kondo in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bennet using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

Bennet manages to break the clinch.
Bennet throws a leg kick which misses Kondo's front leg but catches the back leg as Kondo tries to avoid it.
Bennet scores with a leg kick.

Bennet pushes Kondo up against the cage in a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bennet scores a nice knee to the body.
Bennet trying to control the position but instead, Kondo has worked for underhooks and has pushed Bennet into the cage.
Bennet lands a knee to the body.

Bennet manages to break the clinch.
Noah Bennet is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bennet throws a head kick that misses.

Bennet gets tackled into the cage by Kondo. Kondo maintains the clinch.
Bennet blocks an uppercut.
Bennet scores with a knee to the head.
Kondo has a couple of punches blocked by Bennet.
Bennet scores with a knee to the head.
Bennet lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Bennet landing knees to the head.
Bennet lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bennet effectively controlling the action here.
Bennet connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kondo's face.
Bennet lands an elbow inside that Kondo shrugs off.
Bennet landing knees to the body.
Bennet with a knee to the head.
Bennet trying to control the position but instead, Kondo has worked for underhooks and has pushed Bennet into the cage.
Kondo drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Bennet gets the underhooks and prevents it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bennet lands an elbow inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Come on Bennet - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Kondo gets through Bennet's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Noah Bennet had his way with Yoshihiro Kondo in that round.
The cut man is working on Yoshihiro Kondo's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Bennet lands with a slapping head kick.

Kondo clinches up with Bennet and pushes him back against the cage.
Bennet landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kondo tries to score a body lock takedown but Bennet shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Bennet lands a knee to the head.

Bennet pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bennet thows a body kick. Kondo tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Bennet lands with a nice body kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bennet connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Kondo's hands.
Bennet scores with a crisp jab that stopped Kondo in his tracks.
Bennet throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Kondo is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
A head kick misses from Bennet.

Bennet gets a clinch.
Bennet is pressed up against the cage. Kondo has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Bennet down to the mat. Bennet avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Kondo takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Bennet plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bennet fails to land with a series of punches.
Bennet displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Kondo.
Noah Bennet has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Yoshihiro Kondo.
Bennet lands with a thumping leg kick.
Bennet fails to land with a series of punches.
Bennet lands with a nice body kick.
Bennet throws a quick inside leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Bennet, right into the meat.

Bennet instigates a clinch.

Bennet's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kondo tries for a takedown but Bennet sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Kondo steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Bennet. That one must have hurt.
Kondo defending well as Bennet loads up on a big left hand.
Bennet feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Kondo's calf.
Noah Bennet is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bennet scores with a leg kick.
Both fighters circling a little - Bennet finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Bennet rushes Kondo and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bennet misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bennet creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kondo's defenses.
Bennet tries a body shot but Kondo blocks it.
Bennet with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Bennet.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Kondo as Bennet tries to tie him up.
Bennet gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Kondo.
Bennet crunches a lovely knee into Kondo's ribcage.
Bennet will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Kondo up against the cage.
Bennet connects with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bennet scores with a knee to the head.

Bennet breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Kondo moves into the clinch.
Bennet's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Bennet stalling in the clinch but Kondo improves position.
Bennet blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short body shot lands from Bennet as the two fighters clinch.
Bennet with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kondo has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Bennet is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Bennet lands a knee to the body.
Bennet with a knee to the head.
Kondo dodges an elbow strike from Bennet.
Bennet trying to stall but Kondo improves his position.
Yoshihiro Kondo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Noah Bennet is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Kondo fails to land.
Stalling in the clinch from Bennet.
Bennet landing knees to the head.
Bennet lands a knee to the head.
Bennet lands a knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bennet.
Bennet lands a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bennet landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bennet connects with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Bennet.
Bennet utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bennet with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bennet scores with a knee to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Noah Bennet showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bennet has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 50:45
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 50:45
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 50:45

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Noah Bennet!
Noah Bennet retains his middleweight title!
Noah Bennet made sure to mention his sponsor, Hell's Kitchen Lab Corp (95% quick laundry) in his post fight interview.