PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Chasing Sent (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Glenn Benton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sent
vs
Benton

185 cm
25
185 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

183 cm
23
188 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Dynamic Nutrition $25 159 Recovery

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Chasing Sent!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Glenn Benton!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Sam Margolis and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jab, jab by Benton - just one landing.
A looping hook to the body misses from Benton. Sent does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sent swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Benton keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Benton moves to clinch but Sent breaks away
and Sent counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Benton will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sent looks for a takedown but Benton sprawls well.
Benton throws a predictable looking body shot
and Sent connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Benton just misses with a punch to the body.
Sent fails with the takedown.
Benton swings widly with a right hand
and Sent counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Benton lands a jab to Sent's midsection.
Sent looks to score with a jab to the body but Benton is just out of range.
Benton throws a hook but Sent avoids it easily.
The fighters circling - Sent throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Benton pivots, looking for a leg kick but Sent is out of range and Benton settles back down.
Sent throws an overhand right that lands on Benton's shoulder, as Benton tries to avoid the shot.
Benton misses with a head kick.
Sent throws a combination that misses
and Benton counters with a straight right hand.
Glenn Benton is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A slow jab from Sent misses its intended target.
Benton throws out a loose jab but Sent uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sent misses with a jab to the body
enabling Benton to counter with a crisp jab.

Sent closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Benton did well to prevent Sent getting side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sent not landing any meaningful shots this time.
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 kicks off Sent and gets to his feet.
Sent lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Benton at a distance.
Benton throws out a leg kick but Sent moves out of range and Benton only half commits.
Benton thows a left - swing and a miss!
Benton misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sent.
Sent takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Sent misses with a looping left.
Sent blocks a leg kick.

Sent drives through with a takedown into Benton's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sent loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Benton avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Sent wants to control from the top but Benton keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Benton keeping full guard, as Sent tries to pass.
Sent is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Benton wants to get back to his feet but Sent is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sent with a nice head shot there.
Sent wants to pass the guard but Benton is keeping the position.
Sent slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Benton is pushing Sent's head away, looking to escape. Sent manages to hold on to the position though.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sent tries to score with some ground and pound. Benton controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chasing Sent dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Benton swats away the attempt to clinch by Sent.
Sent checks a low kick from Benton.
Sent keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Benton thows a body shot but no joy.
Benton slips a straight right by Sent.
Sent doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Benton throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Sent stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Sloppy strikes from Benton. Those never looked like landing.
Sent doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Sent misses with a right hand
and Benton counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Benton loads up on a big right hand but Sent slips the punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sent swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Benton cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sent takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Benton misses with a looping right.
Glenn Benton seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Benton checks the leg kick.
Benton connects with a right hand. Sent shakes it off.
Benton lands with a nice body punch.
Sent swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Benton uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Sent has time to react.
Sent rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Benton counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Benton comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as Sent blocks the leg kick.
Sent misses with a hook to the body
letting Benton counter with a right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sent jabs at Benton's body.
Benton slaps away a takedown attempt from Sent, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Benton misses with a wild body shot.
Sent misses the body punch
and Benton cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sent misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Benton.
Chasing Sent seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A swing and a miss from Benton.
Sent looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Benton is fending him off so far but Sent persists. Nope, Benton circles away and we're back to standing.
Sent misses with a straight left.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sent lands an overhand right.
Benton wants to slow Sent down by chopping away at his legs.
Benton throws a series of punches but Sent moves out of range.
A lazy left from Benton finds it's target.
Sent gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Sent misses with a wild body shot.
Benton avoids the head kick by Sent.
Sent shoots for a takedown but Benton saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chasing Sent. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Sent checks a leg kick.
Benton pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sent takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Sent looks to score with a jab to the body but Benton is just out of range.
Sent takes a swing at Benton's ribcage but misses.
Benton throws a right hand that Sent ducks under and follows up with a left that Sent also avoids with ease.
Benton lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Sent at a distance.
Benton attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A shot to the body from Sent misses
and Benton counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sent does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Nice jab there from Benton.
Benton fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Sent checks it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Glenn Benton showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Sent stuns Benton with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Benton takes a jab right on the kisser.
Benton misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sent.
Benton throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Sent counter with a right hand.
Sent throws a body punch but Benton moves out of range.
Sent is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Glenn Benton is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Benton throws a chopping leg kick but Sent manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Benton lands with an uppercut that bounces Sent off the cage and back into range.
Sent checks a leg kick.
Sent fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Benton connects with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Benton lands with an uppercut that bounces Sent off the cage and back into range.
Sent uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Benton.
Sent throws a body punch but Benton moves out of range.
Sent just misses with a punch to the body.
Sent fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Benton attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Sent keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sent looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Benton throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Sent closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Benton to the mat! Benton manages to get full guard.
Benton is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Sent is controlling him.
Sent throws a strike but Benton rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Benton wanted to stand there but Sent had control of the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sent wants to sweep here but Benton controlling him for the moment.
Sent trying to control the position.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Chasing Sent just wasn't active enough.
Sent misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Benton.
Sent checks a low kick from Benton.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Sent slips under a jab.
Sent connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Benton tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sent was well out of range. Poor timing from Benton.
Sent misses with a hook. Benton ducked under it nicely.
Sent throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Benton ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sloppy strikes from Sent. Those never looked like landing.
Sent takes a jab right on the kisser.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sent misses with a double jab.
Sent keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Glenn Benton.
I think Benton has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 29:29
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Glenn Benton!
An out of breath Glenn Benton thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.