PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Noah Bennet (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Schilling (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bennet comes to the cage accompanied by Unloco - Crashing. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Bennet
vs
Schilling

183 cm
28
193 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

184 cm
21
185 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Black Hand Fight Gear & Laundry

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Noah Bennet!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ben Schilling!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shirou Masuda and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bennet throws a series of punches but Schilling moves out of range.
Bennet connects with a high kick.
Bennet lands with a kick to the temple. Schilling shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

Bennet moves into the clinch.
Bennet tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bennet with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bennet lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bennet can't find room to land a body shot as Schilling controls the action.
Bennet using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Schilling has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Schilling is trying to break the clinch but Bennet is controlling him.
Schilling is looking to break free of the clinch but Bennet has double underhooks.
Bennet just leaning against Schilling, taking a breather.
Schilling blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Schilling is trying to break the clinch but Bennet has him pressed against the cage.
Bennet tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bennet slows down the pace here.
Bennet scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bennet throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Schilling blocks it with crossed arms.
Bennet prevents Schilling from breaking the clinch.
Schilling wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bennet tries a knee to the head but Schilling blocks it.
Schilling jumps guard but Bennet stands there with Schilling around his waist. Schilling gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Bennet keeps control of Schilling as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bennet lands a nice shot to the body.
Schilling tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Bennet just stands there and leans against the cage.
Bennet tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Schilling avoids it.
Schilling blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bennet holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Bennet tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Schilling is trying to push Bennet away but Bennet has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Bennet lands a good knee to the midsection. Schilling won't want to take too many of those.
Schilling is trying to pull guard but Bennet has him pressed against the cage.
Noah Bennet has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ben Schilling.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schilling is trying to break the clinch but Bennet is controlling him.
Bennet lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bennet leaning against his opponent.
A knee to the head by Bennet.

It looks like Ben Schilling has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bennet effectively controlling the action here.
Bennet scores a nice knee to the body.
Bennet tries a knee to the head but Schilling blocks it.
Bennet with a knee to the head.
Bennet tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bennet is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Schilling is trying to push Bennet away but Bennet has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Bennet missing with knees to the body.
Bennet with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Schilling blocks a body shot from Bennet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bennet taking a breather.
Bennet with a knee to the head.
Bennet tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bennet landing knees to the body.
Bennet is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Bennet.
Bennet lands a left hand that snaps the head of Schilling backwards.
Bennet leaning his opponent against the cage.
Bennet tries to land knees in the clinch but Schilling avoids the damage to the body.
Bennet tries to land knees in the clinch but Schilling avoids the damage to the body.
Bennet lands an elbow inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bennet creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Bennet misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Schilling.
Bennet cracks Schilling with a nice body shot.
Bennet misses with a body punch.
Knees to the body from Bennet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Schilling tries to break free but Bennet pushes him back against the cage.
Bennet misses with a knee strike.
Schilling tries to break the clinch but Bennet is controlling the position.
Bennet looking to throw knees to the head but Schilling is blocking nicely.
Bennet tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bennet misses with a knee to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bennet tries a knee to the head but Schilling blocks it.
Bennet lands an elbow that stopped Schilling in his tracks for a moment.
Bennet has Schilling pressed against the cage, preventing Schilling from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bennet with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
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 Ben Schilling's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Bennet throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Bennet moves away from the strike by Schilling.
Schilling throws a hook to the side of Bennet's head but Bennet sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bennet fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Schilling.
Bennet connects with a solid leg kick.
Bennet lands a nice looking body kick.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Schilling stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Bennet.
Bennet lunges at Schilling with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Schilling's hand.
Schilling takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Schilling throws out a loose jab but Bennet uses good head movement to avoid it.

Bennet gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bennet with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bennet displaying some good clinch control by pressing Schilling up against the cage.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Bennet for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bennet throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Schilling blocks it with crossed arms.
Schilling on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bennet tries to land a knee to the head but Schilling blocks with his arms.
Bennet goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bennet obliges.
A knee to the head by Bennet.
Bennet throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Schilling blocks it with crossed arms.
Schilling being controlled against the cage.
Bennet lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bennet scores with a knee to the head.
Schilling wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bennet keeps control of Schilling as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bennet is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Schilling can do to turn this around?
Bennet lands a good knee to the midsection. Schilling won't want to take too many of those.
Schilling is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A knee to the head by Bennet.
Bennet slows down the pace here.
Bennet utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Bennet stalls.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Noah Bennet.
Schilling misses with a hook
and Bennet counters with a slapping leg kick.
Bennet throws a leg kick which misses Schilling's front leg but catches the back leg as Schilling tries to avoid it.
Schilling throws a jab when Bennet was well out of range.
Schilling misses with an uppercut.
Bennet jabs Schilling right on the nose. Schilling blinks but takes it well.
Bennet throws a quick inside leg kick.
Ben Schilling seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bennet thows a body kick. Schilling tries to catch it but that hurt him.

Bennet forces Schilling back against the cage and clinches.
Schilling avoids the elbow strike from Bennet, against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Bennet takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Bennet with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Schilling wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bennet using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Schilling has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bennet has Schilling pushed against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bennet lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bennet throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Schilling has Bennet pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Bennet manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Schilling blocks an elbow strike from Bennet.
Bennet lands a knee to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Bennet.
Schilling wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bennet has him pressed against the cage.
Bennet tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Noah Bennet has scored more points in the clinch so far.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A knee to the head by Bennet.
Bennet tries to land a knee to the head but Schilling blocks with his arms.
Schilling is trying to break the clinch but Bennet has him pressed against the cage.
Bennet has Schilling pressed against the cage.
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 Ben Schilling'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. This is the final round!

Bennet lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Bennet moves out of range as Schilling strikes.
Schilling has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Schilling there as he acknowledges the shot.
Bennet scores with a nice body kick.

Bennet has closed the distance and engaged Schilling in a clinch.
Schilling avoids the elbow strike from Bennet, against the cage.
Bennet is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

Schilling escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bennet tries a head kick but it misses.
Bennet throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Schilling stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Noah Bennet is winning the standup battle so far.
Bennet takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Schilling throws a lazy head kick
and Bennet counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Schilling throws a hook but Bennet avoids it easily.
Bennet buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Schilling sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bennet lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

Schilling moves into the clinch.
Schilling's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Bennet tries a knee to the head but Schilling blocks it.
Bennet looking to throw knees to the head but Schilling is blocking nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bennet landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Schilling jumps guard but Bennet stands there with Schilling around his waist. Schilling gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Schilling is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Schilling is trying to break the clinch but Bennet has him pressed against the cage.
Bennet with a knee to the head.
Schilling's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Schilling can't break the clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Bennet - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bennet misses with a knee to the head.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Bennet cracks Schilling with a nice body shot.
Bennet with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bennet misses with an elbow over the top.
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!
Schilling wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bennet tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bennet lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Schilling wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bennet lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bennet using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Schilling has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Schilling tries to break free but Bennet pushes him back against the cage.
Bennet misses with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bennet missing with knees to the body.
Bennet tries to land a knee to the head but Schilling blocks with his arms.
Bennet doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Schilling takes a knee right on the jaw!
Schilling tries to circle away but Bennet has him pinned against the cage.
Bennet misses with a knee to the head.
Schilling is looking to break free of the clinch but Bennet has double underhooks.
Bennet tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bennet keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Schilling's efforts to push away.
Schilling is trying to force a seperation but Bennet has the dominant position.
Bennet trying to land knees to the body.
Bennet misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Schilling.
Bennet misses with a knee to the head.
Noah Bennet is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Bennet scores a nice knee to the body.
Nice body punch from Bennet.
A knee to the head by Bennet.
Schilling wants to break free but Bennet has control.

Schilling breaks the clinch.
Schilling pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Schilling throws a right hand that Bennet ducks under and follows up with a left that Bennet also avoids with ease.
Schilling looks to land a right hand but Bennet moved out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bennet delivers a nice body kick.
Schilling pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ben Schilling has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Bennet fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Schilling, pushing him back against the cage.
Bennet with the Thai clinch, lands 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Noah Bennet!
Noah Bennet decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.