PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Qing Kong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sam Benton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kong comes to the cage accompanied by THE RISING SUN. Benton has chosen Kung Fu Fighting as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kong
vs
Benton

177 cm
27
169 lbs
18 - 4 - 0

185 cm
35
168 lbs
29 - 5 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Conviction
Convicted Trap House

Wolfpack Threadz

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Qing Kong!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sam Benton!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Radbod Blank and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kong misses with a body shot.
Benton stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kong.
Benton tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kong paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Qing Kong seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Benton closes the distance but Kong moves to the side
and Kong counters with a lovely shot to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kong.
Benton keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Benton avoids a kick to the body.
Benton is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Benton checks a low kick from Kong.
Kong chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Kong displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Benton.

Benton clinches with his opponent.
Kong tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kong gets underhooks to prevent Benton's takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kong lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Kong gets underhooks to prevent Benton's takedown attempt.
Qing Kong has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sam Benton.
Kong gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Benton.
Benton wants a takedown but no success here.
Kong lands a shoulder strike.
Benton tries to score a body lock takedown but Kong shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Benton takes a knee to the side of the body.
Benton looks gassed!
Kong lands a body shot.
Kong with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A short uppercut from Kong.
Kong lands a shoulder strike.
Benton drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Kong gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Kong lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Benton backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kong lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Benton.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kong landing knees to the head.

Benton is rocked!

It looks like Sam Benton has been cut.
Kong connects with a knee to the head.
Benton is still on wobbly legs! Can Kong finish him?
Kong lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Benton.
Kong lands an elbow inside that Benton shrugs off.
Kong unloads a knee to the mid-section. Benton lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kong lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Kong lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kong lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A hook to the body from Kong.

Kong breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Benton takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Kong digs a good hook to Benton's body.
Kong is looking to slow Benton down with leg kicks.
Kong lets loose with a powerful body kick. Benton will feel that in the morning.
Kong lands a nice leg kick that just misses Benton's sensitive parts.
Kong ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Kong dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Benton gets hit by the mother of all head kicks and drops to the canvas in a crumpled heap! Woooow, the Internet is going to be talking about this one for weeks!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Qing Kong!
Qing Kong retains his lightweight title!
Qing Kong managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Conviction, into his post fight interview.