PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jack Pott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Glenn Benton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pott comes into the arena with Meat Loaf - Bat out of Hell blaring out of the sound system. Glenn Benton has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Jack Pott's chin.

Pott
vs
Benton

188 cm
27
184 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

183 cm
24
188 lbs
13 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Hilo Nutrition

160!

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 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Jack Pott!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Glenn Benton!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Steven Brown and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Benton misses with a wild body shot.
Pott tests Benton's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Pott throws a head kick but Benton moves out of range.
Benton misses the jab.
Benton avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Benton uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pott.
Benton ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pott moves away.
Pott thows a body shot but no joy.
Benton loads up on a big right hand but Pott slips the punch.
Pott scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Benton doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

Pott clinches up with Benton and pushes him back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Pott fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pott.
Pott tries to throw a body punch but Benton avoids it by throwing Pott back against the cage.
Pott keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Benton's efforts to push away.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Benton breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jack Pott is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Pott lands with a shot to the body.
Benton cracks Pott with a right hand to the side of the head.

It looks like Jack Pott has been cut.
Pott ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Benton moves away.
Benton throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Benton darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

Pott is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pott fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Benton manages to avoid it.
Oh Pott is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Pott gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Benton tries to circle away but Pott has him pinned against the cage.

Benton's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Benton has a takedown stuffed.
Pott will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Pott instigates a clinch.
Pott seems to have got his legs back now.
Benton blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pott tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Benton's elbow.
Benton looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pott misses with a hook from the clinch.
A hook to the body from Pott.
Pott lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Pott tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Benton's elbow.
Pott tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Benton looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Pott can't find room to land a body shot as Benton controls the action.
Pott tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Benton's elbow.
Pott misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pott tries a body shot but Benton blocks it.
Pott misses with a knee strike.
Good body shot from Benton.
Pott has a couple of punches blocked by Benton.

Benton manages to break the clinch.
Benton misses with a looping right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pott tries to close the distance and clinch up but Benton swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Benton slips a straight right by Pott.
Pott tries to clinch up but Benton circles away and keeps his distance.
Benton takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Pott lands a jab.
Benton blocks a jab.
Pott looks to score with a jab to the body but Benton is just out of range.
Benton's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Pott connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Benton scrambles back to his feet.
Pott throws a body punch but Benton moves out of range.
Pott misses with a hook. Benton ducked under it nicely.
The fighters circling - Benton throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pott scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Benton doesn't seem bothered though.
Pott scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Benton defending well as Pott loads up on a big left hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pott fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Benton manages to avoid it.
Benton takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Pott doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pott slips a jab from Benton.
Benton looks to score with a jab to the body but Pott is just out of range.
Pott throws a right hand that Benton ducks under and follows up with a left that Benton also avoids with ease.
Benton tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pott was well out of range. Poor timing from Benton.
Benton keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pott misses with a hook. Benton ducked under it nicely.
Some bone on bone action there as Pott checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Pott swings for the body but Benton moves out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pott throws a hook but Benton blocks it.
Benton fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pott manages to avoid it.
Pott lands a nice shot to the body.
Nice uppercut there from Pott.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Pott dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jack Pott's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Pott scores with a nice right hand.
Benton misses with a series of wild punches.
Benton misses with a leg kick.
Benton thows a body shot but no joy.
Benton attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Pott lands a jab to Benton's midsection.
Jack Pott is winning the standup battle so far.
Benton ducks under a wild hook from Pott.
Pott moves out of range of the strikes.
Pott works Benton's body with a nice hook.
Benton works over Pott's head and body with a nice combination.
Benton loads up on a big right hand but Pott slips the punch.
Pott keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Benton takes a jab right on the kisser.
Benton looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pott throws a sloppy body shot
and Benton connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jack Pott seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pott avoids the head kick by Benton.
Benton circles away from the clinch attempt.
Benton takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A big right from Benton misses.
Pott lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Benton backs up against the cage.
Pott throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Benton stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Pott swings for the body but Benton moves out of range.
A punch combination from Pott misses.
Pott feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Bentons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Benton shoots for a takedown but Pott saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Pott has managed to clinch.
Pott tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Pott tries to work over Benton's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benton goes for a takedown attempt but Pott pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pott misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Benton.
Benton lands a slapping body shot.
Pott checks a low kick from Benton.
Pott misses the shot to the body.
Pott throws a sloppy body shot
and Benton counters with a stiff right hand.
Benton swings for the body but Pott moves out of range.
Pott misses with a straight right.
Pott's jab looks to have found its range, popping Benton under the eye.
Pott just misses with a punch to the body.
Pott misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Benton cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Benton avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benton wants to slow Pott down by chopping away at his legs.
Pott misses with a body shot.
Benton misses with a hook. Pott ducked under it nicely.
Benton looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Pott misses with a wild body shot.
Pott is looking to clinch but Benton is avoiding it.
Glenn Benton is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pott connects with a nice looking jab.
Benton throws a head kick that misses.
Pott fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Pott avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A jab from Pott finds it's way through Benton's defenses.
Pott swings away with a body shot that misses
and Benton connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Benton scores with a sloppy right hand. Pott should have avoided that one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pott misses with a body shot
and Benton counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Benton drops Pott with a huge uppercut! Pott drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Benton is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:12 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Glenn Benton!
Glenn Benton made sure to mention his sponsor, 160! in his post fight interview.