PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sean Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Grant Benton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sean Thompson has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Thompson
vs
Benton

180 cm
25
175 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

180 cm
24
170 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sean Thompson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Grant Benton!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Benton closes the distance and clinches.
Still in the clinch, Benton scores with a nice short uppercut.
Thompson is trying to break the clinch but Benton is controlling him.
Benton lands a nice uppercut.
Benton working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Benton lands a shoulder strike.
A short right from Benton on the inside.

Benton escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Benton clinches up with Thompson and pushes him back against the cage.
Thompson takes a shot to the head.
Benton scores with a shoulder strike.
Thompson takes a shot to the head.
Thompson tries to break the clinch but Benton is controlling the position.
Benton lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Thompson backwards.
Thompson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Benton lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Benton is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Benton makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Benton working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Benton lands a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Benton lands a nice uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Benton scores with a nice short uppercut.
Benton scores with a shoulder strike.
Benton lands a left hand that snaps the head of Thompson backwards.
Benton lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Thompson backwards.
Benton is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Benton.
A short left from Benton.
Benton throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Thompsons head.
Benton throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Thompsons head.
Benton lands with a short shot to the head.
Benton lands with a short shot to the head.
Benton lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Thompson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Thompson is rocked!
Benton tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Benton pushes Thompson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Oh Thompson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Benton lands a left hand.
Benton working aggressively here.
Benton throws a punch but it's blocked by Thompson.
Benton has a couple of punches blocked by Thompson.
Thompson is trying to break free.
Thompson seems to have got his legs back now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Benton pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
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 walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Thompson drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Benton swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Thompson's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:10 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Grant Benton!
Our winner, Grant Benton, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.