PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Grease St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Benson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). St Pierre comes to the ring accompanied by Jag - Worst Nightmare. Benson has chosen Mobb Deep - Shook Ones as his entrance music. Dan Benson will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

St Pierre
vs
Benson

175 cm
22
175 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

180 cm
28
185 lbs
13 - 6 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Counter fighter
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Grease St Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dan Benson!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Benson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by St Pierre.
Benson takes one to the chin there.
A jab from Benson misses.
St Pierre fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
St Pierre moves away from the strike by Benson.
Benson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from St Pierre.

St Pierre looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Benson is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
St Pierre passes into half guard.
St Pierre throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre is figuring out what he wants to do next.

St Pierre seems to be looking for submissions.
St Pierre not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
St Pierre thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
St Pierre looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
St Pierre moves into full mount! Benson won't be happy about that!
Benson is trying to stand up.
St Pierre trying to control but Benson is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre raining down shots from the mount!
St Pierre is trying to take his opponent's back.
Benson wants to try and get back to his feet.
St Pierre fails to advance to Benson's back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre throws a strike there. Benson manages to avoid it well and slips a leg under to get to half guard.
St Pierre has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
St Pierre throwing shots but Benson is blocking nicely.
St Pierre passes to full mount!

St Pierre goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Benson turns into him and now he's in St Pierre's guard.
St Pierre wants to sweep but no luck.

That's five minutes gone in the round.

St Pierre looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Benson avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
St Pierre is trying to keep Benson in close.

That's six minutes gone in the round.

St Pierre is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

St Pierre is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
St Pierre not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Benson would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
St Pierre seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
St Pierre looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
St Pierre bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Benson's guard.
St Pierre pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Benson is keeping the position for now.
Benson keeping moving, preventing St Pierre from controlling successfully.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Grease St Pierre just wasn't active enough.
Benson fails to land with a series of punches.
St Pierre scores with a hook to the body. Benson takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

Benson gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Benson keeping full guard, as St Pierre tries to pass.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre advances to half guard.
St Pierre is controlling the pace.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
St Pierre scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Grease St Pierre dominated that round.
That's time! St Pierre's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

St Pierre takes a swing at Benson's ribcage but misses.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Benson!
St Pierre throws a looping overhand right but Benson ducks down to avoid it.
Benson moves away from the strike by St Pierre.
St Pierre throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Benson misses with a low kick.
St Pierre throws a body punch but Benson moves out of range.
St Pierre moves out of range as Benson strikes.
Benson throws a series of punches but St Pierre avoids them all with ease.
St Pierre misses with a looping right.
Benson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
St Pierre misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Benson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Benson ducks under a wild hook from St Pierre.
Dan Benson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Benson throws a right hand that St Pierre ducks under and follows up with a left that St Pierre also avoids with ease.
Benson fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches St Pierre on the side of the head.
St Pierre throws out a loose jab but Benson uses good head movement to avoid it.
St Pierre scores with a jab.
Dan Benson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Benson uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before St Pierre has time to react.
Benson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A jab from St Pierre misses.
Benson takes a shot right to the bread basket.
St Pierre throws out a loose jab but Benson uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benson misses with the combination.
St Pierre misses with an uppercut.
Benson throws a series of punches but St Pierre avoids them all with ease.
A big right from Benson misses.
St Pierre cracks Benson with a good jab.
St Pierre lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
St Pierre fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
St Pierre lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
St Pierre throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for St Pierre.
St Pierre connects with a crisp jab.
Benson getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Benson throws a right hand that St Pierre ducks under and follows up with a left that St Pierre also avoids with ease.
St Pierre throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Benson on the side of the head.
Benson has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Benson there as he acknowledges the shot.
St Pierre displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Benson throws out the jab.
Benson throws a left and a right that both miss

and St Pierre counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Benson is looking to escape.
St Pierre looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

St Pierre is looking for a kimura but Benson is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for St Pierre to get the leverage.
St Pierre trying to pass the guard but Benson defending well.
Benson pushes St Pierre off looking to stand but St Pierre dives back in and keeps control.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Benson is in trouble now - St Pierre has advanced to mount!
St Pierre wants to take his opponent's back but Benson doesn't allow it.

St Pierre jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Benson manages to avoid the submission attempt.
St Pierre tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre working the ground and pound but Benson is defending the strikes.
Benson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with St Pierre. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
St Pierre landing a few strikes.
Benson prevents St Pierre from improving position.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Benson avoids any damage from the ground and pound of St Pierre.
St Pierre tries to advance to mount but can't.
St Pierre throwing shots but missing, from side control.
St Pierre advances to mount.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.

St Pierre has control of Benson's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Benson regains control of the situation pretty easily.
St Pierre trying to control but Benson is having none of it.
Grease St Pierre is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
St Pierre looking to finish Benson with some ground and pound. This is bad for Benson!
Dan Benson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre punching from mount but Benson doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Benson is squirming around, avoiding St Pierre's attempts to control the action.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

St Pierre is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Benson has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Benson!

And that's the end of the fight!
Grease St Pierre showed his dominance in that final round.
Well St Pierre 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 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight for Grease St Pierre!
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight for Grease St Pierre!
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight for Grease St Pierre!

Grease St Pierre wins by unanimous decision!
Grease St Pierre thanked the fans post fight for their support.