PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Luis Alberto Perez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thomas Benjamin Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Perez comes to the cage accompanied by Gangnam Style by PSY. Benjamin Jr has chosen Beheaded in Paris by Cradled To Grave as his entrance music. Both these guys are coming into the fight with injuries so let's see if that has a bearing on the fight. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Alberto Perez
vs
Benjamin Jr

185 cm
28
200 lbs
22 - 12 - 0

180 cm
31
185 lbs
22 - 14 - 2

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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 22 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Luis Alberto Perez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 14 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Thomas Benjamin Jr!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Ian Loll and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Perez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Perez wants to slow Benjamin Jr down by chopping away at his legs.
Benjamin Jr connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A jab from Benjamin Jr misses.
Perez takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Benjamin Jr swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Benjamin Jr pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Perez fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Benjamin Jr walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Perez checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Perez lands a nice looking body kick.
Benjamin Jr catches Perez with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Benjamin Jr thows a body shot but no joy.
Benjamin Jr stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Perez.
Benjamin Jr looks winded!
Benjamin Jr checks a leg kick nicely.
Benjamin Jr throws a series of punches but Perez avoids them all with ease.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Perez throws a head kick but Benjamin Jr moves out of range.
Perez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Benjamin Jr.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perez scores with a leg kick.
Thomas Benjamin Jr seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Perez misses with a wild body shot.
Benjamin Jr lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Perez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Benjamin Jr swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Perez counters with a straight right hand.
Perez feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Benjamin Jr's calf.
Benjamin Jr avoids the head kick by Perez.
Benjamin Jr looks to land a right hand but Perez moved out of range.
Perez tries a head kick but it misses.
Perez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Perez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Perez throws a head kick that half lands.
Perez lands a head kick. Benjamin Jr smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
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!
Nice uppercut lands for Benjamin Jr. That snapped Perez's head back.
Perez throws a push kick but Benjamin Jr slaps the foot to one side.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benjamin Jr fails with an attempt to clinch.
Benjamin Jr lands a nice shot to the body.
Perez sizes up Benjamin Jr with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
A looping hook to the body misses from Perez. Benjamin Jr does a little dance to reset his feet.
Perez fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Perez scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Perez on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Benjamin Jr misses the shot to the body.
Perez fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Benjamin Jr.
Benjamin Jr scores with a three punch combo!
Perez misses with an attempted mid kick.
Benjamin Jr misses with a hook to the body
and Perez counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
A head kick misses from Perez.
Benjamin Jr throws a shot from downtown. Perez moves away and avoids it.
Benjamin Jr loads up on a big right hand but Perez slips the punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Benjamin Jr.

Perez closes the distance and clinches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Benjamin Jr.
Benjamin Jr tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Perez's elbow.
Benjamin Jr blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Perez lands a right hand.
Benjamin Jr misses with a punch on the inside.
Perez lands with a right to the head.
Benjamin Jr misses with the head strike.
Benjamin Jr lands a left hand.
Perez throws a head punch that misses.
Benjamin Jr's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Benjamin Jr blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Benjamin Jr throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Benjamin Jr lands a body punch in the clinch.
Perez tries a body shot but Benjamin Jr blocks it.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perez scores with a nice hook to the head.
Perez lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Benjamin Jr backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Benjamin Jr swings wildly with an uppercut but Perez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Benjamin Jr doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Perez breaks the clinch.
Benjamin Jr avoids the head kick by Perez.
Perez looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Perez misses with an uppercut.
Perez throws a nice outside leg kick.
Benjamin Jr's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Benjamin Jr throws a lazy uppercut
and Perez counters with a slapping leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Perez throws a wild body kick that Benjamin Jr sees coming a mile off.
Perez connects with a body shot.
Perez connects with a high kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luis Alberto Perez dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Perez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Benjamin Jr tries to work over Perez's front leg with a kick but Perez checks it.
Perez gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Perez tries to clinch but Benjamin Jr is having none of it.
Perez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Perez misses with a body kick.
Perez lands with a kick to the temple. Benjamin Jr shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Benjamin Jr throws a lazy right hand but Perez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Benjamin Jr misses the shot to the body.
Benjamin Jr wants to clinch.
Luis Alberto Perez is winning the standup battle so far.
Benjamin Jr throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Perez.
Perez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Benjamin Jr paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Benjamin Jr is breathing heavily.
Perez takes a jab right on the kisser.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A combination from Benjamin Jr does no damage.
Benjamin Jr throws a lazy uppercut

and Perez counters by clinching up.
Perez lands a left hand that snaps the head of Benjamin Jr backwards.
Still in the clinch, Perez scores with a nice short uppercut.
Perez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Perez looking to slow down the pace here.
Perez just leaning against Benjamin Jr, taking a breather.
A nice right hand lands inside from Benjamin Jr.
Benjamin Jr fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Perez trying to land knees to the body.
Perez presses Benjamin Jr against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Perez lands a right hand.
Perez tries a body shot but Benjamin Jr blocks it.
Perez can't break the clinch.
Benjamin Jr misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Benjamin Jr misses with a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Perez crunches a lovely knee into Benjamin Jr's ribcage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Perez missing with knees to the body.
Luis Alberto Perez has scored more points in the clinch so far.

Perez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Perez throws a nice head kick!
Benjamin Jr throws a jab but it's blocked by Perez.

Perez moves into range and clinches up with Benjamin Jr.
Benjamin Jr tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Perez's elbow.
Benjamin Jr works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Perez blocking some punches.
Benjamin Jr misses with a hook to the ribs.
Perez lands a shot to the body.
Perez lands a nice elbow.
Perez landing knees to the head.
Perez misses with a punch to the body.
Benjamin Jr misses with the head strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Perez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Perez tries to work over Benjamin Jr's front leg with a kick but Benjamin Jr checks it.
Perez lands a head kick!
Perez finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Perez connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Perez misses with a low kick.
Perez takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Good standup being displayed there by Benjamin Jr as he connects with a hook.
Perez lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Good work by Benjamin Jr as he checks the leg kick.
Benjamin Jr gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Perez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Benjamin Jr takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benjamin Jr moves out of range as Perez throws a body kick.
Benjamin Jr throws a jab but it's blocked by Perez.
Perez throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Perez lands a nice leg kick that just misses Benjamin Jr's sensitive parts.
Benjamin Jr thows a body shot but no joy.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Benjamin Jr scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Perez lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Benjamin Jr ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Perez moves away.
Perez throws a quick inside leg kick.
Perez tries to land a front kick but Benjamin Jr steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A big right from Benjamin Jr misses.
Perez lets loose with a powerful body kick. Benjamin Jr will feel that in the morning.
Perez scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Perez throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luis Alberto Perez dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Perez connects with a solid leg kick.
A big left from Benjamin Jr misses.
Benjamin Jr blocks a head kick by Perez.
Benjamin Jr misses with an uppercut.
A nice inside leg kick there by Benjamin Jr. That's going to slow Perez down.
Perez pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Perez pivots, looking for a leg kick but Benjamin Jr is out of range and Perez settles back down.
Perez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Benjamin Jr clinches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Benjamin Jr.

Perez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Perez swings for the body but Benjamin Jr moves out of range.
Perez throws a head kick that misses.

Benjamin Jr moves into the clinch.
Perez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Benjamin Jr is leaning against Perez and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Benjamin Jr has a couple of punches blocked by Perez.
Benjamin Jr misses with a short punch on the inside.
Benjamin Jr tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Perez's elbow.
Perez tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Benjamin Jr avoids it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Benjamin Jr.
Benjamin Jr misses with a body punch.
Perez missing with knees to the body.
Perez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The referee calls for Benjamin Jr to work.
Perez tries to land knees in the clinch but Benjamin Jr avoids the damage to the body.
Perez throws an elbow that misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Benjamin Jr.
A short right from Benjamin Jr.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Perez takes a shot to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Perez.
Perez trying to control the position but instead, Benjamin Jr has worked for underhooks and has pushed Perez into the cage.
Perez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Perez takes a shot to the head.
Perez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Perez is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Benjamin Jr lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Perez or not.
Benjamin Jr lands a shot to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Benjamin Jr.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Benjamin Jr.
Perez takes a shot to the head.
A short right from Benjamin Jr.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benjamin Jr lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Perez backwards.
Benjamin Jr misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Benjamin Jr lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Benjamin Jr lands a right hand.
Benjamin Jr is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Perez is defending well for now.
Perez misses with some punches.
Benjamin Jr lands with a short shot to the head.
Perez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Thomas Benjamin Jr has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Luis Alberto Perez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Benjamin Jr lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Perez backwards.
Perez is trying to push Benjamin Jr away but Benjamin Jr has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Benjamin Jr lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Perez.
Benjamin Jr throws a punch but it's blocked by Perez.
Benjamin Jr misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benjamin Jr tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Perez's elbow.
Perez blocking some punches.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Benjamin Jr fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Benjamin Jr swings wildly with an uppercut but Perez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Benjamin Jr misses with a shot to the kidneys.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Benjamin Jr throws a head punch that misses.
Benjamin Jr swings wildly with an uppercut but Perez uses good head movement to avoid it.
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!
Benjamin Jr misses with a hook from the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Thomas Benjamin Jr comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Perez has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 29:28
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Luis Alberto Perez!
Luis Alberto Perez spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.