PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Warren G Benz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Keun Woo Jang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Benz might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Gaff's Eulogy by Andrew Bayer. Jang is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Rise Against the Machine - Wake Up. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

G Benz
vs
Woo Jang

180 cm
21
170 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

168 cm
25
160 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Cripplers Corner
FinnFighter Nutrition (Five 160Q supps!)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Warren G Benz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Keun Woo Jang!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Wesley Smith and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Benz throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jang.
Benz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jang.
Jang swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jang sizes up Benz with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Benz tries to move into range but Jang moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Jang looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Benz works the jab nicely.
The fighters circling - Benz throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Benz misses with a looping left.
Benz steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jang.
Jang tries to bum rush Benz with a series of wild strikes but Benz uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jang misses the shot to the body.
Jang ducks under a wild hook from Benz.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jang avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Benz misses with a wild body shot.
Benz looks to land a right hand but Jang moved out of range.
Jang moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Benz throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jang avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Benz looks to land a left hand but Jang moved out of range nicely.
Jang loads up on a big right hand but Benz slips the punch.
Jang keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Benz.
Jang misses with a series of wild punches.
Benz misses the shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benz slips a jab and a cross from Jang.
Jang swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jang misses with an uppercut.
Benz throws a shot from downtown. Jang moves away and avoids it.
Jang lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Benz circles away quickly and effectively.
Jang misses with a wild body shot.
Benz fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jang manages to avoid it.
Benz rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Jang counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Jang dodges the punch combination from Benz.
Benz swings for the body but Jang moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jang connects with a single shot there.
Jang ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Jang misses with the combination.
Jang takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
The fighters circling - Benz throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jang throws a hook but Benz avoids it easily.
Jang moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Jang with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Benz swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Jang.
A jab from Benz misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jang uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Benz.
Jang tries to bum rush Benz with a series of wild strikes but Benz uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jang throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jang looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Warren G Benz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Benz avoids a punch combination nicely.
Jang lands a jab to Benz's midsection.
Jang throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Benz misses with a jab to the body
and Jang makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Benz misses with a right hand
and Jang counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jang uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Benz.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Warren G Benz dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Jang misses with a jab, cross combination.
Benz swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Benz throws a lazy uppercut
and Jang counters with a right hand to the body.
Jang misses with a combination
and Benz connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jang misses the jab.
Warren G Benz is winning the standup battle so far.
Benz throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jang sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Benz on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Jang takes a swing at Benz's ribcage but misses.
The fighters circling - Benz throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Benz misses with a straight right.
Benz throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Benz misses the target.
Benz connects with a right hand. Jang shakes it off.
Benz throws a sloppy head kick and Jang moves out of range easily.
Benz keeps the fight on the outside.
Jang fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jang missing with a left hand there. Benz was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Benz uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Benz scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Jang tries to bum rush Benz with a series of wild strikes but Benz uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Benz swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jang doesn't manage to clinch there - Benz circles away.
Jang moves to clinch but Benz breaks away
and Benz counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Benz throws a big shot that misses.
Jang misses with the combination.
Benz lands a jab to the nose.
Benz has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Benz thows a left - swing and a miss!
A shot to the body from Jang misses
enabling Benz to counter with a crisp jab.
Benz pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Benz throws out a loose jab but Jang uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Benz misses.
Benz lands a nice shot that snaps Jang's head back.
Jang tests Benz's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Jang throws out a loose jab but Benz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Benz lands a nice looking body shot.
A big right from Benz misses.
A swing and a miss from Benz.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Benz!
Benz throws a head kick that misses.
Benz loads up on a big right hand but Jang slips the punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Benz takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Jang lands a nice hook to Benz's body. Benz takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Jang scores with a body shot.
Jang ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A telegraphed right hand from Benz misses the target.
Jang uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Benz.
Benz misses with an uppercut.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Benz slips under a jab from Jang.
Benz takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Jang displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Benz throws out the jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Warren G Benz dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Jang misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Benz counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jang moves forwards but Benz connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Benz thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jang swinging wildly here.
Benz throws a right hand that misses
and Jang counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Jab by Benz.
Benz is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Jang fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Benz misses with a head kick.
Jang blocks a jab.
Benz digs a good hook to Jang's body.
Jang 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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Benz avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jang digs a good hook to Benz's body.
Benz loads up on a big right hand but Jang slips the punch.
Benz scores with a body shot.
Benz slips a jab from Jang.
Benz slips under a jab.
Benz uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jang.
A big left from Benz misses.
Sloppy strikes from Benz. Those never looked like landing.
Jang rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Benz moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benz misses the jab.
Benz waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jang.
Some wild striking there from Jang.
Benz misses with a looping left.
Jang ducks under a wild hook from Benz.
Benz throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jang works Benz's body with a nice hook.
Benz pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jang takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A slow jab from Jang misses its intended target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benz throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Decent striking displayed by Benz there.
A slow jab from Benz misses its intended target.
Jang walks into a stiff left hand from Benz.
Benz connects with a right hand. Jang shakes it off.
A jab from Benz misses.
Jang steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Benz.
Jang just misses with a punch to the body.
Jang tries to bum rush Benz with a series of wild strikes but Benz uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jang throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jang throws a body punch but Benz moves out of range.
Benz lands with an overhand left.
Jang lands a nice looking body shot.
Benz takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Jang misses with a few strikes there.
Benz lands a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Benz looks to throw the jab but Jang is out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Benz wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Keun Woo Jang has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Benz slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
Warren G Benz showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Benz 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Warren G Benz!
Our winner, Warren G Benz, 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.