PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Swe Dish (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brad Bennett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bennett has chosen Shipping Up to Boston as his entrance music. Brad Bennett has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Dish
vs
Bennett

175 cm
28
163 lbs
14 - 10 - 1

176 cm
27
162 lbs
13 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

DTK Designs (Laundry)

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 14 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Swe Dish!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Brad Bennett!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Skip Squint and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bennett scores with a hook.
Bennett lands a slapping body shot.
Bennett with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Bennett misses with a straight left.
Bennett misses with an uppercut. Dish saw that one coming.
Jab from Bennett.
Dish fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Bennett has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Bennett listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Bennett ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Dish's corner calls for a 1-2. Dish obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
The fighters circling - Bennett throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bennett circles away from the clinch attempt.
A big right from Bennett misses.
Bennett just misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dish lands a two punch combo.
Bennett tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dish was well out of range. Poor timing from Bennett.
Bennett keeps the fight on the outside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bennett misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dish.
Dish tries to clinch up
and Bennett counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Dish tries a head kick but it misses.

Dish gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Dish breaks the clinch.
Dish throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dish blocks a jab.
Dish wants to clinch up but Bennett keeps it at a distance.
Dish fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bennett throws a big shot that misses.
Dish pivots, looking for a leg kick but Bennett is out of range and Dish settles back down.
Dish tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Bennett counters with a straight right hand.
Dish closes the distance but Bennett moves to the side
and Bennett cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dish uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bennett.
Dish tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bennett paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bennett misses with a lunging right hand
and Dish finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Bennett fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Bennett closes the distance and clinches up with Dish, looking for a takedown. Bennett pushes Dish against the cage but Dish circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Bennett takes a swing at Dish's ribcage but misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dish pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bennett misses with a shot to the body
and Dish counters with a body kick that stops Bennett in his tracks momentarily.
Dish on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Bennett connects with a looping right hand.
Bennett cracks Dish with a good jab.
Bennett shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Dish but Dish pushes him off and we're back to square one.
A shot to the liver by Bennett. Beautiful body shot.
Dish uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bennett.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bennett keeps the fight on the outside.
Bennett jabs at Dish's body.
Dish throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dish fails in his attempt to clinch.
A big right from Bennett misses.
Bennett misses with a body shot.
Dish misses with a series of wild punches.
A jab lands there for Bennett.
Bennett misses with a wild body shot.
Dish lands a head kick!
Dish fails with an attempt to clinch.

Dish takes the fight into the clinch.
Dish tries for a takedown but Bennett manages to get underhooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Bennett.

Bennett has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Dish regains guard immediately.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bennett trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dish working a defensive guard but Bennett manages to pass into side control anyway.
Dish is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Bennett remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dish is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brad Bennett dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Dish throws a sloppy head kick and Bennett moves out of range easily.
A punch lands to the side of Dish 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Bennett misses with a body shot.
Dish avoids the body shot from Bennett.
Bennett uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Dish has time to react.
Dish is looking to clinch.
Dish tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dish tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Bennett counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Dish takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Bennett rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Dish counters with a big head kick but Bennett shrugs it off.

It looks like Brad Bennett has been cut.
An inside leg kick from Dish misses.
Bennett works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dish throws a push kick but Bennett slaps the foot to one side.
A head kick misses from Dish.
Dish tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Bennett counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Swe Dish is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dish has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Dish there as he acknowledges the shot.
Dish moves in looking to clinch but Bennett pushes him off.
Bennett misses with a looping left.
Dish tries to land a front kick but Bennett steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Dish lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
A slow jab from Bennett misses its intended target.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Dish tries to clinch up.
Bennett swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bennett jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dish lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Dish uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bennett.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bennett throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bennett misses with an uppercut
and Dish counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Dish lands a two punch combo.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bennett is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Dish closes the distance looking to clinch
and Bennett counters with a stiff right hand.
Bennett looks to land a left hand but Dish moved out of range nicely.
Dish darts in trying to clinch
and Dish takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Dish misses with a body shot.
Bennett throws a hook but Dish blocks it.
Bennett dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bennett misses the jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bennett lands a slapping body shot.
Dish tries to close the distance and clinch but Bennett swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dish tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bennett paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bennett with a jab.
Bennett circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dish tries to clinch up.
Dish uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bennett.
Dish doesn't manage to clinch there - Bennett circles away.
Bennett ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Bennett swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bennett scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A big left from Bennett misses.

Dish gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Bennett lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bennett looks to land a strike but Dish avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bennett working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Dish is pulling down on Bennett's head. It's preventing any offense from Bennett, at least for the moment.
Bennett trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Dish manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Dish missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dish wants to control from the top but Bennett keeps moving.
Bennett wants to sweep here but Dish controlling him for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Brad Bennett will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Brad Bennett's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Bennett lands a nice shot to the body.
Bennett throws a lazy uppercut
and Dish counters with a left to the body.
Bennett fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Bennett lands a head shot.
Dish wants to clinch.
Dish moves in looking to clinch but Bennett pushes him off.
Dish will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Dish fails with an attempt to clinch.

Dish fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Bennett, pushing him back against the cage.
Dish leaning against his opponent.
Dish throws an elbow that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dish is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Bennett gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Bennett drops down looking for an ankle pick but Dish pulls his leg out and moves away.
Dish's corner calls for a 1-2. Dish obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Dish is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dish tries to clinch
and Bennett counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Bennett clobbers Dish with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Dish tries to clinch up but Bennett circles away and keeps his distance.
Dish tries a head kick but it misses.
Dish tries to clinch up
and Dish takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A big left from Bennett misses.
Dish looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Dish tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bennett swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bennett circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dish lands a high kick!
Bennett scores with a hook.
Dish wants to clinch but Bennett slips to the side
and Bennett counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head kick misses from Dish.
Jab by Bennett.
Bennett throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Dish stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Dish staying out of range there.
Bennett looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Bennett fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Dish on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Dish doesn't manage to clinch there - Bennett circles away.
Swe Dish is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Dish tries to clinch up but Bennett circles away and keeps his distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dish tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Bennett manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bennett throws a lazy uppercut
and Dish counters with a big head kick but Bennett shrugs it off.
Bennett swats away the attempt to clinch by Dish.
Bennett misses with an uppercut. Dish saw that one coming.
A big left from Bennett misses.
Bennett tries for a takedown but Dish sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Swe Dish has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brad Bennett.
Dish blocks a jab.

Dish forces Bennett back against the cage and clinches.
Bennett on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dish missing with knees to the body.

Dish gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Bennett tries to get to full guard but Dish has control of the leg.
Bennett is refusing to be controlled, as Dish sits in half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bennett keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Bennett wants to control but Dish is keeping busy.
It looks like Dish is going to stand back up.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bennett is trying to control but can't.

And that's the end of the fight!
Swe Dish showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Bennett has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 John Mangel scores the fight 28:29
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 28:29
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brad Bennett!
After winning the bout, Brad Bennett thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.