PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Chucho Benitez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Larry Thorne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thorne comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Finntroll - Trollhammaren kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Larry Thorne will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Benitez
vs
Thorne

170 cm
32
165 lbs
17 - 10 - 0

188 cm
30
169 lbs
14 - 8 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Dragon

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 17 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chucho Benitez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Larry Thorne!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A solid leg kick lands there for Thorne.
Benitez digs a good hook to Thorne's body.
Thorne fails with an attempt to clinch.
Benitez throws a shot from downtown. Thorne moves away and avoids it.
Thorne throws a leg kick but Benitez moved away.
Thorne tries to clinch up but Benitez circles away and keeps his distance.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Benitez.
Thorne takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Thorne fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Thorne fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Benitez checks it well.
Thorne lands a head kick!
Benitez swings for the body but Thorne moves out of range.
Thorne throws a head kick but Benitez moves out of range.
Benitez is looking to chop away at Thorne's legs.
Thorne tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Benitez lands a slapping body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Benitez avoids the head kick by Thorne.
Thorne looks for the body kick but Benitez saw that one coming.
Benitez misses with a head kick.
The crowd cheers as Thorne lands an impressive looking overhand right. Benitez doesn't seem phased though.
Larry Thorne is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Benitez lands a lovely overhand right.
Benitez misses with an attempted mid kick.
Benitez lands the left hand.
Chucho Benitez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A clash of legs there as Thorne blocks the low kick.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Benitez.
Thorne fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Benitez.
Benitez lands with a thumping leg kick.
A head kick misses from Benitez.
Thorne swings for the body but Benitez moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Thorne looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Thorne on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Benitez just misses with a punch to the body.
Thorne avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Thorne throws a quick inside leg kick.
Benitez checks a leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Benitez misses with a wild body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thorne misses with a head kick.
Benitez 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.
Benitez on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Benitez throws a nice inside leg kick.
Benitez misses the jab.
Thorne tries to clinch but Benitez is having none of it.

Thorne closes the distance and clinches.
Benitez changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Thorne fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Thorne pushes Benitez up against the cage in a clinch.
Thorne trying to stall but Benitez improves his position.
Benitez misses with a body punch.
A knee to the head by Thorne.
Benitez tries to throw a body punch but Thorne avoids it by throwing Benitez back against the cage.
Thorne tries to land knees in the clinch but Benitez avoids the damage to the body.
Benitez scores with a shoulder strike.
Thorne stalling in the clinch but Benitez improves position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benitez tries a body shot but Thorne blocks it.
Thorne missing with knees to the body.
Thorne misses with a knee strike.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Benitez working aggressively here.
Thorne looking to throw knees to the head but Benitez is blocking nicely.
Thorne prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chucho Benitez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Thorne stalling the fight.
Thorne throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Benitez blocks it with crossed arms.
Benitez is looking for a takedown.
Thorne working Benitez over with knees to the body.
Thorne looking to throw knees to the head but Benitez is blocking nicely.
Thorne is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Benitez is keeping busy.
Thorne with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Benitez looking for a takedown.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thorne is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Benitez is keeping busy.
A nice left hand lands by Benitez.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Thorne obliges.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Benitez has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Thorne is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Benitez tries to work over Thorne's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Thorne unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Benitez takes an elbow to the temple.
Thorne throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Benitez blocks it with crossed arms.
Benitez lands a body punch in the clinch.
Thorne is struggling to control the position.
Thorne looks to throw an elbow but misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A right hook to the body lands for Benitez.
Thorne tries a knee to the head but Benitez blocks it.
Benitez dodges an elbow strike from Thorne.
Benitez misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Larry Thorne dominated that round.
That's time! Benitez's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Thorne gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Thorne prevents a body shot from Benitez.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Thorne with a knee to the head.
Benitez wants to take the fight to the mat but Thorne manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Benitez tries a body shot but Thorne blocks it.
Thorne creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Benitez's defenses.

Benitez gets a trip takedown into half guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
The fighters are battling for position here. Thorne manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Benitez is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Benitez throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Thorne works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Thorne looking for a sweep. Not yet Thorne, not yet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Benitez trying to control the position from guard on top but Thorne is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Thorne working a defensive guard here.
Thorne is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Benitez is controlling him.
Benitez makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Benitez 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.
Benitez wants to control from the top but Thorne keeps moving.
Benitez wants to pass the guard but Thorne is keeping the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Thorne closes the distance and pushes Benitez back into the cage.
Thorne lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Benitez misses with a punch on the inside.
Thorne tries to land a knee to the head but Benitez blocks with his arms.
Thorne with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Benitez scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Benitez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Thorne lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Thorne scores with a knee to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Benitez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Benitez tries for a takedown. No joy.
Benitez takes a knee right on the jaw!
Benitez works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Benitez lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Thorne controlling the action here for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benitez avoiding damage as Thorne throws knees to the body.
Thorne is struggling to control the position.
Thorne gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Benitez.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chucho Benitez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Thorne trying to land knees to the body.
Benitez blocks an elbow strike from Thorne.
Benitez lands a body punch.
Thorne tries a knee to the head but Benitez blocks it.
Benitez tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Thorne just stands there and leans against the cage.
Thorne tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Benitez avoids it.
Thorne throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Benitez blocks it with crossed arms.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Thorne.
Nice body punch from Benitez - that landed with a thud.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benitez stalling in the clinch but Thorne improves position.
Benitez blocks the elbow strike.
Benitez lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Thorne is breathing heavily.
Thorne misses with a knee to the head.
Thorne is defending well against a takedown attempt.

Benitez pulls guard effortlessly.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Benitez has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Thorne should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Benitez has tightened it up now! Thorne should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Chucho Benitez!