PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tyson Benjamin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tommy DeVito (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Benjamin might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Pastor Troy - It's About To Go Down. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Benjamin
vs
DeVito

179 cm
30
156 lbs
16 - 3 - 1

168 cm
24
157 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

LOD: Affordable Quality

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 16 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Tyson Benjamin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tommy DeVito!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Steve Erwin and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
DeVito lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Nice cross by Benjamin.
Benjamin throws a predictable looking body shot
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
DeVito swings and misses with a hook to the body.
An inside leg kick lands from Benjamin.
Benjamin feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to DeVito's calf.
DeVito lands with a nice body punch.
Benjamin lands a slapping body shot.
Good leg kick by DeVito there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
DeVito buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Benjamin thows a body shot but no joy.
DeVito scores with a sloppy right hand. Benjamin should have avoided that one.

It looks like Tyson Benjamin has been cut.
Benjamin throws a quick inside leg kick.
Benjamin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Benjamin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but DeVito was well out of range. Poor timing from Benjamin.
DeVito moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
DeVito throws a hook to the side of Benjamin's head but Benjamin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Benjamin fails with a takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
DeVito takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
DeVito stuns Benjamin with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Good work by Benjamin as he checks the leg kick.
Benjamin throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
DeVito misses with an uppercut.
Tyson Benjamin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Benjamin throws a shot from downtown. DeVito moves away and avoids it.
Benjamin slips under a jab.
DeVito misses with a low kick.
Nice shot by Benjamin.
Benjamin is looking to wear down DeVito with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
DeVito lands with a right hand.
An inside leg kick from DeVito misses.
DeVito misses with a body shot.
DeVito connects with a solid leg kick.
Benjamin has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from DeVito.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
DeVito connects with a good right hand that stumbles Benjamin. Benjamin circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
DeVito thuds a left hand into Benjamin's body.
DeVito works Benjamin's body with a nice hook.
A looping hook to the body misses from DeVito. Benjamin does a little dance to reset his feet.
DeVito misses with a straight left.
DeVito misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Benjamin.
A low kick from DeVito is predictable there
and Benjamin counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Benjamin throws a lazy right hand but DeVito sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Benjamin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from DeVito.
Benjamin misses with a hook. DeVito ducked under it nicely.
DeVito scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Benjamin doesn't seem bothered though.
Benjamin checks the leg kick.
Benjamin moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Benjamin works DeVito's body with a nice hook.
DeVito lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Benjamin feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to DeVito's calf.
DeVito throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benjamin fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and DeVito has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
DeVito with a body punch. A glancing blow.
That kick from DeVito tenderised Benjamin's leg. Benjamin is trying to keep his angry face on.
DeVito connects with a body shot.
Benjamin connects with a solid leg kick.
Benjamin looks to score with a jab to the body but DeVito is just out of range.
Benjamin takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
DeVito takes a swing at Benjamin's ribcage but misses.
Benjamin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
DeVito misses with a straight left.
Benjamin misses with a series of wild punches.
DeVito throws a combination that misses
and Benjamin counters with a stiff right hand.
DeVito lands a nice looking body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
DeVito jabbing away but nothing is landing.
DeVito shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benjamin misses with an uppercut
and DeVito counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
DeVito swings and misses with a hook to the body.
DeVito swings for the body but Benjamin moves out of range.
Benjamin swings for the body but DeVito moves out of range.
Benjamin jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
DeVito tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
DeVito throws a leg kick but Benjamin sees it coming and checks it nicely.
DeVito connects with a good right hand that stumbles Benjamin. Benjamin circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Benjamin scores with a hook to the body. DeVito takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
DeVito misses with a low kick as Benjamin jumps back.
DeVito misses with a straight right.
DeVito gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Benjamin.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Benjamin scores with a hook to the body. DeVito takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
DeVito scores with a jab.
Jab by Benjamin.
DeVito is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Benjamin had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Benjamin with a hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tommy DeVito dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tyson Benjamin's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Benjamin lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Benjamin dives in and grabs DeVito's left leg, looking for a takedown. DeVito pushes down on Benjamin's head and hops out.
Benjamin misses the shot to the body.
DeVito keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
DeVito just misses with a punch to the body.
DeVito swings for the body but Benjamin moves out of range.
Benjamin misses with a body kick.
DeVito keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Benjamin.
DeVito throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Benjamin stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
DeVito tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Benjamin swings for the body but DeVito moves out of range.
Benjamin throws a right hand that DeVito ducks under and follows up with a left that DeVito also avoids with ease.
Benjamin missing with a left hand there. DeVito was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
DeVito scores with a nice right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Danga de danga de dang - DeVito scores with a four punch combination!
Nice uppercut lands for DeVito. That snapped Benjamin's head back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
DeVito lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Benjamin at a distance.
DeVito misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Benjamin.
Benjamin is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
DeVito scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
DeVito's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Benjamin loads up on a big right hand but DeVito slips the punch.
DeVito misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Benjamin.
Benjamin throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Benjamin, right into the meat.
DeVito misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Benjamin.
DeVito throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
DeVito dodges the punch combination from Benjamin.
DeVito throws a low kick, looking for Benjamin's leg but Benjamin calmly moves out of range.
DeVito misses with the combination.
Benjamin misses the jab.
Benjamin chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before DeVito can pounce on him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benjamin clobbers DeVito with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
DeVito throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Benjamin on the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
DeVito throws a solid leg kick but Benjamin takes the impact on his shin and smiles at DeVito.
Benjamin checks a low kick from DeVito.
DeVito throws a lazy uppercut
and Benjamin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
DeVito scores with a jab to the jaw.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Benjamin, right into the meat.
DeVito looks to throw the jab but Benjamin is out of range.
Benjamin throws a series of punches but DeVito moves out of range.
DeVito connects with a looping right hand.
DeVito steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Benjamin. That one must have hurt.
DeVito throws a jab when Benjamin was well out of range.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from DeVito lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Benjamin has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Benjamin and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Benjamin misses the shot to the body.
Benjamin turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benjamin scoring well with a low kick there.
Benjamin throws a hook but DeVito avoids it easily.
DeVito avoids a punch combination nicely.
An inside leg kick lands from Benjamin.
Benjamin misses with a wild body shot.
Benjamin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by DeVito.
A combination from DeVito does no damage.
Benjamin shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says DeVito as he avoids it easily.
Benjamin gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Benjamin bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of DeVito's head.
Tommy DeVito seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Benjamin swings away with a leg kick that misses.
DeVito throws a leg kick that misses.
DeVito keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benjamin thows a body shot but no joy.
DeVito misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Benjamin.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
DeVito looks to score with a jab to the body but Benjamin is just out of range.
Benjamin slips under a jab from DeVito.
DeVito connects with the punch.
Benjamin uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before DeVito has time to react.
Benjamin misses with a telegraphed body shot
and DeVito counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Tommy DeVito is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
DeVito lands with an uppercut that bounces Benjamin off the cage and back into range.
DeVito ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Benjamin tries to land a leg kick but DeVito saw it coming and moves away.
DeVito wants to land a leg kick but Benjamin is out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Benjamin scores with a leg kick.
Benjamin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but DeVito was well out of range. Poor timing from Benjamin.
DeVito uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Benjamin.
DeVito misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tommy DeVito showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Tyson Benjamin's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

DeVito throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
DeVito misses with a low kick.
Benjamin just misses with a punch to the body.
Benjamin tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Benjamin throws a head kick but DeVito moves out of range.
A punch combination from Benjamin misses.
DeVito throws a quick inside leg kick.
The fighters circling - DeVito throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Benjamin drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Benjamin staying out of range there.
Benjamin avoids the body shot from DeVito.
Benjamin connects with a leg kick. DeVito looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Benjamin swings for the body but DeVito moves out of range.
Benjamin looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Benjamin listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
DeVito staying out of range there.
DeVito throws out a loose jab but Benjamin uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Benjamin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Benjamin thows a body shot but no joy.
DeVito ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Benjamin takes a jab right on the kisser.
Jab, jab by Benjamin - just one landing.
DeVito punishes Benjamin's body with a nice straight punch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Benjamin takes one to the side of the head.
Benjamin moves out of range as DeVito strikes.
Benjamin avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
DeVito scores with a nice head shot.
DeVito's jab looks to have found its range, popping Benjamin under the eye.
A big right from DeVito misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
DeVito slips under a jab from Benjamin.
DeVito feints a jab promting Benjamin to slip. DeVito then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Benjamin slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
DeVito just misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
DeVito ducks under a wild hook from Benjamin.
DeVito scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
DeVito fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
DeVito looks to throw the jab but Benjamin is out of range.
Benjamin connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

Benjamin feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
DeVito bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Benjamin's guard.
Tyson Benjamin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
DeVito is looking to stand up but Benjamin won't let him.
DeVito stopping the sweep attempt from Benjamin.
Benjamin being controlled here, momentarily.
Benjamin will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
DeVito won't allow Benjamin to sweep him here.
Benjamin keeping moving, preventing DeVito from controlling successfully.

Tommy DeVito has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Benjamin feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to DeVito's calf.
DeVito clobbers Benjamin with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
DeVito misses with an uppercut.
DeVito takes one to the chin there.
Benjamin misses with a series of wild punches.
DeVito's corner calls for a 1-2. DeVito obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Tommy DeVito is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
The crowd cheers as DeVito lands an impressive looking overhand right. Benjamin doesn't seem phased though.
DeVito lands with a shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benjamin misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Benjamin gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Benjamin misses the jab.
DeVito slips under a jab.
DeVito looks to land a left hand but Benjamin moved out of range nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
DeVito scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Benjamin drops his hands momentarily and DeVito takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
DeVito slips under a jab.
DeVito scores with a body shot.
Benjamin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but DeVito moves away.
Benjamin thows a body shot but no joy.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A jab from DeVito finds it's way through Benjamin's defenses.
DeVito lands a leg kick that knocks Benjamin off balance momentarily.
Benjamin throws a lazy right hand but DeVito sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
DeVito misses with a looping right.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tommy DeVito comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well DeVito has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Skip Squint scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tommy DeVito!
During a confident post fight interview, Tommy DeVito thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.