PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aj Benn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Break Walls (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Benn comes to the cage accompanied by Metallica-master of puppets. Walls has chosen Can´t hold us as his entrance music. Aj Benn has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Benn
vs
Walls

190 cm
28
216 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

193 cm
25
198 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

Good takedowns
Solid Muay Thai
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Aj Benn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Break Walls!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Paul Aken and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Walls gets a clinch.
Walls pushes Benn back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Benn blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Benn wants a takedown.

Walls breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Walls clinches up against the cage.
Walls lands a left hand that snaps the head of Benn backwards.

It looks like Aj Benn has been cut.
Walls is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Walls lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Benn takes a shot to the head.
Benn tries to break the clinch but Walls is controlling the position.
Benn is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Walls is defending well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Aj Benn. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Benn tries to pull guard but Walls forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Walls is pressed up against the cage. Benn has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Walls down to the mat. Walls avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Walls closes the distance and pushes Benn back into the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Walls working hard to break the clinch.
Benn blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Walls softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Walls lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Walls lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Benn backwards.
Walls misses with some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Benn is trying to pull guard but Walls has him pressed against the cage.
Walls scores with a shoulder strike.
Benn tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Walls smiles and moves away.

Walls fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Benn, pushing him back against the cage.
Walls leaning his opponent against the cage.
Benn drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Walls gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Walls has a couple of punches blocked by Benn.
Benn is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
A nice left hand lands by Walls.
Walls lands a hook that snaps the head of Benn backwards.
A body shot lands from Walls.
Benn tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Walls smiles and moves away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Walls has Benn up against the cage in a clinch.
Benn wants a takedown.
Benn fails to pull guard.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Walls.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A short left from Walls.
Walls lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Benn jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Walls walks away with a smile on his face. Benn gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Walls misses with an uppercut.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Walls lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Benn backwards.
Benn wants a takedown but no success here.
Walls scores with a nice hook to the head.
Walls misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walls lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Benn backwards.
Walls working aggressively here.
Walls swings wildly with an uppercut but Benn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Walls throws a punch but it's blocked by Benn.
Walls lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Benn backwards.
Walls is pressed up against the cage. Benn has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Walls down to the mat. Walls avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Benn looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.

Walls pushes Benn up against the cage in a clinch.
Benn is working for takedown but Walls is calmly controlling the position for now.

Benn gets control of Walls's arms and successfully pulls guard. Benn will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Walls trying to control but Benn is working from the bottom.
Walls might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Benn haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.

Benn is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Walls is aware though and is defending well.
Walls tries to free his leg and advance position but Benn is retaining full guard.

Benn looking for a guillotine here but Walls defends easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Benn not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Walls trying to control the position from guard on top but Benn is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Walls postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Benn is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

Aj Benn has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.

Walls has Benn up against the cage in a clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Walls scores with a shoulder strike.
Benn is looking to take this one to the mat.
A short right from Walls on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Break Walls dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Aj Benn's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Walls lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Walls misses with a punch on the inside.
Walls throws a head punch that misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Benn tries to score a body lock takedown but Walls shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Benn blocking some punches.
Walls stops a takedown attempt from Benn.
Benn drops down looking for an ankle pick but Walls pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Aj Benn. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Benn will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Walls closes the distance and pushes Benn back into the cage.
Walls throws a punch but it's blocked by Benn.
Walls swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Break Walls seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Benn is trying to pull guard but Walls has him pressed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Benn throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Walls blocks it with crossed arms.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Benn.
Benn tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Walls just stands there and leans against the cage.
Benn tries to pull guard but Walls forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Benn jumps guard but Walls turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Walls scores with a shoulder strike.
Walls softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Walls lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Walls misses with a punch on the inside.
Benn blocks an uppercut.
Benn blocks an uppercut.
Benn tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Walls just stands there and leans against the cage.
Walls scores with a nice hook to the head.
Benn blocking some punches.
Walls lands a shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Benn is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Walls is defending well.
Walls stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Benn is working for takedown but Walls is calmly controlling the position for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benn is trying to pull guard but Walls has him pressed against the cage.
Walls lands a left hand.
Walls scores with a nice hook to the head.
Walls misses with a hook from the clinch.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Walls. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Walls scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Benn wants to break the clinch but can't.
Benn is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Walls to keep the fight standing.
A short uppercut from Walls.
Walls lands a right hand that snaps the head of Benn backwards.
Walls lands a nice uppercut.
Walls lands a left hand.
Walls lands with a light punch inside.
Walls fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Benn is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Walls misses with a punch on the inside.
Walls has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. So far he's outscoring his opponent in the clinch so it seems to have been worthwhile.
A shot in the inside from Walls.
Benn tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Benn has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Walls after a bit of a struggle.
Walls manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Walls on the inside.
Benn blocks an uppercut.
Benn tries to pull guard but Walls forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Benn tries to pull guard but Walls holds him up against the cage and eventually Benn drops back down to his feet.
Benn jumps guard but Walls turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Walls lands a left hand that snaps the head of Benn backwards.
Walls is pressed up against the cage. Benn has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Walls down to the mat. Walls avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Walls closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Benn takes a shot to the head.
Walls lands an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Walls.
Benn is trying to pull guard but Walls turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Walls lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Walls working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Benn is rocked!
Walls lands an uppercut.
Oh Benn is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Walls lands a big right hand that drops Benn! The killer instinct kicks in and Walls finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Walls!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Break Walls!
A relieved looking Break Walls thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.