PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between DJ Benn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Hansen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hansen has chosen Valravn - Marsk as his entrance music. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Daniel Hansen was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Benn
vs
Hansen

167 cm
25
144 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

172 cm
25
135 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, DJ Benn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Daniel Hansen!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Andrew Berry and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Benn throws a right hand that Hansen ducks under and follows up with a left that Hansen also avoids with ease.
Hansen's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Benn connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Hansen scrambles back to his feet.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hansen.
Benn misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Benn swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Benn looks to land a combination but Hansen avoids it well.
Benn misses with a wild combination.
Benn misses with an attempted mid kick.
Hansen has a takedown stuffed.

Benn closes the distance and pushes Hansen back into the ropes.
Benn wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from Benn.

Hansen gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Benn preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Hansen content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

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

Benn drives through and clinches with Hansen against the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Benn breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
DJ Benn is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A jab from Benn misses.
Benn is looking to score with low kicks.
Benn throws a nice looking combination but Hansen bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Benn clinches up with Hansen and pushes him back against the ropes.
Benn wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Hansen as Benn tries to tie him up.
Hansen fails to pull the fight into his guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Benn manages to break the clinch.
Benn throws a series of punches but Hansen avoids them all with ease.
Benn throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Benn slaps away a takedown attempt from Hansen, before circling back to the center of the mat.
DJ Benn has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Daniel Hansen.
Benn throws a series of punches but Hansen avoids them all with ease.
Benn misses with a few strikes there.
Benn avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Benn will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hansen fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Benn avoids it really well and circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hansen avoids the body shot from Benn.
Benn goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Benn throws a series of punches but Hansen moves out of range.
DJ Benn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hansen takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

Hansen tries to keep at a distance but Benn has taken the fight into the clinch.
Benn trying to control the position but instead, Hansen has worked for underhooks and has pushed Benn into the ropes.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Hansen is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Benn is defending well.
Benn prevents the takedown attempt.
Benn avoiding damage as Hansen throws knees to the body.
Hansen tries to pull guard but Benn forces him back to his feet, against the ropes.
Benn looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Benn has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Hansen keeps control of Benn as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Benn wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hansen is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Hansen keeps control of Benn as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hansen tries for a takedown. No joy.
Hansen tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Hansen is working for takedown but Benn is calmly controlling the position for now.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Hansen keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Benn's efforts to push away.
Benn is trying to push Hansen away but Hansen has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Benn is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hansen is keeping busy.
Benn has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hansen is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Benn is defending well.
Benn is trying to break free.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Hansen has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Benn after a bit of a struggle.
Hansen is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the ropes enables Benn to keep the fight standing.
Hansen wants a takedown but no success here.

Benn's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Benn throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Hansen on the side of the head.
Hansen avoids a punch combination nicely.
Benn tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hansen was well out of range. Poor timing from Benn.
Benn wants to slow Hansen down by chopping away at his legs.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Benn dips to his left and cracks Hansen with an uppercut!

It looks like Daniel Hansen has been cut.
Benn throws a half hearted mid kick.
Sloppy strikes from Benn. Those never looked like landing.
Hansen moves out of range of the leg kick from Benn.

Benn has Hansen up against the ropes in a clinch.
Benn wants to get back to striking at distance but Hansen won't allow it.
Benn tries to break the clinch but Hansen is controlling the position.

Benn breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

DJ Benn dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Daniel Hansen's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Benn looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hansen tries to clinch there but Benn circles away.
Hansen fails with a takedown attempt.
Hansen shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Benn as he jumps to the side.
Nice takedown defense from Benn. No joy for Hansen on that attempt.
DJ Benn has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Daniel Hansen.

Benn has Hansen up against the ropes in a clinch.
Benn has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hansen tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Benn just stands there and leans against the ropes.
Benn is looking to break free of the clinch but Hansen has double underhooks.
Hansen is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Benn is defending well.
Benn is trying to break the clinch but Hansen has him pressed against the ropes.
Hansen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A frustrated look appears on Benn's face as he tries to break the clinch.
DJ Benn has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Benn wants to break free but Hansen has control.
Hansen looking for a takedown.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benn is trying to force a seperation but Hansen has the dominant position.
Benn looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Benn has had enough of the clinch but Hansen keeps him there for the moment.
Hansen drops down looking for an ankle pick but Benn pulls his leg out and moves away.

Benn has managed to clinch.
Benn gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benn managing to block the knees to the body from Hansen.
Benn is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Benn blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hansen wants to take the fight to the mat but Benn manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Hansen has Benn pressed against the ropes, preventing Benn from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Benn has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Benn is trying to force a seperation but Hansen has the dominant position.
Hansen prevents Benn from breaking the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hansen is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. Benn gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Benn working hard to break the clinch.
Benn wants to break free but Hansen has control.
Benn is trying to force a seperation but Hansen has the dominant position.
Hansen looking to throw knees to the head but Benn is blocking nicely.

Benn pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Benn throws a leg kick that misses.
DJ Benn is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Benn displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Hansen.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Benn misses with a leg kick.
Benn wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Hansen jumps guard but Benn stands there with Hansen around his waist. Hansen gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Benn looking to slow down the pace here.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Hansen avoids the elbow strike from Benn, against the ropes.
Benn lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hansen backwards.
Hansen is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Benn is keeping busy.
Hansen has Benn pressed up against the ropes and is working for takedown. Benn manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Benn tries to circle away but Hansen has him pinned against the ropes.
Hansen wants a takedown but no success here.
I was talking to Benn's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Benn is looking to break free of the clinch but Hansen has double underhooks.

Benn breaks the clinch.

Hansen closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Hansen tries to pull guard but Benn won't allow it.
Hansen jumps guard but Benn turns him against the ropes and keeps the fight standing.
Benn wants to break free but Hansen has control.
Benn is trying to break the clinch but Hansen is controlling him.
Benn prevents a takedown attempt there.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Hansen has Benn pressed against the ropes, preventing Benn from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hansen tries for a takedown. No joy.
Benn is looking to break free of the clinch but Hansen has double underhooks.
Benn is trying to force a seperation but Hansen has the dominant position.
Benn softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Hansen goes for a takedown in the clinch but Benn prevents it.

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

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Benn misses with the combination.
Benn throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Hansen stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Hansen takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Benn lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Benn scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Benn throws a body kick that misses.
Daniel Hansen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hansen showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Benn.

And that's the end of the fight!
DJ Benn showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Benn has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight for DJ Benn!
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight for DJ Benn!
Judge William Gold scores the fight for DJ Benn!

DJ Benn wins by unanimous decision!