PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Massimo Benvenuti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Grant Morrison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Morrison's choice of entrance music: Mystery Plane. Massimo Benvenuti could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Grant Morrison's chin.

Benvenuti
vs
Morrison

182 cm
26
182 lbs
14 - 1 - 0

180 cm
26
200 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Heavy handed

Atlantis
Vikai Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Massimo Benvenuti!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Grant Morrison!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, David Hoff and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morrison bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Morrison uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Benvenuti.
Morrison looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Morrison throws a shot from downtown. Benvenuti moves away and avoids it.
Morrison misses with a hook to the body
and Benvenuti counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A shot to the liver by Benvenuti. Beautiful body shot.
Benvenuti definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Morrison tries to clinch but Benvenuti moves out of range.
Morrison misses with a wild body shot.
Morrison takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Morrison throws the left hand but Benvenuti avoids the punch easily.
Morrison tries to close the distance and clinch up but Benvenuti swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Benvenuti was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morrison darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Benvenuti on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Morrison throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Morrison misses with a body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Benvenuti listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Grant Morrison seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Benvenuti fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Morrison looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Benvenuti ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Morrison connects with a right hand. Benvenuti shakes it off.
Morrison's corner calls for a 1-2. Morrison obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Morrison throws an overhand right that lands on Benvenuti's shoulder, as Benvenuti tries to avoid the shot.
An attempted straight right counter from Benvenuti misses the target.
Morrison connects with a jab.

Morrison rushes Benvenuti and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Benvenuti lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Morrison throws a head punch that misses.
Morrison is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Benvenuti is defending well for now.
Benvenuti throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Morrison blocks it with crossed arms.
Morrison tries a knee to the head but Benvenuti blocks it.
Morrison has a couple of punches blocked by Benvenuti.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Morrison tries to throw a body punch but Benvenuti avoids it by throwing Morrison back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison crunches a lovely knee into Benvenuti's ribcage.
Benvenuti struggles to land a body shot inside as Morrison controls his hands.
Benvenuti tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Benvenuti looking to stall.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Benvenuti creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Benvenuti tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Benvenuti.
A body shot lands from Benvenuti.
Benvenuti can't break the clinch.
Benvenuti goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Morrison misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Benvenuti.
Morrison lands a nice uppercut.
Morrison throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Benvenutis head.
Benvenuti fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Benvenuti is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
A short left from Benvenuti.
Morrison lands with a short shot to the head.
Morrison tries a knee to the head but Benvenuti blocks it.
Morrison has a couple of punches blocked by Benvenuti.

Benvenuti manages to break the clinch.
Benvenuti works Morrison's body with a nice hook.
Morrison swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Benvenuti.
Morrison misses the shot to the body.
Benvenuti swings for the body but Morrison moves out of range.
Benvenuti is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Morrison.
Morrison swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Morrison misses with a hook to the body
and Benvenuti counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benvenuti swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Morrison takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Morrison just misses with a punch to the body.
Benvenuti swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Morrison connects with the punch.
Morrison misses with an uppercut.
Benvenuti jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Benvenuti throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Morrison sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Benvenuti. Morrison does a little dance to reset his feet.
Morrison drops Benvenuti with a huge uppercut! Benvenuti drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Morrison is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Grant Morrison!
Grant Morrison is the new middleweight champion!
Grant Morrison decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
Massimo Benvenuti was interviewed post fight and said 'I'll be back stronger!'.