PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Fredy Benton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adam Schmierer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Schmierer comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Volcano, by Dethklok kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Adam Schmierer has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Benton
vs
Schmierer

175 cm
24
185 lbs
2 - 0 - 1

178 cm
26
198 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Fredy Benton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Adam Schmierer!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Benton looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Schmierer keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Schmierer tries to kick Benton off but Benton keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Schmierer blocking the ground and pound attempt from Benton.
Schmierer pushes Benton off looking to stand but Benton dives back in and keeps control.
Benton looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Benton lands a nice short elbow.
Benton is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Benton not landing any meaningful shots this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Schmierer is trying to stand.
Benton throws a strike but Schmierer avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Schmierer wants to stand and escape but Benton is having none of it.
Schmierer controls Benton momentarily but Benton frees himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schmierer utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Benton lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Benton 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.
Benton keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Schmierer's head.
Benton postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Schmierer can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Benton controls the pace.
Schmierer is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Schmierer utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Benton sitting in guard here, content to control.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Schmierer really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Benton. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Benton tries to free his leg and advance position but Schmierer is retaining full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schmierer wants to sweep but no luck.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Benton looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Schmierer displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Benton.
A little jabbing left from Schmierer on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.

Benton darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Benton thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benton controlling the action here.
Benton missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Schmierer is trying to stand back up but Benton is controlling him
Schmierer felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Benton not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Benton working over Schmierer with some ground and pound. Schmierer looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Schmierer keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Schmierer keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Benton wants to pass to mount but Schmierer is defending the position.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Benton throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schmierer is trying to stand back up but Benton is controlling him
Benton slows the pace down in half guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Benton throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Benton winds up and cracks Schmierer with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Schmierer blocking the ground and pound attempt from Benton.
Benton working the head and body with strikes.
Schmierer is trying to stand back up but Benton is controlling him
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fredy Benton dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Benton shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Benton shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Schmierer but Schmierer pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Schmierer misses with an uppercut.

Schmierer gets caught flat footed, as Benton shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Benton accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Schmierer is looking to stand up but Benton isn't so interested in that idea.
Benton throws a big elbow that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Benton makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Benton wants to control from the top but Schmierer keeps moving.
Fredy Benton overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Benton lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Benton scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Benton is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Schmierer is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Benton dives into side control.
Sloppy strikes there by Benton.
Schmierer wants to control but Benton postures up.
Benton lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benton is working Schmierer over with some ground and pound from side control.

Schmierer is rocked!
Benton scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Schmierer is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Benton can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Fredy Benton!