PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Roger Bennett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nucky McPharson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nucky McPharson has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Bennett
vs
McPharson

172 cm
25
149 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

168 cm
25
148 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Determined

Highland Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Roger Bennett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Nucky McPharson!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Daniel Franklin and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McPharson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Bennett's sensitive parts.
McPharson misses with an uppercut.
Bennett definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.

Bennett darts in and clinches McPharson up against the cage.
Bennett throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but McPharson blocks it with crossed arms.
Bennett is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Bennett tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bennett blocks a body shot from McPharson.
McPharson is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Bennett to keep the fight standing.
McPharson struggles to land a body shot inside as Bennett controls his hands.
McPharson wants to break the clinch but can't.
McPharson is trying to maintain a safe position but Bennett gets an underhook and turns McPharson into the cage.
Bennett looking to throw knees to the head but McPharson is blocking nicely.
McPharson is looking to break free of the clinch but Bennett has double underhooks.
Bennett misses with a knee to the head.

McPharson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Bennett gets in close and instigates a clinch.
McPharson can't break the clinch.
McPharson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bennett avoids it.
Bennett landing knees to the head.
Bennett landing knees to the body.
McPharson tries to break free but Bennett pushes him back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bennett tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bennett lands with a left to the head.
Bennett with an attempt at a knee that misses.
McPharson has Bennett pressed against the cage.
Bennett lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bennett lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bennett crunches a lovely knee into McPharson's ribcage.
Bennett prevents a body shot from McPharson.
Bennett blocks a body shot from McPharson.
McPharson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bennett lands a knee to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bennett.
Bennett misses with a knee to the head.
McPharson's coach down at The Hut - $50 was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on McPharson's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Bennett is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
McPharson looks winded!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Knees to the body from Bennett.
Bennett with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bennett misses with a knee strike.
Bennett blocks a body shot from McPharson.
Bennett lands a knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bennett lands with a light punch inside.
Bennett landing knees to the head.
Bennett connects with a knee to the head.
Bennett unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bennett crunches a lovely knee into McPharson's ribcage.
Bennett blocks an uppercut.
Bennett lands a nice knee to the body.
Bennett connects with a nasty looking knee right to McPharson's face.
McPharson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bennett lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bennett connects with a nasty looking knee right to McPharson's face.
McPharson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The referee is keeping an eye on Bennett - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
McPharson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bennett landing knees to the head.
Bennett with a knee to the head.
Bennett landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bennett with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bennett lands a knee to the body.
Bennett lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Bennett blocking some punches.
McPharson is trying to force a seperation but Bennett has the dominant position.
Bennett connects with a knee to the head.
Bennett with a knee to the head.
Bennett lands a good knee to the midsection. McPharson won't want to take too many of those.
Bennett's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Bennett connects with a nasty looking knee right to McPharson's face.
Bennett using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Bennett with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bennett with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bennett landing knees to the head.
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!
Bennett landing knees to the body.
Bennett with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bennett connects with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McPharson misses with a knee to the head.
Bennett unloads a knee to the mid-section. McPharson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees to the body from Bennett.
McPharson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bennett landing knees to the head.
Bennett scores a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Bennett.
Bennett throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bennett scores with a knee to the head.
Bennett landing knees to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bennett.
McPharson avoids a wild elbow strike from Bennett.
McPharson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A shot in the inside from Bennett.
McPharson wants to get back to striking at distance but Bennett won't allow it.
Bennett lands a knee to the head.
McPharson jumps guard but Bennett turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Bennett working McPharson over with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roger Bennett dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Bennett has McPharson up against the cage in a clinch.
Bennett lands a knee to the body.
Bennett is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that McPharson can do to turn this around?
Bennett prevents McPharson from breaking the clinch.
Bennett throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bennett with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
McPharson is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bennett is keeping busy.
Bennett lands with a right to the head.
Bennett looking to throw knees to the head but McPharson is blocking nicely.

McPharson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
No luck with that takedown attempt from McPharson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bennett tries to clinch there but McPharson circles away.
Nucky McPharson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
McPharson keeps the fight on the outside.
McPharson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Bennett closes the distance and clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bennett misses with a knee strike.
McPharson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bennett misses with a knee strike.
Bennett misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from McPharson.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bennett.
McPharson is breathing heavily.
McPharson can't find room to land a body shot as Bennett controls the action.
McPharson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
McPharson tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Bennett smiles and moves away.
McPharson throws a leg kick which misses Bennett's front leg but catches the back leg as Bennett tries to avoid it.

Bennett gets a clinch.
Bennett working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bennett is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Bennett scores with a knee to the head.
Bennett lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of McPharson backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bennett connects with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bennett throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but McPharson blocks it with crossed arms.
McPharson is trying to push Bennett away but Bennett has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Bennett looking to throw knees to the head but McPharson is blocking nicely.
Bennett lands an uppercut.
Bennett tries to land a knee to the head but McPharson blocks with his arms.
Bennett with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bennett landing knees to the body.
Bennett lands a left hand.
Bennett misses with a knee to the head.
Bennett tries to land a knee to the head but McPharson blocks with his arms.
Bennett has McPharson pressed against the cage, preventing McPharson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

McPharson jumps into guard, dragging Bennett to the mat.
Bennett wants to control from the top but McPharson keeps moving.

McPharson has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Bennett should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, McPharson has tightened it up now! Bennett should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Nucky McPharson!
Nucky McPharson took to the mic after the fight and begged the organizational hierarchy for a shot at the title.