PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tony Benson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonathan Trott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Benson
vs
Trott

179 cm
32
175 lbs
23 - 9 - 0

180 cm
36
177 lbs
12 - 4 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tony Benson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jonathan Trott!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Trott scores with a jab.
Benson throws a lazy body kick

and Trott counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

Benson has managed to escape just enough to sneak back to his feet but Trott is on him like a limpet, forcing Benson back against the cage.
Benson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Benson has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Trott misses with a hook from the clinch.
Trott stalling against the cage.
Benson lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Trott.
Trott lands with a short shot to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Benson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Benson throws a leg kick but Trott moved away.
Benson takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Nice body kick from Trott.
Decent striking displayed by Trott there.
Trott throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Trott throws a low kick but Benson moves out of range easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Trott, as that shot connected.
Trott avoids a kick to the body.
Trott tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Trott throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Benson throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A jab lands there for Trott.
Trott misses with a hook
and Benson counters with a lovely straight right hand!

It looks like Jonathan Trott has been cut.
Benson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Trott is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Benson wants to slow Trott down by chopping away at his legs.
Trott tries to land a body kick
and Benson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Benson fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Trott checks it well.
Benson misses with a kick to the body.
Trott takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Trott swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benson connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Benson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Benson finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Benson slips a jab from Trott.
Benson was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
An inside leg kick from Trott misses.
Trott catches Benson with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Trott lands the left hand.
Benson checks the leg kick nicely there.
Benson was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Benson takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Trott connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Trott chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Benson can pounce on him.
Trott takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trott keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Benson.
A low kick from Trott misses
and Benson counters with an inside leg kick.
Trott looks to land a combination but Benson avoids it well.
Jonathan Trott seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Trott scores with the left hand. Benson knows he should have avoided that one.
Benson moves out of range as Trott throws a body kick.
Trott looks to throw the jab but Benson is out of range.
Benson pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Trott throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Benson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Trott.
Trott takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Benson smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Benson stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

That has opened up Jonathan Trott's cut even more.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Benson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Trott.
An attempted straight right counter from Benson misses the target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trott avoids the head kick by Benson.
Trott ducks right into an uppercut from Benson.
Benson tries to land a front kick but Trott steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Benson lands with an uppercut that bounces Trott off the cage and back into range.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Trott.
Donk. Benson catches Trott right on the button with a cross.

Trott is rocked!

The cut above Jonathan Trott's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Benson walks into a straight right hand from Trott.
Trott avoids the head kick by Benson.
Trott waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Benson.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Benson throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Trott misses with an uppercut. Benson saw that one coming.
Good leg kick by Trott there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Jonathan Trott will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jonathan Trott's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Trott will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Trott misses with a jab to the body
and Benson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A chopping leg kick lands by Trott.
Trott throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Trott jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Benson is looking to counter with a body kick.
Trott avoids a punch combination nicely.
Benson lands with a cross.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Benson goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Trott throws a series of strikes that have Benson backpedaling.
Trott scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trott misses with a straight right.
A looping hook to the body misses from Trott. Benson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Benson looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Benson gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Trott uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Benson has time to react.
Benson misses with a looping right.
Trott misses with a low kick.
Trott tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Benson moves out of range of the strikes.
Trott scores with a nice body kick.
Trott blocks a leg kick.
Benson throws the left hand but Trott avoids the punch easily.
Trott lands a jab to the nose.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Trott.
Benson on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Trott throws a leg kick that is checked
and Benson counters with a nice low kick that buckles Trott's knee momentarily.
A shot to the liver by Trott. Beautiful body shot.
Nice body kick there by Benson.
Benson moves out of range as Trott strikes.
Benson went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Benson moves away from the strike by Trott.
Benson thinks about countering with a body kick.
The fighters circling - Trott throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Trott on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Benson. Benson obviously looking to wear him down.
Trott lands with a right hand.
Good leg kick by Benson there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Trott throws a body kick that misses.
A little feinted left hand from Benson on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trott throws out a powerful jab.
A nice inside leg kick there by Benson. That's going to slow Trott down.
Trott tries to bum rush Benson with a series of wild strikes but Benson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Benson looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Trott misses with an attempted mid kick.
A little feinted left hand from Benson on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Trott throws the left hand but Benson avoids the punch easily.
A lazy left from Benson finds it's target.
Trott throws a half hearted mid kick.
Jonathan Trott seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Trott, right into the meat.
Benson looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Trott lands with a good body shot.
Trott thumps Benson with a low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trott blocks the body kick.
Trott tests Benson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Trott - that will leave a mark!
Trott has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Benson.
Benson scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Trott throws a leg kick
and Benson counters with an outside leg kick.
Trott punishes Benson's body with a nice straight punch.
Trott throws a lazy right hand but Benson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Benson is looking to counter punch.
Trott ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Benson scores with a jab.
Trott chopping away at his opponent's legs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jonathan Trott showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jonathan Trott's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Trott tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Benson defends well and Trott ends up having to push Benson into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Nice uppercut lands for Benson. That snapped Trott's head back.
Trott misses with an uppercut

and Benson counters with a crisp one two that drops Trott! Benson thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Trott to his feet! Trott is in big trouble!
Trott is still on wobbly legs! Can Benson finish him?
Benson steps in with a hook that catches Trott right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Benson follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Trott looks absolutely devastated.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:20 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tony Benson!
A very excited looking Tony Benson made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.