PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Isaac Bennett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stephen Barett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barett has chosen Foggy Dew as his entrance music. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Bennett
vs
Barett

180 cm
26
155 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

179 cm
22
145 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Isaac Bennett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Stephen Barett!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Steven Brown and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barett takes a swing at Bennett's ribcage but misses.
Bennett fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Bennett attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.

Bennett fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Barett to the ground. Bennett is now in Barett's guard.
Barett really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Bennett. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Bennett scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Barett being controlled here, momentarily.
Barett keeping full guard, as Bennett tries to pass.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bennett trying to stand up but can't free himself from Barett's guard.

Barett has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Bennett off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bennett has managed to clinch.
Bennett trying to land knees to the body.

Barett escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Barett darts in looking for a takedown but Bennett gets double underhooks and turns Barett into the cage.
Bennett fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
As Bennett backs off Barett throws a huge counter combo but Bennett manages to avoid it all.
Barett leaves Bennett with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Isaac Bennett. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Barett closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Barett lands a nice knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Bennett breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Barett closes the distance and clinches up with Bennett, looking for a takedown. Barett pushes Bennett against the cage but Bennett circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Barett tries to score a power double leg takedown but Bennett sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Barett somewhat.
Barett fails with the takedown.

Bennett gets the takedown into side control.
Bennett tries to stand but Barett is controlling his head.
You can see the frustration on Barett's face as Bennett controls the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barett is looking to regain half guard here but Bennett keeps moving and retains side control.
Bennett wants to stand but Barett has his arm trapped.
Bennett controlling from side mount.
Bennett wants to stand but Barett has his arm trapped.
Bennett is staying tight to Barett's torso, preventing him from escaping.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Barett tries to improve position but can't.
Bennett in the domination position with Barett hanging on.
Bennett tries to stand but Barett is controlling his head.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Barett looking for a sweep but Bennett has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Bennett dominating with strikes here.
Bennett controlling from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Isaac Bennett dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Barett tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Bennett swivels and escapes.

Bennett gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Bennett has Barett pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Barett manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Barett wants a takedown but no success here.
Bennett tries to circle away but Barett has him pinned against the cage.

Bennett pulls Barett into guard.
Bennett has his hands on Barett's head, controlling the position.
Barett throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Bennett works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bennett wants to get back to his feet but Barett is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

Bennett is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bennett avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Barett got a little sloppy there for a moment and Bennett has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Barett has managed to get both his arms back between Bennett's legs - danger averted.
Barett lands a couple of digs.
Bennett is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Barett can do to turn this around?

Barett decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Bennett, up you get!
Bennett throws a low kick, looking for Barett's leg but Barett calmly moves out of range.
Bennett shoots in for a double leg but Barett sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

Bennett tries to keep at a distance but Barett has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Barett manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
We've been informed that Barett has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Bennett postures up and lands a big shot to Barett's brow.
Barett is adopting a defensive guard.
Bennett's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Barett is trying to control the position but Bennett postures up.
Barett wants to stand up but Bennett is controlling him.
Barett is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bennett with a flurry of punches that miss.

Bennett drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Bennett jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Bennett scoring with punches to the head and body.

Barett uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Barett looks for the body kick but Bennett saw that one coming.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bennett looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Barett tries to score a power double leg takedown but Bennett sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Barett somewhat.
Isaac Bennett has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Stephen Barett.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Bennett clinches with his opponent.

Bennett drags the fight down to the ground.
Bennett wants to stand but Barett is controlling the position.
Bennett trying to keep a closed guard but Barett is proving a slippery customer.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Isaac Bennett dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Bennett lands with a thumping leg kick.
Barett looks for a takedown but Bennett sprawls well.
Barett tries to close the distance and clinch but Bennett swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Barett tries to clinch up but Bennett circles away and keeps his distance.
Bennett is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bennett tries to clinch there but Barett circles away.
Barett misses with the combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Bennett darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Barett trying to hold on to Bennett's head to control him but Bennett postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bennett controlling the action here.
Bennett trying to control from half guard but Barett is working away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Bennett lands strikes from half guard.
Bennett lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Ground and pound from Bennett.
Barett wants to improve his position but Bennett is controlling well.
Bennett works his way into full mount!
Barett is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bennett looking to control and managing it successfully.
Bennett in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Bennett sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Barett taking shots to the head.
Bennett scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Barett?
Barett wants to hold on but Bennett pushes him away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bennett is looking to stand but Barett has his arms wrapped tightly around him, looking to prevent the damage.
Isaac Bennett overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bennett lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Bennett landing strikes from the mount and Barett is in trouble!
Barett wants to hold on but Bennett pushes him away.
Barett is hanging on here. He's in a desperate position.
Barett takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Barett in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Barett is flailing around, obviously not happy about being mounted. Bennett locks hold of one of his arms and spins for an armbar. He's got it! Barett is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Isaac Bennett!