PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Roger Bennett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Douglas Steinhof (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Bennett
vs
Steinhof

172 cm
26
149 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

180 cm
19
155 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

Highland Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Douglas Steinhof!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, David Hoff and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bennett moves in looking to clinch but Steinhof pushes him off.
Bennett moves in looking to clinch but Steinhof pushes him off.
Bennett takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Steinhof shoots for a double leg takedown but Bennett sprawls well. He's pushed Steinhof's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Steinhof will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Steinhof dives in for a single leg takedown but Bennett sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Roger Bennett has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Douglas Steinhof.
Steinhof looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Bennett is fending him off so far but Steinhof persists. Nope, Bennett circles away and we're back to standing.
Bennett tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Steinhof manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Roger Bennett seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Bennett closes the distance and clinches.
Bennett with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Our sources have told us that Bennett has been working on his elbows in the gym.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bennett.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bennett obliges.
Bennett tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bennett misses with a knee strike.
Bennett misses with a knee strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Steinhof is trying to pull guard but Bennett turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Bennett using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steinhof jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Bennett walks away with a smile on his face. Steinhof gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Bennett is looking to clinch.

Bennett closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Bennett scores with a knee to the head.
Bennett misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Steinhof tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Bennett just stands there and leans against the cage.
Bennett tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Steinhof goes for a takedown attempt but Bennett pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Bennett is looking to clinch.
Steinhof keeps the fight on the outside.
Steinhof swats away the attempt to clinch by Bennett.
Bennett is looking to clinch but Steinhof is avoiding it.
Steinhof shoots for a takedown but Bennett saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Steinhof avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steinhof circles away from the clinch attempt.
Steinhof lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Bennett tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Steinhof paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bennett fails in his attempt to clinch.
Steinhof shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Bennett pinned against the cage. Bennett gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Bennett scores with a sloppy right hand. Steinhof should have avoided that one.

Bennett clinches with his opponent.
Bennett scores a nice knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bennett tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Steinhof is trying to pull guard but Bennett turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Bennett tries to work over Steinhof's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bennett throws a knee to the head but misses.
Steinhof tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Bennett just stands there and leans against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bennett looking to throw knees to the head but Steinhof is blocking nicely.
Bennett tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bennett tries to land knees in the clinch but Steinhof avoids the damage to the body.
Bennett utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Steinhof blocking some punches.
Bennett misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Steinhof.
A knee to the head by Bennett.
Bennett unloads a knee to the mid-section. Steinhof lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bennett tries to land a knee to the head but Steinhof blocks with his arms.
Bennett with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bennett trying to land knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bennett throws a knee to the head but misses.
Steinhof has Bennett pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Bennett manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Bennett looking to throw knees to the head but Steinhof is blocking nicely.
Steinhof fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Bennett connects with a nasty looking knee right to Steinhof's face.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bennett with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bennett misses with the head strike.
Bennett lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Bennett takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Bennett throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Steinhof blocks it with crossed arms.
Bennett lands a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roger Bennett dominated that round.
That's time! Bennett's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Steinhof goes for a double leg but Bennett avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Bennett continues to drive forward.
Steinhof shoots in looking for a takedown but Bennett manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Steinhof's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Bennett misses with a body shot.

Bennett closes the distance and clinches.
Steinhof jumps guard but Bennett stands there with Steinhof around his waist. Steinhof gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Roger Bennett has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Douglas Steinhof.
Bennett lands a nice knee to the body.
Bennett pushes Steinhof back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bennett landing knees to the head.
Bennett working Steinhof over with knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bennett lands a good knee to the midsection. Steinhof won't want to take too many of those.
Steinhof takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bennett putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Steinhof in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bennett misses with a knee strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bennett with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Steinhof is breathing heavily.
Bennett using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Steinhof has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bennett working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bennett looking to throw knees to the head but Steinhof is blocking nicely.

Steinhof pulls guard successfully.
Bennett looking to sit in guard and control but Steinhof gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Steinhof postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Steinhof working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Steinhof forces his way into half guard.
Steinhof passes to full mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Steinhof working for a submission but Bennett is keeping him at bay.
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 tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Steinhof looking to secure an arm triangle but Bennett defends it well.

Bennett has left one of his arms exposed and Steinhof doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. Bennett screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Douglas Steinhof!
Douglas Steinhof looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'I have only one thing to say, i want the winner of Cody "bitch" Garbrandt vs Nucky McPharson'.