PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Diederik Boschman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Julius Bennett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Boschman comes to the cage accompanied by Alone In A Crowd - When Tigers Fight. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Boschman
vs
Bennett

184 cm
23
210 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

185 cm
26
215 lbs
3 - 1 - 1

Decent wrestler
Great elbows
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Sun-Tzu

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Diederik Boschman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 1, fighting out of New York, Julius Bennett!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Emerson Jorge and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bennett throws a body shot but no joy.

Boschman closes the distance and pushes Bennett back into the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Boschman.
A left hand lands to the body for Boschman.

Bennett breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bennett cracks Boschman with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Bennett throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Boschman.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Boschman lands a damaging elbow.
Boschman lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Boschman lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Julius Bennett has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice body punch from Boschman - that landed with a thud.
Bennett looks winded!
Boschman working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Boschman misses with a body punch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Boschman.
Boschman creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bennett's defenses.
We've been hearing reports that Boschman has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Boschman lands a damaging elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Boschman.
Boschman throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Boschman lands a nice shot to the body.
Boschman lands an elbow inside that Bennett shrugs off.
Boschman lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That has opened up Julius Bennett's cut even more.
Bennett takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bennett takes an elbow to the forehead.
Boschman creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bennett's defenses.
Bennett is trying to break the clinch but Boschman has him pressed against the cage.
Boschman lands an elbow inside.

The cut above Julius Bennett's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Boschman lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A shot in the inside from Boschman.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Boschman scores with a hook to the body.
Boschman lands with a light punch inside.
Boschman softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Boschman lands an elbow that stopped Bennett in his tracks for a moment.
A nice right hand lands inside from Boschman.
Boschman scores with a nice hook to the head.
Bennett working aggressively here.
Boschman lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boschman keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bennett's efforts to push away.
Boschman lands a hook to the side of the head.

Julius Bennett's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Boschman lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Boschman lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Bennett or not.
Boschman comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A body shot lands from Boschman.
Boschman works on Bennett's body with a couple of short punches.
Boschman lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A body shot lands from Boschman.
Boschman lands a damaging elbow.
Boschman works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Boschman lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Julius Bennett's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Diederik Boschman!
Diederik Boschman decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
The defeated Julius Bennett had this to say: 'Im getting right back into the gym and learning from my mistakes and fix them!'.