PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jack Benton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juan Gonzalez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gonzalez has chosen Entre Dos Aguas as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Benton
vs
Gonzalez

165 cm
23
150 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

173 cm
24
152 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jack Benton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Juan Gonzalez!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Thiago Cunha and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gonzalez wants to clinch up but Benton keeps it at a distance.
Gonzalez rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Benton moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Benton avoids the body shot from Gonzalez.

Gonzalez gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Gonzalez throws an elbow but it misses.
Gonzalez tries to land knees in the clinch but Benton avoids the damage to the body.
Gonzalez with a knee to the head.

It looks like Jack Benton has been cut.
Gonzalez missing with knees to the body.

Gonzalez breaks from the clinch.

Benton looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Gonzalez!
Gonzalez avoids a strike by Benton and manages to complete a very nice reversal in the process, to end up in Benton's guard! Fantastic escape!
Gonzalez wanted to stand there but Benton had control of the position.
Gonzalez slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Benton will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Benton thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Gonzalez has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Benton is proving hard to escape from.
Benton looking to control.
Benton lands a good elbow from the bottom.

Benton is looking for a triangle but Gonzalez pushes his legs off easily.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Benton fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Jack Benton seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
No luck for Benton with that takedown attempt.
Gonzalez dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Benton. That did some damage!
Benton shoots in for a double leg but Gonzalez sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jack Benton. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Benton is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Gonzalez clinches.
Gonzalez lands an elbow just above Benton 's eye.
Knees in the clinch landing for Gonzalez.
A left hand lands to the body for Gonzalez.
Benton goes for a takedown in the clinch but Gonzalez prevents it.
Benton takes an elbow to the temple.
Gonzalez connects with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Come on Gonzalez - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Gonzalez lands an elbow that stopped Benton in his tracks for a moment.

Gonzalez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gonzalez sizes up Benton with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

Gonzalez closes the distance and pushes Benton back into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez landing knees to the body.
Gonzalez landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Gonzalez lands a body punch in the clinch.
Come on Gonzalez - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Gonzalez landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

Gonzalez manages to break the clinch.
Benton shoots in for a takedown but Gonzalez shows good takedown defense.
Gonzalez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Benton misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

Gonzalez moves into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez crunches a lovely knee into Benton's ribcage.
Gonzalez scores a nice knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Gonzalez.
Gonzalez crunches a lovely knee into Benton's ribcage.
Gonzalez works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Gonzalez landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Gonzalez crunches a lovely knee into Benton's ribcage.
Gonzalez with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Gonzalez manages to break the clinch.
Gonzalez throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Gonzalez's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Gonzalez duly obliges.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Gonzalez clinches up against the cage.
Come on Gonzalez - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Gonzalez landing knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Juan Gonzalez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jack Benton's cut.
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.

Gonzalez gets a clinch.

Gonzalez breaks the clinch.
Gonzalez slips a jab from Benton.
Jack Benton is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Gonzalez forces Benton back against the cage and clinches.
Gonzalez lands an elbow that stopped Benton in his tracks for a moment.
Benton goes for a takedown attempt but Gonzalez pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Gonzalez fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Benton, pushing him back against the cage.
Benton is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Gonzalez is pressed up against the cage. Benton has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Gonzalez down to the mat. Gonzalez avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
A head kick from Gonzalez lands but Benton takes it in his stride.
Gonzalez's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Gonzalez duly obliges.

Jack Benton's cut is getting worse.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Gonzalez forces Benton back against the cage and clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonzalez lands a nice knee to the body.
Gonzalez connects with a nasty looking knee right to Benton's face.
Gonzalez lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Benton dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

Gonzalez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Benton scores with a jab.
Benton swats away the attempt to clinch by Gonzalez.
Gonzalez moves in looking to clinch but Benton pushes him off.
Benton shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Gonzalez as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jack Benton. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gonzalez lands a jab-cross combination.
Gonzalez turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Gonzalez scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

Jack Benton's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Gonzalez moves into range and clinches up with Benton.

Gonzalez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Gonzalez gets in close and instigates a clinch.
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!
Gonzalez is struggling to control the position.
Benton fails to pull guard.
Gonzalez unloads a knee to the mid-section. Benton lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gonzalez lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Gonzalez lands a knee to the head.
Gonzalez scores with a knee to the head.
A body shot lands from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez landing knees to the head.
Gonzalez unloads a knee to the mid-section. Benton lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gonzalez lands an elbow inside that Benton shrugs off.

Gonzalez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Gonzalez takes the fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez stalling.
Benton drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Gonzalez gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Gonzalez lands with a right to the head.
Gonzalez is stalling here.
Gonzalez with a knee to the head.
Gonzalez unloads a knee to the mid-section. Benton lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gonzalez lands a knee to the head.
Benton wants a takedown.
Gonzalez is stalling here.
Gonzalez cracks Benton with a nice body shot.
Benton takes an elbow to the temple.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Nice body punch from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Gonzalez effectively controlling the action here.
Gonzalez connects with a knee to the head.

Jeez, Jack Benton's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Gonzalez taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Benton changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Gonzalez fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Gonzalez connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Gonzalez fails in his attempt to clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Benton takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Gonzalez doesn't manage to clinch there - Benton circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Juan Gonzalez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jack Benton's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

A kick lands to the mid section there for Gonzalez.
Benton fails with the takedown.
Benton has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Gonzalez.
Gonzalez goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

Gonzalez forces Benton back against the cage and clinches.
Gonzalez has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Benton takes an elbow to the temple.
Gonzalez controlling the action here for a moment.
Gonzalez crunches a lovely knee into Benton's ribcage.
Gonzalez crunches a lovely knee into Benton's ribcage.

Gonzalez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Gonzalez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Benton fails with a takedown attempt.

Gonzalez clinches up with Benton and pushes him back against the cage.
Gonzalez lands an elbow inside that Benton shrugs off.
Gonzalez'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.
Knees to the body from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Benton backwards.
Gonzalez scores a nice knee to the body.
Gonzalez unloads a knee to the mid-section. Benton lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gonzalez lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Benton tries to score a body lock takedown but Gonzalez shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jack Benton. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Gonzalez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez scores with a decent looking hook.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:12 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Juan Gonzalez!