PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mentor Guruland (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Scotty Bennet (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Guruland
vs
Bennet

188 cm
31
187 lbs
14 - 1 - 0

191 cm
42
187 lbs
51 - 24 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

IniTech Nutrition
Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mentor Guruland!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 51 - 24 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Scotty Bennet!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bennet misses with a hook. Guruland ducked under it nicely.
Bennet fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Guruland looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Bennet misses the shot to the body.
Guruland throws a leg kick but Bennet sees it coming and moves out of range.
Bennet throws a jab when Guruland was well out of range.
Bennet throws a shot to the body.
Guruland missing with a left hand there. Bennet was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Guruland misses with a hook.
Guruland throws a body punch but Bennet moves out of range.
Bennet throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Guruland throws out a loose jab but Bennet uses good head movement to avoid it.
Guruland takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Guruland dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bennet misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Guruland.
Bennet connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Bennet swings for the body but Guruland moves out of range.
Bennet is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Guruland rather than just go for the knockout.
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!
Bennet smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Bennet misses the jab.
Bennet misses the shot to the body.
Guruland fires out a quick counter leg kick but Bennet just manages to avoid it.
Guruland tries to bum rush Bennet with a series of wild strikes but Bennet uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guruland throws a shot to the body.
Guruland throws out a loose jab but Bennet uses good head movement to avoid it.
Guruland has been working on his boxing with his coaches at LOD Gym of the Gods in the buildup to the fight.
Bennet throws a hook but Guruland avoids it easily.
Guruland misses the shot to the body.
Bennet ducks under a wild hook from Guruland.
Guruland misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bennet.
Bennet swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Guruland scores with a one two! Bennet had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Bennet throws out a loose jab but Guruland uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bennet ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Guruland throws a hook but Bennet blocks it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bennet. Guruland does a little dance to reset his feet.
Guruland defending well as Bennet loads up on a big left hand.
Bennet fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Guruland manages to avoid it.
Guruland ducks under a wild hook from Bennet.
Bennet misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Guruland.
Guruland is looking to counter punch.
Guruland keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bennet takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Scotty Bennet seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bennet misses the jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice combination there by Guruland.
Guruland waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bennet.
Bennet lands with a good body shot.
Guruland staying out of range there.
Bennet misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Guruland.
Guruland throws a jab but it's blocked by Bennet.
Bennet tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Guruland was well out of range. Poor timing from Bennet.
Guruland takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Bennet throws the left hand but Guruland avoids the punch easily.
Bennet rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Guruland counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Bennet thinking.
Guruland lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Guruland doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Guruland takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Guruland takes one to the side of the head.
Guruland is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Guruland!
Guruland lands with a shot to the body.
Bennet dips to his left and cracks Guruland with an uppercut!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guruland throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bennet misses with a right hand
and Guruland counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Guruland misses with a wild body shot.
Bennet throws a body shot but no joy.

Oh, that's a big right hand from Guruland and Bennet goes tumbling to the canvas! Guruland follows him to the ground and looks to finish from half guard.

Bennet is rocked!

Guruland is looking for a kimura but Bennet is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Guruland to get the leverage.
Bennet is still in real trouble! Can Guruland finish him?
Guruland performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Bennet controlling the position for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bennet is looking for a sweep. Guruland is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Bennet seems to have recovered his senses.
Bennet is not content to let Guruland control the position.
Guruland is pressing down on Bennet's thigh, looking to free his foot. Bennet is holding on for now.
Guruland trying to control the action but Bennet is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Guruland is working for a kimura but Bennet is defending it quite comfortably.
Guruland prevents Bennet from improving his position.
Bennet keeps trying to improve his position.
Bennet wants to control but Guruland is keeping busy.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Bennet is looking for a sweep. Guruland is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Guruland is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Bennet trying to control but Guruland postures up.
Bennet is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mentor Guruland dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Guruland takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Bennet bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bennet scores with a body shot.
Guruland uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bennet.
Guruland lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Guruland.
Guruland takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Guruland moves out of range of the strikes.
An attempted straight right counter from Guruland misses the target.
Bennet misses with a straight right.
Guruland was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Bennet lands a jab to Guruland's midsection.
Bennet misses the shot to the body.
Guruland appears to be looking for a big counter.
Mentor Guruland is winning the standup battle so far.
Guruland connects with a good right hand that stumbles Bennet. Bennet circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bennet uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Guruland.
Bennet tests Guruland's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Bennet throws a body shot but no joy.
Bennet cracks Guruland with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Guruland avoids the body shot from Bennet.
Guruland looks to score with a jab to the body but Bennet is just out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guruland avoids the body shot from Bennet.
Bennet connects with the punch.
Bennet looks to land a left hand but Guruland moved out of range nicely.
Guruland looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Bennet takes a swing at Guruland's ribcage but misses.
It looked like Guruland was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Bennet.
Bennet throws a sloppy body shot
and Guruland counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Guruland avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bennet throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Guruland dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bennet. That did some damage!
Guruland walks into a jab.
Bennet throws a body punch but Guruland moves out of range.
Guruland misses with a hook. Bennet ducked under it nicely.
Bennet misses the jab.
Bennet takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Guruland displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bennet throws out the jab.
Nice straight punches there by Guruland. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Guruland.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bennet throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Guruland on the side of the head.
Bennet misses with a straight left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guruland connects with a right hand. Bennet shakes it off.
Guruland swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bennet on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Guruland throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Guruland lands with an uppercut that bounces Bennet off the cage and back into range.
Bennet fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Guruland manages to avoid it.
Jab, jab by Bennet - just one landing.
Guruland throws a hook but Bennet blocks it.
Guruland uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bennet.
Bennet ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Guruland moves away.
Bennet lands with a straight right. Guruland didn't see that one coming.
Guruland tests Bennet's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Guruland scores with a punch to the head.
Bennet misses with a wild body shot.
Guruland misses with a double jab.
Bennet misses with a wild body shot.
Jab, jab by Bennet - just one landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guruland connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Bennet scores with the left hand. Guruland knows he should have avoided that one.

It looks like Mentor Guruland has been cut.
Guruland avoids the body shot from Bennet.
Guruland misses the shot to the body.
A slow jab from Bennet misses its intended target.
Guruland doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Bennet paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Guruland lands with an overhand left.
Bennet just misses with a punch to the body.
Guruland throws a series of punches but Bennet moves out of range.
Jab from Bennet.
A lazy left from Bennet finds it's target.
Bennet misses with a hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bennet throws a hook but Guruland avoids it easily.
Bennet tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Guruland was well out of range. Poor timing from Bennet.
Bennet throws a big shot that misses.
Guruland appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Bennet looks to throw the jab but Guruland is out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bennet moves out of range of the strikes.
Bennet now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Guruland lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Bennet throws a hook but Guruland avoids it easily.
Bennet fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Bennet throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bennet changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Bennet throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bennet just misses with a punch to the body.
Guruland tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bennet was well out of range. Poor timing from Guruland.
Guruland walks into a straight right hand from Bennet.
Guruland keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bennet uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Guruland.
Guruland defending well as Bennet loads up on a big left hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bennet dodges the punch combination from Guruland.
Bennet throws a body punch but Guruland moves out of range.
A slow jab from Bennet misses its intended target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Scotty Bennet showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Mentor Guruland's cut.
That's time! Guruland's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Guruland throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bennet lands with a nice body punch.
Bennet avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Guruland throws a right and a left that Bennet avoids nicely.
It seemed like Bennet was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Bennet lands with an uppercut that bounces Guruland off the cage and back into range.
Guruland looks to land a right hand but Bennet moved out of range.
Bennet lands a jab.
Guruland takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Bennet misses the shot to the body.
Bennet looks to score with a jab to the body but Guruland is just out of range.
Guruland ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bennet moves away.
Bennet looks like he wants to counter punch here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bennet misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Guruland.
Bennet throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Guruland sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bennet lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Guruland needs to keep his hands up - Bennet had a free shot at his head there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bennet misses with a hook. Guruland ducked under it nicely.
Guruland uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bennet.
Guruland wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big right from Bennet misses.
Guruland connects with a crisp jab.
Guruland lands a jab to the head.
Guruland waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bennet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bennet. Guruland does a little dance to reset his feet.
Guruland was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Guruland clobbers Bennet with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bennet. Guruland does a little dance to reset his feet.
A jab from Guruland does it's job there.
The fighters circle momentarily. Bennet darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Bennet stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Bennet scores with a body shot.
Bennet bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Guruland's head backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bennet takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Bennet throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Guruland tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bennet was well out of range. Poor timing from Guruland.
Bennet connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Guruland jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guruland keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bennet throws a body shot but no joy.
Guruland throws a big counter combination but Bennet scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Guruland walks into a left hand.
Guruland slips a straight right by Bennet.
Bennet throws a big shot that misses.
Bennet scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Guruland doesn't seem bothered though.
Bennet takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bennet misses the shot to the body.
Bennet looks to score with a jab to the body but Guruland is just out of range.
Guruland scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Bennet doesn't seem bothered though.
Bennet misses with an uppercut
and Bennet takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bennet throws a jab but it's blocked by Guruland.
Guruland gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Bennet.
Nice straight punches there by Guruland. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Guruland.
Bennet is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Guruland.
Guruland connects with a jab and follows up with a big overhand right! Oh that's hurt Bennet! He's out on his feet! Guruland rushes in and drops Bennet with another big right hand, forcing the referee to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Mentor Guruland!
Mentor Guruland was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
Scotty Bennet spoke after the fight, saying 'I want my mommy!'.