PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Garret Delaney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tracy Bennett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tracy Bennett has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Garret Delaney's chin.

Delaney
vs
Bennett

210 cm
24
194 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

175 cm
25
190 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Likes comics

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Solid chin

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Garret Delaney!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tracy Bennett!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Chris Saunders and Colin Fray.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bennett shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Delaney's guard.
Bennett won't allow Delaney to get back to his feet.
Bennett content to stall in guard here.
Bennett trying to control but Delaney is working from the bottom.
Delaney wants to stand but Bennett is controlling the position.
Delaney wants to improve his position but instead Bennett has moved into half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bennett is trying to control the action in half guard but Delaney is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Delaney is trying to stand up here but Bennett is controlling him well.
Bennett tries to pass the half guard into mount. Delaney knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Bennett trying to control from half guard but Delaney is working away.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bennett is looking for a kimura here.
Delaney is trying to stand up here but Bennett is controlling him well.
Bennett is trying to control. Delaney wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Bennett really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Delaney. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Bennett content to control rather than advance.
Delaney is staying active underneath Bennett, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Bennett wants to free his trapped foot but Delaney is holding on for dear life with his legs.

Bennett gets to his feet - back to striking we go!

Delaney shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Bennett manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Delaney working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Bennett is trying to keep Delaney in close.
Delaney scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Bennett working a defensive guard here.
Bennett keeping moving, preventing Delaney from controlling successfully.
Bennett trying to keep a closed guard but Delaney is proving a slippery customer.
Bennett is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Delaney lands a couple of decent looking shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bennett working for submissions but it's allowed Delaney to get to half guard.
Bennett is trying to get back to full guard.
Bennett wants to control but Delaney is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Bennett tries to get to full guard but Delaney has control of the leg.
Bennett looks winded!
Delaney lands strikes from half guard.
Delaney is trying to control the action in half guard but Bennett is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Delaney lands with a punch from half guard.
Delaney blocks the strikes from Bennett.
Delaney works his way into full mount!
Bennett tries to lock up and control but Delaney gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Delaney working the ground and pound effectively.
Delaney controlling the pace for now.
Delaney wants to control the pace but Bennett is squirming around nicely.
Bennett is looking to improve his position but Delaney isn't that keen on the idea.
The referee warns Bennett that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bennett wants to control but Delaney is having none of it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Delaney is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Delaney avoids the attempt from Bennett to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Garret Delaney dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Delaney decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Bennett can do anything to dispel that myth.
Bennett trying to hold on to Delaney's head to control him but Delaney postures up.
Delaney really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Bennett is refusing to be controlled, as Delaney sits in half guard.

Bennett actively working from the bottom here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Delaney wants to lay and pray for a moment but Bennett keeps working.
Delaney will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Delaney working over Bennett with some ground and pound. Bennett looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Delaney working over Bennett with some ground and pound. Bennett looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Delaney is trying to control. Bennett wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Bennett wants to control but Delaney is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Bennett is looking to improve his position.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Bennett is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Delaney scores with a couple of nice shots.
Delaney trying to control from half guard but Bennett is working away.
Delaney is thwarting Bennett's attempts to control the position.
The fighters are battling for position here. Bennett manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Delaney wants to control from the top but Bennett keeps moving.
Bennett is pulling down on Delaney's head. It's preventing any offense from Delaney, at least for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Delaney is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Delaney being controlled here momentarily.

Bennett is looking for a triangle here but Delaney uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Bennett is breathing heavily.
Delaney in side control, just content to control the action for now.

Delaney has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Delaney shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Delaney showed some decent athleticism there.

Bennett looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Delaney working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Delaney working the head and body with strikes.
Ground and pound from Delaney.
Delaney scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Bennett has hold of Delaney's hands but Delaney slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

Delaney is trying to work for a kimura but Bennett is defending well.

Bennett is defending against the submission attempts here by Delaney.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Bennett looking for submissions off his back.
Delaney working Bennett over with strikes.
Delaney scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Bennett is looking to improve his position.

Bennett actively working from the bottom here.
Delaney has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Nice strikes from Delaney there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Garret Delaney dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Delaney darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Bennett is not content to let Delaney control the position.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Bennett trying to control but Delaney postures up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Delaney lands a nice short elbow.

Delaney is looking for a kimura but Bennett is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Delaney to get the leverage.

Bennett is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Delaney pulls his head out easily.
Bennett controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bennett takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Delaney is keen to just control but Bennett is a slippery customer.
Delaney keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Delaney is trying to control. Bennett wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Bennett wants to get back to his feet.
Delaney missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

Bennett looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Delaney lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Delaney wants to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Bennett throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Delaney is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bennett can do to turn this around?
Delaney working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

Bennett actively working from the bottom here.

Delaney looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Bennett wants to get back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Delaney wants to stand but Bennett has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

Delaney shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Bennett's guard.

Bennett throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Bennett wants to stand but Delaney is controlling the position.
Bennett looking to control.
Delaney stays in close to Bennett's body and controls the position.
Bennett is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Delaney trying to control the position from guard on top but Bennett is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Delaney is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Delaney lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Delaney lands a couple of elbows.
Bennett wants to sweep here but Delaney controlling him for the moment.
Delaney scoring with some ground and pound.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Delaney wants to control from the top but Bennett keeps moving.
Delaney stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Bennett swivels though and keeps the full guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Garret Delaney showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Delaney has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Garret Delaney!