PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Luke Bentley (ranked 5761 p4p, 616 weight class) and Gamzat Gamzatov (ranked 4308 p4p, 519 weight class). Gamzatov has chosen Entrance Song as his entrance music. Luke Bentley has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Bentley
vs
Gamzatov

182 cm
19
210 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

188 cm
19
203 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Can Moonwalk

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Luke Bentley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Gamzat Gamzatov!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Donatello Bradman and Darius Henderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bentley gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Bentley pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Bentley with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gamzatov's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Bentley lands an elbow that stopped Gamzatov in his tracks for a moment.
Bentley misses with a punch on the inside.
Bentley swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bentley tries a body shot but Gamzatov blocks it.
Gamzatov drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Bentley gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Bentley landing some nice looking knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bentley tries a body shot but Gamzatov blocks it.
Gamzatov managing to block the knees to the body from Bentley.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bentley tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gamzatov avoids it.
Bentley looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bentley lands an elbow inside that Gamzatov shrugs off.
Bentley misses with a knee to the head.
Bentley can't find room to land a body shot as Gamzatov controls the action.
Bentley could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Knees to the body from Bentley.
Bentley throws an elbow that misses.
Bentley lands a knee to the head.
Bentley pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Bentley goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short right from Bentley.
Gamzatov blocks an elbow strike from Bentley.
Bentley can't find room to land a body shot as Gamzatov controls the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bentley misses with an elbow strike.
Bentley lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bentley looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bentley tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bentley lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bentley with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bentley misses with an elbow over the top.
Bentley throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Bentley using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gamzatov has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
I was talking to Bentley's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Bentley tries to work over Gamzatov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bentley is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Bentley missing with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bentley lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Bentley pushes off an throws an elbow but Gamzatov leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Gamzatov has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Bentley after a bit of a struggle.
Luke Bentley has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gamzat Gamzatov.
Bentley struggles to land a body shot inside as Gamzatov controls his hands.
Bentley creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gamzatov's defenses.
Bentley misses with a knee strike.
Bentley looking to throw knees to the head but Gamzatov is blocking nicely.
Bentley is defending well against a takedown attempt.
We've been informed that Gamzatov has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Gamzatov takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bentley connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gamzatov's face.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bentley obliges.
Bentley tries to land knees in the clinch but Gamzatov avoids the damage to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gamzatov is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Bentley gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Bentley lands an elbow that stopped Gamzatov in his tracks for a moment.
Bentley lands an elbow that stopped Gamzatov in his tracks for a moment.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bentley using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Bentley scores with a shoulder strike.
Bentley works on Gamzatov's body with a couple of short punches.
Bentley lands a body shot.
Bentley throws an elbow but it misses.
Gamzatov takes a knee to the side of the body.
Gamzatov looks winded!
Bentley working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bentley tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gamzatov's elbow.
Bentley creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gamzatov's defenses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luke Bentley dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Bentley moves into the clinch.
Bentley is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gamzatov is defending well for now.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bentley.

It looks like Gamzat Gamzatov has been cut.
Gamzatov takes an elbow to the forehead.

Bentley drops Gamzatov with a big knee straight up the middle! Gamzatov is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

Gamzatov is rocked!

Bentley drives through and clinches with Gamzatov against the cage.
Gamzatov is still on wobbly legs! Can Bentley finish him?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bentley gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bentley creates some distance and fires off a vicious elbow that drops Gamzatov! He pounces and finishes the fight with more strikes! Nice KO for Bentley.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Luke Bentley!
Luke Bentley seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.