PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Moshe Rabenu (ranked 7571 p4p, 573 weight class) and Phil Benton (ranked 4049 p4p, 405 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Rabenu
vs
Benton

187 cm
24
190 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

180 cm
25
190 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Moshe Rabenu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Phil Benton!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Phil Schofield and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Benton is looking to clinch.
Benton lands with a hook. Rabenu tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

Rabenu drives through with a takedown into Benton's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Rabenu postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Rabenu throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Rabenu throws a big right hand that misses.
Rabenu working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Benton's head.
Rabenu showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Rabenu 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.
Rabenu landing some decent shots from guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Benton keeping moving, preventing Rabenu from controlling successfully.
Rabenu is looking to work some ground and pound but Benton has wrist control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rabenu trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Benton wants to stand up but Rabenu is controlling him.
Benton working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Rabenu.
Rabenu trying to control but Benton is working from the bottom.
Rabenu throws a big elbow that misses.
Rabenu keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Benton's head.
Benton pulls Rabenu in close to prevent any damage.
Rabenu in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Rabenu throws a big right hand that misses.
Benton avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benton has momentary wrist control but Rabenu slips an elbow through the middle.
Rabenu trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Rabenu's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Rabenu distracts Benton with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Rabenu is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Benton keeping moving, preventing Rabenu from controlling successfully.
Rabenu throwing strikes but missing.
Rabenu throws a big right hand that misses.
Rabenu postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Rabenu with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Benton can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Rabenu controls the pace.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rabenu keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Benton's head.
Benton avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Rabenu landing with the ground and pound.
Rabenu passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Rabenu lands a decent elbow from side control.
Rabenu lands a decent elbow from side control.

Benton is rocked!
A big shot lands for Rabenu! That's hurt Benton! Will he recover? Rabenu fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Moshe Rabenu!