PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Iso Paa (ranked 90 p4p, 14 weight class) and Wayne Benning (ranked 488 p4p, 71 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Paa
vs
Benning

180 cm
21
190 lbs
10 - 1 - 0

182 cm
22
193 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Iso Paa!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Wayne Benning!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, John Mangel and Ben Watson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Paa fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Iso Paa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Benning throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Paa misses with an uppercut
and Benning counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Paa rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Benning counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Benning lands a right hook to the body.
Paa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice body punch from Paa.
Paa lands a jab to the nose.
Benning rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Paa counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Benning thinking.
Paa missing with a left hand there. Benning was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Benning throws out a counter right but Paa avoids it with no problem.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Paa avoids the body shot from Benning.
Paa misses with a body shot
and Benning counters with a nice uppercut.
A swing and a miss from Paa.
Benning now looks to counter with a shot at the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paa loads up on a big right hand but Benning slips the punch.
Paa waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Benning.
Paa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Paa moves in looking to clinch but Benning pushes him off.
Benning looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Paa seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.

Paa gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Benning fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Paa lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Benning backwards.
Paa works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Paa creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Paa.
Paa working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Paa stalling in the clinch.
Paa scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Paa lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Paa lands a body shot in the clinch.
Benning misses with a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Paa fails to land.
Paa tries a body shot but Benning blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Benning.
Paa throws a punch but it's blocked by Benning.
Benning takes a shot to the head.
Paa lands a left hand that snaps the head of Benning backwards.
Benning is working Paa over against the cage.
Paa lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Paa swings wildly with an uppercut but Benning uses good head movement to avoid it.
Paa throws a head punch that misses.
Paa misses with a short punch on the inside.
Benning is working Paa over against the cage.
Paa misses with a body punch.
Benning lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Paa backwards.
Paa swings wildly with an uppercut but Benning uses good head movement to avoid it.
Paa working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Benning.
Paa prevents a body shot from Benning.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paa can't find room to land a body shot as Benning controls the action.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Benning misses with a hook from the clinch.
A hook to the body from Paa.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Benning.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Paa.
Benning has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Paa seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Benning can turn it around.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Paa.
Benning has a couple of punches blocked by Paa.
A head punch on the inside from Benning fails to land.
Paa lands a body shot.
Still in the clinch, Paa scores with a nice short uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Paa fails to land.
Paa blocks an uppercut.
Paa lands a left hand that snaps the head of Benning backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Benning.
A short right from Benning.
Paa blocks a body shot from Benning.
Benning lands a hook that snaps the head of Paa backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paa tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Paa goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short left from Paa.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Paa.
Paa tries to throw a body punch but Benning avoids it by throwing Paa back against the cage.
Benning struggles to land a body shot inside as Paa controls his hands.
Benning scores with a nice hook to the head.
Paa lands a nice uppercut.
Paa tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Benning's elbow.
Paa taking a breather.
Benning swings wildly with an uppercut but Paa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Paa is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Benning is keeping busy.
Benning misses with a short punch on the inside.
Paa lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Benning backwards.
Benning throws a head punch that misses.
Benning misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Benning fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Iso Paa dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Paa fails with an attempt to clinch.
Paa throws a right hand that misses
and Benning cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Paa swings for the body but Benning moves out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Benning! But no joy.
Paa lands with a straight right. Benning didn't see that one coming.

Oooooh!!! Paa has knocked Benning down with a huge combo! Paa steps away and waves a wobbly Benning back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Benning is rocked!
Iso Paa is winning the standup battle so far.
Paa circles away before darting back in with a big straight right hand. It connects beautifully and sends Benning tumbling to the canvas! He's out cold! Paa wins by KO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Iso Paa!
Iso Paa retains his middleweight title!