PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tor Troeng (ranked 1981 p4p, 254 weight class) and Claudio Benedetti (ranked 1576 p4p, 206 weight class). Benedetti is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Atrevete te. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Troeng
vs
Benedetti

187 cm
21
224 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

193 cm
19
207 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

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 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Tor Troeng!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Claudio Benedetti!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Troeng loads up on a big right hand but Benedetti slips the punch.
Troeng throws a body shot but no joy.
Troeng misses with a wild body shot.
Benedetti is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Troeng misses with a wild body shot.
Benedetti tries a quick counter leg kick but Troeng is wise to it.
Nice defenses there by Benedetti.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Benedetti keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Troeng takes a swing at Benedetti's ribcage but misses.
Benedetti follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big right from Troeng misses.
Benedetti is trying to counter with his kicks.
Tor Troeng seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Troeng throws an off balance right hand
and Benedetti counters with a nice leg kick.
Troeng misses with an uppercut. Benedetti saw that one coming.
Benedetti is looking to slow Troeng down with leg kicks.
Benedetti goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Troeng misses with a right hand
and Benedetti counters with a left and a right that stings Troeng.
Benedetti lands with a cross.
Troeng jabs Benedetti to the body, keeping him at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Troeng throws out a loose jab but Benedetti uses good head movement to avoid it.
Benedetti looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A left lands for Troeng.
Troeng scores with a sloppy right hand. Benedetti should have avoided that one.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Troeng lands a nice shot that snaps Benedetti's head back.
Benedetti avoids the body shot from Troeng.
Troeng misses with a body shot.
It seemed like Benedetti was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Benedetti lands a nice looking kick to the body. Troeng takes a step back to recover.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Benedetti throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Troeng just misses with a punch to the body.
Troeng misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Benedetti counters with a good low kick that Troeng was not able to check.
A big right from Troeng misses.
Troeng throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Troeng lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Troeng uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Benedetti.
Troeng was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Troeng blocks a jab.
Troeng steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Benedetti. That one must have hurt.
Troeng is breathing heavily.
Benedetti lands a brutal head kick. Troeng looks out on his feet and Benedetti throws more strikes until the ref is forced to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick and Punches). Claudio Benedetti!
After winning the bout, Claudio Benedetti thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.