PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nigel Benn Jr (ranked 2442 p4p, 287 weight class) and Benjamin Sigfridsson (ranked 1638 p4p, 209 weight class). Nigel Benn Jr has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Benn Jr
vs
Sigfridsson

185 cm
32
203 lbs
17 - 13 - 0

180 cm
36
192 lbs
24 - 16 - 2

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Granite chin

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Condemned

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 17 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nigel Benn Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 16 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Benjamin Sigfridsson!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Radbod Blank and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Benn Jr lands a head shot.
Benn Jr lands a jab to the nose.
Sigfridsson walks into a straight right hand from Benn Jr.
Benn Jr looks to land a right hand but Sigfridsson moved out of range.
Sigfridsson tries to land a front kick but Benn Jr steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A punch combination from Benn Jr misses.
Sigfridsson flicks out a counter leg kick but Benn Jr steps away.
Benn Jr misses with a hook
and Sigfridsson counters with a nice low kick that buckles Benn Jr's knee momentarily.
Sigfridsson keeps Benn Jr at a distance using the push kick.
Benn Jr throws a right hand that misses
and Sigfridsson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sigfridsson takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Benn Jr misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Benn Jr misses with an uppercut. Sigfridsson saw that one coming.
Benn Jr throws a big shot that misses.
Benn Jr throws a big shot that misses.
Benn Jr backing away here, and Sigfridsson unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Benn Jr misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sigfridsson checks a low kick from Benn Jr.
Sigfridsson walks into a straight right hand from Benn Jr.
Sigfridsson looks to clinch
and Benn Jr counters with a stiff right hand.
Benn Jr on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

It looks like Nigel Benn Jr has been cut.

Sigfridsson moves into the clinch.
Sigfridsson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sigfridsson lands a body shot in the clinch.
Sigfridsson working aggressively here.
Benn Jr blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sigfridsson misses with a punch on the inside.
Sigfridsson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sigfridsson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Benn Jr wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sigfridsson has him pressed against the cage.
Sigfridsson lands a hook that snaps the head of Benn Jr backwards.
Benn Jr slowing the pace effectively.
Sigfridsson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Good body shot from Sigfridsson.
Sigfridsson scores with a shot to the side of Benn Jr's head.
Benn Jr struggles to land a body shot inside as Sigfridsson controls his hands.
Sigfridsson misses with a hook from the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Sigfridsson.
Sigfridsson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Benn Jrs head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Sigfridsson.
Sigfridsson lands with a right to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benn Jr is trying to break the clinch but Sigfridsson has him pressed against the cage.
Benn Jr lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Benn Jr breaks the clinch.
Nice jab there from Sigfridsson.
Benn Jr misses with an uppercut
and Sigfridsson counters with a stiff right hand.
Benn Jr connects with a nice looking jab.
Benn Jr throws a body shot but no joy.
Sigfridsson feints a counter leg kick.
Nigel Benn Jr seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Benn Jr throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sigfridsson only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Sigfridsson tries to move into range but Benn Jr moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
A jab from Benn Jr misses.
Sigfridsson is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Sigfridsson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Benn Jr.
Sigfridsson only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Benn Jr is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sigfridsson throws a right hand that misses
and Benn Jr counters with a straight right hand.
Benn Jr scores with a punch to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sigfridsson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Benn Jr throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Benn Jr throws a low kick, looking for Sigfridsson's leg but Sigfridsson calmly moves out of range.
Sigfridsson moves out of range of the strikes.
Sigfridsson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Benn Jr.
Donk. Benn Jr catches Sigfridsson right on the button with a cross.
Benn Jr scoring well with a low kick there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Nigel Benn Jr will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Nigel Benn Jr's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Sigfridsson wants to clinch but Benn Jr slips to the side
and Benn Jr counters with a straight right hand.
Benn Jr misses with an uppercut.
Nigel Benn Jr is winning the standup battle so far.
Sigfridsson tries to score with a low kick but Benn Jr moves his leg out of the way.
Sigfridsson slips a jab and a cross from Benn Jr.
Sigfridsson appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Sigfridsson misses with a lunging right hand
and Benn Jr counters with a nice uppercut.
Sigfridsson misses the shot to the body.
Good standup being displayed there by Sigfridsson as he connects with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sigfridsson avoids the body shot from Benn Jr.
Sloppy strikes from Benn Jr. Those never looked like landing.
Sigfridsson scores with a shot to the body.
Nigel Benn Jr is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Benn Jr fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Benn Jr swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Benn Jr pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Benn Jr throws a front kick aimed at Sigfridsson's knee but Sigfridsson avoids it well.
Benn Jr throws a looping overhand right but Sigfridsson ducks down to avoid it.
Benn Jr fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Sigfridsson connects with a looping right hand.
Benn Jr misses with a left hand
and Sigfridsson counters with a slapping leg kick.
Benn Jr throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sigfridsson swings widly with a right hand
and Benn Jr counters with a one-two to the body.
Sigfridsson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Benn Jr can pounce on him.

Sigfridsson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sigfridsson lands a shot to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Benn Jr is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Sigfridsson keeps control of Benn Jr as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sigfridsson takes an elbow to the temple.
Sigfridsson lands a body shot in the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sigfridsson.
Sigfridsson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sigfridsson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Benn Jr backwards.
Sigfridsson lands a body punch in the clinch.
Sigfridsson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sigfridsson lands a nice uppercut.
Sigfridsson misses with some punches.
Benn Jr misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sigfridsson scores with a shoulder strike.
Sigfridsson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Benn Jr lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Sigfridsson can't find room to land a body shot as Benn Jr controls the action.
Benn Jr blocks a body shot from Sigfridsson.
A short right from Sigfridsson.
Sigfridsson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Sigfridsson.
Sigfridsson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sigfridsson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Benn Jr blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sigfridsson pushes off an throws an elbow but Benn Jr leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Sigfridsson misses with the head strike.
Sigfridsson tries to land a knee to the head but Benn Jr blocks with his arms.
Sigfridsson misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sigfridsson.
Sigfridsson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Sigfridsson lands a body punch.
Sigfridsson lands a hook that snaps the head of Benn Jr backwards.
Sigfridsson throws a punch but it's blocked by Benn Jr.
Sigfridsson is leaning against Benn Jr and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Sigfridsson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sigfridsson lands a nice elbow.
Benn Jr is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Sigfridsson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sigfridsson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sigfridsson lands a shoulder strike.
Sigfridsson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Sigfridsson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Sigfridsson tries a body shot but Benn Jr blocks it.
Benn Jr misses with a body punch.
Benn Jr lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sigfridsson backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Benjamin Sigfridsson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Nigel Benn Jr's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!

Benn Jr throws a jab when Sigfridsson was well out of range.
Sigfridsson throws a counter combo.
Benn Jr misses with a body shot
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
and Sigfridsson makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Benn Jr really felt that one!
A slapping leg kick lands for Sigfridsson.

Sigfridsson pushes Benn Jr up against the cage in a clinch.
Sigfridsson working aggressively here.
Sigfridsson misses with a punch to the body.
Sigfridsson avoids the elbow strike from Benn Jr, against the cage.

Benn Jr breaks from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Benn Jr swings for the body but Sigfridsson moves out of range.
Sigfridsson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Benn Jr counters with a stiff right hand.
Sigfridsson scoring well with a low kick there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Benn Jr misses with a jab to the body
and Sigfridsson counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Benn Jr misses with an uppercut
and Sigfridsson counters with a good low kick that Benn Jr was not able to check.
Sigfridsson staying out of range there.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Sigfridsson! But no joy.
Sigfridsson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Benn Jr.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Sigfridsson! But no joy.
Benn Jr has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Sigfridsson.
Sigfridsson keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Benn Jr swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benn Jr throws a jab but it's blocked by Sigfridsson.
Benn Jr misses with a lunging right hand
and Sigfridsson counters with a straight that turns Benn Jr's legs to rubber! Sigfridsson pushes forward with more strikes and Benn Jr goes down, battered and bloody! That's a wrap folks!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:16 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Benjamin Sigfridsson!
Benjamin Sigfridsson tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
The defeated Nigel Benn Jr had this to say: 'ill be back'.