PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Wolfgang Benson (ranked 10719 p4p, 584 weight class) and Khru Jako (ranked 3813 p4p, 406 weight class). Benson's entrance music is Alice Cooper - Schools Out. A fine choice. Jako has chosen Catch a Fire as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Benson
vs
Jako

181 cm
45
173 lbs
30 - 12 - 1

169 cm
28
176 lbs
13 - 9 - 1

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 30 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Wolfgang Benson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Khru Jako!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Daniel Cesar and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Benson throws a head kick that Jako semi-blocks.
Benson throws a half hearted mid kick.
Jako throws a nice looking combination but Benson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jako has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Jako there as he acknowledges the shot.
Jako throws a lazy head kick
and Benson makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Jako misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Benson.
Jako on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Benson throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Jako lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Jako throws a lazy head kick
and Jako takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Jako avoids a kick to the body.
Benson moves away from the strike by Jako.
Jako lands with a nice body punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jako is looking to clinch.

Benson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Jako, pushing him back against the ropes.
Jako misses with the head strike.
Still in the clinch, Benson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Benson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Benson blocks an elbow strike.
Benson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Benson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Jako blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Benson lands with a short shot to the head.
Jako working hard to break the clinch.
Jako tries a body shot but Benson blocks it.
A right hook to the body lands for Benson.
Nice body punch from Jako - that landed with a thud.
Benson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Jako backwards.
Jako blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jako lands a shot to the body.
Jako takes an elbow to the temple.
Benson looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Benson dodges an elbow strike from Jako.
Jako is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Benson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Jako backwards.
Jako tries to work over Benson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jako swings wildly with an uppercut but Benson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Benson trying to stall but Jako improves his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jako throws an elbow that misses.
Jako blocks a punch to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Benson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Benson misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Benson.
Benson blocking some punches.
Jako tries a body shot but Benson blocks it.
Jako on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jako lands a nice uppercut.
Jako throws a head punch that misses.
Benson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Benson scores with a nice hook to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Jako.

Jako pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Benson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jako throws a series of punches but Benson avoids them all with ease.
Benson is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Jako throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wolfgang Benson dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Benson pivots, looking for a leg kick but Jako is out of range and Benson settles back down.
Benson gets cracked there but stands up to it.

It looks like Wolfgang Benson has been cut.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Jako.
Benson ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Benson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jako is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Benson lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Jako throws a right hand that Benson ducks under and follows up with a left that Benson also avoids with ease.
Wolfgang Benson is winning the standup battle so far.
Benson looks to land a left hand but Jako moved out of range nicely.
Benson gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Jako counters with a straight right hand.
Jako throws a leg kick but Benson checks it.
Jako throws a series of punches but Benson moves out of range.
Jako throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Benson slips under a jab from Jako.
Benson is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Jako throws a body punch but Benson moves out of range.
Jako rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Benson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Benson scores with a nice head shot.
Jako avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Benson swings for the body but Jako moves out of range.
Jako jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Benson blocks a head kick by Jako.
Jako on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Benson misses with a lunging right hand
and Jako counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Jako misses with a head kick.
Benson is looking to score with low kicks.
Jako is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.

Benson has closed the distance and engaged Jako in a clinch.
Benson prevents a body shot from Jako.
Jako misses with a punch to the body.
Jako swings wildly with an uppercut but Benson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Benson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Benson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Jako tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Benson's elbow.
Jako managing to block the knees to the body from Benson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jako softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Benson swings wildly with an uppercut but Jako uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jako working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Benson throws a punch but it's blocked by Jako.
Jako tries to work over Benson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch on the inside from Jako fails to land.
Jako gets through Benson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Jako misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jako lands with a light punch inside.
Benson lands a nice uppercut.
Jako tries to throw a body punch but Benson avoids it by throwing Jako back against the ropes.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Jako tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Benson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Benson.
Jako trying to land knees to the body.
Benson 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.

A close second round but Khru Jako will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Wolfgang Benson's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Jako rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Benson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Benson lands a jab to the nose.
Jako throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Benson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jako walks into a jab.
Benson misses with a low kick.
Benson lands a really nice looking cross but Jako seems unphased.

Benson clinches with his opponent.
Wolfgang Benson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Jako missing with knees to the body.
Benson swings wildly with an uppercut but Jako uses good head movement to avoid it.
Good body shot from Benson.
Benson lands an elbow inside that Jako shrugs off.
Jako managing to block the knees to the body from Benson.
Nice elbow from Benson.
Jako lands an elbow inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jako blocks the elbow strike.
Jako pushes Benson back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Benson misses with some punches.
Benson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jako doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Benson trying to control the position but instead, Jako has worked for underhooks and has pushed Benson into the ropes.
Jako swings wildly with an uppercut but Benson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Benson swings wildly with an uppercut but Jako uses good head movement to avoid it.
Benson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Benson scores with a shot to the side of Jako's head.
Benson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Benson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Benson lands an elbow inside.
Benson takes a shot to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jako.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jako makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Benson scores with a nice short uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Benson.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Benson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Benson lands with a short shot to the head.

Jako's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Benson misses the jab.
Benson takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Jako ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Benson moves away.
Sloppy strikes from Benson. Those never looked like landing.
Benson pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Jako throws out a counter right but Benson avoids it with no problem.
Benson tried to score with a low kick but Jako checks it.
A jab from Benson misses.
As Benson backs off Jako throws a huge counter combo but Benson manages to avoid it all.
Benson takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Jako staying out of range there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Benson blocks a head kick by Jako.
Jako lands a body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Wolfgang Benson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Benson has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:28
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 29:28
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wolfgang Benson!
Wolfgang Benson decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.