PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Henson Benderson (ranked 2999 p4p, 2560 weight class) and Lamar Allen (ranked 309 p4p, 269 weight class). Benderson comes to the cage accompanied by The Time is Now. Henson Benderson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Benderson
vs
Allen

168 cm
38
145
26 - 25 - 0

170 cm
37
152
24 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
World class MT
Fast

Arcticus University: London

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 25 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Henson Benderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Lamar Allen!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Stewart Dunkirk and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Allen keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Benderson tries to clinch up.
Benderson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Benderson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Allen throws a nice outside leg kick.
Allen misses with a hook.
Benderson was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Allen misses with the combination.

Benderson moves into the clinch successfully.
A nice left hand lands by Allen.
Allen managing to block the knees to the body from Benderson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Allen lands with a light punch inside.
Allen lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Benderson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Benderson takes a shot to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Allen.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Allen misses with a punch to the body.
Allen misses with the head strike.
A knee to the head by Benderson.
Allen misses with a knee to the head.
Allen lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Benderson backwards.
Benderson throws an elbow that misses.
Allen lands with a short shot to the head.
Benderson lands with a right to the head.
Allen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Allen tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Benderson slowing the pace effectively.
Allen slows down the pace here.
Benderson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Allen avoids it.
Allen is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Benderson is keeping busy.
Benderson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Allen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Allen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Allen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Allen throws a punch but it's blocked by Benderson.
Allen tries for a takedown. No joy.
Allen misses with a punch on the inside.
Allen lands an uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Benderson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Allen backwards.
Benderson stalling in the clinch but Allen improves position.
Allen scores with a shoulder strike.
Allen tries to stall but Benderson uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Benderson avoids a wild elbow strike from Allen.
Benderson prevents a body shot from Allen.

Allen breaks the clinch.
Benderson paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Benderson is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Benderson takes a shot right to the bread basket.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Allen throws a combination that misses
and Benderson counters with a stiff right hand.
Benderson moves into range and connects with a jab.
Benderson lands with an uppercut that bounces Allen off the cage and back into range.
Allen has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Allen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Benderson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Benderson is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Allen.
Benderson throws out a powerful jab.

Allen is rocked!
Allen throws an overhand right that lands on Benderson's shoulder, as Benderson tries to avoid the shot.
Allen is still on wobbly legs! Can Benderson finish him?

Benderson rushes Allen and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Allen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Benderson.
Allen seems to have recovered his senses.
Allen misses with the head strike.
Benderson trying to stall but Allen improves his position.
Benderson is trying to stall.
Benderson is trying to stall.
Allen creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benderson lands a damaging elbow.
Benderson lands with a light punch inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Allen misses with a hook from the clinch.

Allen gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Benderson keeps control of the position for the meantime.

Allen wants to work for an arm triangle but Benderson is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Benderson holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Allen not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Allen has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Benderson wants to get back to full guard.
Benderson is controlling Allen's position as best he can from this difficult position.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Allen looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Lamar Allen will probably get the nod.
That's time! Benderson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Allen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Benderson tries to clinch but Allen is having none of it.
Allen with a nice calf kick.
Allen walks into a stiff left hand from Benderson.
Benderson misses with a series of wild punches.
Benderson slips a straight right by Allen.
Allen connects with a jab.
Allen misses with a looping right.
Allen misses with a right hand
and Benderson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Allen misses with the combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Allen takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Allen looks to land a body kick but Benderson moved away.
Benderson takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Benderson bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Allen.
Decent striking displayed by Benderson there.
Allen tries a head kick but it misses.
Allen throws a shot from downtown. Benderson moves away and avoids it.
Allen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lamar Allen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Allen throws a sloppy head kick and Benderson moves out of range easily.
Henson Benderson is winning the standup battle so far.
Allen moves out of range as Benderson strikes.
Allen throws an overhand right that lands on Benderson's shoulder, as Benderson tries to avoid the shot.
Benderson throwing a counter right hand but Allen manages to avoid it.
Allen goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Allen pushes Benderson away with a front kick.
Benderson throws a jab when Allen was well out of range.
Allen takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Allen misses with a few strikes there.
Allen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Allen rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Benderson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jab by Allen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
A jab lands there for Benderson.
Benderson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Allen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Benderson lands a jab to the head.
Benderson ducks under a wild hook from Allen.
A slow jab from Allen misses its intended target.
Benderson was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.

Benderson has closed the distance and engaged Allen in a clinch.
A short right from Allen on the inside.
Allen tries a body shot but Benderson blocks it.
Benderson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Benderson content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Allen is struggling to control the position.
Allen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Allen.
Allen misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Allen lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Benderson or not.
Allen scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Benderson lands a damaging elbow.
Allen working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Allen has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Benderson after a bit of a struggle.
Benderson has Allen pressed against the cage.
Benderson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Benderson tries a knee to the head but Allen blocks it.
Allen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Benderson swings wildly with an uppercut but Allen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Benderson prevents a takedown attempt there.
Lamar Allen seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Benderson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Allen's elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Allen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Allen lands a hook that snaps the head of Benderson backwards.
Benderson is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

Allen manages to break the clinch.
Benderson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Benderson wants to clinch up but Allen keeps it at a distance.
Allen lands with a shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Benderson misses with a straight right.
Benderson misses with a hook.
Allen moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Benderson cracks Allen with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Benderson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Allen misses with a body shot.
Allen finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lamar Allen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Nice body kick there by Allen.
Allen misses with a hook.
Benderson is looking to counter punch.
A low kick from Allen is predictable there
and Benderson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Benderson cracks Allen with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Allen looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Allen throws a jab but it's blocked by Benderson.
A low kick from Allen misses
enabling Benderson to counter with a crisp jab.
Allen misses with a wild body shot.
Allen misses with an uppercut. Benderson saw that one coming.
Benderson avoids the body shot from Allen.
Benderson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Allen.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Benderson misses with a straight right.
Benderson lands an overhand right.
Allen throws a head kick but Benderson moves out of range.

Benderson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Allen, pushing him back against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Benderson working Allen over with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Allen is trying to force a seperation but Benderson has the dominant position.
Allen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Allen working aggressively here.
Allen looking to stall.
Benderson blocks an uppercut.
A body shot lands from Allen.
Benderson taking a breather.
Allen has a couple of punches blocked by Benderson.
Allen throws an elbow that misses.
Benderson displaying some good clinch control by pressing Allen up against the cage.
Allen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Benderson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Allen's brow.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Allen just misses with a elbow thrown towards Benderson's brow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Allen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Benderson backwards.
Allen is trying to pull guard but Benderson turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Allen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Benderson is trying to stall.
Benderson manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Benderson missing with knees to the body.
Benderson blocks the elbow strike.
A body shot lands from Allen.
Benderson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Benderson.
Benderson lands a left hand.
Benderson can't find room to land a body shot as Allen controls the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benderson lands a good knee to the midsection. Allen won't want to take too many of those.
A short right from Allen on the inside.
Allen throws a head punch that misses.
Allen lands an uppercut.
Benderson stalling in the clinch.
Benderson's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Benderson tries to work over Allen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Allen lands with a left to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Allen.
Allen throws an elbow that misses.
Benderson is working Allen over against the cage.
Benderson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Allen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benderson lands with a light punch inside.
Allen misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Allen as the two fighters clinch.
Allen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Benderson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The referee is keeping an eye on Benderson - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Allen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Henson Benderson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Benderson avoids a wild elbow strike from Allen.
Allen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Allen wants a takedown.
Allen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Allen wants to take the fight to the mat but Benderson manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Henson Benderson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lamar Allen.
Benderson throws an elbow but it misses.
Benderson with an attempt at a knee that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Henson Benderson.
Well Allen has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 28:29
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lamar Allen!
Henson Benderson was interviewed post fight and said 'Damn...'.