PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Roy Benavidez (ranked 2105 p4p, 2649 weight class) and Desmond Glass (ranked 274 p4p, 341 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Benavidez
vs
Glass

180 cm
34
197
16 - 14 - 0

191 cm
38
185
34 - 18 - 2

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

KOMBAT KLOTHING

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 16 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Roy Benavidez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 34 - 18 - 2, fighting out of London, Desmond Glass!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, James Atkins and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Glass wants to clinch
and Benavidez makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

Benavidez moves into the clinch.
Glass struggles to land a body shot inside as Benavidez controls his hands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Benavidez.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Benavidez.
A right hook to the body lands for Glass.
Glass lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Glass scores with a shoulder strike.
Glass's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Benavidez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Glass tries to work over Benavidez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Benavidez is working Glass over against the cage.
Glass digs a right hand into Benavidez's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Benavidez's gas tank.
Glass tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Glass lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Benavidez successfully pulls guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Benavidez is controlling Glass's posture.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Glass gets to his feet. Benavidez looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

Benavidez closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Glass is pushing Benavidez's head away, looking to escape. Benavidez manages to hold on to the position though.
Benavidez sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Glass is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Benavidez fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Benavidez throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Glass is looking to get back to his feet here but Benavidez is keeping cool and he's managed to take Glass's back.
Glass is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.

Benavidez looking to break Glass's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Glass remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Benavidez will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
Benavidez punches the canvas rather than the man.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Glass staying busy and making it hard for Benavidez to control.
Glass is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Benavidez tries to keep control of the position but Glass is staying busy.
Glass is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Glass covering up well under a series of strikes from Benavidez.
Benavidez really has the hooks in deep now - there seems like no escape for Glass.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Glass covering up well under a barage of strikes.
Benavidez struggling to land strikes to the head as Glass covers up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here.
Glass avoids the strikes from Benavidez.
Benavidez just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.
Benavidez has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Glass wants to get back to his feet.
Glass is in a world of trouble here. He's outmatched on the ground here and he'd better get Benavidez off his back sharpish unless he wants to be submitted.
Benavidez throwing wild punches that miss their target.
Benavidez struggling to keep hold of the position.

Glass fending off the submission attempt from Benavidez.

Glass is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Benavidez gets his way!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Glass is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.

Benavidez looking for the RNC.
Glass trying to get back to his feet but Benavidez is in full control for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roy Benavidez dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Benavidez has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Benavidez lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

It looks like Desmond Glass has been cut.
Glass lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Benavidez shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Benavidez takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Jab, jab by Glass - just one landing.
Glass misses with a body shot.
Glass misses with a straight right.
Benavidez comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Benavidez tries to close the distance and clinch but Glass swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Benavidez backing away here, and Glass unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Glass fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Benavidez manages to avoid it.
Benavidez has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Glass finds it's way round the side to connect with Benavidez's head.
Glass scores with a decent looking hook.

Benavidez is rocked!
Benavidez stuns Glass with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Desmond Glass seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Glass bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Oh Benavidez is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Glass ducks down into range and throws a picture perfect right hook that connects with Benavidez's jaw. Benavidez's eyes stare off into space as he falls to the mat, out cold! Glass does the decent thing and steps back, rather than landing any shots to his unconscious opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Desmond Glass!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Desmond Glass made sure he mentioned KOMBAT KLOTHING, along with how happy he was to win his fight.