PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Hanny Sledgehammer (ranked 3307 p4p, 2564 weight class) and Wayne Benning (ranked 416 p4p, 330 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Sledgehammer
vs
Benning

189 cm
32
192
16 - 21 - 0

182 cm
30
193
15 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hanny Sledgehammer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Wayne Benning!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Saam Ante and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sledgehammer throws a jab but it's blocked by Benning.
Benning throws a counter combo.
Sledgehammer looks to throw the jab but Benning is out of range.
Benning shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Benning misses the shot to the body.
The fighters circle momentarily. Sledgehammer darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Sledgehammer misses with a kick to the body
and Benning counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Benning digs a good hook to Sledgehammer's body.
A big right from Sledgehammer misses.
Sledgehammer looks to throw the jab but Benning is out of range.
Sledgehammer rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Benning counters by clinching up.
Sledgehammer takes a shot to the head.
Benning swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Benning takes a shot to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sledgehammer blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Benning lands with a right to the head.
Benning lands a body shot in the clinch.
Benning tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Benning pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sledgehammer keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Benning with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Sledgehammer to score with a decent uppercut.

Sledgehammer instigates a clinch.
Sledgehammer lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Sledgehammer breaks the clinch.
Sledgehammer throws a lazy uppercut
and Benning counters with a thumping low kick.
Benning slips under a jab.
Sledgehammer misses with a two punch combination.
Benning is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Sledgehammer with a body shot.
Sledgehammer misses with a hook. Benning ducked under it nicely.
Benning throws a body shot but no joy.
Sledgehammer is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Benning.

Benning moves into the clinch successfully.
Sledgehammer swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sledgehammer wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sledgehammer.
I was talking to Sledgehammer's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A right hand to the body from Benning.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sledgehammer goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sledgehammer misses with some punches.
Sledgehammer blocks an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Sledgehammer.
Sledgehammer works on Benning's body with a couple of short punches.
Sledgehammer tries a body shot but Benning blocks it.
Benning blocks an uppercut.
Benning misses with some punches.
Sledgehammer is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Benning is defending well for now.
Sledgehammer lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Benning backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Benning.
Benning tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sledgehammer's elbow.
Sledgehammer tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A nice right hand lands inside from Benning.
Sledgehammer throws a punch but it's blocked by Benning.
Sledgehammer lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Sledgehammer working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Sledgehammer breaks from the clinch.
Sledgehammer looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Benning ducks right into an uppercut from Sledgehammer.
Sledgehammer rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Benning moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Benning is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Sledgehammer rather than just go for the knockout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benning takes a swing at Sledgehammer's ribcage but misses.
Sledgehammer tries to clinch but Benning moves away
and Benning counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hanny Sledgehammer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice defenses there by Benning.
Sledgehammer misses with a hook. Benning ducked under it nicely.
Benning takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A head kick from Sledgehammer lands but Benning takes it in his stride.
Sledgehammer throws a head kick but Benning moves out of range.
Benning misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sledgehammer.
Benning takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
The fighters circling - Benning throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sledgehammer's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Sledgehammer duly obliges.
Sledgehammer just misses with a punch to the body.
Sledgehammer keeps the fight on the outside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Benning with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Sledgehammer to score with a decent uppercut.
Sledgehammer lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Nice body punch from Benning.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benning swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sledgehammer misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sledgehammer scores with a nice right hand.
Benning avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sledgehammer cracks Benning with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Sledgehammer throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Benning needs to keep his hands up - Sledgehammer had a free shot at his head there.
Sledgehammer lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Benning slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Benning throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A big right from Sledgehammer misses.
A head kick by Sledgehammer misses
and Sledgehammer takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sledgehammer throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hanny Sledgehammer 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.

Sledgehammer misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sledgehammer throws a right and a left that Benning avoids nicely.
Benning takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Hanny Sledgehammer is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sledgehammer lands a two punch combo.
Sledgehammer takes a swing at Benning's ribcage but misses.
Sledgehammer goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Sledgehammer misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A big left from Sledgehammer misses.
Benning avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sledgehammer dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sledgehammer throws a combination. Benning tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jab from Sledgehammer.

Benning closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Sledgehammer working aggressively here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Benning scores with a nice short uppercut.
Benning misses with the head strike.
Sledgehammer wants to break free but Benning has control.
Sledgehammer tries to land knees in the clinch but Benning avoids the damage to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Sledgehammer fails to land.
Sledgehammer lands a right hand that snaps the head of Benning backwards.
Sledgehammer misses with a punch on the inside.
Sledgehammer is trying to stall.
Sledgehammer goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sledgehammer is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Benning can do to turn this around?
Benning has a couple of punches blocked by Sledgehammer.
Sledgehammer throws a head punch that misses.
Benning lands a shoulder strike.
Benning has a couple of punches blocked by Sledgehammer.
Sledgehammer gets through Benning's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Benning blocking some punches.
Benning scores with a shoulder strike.
Sledgehammer tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Sledgehammer breaks from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benning slips a jab and a cross from Sledgehammer.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Benning ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sledgehammer moves away.
Sledgehammer jabs at Benning's body.
Benning jabs Sledgehammer to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Benning looks to land a right hand but Sledgehammer moved out of range.
Sledgehammer throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Benning counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Benning misses with a shot to the body
and Benning takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sledgehammer throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Benning counters with a right hand to the body.
Sledgehammer misses with an uppercut. Benning saw that one coming.

Sledgehammer closes the distance and clinches.
Benning swings wildly with an uppercut but Sledgehammer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Benning throws a head punch that misses.
Still in the clinch, Sledgehammer scores with a nice short uppercut.
Benning working aggressively here.
Sledgehammer misses with the head strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sledgehammer takes a shot to the head.
Benning misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sledgehammer swings wildly with an uppercut but Benning uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sledgehammer lands an uppercut.
Benning misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sledgehammer blocking some punches.
Benning tries a body shot but Sledgehammer blocks it.
Sledgehammer lands a right hand that snaps the head of Benning backwards.

Sledgehammer pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sloppy strikes from Sledgehammer. Those never looked like landing.
Benning appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Sledgehammer lands a two punch combo.
Benning slips a jab and a cross from Sledgehammer.
Sledgehammer tries to close the distance and clinch up but Benning swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Benning misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sledgehammer.
Benning circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sledgehammer throws an overhand right that lands on Benning's shoulder, as Benning tries to avoid the shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sledgehammer lands with a slapping head kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sledgehammer misses with a head kick.
Benning wants to counter with a clinch but Sledgehammer pushes him away.
Sledgehammer misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Benning counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Sledgehammer moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Sledgehammer plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nice defenses there by Benning.
A nice side step and Benning releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Benning slips under a jab.
Benning dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sledgehammer throws a sloppy head kick and Benning moves out of range easily.
Benning doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Benning comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Sledgehammer jabs Benning to the body, keeping him at a distance.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice shot lands for Sledgehammer.
Sledgehammer moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Benning takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Sledgehammer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Benning.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hanny Sledgehammer dominated that second 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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Sledgehammer takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A big left from Sledgehammer misses.
Benning misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sledgehammer.
Sledgehammer walks into a straight right hand from Benning.
Sledgehammer pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A head kick from Sledgehammer lands but Benning takes it in his stride.
Hanny Sledgehammer is winning the standup battle so far.
Benning avoids the head kick by Sledgehammer.
Benning just misses with a punch to the body.
Sledgehammer seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Sledgehammer throws a lazy head kick
and Benning scores with a counter punch that sends Sledgehammer to the canvas! Benning smells blood - he's punishing Sledgehammer with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Sledgehammer has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:37 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Wayne Benning!
Our winner, Wayne Benning, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.