PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Benny Bengtsson (ranked 2155 p4p, 3659 weight class) and Cheap Thrills (ranked 223 p4p, 328 weight class). Bengtsson comes into the arena with The HU - Yuve Yuve Yu blaring out of the sound system. Benny Bengtsson could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Cheap Thrills's chin.

Bengtsson
vs
Thrills

165 cm
21
140
3 - 1 - 0

163 cm
20
140
1 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Fenrir Fightgear - Anno 2013
SpeeDee BBQ

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Benny Bengtsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cheap Thrills!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Tiny Johnson and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thrills digs a good hook to Bengtsson's body.
Thrills moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Thrills looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Bengtsson defending well as Thrills loads up on a big left hand.
Nice cross by Thrills.
Thrills rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Bengtsson counters with a nice uppercut.
Bengtsson shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Cheap Thrills seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thrills throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bengtsson.
Bengtsson is looking for a counter combo.
Thrills connects with a crisp jab.
Thrills moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Bengtsson clinches up against the cage.
Thrills blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bengtsson prevents Thrills from breaking the clinch.
Bengtsson scores with a shoulder strike.
Thrills misses with a hook to the ribs.
Thrills misses with a hook to the ribs.
A right hand to the body from Thrills.
Thrills can't find room to land a body shot as Bengtsson controls the action.
Thrills swings wildly with an uppercut but Bengtsson uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bengtsson misses with a body punch.
Thrills lands with a short shot to the head.
Bengtsson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Thrills tries to break the clinch but Bengtsson is controlling the position.
A nice left hand lands by Bengtsson.
Bengtsson digs a right hand into Thrills's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Thrills's gas tank.
Bengtsson definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Thrills tries to throw a body punch but Bengtsson avoids it by throwing Thrills back against the cage.
Thrills wants to break the clinch but can't.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bengtsson.
Bengtsson leaning against his opponent.
Bengtsson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Bengtsson blocking some punches.
Bengtsson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Thrills's elbow.
Bengtsson throws a punch but it's blocked by Thrills.
Bengtsson is pushing Thrills up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Bengtsson has Thrills pushed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bengtsson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Thrills backwards.
Bengtsson controlling the action here for a moment.
Thrills has a couple of punches blocked by Bengtsson.
Bengtsson throws a head punch that misses.
Bengtsson misses with a punch to the body.

Thrills breaks the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bengtsson slips a straight right by Thrills.
Thrills misses with a hook. Bengtsson ducked under it nicely.
As Thrills tries to get set, Bengtsson tries to push him back and clinch up but Thrills manages to avoid the attempt.
Thrills swings widly with a right hand
and Bengtsson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Thrills throws a right and a left that both miss.
Thrills throws an off balance right hand

and Bengtsson counters with a crisp right hand that drops Thrills! Bengtsson lets Thrills back up to his feet, looking for a finish!

Thrills is rocked!

It looks like Cheap Thrills has been cut.
Thrills rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Bengtsson rattles Thrills with a well-timed uppercut counter. - Thrills tries to back away and recover but his hands are down low and he gets tagged again, sending him stumbling down to the canvas. Bengtsson dives in after him and quickly finishes the job with a trio of brutal punches, leaving Thrills stiff and motionless on the mat!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Benny Bengtsson!
After the fight, Benny Bengtsson was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.