PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rage Parade (ranked 472 p4p, 518 weight class) and Michael Bennet (ranked 81 p4p, 87 weight class). Parade comes to the cage accompanied by I KILL Cause I'm Hungry. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Parade
vs
Bennet

183 cm
38
205
28 - 21 - 0

190 cm
38
209
32 - 15 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 28 - 21 - 0, fighting out of London, Rage Parade!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Michael Bennet!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Hirohito Nitta and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Parade takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Bennet wants to clinch.
Bennet keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bennet tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Parade manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bennet throws a body shot but no joy.
A lazy left from Bennet finds it's target.
Bennet looks to score with a jab to the body but Parade is just out of range.
Parade swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Bennet fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Parade tries a head kick but it misses.
Parade gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bennet throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bennet throws a right and a left that Parade avoids nicely.
Parade ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A left lands for Bennet.
Parade moves out of range of the body kick from Bennet.
Michael Bennet seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bennet rushes Parade and presses him up against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Bennet.
Bennet scores with a shot to the side of Parade's head.
Parade blocks a body shot from Bennet.
Parade lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Bennet blocks an uppercut.
Parade tries a body shot but Bennet blocks it.

Bennet manages to break the clinch.
Jab, jab by Bennet - just one landing.
Parade has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Jed's Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Bennet misses with the body kick
and Parade counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Bennet is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Bennet's jab looks to have found its range, popping Parade under the eye.
A leg kick checked by Parade.
Bennet looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Parade takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Bennet lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bennet misses with a wild body shot.
It looked like Parade was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Bennet.
Bennet misses with a lunging right hand
and Parade cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bennet defending well as Parade loads up on a big left hand.
Nice uppercut lands for Bennet. That snapped Parade's head back.
Bennet tests Parade's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Bennet swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bennet pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Bennet ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Bennet dips to his left and cracks Parade with an uppercut!
Bennet is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Parade had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
A punch combination from Parade misses.
Bennet looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Bennet has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Parade moves away from the strike by Bennet.
Jab by Bennet.
Parade keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bennet.
Bennet uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Parade.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Bennet.
Parade misses with a body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Bennet.
Parade misses with a looping right.
Bennet uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Parade has time to react.
Parade takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Bennet throws the left hand but Parade avoids the punch easily.
Bennet cracks a nice hook into Parade's ribs.
Parade throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Bennet counters with a low kick, right behind Parade 's knee.
Bennet tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Parade paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bennet keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Parade.
Parade throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bennet connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A shot to the liver by Bennet. Beautiful body shot.
Parade cracks Bennet with a good jab.

Bennet rushes Parade and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Parade breaks from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bennet steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Parade.
Parade scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Parade takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Bennet staying out of range there.
Bennet tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Parade appears to be looking for a big counter.
Parade throws a lazy uppercut
and Bennet counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Parade needs to keep his hands up - Bennet had a free shot at his head there.
Bennet on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Parade keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bennet thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bennet waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Parade.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bennet lands with a good body shot.
Bennet takes a swing at Parade's ribcage but misses.
A slapping body kick lands there for Bennet.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Michael Bennet dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Parade throws a body shot but no joy.
Jab, jab by Bennet - just one landing.
Bennet slips a jab from Parade.
Bennet fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Bennet fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Parade manages to avoid it.
Bennet digs a good hook to Parade's body.
Bennet keeps Parade at a distance using the push kick.
Bennet lands a nice looking body shot.
Parade shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Bennet swings for the body but Parade moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bennet steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Parade.
Bennet now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Nice jab there from Parade.

It looks like Michael Bennet has been cut.
Bennet smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bennet avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Parade bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Parade sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Parade looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Bennet lands a jab to the head.
Bennet scores with a decent looking hook.

Bennet has managed to clinch.
Parade misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Parade lands a nice shot to the body.
A short right from Bennet.
Parade lands a left hand that snaps the head of Bennet backwards.
Still in the clinch, Parade scores with a nice short uppercut.
Parade tries to stall but Bennet uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bennet.
Parade throws a head punch that misses.
Parade stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bennet tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Parade's elbow.
Bennet lands a right hand.
Bennet misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parade is trying to break the clinch but Bennet is controlling him.
Bennet swings wildly with an uppercut but Parade uses good head movement to avoid it.
Parade misses with a punch to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Parade.
Bennet lands with a left to the head.
Bennet struggles to land a body shot inside as Parade controls his hands.
Bennet misses with some punches.
Parade can't find room to land a body shot as Bennet controls the action.
Nice body punch from Parade.
Nice body punch from Bennet.
Bennet struggles to land a body shot inside as Parade controls his hands.
Parade lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bennet backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Parade.
Parade tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bennet doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Parade lands a hook to the side of the head.
Parade lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Bennet or not.
Parade lands a body shot.
Bennet is breathing heavily.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Parade.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bennet escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bennet throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Parade counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Parade drops Bennet with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Bennet looks back up at him and smiles so Parade waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Are you kidding me?! Parade ducked down and unloaded an uppercut from hell that sent Bennet clean off his feet! Someone make me a GIF - that's knockout of the night for sure!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Rage Parade!
Our winner, Rage Parade, 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.