PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jeremy Bentham (ranked 3104 p4p, 4060 weight class) and Derrick Mcgregor (ranked 294 p4p, 359 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Bentham
vs
Mcgregor

183 cm
24
159
2 - 1 - 0

172 cm
23
155
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Barry Bonds Performance Enhancers $120 160q Rec&St

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jeremy Bentham!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Derrick Mcgregor !
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Topper Green and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bentham misses with an attempted mid kick.
Bentham looks for the body kick but Mcgregor saw that one coming.
Bentham keeps Mcgregor at a distance using the push kick.
We've been informed that Mcgregor has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Mcgregor takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Bentham slips a jab and a cross from Mcgregor .
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Bentham. Mcgregor shrugs it off though.

Bentham clinches.
Bentham prevents Mcgregor from breaking the clinch.
Bentham landing knees to the body.
Mcgregor blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mcgregor has a couple of punches blocked by Bentham.
Bentham putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mcgregor in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Mcgregor looks winded!
Bentham with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bentham landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bentham obliges.
Bentham lands a good knee to the midsection. Mcgregor won't want to take too many of those.
A short uppercut from Bentham.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Bentham.
Bentham connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mcgregor 's face.
Bentham throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Mcgregor s head.
Bentham landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bentham lands a nice knee to the body.
Bentham lands a knee to the head.
Bentham with a knee to the head.

Mcgregor is rocked!
Bentham digs a right hand into Mcgregor 's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Mcgregor 's gas tank.
Mcgregor is still on wobbly legs! Can Bentham finish him?
Bentham lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Mcgregor seems to have recovered his senses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bentham unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mcgregor lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
I was talking to Bentham's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Bentham lands a body shot.
Bentham landing knees to the head.
A shot in the inside from Bentham.
Bentham putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mcgregor in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Bentham.
Mcgregor working aggressively here.
Bentham lands a nice knee to the body.
Bentham landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bentham.
Bentham lands a knee to the head.
Bentham scores with a knee to the head.
Bentham scores a nice knee to the body.
Bentham crunches a lovely knee into Mcgregor 's ribcage.
Bentham scores a nice knee to the body.
Bentham landing knees to the body.
Bentham lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Mcgregor takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bentham putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mcgregor in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bentham lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bentham unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mcgregor lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bentham lands a good knee to the midsection. Mcgregor won't want to take too many of those.
Bentham working Mcgregor over with knees to the body.
Bentham landing knees to the head.
Bentham throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Mcgregor s head.
Bentham lands a nice knee to the body.
Bentham keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mcgregor 's efforts to push away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bentham putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mcgregor in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bentham unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mcgregor lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bentham.
Bentham connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mcgregor 's face.
A short right from Bentham.
Mcgregor wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bentham lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A knee to the head by Bentham.
Mcgregor is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Bentham pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Mcgregor takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bentham gets through Mcgregor 's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
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!
Bentham lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bentham connects with a knee to the head.
Bentham putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mcgregor in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bentham working Mcgregor over with knees to the body.
Mcgregor misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bentham landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bentham obliges.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bentham obliges.
Mcgregor takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bentham lands a knee to the body.
Bentham scores a nice knee to the body.
Bentham crunches a lovely knee into Mcgregor 's ribcage.
Bentham lands a knee to the body.
Mcgregor 's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Bentham putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mcgregor in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bentham lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Bentham lands a knee to the head.
Mcgregor has a couple of punches blocked by Bentham.
Bentham connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mcgregor 's face.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Bentham is trying to trip Mcgregor . He has hold of a leg but Mcgregor is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Bentham persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Bentham looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Bentham sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Mcgregor 's guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jeremy Bentham dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Mcgregor crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Bentham - the referee stops the clock and Mcgregor gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Bentham. Mcgregor manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.

Bentham rushes Mcgregor and presses him up against the cage.
Mcgregor is looking to break free of the clinch but Bentham has double underhooks.
Bentham putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mcgregor in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bentham lands a nice knee to the body.
Bentham lands a knee to the body.
Bentham lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Bentham lands a nice knee to the body.
Bentham lands a good knee to the midsection. Mcgregor won't want to take too many of those.
Bentham is working Mcgregor over against the cage.
Mcgregor is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Bentham connects with a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bentham working Mcgregor over with knees to the body.
Mcgregor is breathing heavily.
Bentham unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mcgregor lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bentham lands a hook that snaps the head of Mcgregor backwards.
Knees to the body from Bentham.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bentham.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bentham.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bentham unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mcgregor lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bentham landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bentham lands a knee to the head.
Bentham lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Mcgregor misses with the head strike.
Mcgregor tries to circle away but Bentham has him pinned against the cage.
Bentham landing knees to the body.
Bentham putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mcgregor in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bentham lands a right hand.
Bentham with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bentham unloads a knee to the mid-section.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bentham unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mcgregor lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bentham with a knee to the head.
Mcgregor is trying to break the clinch but Bentham is controlling him.
Bentham lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bentham lands a nice knee to the body.
Bentham scores with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bentham with a knee to the head.
Bentham utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Bentham blocking some punches.
Bentham landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bentham scores with a knee to the head.
Mcgregor misses with a punch on the inside.
Mcgregor blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mcgregor is trying to push Bentham away but Bentham has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Mcgregor drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Bentham gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Bentham is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mcgregor can do to turn this around?
Mcgregor goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jeremy Bentham has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Bentham lands a knee to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bentham.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bentham.
Bentham is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Mcgregor is defending well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mcgregor wants to break free but Bentham has control.
Bentham throws a knee to the head but misses.
Mcgregor is trying to break the clinch but Bentham is controlling him.
Mcgregor is trying to break free.
Mcgregor takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bentham tries to score a body lock takedown but Mcgregor shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jeremy Bentham. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bentham softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Mcgregor 's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Mcgregor throws a head punch that misses.
Mcgregor swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bentham blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bentham missing with knees to the body.
Mcgregor is looking to break free of the clinch but Bentham has double underhooks.
Bentham working Mcgregor over with knees to the body.
Mcgregor is trying to push Bentham away but Bentham has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Bentham blocking some punches.
Bentham utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Bentham is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bentham lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Mcgregor tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mcgregor 's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Bentham with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bentham.
Bentham with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bentham has Mcgregor pressed against the cage, preventing Mcgregor from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bentham lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Bentham lands a good knee to the midsection. Mcgregor won't want to take too many of those.
Bentham with a knee to the head.
Bentham connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mcgregor 's face.
Mcgregor wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mcgregor is trying to force a seperation but Bentham has the dominant position.
Mcgregor avoiding damage as Bentham throws knees to the body.
Bentham scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Mcgregor swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bentham landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jeremy Bentham dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Bentham takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Mcgregor throws a series of punches but Bentham moves out of range.
It appears Bentham was looking to counter with a kick there.

Bentham pushes Mcgregor up against the cage in a clinch.
Bentham is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mcgregor is defending well for now.
Mcgregor takes a knee right on the jaw!
Mcgregor avoiding damage as Bentham throws knees to the body.
Bentham using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Bentham.
Bentham scores with a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bentham lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bentham lands a knee to the body.
Bentham utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bentham lands with a right to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bentham working Mcgregor over with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mcgregor takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bentham with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bentham lands a right hand.
Bentham landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bentham lands an uppercut.
Bentham unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bentham lands a knee to the body.
Bentham putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mcgregor in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bentham connects with a knee to the head.
Mcgregor wants to break free but Bentham has control.
Bentham has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Bentham putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mcgregor in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bentham lands a good knee to the midsection. Mcgregor won't want to take too many of those.
Mcgregor looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bentham working Mcgregor over with knees to the body.
Bentham landing knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Bentham.
Bentham with a knee to the head.
Bentham putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mcgregor in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Mcgregor wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Mcgregor swings wildly with an uppercut but Bentham uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bentham utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Mcgregor takes a shot to the head.
Jeremy Bentham is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bentham unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mcgregor lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bentham landing knees to the head.
Mcgregor takes a knee to the side of the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bentham.
A short body shot lands from Bentham as the two fighters clinch.
Bentham crunches a lovely knee into Mcgregor 's ribcage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bentham obliges.
Bentham lands a nice knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bentham landing knees to the head.
Bentham using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Bentham.
Bentham lands a knee to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bentham.
Bentham lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Bentham landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bentham lands a nice uppercut.
Bentham unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bentham landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Mcgregor looking to slow down the pace here.
Mcgregor is trying to break the clinch but Bentham is controlling him.
Bentham connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mcgregor 's face.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bentham lands a good knee to the midsection. Mcgregor won't want to take too many of those.
Bentham connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mcgregor 's face.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Bentham.
Bentham is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Bentham scores with a knee to the head.
Bentham with a knee to the head.
Mcgregor tries to score a body lock takedown but Bentham shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Mcgregor takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bentham unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mcgregor lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bentham lands a knee to the head.
Mcgregor is trying to break the clinch but Bentham is controlling him.
Bentham landing knees to the body.
Derrick Mcgregor has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mcgregor on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bentham tries to score a body lock takedown but Mcgregor shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bentham wants a takedown but no success here.
Mcgregor fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mcgregor misses with a punch on the inside.
Bentham blocks an elbow strike from Mcgregor .

And that's the end of the fight!
Jeremy Bentham showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bentham has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 John Mangel scores the fight 30:24
Judge Topper Green scores the fight 30:24
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jeremy Bentham!
Jeremy Bentham managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Barry Bonds Performance Enhancers $120 160q Rec&St, into his post fight interview.