PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alain Aspect (ranked 1030 p4p, 3330 weight class) and Mark Beneke (ranked 140 p4p, 402 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Alain Aspect has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Alain Aspect seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Aspect
vs
Beneke

174 cm
26
174
11 - 1 - 0

182 cm
20
184
4 - 4 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Brooklyn Threads
Paddy's Enhancing Drugs (160Q)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Alain Aspect!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mark Beneke!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Richard Clark and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beneke fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Aspect has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Aspect ducks under a wild hook from Beneke.
Aspect blocks a jab.
Aspect seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Aspect avoids the body shot from Beneke.
Beneke throws a right hand that misses
and Aspect counters with a stiff right hand.
Beneke pulls out of a head kick attempt.
As Beneke tries to get set, Aspect tries to push him back and clinch up but Beneke manages to avoid the attempt.
Aspect looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Beneke swings for the body but Aspect moves out of range.
Beneke scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A jab from Beneke misses.
Beneke scores with a jab. Aspect acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Beneke throws a nice outside leg kick.
Beneke turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Beneke throws a lazy right hand but Aspect sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Beneke throws an off balance right hand

and Aspect counters by clinching up.
Beneke takes a shot to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A short uppercut from Aspect.
Aspect lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beneke is looking to break free of the clinch but Aspect has double underhooks.
Aspect scores with a shot to the side of Beneke's head.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Aspect scores with a shot to the side of Beneke's head.
Beneke is trying to break free.
Beneke looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Aspect scores with a nice hook to the head.
Beneke is trying to break the clinch but Aspect has him pressed against the cage.

Aspect breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Beneke takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Aspect walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Beneke looks to throw the jab but Aspect is out of range.
Aspect appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Beneke throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Aspect slips a jab from Beneke.
Beneke misses with a straight left.
A quick step to the side and Aspect tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Aspect on the wrong end of a nice jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lazy body kick from Beneke
and Aspect counters with a left to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Beneke throws a hook but Aspect avoids it easily.
Beneke is looking to chop away at Aspect's legs.
Aspect is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Alain Aspect is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Beneke misses with a right hand
and Aspect counters with a straight right hand.
Beneke has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Beneke looks to land a left hand but Aspect moved out of range nicely.
Beneke fails to land with a series of punches.
Aspect walks into a left hand.
Beneke thows a left - swing and a miss!
Aspect swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Beneke misses with an uppercut.
A telegraphed right hand from Beneke misses the target.
As Beneke tries to get set, Aspect tries to push him back and clinch up but Beneke manages to avoid the attempt.
Beneke with a nice cross.
A jab lands there for Beneke.
Aspect slips under a jab.
As Beneke tries to get set, Aspect tries to push him back and clinch up but Beneke manages to avoid the attempt.
Aspect drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Beneke loads up on a big right hand but Aspect slips the punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beneke misses with a body kick.
Beneke misses with an uppercut. Aspect saw that one coming.
A jab from Beneke misses.
Mark Beneke seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Beneke gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Aspect counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Aspect.

Aspect pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Beneke misses with a lunging right hand

and Aspect counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Aspect lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Mark Beneke has been cut.
Aspect prevents Beneke from breaking the clinch.
Aspect lands a hook to the side of the head.

Beneke's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Beneke looks to land a right hand but Aspect moved out of range.
Aspect swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Beneke pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Aspect checks the leg kick nicely there.
Aspect clobbers Beneke with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beneke paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Aspect displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Beneke throws out the jab.
Aspect is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Beneke.
Aspect lands a slapping body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Beneke throws a hook but Aspect blocks it.
Beneke's corner calls for a 1-2. Beneke obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Beneke is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Aspect had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Beneke fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Beneke lands with a straight right. Aspect didn't see that one coming.
Beneke throws a hook but Aspect blocks it.
It looked like Aspect wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A jab lands there for Beneke.
Aspect is looking to wear down Beneke with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Aspect avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Aspect throwing a counter right hand but Beneke manages to avoid it.
Beneke looks for the body kick but Aspect saw that one coming.
The fighters circling - Beneke throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Aspect is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Beneke.
A swing and a miss from Beneke.
A quick step to the side and Aspect tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Beneke fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Mark Beneke will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Mark Beneke's cut.
That's time! Aspect's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Beneke uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Aspect.
Beneke thows a leg kick but Aspect checks it
and Aspect counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Beneke looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Beneke misses with a lunging right hand
and Beneke takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Beneke throws a looping overhand right but Aspect ducks down to avoid it.
Aspect tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Beneke manages to circle out of the way.

Beneke gets tackled into the cage by Aspect. Aspect maintains the clinch.
Beneke is trying to break free.
Aspect lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Beneke backwards.

Beneke pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mark Beneke seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Beneke swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Beneke throws a hook but Aspect blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aspect misses with a straight left.
Beneke jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Beneke throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Beneke throws a low kick but Aspect avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aspect keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Beneke.
Aspect wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Beneke lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Beneke lands a high kick!
Beneke throws a series of punches but Aspect avoids them all with ease.
Beneke shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Aspect counters by moving into the clinch.
Aspect fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Beneke takes an elbow to the forehead.
Aspect is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Aspect has Beneke pressed against the cage, preventing Beneke from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Aspect avoiding damage.

Aspect pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Beneke looks to land a combination but Aspect avoids it well.
Aspect uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Beneke.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beneke slips under a jab.
Beneke lands a jab.
Aspect jabs Beneke to the body, keeping him at a distance.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Aspect moves out of range as Beneke throws a body kick.
A jab from Beneke does it's job there.
Beneke misses the shot to the body.
Beneke lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

Beneke tries to keep at a distance but Aspect has taken the fight into the clinch.
Aspect has Beneke pressed against the cage, preventing Beneke from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Aspect lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Beneke is trying to force a seperation but Aspect has the dominant position.
With the fighters up against the cage, Aspect throws an elbow but misses.
Beneke can't break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beneke is trying to force a seperation but Aspect has the dominant position.
Alain Aspect has scored more points in the clinch so far.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Aspect just misses with a elbow thrown towards Beneke's brow.
Still in the clinch, Aspect scores with a nice short uppercut.
Aspect creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Beneke's defenses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Aspect.
Beneke is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Beneke wants to get back to striking at distance but Aspect won't allow it.
Beneke looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Aspect lands a left hand.
Beneke is trying to force a seperation but Aspect has the dominant position.

Aspect escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Aspect blocks a head kick by Beneke.
Aspect staying out of range there.
Beneke tries to land a front kick but Aspect steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Beneke misses with the combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beneke misses with an uppercut
and Aspect cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Aspect checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
A cross from Aspect lands.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Aspect uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Beneke.
Beneke gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Aspect counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Beneke thinking.
Aspect checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Beneke shoots in for a takedown but Aspect shows good takedown defense.

Aspect gets a clinch.
Aspect working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Aspect lands a shoulder strike.
Beneke is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Aspect content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Aspect has Beneke pressed against the cage.
Beneke tries to circle away but Aspect has him pinned against the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Alain Aspect dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Mark Beneke's cut.
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. This is the final round!

Aspect blocks a jab.
Aspect wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Beneke throws a jab when Aspect was well out of range.
As Beneke tries to get set, Aspect tries to push him back and clinch up but Beneke manages to avoid the attempt.
Beneke's jab looks to have found its range, popping Aspect under the eye.
A big right from Beneke misses.
Aspect tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Beneke manages to circle out of the way.
A punch combination from Beneke misses.
Beneke misses with a kick to the body.
Aspect walks into a jab.
Beneke throws a right and a left that both miss.
Aspect wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Aspect staying out of range there.
It looked like Aspect was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Beneke.

Aspect has taken the fight to the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Beneke wants to break free but Aspect has control.
Beneke is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Aspect to keep the fight standing.
Aspect lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Aspect scores with a shot to the side of Beneke's head.
A nice left hand lands by Aspect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Aspect.
Aspect lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Aspect lands a shoulder strike.

Beneke is rocked!

Beneke breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Aspect throws a hook but Beneke avoids it easily.
Aspect displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Beneke throws out the jab.
An attempted straight right counter from Aspect misses the target.
Aspect walks into a jab.
Beneke pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Left hook, right uppercut from Beneke.
Beneke tries a low kick but Aspect avoids it.
Beneke thows a left - swing and a miss!
Aspect seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Aspect avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Beneke throws out a powerful jab.
Beneke misses with an uppercut
and Aspect cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Beneke is still on wobbly legs! Can Aspect finish him?
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Beneke misses with the combination.
Beneke seems to have recovered his senses.
Beneke takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aspect throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Beneke throws a lazy right hand but Aspect sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Aspect showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Beneke.
Aspect tries to counter by clinching up but Beneke breaks away and moves out of range.
Aspect looks to land a left hand but Beneke moved out of range nicely.
Beneke misses with an uppercut

and Aspect holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Aspect lands with a light punch inside.
Aspect scores with a shot to the side of Beneke's head.
A head punch on the inside from Aspect fails to land.
Aspect misses with an elbow over the top.
Aspect dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Beneke wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aspect scores with a shoulder strike.
Aspect lands a hook that snaps the head of Beneke backwards.
Beneke working hard to break the clinch.

Beneke breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Aspect showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Beneke.
Beneke throws a half hearted mid kick.
Aspect moves in looking to clinch but Beneke pushes him off.
Aspect looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Aspect slips a straight right by Beneke.
Aspect swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Beneke fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Aspect is out of range.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Beneke.
Aspect wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Beneke throws a big shot that misses.
Beneke misses with a hook

and Aspect counters by moving into the clinch.
Beneke is trying to force a seperation but Aspect has the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aspect makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Beneke takes an elbow to the temple.
Beneke is trying to break the clinch but Aspect has him pressed against the cage.
Aspect lands an elbow that stopped Beneke in his tracks for a moment.
Aspect scores with a nice hook to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Beneke is trying to break the clinch but Aspect is controlling him.

Beneke breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Aspect slips under a jab from Beneke.
Aspect tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Beneke manages to circle out of the way.
Beneke dips to his left and cracks Aspect with an uppercut!
No luck for Beneke with that takedown attempt.
Beneke is looking to clinch but Aspect is avoiding it.
Aspect is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Beneke.
Aspect gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Aspect lands with a good body shot.
Aspect misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Beneke.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alain Aspect showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Aspect has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 William Gold scores the fight 29:28
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 29:28
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alain Aspect!
A very excited looking Alain Aspect made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.