PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between RInger Zinc (ranked 1399 p4p, 1802 weight class) and Luuk Benjamin (ranked 162 p4p, 200 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Zinc
vs
Benjamin

165 cm
27
153
8 - 1 - 0

177 cm
20
150
6 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Bondi MMA 🏝️
Seventh Circle Clothing

Arcticus University: London

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, RInger Zinc!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Luuk Benjamin!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Viktor Lagutenko and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zinc wants to clinch up but Benjamin keeps it at a distance.

Zinc gets a clinch.
Zinc has a couple of punches blocked by Benjamin.
Benjamin blocking some punches.
Zinc tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Zinc tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Zinc has a couple of punches blocked by Benjamin.
I was talking to Zinc's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Benjamin.
Zinc misses with a short punch on the inside.
Zinc misses with a short punch on the inside.
Zinc throws a head punch that misses.
Benjamin lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Benjamin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Benjamin blocking some punches.
Benjamin's coach down at Brooklyn Mixed Martial Arts was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Benjamin's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Zinc.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zinc throws a punch but it's blocked by Benjamin.
Benjamin blocks an uppercut.
Benjamin misses with the head strike.
Benjamin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Zinc working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Benjamin blocks an uppercut.
Benjamin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zinc misses with a punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zinc swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Zinc misses with a short punch on the inside.
Zinc tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Zinc misses with a hook from the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Zinc scores with a nice short uppercut.
Zinc fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Benjamin wants to break free but Zinc has control.
Benjamin lands a body punch.
Benjamin lands a shoulder strike.
Zinc misses with the head strike.
Benjamin lands a nice uppercut.
Benjamin lands a right hand.
Benjamin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Zinc.
A short body shot lands from Benjamin as the two fighters clinch.
Benjamin lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Benjamin makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Zinc fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Benjamin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Zinc throws a punch but it's blocked by Benjamin.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Zinc.
Benjamin lands an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benjamin scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Benjamin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Benjamin lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Zinc is rocked!
Benjamin swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Benjamin breaks from the clinch.
Zinc wants to clinch
and Benjamin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Oh Zinc is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Zinc has Benjamin up against the cage in a clinch.
Benjamin can't find room to land a body shot as Zinc controls the action.
Benjamin lands a body shot in the clinch.
Zinc seems to have got his legs back now.
Zinc misses with a short punch on the inside.
Benjamin throws a head punch that misses.
Zinc misses with the head strike.

Benjamin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Zinc closes the distance looking to clinch
and Benjamin makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Zinc tries to clinch up
and Benjamin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zinc looks to clinch
and Benjamin counters with a huge left! Zinc is in big trouble! He's backing up but Benjamin isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Zinc from any more damage. A dominating finish by Benjamin!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:09 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Luuk Benjamin!
Luuk Benjamin is the new featherweight champion!
RInger Zinc was interviewed post fight and said 'He was just lucky'.