PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Benji Torres (ranked 697 p4p, 674 weight class) and Apollo Rocky (ranked 102 p4p, 98 weight class). Benji Torres could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Apollo Rocky's chin.

Torres
vs
Rocky

188 cm
26
185
12 - 9 - 0

190 cm
24
199
8 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Benji Torres!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Apollo Rocky!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Andrew Berry and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice body punch from Rocky.
Rocky throws a series of punches but Torres moves out of range.
Torres looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Rocky connects with a right hand. Torres shakes it off.
Rocky scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

It looks like Benji Torres has been cut.
Rocky will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Torres rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Rocky counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Torres takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Rocky looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Apollo Rocky seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Torres throws a shot from downtown. Rocky moves away and avoids it.
Rocky throws out a powerful jab.
Torres throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A telegraphed right hand from Rocky misses the target.
Torres swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Rocky wants to clinch but Torres slips to the side
and Torres counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rocky misses with the combination.
A little feinted left hand from Torres on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Rocky misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Torres.
Rocky throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Torres is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Rocky is looking to clinch but Torres is avoiding it.
Rocky throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Torres.
Rocky wants to clinch.
Torres throws a big counter combination but Rocky scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Rocky misses with a straight left.
Rocky misses with a double jab
and Torres counters with a straight right hand.
Rocky misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Rocky rushes Torres and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Torres misses with a hook to the ribs.
Torres misses with some punches.
Torres is looking to control Rocky's arms but Rocky gets an underhook and turns him. Now Torres has his back to the cage.
Rocky misses with a knee to the head.
Rocky swings wildly with an uppercut but Torres uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rocky lands an uppercut.
Torres wants to get back to striking at distance but Rocky won't allow it.

Torres pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rocky connects with the punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Torres misses with a looping left.
Rocky swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Rocky ducks under a wild hook from Torres.
A jab from Torres misses.
A slow jab from Rocky misses its intended target.
Rocky jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rocky tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Torres manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Torres ducks under a wild hook from Rocky.
Torres swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.

Rocky clinches up against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Torres fails to land.
A right handed body shot lands from Torres.
Torres wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Rocky tries to stall but Torres uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Torres throws a head punch that misses.
Torres tries to break the clinch but Rocky is controlling the position.
Torres swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rocky throws a punch but it's blocked by Torres.
Rocky with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Torres pushes Rocky back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Torres lands with a short shot to the head.
Torres avoiding damage as Rocky throws knees to the body.
Rocky prevents a body shot from Torres.
Rocky scores a nice knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Torres wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Torres misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Torres lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rocky scores with a shoulder strike.
Rocky misses with the head strike.
Torres misses with a body punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rocky using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Torres has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rocky throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Torres blocks it with crossed arms.
Rocky tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A hook to the body from Torres.
Torres lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rocky backwards.
Rocky blocks a body shot from Torres.
Torres avoiding damage as Rocky throws knees to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Torres.
Torres misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rocky tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rocky misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rocky tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Apollo Rocky dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Benji Torres's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Torres misses with a hook.
A punch combination from Rocky misses.
Torres is looking to counter punch.
Apollo Rocky seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Rocky wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Torres connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Rocky's hands.
Rocky misses with an uppercut
and Rocky takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Rocky falls off balance throwing a combination
and Torres scores with a counter punch that sends Rocky to the canvas! Torres smells blood - he's punishing Rocky with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Rocky has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Benji Torres!