PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Lorenzo Benedetti (ranked 244 p4p, 502 weight class) and Tommy Gavin (ranked 29 p4p, 55 weight class). Benedetti's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Gloom, Doom, Heartache & Whiskey - Viking Skull. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Benedetti
vs
Gavin

173 cm
31
147
24 - 10 - 4

168 cm
35
145
23 - 12 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Conviction
Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing

PWNAGE™
AVALON

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 24 - 10 - 4, fighting out of Sydney, Lorenzo Benedetti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Tommy Gavin!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Sosuke Kotani and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some wild striking there from Benedetti.
A telegraphed right hand from Benedetti misses the target.
A nice leg kick from Benedetti, right into the meat of the thigh.
Gavin dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Benedetti. That did some damage!
Benedetti ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A leg kick checked by Benedetti.
Benedetti feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Gavin swings for the body but Benedetti moves out of range.
Gavin throws a sloppy head kick and Benedetti moves out of range easily.
As Gavin looks to move away, Benedetti throws a big counter combo but Gavin just gets out of the way.
Gavin throws a big shot that misses.
Lorenzo Benedetti seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Benedetti throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Gavin throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Gavin lands with a thumping leg kick.
Benedetti throws a jab when Gavin was well out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big right from Gavin misses.
Benedetti looks to land a right hand but Gavin moved out of range.
Gavin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Benedetti moves away from the strike by Gavin.
Benedetti tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gavin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gavin thows a left - swing and a miss!
Benedetti displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gavin throws out the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gavin looks for the body kick but Benedetti saw that one coming.
Benedetti scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Gavin bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
A left and a right from Gavin both land. Nice combination.
Gavin throws a solid leg kick but Benedetti takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Gavin.
Benedetti lands a nice looking body kick.
Benedetti ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Benedetti misses with an uppercut.
Benedetti closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Benedetti throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Gavin! But no joy.
Gavin lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Benedetti backs up against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gavin with the inside leg kick.
Gavin throws a body shot but no joy.
Benedetti avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Benedetti has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Far-Q Fight Club in the buildup to the fight.
Benedetti lands a glancing blow to the side of Gavin's head.
Gavin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Benedetti.
Gavin works the jab nicely.
Gavin checks a low kick from Benedetti.
Benedetti jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti looks to land a body kick but Gavin moved away.

Gavin moves into the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gavin.
Benedetti lands a right hand.
Gavin managing to block the knees to the body from Benedetti.
Benedetti goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gavin managing to block the knees to the body from Benedetti.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Benedetti.

Benedetti breaks from the clinch.
Gavin bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A slow jab from Benedetti misses its intended target.
Gavin thuds his right hand into Benedetti's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Gavin gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Benedetti.
Gavin throws a lazy uppercut
and Benedetti counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Benedetti looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Gavin takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Gavin misses with a left hand
and Benedetti counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Benedetti lands a nice looking kick to the body. Gavin takes a step back to recover.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Benedetti.
Benedetti dodges the punch combination from Gavin.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti scores with a hook to the body. Gavin takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Benedetti waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gavin.
Benedetti misses with a hook.
Gavin thows a left - swing and a miss!
Benedetti scores with a jab to the head.
Gavin misses with a low kick.
Gavin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Benedetti sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gavin lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Benedetti circles away quickly and effectively.
Benedetti throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Benedetti checks a low kick from Gavin.
Benedetti slips a jab from Gavin.
Gavin missing with a left hand there. Benedetti was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Benedetti misses with a looping right.
Gavin bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Benedetti throws a nice outside leg kick.
Benedetti displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gavin throws out the jab.
Benedetti tries to clinch there but Gavin circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as Gavin blocks the leg kick.
Gavin scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Gavin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Benedetti sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Benedetti thinks about countering with a head kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Gavin pushes Benedetti up against the cage in a clinch.
Benedetti pushes off an throws an elbow but Gavin leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

Benedetti breaks the clinch.
Benedetti circles away from the clinch attempt.
Benedetti throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Good exchange - Benedetti coming out on top.
Gavin fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Benedetti looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Benedetti wants to slow Gavin down by chopping away at his legs.
Benedetti staying out of range there.
Gavin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Benedetti.
Benedetti tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gavin takes a swing at Benedetti's ribcage but misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gavin sizes up Benedetti with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Benedetti slips under a jab from Gavin.
Benedetti takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Gavin misses with an uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Tommy Gavin will probably get the nod.
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.

A decent looking cross lands there for Benedetti.
Gavin looks to land a left hand but Benedetti moved out of range nicely.
Benedetti swings for the body but Gavin moves out of range.
Gavin keeps the fight on the outside.
Benedetti moves out of range of the strikes.
And Benedetti counters with a quick kick to the body but Gavin blocks it.
Gavin tries a head kick but it misses.
Benedetti misses the shot to the body.
Gavin swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Gavin stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Benedetti.
Gavin misses with a straight left.
Benedetti fires out a quick counter leg kick but Gavin just manages to avoid it.
Gavin throws a shot from downtown. Benedetti moves away and avoids it.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Benedetti.
Benedetti changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Benedetti loads up on a big right hand but Gavin slips the punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gavin misses with a body shot.
Gavin throws a half hearted mid kick.
Benedetti fires out a quick counter leg kick but Gavin just manages to avoid it.
Gavin moves out of range of the body kick.
Gavin fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Gavin throws the left hand but Benedetti avoids the punch easily.
Gavin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Benedetti.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Benedetti scoring well with a low kick there.
Gavin works the jab nicely.
Gavin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Benedetti fires out a quick counter leg kick but Gavin just manages to avoid it.
Benedetti throws a looping overhand right but Gavin ducks down to avoid it.
Benedetti is looking to slow Gavin down with leg kicks.
Benedetti moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Benedetti throws a lazy right hand but Gavin sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A nice leg kick lands there from Benedetti.
Gavin jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Gavin lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Nice defenses there by Benedetti.
Gavin throws a half hearted mid kick.
Benedetti throws a leg kick
and Gavin counters with a lovely straight right hand!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gavin throws a lazy uppercut
and Benedetti counters with a good low kick that Gavin was not able to check.
Gavin looks for the body kick but Benedetti saw that one coming.
Benedetti ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Benedetti fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gavin manages to avoid it.
Gavin is looking to score with low kicks.
Benedetti bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti throws a big shot that misses.
Benedetti checks the leg kick nicely there.
Benedetti moves out of range of the body kick.
Benedetti swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Benedetti needs to keep his hands up - Gavin had a free shot at his head there.
Benedetti throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gavin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gavin throws a hook to the side of Benedetti's head but Benedetti sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Benedetti moves out of range of the strikes.
Benedetti looks to land a left hand but Gavin moved out of range nicely.
It seemed like Gavin was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Benedetti walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Gavin misses with a kick to the body
and Benedetti counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Benedetti is looking to clinch.
Benedetti throws a head kick that misses.
Benedetti scores with a crisp jab that stopped Gavin in his tracks.
Gavin misses with a body kick.
Benedetti finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Benedetti misses with a straight left.
Tommy Gavin seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Benedetti throws a half hearted mid kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Benedetti looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gavin is trying to counter with his kicks.
Gavin throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Gavin moves out of range of the body kick from Benedetti.
Gavin connects with a leg kick.
Benedetti lands a right hook to the body.
Benedetti wants to land a leg kick but Gavin is out of range.
Benedetti walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Gavin throws a leg kick that is checked
and Benedetti counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Benedetti misses with a low kick.
Benedetti tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Benedetti lands with a straight right. Gavin didn't see that one coming.
Benedetti finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Gavin dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Benedetti. That did some damage!
Gavin missing with a left hand there. Benedetti was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A big right from Gavin misses.
Gavin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gavin avoids the body shot from Benedetti.
Gavin looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti throws a hook but Gavin blocks it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gavin chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Benedetti with the inside leg kick.
Gavin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Benedetti.
Gavin throws a low kick, looking for Benedetti's leg but Benedetti calmly moves out of range.
Benedetti connects with a body shot.
Benedetti looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Benedetti defending well as Gavin loads up on a big left hand.
Benedetti dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Gavin. That did some damage!
Benedetti lands a head kick!
Gavin misses with a low kick.
Benedetti does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Benedetti on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Benedetti throws out a leg kick but Gavin moves out of range and Benedetti only half commits.
Gavin looks to score with a jab to the body but Benedetti is just out of range.
Gavin throws a looping overhand right but Benedetti ducks down to avoid it.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Benedetti checks a leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gavin moves out of range as Benedetti strikes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Lorenzo Benedetti will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Benedetti ducks under a wild hook from Gavin.
Gavin connects with a looping right hand.
Benedetti lands with a good body shot.
Benedetti goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Benedetti ducks under a wild hook from Gavin.
Benedetti staying out of range there.
Benedetti is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gavin.
Gavin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Benedetti.
Benedetti finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Benedetti misses with a leg kick.
A nice leg kick from Benedetti, right into the meat of the thigh.
A chopping leg kick lands by Gavin.
Benedetti lands with a thumping leg kick.
Gavin lands an overhand right.
Gavin misses with a low kick.
Benedetti uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gavin.
Benedetti thinks about countering with a body kick.
A low kick lands for Benedetti.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Benedetti throws a lazy right hand but Gavin sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Benedetti checks a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gavin misses with a two punch combination.
Gavin blocks the body kick.
Benedetti slips under a jab from Gavin.
Gavin defending well as Benedetti loads up on a big left hand.
Benedetti scores with a punch to the head.
Benedetti takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Benedetti connects with an inside leg kick.
Benedetti throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gavin throws a sloppy head kick and Benedetti moves out of range easily.
Gavin throws a body punch but Benedetti moves out of range.
Benedetti swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Gavin throws a hook but Benedetti blocks it.
Gavin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A little jabbing left from Gavin on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Benedetti throws a hook to the side of Gavin's head but Gavin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gavin. Benedetti does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gavin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A swing and a miss from Gavin.
Benedetti tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Gavin scores with a jab to the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gavin throws a lazy uppercut
and Benedetti counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gavin throws a hook but Benedetti avoids it easily.
Benedetti just misses with a punch to the body.
A swing and a miss from Gavin.
Benedetti swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Benedetti fails to land with a series of punches.
As Benedetti backs off Gavin throws a huge counter combo but Benedetti manages to avoid it all.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Benedetti checks a leg kick.
Benedetti scores with a hook.
Benedetti feints and then cracks Gavin's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gavin down.
Benedetti keeps the fight on the outside.
Gavin's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Benedetti tried to score with a low kick but Gavin checks it.
Benedetti misses with a looping left.
Gavin tries to land a leg kick but Benedetti saw it coming and moves away.
Gavin connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Gavin ducks right into an uppercut from Benedetti.
A big left from Benedetti misses.
Gavin checks a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti misses with a looping right.
Gavin throws a leg kick but Benedetti sees it coming and moves out of range.
Gavin paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Jab, jab by Benedetti - just one landing.
Gavin misses with a hook.
Gavin throws a hook but Benedetti blocks it.
Gavin moves out of range of the leg kick from Benedetti.
Gavin throws a hook but Benedetti avoids it easily.
Benedetti was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Benedetti uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gavin.
Gavin takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Gavin checks a leg kick.
A thudding body kick lands there by Benedetti!
Gavin looks to land a right hand but Benedetti moved out of range.
Some bone on bone action there as Gavin checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Benedetti misses with a low kick.
Benedetti throws a leg kick but Gavin sees it coming and moves out of range.
Benedetti tries to work over Gavin's front leg with a kick but Gavin checks it.
Gavin moves out of range as Benedetti strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti throws a chopping leg kick but Gavin manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
And Gavin responds with a good body kick, but Benedetti manages to step out the way in time.
Gavin takes a swing at Benedetti's ribcage but misses.
Gavin takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Benedetti tried to score with a low kick but Gavin checks it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gavin takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Benedetti checks the leg kick nicely there.
Gavin bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A countering left hand to the body from Gavin misses.
Good shot there by Gavin.
Benedetti checks a leg kick nicely.
Gavin lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Gavin thows a left - swing and a miss!
Benedetti connects with a solid leg kick.
Benedetti jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gavin throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Benedetti counters with an outside leg kick.
Gavin misses with a kick to the body.
Benedetti throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Gavin stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Gavin takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lorenzo Benedetti showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Benedetti 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 Shirou Masuda scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:28
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lorenzo Benedetti!
After winning the bout, Lorenzo Benedetti thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.