PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Temirbek Yuldashev (ranked 3240 p4p, 2692 weight class) and Gage Bennett (ranked 440 p4p, 370 weight class). Yuldashev comes to the cage accompanied by Лезгинка - Мой нанак. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Yuldashev
vs
Bennett

187 cm
27
206
9 - 7 - 0

189 cm
28
206
9 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

The Natural Order

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Temirbek Yuldashev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gage Bennett!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Donald Grub and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yuldashev avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Yuldashev cracks Bennett with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

It looks like Gage Bennett has been cut.
Bennett moves out of range as Yuldashev strikes.
Bennett misses with a right hand
and Yuldashev counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Yuldashev connects with a high kick.
Bennett misses with an uppercut. Yuldashev saw that one coming.
A big left from Yuldashev misses.
Bennett jabs at Yuldashev's body.
A head kick misses from Yuldashev.
Bennett rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Yuldashev moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bennett has his takedown stuffed
letting Yuldashev counter with a right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yuldashev looks to land a right hand but Bennett moved out of range.
Bennett tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Yuldashev paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bennett ducks under a wild hook from Yuldashev.

Bennett fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Yuldashev, pushing him back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yuldashev misses with the head strike.
Yuldashev throws a head punch that misses.
Yuldashev blocking some punches.
Yuldashev working aggressively here.
Yuldashev throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bennetts head.
Yuldashev working aggressively here.
Yuldashev keeps control of Bennett as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bennett goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Yuldashev lands with a short shot to the head.
Yuldashev misses with a punch on the inside.
Yuldashev lands a left hand that snaps the head of Bennett backwards.
Bennett working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Yuldashev is leaning against Bennett and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Yuldashev lands with a left to the head.
Still in the clinch, Yuldashev scores with a nice short uppercut.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bennett.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bennett swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Yuldashev misses with a punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yuldashev lands a hook to the side of the head.
Yuldashev blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Yuldashev fails to land.
Bennett blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Yuldashev lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Yuldashev has a couple of punches blocked by Bennett.
A shot in the inside from Bennett.
Bennett has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Yuldashev seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Bennett can turn it around.
Yuldashev lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Bennett lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Yuldashev swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Yuldashev blocking some punches.
Yuldashev misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bennett.
Yuldashev lands with a right to the head.
Yuldashev swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Bennett breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bennett throws a hook but Yuldashev blocks it.
Bennett throws a solid leg kick but Yuldashev takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Bennett.
Bennett misses with a head kick.
Yuldashev tests Bennett's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick by Bennett misses
and Yuldashev makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Yuldashev gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Bennett connects with a looping right hand.
Temirbek Yuldashev is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nice defenses there by Bennett.
Bennett checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Bennett misses with a looping right.
Bennett is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bennett falls off balance throwing a combination
and Yuldashev counters with a three punch combo that has Bennett backing up. Bennett nods at Yuldashev to acknowledge the strikes.
Bennett tries to close the distance and clinch up but Yuldashev swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Yuldashev closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Yuldashev scores with a hook to the body.
Yuldashev misses with a short punch on the inside.
Yuldashev is struggling to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yuldashev stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yuldashev.
Yuldashev misses with a short punch on the inside.

Bennett breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Yuldashev throws a hook but Bennett avoids it easily.
Sloppy strikes from Bennett. Those never looked like landing.

Yuldashev gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Bennett swings wildly with an uppercut but Yuldashev uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Yuldashev.
Yuldashev tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Yuldashev lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bennett backwards.
Bennett blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bennett takes a shot to the head.
Bennett tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bennett.
Bennett blocks an uppercut.
Yuldashev swings wildly with an uppercut but Bennett uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Temirbek Yuldashev dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gage Bennett's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Bennett lands with a nice body punch.
Bennett pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bennett fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Yuldashev is looking to slow Bennett down with leg kicks.
Bennett misses with a wild body shot.
Bennett uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Yuldashev.
It seemed like Bennett was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

Bennett gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Bennett misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bennett blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Yuldashev lands on the inside with an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bennett struggles to land a body shot inside as Yuldashev controls his hands.
Yuldashev tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Temirbek Yuldashev has scored more points in the clinch so far.

Bennett breaks from the clinch.
Yuldashev 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.
Yuldashev throws a sloppy head kick and Bennett moves out of range easily.
Yuldashev misses with the combination.
Temirbek Yuldashev is winning the standup battle so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bennett misses with a hook.
Yuldashev throwing a counter right hand but Bennett manages to avoid it.
Yuldashev scores with a leg kick.
Yuldashev throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bennett throws a fast counter high kick but Yuldashev manages to duck under it in time.
Bennett throws a poor cross that misses
and Yuldashev counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bennett lands a nice looking kick to the body. Yuldashev takes a step back to recover.
Yuldashev throws the left hand but Bennett avoids the punch easily.
Gage Bennett seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bennett lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Yuldashev is looking to slow Bennett down with leg kicks.
Bennett lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Yuldashev misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bennett was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Bennett lands a slapping body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bennett throws the left hand but Yuldashev avoids the punch easily.
Bennett throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gage Bennett is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bennett takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bennett thows a leg kick but Yuldashev checks it
and Yuldashev counters with a nice leg kick.
Yuldashev uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bennett.
Bennett is looking to clinch but Yuldashev is avoiding it.
Yuldashev looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Yuldashev throws a nice head kick!
Some wild striking there from Bennett.
A bone on bone clash there as Yuldashev blocks the leg kick.
Yuldashev connects with a nice looking jab.

That has opened up Gage Bennett's cut even more.
Bennett looks for a takedown but Yuldashev sprawls well.
Bennett throws a right and a left that Yuldashev avoids nicely.
Bennett misses with a straight left.
Yuldashev misses with a straight left.
Bennett misses with a double jab.
Yuldashev swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bennett will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Bennett is breathing heavily.
Bennett defending well as Yuldashev loads up on a big left hand.
Bennett throws a lazy uppercut
and Yuldashev connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Yuldashev is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bennett can do to turn this around?
Yuldashev throws a leg kick but Bennett moved away.
A decent looking cross lands there for Yuldashev.

Bennett is rocked!
Bennett bobbing and weaving nicely... He's ducked under a jab and ducks again but ooooooh! Yuldashev comes at him with an uppercut from hell! Bennett falls to the canvas, unconscious! This one is all over! Oh man, looking at the replay that was right on the button! Bennett was out before he hit the floor!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Temirbek Yuldashev!
A very excited looking Temirbek Yuldashev 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.