PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Richard Bennett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bobby Howard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Richard Bennett has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Bennett
vs
Howard

180 cm
18
198 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

187 cm
18
195 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Tends to cut

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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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Richard Bennett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bobby Howard!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bennett tries a low kick but Howard avoids it.
Howard throws a body kick that misses.
Bennett misses with a head kick.
Howard moves out of range as Bennett throws a body kick.

Howard closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

Howard is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Bennett has escaped the position, nice work there.

Howard wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Bennett, who protects the arm well.

Howard is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Bennett is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Howard wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Bennett, who protects the arm well.

Howard working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Bennett wants to control but Howard postures up.
Bennett knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Howard on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Bennett gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Bennett is not content to let Howard control the position.

Howard is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Howard looks gassed!
Bennett is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Howard's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Howard's back!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Howard turns into Bennett and is now in his guard.
Bennett is controlling Howard's posture.
Bennett is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Bennett works his foot free and advances to mount.
Howard wants to control but Bennett is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bennett looking to control and managing it successfully.
Howard wants to hold on but Bennett pushes him away.

Bennett is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
Bennett throws a nice outside leg kick.
Richard Bennett is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Good leg kick by Bennett there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Richard Bennett dominated that round.
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.

Bennett tries to close the distance and clinch up but Howard swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bennett moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Howard shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Bennett as he jumps to the side.
Bennett pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Bennett throws a nice inside leg kick.
Howard is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Howard takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Bennett throws a head kick that misses.
Bennett pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bennett looks to land a right hand but Howard moved out of range.
Bennett throws a leg kick which misses Howard's front leg but catches the back leg as Howard tries to avoid it.
Bennett tries to clinch but Howard is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Bennett lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Howard blocks a head kick by Bennett.
Bennett moves into range and throws a big uppercut. OH! Howard goes down! Can Bennett finish him!?

It looks like Bobby Howard has been cut.

Bennett stands up from Howard's guard - Bennett perhaps looking for a knockout.
Bennett misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bennett seems to be stalking Howard here. He circles momentarily and then unleashes a devastatic head kick! Howard drops like a stone, out cold! WOW! Are you kidding me!? What a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Richard Bennett!