PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Claudio Benedetti (ranked 20827 p4p, 22279 weight class) and Beta Tua (ranked 589 p4p, 599 weight class). Benedetti comes to the ring accompanied by Atrevete te. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Benedetti
vs
Tua

193 cm
36
207
27 - 16 - 1

188 cm
32
208
8 - 3 - 1

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Granite chin

Conquer

Conquer
Conviction

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 27 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Claudio Benedetti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Beta Tua!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Taro Takaoka and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tua avoids a punch combination nicely.
Tua throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Tua throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Claudio Benedetti seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tua with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Benedetti to score with a decent uppercut.
Benedetti moves out of range of the strikes.
Tua pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Benedetti ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A jab lands there for Tua.
Benedetti missing with a left hand there. Tua was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Benedetti definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Tua looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Benedetti moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Benedetti throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tua is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Benedetti with a body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Benedetti misses the jab.
Benedetti throws a good cross that connects.
Tua drops his hands momentarily and Benedetti takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Benedetti uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tua.
Benedetti is looking for a counter combo.
Tua wants to land a leg kick but Benedetti is out of range.
Tua drops his hands momentarily and Benedetti takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Tua chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Benedetti can pounce on him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tua pushes Benedetti away with a front kick.
Tua lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Benedetti takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Tua on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Tua throws the kick towards the body but Benedetti avoids it.
Tua getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
A telegraphed right hand from Tua misses the target.
Benedetti throws a jab but it's blocked by Tua.
Benedetti misses with a double jab.
Tua throws a nice looking combination but Benedetti bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Tua looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Tua moves out of range as Benedetti strikes.
Benedetti on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Tua. Tua obviously looking to wear him down.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Tua throws a shot from downtown. Benedetti moves away and avoids it.
Benedetti looks to land a combination but Tua avoids it well.
Benedetti throws a jab when Tua was well out of range.
Benedetti pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Tua back to the ropes. Benedetti follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Tua misses the jab.
Tua throws a leg kick but Benedetti sees it coming and checks it nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti scores with a hook.
Benedetti throws a jab but it's blocked by Tua.
Tua flicks out a counter leg kick but Benedetti steps away.
Benedetti connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Tua moves out of range of the strikes.
Tua has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Benedetti works the jab nicely.
Benedetti throws a jab but it's blocked by Tua.
Left hook, right uppercut from Benedetti.
Tua throws a leg kick but Benedetti sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Benedetti checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Benedetti misses the jab.
Benedetti throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tua sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tua only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Benedetti lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Benedetti is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Tua uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Benedetti.
Tua fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Benedetti manages to avoid it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tua ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tua looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Benedetti tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Benedetti is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Tua lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Benedetti throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tua.
Benedetti throws a shot from downtown. Tua moves away and avoids it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Claudio Benedetti 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.

Tua gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Tua slips a jab from Benedetti.
Tua only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Tua is looking to land body kicks.
Tua takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Benedetti misses with a wild combination.
Benedetti misses with a combination
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Benedetti. Tua does a little dance to reset his feet.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Tua! But no joy.
Tua misses with a low kick.
Benedetti throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Benedetti is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tua can do to turn this around?
Benedetti slips a straight right by Tua.
A looping hook to the body misses from Benedetti. Tua does a little dance to reset his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tua throws a low kick but it's checked well by Benedetti.
Tua misses with a body kick.
Tua thows a leg kick but Benedetti checks it
and Benedetti counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Benedetti uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tua.
Benedetti connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Benedetti ducks under a wild hook from Tua.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Benedetti throws a big shot that misses.
Claudio Benedetti is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Benedetti throws a one two combo.
Tua slips a jab from Benedetti.
Benedetti scores with a nice head shot.
Tua defending well as Benedetti loads up on a big left hand.
Benedetti looks to land a left hand but Tua moved out of range nicely.
Nice shot by Benedetti.
Benedetti uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tua.
Tua throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A low kick from Tua is predictable there
and Benedetti cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tua scores with a head kick. Benedetti tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Tua throws a low kick but Benedetti moves out of range easily.
Benedetti throws a leg kick but Tua checks it.
Tua swings away with a leg kick that misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tua scores with a shot to the body.
A right-left combo lands from Benedetti.
Benedetti thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tua steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Benedetti.
A slow jab from Benedetti misses its intended target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tua wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Tua avoids the body shot from Benedetti.
Tua bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Benedetti's head.
Tua throws a leg kick that misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Benedetti misses the target.
Benedetti throws a hook to the side of Tua's head but Tua sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Benedetti throws a series of punches but Tua avoids them all with ease.
Benedetti misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tua now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Tua misses with a low kick.
Tua drops his hands momentarily and Benedetti takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Nice uppercut there from Benedetti.

Tua catches his opponent with a big hook that sends him to the canvas! Benedetti stumbles back to his feet but will the referee allow it to continue? Benedetti walks forwards and this one will be allowed to continue! Come on!
Tua connects with a nice cross there... Benedetti is looking wobbly and Tua recognises it - he's rushed in and lands two more brutal shots that send Benedetti to the canvas, out cold! A brutal finish to the fight - Tua jumps onto the ropes to celebrate with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Beta Tua!
A relieved looking Beta Tua thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
In defeat, Claudio Benedetti stepped up to the mic, saying '"te voy inyectar con la bacteria"'.