PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Julius Benedict (ranked 23003 p4p, 24942 weight class) and Sage Kopel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Benedict's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Twins. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Benedict
vs
Kopel

188 cm
29
205
5 - 3 - 0

200 cm
26
200
2 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Julius Benedict!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sage Kopel!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Josh West and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck for Kopel with that takedown attempt.
Kopel looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!

Benedict cracks Kopel with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Benedict has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Kopel to stand back up!

Kopel is rocked!

It looks like Sage Kopel has been cut.

Kopel gets tackled into the cage by Benedict. Benedict maintains the clinch.
Kopel is still on wobbly legs! Can Benedict finish him?
Benedict creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Kopel with a big uppercut! Kopel tries to clinch up but Benedict pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Kopel to the mat! Kopel covers up and Benedict unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Julius Benedict!
After winning the bout, Julius Benedict thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.