PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mark Antony (ranked 3504 p4p, 3535 weight class) and Gage Bennett (ranked 488 p4p, 495 weight class). Bennett has chosen Out Of My Face by Rebel Son as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Antony
vs
Bennett

194 cm
29
220
14 - 15 - 0

189 cm
31
206
11 - 13 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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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 14 - 15 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mark Antony!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gage Bennett!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Ren Mimura and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bennett avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bennett feints a counter leg kick.
Antony connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

It looks like Gage Bennett has been cut.
Bennett slips a straight right by Antony.
Bennett throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Antony takes a kick to the side of the head.

It looks like Mark Antony has been cut.
A swing and a miss from Antony.
Bennett loads up on a big right hand but Antony slips the punch.
Bennett avoids the body shot from Antony.
A head kick misses from Bennett.
A quick step to the side and Antony tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bennett connects with a jab.
Bennett dips to his left and cracks Antony with an uppercut!
A jab from Antony does it's job there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A shot to the liver by Bennett. Beautiful body shot.
Antony swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Antony. Bennett does a little dance to reset his feet.
Antony avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Antony scores with a body shot.
Antony throws a shot to the body.
Bennett scores with a jab to the head.
Antony lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Bennett lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Antony backs up against the cage.
Bennett misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Antony staying out of range there.
Bennett 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.
Bennett looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Bennett throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Antony.
Antony pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bennett walks into a jab.
Bennett misses with a combination
and Bennett takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bennett misses with a double jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bennett goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Antony throws a hook to the side of Bennett's head but Bennett sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bennett uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Antony.
Bennett throws a head kick that misses.
Bennett uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Antony.
Antony connects with a nice looking jab.
Nice straight punches there by Antony. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Antony.
Bennett misses with a low kick.
Bennett throws an off balance right hand
and Antony counters with a big right hand! Oh Bennett is in trouble here! Antony follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mark Antony!
Our winner, Mark Antony, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.