PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between D.C. Benny (ranked 154 p4p, 211 weight class) and Thiago Cortes (ranked 25 p4p, 31 weight class). Benny comes to the cage accompanied by D.C. Benny - Unagi Standup Bit. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Benny
vs
Cortes

185 cm
37
175
29 - 24 - 0

189 cm
31
182
8 - 5 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed

NARCOS
Kersikov's Vitamin Clinic (160)

Conviction
© Trap House

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 29 - 24 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, D.C. Benny!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Thiago Cortes!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Thiago Cunha and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Benny swings for the body but Cortes moves out of range.
Benny lands with an uppercut that bounces Cortes off the cage and back into range.
D.C. Benny seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Benny tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cortes's elbow.
Benny takes a knee to the side of the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Benny.
Benny tries to work over Cortes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Benny misses with a short punch on the inside.
Benny tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cortes blocks a body shot from Benny.
Cortes lands a nice uppercut.
Benny swings wildly with an uppercut but Cortes uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Benny can't find room to land a body shot as Cortes controls the action.
Benny lands a right hand that snaps the head of Cortes backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cortes.
Knees in the clinch landing for Cortes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Benny lands a nice shot to the body.
Benny can't find room to land a body shot as Cortes controls the action.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Benny blocks an uppercut.
Benny tries to throw a body punch but Cortes avoids it by throwing Benny back against the cage.
A short right from Benny.
Cortes struggles to land a body shot inside as Benny controls his hands.
Cortes misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Benny.
A nice right hand lands inside from Cortes.
Cortes throws a knee to the head but misses.
Benny lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Benny misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Benny doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cortes stalling the fight.
Cortes is working Benny over against the cage.
Benny misses with a short punch on the inside.
Benny lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Benny misses with some punches.
Benny scores with a nice hook to the head.
Benny takes a knee right on the jaw!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Benny working aggressively here.
A knee to the head by Cortes.
Benny lands a left hand that snaps the head of Cortes backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benny swings wildly with an uppercut but Cortes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cortes blocking some punches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cortes.
Cortes lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Cortes struggles to land a body shot inside as Benny controls his hands.
Benny has a couple of punches blocked by Cortes.
Benny misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cortes is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Benny makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Benny misses with some punches.
Benny swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Benny on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Benny misses with some punches.
Cortes blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Benny.
Benny looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Cortes creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Benny takes a knee to the side of the body.
A head punch on the inside from Cortes fails to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Benny as the two fighters clinch.
Benny lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Benny lands a body shot.
Benny misses with a short punch on the inside.

Benny gets control of Cortes's arms and successfully pulls guard. Benny will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Cortes stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Benny swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Benny had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Cortes defends it easily.

Benny has his foot on Cortes's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Cortes works his way back into a safe position though.
Benny can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Cortes controls the pace.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Benny wants to sweep here but Cortes controlling him for the moment.

Benny looking for a guillotine here but Cortes defends easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Benny is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Benny looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Cortes slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

Benny is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Cortes got a little sloppy there for a moment and Benny has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Cortes has managed to get both his arms back between Benny's legs - danger averted.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that D.C. Benny will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Cortes ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
The fighters circling - Benny throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A little jabbing left from Cortes on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Benny swings away with a body shot that misses
and Cortes counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Benny lands a nice shot to the body.
Cortes checks the leg kick.
Cortes appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Cortes staying out of range there.
Cortes is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Benny with a body shot.
Benny looks to land a right hand but Cortes moved out of range.
Nice shot lands for Benny.
Benny fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cortes throws a head kick but Benny moves out of range.
Cortes throws a combination that misses
and Benny counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Cortes thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cortes throws a lazy uppercut
and Benny counters with a straight right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from Benny misses.
Benny takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Benny ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Benny swings widly with a right hand
and Cortes connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A head kick by Cortes misses
and Benny counters with an inside leg kick.
Cortes throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Cortes takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Benny lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Cortes has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Cortes and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Benny fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Cortes is out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Cortes! But no joy.
Cortes moves out of range of the body kick.
A countering left hand to the body from Cortes misses.
A jab from Cortes misses.

Benny gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Cortes lands a nice uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Benny fails to land.
Benny misses with the head strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benny can't find room to land a body shot as Cortes controls the action.
D.C. Benny has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Cortes cracks Benny with a nice body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cortes blocks an uppercut.
Benny misses with the head strike.
Cortes misses with a knee to the head.
Cortes misses with a hook from the clinch.
Benny fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Benny is trying to pull guard but Cortes has him pressed against the cage.
Benny lands with a right to the head.
Benny blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Benny misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Benny struggles to land a body shot inside as Cortes controls his hands.
Cortes blocks an uppercut.
Benny struggles to land a body shot inside as Cortes controls his hands.
Cortes prevents a body shot from Benny.
Cortes misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cortes lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Benny backwards.
Benny blocks a body shot from Cortes.
Benny misses with the head strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benny tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Benny lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Cortes backwards.
Cortes is leaning against Benny and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Benny misses with a hook to the ribs.
Benny misses with a hook to the ribs.
Benny tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cortes's elbow.
Benny tries a body shot but Cortes blocks it.
Benny jumps guard but Cortes stands there with Benny around his waist. Benny gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for D.C. Benny. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cortes trying to land knees to the body.
A body shot lands from Benny.
Cortes connects with a nasty looking knee right to Benny's face.
Benny misses with a hook from the clinch.
Benny lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Benny lands an uppercut.
Cortes scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Benny lands a right hand.
Cortes blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Cortes creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Benny swings wildly with an uppercut but Cortes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Benny misses with a hook from the clinch.
Benny lands with a right to the head.
Cortes tries to throw a body punch but Benny avoids it by throwing Cortes back against the cage.
Benny misses with a punch to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cortes.
Benny avoiding damage as Cortes throws knees to the body.
Benny working aggressively here.
Benny misses with some punches.
Benny working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Benny misses with a punch on the inside.
A right handed body shot lands from Benny.
Benny softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Benny throws a punch but it's blocked by Cortes.
Cortes tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Benny's elbow.
Benny struggles to land a body shot inside as Cortes controls his hands.
Cortes lands an uppercut.
Benny is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cortes can do to turn this around?
Benny tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cortes's elbow.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

D.C. Benny dominated that second 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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Cortes digs a good body shot into Benny's ribs.
Thiago Cortes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Benny looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Benny. Cortes does a little dance to reset his feet.
Benny ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cortes moves away.
Cortes tries to close the distance and clinch up but Benny swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Benny cracks Cortes with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
D.C. Benny is winning the standup battle so far.
Cortes blocks the body kick.
Cortes only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Cortes blocks a jab.
Cortes misses the shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Benny swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
It seemed like Cortes was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Benny throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Cortes counters with a big head kick but Benny shrugs it off.
Benny misses with a low kick.
Cortes tries to counter with a clinch but Benny shakes him off and moves away.
Benny throws a leg kick but Cortes moved away.
Benny moves out of range as Cortes strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cortes throws a hook but Benny avoids it easily.
Cortes misses with a jab to the body
and Benny connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Benny throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cortes tries to counter with a clinch but Benny shakes him off and moves away.
Benny misses with a body shot.
Cortes throws a fast counter high kick but Benny manages to duck under it in time.
Benny connects with a body shot.
Benny needs to keep his hands up - Cortes had a free shot at his head there.
Benny cracks Cortes with an open hand slap.
Benny throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Cortes scores with a shot to the body.
Cortes moves out of range of the body kick from Benny.
Benny misses with an uppercut. Cortes saw that one coming.
Cortes walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cortes tries to move into range but Benny moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Benny swats away the attempt to clinch by Cortes.
Benny was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cortes on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A punch lands to the side of Cortes 's head but he takes it in his stride.

Cortes is rocked!
Benny throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Cortes is still on wobbly legs! Can Benny finish him?
Cortes slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Benny throws a body punch but Cortes moves out of range.
Cortes looks like he wants to counter punch here.
An inside leg kick from Benny misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Cortes! But no joy.
Cortes seems to have recovered his senses.
Cortes on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Benny throws a looping overhand right but Cortes ducks down to avoid it.
Benny throws a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Cortes has closed the distance and engaged Benny in a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Benny.
Cortes scores with a shoulder strike.
Benny struggles to land a body shot inside as Cortes controls his hands.
Benny struggles to land a body shot inside as Cortes controls his hands.
Benny throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Benny stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Cortes lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Cortes scores with a shoulder strike.
Cortes blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Benny swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Benny misses with a punch to the body.
Cortes lands a right hand.
Benny misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Benny tries a body shot but Cortes blocks it.
Benny lands a left hand that snaps the head of Cortes backwards.
Cortes blocks a body shot from Benny.
Cortes blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cortes tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Benny avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benny can't find room to land a body shot as Cortes controls the action.
Benny stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Cortes.
Cortes blocking some punches.
Still in the clinch, Benny scores with a nice short uppercut.
Benny prevents a body shot from Cortes.
Cortes blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cortes.
Cortes working Benny over with knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cortes blocks a body shot from Benny.
Cortes can't find room to land a body shot as Benny controls the action.
Good body shot from Benny.
A head punch on the inside from Benny fails to land.
Cortes landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Cortes tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Benny avoids it.
Benny gets through Cortes's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Good body shot from Cortes.
Benny is trying to pull guard but Cortes has him pressed against the cage.
Benny is trying to pull guard but Cortes has him pressed against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
D.C. Benny showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Benny has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 30:27
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:28
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... D.C. Benny!
D.C. Benny was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.