PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Michel Santos (ranked 1077 p4p, 1008 weight class) and Ritanzo Benzo (ranked 119 p4p, 109 weight class). Santos kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is DMX - Intro. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Santos
vs
Benzo

170 cm
31
163
18 - 13 - 0

177 cm
24
156
3 - 1 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Michel Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ritanzo Benzo!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Seu Braga and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Santos shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Santos showed some decent athleticism there.
Santos prevents Benzo from standing back up.
Benzo is trying to get back to full guard.
Santos prevents Benzo from standing back up.
Benzo really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Santos. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Santos trying to pass the guard but Benzo defending well.
Santos with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Santos tries to pass the half guard into mount. Benzo knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Benzo is trying to stand back up but Santos is controlling him
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Benzo trying to control but Santos postures up.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Santos tries to clinch but Benzo is having none of it.
Santos fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Benzo is out of range.
Santos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Benzo checks a leg kick.
Santos walks forward, straight into a front kick from Benzo.
Santos throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Benzo swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Benzo misses the jab.
Benzo thuds his shin into the meat of Santos's side.
Santos throws a body punch but Benzo moves out of range.
Santos lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Benzo lands with a nice body punch.
Benzo defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Santos.
Santos tries to clinch but Benzo moves away
and Benzo counters with a stiff right hand.
A lazy left from Benzo finds it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Santos is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Benzo.
Benzo throws a leg kick which misses Santos's front leg but catches the back leg as Santos tries to avoid it.

Santos clinches up with Benzo and pushes him back against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Benzo creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Santos with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Santos tries to land knees in the clinch but Benzo avoids the damage to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Santos.
Benzo makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Santos takes a shot to the head.
Santos throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Benzo blocks it with crossed arms.
A body shot lands from Benzo.
I was talking to Santos's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Santos looking to throw knees to the head but Benzo is blocking nicely.
Benzo lands a left hand.
Benzo taking a breather.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Benzo.
A short left from Benzo.
Benzo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Santos prevents a body shot from Benzo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benzo avoiding damage as Santos throws knees to the body.
Benzo misses with some punches.
Benzo leaning against his opponent.
Santos tries a knee to the head but Benzo blocks it.
Benzo lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Santos is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Benzo is defending well for now.
Benzo will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Santos up against the cage.
Benzo can't find room to land a body shot as Santos controls the action.
Santos using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Santos misses with a knee strike.
Santos being controlled against the cage.
Benzo lands with a light punch inside.
Benzo taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Benzo - that landed with a thud.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benzo lands a body punch.
Benzo taking a breather.
Benzo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Benzo stalling the fight.
A head punch on the inside from Benzo fails to land.
Benzo scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Benzo scores with a shoulder strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Santos wants to take the fight to the mat but Benzo manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Benzo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Santos misses with a knee to the head.
Santos lands a left hand.
A short right from Benzo on the inside.
Santos misses with a knee to the head.
Santos looking to throw knees to the head but Benzo is blocking nicely.
Benzo lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Santos is rocked!

Benzo manages to break the clinch.
Santos takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Santos is breathing heavily.
Santos fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Michel Santos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Benzo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ritanzo Benzo dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Santos throws a hook but Benzo avoids it easily.
Santos shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Benzo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Santos.
Benzo throws a low kick, looking for Santos's leg but Santos calmly moves out of range.
Benzo moves out of range of the leg kick from Santos.
Benzo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice defenses there by Benzo.
Benzo missing with a left hand there. Santos was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Benzo tries to bum rush Santos with a series of wild strikes but Santos uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Santos throwing a counter right hand but Benzo manages to avoid it.
Benzo getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Santos slips under a jab.
Santos has his takedown stuffed
and Benzo counters with a low kick, right behind Santos 's knee.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Santos attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Santos tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Benzo lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Benzo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Benzo defending well as Santos loads up on a big left hand.
Benzo explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Benzo connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Santos loads up on a big right hand but Benzo slips the punch.
Benzo looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Benzo blocks a jab.
Benzo scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Santos ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Benzo moves away.
Benzo thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Santos if he has to take too many more of those.
Benzo thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Santos if he has to take too many more of those.
Benzo throws a front kick that sends Santos stumbling back into the cage.
Benzo fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Santos has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benzo scores with a nice strike.
Oh Santos is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Santos on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Santos seems to have got his legs back now.
Benzo cracks Santos with a hook to the temple - Santos is on wobbly legs here! Benzo swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Santos falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Benzo wins by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:13 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Ritanzo Benzo!