PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sam Benton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gringo Gringo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Benton
vs
Gringo

185 cm
25
265 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

200 cm
25
270 lbs
8 - 4 - 1

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sam Benton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gringo Gringo!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Wesley Smith and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gringo slips under a jab from Benton.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gringo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gringo slips a jab from Benton.
Gringo tries to close the distance and clinch but Benton swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gringo moves in looking to clinch but Benton pushes him off.
Gringo throws a right hand that Benton ducks under and follows up with a left that Benton also avoids with ease.
Gringo is looking to clinch but Benton is avoiding it.
Benton pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Gringo tries to clinch up but Benton circles away and keeps his distance.
Gringo lands a two punch combo.

It looks like Sam Benton has been cut.
Benton throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gringo is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Benton throws a body punch but Gringo moves out of range.
Gringo swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Benton counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Gringo misses with a double jab.
Gringo darts in trying to clinch
and Benton counters with a left to the body.
Benton throws a series of punches but Gringo moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice combination there by Gringo.

Gringo fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Benton, pushing him back against the cage.

Benton pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gringo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gringo misses with an uppercut. Benton saw that one coming.
Gringo checks a leg kick.
Gringo misses with the combination.
Benton lunges at Gringo with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Gringo's hand.

It looks like Gringo Gringo has been cut.
Benton takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Benton throws a wild body kick that Gringo sees coming a mile off.
Gringo cracks Benton with a good jab.
Gringo checks a low kick from Benton.
Gringo jabs Benton right on the nose. Benton blinks but takes it well.
Benton does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Gringo swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Benton.
Benton looks to land a body kick but Gringo moved away.
Gringo scores with the left hand. Benton knows he should have avoided that one.
Benton misses with a jab, cross combination.
Gringo is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gringo misses with a double jab
and Benton counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gringo looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Benton pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Benton takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Gringo digs a good hook to Benton's body.
Gringo tries to clinch but Benton is having none of it.
Benton throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Gringo tries to clinch up.
A slow jab from Benton misses its intended target.
Benton jabs at Gringo's body.
Gringo looks gassed!
Benton scores with a jab to the body.
Benton swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Benton misses with an uppercut. Gringo saw that one coming.
Benton throws a body kick that misses.
Gringo walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gringo throws a right hand that Benton ducks under and follows up with a left that Benton also avoids with ease.
Benton is looking to land body kicks.
Gringo on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Gringo tries to clinch but Benton is having none of it.
Benton bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Benton avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gringo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gringo tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Benton counters with a nice low kick that buckles Gringo's knee momentarily.
Gringo looks to throw the jab but Benton is out of range.
Gringo darts in trying to clinch
and Benton counters with a nice leg kick.
Benton lands a nice looking body kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gringo tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Benton counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Gringo thinking.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benton uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
A clash of legs there as Gringo blocks the low kick.
Benton throws a nice looking combination but Gringo bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Gringo looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Gringo has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Gringo there as he acknowledges the shot.
Benton delivers a nice body kick.
Benton scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Benton is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Benton throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Benton scores with a kick to the body.
Benton feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Gringo's calf.
Gringo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Benton.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Benton is looking to slow Gringo down with leg kicks.
Benton fails to land with a series of punches.
Gringo misses with a combination
letting Benton counter with a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sam Benton dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

A slapping leg kick lands for Benton.
Gringo displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Gringo closes the distance looking to clinch
and Benton counters with a slapping leg kick.
Gringo has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Benton waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Gringo.
Gringo lunges at Benton with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Benton's hand.
Gringo throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Gringo closes the distance looking to clinch
and Benton counters with a nice uppercut.
Benton tries a low kick but Gringo avoids it.
Gringo avoids the body shot from Benton.
Gringo scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Gringo is breathing heavily.
Gringo lands a slapping body shot.
Benton ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gringo moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gringo falls off balance throwing a combination
and Benton counters with a stiff right hand.
Benton takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Gringo swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Benton counters with a nice leg kick.
Gringo misses with a straight left.
Gringo throws a head kick that misses.
Gringo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Gringo tries to clinch but Benton moves away
and Benton makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Benton has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
A thudding body kick lands there by Benton!
Benton scores with a kick to the midsection.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Benton pushes Gringo away with a front kick.
Benton misses with a few strikes there.
Benton goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Gringo tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Benton counters with a low kick, right behind Gringo 's knee.
Nice straight punches there by Benton. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Benton.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gringo walks into a left hand.
Gringo pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A solid leg kick lands there for Benton.
Gringo takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Benton misses with an attempted mid kick.
Benton connects with a solid leg kick.
Benton throws a nice inside leg kick.
Benton misses the jab.
Benton fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Benton scores with a jab. Gringo acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Gringo throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Benton counters with an inside leg kick.
Sam Benton is winning the standup battle so far.
Gringo throws a series of punches but Benton moves out of range.
Good leg kick by Benton there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Benton.
Benton ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gringo moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gringo moves out of range as Benton strikes.
Gringo clinches but Benton breaks the clinch
and Benton counters with a body kick.
Decent striking displayed by Benton there.
Gringo closes the distance but Benton moves to the side
and Benton counters with a nice low kick that buckles Gringo's knee momentarily.
Gringo looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Benton misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gringo.
Gringo closes the distance looking to clinch
and Benton counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Gringo has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Benton.
Gringo wants to clinch but Benton slips to the side
and Benton counters with a body kick.
Benton is looking to slow Gringo down with leg kicks.
Benton fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gringo manages to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benton tries to work over Gringo's front leg with a kick but Gringo checks it.
Benton ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gringo moves away.
Gringo looks to clinch
and Benton counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Benton misses with an uppercut. Gringo saw that one coming.
Gringo throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Good shot there by Benton.
Gringo throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Gringo darts in trying to clinch
and Benton counters with a body kick that stops Gringo in his tracks momentarily.
Gringo's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Benton misses with a looping left.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gringo closes the distance but Benton moves to the side
and Benton counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Benton misses with a series of wild punches.
Benton throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gringo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sam Benton dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Gringo connects with a nice looking jab.
A combination from Benton does no damage.
Good shot there by Gringo.
Gringo lunges at Benton with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Benton's hand.
Gringo lands a with a good body shot.
Gringo wants to clinch but Benton slips to the side
and Benton connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Benton throws out a leg kick but Gringo moves out of range and Benton only half commits.
Gringo throws a right and a left that both miss.
The fighters circling - Benton throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gringo wants to clinch but Benton slips to the side
and Benton counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Gringo tries to clinch but fails miserably
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Benton swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gringo has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Gringo looks to clinch
and Benton makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Benton throws out a leg kick but Gringo moves out of range and Benton only half commits.
Benton misses with a looping left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Benton misses with a double jab.
Some wild striking there from Gringo.
Gringo misses with a double jab.
Benton throws a lazy right hand but Gringo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Gringo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Benton throws a body punch but Gringo moves out of range.
Gringo throws a one two combo.
Benton swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Benton takes one to the side of the head.
Gringo tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Benton counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Benton circles away from the clinch attempt
and Benton counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sam Benton is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Benton is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gringo can do to turn this around?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gringo throws a series of strikes that have Benton backpedaling.
Gringo swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Benton counters with a thumping low kick.
Gringo avoids the body shot from Benton.
Gringo throws a combination that misses
and Benton counters with a body kick that stops Gringo in his tracks momentarily.
Benton lands a nice looking body shot.
Benton is looking to slow Gringo down with leg kicks.
Donk. Benton catches Gringo right on the button with a cross.
Gringo darts in trying to clinch
and Benton counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Gringo throws a combination that misses
and Benton counters with a nice kick to the body.
Gringo looks to clinch
and Benton counters with a low kick, right behind Gringo 's knee.
Benton throws a leg kick which misses Gringo's front leg but catches the back leg as Gringo tries to avoid it.
Gringo might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Benton scores with a one two! Gringo had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Benton scores with a sloppy right hand. Gringo should have avoided that one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benton moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Gringo Gringo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Benton throws a combination. Gringo tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Gringo throws a left and a right that both miss
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Benton catches Gringo with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Benton cracks a nice hook into Gringo's ribs.
Benton misses with a series of wild punches.
Benton connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Gringo's hands.
Benton cracks Gringo with a right hand to the side of the head.
Gringo closes the distance looking to clinch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Benton darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Gringo looks to throw the jab but Benton is out of range.
Benton bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Benton lands a body shot.
Gringo Gringo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from Benton.
Gringo throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Benton counters with a stiff right hand.
Gringo tries to clinch up
and Benton counters with a nice uppercut.
A slapping body kick lands there for Benton.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A slow jab from Benton misses its intended target.
Benton misses with a body shot.
Gringo misses with a double jab
and Benton counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Benton dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Gringo. That did some damage!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Benton slips under a jab from Gringo.
Benton lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Gringo Gringo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Benton lands a jab.
Benton scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sam Benton showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Benton, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 30:26
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:26
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sam Benton!