PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Earl Bennet (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dean Marsh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Bennet
vs
Marsh

191 cm
20
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

186 cm
20
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Earl Bennet!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dean Marsh!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Alyssa Summers and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bennet throws a series of strikes that have Marsh backpedaling.
Bennet misses with a wild combination.
Marsh shoots in and drives through. Bennet sprawls well.
Bennet throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Bennet throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bennet misses with the combination.
A right-left combo lands from Bennet.
Bennet looks to land a combination but Marsh avoids it well.

Bennet gets caught flat footed, as Marsh shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Marsh wants to control from the top but Bennet keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bennet looking to hit a scissor sweep but Marsh is one step ahead there.
Bennet keeping moving, preventing Marsh from controlling successfully.

Bennet has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Marsh off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Marsh showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bennet.
Marsh looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bennet closes the distance and clinches.
Marsh is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Bennet gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Earl Bennet has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dean Marsh.
Marsh is working for takedown but Bennet is calmly controlling the position for now.
Marsh drops down looking for an ankle pick but Bennet pulls his leg out and moves away.
Bennet looks to land a combination. Marsh sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Marsh shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Bennet defends it nicely.
Marsh looks gassed!
Bennet lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Marsh backs up against the cage.

Marsh looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Bennet!
Bennet sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marsh is trying to control. Bennet wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Bennet makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Bennet.
Bennet wants to sweep but no luck.
Bennet is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Bennet is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Marsh is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Bennet scores with a couple of nice shots.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Bennet lands a nice short elbow.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Marsh can do anything to dispel that myth.
Bennet lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Marsh taking some punishment here, with Bennet in his half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marsh blocking the ground and pound attempt from Bennet.
Marsh on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Marsh keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Marsh blocking the ground and pound attempt from Bennet.
Bennet working the head and body with strikes.
Bennet missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Bennet takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Marsh taking some punishment here, with Bennet in his half guard.
Marsh keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Marsh keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Bennet throwing shots but Marsh is blocking nicely.
Bennet thows a huge punch but Marsh dodges it nicely.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Bennet connects with a nice short shot to Marsh's temple.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Marsh blocking the ground and pound attempt from Bennet.
Marsh wants to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Earl Bennet dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Bennet throws a combination. Marsh tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

Bennet shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Bennet was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Bennet unloads with some shots from mount but Marsh bucks and avoids them well.
Bennet putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Bennet unloading with bombs!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bennet thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Bennet throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bennet putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Bennet has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bennet sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Bennet is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Marsh can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Bennet throwing strikes here but Marsh is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Marsh blocking the ground and pound.
Bennet throwing strikes here but Marsh is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Bennet in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Bennet lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Marsh avoids a series of strikes thrown by Bennet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Bennet is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Bennet is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Marsh can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
A nice elbow there by Bennet.
Bennet fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Marsh trying desperately to get to his feet.
Bennet lands a heavy elbow.
Bennet throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Bennet punching from mount but Marsh doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Marsh wants to try and get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marsh blocking the ground and pound.
Bennet looking to finish Marsh with some ground and pound. This is bad for Marsh!
Bennet thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Bennet throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Bennet lands with some strikes.
Bennet looking to ground and pound but Marsh is blocking nicely.
Bennet scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Marsh blocking the ground and pound.
Bennet lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Bennet thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Marsh wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Bennet cracks Marsh with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Marsh really wants to buck Bennet off and get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Earl Bennet dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Marsh will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Bennet tests Marsh's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Bennet throws a series of punches but Marsh avoids them all with ease.
Marsh shoots for a double leg takedown but Bennet sprawls well. He's pushed Marsh's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Bennet jabs Marsh right on the nose. Marsh blinks but takes it well.
Bennet throws a one two combo.
Bennet misses with a series of wild punches.
Marsh showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bennet.
Marsh takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Bennet throws a right and a left that both miss.
Marsh dodges the punch combination from Bennet.

Bennet closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bennet thows a huge punch but Marsh dodges it nicely.
Bennet sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Marsh defending well though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bennet not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Marsh taking some punishment here, with Bennet in his half guard.
Bennet working over Marsh with some ground and pound. Marsh looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Bennet throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Marsh keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Bennet not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Marsh scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Bennet manages to mount him!
Marsh wants to try and get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Bennet lands with some strikes.
Marsh squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Bennet throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Bennet won't let Marsh get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Bennet landing punches.
Bennet landing shots from mount.
Bennet dominating with strikes here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bennet punishing his opponent with strikes.
Bennet throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Bennet throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Marsh avoids a series of strikes thrown by Bennet.
Bennet throwing strikes here but Marsh is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Poor strikes thrown by Bennet there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Bennet working Marsh over with strikes here.
Bennet lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Dean Marsh has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Bennet thowing shots but they're missing.
Bennet is landing with some decent strikes but Marsh is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Earl Bennet is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bennet working Marsh over with strikes here.
Bennet pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Marsh avoids a strike by Bennet and manages to complete a very nice reversal in the process, to end up in Bennet's guard! Fantastic escape!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Marsh being controlled here momentarily.
Marsh loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

And that's the end of the fight!
Earl Bennet showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bennet 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 Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 30:27
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Earl Bennet!