PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bruce Beneteau (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Russ Reaper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bruce Beneteau has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Beneteau
vs
Reaper

220 cm
18
250 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

196 cm
24
280 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bruce Beneteau!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Russ Reaper!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Ian Loll and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Reaper clinches with his opponent.
Beneteau wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Reaper tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Reaper has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Beneteau regains guard immediately.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Beneteau holds on and takes a little breather.
Beneteau wants to stand but Reaper is controlling the position.
Beneteau is trying to keep Reaper in close.
Beneteau wants to get back to his feet but Reaper is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Reaper trying to control but Beneteau is working from the bottom.
Beneteau trying to keep a closed guard but Reaper is proving a slippery customer.
Beneteau will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Beneteau is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reaper trying to control but Beneteau is working from the bottom.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Beneteau lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Reaper backs up against the cage.

It looks like Russ Reaper has been cut.
Beneteau really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Reaper walks into a jab.
Beneteau looks to throw the jab but Reaper is out of range.
Beneteau is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Reaper.
Reaper misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Reaper tries to clinch up.
Horrible takedown by Reaper or perhaps it was just good defense by Beneteau which made him look bad.
A left and a right from Beneteau both land. Nice combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Beneteau tries to keep at a distance but Reaper has taken the fight into the clinch.
Reaper takes a shot to the head.
Reaper misses with a hook from the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Beneteau's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Reaper has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Beneteau regains guard immediately.

Beneteau is looking for a triangle but Reaper pushes his legs off easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beneteau is looking to stand up but Reaper isn't so interested in that idea.

Beneteau looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Beneteau is breathing heavily.
Beneteau is controlling Reaper's posture.

Beneteau is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
A short uppercut from Reaper.
Reaper keeps control of Beneteau as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Beneteau wants to get back to striking at distance but Reaper won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Reaper.
Beneteau wants to break the clinch but can't.
Reaper lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Beneteau or not.
Reaper lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Reaper lands a body shot in the clinch.
Reaper lands with a right to the head.
Reaper lands a nice uppercut.
Reaper lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Beneteau backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Reaper.

Reaper is trying to trip Beneteau. He has hold of a leg but Beneteau is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Reaper persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Reaper landing some decent shots from guard.
Reaper pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Beneteau is keeping the position for now.
Reaper trying to control the position from guard on top but Beneteau is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Reaper postures up.
Reaper stands up over Beneteau, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beneteau looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Beneteau preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Beneteau avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
No luck for Reaper with that takedown attempt.
Bruce Beneteau has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Russ Reaper.
Reaper tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Reaper tries to close the distance and clinch but Beneteau swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Reaper doesn't manage to clinch there - Beneteau circles away.
Reaper tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Reaper wants to clinch up but Beneteau keeps it at a distance.
Beneteau lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Beneteau keeps the fight on the outside.
Nice straight punches there by Beneteau. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Beneteau.
Reaper is looking to clinch.
Reaper fails with an attempt to clinch.
Reaper tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Beneteau swivels and escapes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Russ Reaper will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Russ Reaper's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Reaper tries to clinch up.
Beneteau loads up on a big right hand but Reaper slips the punch.
Beneteau will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Reaper has a takedown stuffed.
Reaper has a takedown stuffed.
Reaper is looking to clinch.
Reaper tries to clinch but Beneteau moves out of range.
Reaper tries to clinch but Beneteau is having none of it.

Reaper drives through and clinches with Beneteau against the cage.
Beneteau is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Reaper fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reaper blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Reaper is breathing heavily.
Beneteau looking for a takedown.

Beneteau escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Reaper walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A jab lands there for Beneteau.

That has opened up Russ Reaper's cut even more.
Reaper defending well as Beneteau loads up on a big left hand.
Beneteau lands a jab-cross combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beneteau bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Beneteau catches Reaper with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Reaper fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Bruce Beneteau has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Russ Reaper.
Reaper takes one to the chin there.

The cut above Russ Reaper's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Beneteau dips to his left and cracks Reaper with an uppercut!
Reaper takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Reaper is looking to clinch but Beneteau is avoiding it.
Beneteau cracks Reaper with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

Reaper is rocked!

Russ Reaper's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Beneteau scores with the left hand. Reaper knows he should have avoided that one.
Reaper is still on wobbly legs! Can Beneteau finish him?
Reaper walks straight into a right hand from Beneteau - that's dropped him! Beneteau jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Reaper from any more punishment! Reaper complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Bruce Beneteau!