PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jake Benevidi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harry Jack (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jake Benevidi has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Benevidi
vs
Jack

186 cm
25
192 lbs
8 - 8 - 0

174 cm
21
190 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

Good wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jake Benevidi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Harry Jack!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Igor Prikhodko and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jack throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Benevidi circles away from the clinch attempt.
Benevidi swats away the attempt to clinch by Jack.
Benevidi throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Jack stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Jack tries to clinch up but Benevidi circles away and keeps his distance.
Jack tries to clinch up but Benevidi circles away and keeps his distance.
Jack needs to keep his hands up - Benevidi had a free shot at his head there.
Jack tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Benevidi paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jack tries to clinch but Benevidi is having none of it.
Jack takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A punch lands to the side of Jack 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Jack gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Benevidi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Jack forces Benevidi back against the cage and clinches.
Jack with a knee to the head.
Jack pushes off an throws an elbow but Benevidi leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Jack is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Jack misses with a knee strike.
Nice elbow from Jack.
Jack lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Jack gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Jack is pressed up against the cage. Benevidi has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Jack down to the mat. Jack avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Jack rushes Benevidi and presses him up against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Benevidi drops down looking for an ankle pick but Jack pulls his leg out and moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Benevidi circles away from the clinch attempt
and Benevidi counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Benevidi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jack doesn't manage to clinch there - Benevidi circles away.
Jack on the wrong end of a nice hook.

Jack pushes Benevidi up against the cage in a clinch.
A knee to the head by Jack.
Jack lands an elbow just above Benevidi 's eye.

It looks like Jake Benevidi has been cut.
Jack lands a knee to the head.
Benevidi is breathing heavily.
Jack is pressed up against the cage. Benevidi has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Jack down to the mat. Jack avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jake Benevidi. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Jack has Benevidi up against the cage in a clinch.
Jack connects with a knee to the head.
Benevidi takes an elbow to the temple.
Benevidi takes an elbow to the temple.

Jack drops Benevidi with a big knee straight up the middle! Benevidi is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

Benevidi is rocked!

Jack gets a clinch.
Oh Benevidi is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jack lands an elbow just above Benevidi 's eye.
Jack landing knees to the head.
Jack scores a nice knee to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Jack connects with a nasty looking knee right to Benevidi's face.
Jack lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Jack.
Benevidi seems to have got his legs back now.
Jack landing knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Jack obliges.
Benevidi takes an elbow to the temple.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Jack obliges.
Jack lands an elbow inside.
Nice elbow from Jack.
Jack putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Benevidi in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Jack lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Jack is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Jack landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Jack lands an elbow just above Benevidi 's eye.
Jack scores a nice knee to the body.
Jack creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Benevidi's defenses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Jack.
Jack lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Jack lands a nice knee to the body.
Jack lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Jack lands an elbow inside that Benevidi shrugs off.
Jack scores with a knee to the head.
Benevidi has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Jack avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Jack with a knee to the head.
Benevidi wants a takedown but no success here.
Benevidi takes a knee right on the jaw!
Jack prevents Benevidi from breaking the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jack lands an elbow that stopped Benevidi in his tracks for a moment.
Jack lands an elbow that stopped Benevidi in his tracks for a moment.
Jack scores with a knee to the head.
Benevidi takes a knee right on the jaw!
Jack looking to throw knees to the head but Benevidi is blocking nicely.
Jack with a knee to the head.
Jack lands an elbow just above Benevidi 's eye.
Benevidi goes for a takedown attempt but Jack pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Jack slips under a jab.

Jack closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Benevidi takes an elbow to the forehead.
Jack lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Jack connects with a nasty looking knee right to Benevidi's face.
Jack with a knee to the head.
Jack using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Jack lands an elbow just above Benevidi 's eye.
Benevidi takes an elbow to the temple.
Jack lands an elbow inside.
Benevidi is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Jack pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Jack lands an elbow just above Benevidi 's eye.
Jack is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jack with a knee to the head.
Jack landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Jack connects with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Jack.
Jack prevents a takedown attempt there.
Jack lands a damaging elbow.
Jack lands an elbow inside.
Jack lands a nice knee to the body.
Jack gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Jack lands an elbow that stopped Benevidi in his tracks for a moment.
Jack lands an elbow that stopped Benevidi in his tracks for a moment.
Jack working Benevidi over with knees to the body.
Jack lands an elbow just above Benevidi 's eye.
Benevidi is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Jack lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Benevidi looking for a takedown.
Jack working Benevidi over with knees to the body.
Benevidi tries to score a body lock takedown but Jack shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Benevidi tries for a takedown but Jack manages to get underhooks.
Jack lands an elbow inside.
Jack crunches a lovely knee into Benevidi's ribcage.
Jack creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Benevidi's defenses.
Jack lands an elbow inside.
Benevidi takes an elbow to the forehead.
Jack lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Harry Jack dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jake Benevidi's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Benevidi keeps the fight on the outside.
Benevidi tests Jack's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Jack takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Jack avoids the body shot from Benevidi.
Jack tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Benevidi paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Benevidi circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jack fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jack is looking to clinch but Benevidi is avoiding it.
Jack tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Benevidi manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Benevidi connects with a nice looking jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jack tries to clinch but Benevidi moves out of range.
Jack moves to clinch but Benevidi breaks away
and Benevidi counters with a series of strikes. Jack will be more careful next time no doubt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jack slips a jab from Benevidi.
Jack throws a head kick that misses.
Jack takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jack moves to clinch but Benevidi breaks away
letting Benevidi counter with a right hand.
Jack lands a front kick.
Jack tries to clinch up.
Benevidi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Jack gets a clinch.
Benevidi is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Jack pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Jack lands an elbow just above Benevidi 's eye.
Jack lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Knees to the body from Jack.
Benevidi takes an elbow to the temple.
Jack lands an elbow inside.
Jack lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Jack landing knees to the head.
Benevidi takes an elbow to the temple.
Jack lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A knee to the head by Jack.
Jack lands a damaging elbow.
Benevidi is working for takedown but Jack is calmly controlling the position for now.
Jack unloads a knee to the mid-section. Benevidi lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jack connects with a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jack creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Benevidi's defenses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jack comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jack gets underhooks to prevent Benevidi's takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jake Benevidi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jack lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Jack gets underhooks to prevent Benevidi's takedown attempt.
Benevidi has Jack pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Jack manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Jack crunches a lovely knee into Benevidi's ribcage.
Jack lands a damaging elbow.
Jack unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Harry Jack seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Benevidi takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nice elbow from Jack.
Benevidi drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A knee to the head by Jack.
Jack lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Jack with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Benevidi looking for a takedown.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jack.
Jack gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Benevidi tries to circle away but Jack has him pinned against the cage.
Jack connects with a knee to the head.
Benevidi goes for a takedown in the clinch but Jack prevents it.
Benevidi tries to score a body lock takedown but Jack shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Jack landing knees to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benevidi takes an elbow to the temple.
A frustrated look appears on Benevidi's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Jack with a knee to the head.
Jack unloads a knee to the mid-section. Benevidi lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nice elbow from Jack.
Jack lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Benevidi goes for a takedown attempt but Jack pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Jack is looking to clinch.
Jack wants to clinch.
Jack throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

Jack clinches up against the cage.
Nice elbow from Jack.
Jack putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Benevidi in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Jack lands a damaging elbow.
Jack lands a knee to the head.
Jack connects with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benevidi wants a takedown.
Jack scores with a knee to the head.
Jack unloads a knee to the mid-section. Benevidi lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jack lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Jack stops a takedown attempt from Benevidi.
Benevidi takes an elbow to the temple.
Benevidi tries to score a body lock takedown but Jack shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Jack lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Jack gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Jack lands a damaging elbow.
Jack creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Benevidi's defenses.
Benevidi is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Jack prevents the takedown attempt.
Jack connects with a knee to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Jack.
A frustrated look appears on Benevidi's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Benevidi takes a knee right on the jaw!
Jack lands a nice elbow.
Jack lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Jack lands an elbow that stopped Benevidi in his tracks for a moment.
A left hand lands to the body for Benevidi.
Jack using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Jack lands an elbow just above Benevidi 's eye.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jack.
Jack lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Harry Jack showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jake Benevidi's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Jack wants to clinch up but Benevidi keeps it at a distance.
Decent striking displayed by Benevidi there.
Jack tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Benevidi paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Harry Jack is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Benevidi stalks Jack and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Jack's face. Jack staggers backwards, shaken.
Jack wants to clinch up but Benevidi keeps it at a distance.
Benevidi thows a left - swing and a miss!
Benevidi is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Jack tries to clinch but Benevidi moves out of range.
Jack takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Jack fails with an attempt to clinch.
Benevidi circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jack wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Jack moves into range and clinches up with Benevidi.
Jack scores a nice knee to the body.
Jack lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Benevidi takes an elbow to the temple.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jack lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jack lands an elbow inside.
Benevidi takes an elbow to the forehead.
Jack lands an elbow just above Benevidi 's eye.
Jack lands an elbow inside.
Jack scores with a knee to the head.
Jack utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Benevidi tries to score a body lock takedown but Jack shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Jack lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Jack lands a knee to the head.
Benevidi looking for a takedown.
Jack lands an elbow that stopped Benevidi in his tracks for a moment.
Jack lands a damaging elbow.
Benevidi is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jake Benevidi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Benevidi takes an elbow to the temple.
Jack landing knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Jack obliges.
Jack creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Benevidi's defenses.
Benevidi goes for a takedown attempt but Jack pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
A nice inside leg kick there by Jack. That's going to slow Benevidi down.
Jack is looking to clinch.
Jake Benevidi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jack drives through and clinches with Benevidi against the cage.
Jack lands an elbow inside.
Nice elbow from Jack.
Benevidi takes a knee right on the jaw!
Benevidi takes an elbow to the forehead.
A knee to the head by Jack.
Nice elbow from Jack.
Jack stops a takedown attempt from Benevidi.
Jack with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Jack.
Benevidi takes an elbow to the forehead.
Benevidi is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Jack pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Jack with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Benevidi takes a knee right on the jaw!
Jack lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Benevidi takes an elbow to the temple.
Jack landing knees to the head.
Benevidi wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jack has him pressed against the cage.
A knee to the head by Jack.
Jack lands a nice elbow.
Jack with a knee to the head.
Jack lands a knee to the head.
Jack lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Benevidi misses with the head strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jack with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Benevidi is working for takedown but Jack is calmly controlling the position for now.
Jack looking to throw knees to the head but Benevidi is blocking nicely.
Nice elbow from Jack.
Jack tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Benevidi is trying to break the clinch but Jack has him pressed against the cage.
Benevidi drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Jack.
Jack comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jack lands an elbow inside.
Jack connects with a knee to the head.
Jack tries to land a knee to the head but Benevidi blocks with his arms.
Jack comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jack lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Jack lands an elbow that stopped Benevidi in his tracks for a moment.
Jack lands a damaging elbow.
Jack keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Benevidi's efforts to push away.
Benevidi is working for takedown but Jack is calmly controlling the position for now.
Jack connects with a nasty looking knee right to Benevidi's face.
Benevidi takes an elbow to the forehead.
Benevidi wants to break free but Jack has control.
Nice elbow from Jack.
Jack unloads a knee to the mid-section. Benevidi lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Jack misses with a knee to the head.
Benevidi tries to score a body lock takedown but Jack shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Jack has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Benevidi drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Jack unloads a knee to the mid-section. Benevidi lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Benevidi takes a knee right on the jaw!
Jack gets underhooks to prevent Benevidi's takedown attempt.
A knee to the head by Jack.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jack.
Jack scores a nice knee to the body.
Jack utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Jack prevents the takedown attempt.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jack.
Jack landing knees to the head.
Jack with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jack lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Jack scores a nice knee to the body.
Jack lands a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Jack.
Jack creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Benevidi's defenses.
A knee to the head by Jack.
Jack looking to throw knees to the head but Benevidi is blocking nicely.
Benevidi tries to score a body lock takedown but Jack shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Harry Jack is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jack.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Jack.

And that's the end of the fight!
Harry Jack comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Jack winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 27:30
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Harry Jack!