PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jim Jim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jake Benevidi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jake Benevidi is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Jim
vs
Benevidi

185 cm
27
190 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

186 cm
26
192 lbs
8 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jim Jim!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jake Benevidi!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Valeri Chadov and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Benevidi misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jim misses with a combination
and Benevidi counters with a straight right hand.
Benevidi connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Jim momentarily.
Benevidi lands with a nice body punch.
Benevidi throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jim sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Benevidi walks into a jab.
Jim throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Benevidi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jim Jim seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jim misses with a combination
and Benevidi counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Benevidi feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Jims jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Benevidi scores with a one two! Jim had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

It looks like Jim Jim has been cut.
Benevidi looks to score with a jab to the body but Jim is just out of range.
Benevidi scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jim jabs Benevidi to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Jim falls off balance throwing a combination
and Benevidi counters with a straight right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jim throws a lazy uppercut
and Benevidi counters with a nice uppercut.
Jim throws a left and a right that both miss
and Benevidi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jim comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Jim has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Jim there as he acknowledges the shot.
Jim swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Benevidi counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jim misses with a double jab
enabling Benevidi to counter with a crisp jab.
Jim is breathing heavily.
Benevidi scores with a body shot.
Benevidi connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Jim takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Benevidi scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Jim misses with a double jab
and Benevidi connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Benevidi lunges at Jim with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Jim's hand.
A decent looking cross lands there for Benevidi.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jim uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Benevidi.
Jim shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Benevidi eats them both and turns towards Jim to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Benevidi lands with an uppercut that bounces Jim off the cage and back into rage.
Benevidi misses with a two punch combination.
Benevidi connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Jim's hands.
Benevidi is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Jim had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Benevidi scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Jim moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Benevidi bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Jim's head backwards.
Benevidi stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Benevidi scores with the left hand. Jim knows he should have avoided that one.
Jim moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Jim takes one to the chin there.
Jim takes a jab right on the kisser.
Benevidi takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jim misses with a left hand
and Benevidi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Benevidi.
Benevidi digs a good hook to Jim's body.
Benevidi sizes up Jim with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Jim swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Benevidi counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Benevidi lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Benevidi connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Benevidi lands a slapping body shot.
Benevidi digs a good hook to Jim's body.
Benevidi scores with a jab to the body.
Benevidi fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Benevidi lands a nice looking body shot.
Decent striking displayed by Benevidi there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benevidi throws a right hand that Jim ducks under and follows up with a left that Jim also avoids with ease.
A jab from Benevidi finds it's way through Jim's defenses.
Jim walks into a stiff left hand from Benevidi.
Benevidi scores with a three punch combo!
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Benevidi!
Jim misses with a double jab
and Benevidi counters with a nice uppercut.
Jim avoids a punch combination nicely.
A jab from Benevidi finds it's way through Jim's defenses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Benevidi comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Benevidi throws out a loose jab but Jim uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jake Benevidi dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jim Jim's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Jim throws a left and a right that both miss
and Benevidi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jake Benevidi seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jim throws a combination that misses
and Benevidi counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Jim takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Benevidi connects with a nice looking jab.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Jim!
Jim 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.
Benevidi throws the left hand but Jim avoids the punch easily.
Benevidi dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Benevidi jabs Jim to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Jim showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Benevidi.
Jim takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Benevidi scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Jim doesn't seem bothered though.
Benevidi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jim was well out of range. Poor timing from Benevidi.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jim misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Benevidi counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Benevidi misses with a hook
and Jim counters with a stiff right hand.
Jim throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Benevidi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jim throws a combination that misses
letting Benevidi counter with a right hand.
Jim on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Benevidi scores with a hook to the body. Jim takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Benevidi looks to land a combination but Jim avoids it well.
Jim throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
enabling Benevidi to counter with a crisp jab.
Jim takes a jab right on the kisser.
Benevidi lands with a straight right. Jim didn't see that one coming.
Benevidi lands a jab to the nose.
Jim throws a left and a right that both miss
and Benevidi counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benevidi misses with a hook. Jim ducked under it nicely.
Jim swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Benevidi counter with a right hand.
Jim throws a one two combo.
Jim throws a combination that misses
and Benevidi counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Jim misses with a double jab
and Benevidi counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A cross from Jim lands.
Jim throws a left and a right that both miss
and Benevidi counters with a right hand to the body.
Benevidi clobbers Jim with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Benevidi rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jim moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jim swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Benevidi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jim looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Jim throws a left and a right that both miss
and Benevidi counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jim throws a combination that misses
and Benevidi counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Jim misses with a hook
and Benevidi connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jim throws a left and a right that both miss
and Benevidi counters with a nice uppercut.
Jim throws a combination that misses
and Benevidi counters with a nice uppercut.
Jim keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Benevidi.
Jim falls off balance throwing a combination
and Benevidi counters with a right hand to the body.
Jim falls off balance throwing a combination
and Benevidi makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Jim misses with a combination
and Benevidi counters with a left to the body.
Jim takes one to the chin there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Jim throws a right and a left that Benevidi avoids nicely.
Jim misses with a jab to the body
and Benevidi counters with a nice body shot.
Benevidi digs a good body shot into Jim's ribs.
Jim throws a combination that misses
and Benevidi counters with a nice body shot.
Jim misses with a combination
and Benevidi connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Benevidi moves forwards but Jim connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Jim looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Jim misses with a double jab
enabling Benevidi to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jim slips under a jab.
Left hook, right uppercut from Jim.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jake Benevidi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jim Jim's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

No joy there for Benevidi, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jim connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Benevidi momentarily.
Jim throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Benevidi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jim misses with a body punch
and Benevidi counters with a left to the body.
Benevidi takes a swing at Jim's ribcage but misses.
A decent looking cross lands there for Benevidi.
Jim misses with a combination
and Benevidi counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Benevidi connects with a right hand. Jim shakes it off.
Sloppy strikes from Benevidi. Those never looked like landing.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jim moves out of range of the strikes.
Jim misses with a double jab
and Benevidi counters with a one-two to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jim misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Benevidi counters with a three punch combo that has Jim backing up. Jim nods at Benevidi to acknowledge the strikes.
Benevidi connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Jim's hands.
A punch lands to the side of Jim 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Benevidi bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Jim's head backwards.
Jim lands a nice shot that snaps Benevidi's head back.
Jim throws a left and a right that both miss
and Benevidi counters with a nice uppercut.
Left hook, right uppercut from Benevidi.
Jim falls off balance throwing a combination
and Benevidi makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Benevidi swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Jim counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Benevidi misses with a lunging right hand
and Jim counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Benevidi throws a lazy uppercut
and Jim counters with a nice body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A left and a right from Benevidi both land. Nice combination.
Jim falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Benevidi counter with a right hand.
Benevidi throws a big shot that misses.
Benevidi is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Jim.
A telegraphed right hand from Benevidi misses the target.
Jim misses with a combination
and Benevidi connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jim throws a left and a right that both miss
and Benevidi counters with a nice body shot.
Jim misses with a right hand
and Benevidi counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Benevidi throws a hook to the side of Jim's head but Jim sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jim feints a jab promting Benevidi to slip. Jim then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Benevidi slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benevidi comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Jim misses with a combination
and Benevidi counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Jim misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Benevidi.
Benevidi feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Jims jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Benevidi shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Jim eats them both and turns towards Benevidi to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Jim gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A shot to the liver by Jim. Beautiful body shot.
Jim misses with a shot to the body
letting Benevidi counter with a right hand.
Jim throws a left and a right that both miss
and Benevidi counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Jim showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Benevidi.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Jim falls off balance throwing a combination
and Benevidi counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jim falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Benevidi counter with a right hand.
Benevidi lands a body shot.
Jim throws a series of punches but Benevidi moves out of range.
Jim Jim is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Benevidi throws a hook but Jim blocks it.
Jim throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Benevidi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Left hook, right uppercut from Benevidi.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Benevidi digs a good hook to Jim's body.
Jim swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Benevidi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jim Jim has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jake Benevidi is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Jim takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jake Benevidi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Benevidi has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 27:30
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 27:30
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jake Benevidi!