PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Michael Benoit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Emilio Martinez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Benoit comes to the cage accompanied by Praise. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Benoit
vs
Martinez

170 cm
25
140 lbs
20 - 4 - 0

175 cm
25
151 lbs
12 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Michael Benoit!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Emilio Martinez!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Eliza Hachem and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good shot there by Benoit.
Benoit punishes Martinez's body with a nice straight punch.
Benoit thuds a left hand into Martinez's body.
Benoit swings and misses with a shot to the body

and Martinez counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Martinez.
Benoit misses with the head strike.
Martinez lands an elbow that stopped Benoit in his tracks for a moment.
Martinez tries a knee to the head but Benoit blocks it.
Martinez tries a knee to the head but Benoit blocks it.
Martinez takes a shot to the head.
Benoit throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Martinezs head.
Martinez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A short right from Benoit on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Martinez tries to land a knee to the head but Benoit blocks with his arms.
Benoit lands a right hand that snaps the head of Martinez backwards.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Benoit.
Martinez is stalling here.
Martinez tries to pull guard but Benoit forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Benoit goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez throws a knee to the head but misses.
Benoit working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Benoit tries to throw a body punch but Martinez avoids it by throwing Benoit back against the cage.
Benoit tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Martinez's elbow.
Benoit misses with a hook to the ribs.
Martinez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Benoit working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Benoit managing to block the knees to the body from Martinez.
Martinez is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Benoit.
Martinez tries to throw a body punch but Benoit avoids it by throwing Martinez back against the cage.
Benoit lands a hook to the side of the head.
Martinez is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Benoit is leaning against Martinez and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Benoit goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Benoit lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
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!
A short left from Benoit.
Martinez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Benoit lands a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benoit throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A short body shot lands from Benoit as the two fighters clinch.
Benoit gets through Martinez's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Benoit stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Benoit blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Benoit tries a body shot but Martinez blocks it.
Martinez misses with an elbow over the top.
Benoit pushes Martinez back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A right hand to the body from Benoit.
Martinez putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Benoit in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Benoit misses with a body punch.
Benoit is working Martinez over against the cage.
Benoit blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Benoit misses with a body punch.
Benoit throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Martinezs head.
Benoit lands an uppercut.
A body shot lands from Benoit.
Benoit tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Martinez's elbow.
Benoit lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Martinez looks gassed!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Benoit.
Benoit struggles to land a body shot inside as Martinez controls his hands.
Martinez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Benoit blocks it with crossed arms.
Martinez tries to land knees in the clinch but Benoit avoids the damage to the body.
Benoit tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Martinez's elbow.
Benoit misses with a body punch.
Benoit working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Martinez tries to land knees in the clinch but Benoit avoids the damage to the body.
A right hand to the body from Benoit.
Martinez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Benoit dodges an elbow strike from Martinez.
Martinez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Benoit pushes Martinez back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Benoit lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Martinez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Benoit has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A short right from Benoit.
A nice left hand lands by Benoit.
Benoit prevents the takedown attempt.
Benoit lands with a left to the head.
Benoit scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Benoit.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Benoit is leaning against Martinez and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Benoit lands with a light punch inside.
Martinez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Benoit.
A right hook to the body lands for Benoit.
Benoit lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A hook to the body from Benoit.
A short right from Benoit.
Benoit lands a body punch in the clinch.
A short left from Benoit.
Benoit lands a body punch in the clinch.
Benoit lands with a short shot to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Benoit.

Martinez is rocked!
Martinez's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Martinez is still on wobbly legs! Can Benoit finish him?
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A nice left hand lands by Benoit.
Benoit lands a body punch in the clinch.
Martinez takes a shot to the head.
Benoit lands an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michael Benoit dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Martinez walks straight into a right hand from Benoit - that's dropped him! Benoit jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Martinez from any more punishment! Martinez 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 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Michael Benoit!
Michael Benoit decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.