PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Charles Bennett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeff Blatt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blatt has chosen you're going down- sick puppies as his entrance music. This should be fireworks!

Bennett
vs
Blatt

180 cm
33
222 lbs
11 - 10 - 0

189 cm
31
218 lbs
22 - 23 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Brute

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 11 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Charles Bennett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 23 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jeff Blatt!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Paulo Santos and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Excellent takedown into side control there by Bennett.
The ground and pound from Bennett seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Blatt takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Blatt manages to work his way to half guard, despite Bennett's best efforts.
Blatt is trying is best to control the position here.

Blatt actively working from the bottom here.
Blatt taking some punishment here, with Bennett in his half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bennett throwing shots but Blatt is blocking nicely.
Bennett working Blatt over with strikes.

It looks like Jeff Blatt has been cut.
Blatt keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Bennett lands a nice short elbow.
Bennett throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Blatt has hold of Bennett's hands but Bennett slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bennett throwing shots but Blatt is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blatt keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Bennett drops an elbow to the side of Blatt's head.
Bennett looks to land a strike but Blatt avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Blatt is adopting a defensive guard.
Bennett throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Blatt works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Bennett postures up in Blatt's guard and throws a big left but Blatt blocks it.
Blatt is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Bennett loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Bennett throws a strike but Blatt rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Blatt wants to pass the guard but Bennett is keeping the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blatt trying to control the position from guard on top but Bennett is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Blatt showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Bennett is looking to sweep but instead, Blatt has passed into half guard.
Bennett trying to control here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Blatt trying to control from half guard but Bennett is working away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bennett has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Blatt is working away from the top position though.
Blatt wants to pass the guard but Bennett is defending well.
Bennett wants to control but Blatt is keeping busy.
Blatt frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Bennett working to try and regain half guard.
Bennett really wants to buck Blatt off and get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bennett tries to reverse the position but Blatt maintains control.
Blatt looking to control but Bennett is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Bennett bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Bennett loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Blatt avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Blatt looking for a sweep. Not yet Blatt, not yet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Blatt is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Bennett throws a big right hand that misses.
Bennett throwing strikes from guard but Blatt blocks nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charles Bennett dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jeff Blatt's cut.
That's time! Bennett's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Blatt lands a jab to Bennett's midsection.
Blatt defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Bennett.
Blatt takes a jab right on the kisser.
Bennett is looking to clinch but Blatt is avoiding it.
Bennett tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Blatt counters with a right hand to the body.
Bennett fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Blatt misses with a wild body shot.
Blatt lands a jab to Bennett's midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bennett has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Blatt finds it's way round the side to connect with Bennett's head.
A punch combination from Blatt misses.
Blatt jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jeff Blatt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bennett closes the distance looking to clinch
and Blatt counters with a stiff right hand.
Bennett tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Bennett looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Bennett landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bennett lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

That has opened up Jeff Blatt's cut even more.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bennett misses with a head shot. Blatt uses the momentum to regain guard.
Blatt controlling the position.
Blatt preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Bennett postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Bennett throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Bennett trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Bennett with a nice head shot there.
Bennett postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Bennett working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blatt preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Blatt controls Bennett momentarily but Bennett frees himself.
Bennett stands up over Blatt, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Bennett has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Blatt has his foot on Bennett's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Bennett works his way back into a safe position though.
Bennett in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Bennett in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Bennett lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Blatt avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Bennett loads up on a big left hand. Blatt felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Bennett looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Blatt can't hide his disappointment, as Bennett celebrates the victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Charles Bennett!
Charles Bennett decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.