PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Thomas Benjamin Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Darin Blood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Benjamin Jr comes to the cage accompanied by Beheaded in Paris by Cradled To Grave. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Benjamin Jr
vs
Blood

180 cm
30
185 lbs
19 - 10 - 1

183 cm
31
184 lbs
19 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Thomas Benjamin Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Darin Blood!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Elvis Blanc and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blood on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
An inside leg kick lands from Blood.
Blood throws a body kick that misses.
Benjamin Jr tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Blood was well out of range. Poor timing from Benjamin Jr.
Benjamin Jr lands a jab.
Blood checks the leg kick nicely there.
Benjamin Jr tries a head kick but it misses.
Benjamin Jr throws a shot from downtown. Blood moves away and avoids it.
Benjamin Jr slips under a jab from Blood.
Benjamin Jr scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Blood doesn't seem bothered though.
Blood connects with the punch.
An inside leg kick lands from Blood.
Benjamin Jr takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Blood takes a swing at Benjamin Jr's ribcage but misses.
Benjamin Jr misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Blood checks the leg kick.
Blood lands a nice looking body shot.
Blood misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Benjamin Jr.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Benjamin Jr looks to throw a body kick
and Blood counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Benjamin Jr lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Blood connects with a single shot there.
A jab from Blood misses.
Darin Blood is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Benjamin Jr throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Blood counters with a nice uppercut.
Benjamin Jr connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Blood swings for the body but Benjamin Jr moves out of range.
A jab from Benjamin Jr does it's job there.
Benjamin Jr connects with a high kick.
Benjamin Jr fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Blood avoids it really well and circles away.
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 low kick from Benjamin Jr misses
enabling Blood to counter with a crisp jab.
Blood throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Benjamin Jr throws a nice outside leg kick.
Benjamin Jr moves out of range as Blood throws a body kick.
Nice shot lands for Blood.
Blood misses with an uppercut. Benjamin Jr saw that one coming.
Benjamin Jr throws a leg kick
enabling Blood to counter with a crisp jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blood looks to throw the jab but Benjamin Jr is out of range.
Blood throws an off balance right hand
and Benjamin Jr finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
A jab from Benjamin Jr finds it's way through Blood's defenses.
Benjamin Jr lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Benjamin Jr throws a chopping leg kick but Blood manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Blood looks to score with a jab to the body but Benjamin Jr is just out of range.
Blood avoids the head kick by Benjamin Jr.
Benjamin Jr comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Benjamin Jr tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Blood manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
An inside leg kick from Benjamin Jr misses.
Benjamin Jr connects with a leg kick. Blood looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Benjamin Jr tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Blood misses the shot to the body.
Benjamin Jr tries to land a leg kick but Blood saw it coming and moves away.
Benjamin Jr throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Blood jabs Benjamin Jr to the body, keeping him at a distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Benjamin Jr darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Benjamin Jr landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Blood is looking for a sweep. Benjamin Jr is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Blood is staying active underneath Benjamin Jr, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Benjamin Jr thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Blood's head.
Benjamin Jr thows a huge punch but Blood dodges it nicely.
Blood is trying to get back to full guard.
Blood trying to control but Benjamin Jr postures up.
Blood regains full guard. Nicely done.
Blood working a defensive guard here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blood manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Benjamin Jr manages to get himself to full guard.
Blood throws a big elbow that misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Blood postures up.
Benjamin Jr pulls Blood in to control the position.
Blood trying to control but Benjamin Jr is working from the bottom.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Blood blocks a jab.
Benjamin Jr throws a poor cross that misses
and Blood counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Benjamin Jr tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Blood was well out of range. Poor timing from Benjamin Jr.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Thomas Benjamin Jr will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Blood misses with a body shot.
Benjamin Jr wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Blood fails to land with a series of punches.
Blood lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Benjamin Jr at a distance.
Benjamin Jr moves away from the strike by Blood.
Benjamin Jr throws a half hearted mid kick.
Benjamin Jr moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Benjamin Jr's corner calls for a 1-2. Benjamin Jr obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Benjamin Jr takes a swing at Blood's ribcage but misses.
A swing and a miss from Benjamin Jr.
Blood just misses with a punch to the body.
Benjamin Jr scoring well with a low kick there.
Thomas Benjamin Jr is winning the standup battle so far.
Benjamin Jr throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Benjamin Jr throws a head kick that misses.
Benjamin Jr dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Blood smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Benjamin Jr.
Good work by Benjamin Jr as he checks the leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Benjamin Jr, right into the meat.
Benjamin Jr uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Blood.
Benjamin Jr lands with a straight right. Blood didn't see that one coming.
Blood misses with a body shot.
Benjamin Jr misses with a wild body shot.
Blood cracks Benjamin Jr with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Blood checks a low kick from Benjamin Jr.
Benjamin Jr keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Blood.
Blood misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Benjamin Jr.
Blood swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Blood scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Benjamin Jr looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A nice inside leg kick there by Blood. That's going to slow Benjamin Jr down.
Benjamin Jr defending well as Blood loads up on a big left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blood looks to score with a jab to the body but Benjamin Jr is just out of range.
Blood swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Benjamin Jr misses with a straight right.
Benjamin Jr takes a swing at Blood's ribcage but misses.
Benjamin Jr throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
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!
Blood takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Benjamin Jr lands a nice leg kick that just misses Blood's sensitive parts.

Benjamin Jr moves into the clinch.
Benjamin Jr scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Blood swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Blood digs a right hand into Benjamin Jr's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Benjamin Jr's gas tank.
Benjamin Jr misses with a punch to the body.
Blood lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Blood misses with a body punch.
A short body shot lands from Benjamin Jr as the two fighters clinch.
Benjamin Jr tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blood tries a body shot but Benjamin Jr blocks it.
Benjamin Jr misses with a body punch.
Benjamin Jr tries a body shot but Blood blocks it.
Blood tries to work over Benjamin Jr's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Blood.
Benjamin Jr takes a knee right on the jaw!
A right hook to the body lands for Blood.
Blood with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Thomas Benjamin Jr has been cut.
Blood avoiding damage as Benjamin Jr throws knees to the body.
Blood stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Blood throws a knee to the head but misses.
Benjamin Jr misses with a hook from the clinch.
Benjamin Jr wants to get back to striking at distance but Blood won't allow it.
Blood tries a body shot but Benjamin Jr blocks it.
Blood misses with a hook from the clinch.
Benjamin Jr misses with a punch to the body.

Blood breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Thomas Benjamin Jr seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benjamin Jr throws a leg kick that misses.
Benjamin Jr tried to score with a low kick but Blood checks it.
Good work by Blood as he checks the leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Blood getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Blood misses with a hook. Benjamin Jr ducked under it nicely.
Blood thows a body shot but no joy.
Blood throws a solid leg kick but Benjamin Jr takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Blood.
Blood on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Blood turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Benjamin Jr misses with a low kick.
Blood connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Benjamin Jr momentarily.
Blood fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Benjamin Jr looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Blood misses the shot to the body.
Benjamin Jr tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Benjamin Jr throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Blood misses with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Darin Blood will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Thomas Benjamin Jr's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Benjamin Jr swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Benjamin Jr takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Blood throws a hook but Benjamin Jr blocks it.
Benjamin Jr needs to keep his hands up - Blood had a free shot at his head there.
Benjamin Jr lands a front kick.
Benjamin Jr will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Benjamin Jr tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Blood checks the leg kick.
Benjamin Jr lands a head kick!
A looping hook to the body misses from Benjamin Jr. Blood does a little dance to reset his feet.
Benjamin Jr throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Blood tries to land a front kick but Benjamin Jr steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Blood uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Benjamin Jr.
A solid body kick from Benjamin Jr.
Benjamin Jr tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Blood was well out of range. Poor timing from Benjamin Jr.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blood bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Benjamin Jr's head.
A jab from Benjamin Jr misses.
A leg kick checked by Blood.
Benjamin Jr keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Blood.
Blood scores with a jab to the body.
Benjamin Jr is looking to chop away at Blood's legs.
Blood throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Benjamin Jr keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Benjamin Jr takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Benjamin Jr tried to score with a low kick but Blood checks it.
Benjamin Jr throws a jab but it's blocked by Blood.
Benjamin Jr throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Blood throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Blood lands with a hook. Benjamin Jr tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Blood tried to score with a low kick but Benjamin Jr checks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blood swings for the body but Benjamin Jr moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from Blood.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Benjamin Jr lands with a thumping leg kick.
Blood uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Benjamin Jr.
Blood throws a body kick that misses.
Benjamin Jr throws a leg kick that misses.
Blood checks a low kick from Benjamin Jr.
Blood misses with a body kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Benjamin Jr.
Benjamin Jr lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Benjamin Jr tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Blood was well out of range. Poor timing from Benjamin Jr.
Blood throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Blood fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Benjamin Jr manages to avoid it.
Blood tries to work over Benjamin Jr's front leg with a kick but Benjamin Jr checks it.
Blood lands a nice looking body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benjamin Jr thumps Blood with a low kick.
Blood blocks a head kick by Benjamin Jr.
Benjamin Jr throws a leg kick which misses Blood's front leg but catches the back leg as Blood tries to avoid it.
Benjamin Jr looks to land a left hand but Blood moved out of range nicely.
Blood checks the leg kick.
A lazy left from Blood finds it's target.
Blood throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Blood lands a right hook to the body.
Blood tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Benjamin Jr was well out of range. Poor timing from Blood.
Good exchange - Blood coming out on top.
Benjamin Jr takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Blood takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Benjamin Jr lands a nice looking body kick.
Benjamin Jr looks for a takedown but Blood sprawls well.
Blood fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Benjamin Jr has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blood throws a hook but Benjamin Jr avoids it easily.
Blood misses with a straight right.
Decent striking displayed by Blood there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Benjamin Jr scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Blood takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Blood thows a body shot but no joy.
Blood throws a nice inside leg kick.
Blood throws a lazy right hand but Benjamin Jr sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Benjamin Jr throws a sloppy head kick and Blood moves out of range easily.
Blood keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A shot to the liver by Blood. Beautiful body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Benjamin Jr displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Blood throws out the jab.
Blood connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A looping hook to the body misses from Blood. Benjamin Jr does a little dance to reset his feet.
Blood takes a kick to the side of the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Darin Blood.
I think Blood has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 29:29
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 29:29
Judge William Peck scores the fight 27:30

The fight is ruled a majority draw!