PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bee Benson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bas Rutten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rutten has chosen REIGN IN BLOOD By SLAYER as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Benson
vs
Rutten

191 cm
25
194 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

198 cm
21
280 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

DJs Locker

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bee Benson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bas Rutten!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Roosa Järviläinen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Benson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Benson is looking to clinch but Rutten is avoiding it.
Rutten throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Benson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Benson misses with the combination.
Rutten tries to work over Benson's front leg with a kick but Benson checks it.
Rutten throws a head kick that misses.
Rutten looks to land a combination but Benson avoids it well.
Rutten throws a leg kick but Benson sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Rutten's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Benson connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Rutten scrambles back to his feet.
Rutten tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rutten takes a jab right on the kisser.
Benson lands a two punch combo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Benson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Benson throws a hook but Rutten blocks it.
Rutten scores with a kick to the midsection.
Rutten does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Benson sizes up Rutten with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Rutten throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Benson connects with a right hand. Rutten shakes it off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rutten misses with a low kick.
Rutten wants to slow Benson down by chopping away at his legs.
Benson checks a leg kick.
Rutten misses with a few strikes there.
Rutten throws a leg kick but Benson sees it coming and moves out of range.
Rutten misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Rutten throws a series of punches but Benson avoids them all with ease.
Benson looks to land a left hand but Rutten moved out of range nicely.

Benson gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A short left from Benson.
Benson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Rutten backwards.
Benson avoids a wild elbow strike from Rutten.

Benson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rutten throws a jab when Benson was well out of range.
Rutten looks to land a left hand but Benson moved out of range nicely.

Rutten tries to keep at a distance but Benson has taken the fight into the clinch.
Rutten has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rutten looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Rutten is trying to force a seperation but Benson has the dominant position.
Benson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rutten tries to break the clinch but Benson is controlling the position.
Rutten is looking to break free of the clinch but Benson has double underhooks.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rutten wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Rutten misses with a body punch.
Benson lands a shoulder strike.

Benson breaks the clinch.
A big right from Benson misses.
Benson scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Benson moves in looking to clinch but Rutten pushes him off.
Benson has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Rutten.
Rutten ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Benson moves away.
Rutten attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A big right from Benson misses.
Rutten swats away the attempt to clinch by Benson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rutten takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Benson throws out a loose jab but Rutten uses good head movement to avoid it.
Benson looks to throw the jab but Rutten is out of range.
Rutten misses with a few strikes there.
Benson misses with a hook. Rutten ducked under it nicely.
Benson lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Benson scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Benson tries to clinch but Rutten is having none of it.
Rutten throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Benson is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Rutten ducks under a wild hook from Benson.
Benson lands an overhand right.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Benson paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Rutten lands with a slapping head kick.
An inside leg kick from Rutten misses.
Rutten moves out of range as Benson strikes.
Benson wants to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Benson has managed to clinch.
A short right from Benson.
Rutten wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Rutten tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Benson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Benson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Benson slips under a jab.
Rutten throws a front kick that sends Benson stumbling back into the cage.
A clash of legs there as Benson blocks the low kick.
Rutten throws a head kick that half lands.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rutten lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Benson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rutten keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Benson.
Benson tries to clinch but Rutten moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bee Benson dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Nice shot lands for Rutten.
Rutten tries to work over Benson's front leg with a kick but Benson checks it.
Benson avoids the head kick by Rutten.
Rutten throws a big shot that misses.
Bee Benson is winning the standup battle so far.
Rutten does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Bas Rutten is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rutten takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Benson throws an overhand right that lands on Rutten's shoulder, as Rutten tries to avoid the shot.
Rutten ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rutten needs to keep his hands up - Benson had a free shot at his head there.
Benson fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Rutten on the side of the head.
Benson checks a leg kick.
Rutten takes one to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rutten lands a high kick!
Benson lands with a hook. Rutten tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Benson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rutten swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A slow jab from Rutten misses its intended target.
Benson checks a low kick from Rutten.
Rutten looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Benson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rutten looks to land a combination. Benson sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Rutten is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Rutten wants to slow Benson down by chopping away at his legs.
Benson moves out of range as Rutten throws a body kick.
Rutten uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Benson.
Benson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Benson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Rutten avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Benson moves into the clinch.

Benson breaks the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Benson rushes Rutten and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Benson lands with a left to the head.

Benson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Benson misses with a straight right.
Bee Benson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Benson instigates a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Benson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
A head kick from Rutten lands but Benson takes it in his stride.
Rutten moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Benson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rutten.
Sloppy strikes from Benson. Those never looked like landing.

Benson moves into the clinch.
Rutten is trying to push Benson away but Benson has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Rutten pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Benson takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Rutten scores with a decent looking hook.
Rutten keeps the fight on the outside.
Rutten misses with a few strikes there.
Benson scores with a sloppy right hand. Rutten should have avoided that one.

Benson instigates a clinch.
Rutten tries to circle away but Benson has him pinned against the cage.
Rutten has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

Benson breaks the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rutten throws a hook but Benson blocks it.
Rutten lands a high kick!
Rutten throws a chopping leg kick but Benson manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

Benson drops Rutten with a beautiful combination! Rutten stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Benson is looking for the KO!
Benson is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
No joy there for Rutten, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Rutten slips a jab from Benson.
Nice shot lands for Benson.

Rutten is rocked!
Benson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Rutten is still on wobbly legs! Can Benson finish him?
Benson checks a leg kick.
Rutten is breathing heavily.
Rutten connects with an inside leg kick.
Rutten seems to have recovered his senses.
Rutten buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

Benson closes the distance and pushes Rutten back into the cage.
Rutten takes a shot to the head.

Benson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Benson slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Rutten takes a jab right on the kisser.
Rutten throws a low kick but it's checked well by Benson.
Benson steps in with a hook that catches Rutten right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Benson follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Rutten looks absolutely devastated.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bee Benson!
Bee Benson tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.