PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aj Benn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Stonhold (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Benn
vs
Stonhold

190 cm
25
216 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

179 cm
25
217 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Aj Benn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Paul Stonhold!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Daniel Bishop and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stonhold lands a body shot.
Stonhold misses with a body kick.
Benn showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Stonhold.
Stonhold lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Stonhold connects with a crisp jab.

It looks like Aj Benn has been cut.
Benn looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Stonhold is fending him off so far but Benn persists. Nope, Stonhold circles away and we're back to standing.
Benn avoids the head kick by Stonhold.
Benn blocks a head kick by Stonhold.
Stonhold lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Benn circles away quickly and effectively.
Stonhold lands an overhand right.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stonhold misses with a wild combination.
A combination from Stonhold does no damage.
Paul Stonhold seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stonhold cracks Benn with a right hand to the side of the head.
Stonhold misses with a head kick.
Stonhold throws a sloppy head kick and Benn moves out of range easily.
Stonhold moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Stonhold looks for the body kick but Benn saw that one coming.
Stonhold misses with a jab, cross combination.
Stonhold throws a leg kick but Benn sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Stonhold throws a sloppy head kick and Benn moves out of range easily.
Stonhold fails to land with a series of punches.
Stonhold looks winded!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stonhold fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Benn checks it well.
Benn moves out of range of the body kick.
Stonhold throws a right hand that Benn ducks under and follows up with a left that Benn also avoids with ease.
Stonhold swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Benn shoots in for a double leg but Stonhold sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Benn dodges the punch combination from Stonhold.
Stonhold misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stonhold tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A combination from Stonhold does no damage.
Benn will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Aj Benn. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Stonhold lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Benn circles away quickly and effectively.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Stonhold.

Stonhold gets caught napping as Benn dives in and scores a takedown. Stonhold manages to retain guard.

Benn is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Stonhold keeping moving, preventing Benn from controlling successfully.
Benn passes Stonhold's left leg - he's now in half guard.

Benn is working for a kimura but Stonhold is defending it quite comfortably.
Benn looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Benn wants to work for an arm triangle but Stonhold is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Stonhold is defending against the submission attempts here by Benn.

Benn is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Stonhold sees it coming and defends easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Paul Stonhold will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Aj Benn's cut.
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.

Stonhold misses with a head kick.
Benn has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Stonhold.
No luck for Benn with that takedown attempt.
Stonhold throws a leg kick but Benn sees it coming and moves out of range.
Stonhold throws a sloppy head kick and Benn moves out of range easily.
Stonhold throws a head kick that misses.
Stonhold rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Benn moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Benn shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Stonhold lands one or two decent shots to the body here. Although from his own half guard, he's not going to be causing too much damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Benn is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Benn is trying to control the action in half guard but Stonhold is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

Stonhold is defending against the submission attempts here by Benn.

Benn is trying to work for a kimura but Stonhold is defending well.

Benn seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Stonhold is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Aj Benn!
A relieved looking Aj Benn thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.