PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Thomas Benjamin Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dick Trickle (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
Trickle

180 cm
33
185 lbs
29 - 18 - 2

187 cm
26
188 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

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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 29 - 18 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Thomas Benjamin Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dick Trickle!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Steve Smith and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Benjamin Jr jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Trickle closes the distance looking to clinch
and Benjamin Jr counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Benjamin Jr keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Benjamin Jr is looking to chop away at Trickle's legs.

Benjamin Jr has Trickle up against the cage in a clinch.
Trickle blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Benjamin Jr.
Benjamin Jr tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Trickle working Benjamin Jr over with knees to the body.
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 body shot lands from Trickle as the two fighters clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Trickle.
Trickle lands a nice knee to the body.
Benjamin Jr is breathing heavily.
Trickle connects with a nasty looking knee right to Benjamin Jr's face.
A short left from Trickle.
Trickle working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Trickle blocking some punches.
Benjamin Jr fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trickle gets through Benjamin Jr's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Trickle creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Trickle connects with a nasty looking knee right to Benjamin Jr's face.
Benjamin Jr tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A right handed body shot lands from Benjamin Jr.
Trickle using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Trickle is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Benjamin Jr creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Benjamin Jr has a couple of punches blocked by Trickle.
Benjamin Jr blocks a body shot from Trickle.
Trickle with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Trickle scores with a shot to the side of Benjamin Jr's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Trickle tries to work over Benjamin Jr's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Benjamin Jr scores with a shoulder strike.
Benjamin Jr misses with a body punch.
Benjamin Jr stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Trickle working aggressively here.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Trickle obliges.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benjamin Jr lands a nice elbow.
Benjamin Jr misses with a hook to the ribs.
Trickle throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Benjamin Jrs head.
Trickle tries to throw a body punch but Benjamin Jr avoids it by throwing Trickle back against the cage.
Benjamin Jr working aggressively here.
Trickle connects with a nasty looking knee right to Benjamin Jr's face.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Trickle creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Trickle misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Benjamin Jr.
Trickle stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A short right from Trickle.
Trickle looking to throw knees to the head but Benjamin Jr is blocking nicely.
Benjamin Jr is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Trickle avoiding damage as Benjamin Jr throws knees to the body.
Benjamin Jr misses with a body punch.
Benjamin Jr misses with a hook to the ribs.
A nice left hand lands by Benjamin Jr.
A hook to the body from Benjamin Jr.
Trickle tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Benjamin Jr avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trickle lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Benjamin Jr tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Benjamin Jr swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Trickle tries a knee to the head but Benjamin Jr blocks it.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Trickle as Benjamin Jr tries to tie him up.
Trickle prevents a body shot from Benjamin Jr.
Trickle misses with a hook to the ribs.
Benjamin Jr throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Benjamin Jr misses with a punch to the body.
Benjamin Jr on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Trickle using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Benjamin Jr has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Benjamin Jr tries to throw a body punch but Trickle avoids it by throwing Benjamin Jr back against the cage.
Benjamin Jr blocking some punches.
Trickle lands a hook that snaps the head of Benjamin Jr backwards.
Trickle blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Trickle blocking some punches.
Benjamin Jr misses with a knee strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benjamin Jr fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Trickle connects with a knee to the head.
Trickle blocks a body shot from Benjamin Jr.
Trickle scores with a hook to the body.
Benjamin Jr throws a punch but it's blocked by Trickle.
Benjamin Jr misses with a hook from the clinch.
Benjamin Jr can't find room to land a body shot as Trickle controls the action.
Trickle with a knee to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Trickle can't find room to land a body shot as Benjamin Jr controls the action.
Trickle digs a right hand underneath Benjamin Jr's ribcage. Benjamin Jr let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Trickle lands with a right to the head.
Trickle misses with a body punch.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Trickle lands with a light punch inside.

Benjamin Jr is rocked!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Trickle.
Trickle tries to land a knee to the head but Benjamin Jr blocks with his arms.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Trickle landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Trickle throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Benjamin Jr blocks it with crossed arms.
Trickle landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Benjamin Jr takes a knee to the side of the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dick Trickle dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Benjamin Jr's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Trickle connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Benjamin Jr scrambles back to his feet.
Oh Benjamin Jr is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Trickle throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A solid body kick from Trickle.
Trickle throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Benjamin Jr sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Trickle takes the fight into the clinch.
Trickle has Benjamin Jr pressed up against the cage in a tight Thai clinch. Benjamin Jr is arching his back, trying to avoid the knees but a big one sneaks through from Trickle - that's hurt Benjamin Jr badly! Oh, another knee lands and Benjamin Jr is covering up! The referee steps in to save him - possibly a bit early but Benjamin Jr doesn't seem to be complaining.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Dick Trickle!
After winning the bout, Dick Trickle thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.