PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Baldo Beneventi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fus Ro Dah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Beneventi comes to the cage accompanied by Marilyn Manson - The Fight Song . Fus Ro Dah has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Baldo Beneventi's chin.

Beneventi
vs
Ro Dah

198 cm
20
275 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

204 cm
22
260 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Zipp Zapp

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Baldo Beneventi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Fus Ro Dah!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Wesley Smith and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beneventi fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Ro Dah avoids it really well and circles away.
Beneventi has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Soul Supremacy Elite Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Beneventi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ro Dah moves away.
Beneventi throws a right hand that Ro Dah ducks under and follows up with a left that Ro Dah also avoids with ease.
Ro Dah doesn't manage to clinch there - Beneventi circles away.

Ro Dah gets a clinch.
Beneventi blocks an elbow strike from Ro Dah.
Ro Dah comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Baldo Beneventi has been cut.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Ro Dah takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Ro Dah creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ro Dah.
Beneventi is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ro Dah lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Beneventi can't break the clinch.
A knee to the head by Ro Dah.
Ro Dah lands a nice knee to the body.
Ro Dah creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Beneventi's defenses.
Ro Dah told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Ro Dah lands a knee to the body.
Ro Dah lands a nice knee to the body.
Ro Dah slows down the pace here.
Ro Dah unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ro Dah creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Beneventi's defenses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ro Dah.
Ro Dah lands a left hand that snaps the head of Beneventi backwards.
Beneventi wants a takedown.
Ro Dah lands a nice elbow.
Ro Dah comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Baldo Beneventi's cut is getting worse.
Ro Dah connects with a knee to the head.
Ro Dah lands an elbow inside.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ro Dah obliges.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ro Dah scores with a knee to the head.
Ro Dah with a knee to the head.

Beneventi is rocked!
Ro Dah jerks Beneventi's head down, straight into the path of a devastating knee! Beneventi drops to the floor in a crumpled heap! Ro Dah goes to throw a finishing haymaker but pulls out - good sportsmanship from Ro Dah because Beneventi was completely out of it. That was a nice finish - just the right level of brutality to send everyone home happy.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Fus Ro Dah!
Fus Ro Dah bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.