PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Benny Bouthillette (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cervantes De Leon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bouthillette
vs
De Leon

181 cm
25
191 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

186 cm
26
193 lbs
5 - 7 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Prefers standup

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Benny Bouthillette!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Cervantes De Leon!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Santiago Holmes and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bouthillette clinches up against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Bouthillette tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and De Leon avoids it.
Bouthillette unloads a knee to the mid-section.
De Leon unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bouthillette on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bouthillette blocks an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Bouthillette.
Bouthillette is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. De Leon is defending well for now.
De Leon throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bouthillette blocks it with crossed arms.
Bouthillette slows down the pace here.
De Leon looking to stall.
Bouthillette with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Bouthillette escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Bouthillette takes the fight into the clinch.
Bouthillette throws a knee to the head but misses.
De Leon missing with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bouthillette lands a nice uppercut.
De Leon is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Bouthillette tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bouthillette misses with a knee strike.
Bouthillette throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bouthillette missing with knees to the body.
A short uppercut from De Leon.
Bouthillette with a knee to the head.
De Leon using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bouthillette has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
De Leon with a knee to the head.
De Leon can't find room to land a body shot as Bouthillette controls the action.
De Leon blocks an uppercut.
De Leon lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
De Leon blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bouthillette lands a hook to the side of the head.
De Leon is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
De Leon working aggressively here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bouthillette softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
De Leon tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bouthillette tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
De Leon blocking some punches.
Bouthillette misses with a knee to the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
De Leon lands a knee to the head.
Bouthillette connects with a nasty looking knee right to De Leon's face.
A shot in the inside from Bouthillette.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
A nice left hand lands by De Leon.
De Leon tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
De Leon tries to stall but Bouthillette uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

Bouthillette's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Bouthillette gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Bouthillette landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bouthillette with a knee to the head.
Bouthillette tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
De Leon throws a head punch that misses.
Bouthillette tries a knee to the head but De Leon blocks it.
De Leon with a knee to the head.
De Leon lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Bouthillette takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
De Leon tries to work over Bouthillette's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bouthillette throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but De Leon blocks it with crossed arms.
Bouthillette takes a knee right on the jaw!
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 right from De Leon.
Bouthillette tries a knee to the head but De Leon blocks it.
Bouthillette tried to land a shot to the body but connects with De Leon's elbow.
Bouthillette tries a knee to the head but De Leon blocks it.
De Leon connects with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bouthillette tries a knee to the head but De Leon blocks it.
Bouthillette with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bouthillette looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
De Leon tries to land a knee to the head but Bouthillette blocks with his arms.
Bouthillette putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has De Leon in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
De Leon misses with a shot to the kidneys.
De Leon works on Bouthillette's body with a couple of short punches.
Bouthillette is breathing heavily.
De Leon lands a left hand that snaps the head of Bouthillette backwards.
Bouthillette with an attempt at a knee that misses.
De Leon scores with a nice hook to the head.
Bouthillette controlling the action here for a moment.
A knee to the head by De Leon.
De Leon is trying to stall.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
De Leon misses with a knee strike.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
De Leon throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bouthillette blocks it with crossed arms.
Still in the clinch, De Leon scores with a nice short uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cervantes De Leon dominated that round.
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.

De Leon throws a shot to the body.
Bouthillette tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. De Leon manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
De Leon takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Bouthillette throws a lazy head kick
and De Leon counters with a two punch combo.
De Leon connects with a combination that backs up Bouthillette into the cage. De Leon lands a flurry of punches that gets past Bouthillette's guard. Bouthillette is down and the referee has seen enough. It is all over! De Leon bursts into tears - this win obviously means a huge amount to him.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cervantes De Leon!
Cervantes De Leon got down on his knees post fight and begged the management for a title shot. 'Please, I want that title shot so bad! Give it to me!'