|
|
PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Felix Cena (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Benny Brett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cena comes into the arena with The Champ is Here blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
 |
|
 |
| 185 cm
27
250 lbs
12 - 6 - 0 |
|
188 cm
26
268 lbs
13 - 8 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
|
Olympic wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
|
| |
|
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
12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Felix Cena!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Benny Brett!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Anthony Taglia and Bruno Lombardi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brett pushes Cena away with a front kick.
Brett has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Brett dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Brett takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Brett throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Brett works Cena's body with a nice hook.
Brett swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Cena.
Brett keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cena.
Cena tries to bum rush Brett with a series of wild strikes but Brett uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Brett scores with a nice body kick.
Cena has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Cena throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Cena waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Brett.
Cena throws a body shot but no joy.
Cena misses with a looping left.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A looping hook to the body misses from Cena. Brett does a little dance to reset his feet.
Brett lands with a good body shot.
Cena is breathing heavily.
Cena swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Brett lands a lovely overhand right.
Cena throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Brett.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brett bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Brett moves out of range as Cena strikes.
Cena on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Brett staying out of range there.
Brett throws a front kick that sends Cena stumbling back into the cage.
Brett thumps Cena with a low kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Brett.
Brett throws the kick towards the body but Cena avoids it.
Brett lands a nice hook to Cena's body. Cena takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Brett - that will leave a mark!
Cena takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Brett works Cena's body with a nice hook.
Brett scores with a nice body kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brett throws a body shot but no joy.
Brett 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.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brett sizes up Cena with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Cena will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Cena gets caught napping as Brett dives in and scores a takedown. Cena manages to retain guard.
Brett sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Cena's guard.
Brett with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Brett missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brett is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Cena defends it well.
Brett is trying to work for a kimura but Cena is defending well.
Brett missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Brett is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Cena defends it well.
Brett with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Brett wants to work for an arm triangle but Cena is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Brett moves into full mount! Cena won't be happy about that!
Brett looking to control but Cena is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Brett working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Benny Brett dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Cena throws an overhand right that lands on Brett's shoulder, as Brett tries to avoid the shot.
Cena takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Cena stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Cena wants it to stay on the feet.
A punch lands to the side of Brett 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Cena connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Cena misses with a lunging right hand
and Brett makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Cena throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Brett sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Brett fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cena manages to avoid it.
Brett is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Cena rather than just go for the knockout.
Brett keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Brett lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cena throws an overhand right that lands on Brett's shoulder, as Brett tries to avoid the shot.
Cena avoids a punch combination nicely.
Cena walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Brett cracks the inside of Cena's front leg.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brett uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cena.
An inside leg kick from Cena misses.
Cena throws a nice looking combination but Brett bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Benny Brett seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Cena uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Brett.
Some wild striking there from Cena.
Brett moves out of range as Cena strikes.
Brett looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Cena is fending him off so far but Brett persists. Nope, Cena circles away and we're back to standing.
Cena scores with a decent looking hook.
Cena blocks a head kick by Brett.
Brett misses with a wild body shot.
Brett tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A big left from Cena misses.
Brett defending well as Cena loads up on a big left hand.
Felix Cena is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cena misses with a right hand
and Brett makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Cena really felt that one!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Brett connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Brett ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cena moves away.
Cena lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Brett backs up against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cena gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Brett has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Cena wants to sweep but no luck.
Brett throws a big elbow that misses.
Brett 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.
Benny Brett has got the better of the ground game so far.
Brett trying to control the position from guard on top but Cena is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brett throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Cena works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Brett controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Brett with a flurry of punches that miss.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Felix Cena is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cena bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
An inside leg kick lands from Cena.
Cena misses with a wild body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Cena walks into a left hand.
Cena throws a low kick, looking for Brett's leg but Brett calmly moves out of range.
Brett takes a swing at Cena's ribcage but misses.
Cena lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Felix Cena seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cena throws a poor cross that misses
and Brett makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Cena really felt that one!
Brett clobbers Cena with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Cena throws a hook but Brett blocks it.
Brett thumps Cena with a low kick.
Cena takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Brett moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Brett lands with a nice body punch.
Brett uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cena.
Brett lands a nice hook to Cena's body. Cena takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Cena throws an off balance right hand
enabling Brett to counter with a crisp jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Benny Brett showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
A left lands for Brett.
Brett misses with a body shot.
Cena takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Cena misses the jab.
Brett feints and then cracks Cena's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Cena down.
Brett just misses with a punch to the body.
Brett looking to score a takedown here. Cena is defending well but Brett drives through and ends up in Cena's guard.
Brett throwing strikes but missing.
Brett pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Cena is keeping the position for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cena is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Brett is controlling him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cena looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Brett puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Brett not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Brett sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Cena defending well though.
Brett is controlling the pace.
Brett is trying for a kimura here. Cena looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Brett wins by kimura!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Benny Brett!
After the fight, Benny Brett was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| S |
C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
|
S |
C |
G |
|
energy
A | B |
|
hype
A | B |
|
pop
A | B |
|
mgr
A | B |
|
FIGHT
RATING
62% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
