PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Henson Benderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nikki Dub (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Benderson might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to The Time is Now. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Benderson
vs
Dub

168 cm
23
144 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

171 cm
25
142 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Humanoid Nutrition (160Q for 160$)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Henson Benderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Nikki Dub!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, George Francis and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dub throws a half hearted mid kick.
Benderson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dub circles away quickly and effectively.
Dub goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Sloppy strikes from Dub. Those never looked like landing.
A cross from Benderson lands.
Dub throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dub throws a right and a left that Benderson avoids nicely.
Benderson misses with a head kick.
Dub misses with a body shot.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Benderson crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Dub - the referee stops the clock and Benderson gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Dub. Benderson manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Benderson has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Westside Martial Arts in the buildup to the fight.
Benderson feints and then cracks Dub's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Dub down.
Dub tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Benderson was well out of range. Poor timing from Dub.
A leg kick checked by Benderson.
Benderson swings widly with a right hand
and Dub counters with a nice uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Benderson misses with a straight right.
Dub looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Dub scores with a three punch combo!
Benderson thuds his right hand into Dub's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dub throws the kick towards the body but Benderson avoids it.
Dub slips under a jab.
Dub throws a chopping leg kick but Benderson manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
The fighters circling - Dub throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
An attempted straight right counter from Benderson misses the target.

Benderson moves into the clinch.
Benderson is stalling here.
Benderson manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Benderson content to slow the pace in the clinch.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Benderson for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Dub wants to break free but Benderson has control.
Dub taking a breather.
Benderson lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benderson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Benderson slows down the pace here.
Benderson lands a damaging elbow.
Dub is trying to break the clinch but Benderson is controlling him.
Benderson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Dub is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Benderson throws an elbow but it misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dub is looking to break free of the clinch but Benderson has double underhooks.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Benderson stalling.
Benderson blocks the elbow strike.
Benderson lands a nice knee to the body.
Benderson misses with an elbow over the top.
Benderson tries a knee to the head but Dub blocks it.

Dub pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Benderson throws a jab but it's blocked by Dub.
Benderson wants to clinch up but Dub keeps it at a distance.
Benderson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Benderson throws a counter high kick but Dub was just alert enough to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donk. Benderson catches Dub right on the button with a cross.
Dub rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Benderson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Benderson closes the distance and clinches.
Dub is looking to break free of the clinch but Benderson has double underhooks.
Dub wants to break the clinch but can't.
Dub wants to stall.
Benderson looking to throw knees to the head but Dub is blocking nicely.
Benderson prevents Dub from breaking the clinch.
Dub is trying to break the clinch but Benderson has him pressed against the cage.
Dub blocks an elbow strike.
Benderson stalling the fight.
Benderson connects with a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dub tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Henson Benderson dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Benderson misses with a few strikes there.
Dub swinging wildly here.
Benderson misses the shot to the body.
Dub is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
A left and a right from Dub both land. Nice combination.
Benderson takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Benderson attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Benderson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Dub moves out of range as Benderson strikes.
Nikki Dub is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Dub.
Dub tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Benderson was well out of range. Poor timing from Dub.
Dub throws a nice looking combination but Benderson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Nikki Dub seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Benderson takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Benderson moves out of range as Dub throws a body kick.
Benderson is looking to counter punch.
Benderson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dub throws a push kick but Benderson slaps the foot to one side.
Benderson pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Dub lands a head kick!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Benderson is looking to clinch.
Dub throws the kick towards the body but Benderson avoids it.
A right-left combo lands from Dub.
Dub fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Dub rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Benderson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Dub avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A telegraphed right hand from Benderson misses the target.
Dub misses with a double jab

and Benderson moves into the clinch.

Dub breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dub looks to land a body kick but Benderson moved away.
Dub swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Dub scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Benderson throws a hook but Dub avoids it easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Benderson. Dub does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dub thinks about the counter body kick.
Dub bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Benderson's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benderson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Benderson misses with a looping left.
Benderson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dub with a nice cross.

Benderson rushes Dub and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Dub goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Come on Benderson - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Benderson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dub has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dub blocks an elbow strike from Benderson.
Benderson missing with knees to the body.
Dub goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dub swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benderson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Benderson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Dub lands a body punch.
Benderson is pushing Dub up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Benderson slowing the pace effectively.
Benderson gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Benderson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dub has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Benderson seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Dub can turn it around.
Benderson misses with a knee to the head.
Dub takes an elbow to the forehead.

Dub breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dub swings for the body but Benderson moves out of range.
As Dub tries to get set, Benderson tries to push him back and clinch up but Dub manages to avoid the attempt.
Benderson looks to throw the jab but Dub is out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Dub does no damage.
Benderson misses with a straight right.
Dub throws a chopping leg kick but Benderson manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Benderson throwing a counter right hand but Dub manages to avoid it.
Benderson lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Benderson lands a high kick!
Benderson misses with a lunging right hand
and Dub cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dub works Benderson's body with a nice hook.
Dub misses with a body kick.
Dub looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Dub throws a combination. Benderson tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Benderson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dub gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Benderson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Dub will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Dub avoids the head kick by Benderson.
Dub thuds a left hand into Benderson's body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nikki Dub showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!

Benderson moves into range and clinches up with Dub.
A frustrated look appears on Dub's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Dub avoids a wild elbow strike from Benderson.
Dub is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Benderson lands a hook that snaps the head of Dub backwards.

Dub pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dub looks to land a combination but Benderson avoids it well.
Dub misses with a wild combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dub throws a right hand that Benderson ducks under and follows up with a left that Benderson also avoids with ease.
Dub ducks under a wild hook from Benderson.
Dub scores with a head kick.
Dub throws a body punch but Benderson moves out of range.
Benderson lands with an uppercut that bounces Dub off the cage and back into range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Benderson lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Dub takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

Dub is rocked!
Dub is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Benderson rather than just go for the knockout.
Decent striking displayed by Benderson there.
Dub is still on wobbly legs! Can Benderson finish him?
Dub looks up at the clock. Bad move! Benderson lands a right hand from hell, dropping Dub. Benderson pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Henson Benderson!
Henson Benderson gave a mention to Humanoid Nutrition (160Q for 160$) in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).