PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Haggar (ranked 977 p4p, 119 weight class) and Justin Bennett (ranked 1120 p4p, 135 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Mike Haggar has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Mike Haggar seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Haggar
vs
Bennett

202 cm
21
266 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

194 cm
21
288 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mike Haggar!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Justin Bennett!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Franklyn Lucas and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bennett throws a body punch but Haggar moves out of range.
Haggar doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Bennett throws a big shot that misses.
Bennett cracks Haggar with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Haggar misses with a straight right.
Bennett has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Haggar is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Bennett steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Haggar.
Haggar throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bennett.
Haggar feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Bennetts jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Bennett lands with a hook. Haggar tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Haggar throws a shot to the body.
Haggar tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Bennett manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Haggar defending well as Bennett loads up on a big left hand.
Haggar misses with a body shot.
Bennett with a nice cross.
We've been hearing reports that Haggar has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Haggar scores with a jab to the head.
Haggar uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bennett.
Haggar is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bennett tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Haggar was well out of range. Poor timing from Bennett.
Haggar keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bennett.
Bennett throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Haggar avoids a punch combination nicely.
Haggar changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Bennett swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Haggar 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.
Bennett connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Haggar momentarily.
Bennett digs a good body shot into Haggar's ribs.
Bennett throws a looping overhand right but Haggar ducks down to avoid it.
A swing and a miss from Bennett.
Bennett swings for the body but Haggar moves out of range.
Bennett throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Haggar sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Haggar throws a looping overhand right but Bennett ducks down to avoid it.
A slow jab from Haggar misses its intended target.
Haggar uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bennett.
Haggar attempts a counter takedown but Bennett avoids it well and moves away.
Haggar keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haggar throws a body punch but Bennett moves out of range.
Bennett throws a shot from downtown. Haggar moves away and avoids it.
Nice defenses there by Haggar.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Haggar rushes Bennett and presses him up against the cage.
Bennett lands a nice uppercut.
Haggar tries for a takedown but Bennett manages to get underhooks.
Bennett goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Haggar tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Haggar fails to land.
Haggar jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Bennett walks away with a smile on his face. Haggar gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Bennett ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Haggar moves away.
Haggar clobbers Bennett with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A telegraphed right hand from Bennett misses the target.
Haggar takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Bennett scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Haggar is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Sloppy strikes from Haggar. Those never looked like landing.
Haggar misses with a looping right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Haggar misses.
Bennett just misses with a punch to the body.
Bennett lands a head shot.
Bennett swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bennett waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Haggar.
Haggar moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Haggar jabs Bennett to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Haggar moves in looking to clinch but Bennett pushes him off.
Haggar jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Haggar on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Bennett misses with a looping right.
Haggar takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Bennett throws a big shot that misses.
Bennett waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Haggar.
A jab from Bennett misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The fighters circling - Haggar throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Bennett lands a big shot that drops Haggar! Can he finish him?

Haggar is rocked!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Haggar lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Oh Haggar is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Haggar is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Haggar missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Bennett wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Haggar seems to have got his legs back now.
Bennett utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Haggar postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Haggar lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Haggar is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Bennett tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Haggar distracts Bennett with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Haggar stands up over Bennett, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Haggar with a nice head shot there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Justin Bennett 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.

Haggar misses with a body shot.
Haggar misses with a looping right.
Bennett bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Haggar's head backwards.
Haggar tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bennett swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bennett slips a straight right by Haggar.
Bennett avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Bennett! But no joy.
Haggar uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bennett.

Haggar has closed the distance and engaged Bennett in a clinch.
Haggar misses with a short punch on the inside.
Haggar misses with some punches.
Still in the clinch, Bennett scores with a nice short uppercut.
Haggar lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bennett backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bennett.
Bennett is leaning against Haggar and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Haggar tries to pull guard but Bennett forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Bennett works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bennett.
Bennett scores with a nice hook to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A short body shot lands from Bennett as the two fighters clinch.
Haggar takes a shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bennett digs a right hand underneath Haggar's ribcage. Haggar let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Bennett scores with a nice hook to the head.
Bennett lands a nice uppercut.
Bennett cracks Haggar with a nice body shot.
Bennett lands a body punch.
Bennett pushes Haggar against the cage. Bennett is working some dirty boxing. Bennett pushes off with a quick right hook! Haggar goes down! Haggar tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Bennett moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Justin Bennett!
Justin Bennett is the new heavyweight champion!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Justin Bennett waved his t-shirt featuring Sportivité's logo in front of the cameras.