PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Logan Barrengarry (ranked 1042 p4p, 936 weight class) and D.C. Benny (ranked 150 p4p, 133 weight class). Barrengarry comes to the cage accompanied by The Young Crazed Peeling by The Distillers. The crowd seem to be enjoying Benny's choice of entrance music: DC Benny - Unagi. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Barrengarry
vs
Benny

180 cm
31
175
22 - 13 - 1

185 cm
30
175
13 - 13 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Voodoo Nutrition
SynCity Fightwear

AVALON

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Logan Barrengarry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, D.C. Benny!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shigeki Fujiwara and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Barrengarry instigates a clinch.
Benny misses with the head strike.
Barrengarry lands a nice uppercut.
Barrengarry doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Benny.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Barrengarry.
Barrengarry throws a head punch that misses.
Benny tries to work over Barrengarry's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Benny lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Barrengarry or not.
Benny lands a hook to the side of the head.
Benny misses with a short punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Barrengarry.
Benny has a couple of punches blocked by Barrengarry.
Barrengarry 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.
A short left from Barrengarry.
Barrengarry misses with a body punch.
Benny stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Barrengarry blocks an uppercut.
Benny blocks a body shot from Barrengarry.
Benny tries a body shot but Barrengarry blocks it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Benny tries to throw a body punch but Barrengarry avoids it by throwing Benny back against the cage.
Benny tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Benny tries to work over Barrengarry's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Benny misses with the head strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barrengarry tries a body shot but Benny blocks it.
Benny misses with a punch to the body.
Barrengarry prevents a body shot from Benny.
Benny doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short right from Barrengarry on the inside.
Benny has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Barrengarry seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Benny can turn it around.
Benny lands a nice uppercut.
Benny tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Barrengarry struggles to land a body shot inside as Benny controls his hands.
Barrengarry fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Barrengarry.
Barrengarry swings wildly with an uppercut but Benny uses good head movement to avoid it.
Barrengarry swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Barrengarry can't find room to land a body shot as Benny controls the action.
Barrengarry can't find room to land a body shot as Benny controls the action.
Benny tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Barrengarry's elbow.
Barrengarry blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Benny working some nice short punches in the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Barrengarry.
Barrengarry tries a body shot but Benny blocks it.
A short left from Barrengarry.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benny misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Benny lands a shot to the body.
Benny working aggressively here.
Benny lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Benny throws a head punch that misses.
Benny misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Benny prevents a body shot from Barrengarry.
Benny softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Barrengarry blocks an uppercut.
Barrengarry tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Benny's elbow.
Barrengarry working aggressively here.
Benny misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Benny makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Barrengarry tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Barrengarry swings wildly with an uppercut but Benny uses good head movement to avoid it.
Benny lands a body shot.
Benny working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Benny swings wildly with an uppercut but Barrengarry uses good head movement to avoid it.
Benny blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barrengarry lands a body punch.
Barrengarry misses with a hook from the clinch.
Benny misses with a punch to the body.
Benny lands a body punch in the clinch.
Barrengarry blocks an uppercut.
Barrengarry lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Benny working aggressively here.
Benny struggles to land a body shot inside as Barrengarry controls his hands.
Benny struggles to land a body shot inside as Barrengarry controls his hands.
Benny tries to work over Barrengarry's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Barrengarry.
Benny prevents a body shot from Barrengarry.
Benny misses with a hook from the clinch.
Benny tries to throw a body punch but Barrengarry avoids it by throwing Benny back against the cage.
Benny misses with a short punch on the inside.
Benny can't find room to land a body shot as Barrengarry controls the action.
Benny lands a left hand that snaps the head of Barrengarry backwards.
Nice body punch from Benny.
Benny's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Barrengarry blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benny struggles to land a body shot inside as Barrengarry controls his hands.
Benny misses with a hook to the ribs.
Benny tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Barrengarry's elbow.
Barrengarry tries to work over Benny's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Benny tries a body shot but Barrengarry blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Barrengarry fails to land.
Benny works on Barrengarry's body with a couple of short punches.
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!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Barrengarry.
Benny misses with a body punch.
Barrengarry scores with a hook to the body.
Barrengarry throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bennys head.
A head punch on the inside from Benny fails to land.
Benny has a couple of punches blocked by Barrengarry.
Benny tries to work over Barrengarry's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Barrengarry blocking some punches.
Barrengarry has a couple of punches blocked by Benny.
Barrengarry misses with some punches.
Barrengarry lands with a short shot to the head.
Benny misses with a body punch.
Barrengarry tries to throw a body punch but Benny avoids it by throwing Barrengarry back against the cage.
Benny fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but D.C. Benny will probably get the nod.
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.

Barrengarry needs to keep his hands up - Benny had a free shot at his head there.
Barrengarry lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Barrengarry misses with an uppercut. Benny saw that one coming.
Barrengarry moves away from the strike by Benny.
Benny blocks a head kick by Barrengarry.
Barrengarry wants to clinch.
Barrengarry tries to land a leg kick but Benny saw it coming and moves away.
Benny checks the leg kick nicely there.
Benny throws out a counter right but Barrengarry avoids it with no problem.
Barrengarry is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barrengarry moves out of range as Benny strikes.
Barrengarry drops his hands momentarily and Benny takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Barrengarry ducks under a wild hook from Benny.
Barrengarry scores with a nice right hand.
Barrengarry ducks under a wild hook from Benny.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Benny takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Benny misses with a looping right.
Benny throws a shot from downtown. Barrengarry moves away and avoids it.
Barrengarry moves in looking to clinch but Benny pushes him off.
Barrengarry misses with a hook.
Barrengarry throws out a loose jab but Benny uses good head movement to avoid it.
Barrengarry pushes Benny away with a front kick.
Barrengarry steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Benny.
Barrengarry is looking to counter with a body kick.
Barrengarry is looking to land body kicks.
Barrengarry wants to clinch.
Barrengarry misses with a kick to the body
and Benny cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A chopping leg kick lands by Barrengarry.
Barrengarry tries to clinch up.
Benny looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barrengarry misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Benny looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Barrengarry lands with an uppercut that bounces Benny off the cage and back into range.
Barrengarry misses with a straight left.
Benny misses with a looping right.
Benny lands a nice looking body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Benny jabs Barrengarry to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Barrengarry takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Barrengarry cracks a nice hook into Benny's ribs.
Logan Barrengarry has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Barrengarry moves into range and clinches up with Benny.
Benny blocks a body shot from Barrengarry.
Benny tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Barrengarry's elbow.
Benny lands a nice uppercut.
Barrengarry tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Benny's elbow.
Barrengarry has a couple of punches blocked by Benny.
Benny misses with a body punch.
Benny lands a right hand.
Barrengarry lands a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benny lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Barrengarry lands a left hand.
Barrengarry lands a left hand that snaps the head of Benny backwards.
Benny lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Barrengarry backwards.
Benny goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Benny misses with a punch to the body.
Barrengarry struggles to land a body shot inside as Benny controls his hands.
Benny blocking some punches.
Benny misses with a hook to the ribs.
Benny tries a body shot but Barrengarry blocks it.
Barrengarry misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Benny blocks a body shot from Barrengarry.
Benny struggles to land a body shot inside as Barrengarry controls his hands.
Benny throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Barrengarry tries to throw a body punch but Benny avoids it by throwing Barrengarry back against the cage.
Barrengarry blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Benny.
Benny gets through Barrengarry's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Benny.
D.C. Benny seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Benny can't find room to land a body shot as Barrengarry controls the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barrengarry struggles to land a body shot inside as Benny controls his hands.
Barrengarry tries to throw a body punch but Benny avoids it by throwing Barrengarry back against the cage.
Barrengarry cracks Benny with a nice body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Benny.
Benny swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Benny misses with a hook from the clinch.
Barrengarry lands a body punch.
Benny misses with a punch on the inside.
Benny misses with the head strike.
Barrengarry misses with a punch on the inside.
Benny tries a body shot but Barrengarry blocks it.
Benny fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Barrengarry tries a body shot but Benny blocks it.
Barrengarry throws a head punch that misses.
Benny misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Benny fails to land.
Barrengarry lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Benny misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Barrengarry.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but D.C. Benny will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Benny throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Benny throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Benny with a hook.
Barrengarry throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Barrengarry throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Barrengarry throws the kick towards the body but Benny avoids it.
Benny scores with a sloppy right hand. Barrengarry should have avoided that one.
Barrengarry takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Benny lands with a hook. Barrengarry tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Benny on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Benny throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barrengarry throws a leg kick
and Benny counters with a straight right hand.
A jab from Benny does it's job there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Benny waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Barrengarry.
Benny moves into range and connects with a jab.
Benny throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
D.C. Benny seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barrengarry lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Benny circles away quickly and effectively.

Barrengarry moves into the clinch.
Barrengarry tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nice body punch from Benny - that landed with a thud.
Benny tries to work over Barrengarry's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Barrengarry scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Benny tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Barrengarry.
Benny struggles to land a body shot inside as Barrengarry controls his hands.
Benny blocks an uppercut.
Barrengarry misses with a punch to the body.
Benny lands with a light punch inside.
Barrengarry can't find room to land a body shot as Benny controls the action.
Barrengarry throws a head punch that misses.
Benny gets through Barrengarry's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Benny lands with a short shot to the head.
Barrengarry struggles to land a body shot inside as Benny controls his hands.
Barrengarry misses with a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barrengarry looking to slow down the pace here.
Benny tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Benny blocking some punches.
Barrengarry misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Benny lands with a left to the head.
Benny swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Benny misses with a punch on the inside.
Barrengarry struggles to land a body shot inside as Benny controls his hands.
Barrengarry lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Benny backwards.
Barrengarry goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Barrengarry misses with a hook to the ribs.
Barrengarry lands a nice shot to the body.
Barrengarry prevents a body shot from Benny.
Benny lands a left hand that snaps the head of Barrengarry backwards.
A body shot lands from Benny.
Benny misses with the head strike.
A body shot lands from Benny.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Benny tries a body shot but Barrengarry blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benny throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Barrengarrys head.
Benny misses with a hook to the ribs.
Barrengarry lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Barrengarry misses with a body punch.
Barrengarry tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Barrengarry misses with the head strike.
Benny lands with a short shot to the head.
Benny goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Benny doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Barrengarry misses with a punch to the body.
A short uppercut from Benny.
Benny gets through Barrengarry's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Benny blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Benny lands a nice uppercut.
Barrengarry misses with the head strike.
Barrengarry blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Benny working aggressively here.
A shot in the inside from Barrengarry.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Benny pushes Barrengarry back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barrengarry tries to work over Benny's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Benny.
Barrengarry stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Barrengarry lands a nice shot to the body.
Barrengarry tries to work over Benny's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Benny misses with a hook to the ribs.
A shot in the inside from Benny.
Benny has a couple of punches blocked by Barrengarry.
Benny lands with a left to the head.
Benny misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Benny misses with some punches.
Barrengarry tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Benny's elbow.
Barrengarry working aggressively here.
Benny scores with a hook to the body.
Barrengarry misses with a body punch.
Barrengarry lands a body shot in the clinch.
Benny letting Barrengarry take a breather here.
Benny has a couple of punches blocked by Barrengarry.
Benny presses Barrengarry against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
D.C. Benny comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Benny has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 29:28
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 27:30
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by split decision... D.C. Benny!
A relieved looking D.C. Benny thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.