PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mason Jones (ranked 28 p4p, 209 weight class) and D.C. Benny (ranked 2 p4p, 28 weight class). Benny is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: D.C. Benny - Unagi Standup Bit. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Jones
vs
Benny

186 cm
31
178
22 - 6 - 1

185 cm
32
175
18 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mason Jones!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, D.C. Benny!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Benny pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Benny staying out of range there.
Jones keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Benny steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jones.
Jones slips under a jab.
Benny works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Benny scores with a shot to the body.
Benny 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.
Benny throws a body shot but no joy.
Benny steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jones.
A big left from Benny misses.
Jab, jab by Jones - just one landing.
Jones connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Jones throws an overhand right that lands on Benny's shoulder, as Benny tries to avoid the shot.
Jones just misses with a punch to the body.
Benny checks a low kick from Jones.
No joy there for Benny, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A cross from Jones lands.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jones keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Benny.
Benny keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Jones scores with a hook.
Jones getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Benny misses with an uppercut
and Jones cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Benny thuds a left hand into Jones's body.
Jones throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Benny is looking to clinch.
A shot to the liver by Jones. Beautiful body shot.
Jones takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A left lands for Jones.
Benny throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jones misses with a straight left.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jones is looking to score with low kicks.
It looks like Jones has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Benny avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jones keeps the fight on the outside.
Jones lands a nice looking body shot.
Benny displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jones throws out the jab.
Jones dips to his left and cracks Benny with an uppercut!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Jones.
Benny slips a jab from Jones.
Mason Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Benny moves into range and connects with a jab.
Benny throws a big shot that misses.
Benny checks the leg kick nicely there.
Benny misses with a straight right.
Benny uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jones.
Despite the aggression on Benny's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jones. Benny does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jones tests Benny's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Benny uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jones.
Benny misses with a looping right.
Jones staying out of range there.
Jones fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Benny.
Jones moves away from the strike by Benny.
Jones misses with a hook.
Benny wants to counter the offense by Jones and move into the clinch position.
Benny uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jones.
Jones uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Benny.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benny ducks under a wild hook from Jones.
Jones swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jones moves out of range as Benny strikes.
Benny lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Jones at a distance.
Jones throws a looping overhand right but Benny ducks down to avoid it.
Good shot there by Benny.
Jones scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Benny doesn't seem bothered though.
Benny cracks Jones with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Jones connects with an inside leg kick.
A low kick from Jones is predictable there
and Benny cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Benny throws out a loose jab but Jones uses good head movement to avoid it.
Benny gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Jones.
Benny throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jones.
Jones appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jones moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Benny takes one on the button.
Benny moves away from the strike by Jones.
Benny let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Benny throws a jab when Jones was well out of range.
Jones tests Benny's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Benny.
A slow jab from Benny misses its intended target.
Benny ducks under a wild hook from Jones.
Benny avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Benny misses with the combination.
Benny throws the left hand but Jones avoids the punch easily.
Benny throws a big shot that misses.
Jones looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Jones throws a hook to the side of Benny's head but Benny sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jones takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Jones is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Benny drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Benny swings for the body but Jones moves out of range.
No joy there for Benny, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jones keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
It looked like Jones wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Benny looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Jones swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Benny counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Mason Jones dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Jones throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Benny displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jones throws out the jab.
Benny throws a big shot that misses.
Jones throws a series of punches but Benny moves out of range.
Jones scores with a sloppy right hand. Benny should have avoided that one.
Jones takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Jones dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Benny. That did some damage!
Benny defending well as Jones loads up on a big left hand.
Benny ducks under a wild hook from Jones.
Jones tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Benny was well out of range. Poor timing from Jones.
Benny paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Jones lands a nice shot that snaps Benny's head back.
Benny waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jones.
Jones misses with a straight right.
Benny misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jones.
Mason Jones is winning the standup battle so far.
Jones misses with a body shot.
Benny lands with a right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Benny ducks under a wild hook from Jones.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Benny! But no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones lands with a hook. Benny tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Benny lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Benny.
Benny cracks Jones with a right hand to the side of the head.

Jones is rocked!
Benny throws a body shot but no joy.
Oh Jones is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jones scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Jones seems to have got his legs back now.
Nice body punch from Jones.
Benny lands a lovely overhand right.
Benny throws an overhand right that drops Jones like a sack of potatoes! Benny dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). D.C. Benny!
D.C. Benny is the new welterweight champion!
After the fight, D.C. Benny 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.