PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Andy Benjamin (ranked 2152 p4p, 4116 weight class) and Big Jamaal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Big Jamaal has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Benjamin
vs
Jamaal

178 cm
25
155
3 - 0 - 0

214 cm
24
150
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Andy Benjamin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Big Jamaal!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Bart Greer and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Benjamin misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Benjamin on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

It looks like Andy Benjamin has been cut.
Jamaal scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

Benjamin is rocked!
A punch combination from Benjamin misses.
Oh Benjamin is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jab by Benjamin.
Benjamin seems to have got his legs back now.
Benjamin throws a low kick but Jamaal moves out of range easily.
Benjamin throws a right and a left that both miss.
Big Jamaal seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A punch combination from Benjamin misses.

Benjamin rushes Jamaal and presses him up against the cage.
Jamaal is trying to break the clinch but Benjamin is controlling him.
Jamaal is trying to break free.
Jamaal has had enough of the clinch but Benjamin keeps him there for the moment.
Jamaal is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Benjamin tries to throw a body punch but Jamaal avoids it by throwing Benjamin back against the cage.
Jamaal wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jamaal tries to break free but Benjamin pushes him back against the cage.
Jamaal wants to break the clinch but can't.
Benjamin definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Jamaal looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Benjamin keeps control of Jamaal as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jamaal prevents a body shot from Benjamin.
Benjamin keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jamaal's efforts to push away.
Benjamin lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Benjamin lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Jamaal is trying to break the clinch but Benjamin has him pressed against the cage.
Jamaal has had enough of the clinch but Benjamin keeps him there for the moment.
Jamaal tries to break the clinch but Benjamin is controlling the position.
Jamaal wants to get back to striking at distance but Benjamin won't allow it.
Jamaal's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Jamaal is trying to push Benjamin away but Benjamin has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Benjamin scores with a shot to the side of Jamaal's head.
Benjamin lands a shot to the body.
Benjamin lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Jamaal looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A right hook to the body lands for Benjamin.
Jamaal is trying to break the clinch but Benjamin is controlling him.
Jamaal working hard to break the clinch.
Benjamin is working Jamaal over against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Jamaal's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Benjamin scores with a shot to the side of Jamaal's head.
Nice body punch from Benjamin.

Benjamin breaks from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jamaal fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Benjamin on the side of the head.
Jamaal lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jamaal doesn't manage to clinch there - Benjamin circles away.
Benjamin is looking to counter punch.
Jamaal is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Jamaal throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Benjamin counters with a three punch combo that has Jamaal backing up. Jamaal nods at Benjamin to acknowledge the strikes.
Benjamin cracks Jamaal with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Benjamin takes one to the chin there.
Benjamin walks into a left hand.
Benjamin throws a lazy right hand but Jamaal sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Benjamin tries to bum rush Jamaal with a series of wild strikes but Jamaal uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jamaal moves out of range of the strikes.
A jab from Jamaal does it's job there.
Jamaal is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Benjamin.
Benjamin gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Jamaal is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
A clash of legs there as Jamaal blocks the low kick.

Jamaal feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Benjamin sprawling to the canvas! Benjamin rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Jamaal finish him?!
Benjamin walks into a picture perfect straight right hand from Jamaal! He's gone down face first to the canvas, unconscious before he even hit the floor! Ohhhh. My. Goodness! That boys and girls was a beautiful knockout! Give that man a biscuit!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Big Jamaal!
Post fight, an emotional Big Jamaal said 'That guy is a bitch, i made his bitch ass look like a baby, fuck him, he is ass, gimme someone good!'.