PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Gabriel Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Benz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dos Santos kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is "This Is War" by Il Nino. Mike Benz has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Dos Santos
vs
Benz

176 cm
20
157 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

171 cm
20
156 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Solid boxing
Experienced

Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Granite chin

Rusty Cage Fightwear

Broken Halo Pride Nutrition
Firebird Designs

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 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gabriel Dos Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mike Benz!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Eddie Farnsworth and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Benz keeps the fight on the outside.
Dos Santos tries to clinch up but Benz circles away and keeps his distance.
Dos Santos tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dos Santos looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dos Santos wants to clinch.
Dos Santos rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Benz moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dos Santos tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Benz paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dos Santos tries to clinch but Benz is having none of it.
Dos Santos tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dos Santos is looking to clinch but Benz is avoiding it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos wants to clinch up but Benz keeps it at a distance.
Dos Santos tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Benz paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dos Santos throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dos Santos tries to clinch but Benz moves out of range.
Dos Santos tries to close the distance and clinch but Benz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dos Santos lands a head kick. Benz smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Dos Santos tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Benz paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Benz misses with a hook. Dos Santos ducked under it nicely.
Dos Santos tries to clinch but Benz is having none of it.
Dos Santos ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benz throws a hook but Dos Santos avoids it easily.
Benz keeps the fight on the outside.
Benz throws a hook but Dos Santos avoids it easily.
Dos Santos fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dos Santos misses with a head kick.
A combination from Benz does no damage.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos wants to clinch up but Benz keeps it at a distance.
Dos Santos tries to clinch there but Benz circles away.
Benz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos tries to clinch up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dos Santos looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dos Santos fails in his attempt to clinch.
Benz connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Dos Santos momentarily.
Benz throws a shot from downtown. Dos Santos moves away and avoids it.
Benz misses with a straight left.
Dos Santos tries to clinch up but Benz circles away and keeps his distance.
Dos Santos is looking to clinch but Benz is avoiding it.
Dos Santos fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dos Santos tries to clinch but Benz moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benz circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dos Santos misses with a double jab
and Benz counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Benz misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dos Santos tries to clinch up
enabling Benz to counter with a crisp jab.
Dos Santos tries to clinch
and Benz cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Dos Santos wants to clinch
and Benz counters with a nice body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dos Santos clinches but Benz breaks the clinch
and Dos Santos takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Benz dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Dos Santos tries to clinch but Benz moves away
and Benz counters with a left and a right... and another left... and another!! That last one turned off the lights! Dos Santos has no idea who he is and is as he gazes up at the spotlights. Brutal knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Mike Benz!