PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gareth Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeremy Bentham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Smith comes to the cage accompanied by Stemm - Face The Pain. Gareth Smith has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Smith
vs
Bentham

225 cm
22
205 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

198 cm
22
205 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Prefers standup

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Gareth Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jeremy Bentham!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, William Gold and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith ducks under a wild hook from Bentham.
Bentham throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Smith avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bentham lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Smith avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bentham bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Smith really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Bentham avoids a punch combination nicely.
A thudding body kick lands there by Bentham!
Smith avoids the head kick by Bentham.
Smith takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Jeremy Bentham seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bentham tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bentham fails in his attempt to clinch.
Smith misses with a body kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Bentham.
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!
Smith throws a chopping leg kick but Bentham manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bentham doesn't manage to clinch there - Smith circles away.
Bentham tries to clinch but Smith moves out of range.

Bentham gets a clinch.
Bentham tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Smith avoids it.
Bentham tries to land knees in the clinch but Smith avoids the damage to the body.
Bentham landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bentham with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bentham using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Smith is breathing heavily.
A knee to the head by Bentham.
Bentham tries to land knees in the clinch but Smith avoids the damage to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bentham obliges.
Smith managing to block the knees to the body from Bentham.
Bentham tries to land knees in the clinch but Smith avoids the damage to the body.
Bentham with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bentham tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Smith avoids it.
Bentham working Smith over with knees to the body.
Smith wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bentham with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bentham looking to throw knees to the head but Smith is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bentham landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bentham with a knee to the head.
Bentham scores a nice knee to the body.
Bentham utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Bentham landing knees to the body.
Bentham is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Smith is defending well for now.
Smith looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Smith takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bentham lands a knee to the head.
Bentham tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bentham trying to land knees to the body.
Smith is trying to break the clinch but Bentham has him pressed against the cage.
Bentham is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Smith is defending well for now.
Bentham lands a knee to the body.
Bentham is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Smith is defending well for now.
Smith wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Smith has had enough of the clinch but Bentham keeps him there for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bentham lands a knee to the body.
Smith takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bentham scores a nice knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Bentham.
Bentham utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Smith avoids the elbow strike from Bentham, against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bentham obliges.
Bentham pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Bentham scores a nice knee to the body.
Bentham has Smith pressed against the cage, preventing Smith from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bentham tries to land knees in the clinch but Smith avoids the damage to the body.
Bentham using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Smith has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Smith managing to block the knees to the body from Bentham.
Smith tries to break free but Bentham pushes him back against the cage.
Bentham tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bentham misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Smith.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bentham missing with knees to the body.
Bentham is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Smith is defending well for now.
Smith tries to circle away but Bentham has him pinned against the cage.
Smith is trying to break the clinch but Bentham has him pressed against the cage.
Bentham tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Smith is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Smith looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bentham misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Smith.

Smith breaks from the clinch.
Bentham throws a head kick that misses.
Smith misses with a wild combination.
Bentham tries to close the distance and clinch but Smith swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bentham is looking to land body kicks.

Bentham gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeremy Bentham dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Bentham fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Smith manages to avoid it.

Bentham fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Smith, pushing him back against the cage.
Bentham is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Smith is defending well for now.
Bentham unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bentham lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Knees to the body from Bentham.
Smith blocks the elbow strike.
Bentham throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Smith blocks it with crossed arms.
Bentham tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Smith blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bentham is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Smith is defending well for now.
Bentham tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Smith avoids it.
Smith wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bentham has him pressed against the cage.
Bentham working Smith over with knees to the body.
Bentham lands a good knee to the midsection. Smith won't want to take too many of those.
Smith looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bentham tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Smith on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bentham missing with knees to the body.
Bentham misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Smith.
Smith wants to get back to striking at distance but Bentham won't allow it.
Bentham throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Smith blocks it with crossed arms.
Bentham connects with a nasty looking knee right to Smith's face.
Smith tries to circle away but Bentham has him pinned against the cage.
Bentham looking to throw knees to the head but Smith is blocking nicely.
Bentham has Smith pressed against the cage, preventing Smith from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bentham tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bentham prevents Smith from breaking the clinch.
Bentham tries to land knees in the clinch but Smith avoids the damage to the body.
Smith tries to break free but Bentham pushes him back against the cage.
Bentham tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Smith is trying to break free.
Bentham misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Smith.
Smith tries to break free but Bentham pushes him back against the cage.
Bentham has Smith pressed against the cage, preventing Smith from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bentham missing with knees to the body.
Smith tries to break the clinch but Bentham is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Smith is trying to break the clinch but Bentham is controlling him.
Bentham with a knee to the head.
Smith looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bentham misses with a knee to the head.
Bentham misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Smith.
Smith is trying to break free.
Bentham is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Smith is defending well for now.
Smith working hard to break the clinch.
Bentham prevents Smith from breaking the clinch.
Smith avoiding damage as Bentham throws knees to the body.
Bentham trying to land knees to the body.
Smith is trying to break the clinch but Bentham is controlling him.
Bentham misses with a knee strike.
Bentham tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Smith has had enough of the clinch but Bentham keeps him there for the moment.
Bentham misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Smith.
Smith working hard to break the clinch.
Bentham misses with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bentham throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Smith blocks it with crossed arms.
A frustrated look appears on Smith's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bentham tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Smith avoids it.
Smith wants to break the clinch but can't.
Smith tries to circle away but Bentham has him pinned against the cage.
Bentham throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Smith blocks it with crossed arms.
A frustrated look appears on Smith's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bentham throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Smith blocks it with crossed arms.
Bentham throws a knee to the head but misses.
Smith wants to get back to striking at distance but Bentham won't allow it.
Bentham with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Smith working hard to break the clinch.
Smith can't break the clinch.
Bentham unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bentham missing with knees to the body.
Smith has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Bentham trying to land knees to the body.
Smith has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Bentham tries to land a knee to the head but Smith blocks with his arms.

Smith's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bentham dodges the punch combination from Smith.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Smith.
Bentham looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Bentham throws a head kick that misses.
Bentham tries to close the distance and clinch up but Smith swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Smith tries to score with a low kick but Bentham moves his leg out of the way.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Bentham lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Bentham tries to clinch up but Smith circles away and keeps his distance.
Bentham throws a head kick that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeremy Bentham showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Smith blocks a head kick by Bentham.
Smith throws a nice looking combination but Bentham bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bentham misses with a kick to the body
and Smith counters with a good, hard body kick but Bentham shrugs it off.
Bentham tries to clinch
letting Smith counter with a right hand.
Bentham wants to clinch up but Smith keeps it at a distance.
Bentham throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Smith.
Smith keeps the fight on the outside.
Bentham dodges the punch combination from Smith.
Smith with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Bentham pivots, looking for a leg kick but Smith is out of range and Bentham settles back down.
Smith swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith misses with a wild combination.
Smith misses with a head kick.
Bentham throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Smith counters with a nice body shot.
Bentham looks to land a body kick but Smith moved away.
Bentham throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Smith fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Bentham checks it well.
Bentham tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Smith counters with a nice body shot.
Bentham tries to clinch there but Smith circles away.
Bentham is looking to slow Smith down with leg kicks.
Bentham plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Bentham throws a sloppy head kick and Smith moves out of range easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith lands with a shot to the body.
Bentham throws a head kick that misses.
Bentham throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Gareth Smith is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bentham tries to clinch up but Smith circles away and keeps his distance.
Bentham tries to clinch there but Smith circles away.
Bentham blocks a head kick by Smith.
Smith throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Smith looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Jeremy Bentham is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bentham. That's going to slow Smith down.
Smith misses with a head kick.
Bentham pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bentham blocks a head kick by Smith.
Smith blocks the body kick.
A punch lands to the side of Bentham 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Bentham scores with a leg kick.
Bentham misses with an attempted mid kick.
Bentham throws a head kick but Smith moves out of range.
Smith misses with a body kick.
Bentham throws a nice outside leg kick.
Bentham throws a push kick but Smith slaps the foot to one side.
Smith misses with a few strikes there.
Bentham lands with a kick to the ribs.
Bentham chopping away at his opponent's legs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bentham looks for the body kick but Smith saw that one coming.

Bentham clinches with his opponent.
Bentham lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Smith has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Bentham trying to land knees to the body.
Bentham trying to land knees to the body.
Bentham landing knees to the body.
Bentham utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Bentham tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bentham lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Gareth Smith has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bentham.
Smith doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jeremy Bentham comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Bentham 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 26:30
Judge William Gold scores the fight 26:30
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jeremy Bentham!