PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jeremy Bentham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruce Robertson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Bentham
vs
Robertson

198 cm
23
205 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

188 cm
21
210 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Jeremy Bentham!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Bruce Robertson!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Colin Fotheringham and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bentham misses with a body kick.

Bentham gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Robertson slows down the pace here.
Bentham prevents a takedown attempt there.
Bentham missing with knees to the body.
Bentham tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bentham tries to land a knee to the head but Robertson blocks with his arms.
Bentham unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Robertson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Bentham throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Robertson blocks it with crossed arms.
Bentham misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Robertson.
Bentham tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Robertson avoids it.
Bentham lands a good knee to the midsection. Robertson won't want to take too many of those.
Robertson avoiding damage as Bentham throws knees to the body.
Bentham putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Robertson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A right hand to the body from Bentham.
Bentham is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Robertson is defending well for now.
Robertson tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Bentham just stands there and leans against the cage.
Bentham crunches a lovely knee into Robertson's ribcage.
Robertson looks gassed!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bentham scores with a knee to the head.
Bentham landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bentham with a knee to the head.
Bentham is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Bentham crunches a lovely knee into Robertson's ribcage.
Bentham landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bentham lands a good knee to the midsection. Robertson won't want to take too many of those.
Bentham scores a nice knee to the body.
Robertson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bentham unloads a knee to the mid-section. Robertson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bentham lands a knee to the head.
Bentham unloads a knee to the mid-section. Robertson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bentham working Robertson over with knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bentham lands a nice knee to the body.
Bentham scores with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bentham obliges.
Bentham with a knee to the head.
Bentham with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bentham lands a good knee to the midsection. Robertson won't want to take too many of those.
Robertson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bentham using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bentham tries a knee to the head but Robertson blocks it.
Robertson is trying to break the clinch but Bentham is controlling him.
Robertson tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Bentham just stands there and leans against the cage.
Jeremy Bentham has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bruce Robertson.
Bentham trying to land knees to the body.
Bentham missing with knees to the body.
Robertson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Robertson jumps into guard, dragging Bentham to the mat.

Bentham avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Robertson throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Bentham is pushing down on Robertson's leg trying to pass to half guard. Robertson is fighting to maintain full guard but Bentham has managed to sneak the leg through.
Bentham wants to stand up but Robertson has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Bentham is looking to advance position but Robertson won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bentham is taking a breather. Robertson says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Robertson moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Bentham working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Bentham controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Robertson keeping moving, preventing Bentham from controlling successfully.

Bentham avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Bentham tries to free his leg and advance position but Robertson is retaining full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Bentham tries to stand but Robertson is controlling from the bottom.
Bentham trying to control the position from guard on top but Robertson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bentham wants to stand but Robertson is controlling his posture from full guard.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Bentham goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Robertson misses with a series of wild punches.
Bentham tries to clinch there but Robertson circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Bentham looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Bentham connects with a high kick.
Bentham throws a good cross that connects.

Bentham has Robertson up against the cage in a clinch.
Bentham lands a knee to the body.
Bentham stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Robertson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bentham using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Robertson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Knees to the body from Bentham.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bentham obliges.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bentham is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Bentham connects with a nasty looking knee right to Robertson's face.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bentham obliges.
Bentham landing knees to the head.
A knee to the head by Bentham.
Bentham lands a damaging elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bentham obliges.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bentham lands a knee to the body.
Robertson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bentham utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Bentham lands a knee to the body.
Bentham lands a knee to the head.
Bentham tries to land a knee to the head but Robertson blocks with his arms.

Robertson jumps into guard, dragging Bentham to the mat.

Robertson has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Bentham can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Bentham has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Robertson is proving hard to escape from.
Robertson controls Bentham momentarily but Bentham frees himself.

Bentham got a little sloppy there for a moment and Robertson has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Bentham has managed to get both his arms back between Robertson's legs - danger averted.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bentham controlling from the top position.
Bentham trying to control but Robertson is working from the bottom.
Bentham's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Bentham has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Robertson is proving hard to escape from.

Robertson throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Robertson is trying to control the position but Bentham postures up.
Robertson being controlled here, momentarily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bentham trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Bentham's corner is telling him to maintain position.

Robertson looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Bentham passes into side control.

Bentham decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Bruce Robertson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fighters circling - Bentham throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bentham with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Bentham connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Robertson avoids the head kick by Bentham.
Bentham throws a head kick that Robertson semi-blocks.
Bentham is looking to clinch.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Bentham.
Robertson fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Bentham avoids it really well and circles away.
Jeremy Bentham is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bentham throws a quick inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeremy Bentham dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Robertson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Robertson fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Bentham wants to clinch.
Bentham throws a leg kick which misses Robertson's front leg but catches the back leg as Robertson tries to avoid it.
An inside leg kick lands from Bentham.
Bentham is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Robertson can do to turn this around?
Bentham explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Bentham throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Robertson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bentham thows a body kick. Robertson tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Robertson sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Robertson steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Bentham. That one must have hurt.
Robertson takes a kick to the side of the head.

It looks like Bruce Robertson has been cut.
Robertson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Bentham. Bentham obviously looking to wear him down.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bentham tries to clinch but Robertson moves out of range.
Robertson takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
A slapping body kick lands there for Bentham.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bentham. That's going to slow Robertson down.
Bentham throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Robertson will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
An inside leg kick lands from Bentham.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bentham thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Robertson if he has to take too many more of those.
Both fighters circling a little - Bentham finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Bentham is looking to land body kicks.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Bentham, right into the meat.
Bentham digs a good hook to Robertson's body.
Bentham getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Bentham lands a right hook to the body.
Robertson walks forward, straight into a front kick from Bentham.
Bentham throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Robertson throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Bentham's waist but Bentham gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Robertson off to one side.
Jeremy Bentham has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bruce Robertson.
Bentham lands a nice looking kick to the body. Robertson takes a step back to recover.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Robertson swats away the attempt to clinch by Bentham.
Bentham scores with a leg kick.
Jeremy Bentham is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bentham throws a quick inside leg kick.
Bentham pushes Robertson away with a front kick.
Bentham connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Bentham connects with a jab.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bentham. That's going to slow Robertson down.
Bentham scores with a nice body kick.
Bentham scores with a kick to the midsection.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Robertson steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Bentham. That one must have hurt.
Bentham moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Bentham is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bentham thumps Robertson with a low kick.

Bentham moves into the clinch.
Bentham landing knees to the body.
Bruce Robertson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A knee to the head by Bentham.
Bentham crunches a lovely knee into Robertson's ribcage.
Bentham connects with a knee to the head.
Jeremy Bentham has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Bentham lands a nice knee to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bentham connects with a knee to the head.
Bentham working Robertson over with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bentham.
Robertson takes a knee to the side of the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jeremy Bentham showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Bentham, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 30:26
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:26
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:26

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