PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bob Benton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brayson Drose (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bob Benton has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Benton
vs
Drose

190 cm
19
215 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

194 cm
22
210 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

Hell's Kitchen Lab Corp

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bob Benton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brayson Drose!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, David Schapiro and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circling - Benton throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Drose tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Benton scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Drose wants to clinch.
Drose looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Benton misses with a double jab.
Drose moves in looking to clinch but Benton pushes him off.
Benton avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Benton swats away the attempt to clinch by Drose.
Benton throws a series of punches but Drose avoids them all with ease.
Drose walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Benton scores with a jab to the jaw.

Drose gets a clinch.
Drose tries to pull guard but Benton won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Benton blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Benton is trying to force a seperation but Drose has the dominant position.
Drose is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Benton pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Benton looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Benton takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Bob Benton has been cut.
Benton takes an elbow to the temple.
Drose fails to pull guard.
Bob Benton has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brayson Drose.
Drose throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Benton gets underhooks to prevent Drose's takedown attempt.
Drose trying to land knees to the body.
Drose tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Drose drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Benton gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Drose takes a shot to the head.

Drose jumps guard and drags Benton to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Benton wants to stand but Drose has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

Benton decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Benton throws a series of punches but Drose moves out of range.
Benton stuffs the takedown attempt from Drose. Drose gets slowly back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benton will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Benton thows a body shot but no joy.
Benton throws a nice head kick!
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Benton lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Drose has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Drose and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Drose uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Benton.
Drose thows a left - swing and a miss!
Drose tries to close the distance and clinch but Benton swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Drose wants to clinch up but Benton keeps it at a distance.
Benton with a hook.
Benton misses with a jab, cross combination.
Benton tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Benton cracks Drose with an open hand slap.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benton throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Benton takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Drose tries to clinch but Benton moves out of range.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Drose.
Drose tries to close the distance and clinch but Benton swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Benton lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Benton jabs at Drose's body.
Drose shoots for a double leg takedown but Benton sprawls well. He's pushed Drose's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Drose fails in his attempt to clinch.
Benton connects with a nice looking jab.
Benton lands with a nice body punch.
Drose looks gassed!
Benton scores with a hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benton is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Benton misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Benton digs a good hook to Drose's body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Benton will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Nice shot by Benton.
Benton connects with a good right hand that stumbles Drose. Drose circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Drose is looking to clinch.
Benton connects with a crisp jab.
Drose shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Benton pinned against the cage. Benton gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Drose misses with a takedown
and Benton counters with a stiff right hand.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Benton, as that shot connected.
Benton darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bob Benton dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bob Benton's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Benton throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Drose shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Benton defends it nicely.
Drose tries for a takedown but Benton sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Benton lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Benton throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Drose stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Benton lands an overhand right.
Drose on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

Drose is rocked!
Benton throws a good cross that connects.
Drose is still on wobbly legs! Can Benton finish him?
Benton dips to his left and cracks Drose with an uppercut!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Benton cracks Drose with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Drose falls to his knees and Benton doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bob Benton!