PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Robert Jaworski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pope Benedict (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Jaworski
vs
Benedict

162 cm
18
140 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
18
140 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Robert Jaworski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pope Benedict!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Roosa Järviläinen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Benedict defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Jaworski.
Benedict moves into range and connects with a jab.
Jaworski will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
The crowd cheers as Benedict lands an impressive looking overhand right. Jaworski doesn't seem phased though.
Jaworski on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Benedict keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jaworski throws a lazy right hand but Benedict sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jaworski shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Benedict as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Robert Jaworski. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice cross by Benedict.
Nice uppercut there from Benedict.
A big left from Jaworski misses.
Jaworski looks for a takedown but Benedict sprawls well.
Jaworski is breathing heavily.
Benedict slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Benedict has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Jaworski fails with a takedown attempt.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jaworski. Benedict does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jaworski fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Benedict cracks Jaworski with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Benedict lands with a cross.
Benedict lands with a straight right. Jaworski didn't see that one coming.
Benedict throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Jaworski on the side of the head.
Jaworski drops his hands momentarily and Benedict takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Jaworski has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Jaworski there as he acknowledges the shot.
Benedict lands a head shot.
Jaworski has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Benedict finds it's way round the side to connect with Jaworski's head.
Benedict scores with a nice right hand.
Benedict sizes up Jaworski with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Benedict lands a jab.
Jaworski takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Robert Jaworski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jaworski walks into a left hand.
Benedict scores with a sloppy right hand. Jaworski should have avoided that one.
Benedict is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Jaworski had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Benedict cracks Jaworski with an open hand slap.
A jab lands there for Benedict.
Benedict slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Jaworski takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Benedict might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jaworski is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Jaworski takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Benedict lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Jaworski looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Benedict is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Jab, jab by Benedict - just one landing.
Benedict ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jaworski jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jaworski takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benedict connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Jaworski's hands.
Benedict scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Benedict lands a head shot.
Benedict clobbers Jaworski with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Pope Benedict is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Benedict lands a glancing blow to the side of Jaworski's head.
Benedict lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Jaworski takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Benedict lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Jab, jab by Benedict - just one landing.
Benedict lands a head shot.
Benedict lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Jaworski takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Benedict connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Jaworski's hands.
Benedict scores with a nice head shot.
Nice jab there from Benedict.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good exchange - Benedict coming out on top.
Jaworski takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Jaworski drops his hands momentarily and Benedict takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Benedict lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Benedict defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Jaworski.
Benedict lunges at Jaworski with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Jaworski's hand.
Benedict takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Jaworski takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Good exchange - Benedict coming out on top.
Jaworski throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Benedict is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jaworski fails in his attempt to clinch.
Benedict moves into range and connects with a jab.
The crowd cheers as Benedict lands an impressive looking overhand right. Jaworski doesn't seem phased though.
Jaworski takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Benedict works the jab nicely.
Jaworski shoots for a double leg takedown but Benedict sprawls well. He's pushed Jaworski's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Benedict works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Benedict bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Jaworski's head.
A jab from Benedict finds it's way through Jaworski's defenses.
Benedict keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jaworski takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Pope Benedict seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jaworski tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Benedict swivels and escapes.
The fighters circle momentarily. Benedict darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Jaworski takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Benedict fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Jaworski. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Benedict connects with a single shot there.

Jaworski is rocked!
The fighters circling - Benedict throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Benedict throws out a powerful jab.
Jaworski has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Jaworski there as he acknowledges the shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Benedict throws out a powerful jab.
Oh Jaworski is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jaworski blocks a jab.
Jaworski seems to have got his legs back now.
A punch lands to the side of Jaworski 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Jaworski has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Jaworski there as he acknowledges the shot.
Benedict getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Benedict connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Jaworski's hands.
Jaworski shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Benedict pinned against the cage. Benedict gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Robert Jaworski. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Benedict lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Benedict scores with a jab to the head.
Jaworski fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Benedict lands a nice shot that snaps Jaworski's head back.
No luck for Jaworski with that takedown attempt.
Benedict lunges at Jaworski with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Jaworski's hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jaworski gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Jaworski takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Jaworski takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Jaworski takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Good shot there by Benedict.
Benedict takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Jaworski ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Benedict moves away.
Jaworski looks to score with a jab to the body but Benedict is just out of range.
Benedict connects with a single shot there.
Jab, jab by Benedict - just one landing.
Jaworski takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Jaworski walks into a stiff left hand from Benedict.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jaworski takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jaworski is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Benedict, as that shot connected.
Benedict slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Benedict lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Benedict jabs Jaworski right on the nose. Jaworski blinks but takes it well.
Jaworski tries to move into range but Benedict moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Benedict scores with a jab to the head.
A lazy left from Benedict finds it's target.
A jab from Benedict finds it's way through Jaworski's defenses.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Jaworski might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Benedict scores with a sloppy right hand. Jaworski should have avoided that one.
Jaworski on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Jaworski ducks right into an uppercut from Benedict.
Benedict moves into range and connects with a jab.
Benedict with a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Jaworski 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Benedict scores with a jab to the head.
Benedict lands with a hook. Jaworski tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Jaworski has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Jaworski there as he acknowledges the shot.
Benedict with a jab.
Jaworski takes a swing at Benedict's ribcage but misses.
The fighters circle momentarily. Benedict darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Benedict has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Benedict keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Jaworski on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Benedict connects with the punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
BOOM! Benedict lands a beautiful left hook that drops Jaworski. Jaworski tries to recover but Benedict is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Jaworski lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pope Benedict!