PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bobcat Stinkfist (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Bennett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stinkfist's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, People Are Strange by The Doors. Bobcat Stinkfist had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Stinkfist
vs
Bennett

183 cm
23
175 lbs
7 - 8 - 0

177 cm
25
176 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Very confident

Global MMA Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Bobcat Stinkfist!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Matt Bennett!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, William Gold and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Stinkfist darts in and clinches Bennett up against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Stinkfist.
Stinkfist lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Stinkfist lands a body shot.
Bennett is trying to break free.
Stinkfist lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bennett backwards.
Bennett tries to break free but Stinkfist pushes him back against the cage.
Stinkfist working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Stinkfist is working Bennett over against the cage.
Stinkfist lands a body punch in the clinch.
Bennett looks gassed!
A body shot lands from Stinkfist.
A hook to the body from Stinkfist.
Bennett takes a knee right on the jaw!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stinkfist lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Stinkfist lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bennett backwards.
Stinkfist lands a shoulder strike.
Stinkfist softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Stinkfist lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Stinkfist.
A shot in the inside from Stinkfist.
Stinkfist lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A hook to the body from Stinkfist.
Stinkfist working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Stinkfist.
Stinkfist softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Stinkfist using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Stinkfist pushes Bennett back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Stinkfist lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bennett takes a shot to the head.
Stinkfist works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Stinkfist crunches a lovely knee into Bennett's ribcage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Stinkfist lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Stinkfist scores with a nice hook to the head.
Stinkfist connects with a knee to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Stinkfist.
A shot in the inside from Stinkfist.
Stinkfist works on Bennett's body with a couple of short punches.
Stinkfist connects with a knee to the head.
Stinkfist gets through Bennett's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Stinkfist lands with a left to the head.
Stinkfist scores with a nice hook to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Stinkfist.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stinkfist with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Stinkfist connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bennett's face.
Stinkfist lands a nice uppercut.
Nice body punch from Stinkfist - that landed with a thud.
Stinkfist with a knee to the head.
Stinkfist scores with a shoulder strike.
Stinkfist scores with a shoulder strike.
Stinkfist lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bennett backwards.
Stinkfist connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bennett's face.
Bennett blocks an uppercut.
Bennett's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Stinkfist scores with a nice hook to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Bennett's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Stinkfist scores with a shoulder strike.
Stinkfist stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A knee to the head by Stinkfist.
Stinkfist lands a hook that snaps the head of Bennett backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stinkfist prevents Bennett from breaking the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Stinkfist.
Bennett wants to stall.
Stinkfist stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Bennett tries to break the clinch but Stinkfist is controlling the position.
Stinkfist lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bennett backwards.
Stinkfist scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Stinkfist misses with a short punch on the inside.
Stinkfist connects with a knee to the head.
Stinkfist misses with a punch on the inside.
Stinkfist digs a right hand underneath Bennett's ribcage. Bennett let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Knees in the clinch landing for Stinkfist.
Stinkfist scores with a shot to the side of Bennett's head.
A frustrated look appears on Bennett's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Stinkfist as the two fighters clinch.
Stinkfist tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
A nice right hand lands inside from Stinkfist.
Stinkfist tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Stinkfist tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bennett's elbow.
Stinkfist tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bennett.
Bennett blocks an elbow strike from Stinkfist.
A head punch on the inside from Stinkfist fails to land.
Bennett has had enough of the clinch but Stinkfist keeps him there for the moment.
Stinkfist misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Stinkfist.
Stinkfist lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Bennett blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Stinkfist swings wildly with an uppercut but Bennett uses good head movement to avoid it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Stinkfist throws a punch but it's blocked by Bennett.
Stinkfist misses with a body punch.
Bennett looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Stinkfist lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Stinkfist misses the shot to the body.
Bobcat Stinkfist seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stinkfist misses the shot to the body.
Stinkfist lands a body shot.
Bennett staying out of range there.
Bennett blocks a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Stinkfist. Bennett does a little dance to reset his feet.
Stinkfist throws a series of punches but Bennett avoids them all with ease.
Bennett fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stinkfist manages to avoid it.
Bennett fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Stinkfist throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bennett throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Stinkfist ducks right into an uppercut from Bennett.
Stinkfist swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Bennett counters with a right hand to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stinkfist throws a predictable looking body shot

and Bennett counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Bennett advances position into side control!
Stinkfist tries to improve position but can't.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Bennett misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.

Bennett is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Stinkfist is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Stinkfist manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Bennett is looking to take a break and control but Stinkfist is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Stinkfist pushes Bennett off looking to stand but Bennett dives back in and keeps control.
Stinkfist is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Bennett's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Bennett's back!
Bennett covering up well under a barage of strikes.
Stinkfist lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Bennett.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bennett covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
Bennett turns into Stinkfist and is now in his guard.

Stinkfist has his foot on Bennett's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Bennett works his way back into a safe position though.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Stinkfist looking for a sweep. Not yet Stinkfist, not yet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Stinkfist working for a triangle but Bennett defends it easily.
Bennett tries to free his leg and advance position but Stinkfist is retaining full guard.
Bennett trying to control but Stinkfist is working from the bottom.
Stinkfist is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Bennett wants to pass the guard but Stinkfist is keeping the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Stinkfist has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Bennett can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Stinkfist looking for a sweep. Not yet Stinkfist, not yet.

Stinkfist has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Bennett can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Stinkfist looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Bennett puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.

Bennett seems to be looking for submissions.
Stinkfist is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Bennett's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Bennett's back!
Bennett covering up well under a barage of strikes.
Despite being in a bad position, Bennett is controlling the hands, preventing any submission attempts.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stinkfist lands a shot to the body.
Bennett trying to control but not successfully.
Stinkfist has the hooks in. Bennett is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Stinkfist lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
Stinkfist scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Bennett is looking for a way out.
Stinkfist keeps control of the position as Bennett tries to break free.
Stinkfist punishes Bennett with strikes from the back mount.
Bennett is taking damage to the body and head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Bobcat Stinkfist will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Stinkfist tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Stinkfist takes a swing at Bennett's ribcage but misses.
Bennett uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Stinkfist.
Bobcat Stinkfist is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A big left from Bennett misses.
Stinkfist fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Stinkfist lands a glancing blow to the side of Bennett's head.
Stinkfist takes a swing at Bennett's ribcage but misses.
Stinkfist thows a body shot but no joy.
Stinkfist throws a nice looking combination but Bennett bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bennett connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

Bennett fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Stinkfist sprawls well initially but Bennett persists and gets the takedown into half guard.

Bennett is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Stinkfist manages to get to full guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bennett won't allow Stinkfist to sweep him here.
Bennett wants to pass the guard but Stinkfist is keeping the position.
Stinkfist working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Bennett.
Bennett throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Bennett avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Bennett stopping the sweep attempt from Stinkfist.

Stinkfist is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Bennett trying to control the position from guard on top but Stinkfist is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Stinkfist is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Bennett wants to control from the top but Stinkfist keeps moving.

Stinkfist looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Bennett trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Stinkfist falls off balance throwing a combination

and Bennett counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Stinkfist's guard now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Stinkfist is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Bennett defends well.

Stinkfist working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Bennett has passed into half guard!
Bennett prevents Stinkfist from improving his position.
Bennett not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Matt Bennett has got the better of the ground game so far.

Bennett is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Stinkfist doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Bennett.
Stinkfist is pressing down on Bennett's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

Bennett got a little sloppy there for a moment and Stinkfist has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Bennett has managed to get both his arms back between Stinkfist's legs - danger averted.
Bennett trying to control the position from guard on top but Stinkfist is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bennett works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Matt Bennett has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Stinkfist is refusing to be controlled, as Bennett sits in half guard.

Bennett is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Stinkfist makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Stinkfist.

Stinkfist is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Bennett is aware though and is defending well.
Bennett stopping the sweep attempt from Stinkfist.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Matt Bennett.
I think Stinkfist has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 29:28
Judge William Gold scores the fight 28:28
Judge James Glass scores the fight 29:27

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Bobcat Stinkfist!