PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Earl Bennet (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eddie Brock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Eddie Brock has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Bennet
vs
Brock

191 cm
23
215 lbs
6 - 4 - 1

190 cm
25
212 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 6 - 4 - 1, fighting out of New York, Earl Bennet!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Eddie Brock!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, David Schapiro and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch combination from Bennet misses.
Bennet misses with a few strikes there.
A slow jab from Brock misses its intended target.

Brock scores with a takedown into Bennet's guard.
Bennet wants to sweep but no luck.
Brock trying to control the position from guard on top but Bennet is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Brock looking to pass the guard.
Bennet is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Bennet looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Bennet keeping moving, preventing Brock from controlling successfully.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Eddie Brock wasn't active enough on the ground.
Brock steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bennet.
Brock throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Bennet counters with a single leg into guard. Brock didn't expect that.
Bennet scoring with punches to the head and body.
Brock working a defensive guard here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bennet throws a strike but Brock rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Brock wants to control from the top but Bennet keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Brock landing with the ground and pound.
Brock won't allow Bennet to sweep him here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Brock trying to control the position from guard on top but Bennet is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Brock slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Brock wants to stand but Bennet has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Bennet has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Eddie Brock was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Bennet keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

Bennet shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bennet working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Bennet landing some decent shots from guard.
Bennet trying to control but Brock is working from the bottom.
Bennet throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Bennet postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Bennet working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Brock is adopting a defensive guard.
Bennet throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Brock works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Bennet stands up over Brock, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Bennet postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Bennet looking to pass the guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bennet trying to control but Brock is working from the bottom.
Bennet scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Bennet wants to control from the top but Brock keeps moving.
Brock has momentary wrist control but Bennet slips an elbow through the middle.
Bennet looking to sit in guard and control but Brock gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Brock wants to stand but Bennet is controlling his posture from full guard.
Bennet on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Bennet tries to get out of the position.
Bennet is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Bennet looking for a sweep. Not yet Bennet, not yet.

Bennet is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Brock is aware though and is defending well.
Brock preventing the sweep.
Brock trying to control the position from guard on top but Bennet is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Brock must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Brock wants to stand but Bennet has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

Brock drops back looking for a leg! Bennet is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Bennet manages to kick Brock off! Brock jumps back into Bennet's guard.
Brock stopping the sweep attempt from Bennet.
Bennet manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Bennet fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Brock has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
The fight stays on the outside here - Brock looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Bennet tries to sprawl but Brock drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Bennet is refusing to be controlled, as Brock sits in half guard.
Bennet wants to control but Brock is keeping busy.
Brock prevents Bennet from improving his position.
Brock tries to stand but can't do so whilst Bennet controls his leg.
Bennet is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Bennet is working hard here to advance position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brock wants to control but Bennet is keeping him busy.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Bennet trying to hold on to Brock's head to control him but Brock postures up.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Brock tries to score a power double leg takedown but Bennet sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Brock somewhat.
Brock fails with the takedown

and Bennet counters with a nice double leg into side control. Brock won't be happy with that.
Bennet throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Bennet in side control, throwing shots but Brock defends.
Brock takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Brock tries to bench press Bennet off him but Bennet keeps the position.
Bennet landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Check out the look on Bennet's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Earl Bennet overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Bennet tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Bennet has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Bennet tries to score with some ground and pound. Brock controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Bennet scoring with punches from side control.
Brock is trying to control Bennet's posture but Bennet avoids it.
Bennet lands a strong strike to the head of Brock. That's dazed him! Bennet looking to finish here. Brock is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Bennet lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Earl Bennet!