PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chris Benton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dustin Malone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Benton kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Queens Navy . Dustin Malone is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Benton
vs
Malone

200 cm
22
220 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
24
218 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
KO power

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Chris Benton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dustin Malone!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Malone fails with an attempt to clinch.
Benton slips under a jab from Malone.
Malone tries to clinch up but Benton circles away and keeps his distance.
Benton tries to bum rush Malone with a series of wild strikes but Malone uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Benton keeps the fight on the outside.

Benton clinches up against the cage.
Malone is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Benton is defending well for now.
Benton tries for a takedown. No joy.
Benton tries for a takedown but Malone manages to get underhooks.
Benton misses with a short punch on the inside.
Malone tries to land a knee to the head but Benton blocks with his arms.
Malone looks to throw an elbow but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Malone just misses with a elbow thrown towards Benton's brow.
Malone tries to land knees in the clinch but Benton avoids the damage to the body.
Malone with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Benton takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Chris Benton has been cut.
Malone throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Malone landing knees to the head.
Malone creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Malone connects with a nasty looking knee right to Benton's face.
Malone gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Benton.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chris Benton. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Malone misses with an elbow over the top.
Benton effectively controlling the action here.

Benton manages to pull guard.
Benton utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Malone wants to control from the top but Benton keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Malone might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Benton kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Malone throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Malone stopping the sweep attempt from Benton.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Dustin Malone was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Benton has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Malone lands with a right hand.
Benton needs to keep his hands up - Malone had a free shot at his head there.

Chris Benton's cut is getting worse.
Benton avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Malone gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Malone using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Benton has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Benton changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Malone fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Malone is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

Benton is rocked!
Benton gets hit by the mother of all head kicks and drops to the canvas in a crumpled heap! Woooow, the Internet is going to be talking about this one for weeks!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Dustin Malone!