PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Richard Bennett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brett Isildor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Isildor has chosen The Hobbit Music as his entrance music. Richard Bennett could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Brett Isildor's chin.

Bennett
vs
Isildor

180 cm
25
198 lbs
16 - 7 - 0

190 cm
29
184 lbs
16 - 9 - 1

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Richard Bennett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Brett Isildor!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Trevor Gratis and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Isildor lunges at Bennett with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Bennett's hand.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Bennett.
Isildor with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Bennett to score with a decent uppercut.
A chopping leg kick lands by Bennett.
Bennett throws a nice outside leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Isildor tries to clinch up but Bennett circles away and keeps his distance.
Bennett swings for the body but Isildor moves out of range.
Isildor is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Isildor looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Bennett takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bennett blocks the body kick.
Isildor lands with a kick to the temple. Bennett shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Bennett pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Richard Bennett seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Isildor fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Bennett is out of range.
Bennett is looking to land body kicks.
Isildor turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A low kick from Bennett misses
and Isildor counters with a nice low kick that buckles Bennett's knee momentarily.

Bennett gets tackled into the cage by Isildor. Isildor maintains the clinch.
Bennett misses with a punch to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Isildor is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bennett tries a body shot but Isildor blocks it.
With the fighters up against the cage, Isildor throws an elbow but misses.
Bennett can't find room to land a body shot as Isildor controls the action.
Isildor managing to block the knees to the body from Bennett.
Bennett misses with a body punch.
Isildor blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Isildor managing to block the knees to the body from Bennett.
Bennett goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Isildor doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Isildor throws an elbow but misses.
Bennett gets through Isildor's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bennett misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Isildor.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Bennett can't find room to land a body shot as Isildor controls the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Isildor throws an elbow that misses.
Isildor looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Isildor lands an elbow that stopped Bennett in his tracks for a moment.
Isildor throws an elbow that misses.
Isildor slowing the pace effectively.
Isildor looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Isildor unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bennett lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Isildor prevents a body shot from Bennett.
Isildor looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Isildor prevents a body shot from Bennett.
Isildor trying to control the position but instead, Bennett has worked for underhooks and has pushed Isildor into the cage.
Isildor throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Isildor struggles to land a body shot inside as Bennett controls his hands.
Isildor misses with an elbow strike.
Isildor taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Isildor working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Isildor pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Isildor prevents a body shot from Bennett.
Isildor creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Knees to the body from Bennett.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bennett tries a body shot but Isildor blocks it.
Bennett is pushing Isildor up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Bennett struggles to land a body shot inside as Isildor controls his hands.
Isildor is looking to control Bennett's arms but Bennett gets an underhook and turns him. Now Isildor has his back to the cage.
Bennett blocks the elbow strike.
Isildor lands an elbow inside that Bennett shrugs off.
Bennett lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Bennett.
Bennett is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Isildor is defending well for now.
Bennett tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Isildor pushes off an throws an elbow but Bennett leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Isildor just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bennett's brow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Brett Isildor will probably get the nod.
That's time! Bennett's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Isildor closes the distance but Bennett moves to the side
and Bennett counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bennett. Isildor does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bennett lands a nice hook to Isildor's body. Isildor takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Bennett throws a hook to the side of Isildor's head but Isildor sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Isildor lands a head kick!
Bennett throws a poor cross that misses
and Isildor makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Isildor fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Bennett has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Isildor is looking to land body kicks.
Isildor tries to clinch up but Bennett circles away and keeps his distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bennett blocks a head kick by Isildor.
Bennett misses with a hook to the body
and Isildor counters with a nice low kick that buckles Bennett's knee momentarily.
Isildor throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Isildor tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Bennett manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bennett just misses with a punch to the body.

Isildor gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Isildor tries to land knees in the clinch but Bennett avoids the damage to the body.
Isildor throws an elbow that misses.
Isildor tries to land knees in the clinch but Bennett avoids the damage to the body.
Isildor is looking to control Bennett's arms but Bennett gets an underhook and turns him. Now Isildor has his back to the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Isildor throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Isildor creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Bennett tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Isildor lands a left hand.
Bennett lands a good knee to the midsection. Isildor won't want to take too many of those.
Isildor stalling in the clinch but Bennett improves position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bennett lands a hook that snaps the head of Isildor backwards.
Bennett can't find room to land a body shot as Isildor controls the action.
Bennett blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Isildor trying to control the position but instead, Bennett has worked for underhooks and has pushed Isildor into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Isildor tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A shot in the inside from Isildor.
Bennett misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bennett stalling.
Bennett blocks the elbow strike.
Isildor takes a shot to the head.
Isildor misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bennett.
Bennett's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Bennett lands a body punch.
Isildor throws a head punch that misses.
Bennett displaying some good clinch control by pressing Isildor up against the cage.
Isildor is looking to control Bennett's arms but Bennett gets an underhook and turns him. Now Isildor has his back to the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bennett stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Bennett avoids a wild elbow strike from Isildor.
Bennett digs a right hand underneath Isildor's ribcage. Isildor let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bennett avoids the elbow strike from Isildor, against the cage.
Isildor misses with the head strike.
Bennett lands a right hand.
Bennett blocks a body shot from Isildor.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Bennett creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bennett throws a head punch that misses.
Isildor throws an elbow that misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Isildor.
Isildor lands an elbow inside that Bennett shrugs off.
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 Richard Bennett will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Bennett scores with a hook to the body. Isildor takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Bennett throws a leg kick
and Isildor counters with a body kick that stops Bennett in his tracks momentarily.
Isildor keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Isildor uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bennett.
Bennett scores with a shot to the body.
Isildor throws a leg kick
and Bennett counters with a good low kick that Isildor was not able to check.
Isildor tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Isildor fails in his attempt to clinch.
Isildor throws a leg kick but Bennett sees it coming and moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Isildor throws a low kick but Bennett moves out of range easily.
Isildor checks a low kick from Bennett.
Isildor tries to close the distance and clinch but Bennett swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Isildor scores with a jab. Bennett acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Bennett lands with a right hand.
A good leg kick by Isildor.
Bennett throws a leg kick that is checked
and Isildor counters with a nice leg kick.
Isildor with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Bennett pivots, looking for a leg kick but Isildor is out of range and Bennett settles back down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Isildor throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Isildor is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bennett.
Bennett misses with a low kick.
Bennett cracks the inside of Isildor's front leg.
Bennett throws a head kick that misses.
Isildor blocks the body kick.
Bennett tries to work over Isildor's front leg with a kick but Isildor checks it.
Bennett tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Isildor is able to avoid easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Isildor instigates a clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Isildor throws an elbow but misses.
Isildor misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bennett.
Isildor misses with some punches.
Bennett tries a body shot but Isildor blocks it.
Bennett lands a knee to the body.
Isildor trying to control the position but instead, Bennett has worked for underhooks and has pushed Isildor into the cage.
Bennett lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Brett Isildor has been cut.
Isildor pushes off an throws an elbow but Bennett leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Bennett tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Isildor's elbow.
Bennett lands an elbow inside that Isildor shrugs off.
A left hand lands to the body for Bennett.
Isildor working aggressively here.
Bennett with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bennett avoids the elbow strike from Isildor, against the cage.
Bennett throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Isildor blocks it with crossed arms.
Richard Bennett has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Bennett pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bennett tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Isildor's elbow.
Bennett's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Bennett blocks the elbow strike.
Bennett is trying to maintain a safe position but Isildor gets an underhook and turns Bennett into the cage.
Isildor throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Isildor is struggling to control the position.
Isildor lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bennett lands a left hand.
Bennett with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Isildor gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Richard Bennett.
I think Bennett 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 Robert Douchet scores the fight 28:30
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 29:29
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 29:29

The fight is ruled a majority draw!