PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dan Benson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Domingos Savio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Benson might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Eminem - Not Afraid. Savio has chosen Remember the name as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Benson
vs
Savio

180 cm
23
172 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

184 cm
19
176 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dan Benson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Domingos Savio!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Joseph Jones and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Savio tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Savio throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Benson.
Domingos Savio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fight stays on the outside here - Savio looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Benson shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Savio defends it nicely.

Benson gets the takedown into side control.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
A lull in the action here as Benson stalls from top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Savio is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Benson is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Benson looking to control and managing it successfully.
A nice elbow there by Benson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Benson looking to control and managing it successfully.
Benson's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Savio is working to get back to half guard.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Dan Benson wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Savio wants to clinch.
Benson looks for a takedown but Savio sprawls well.
Savio tries to clinch up but Benson circles away and keeps his distance.
Benson shoots for a takedown but Savio saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dan Benson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Benson fails with a takedown attempt.
Benson swats away the attempt to clinch by Savio.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Horrible takedown by Benson or perhaps it was just good defense by Savio which made him look bad.
Benson is breathing heavily.
Benson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Savio stuffs the takedown.
Savio fails in his attempt to clinch.
Savio wants to clinch up but Benson keeps it at a distance.
Savio is looking to clinch but Benson is avoiding it.
Savio tries to close the distance and clinch up but Benson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Benson keeps the fight on the outside.
Benson shoots for a takedown but Savio saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Savio tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Savio tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Savio is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Savio throws a nice outside leg kick.
Benson swats away the attempt to clinch by Savio.
Savio fails with an attempt to clinch.
Savio tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Benson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Benson shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Savio as he avoids it easily.
Savio tries to clinch up

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
and Benson counters with a shoot takedown. Savio fights it but they end up in guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Savio thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Savio had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Benson defends it easily.
Benson won't allow Savio to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Dan Benson will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Benson shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Savio as he avoids it easily.
Savio tries to clinch up.
Savio throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Savio closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

Benson gets a double leg takedown into Savio's guard.
Benson slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Savio tries to buck Benson off but Benson is having none of it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Benson in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Savio is trying to get back to half guard.
Savio is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Benson takes a little break here. Savio wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Benson blocks the strikes from Savio.
Benson happy to just control the position for now.
Benson seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Savio for as long as he can get away with.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Dan Benson wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Benson fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Savio avoids it really well and circles away.
Savio misses with a head kick.
Savio keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dan Benson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Savio tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Benson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Savio wants to clinch.
Benson looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Savio is fending him off so far but Benson persists. Nope, Savio circles away and we're back to standing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Savio tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Savio closes the distance but Benson moves to the side
and Benson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Benson shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Savio defends it nicely.
Savio tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Benson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Savio tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Benson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Benson shoots in looking for a takedown but Savio manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Benson's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Domingos Savio seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Savio tries to clinch there but Benson circles away.
Savio shoots in but Benson avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Savio fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Savio fails in his attempt to clinch.
Savio lands a high kick!
Savio doesn't manage to clinch there - Benson circles away.
Savio is looking to clinch but Benson is avoiding it.
Savio is trying hard to land a takedown here. Benson sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Savio gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Benson.

Benson bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Benson controls the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Benson is working Savio over with some ground and pound from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dan Benson dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

The fight stays on the outside here - Savio looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Savio is looking to clinch but Benson is avoiding it.
Benson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Savio is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Benson shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Benson showed some decent athleticism there.
Benson is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Savio!
Benson prevents Savio from getting the reversal.
Benson controlling the position easily from mount.
Savio takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Savio takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Benson takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Savio is trying desperately to improve position.
Benson sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Dan Benson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Benson landing strikes from the mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benson controlling from the full mount.
Benson landing shots from mount.
Benson content just to control the position here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benson breaks from Savio's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Benson is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Benson controlling from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benson has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Domingos Savio has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Dan Benson wasn't doing enough on the ground.

Benson closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Savio did well to prevent Benson getting side control.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dan Benson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Benson, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Steve Montenegro scores the fight 30:27
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dan Benson!
Dan Benson very nearly forgot to thank GR Design - Top quality, from $10 to $150 ! amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.