PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joe Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charles Bennett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Young's entrance music is You're The Best. A fine choice. Joe Young had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 206.5lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Joe Young could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Charles Bennett's chin.

Young
vs
Bennett

190 cm
26
223 lbs
11 - 8 - 0

180 cm
30
222 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

Good wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Good gas tank

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 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Joe Young!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Charles Bennett!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Emerson Jorge and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Young moves into the clinch successfully.
Young scores with a shoulder strike.
Bennett fails to pull guard.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Bennett drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Young tries a body shot but Bennett blocks it.
Bennett is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Young to keep the fight standing.
Joe Young has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Charles Bennett.
Young scores with a hook to the body.
Young throws a punch but it's blocked by Bennett.
Young works on Bennett's body with a couple of short punches.
Young prevents a takedown attempt there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Young is pressed up against the cage. Bennett has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Young down to the mat. Young avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Young moves out of range as Bennett throws a body kick.

Young closes the distance and pushes Bennett back into the cage.
Young lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bennett backwards.
Young working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Young.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young has Bennett pressed against the cage, preventing Bennett from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Young has a couple of punches blocked by Bennett.
Young throws a punch but it's blocked by Bennett.
Young doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Young gets through Bennett's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bennett misses with a knee strike.
Young keeps control of Bennett as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bennett tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Young just stands there and leans against the cage.
Young tries to work over Bennett's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Bennett can't break the clinch.
Young throws a head punch that misses.
Young tries to throw a body punch but Bennett avoids it by throwing Young back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Young.
Young softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Young scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Young goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bennett misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Young.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bennett is trying to pull guard but Young turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Young scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Young tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A right hand to the body from Young.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Young swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bennett wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Young lands a body shot in the clinch.
Bennett looks gassed!
Young tries to throw a body punch but Bennett avoids it by throwing Young back against the cage.
Young lands a right hand.
Young misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bennett is trying to push Young away but Young has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Young unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Young lands with a left to the head.
Nice body punch from Young.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Young.
Young pushes Bennett back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Young working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young lands a nice uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Young.
Young scores with a hook to the body.
Nice elbow from Young.
Young cracks Bennett with a nice body shot.
Young lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bennett backwards.
A right hand to the body from Young.
Young lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A short right from Young on the inside.
Young lands a right hand.

Bennett is rocked!
Young swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bennett is still on wobbly legs! Can Young finish him?
Young misses with a punch to the body.
Young cracks Bennett with a nice body shot.
Bennett seems to have recovered his senses.
Bennett looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bennett's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Young creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bennett's defenses.
Young tries to throw a body punch but Bennett avoids it by throwing Young back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bennett drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Young gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Young unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bennett lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Young creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Young misses with a punch on the inside.
Bennett blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bennett tries to score a body lock takedown but Young shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Young lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bennett jumps guard but Young turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Young tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Young pushes Bennett back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Young can't find room to land a body shot as Bennett controls the action.
Young prevents a takedown attempt there.
Young gets through Bennett's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Young dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Young moves into range and clinches up with Bennett.

Bennett pulls guard successfully.
Bennett throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Young prevents Bennett from getting back to his feet.
Young tries to stand but Bennett is controlling from the bottom.
Young stopping the sweep attempt from Bennett.
Bennett trying to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bennett is looking to stand up but Young isn't so interested in that idea.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Bennett tries to clinch but Young moves out of range.
Bennett shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Young sprawls well. Young wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Bennett gets slowly back to his feet.
Young is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bennett can do to turn this around?

Young gets a clinch.
Young misses with a hook from the clinch.
Young misses with a body punch.
A short left from Young.
Bennett can't get the takedown.
Bennett tries for a takedown but Young manages to get underhooks.
Joe Young has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Charles Bennett.
Bennett is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bennett tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Young smiles and moves away.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Bennett wants to break free but Young has control.
Young fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bennett drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Young gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Young throws a head punch that misses.
Young tries to work over Bennett's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Young struggles to land a body shot inside as Bennett controls his hands.
Young lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short right from Young.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Young lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bennett backwards.
Bennett is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Young gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Young.
Young lands a shoulder strike.
Young pushes Bennett back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Young gets underhooks to prevent Bennett's takedown attempt.
Young unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Bennett! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Young is unloading with more strikes now! Bennett drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joe Young!