PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ronald Roughcut (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Erik Bennett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ronald Roughcut has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Roughcut
vs
Bennett

190 cm
27
173 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

183 cm
20
182 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ronald Roughcut!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Erik Bennett!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Alyssa Summers and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bennett works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Good standup being displayed there by Bennett as he connects with a hook.
Bennett lands with a nice body punch.
Bennett misses with a body shot.
Bennett connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Roughcut shoots and misses
and Bennett connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Roughcut takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Roughcut on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Bennett throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Roughcut stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bennett changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Bennett ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Bennett, as that shot connected.
Bennett punishes Roughcut's body with a nice straight punch.
Roughcut has his takedown stuffed
and Bennett counters with a straight right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bennett lands a slapping body shot.
Roughcut is breathing heavily.
Roughcut misses with a takedown
and Bennett counters with a nice body shot.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ronald Roughcut. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roughcut closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Erik Bennett seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bennett scores with a jab.
Bennett ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Erik Bennett is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Roughcut drops his hands momentarily and Bennett takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Bennett comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Bennett comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roughcut ducks right into an uppercut from Bennett.

Bennett cracks Roughcut with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Roughcut looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Bennett finish him?

Roughcut is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Roughcut takes a body punch but keeps moving.

Bennett feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Roughcut sprawling to the canvas! Roughcut rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Bennett finish him?!
Oh Roughcut is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bennett lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bennett. Roughcut does a little dance to reset his feet.
Roughcut seems to have got his legs back now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bennett connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Roughcut. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Bennett connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Roughcut's hands.
Bennett digs a good hook to Roughcut's body.
Bennett lands a jab to the nose.

Bennett cracks Roughcut with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Roughcut looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Bennett finish him?
Bennett lands a nice shot to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bennett throws a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Erik Bennett dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Roughcut takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Bennett lands with a shot to the body.
Bennett jabs at Roughcut's body.

Bennett sends Roughcut crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Bennett is motioning to the referee to let Roughcut up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

It looks like Ronald Roughcut has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bennett dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bennett lands with a right hand.
Bennett misses with a low kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Bennett cracks Roughcut with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Roughcut looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Bennett finish him?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bennett with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Bennett lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Roughcut at a distance.
Bennett is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Roughcut rather than just go for the knockout.
Bennett lands a slapping body shot.

Bennett sends Roughcut crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Bennett is motioning to the referee to let Roughcut up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bennett cracks a nice hook into Roughcut's ribs.

Bennett lands a big right hand that sends Roughcut crashing to the mat! Bennett stays standing though and waves Roughcut back to his feet!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bennett wants to land a leg kick but Roughcut is out of range.
Bennett stuns Roughcut with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Roughcut looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Bennett changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Roughcut might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Bennett scores with a punch to the head.
Bennett fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Roughcut checks a leg kick.
Roughcut takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Bennett drops Roughcut with a naaaaasty hook - Roughcut is in real trouble here! Bennett dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Erik Bennett!
A relieved looking Erik Bennett thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.