PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Charles Bennett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jordan House (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bennett
vs
House

180 cm
33
222 lbs
10 - 9 - 0

190 cm
32
221 lbs
13 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

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 10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Charles Bennett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jordan House!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Leandro Rodrigues and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
House throws a nice looking combination but Bennett bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
House scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

It looks like Charles Bennett has been cut.
House looks to land a right hand but Bennett moved out of range.
House ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
House tries to bum rush Bennett with a series of wild strikes but Bennett uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
House fails to land with a series of punches.
House will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
House misses with a double jab
and Bennett makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Bennett closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
House looks gassed!
House taking some punishment here, with Bennett in his half guard.
Bennett landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
House wants to get back to full guard.
Bennett lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Bennett trying to pass the guard but House defending well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
House has hold of Bennett's hands but Bennett slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
House avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Bennett.
Bennett working the head and body with strikes.
Bennett sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. House defending well though.
House has hold of Bennett's hands but Bennett slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bennett lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked House! More strikes land and this one is all over! Bennett jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Charles Bennett!
Charles Bennett decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.