PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Noah Bennet (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cup Tea (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Bennet might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Unloco - Crashing. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Bennet
vs
Tea

183 cm
29
193 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

186 cm
28
196 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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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 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Noah Bennet!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Cup Tea!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Hirohito Nitta and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tea throws a series of punches but Bennet avoids them all with ease.
Tea blocks a low kick nicely.
Bennet throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Cup Tea seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bennet misses with a straight right.
Bennet takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

It looks like Noah Bennet has been cut.
A big left from Tea misses.
Tea checks a leg kick.

Bennet tries to keep at a distance but Tea has taken the fight into the clinch.
Bennet misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bennet scores with a knee to the head.
Bennet is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tea is defending well for now.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Bennet lands a nice shot to the body.
Bennet lands a left hand.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Bennet as Tea tries to tie him up.
Bennet using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tea has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Bennet landing knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bennet putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Tea in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Tea is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bennet tries a knee to the head but Tea blocks it.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Bennet tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tea is trying to pull guard but Bennet turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Bennet lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bennet lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bennet throws a head punch that misses.
Bennet lands an elbow that stopped Tea in his tracks for a moment.
Tea can't find room to land a body shot as Bennet controls the action.
Bennet looking to stall.
Bennet tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tea's elbow.
Bennet wants to stall.
Bennet swings wildly with an uppercut but Tea uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tea gets through Bennet's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bennet looking to throw knees to the head but Tea is blocking nicely.
Bennet tries to land a knee to the head but Tea blocks with his arms.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A knee to the head by Bennet.
Tea is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Bennet gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Bennet working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bennet unloads a knee to the mid-section. Tea lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Tea struggles to land a body shot inside as Bennet controls his hands.
Tea wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bennet has him pressed against the cage.
Bennet landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Tea looks gassed!
Bennet throws an elbow that misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bennet.
Bennet has a couple of punches blocked by Tea.
Tea avoiding damage as Bennet throws knees to the body.
Tea is trying to stall.
Bennet putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Tea in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bennet lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Bennet tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tea.
Bennet trying to stall but Tea improves his position.
Bennet with a knee to the head.
Bennet scores with a shot to the side of Tea's head.
Bennet connects with a nasty looking knee right to Tea's face.
Bennet stalling against the cage.
Bennet throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bennet is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Bennet missing with knees to the body.
Tea drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Bennet gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Noah Bennet has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cup Tea.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tea is trying to force a seperation but Bennet has the dominant position.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bennet.
Tea dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bennet with a knee to the head.
Tea has Bennet pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Bennet manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Bennet struggles to land a body shot inside as Tea controls his hands.
Tea misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tea with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Bennet takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Tea avoiding damage as Bennet throws knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bennet throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tea blocks it with crossed arms.
A short right from Bennet on the inside.
Bennet prevents the takedown attempt.
Tea is looking to break free of the clinch but Bennet has double underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Noah Bennet dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Noah Bennet's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Bennet throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Tea scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Bennet. Tea shrugs it off though.
Bennet defending well as Tea loads up on a big left hand.
Bennet moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Bennet throws a quick inside leg kick.
Tea takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Tea walks into a left hand.
Bennet tries to bum rush Tea with a series of wild strikes but Tea uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Bennet blocks a jab.
Tea throws a hook but Bennet blocks it.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Bennet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tea getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Tea missing with a left hand there. Bennet was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tea swats away the attempt to clinch by Bennet.
Bennet is looking to chop away at Tea's legs.
Tea takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Tea is breathing heavily.
Tea tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bennet was well out of range. Poor timing from Tea.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bennet scoring well with a low kick there.
Tea throws a combination that misses
and Bennet counters with a slapping leg kick.
Bennet lands a nice looking body kick.
Bennet throws a leg kick which misses Tea's front leg but catches the back leg as Tea tries to avoid it.
Bennet paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Tea takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Bennet looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bennet fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Bennet throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tea sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bennet slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Cup Tea is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bennet tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tea swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tea tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A big right from Tea misses.
Bennet lands a really nice looking cross but Tea seems unphased.
Bennet lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Tea steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bennet.
Tea on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Tea takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Bennet.
Good leg kick by Bennet there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Nice body punch from Bennet.
Bennet clobbers Tea with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Bennet lands a nice looking kick to the body. Tea takes a step back to recover.
Bennet lands a nice looking kick to the body. Tea takes a step back to recover.
Bennet lands a lovely overhand right.
Tea throws a right and a left that Bennet avoids nicely.
A combination from Tea does no damage.
Bennet is looking to chop away at Tea's legs.
Bennet throws a low kick, looking for Tea's leg but Tea calmly moves out of range.
Good work by Tea as he checks the leg kick.
Tea has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Tea there as he acknowledges the shot.
Tea rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bennet moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tea's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A telegraphed right hand from Tea misses the target.
Bennet defending well as Tea loads up on a big left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bennet keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bennet throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Tea throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Bennet, right into the meat.
Tea tries to bum rush Bennet with a series of wild strikes but Bennet uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Bennet displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tea throws out the jab.
Noah Bennet is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tea thows a body shot but no joy.
Tea throws a combination that misses
and Bennet counters with a nice leg kick.
Bennet is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tea can do to turn this around?
A solid leg kick lands there for Bennet.
Bennet lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Bennet tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bennet lands a leg kick that knocks Tea off balance momentarily.
Bennet getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Bennet.
Noah Bennet is winning the standup battle so far.
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!
Crunch! Bennet slams his shin into Tea's torso.
Tea has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Bennet.
Tea keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tea takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Bennet tries to clinch up but Tea circles away and keeps his distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body kick there by Bennet.
Bennet misses with an uppercut.
Tea takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Nice straight punches there by Bennet. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Bennet.
Bennet lands a nice leg kick that just misses Tea's sensitive parts.
Bennet dips to his left and cracks Tea with an uppercut!
Bennet looks to throw the jab but Tea is out of range.
Bennet throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Bennet misses with a series of wild punches.
Tea looks to land a left hand but Bennet moved out of range nicely.
Nice cross by Bennet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bennet throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Tea swings widly with a right hand
and Bennet finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Bennet cracks a nice hook into Tea's ribs.
Tea looks to throw the jab but Bennet is out of range.
Bennet connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Noah Bennet dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Noah Bennet's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Bennet cracks the inside of Tea's front leg.
Both fighters circling a little - Bennet finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Bennet fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Tea sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.

Bennet clinches.
Bennet lands with a right to the head.
Knees to the body from Bennet.
Tea tries to throw a body punch but Bennet avoids it by throwing Tea back against the cage.
Bennet tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bennet working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bennet throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Tea managing to block the knees to the body from Bennet.
Bennet trying to control the position but instead, Tea has worked for underhooks and has pushed Bennet into the cage.
Tea takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A knee to the head by Bennet.
Bennet stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tea is looking for a takedown.
Bennet tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bennet utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Bennet connects with a knee to the head.
Bennet throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tea blocks it with crossed arms.
Tea fails to pull guard.
Bennet landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bennet using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tea has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bennet pressing his opponent against the cage.
Tea tries to pull guard but Bennet forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Noah Bennet has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cup Tea.
Bennet scores with a shot to the side of Tea's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bennet has Tea pressed against the cage, preventing Tea from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tea avoiding damage as Bennet throws knees to the body.
Bennet unloads a knee to the mid-section. Tea lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bennet lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Bennet unloads a knee to the mid-section. Tea lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bennet lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bennet lands a nice knee to the body.
Bennet looking to throw knees to the head but Tea is blocking nicely.
A short uppercut from Bennet.
Bennet scores a nice knee to the body.
Tea on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bennet stalling against the cage.
Bennet prevents the takedown attempt.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Bennet takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Bennet seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bennet lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bennet throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bennet swings wildly with an uppercut but Tea uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tea working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bennet throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tea blocks it with crossed arms.
Tea is trying to pull guard but Bennet has him pressed against the cage.
Bennet tries to land a knee to the head but Tea blocks with his arms.
Tea is looking to take this one to the mat.
Bennet with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bennet lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tea is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Cup Tea has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bennet taking a breather.
Noah Bennet is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tea is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Bennet pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Bennet trying to land knees to the body.
Tea has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Bennet after a bit of a struggle.
Bennet lands a body shot in the clinch.
Tea is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Bennet gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Bennet connects with a knee to the head.
Tea doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tea misses with the head strike.
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!
Bennet effectively controlling the action here.
Bennet lands a nice knee to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tea goes for a takedown attempt but Bennet pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Bennet tries to close the distance and clinch but Tea swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

And that's the end of the fight!
Noah Bennet showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bennet has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:27
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Noah Bennet!
Noah Bennet managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Hell's Kitchen Lab Corp (159.49 $75), into his post fight interview.