PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jon Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Benson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Jones
vs
Benson

155 cm
28
225 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

193 cm
21
275 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jon Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ben Benson!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Colin Fray and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Jones misses.
Jones swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Benson counters by clinching up.
Benson prevents Jones from breaking the clinch.
Jones wants to break free but Benson has control.

Benson manages to break the clinch.
Jones misses with a combination
and Benson counters with a nice uppercut.
Benson throws a head kick but Jones moves out of range.
Benson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A punch combination from Jones misses.
Benson lands the left hand.
Benson avoids a punch combination nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Benson shoots in for a double leg but Jones sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Benson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jones displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

It looks like Ben Benson has been cut.

Benson shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Jones is trying to defend but Benson finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.

Benson escapes and gets back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Jones tries to clinch up but Benson circles away and keeps his distance.
Benson throws a head kick but Jones moves out of range.
Some wild striking there from Jones.
Jones misses with the combination.
Jones lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Benson circles away quickly and effectively.
Jones showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Benson.
Benson pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones throws a nice looking combination but Benson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jon Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jones misses with a wild combination.
Benson throws a head kick that Jones semi-blocks.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Benson slips a jab and a cross from Jones.

Benson lands a big head kick that sends Jones tumbling to the mat! Benson takes a step backwards and waves Jones back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Benson. Jones shrugs it off though.
Sloppy strikes from Jones. Those never looked like landing.
Jones is breathing heavily.

Benson gets a clinch.
Jones has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Jones missing with knees to the body.

Benson has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Jones uses from the top position.

Benson uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Both fighters circling slowly here as the pace drops. Hopefully one of them does someth.. OOOHHHH!!!! Benson throws an absolute beast of a head kick! Jones is done! He's out cold, twisted and contorted up against the cage! Wow!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Ben Benson!