PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bone Crash (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Julius Benson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Benson comes into a darkened arena with his song building. The XX - Crystalised kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Crash
vs
Benson

178 cm
22
165 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

175 cm
21
169 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Very quick

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bone Crash!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Julius Benson!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Johanna Lukiainen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crash misses with a body shot.
Benson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Crash pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Crash feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Benson's calf.
Crash misses with a body shot.
Crash feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Benson's calf.
Crash throws a looping overhand right but Benson ducks down to avoid it.
Crash throws a low kick but Benson moves out of range easily.
Crash fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Benson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Benson avoids the head kick by Crash.
Crash keeps the fight on the outside.
Crash scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crash misses with a jab to the body
and Benson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Benson tries to clinch but Crash moves away
and Crash counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

Benson clinches up against the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Crash.
Benson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right from Crash.
Benson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Crash wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Benson has him pressed against the cage.
Benson trying to land knees to the body.
Benson pushes Crash back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A right hook to the body lands for Benson.

Crash breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Benson tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Crash counters with a big head kick but Benson shrugs it off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Crash scores with a decent looking hook.
Crash turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Crash scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

Benson clinches with his opponent.
Crash prevents a body shot from Benson.
Crash fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Crash is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Benson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Crash's face.
A head punch on the inside from Benson fails to land.
Crash managing to block the knees to the body from Benson.
Benson has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. So far he's outscoring his opponent in the clinch so it seems to have been worthwhile.
Crash scores with a hook to the body.
Good body shot from Crash.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benson misses with a knee strike.
Benson misses with a body punch.
Crash blocking some punches.
Benson misses with some punches.
Crash misses with a body punch.
Crash goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Benson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Benson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Crash is defending well for now.
Benson missing with knees to the body.
The referee calls for Crash to work.
Benson prevents a body shot from Crash.
Crash misses with a short punch on the inside.
Benson lands with a left to the head.
Crash misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crash can't find room to land a body shot as Benson controls the action.
Crash makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Crash working aggressively here.
Benson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Crash's elbow.
Crash works on Benson's body with a couple of short punches.
Crash tries to work over Benson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Crash can't break the clinch.
Crash stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
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!
Benson takes a shot to the head.
Crash taking a breather.
Good body shot from Crash.
Benson tries to work over Crash's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Crash lands a nice uppercut.
Benson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Crash pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Crash throws a half hearted mid kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bone Crash 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.

Crash throws a leg kick but Benson checks it.
Crash works Benson's body with a nice hook.
Benson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Crash swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Benson tries to clinch up.
Crash sizes up Benson with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

Benson has taken the fight to the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Crash.
A short right from Crash.
Benson trying to stall but Crash improves his position.
Crash blocks a body shot from Benson.
Bone Crash has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Crash.
A short body shot lands from Crash as the two fighters clinch.
Crash looking to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crash lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A short right from Benson on the inside.
Benson lands a nice uppercut.
Crash is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Benson is keeping busy.
Crash lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Crash misses with a body punch.
Benson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Crash avoids it.
Crash slows down the pace here.
Benson lands a good knee to the midsection. Crash won't want to take too many of those.
Crash misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crash prevents a body shot from Benson.
Benson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Crash blocks it with crossed arms.
Crash misses with a punch to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Crash.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Benson obliges.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Crash content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Crash tries to work over Benson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Crash prevents a body shot from Benson.

Crash pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Crash throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Benson counters with a straight right hand.
The fight stays on the outside here - Benson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Crash throws a right hand that Benson ducks under and follows up with a left that Benson also avoids with ease.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benson is looking to clinch but Crash is avoiding it.
Benson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Benson checks the leg kick nicely there.
Benson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Crash swats away the attempt to clinch by Benson.
Crash is looking to score with low kicks.
Bone Crash is winning the standup battle so far.
Crash throws a low kick but it's checked well by Benson.
Benson closes the distance looking to clinch
and Crash counters with a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benson closes the distance looking to clinch
and Crash counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Crash throws a combination that misses
and Benson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Crash tries to score with a low kick but Benson moves his leg out of the way.
Benson's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Crash throws a nice inside leg kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Crash throws a head kick but Benson moves out of range.
Benson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Crash looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

Benson gets in close and instigates a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bone Crash dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Benson on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Benson takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Crash throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Crash throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Crash is looking to wear down Benson with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A punch lands to the side of Crash 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Crash lands with a thumping leg kick.
Benson tries to clinch there but Crash circles away.

Benson moves into the clinch.
Benson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The referee is keeping an eye on Benson - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Benson throws a head punch that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crash working aggressively here.
Crash stalling.
Crash lands a body shot in the clinch.
Benson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Crash backwards.
Crash tries to throw a body punch but Benson avoids it by throwing Crash back against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Crash.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Crash.
Benson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Crash throws a head punch that misses.
Crash lands with a light punch inside.
A body shot lands from Crash.
Benson tries a body shot but Crash blocks it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Crash.
Benson tries to work over Crash's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Benson obliges.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Benson takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Crash pushes Benson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Crash stalls.
Crash stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Crash scores with a nice hook to the head.
Benson lands a body shot in the clinch.
Crash prevents a body shot from Benson.
Crash stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Crash misses with some punches.
Crash blocks a body shot from Benson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Crash is looking to control Benson's arms but Benson gets an underhook and turns him. Now Crash has his back to the cage.
Benson digs a right hand into Crash's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Crash's gas tank.
Nice body punch from Benson.
Benson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Crash swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Crash swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Benson stalls.
Benson pushes Crash back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Benson tries to throw a body punch but Crash avoids it by throwing Benson back against the cage.
Benson crunches a lovely knee into Crash's ribcage.
Benson is working Crash over against the cage.
Julius Benson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Crash.
Benson missing with knees to the body.
Crash has a couple of punches blocked by Benson.
Crash managing to block the knees to the body from Benson.
Crash tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Benson's elbow.
A short right from Benson on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Crash tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Benson's elbow.
Benson is leaning against Crash and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Crash misses with the head strike.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Benson.
Benson lands a nice uppercut.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Benson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A short right from Crash on the inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Bone Crash.
Well Crash 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 Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:28
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:28
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bone Crash!