PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Plastic Bowl (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Benedict (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Bowl
vs
Benedict

178 cm
25
217 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

184 cm
25
210 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Plastic Bowl!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Joe Benedict!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Bart Greer and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bowl throws a right and a left that Benedict avoids nicely.
Benedict fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Bowl throws a nice looking combination but Benedict bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A telegraphed right hand from Bowl misses the target.
Benedict is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Bowl.
Benedict fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Benedict shoots in but no luck this time.

Bowl has managed to clinch.

Benedict lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Benedict looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Bowl tries to kick Benedict off but Benedict keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Bowl keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Benedict stops Bowl from getting back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Benedict wants to control but Bowl is keeping him busy.
Bowl is looking to escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Benedict trying to control from half guard but Bowl is working away.
Bowl on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Bowl tries to get out of the position.
Benedict is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Benedict missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Benedict throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Bowl is refusing to be controlled, as Benedict sits in half guard.
Benedict is pressing down on Bowl's thigh, looking to free his foot. Bowl is holding on for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benedict is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Benedict stalling.
Benedict has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Benedict lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Bowl hang on?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Benedict unloading with bombs!
Bowl is trying to stand up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benedict content just to control the position here.
Bowl is bucking up trying to escape but Benedict cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Benedict looking to control but Bowl is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Benedict lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Benedict lands a big shot there that rocks Bowl but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bowl taking shots to the head.
Benedict really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Bowl. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bowl is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Bowl taking shots to the head.

Bowl is rocked!
Benedict takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Benedict lands a nice shot to the head.
Benedict lands a big elbow.
Oh Bowl is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Whack. That's a big, big shot from Benedict! Bowl is out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Joe Benedict!
Joe Benedict decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.