PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tinker Bell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bennet Benoit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Bennet Benoit was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Bell
vs
Benoit

177 cm
18
176 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

177 cm
18
177 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

Dynamo Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tinker Bell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bennet Benoit!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Ryoma Takatsuka and Jeff Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Benoit wants to land a leg kick but Bell is out of range.
Benoit fails to land the takedown.
Sloppy strikes from Benoit. Those never looked like landing.
Benoit swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Benoit closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Bell quickly recovers to half guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Benoit throwing shots but Bell is blocking nicely.
Benoit thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Bell's head.
Bell blocking the ground and pound attempt from Benoit.
Benoit thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Bell's head.
Benoit missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Benoit looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Bell with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Benoit has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Benoit sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Bell defending well though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Benoit not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Benoit not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Benoit is nestled in close to Bell, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Benoit thows a huge punch but Bell dodges it nicely.
Bell knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Benoit on the ground.
Benoit wants to lay and pray for a moment but Bell keeps working.
Benoit throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Benoit takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Benoit working over Bell with some ground and pound. Bell looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Benoit working the head and body with strikes.
Bell taking some punishment here, with Benoit in his half guard.
Benoit not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Benoit is trying to control the action in half guard but Bell is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Benoit drops an elbow to the side of Bell's head.
Benoit is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Bell has hold of Benoit's hands but Benoit slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Benoit scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Bell looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Benoit scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Benoit lands with a punch from half guard.
Benoit scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Benoit sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Bell defending well though.
Bell wants to get back to full guard.
Bell on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Bell tries to get out of the position.
Benoit passes the guard and advances to mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benoit lands a heavy elbow.
Benoit landing strikes, looking to finish!
Benoit lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Benoit dominating with strikes here.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Benoit lands a heavy elbow.

Bell is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
BOOM! Benoit connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Oh Bell is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Benoit landing shots from mount.
Benoit postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Bell in real trouble here! The ref calls for Bell to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bennet Benoit!