PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Benji Cheshire (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and The Sun God Ra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Cheshire
vs
Sun God Ra

189 cm
34
220 lbs
16 - 12 - 1

189 cm
30
222 lbs
8 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

The Adrenaline Matrix

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Benji Cheshire!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, The Sun God Ra!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Cheshire rushes Ra and presses him up against the cage.
Cheshire lands a shoulder strike.
Ra pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Cheshire tries to land a knee to the head but Ra blocks with his arms.
Cheshire pressing his opponent against the cage.
Ra throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cheshire is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

Ra is fighting off a takedown attempt but Cheshire is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Ra to the mat. Ra regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Ra pulls Cheshire in to control the position.
Ra being controlled here, momentarily.
Ra wants to sweep here but Cheshire controlling him for the moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cheshire stays in close to Ra's body and controls the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ra pulls Cheshire in to control the position.
Cheshire sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Ra is pulling down on Cheshire's head to control his posture.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

Cheshire moves into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Ra misses with an elbow strike.
Ra tries to land knees in the clinch but Cheshire avoids the damage to the body.
Ra avoids a wild elbow strike from Cheshire.
Cheshire blocks the elbow strike.
Cheshire creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Cheshire lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ra backwards.
Ra tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cheshire avoids it.

Cheshire turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Cheshire manages to end up in side control.
Ra being controlled for a moment.
Ra is looking to regain half guard here but Cheshire keeps moving and retains side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ra pushes Cheshire away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Cheshire gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Cheshire throws an elbow but Ra slips to the side and avoids it well.
Cheshire is staying tight to Ra's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Ra is holding Cheshire down, trying to stall.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Ra is looking for a sweep.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Cheshire avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Cheshire is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cheshire looks to clinch
and Ra counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Cheshire misses with a body punch
and Ra cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ra clobbers Cheshire with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Cheshire misses with a takedown attempt - Ra sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Cheshire fails with an attempt to clinch.
A little jabbing left from Ra on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Cheshire takes a shot to the body in his stride.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cheshire looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ra misses with a right hand
and Cheshire cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Benji Cheshire dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Cheshire moves into the clinch.
Ra lands a damaging elbow.
Nice elbow from Cheshire.

It looks like The Sun God Ra has been cut.
Ra throws an elbow but it misses.
Ra avoids a wild elbow strike from Cheshire.
Ra creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Cheshire's defenses.
Ra throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Cheshire is trying to maintain a safe position but Ra gets an underhook and turns Cheshire into the cage.
Cheshire managing to block the knees to the body from Ra.
Cheshire misses with an elbow strike.
Ra looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Cheshire with an attempt at a knee that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cheshire manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Ra is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Ra lands a damaging elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cheshire tries to land a knee to the head but Ra blocks with his arms.
Cheshire with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Cheshire misses with an elbow strike.
Ra takes an elbow to the forehead.
Cheshire wants to stall.
Ra lands a right hand that snaps the head of Cheshire backwards.
Ra misses with an elbow strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cheshire.
Ra misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cheshire.
Cheshire taking a breather.
Ra pushes off an throws an elbow but Cheshire leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Cheshire takes an elbow to the temple.
A nice left hand lands by Cheshire.
Ra is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cheshire is defending well for now.
Benji Cheshire has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Cheshire lands a damaging elbow.
Cheshire takes a knee right on the jaw!
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ra trying to land knees to the body.
Ra lands with a short shot to the head.
Cheshire throws an elbow that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Ra just misses with a elbow thrown towards Cheshire's brow.
Ra lands an elbow inside.
Cheshire tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ra takes an elbow to the forehead.
Ra is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Cheshire is keeping busy.
Cheshire lands an elbow just above Ra 's eye.
Cheshire taking a breather.
Cheshire pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Ra misses with an elbow over the top.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
With the fighters up against the cage, Ra throws an elbow but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cheshire is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Ra with an attempt at a knee that misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Cheshire throws an elbow but misses.
Ra tries to land knees in the clinch but Cheshire avoids the damage to the body.
Ra throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Cheshire scores with a nice hook to the head.
Cheshire landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ra trying to land knees to the body.
Cheshire stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Ra looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A hook to the body from Cheshire.
Ra takes a knee right on the jaw!
Cheshire throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ra blocks it with crossed arms.
Cheshire has Ra pushed against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Ra.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cheshire gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Cheshire obliges.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cheshire scores with a shoulder strike.
Ra takes an elbow to the forehead.

That has opened up The Sun God Ra's cut even more.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Cheshire just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ra's brow.
Cheshire lands an elbow that stopped Ra in his tracks for a moment.
Cheshire tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ra's elbow.
Ra pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Cheshire on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ra manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Ra throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A nice right hand lands inside from Cheshire.
A head punch on the inside from Ra fails to land.
Cheshire lands a nice elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Benji Cheshire dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on The Sun God Ra's cut.
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.

Cheshire clinches with his opponent.
A bit of stalling here from Cheshire.
Ra lands a body shot in the clinch.
Ra crunches a lovely knee into Cheshire's ribcage.
Ra misses with an elbow strike.
Cheshire managing to block the knees to the body from Ra.
Cheshire tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cheshire landing knees to the body.
Ra crunches a lovely knee into Cheshire's ribcage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Cheshire just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ra's brow.

Cheshire lands a takedown into guard.

Ra uses the cage to get back to his feet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cheshire is looking to clinch but Ra is avoiding it.
Cheshire tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ra swats him away and circles back towards the center.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Ra! But no joy.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cheshire looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ra let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cheshire fails with the takedown
letting Ra counter with a right hand.
Cheshire misses with a lunging right hand
and Cheshire takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Cheshire tries to close the distance and clinch but Ra swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ra throws a series of strikes that have Cheshire backpedaling.
Cheshire misses with a shot to the body
and Ra counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Benji Cheshire seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cheshire tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Cheshire takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Cheshire steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ra.
Cheshire wants to clinch but Ra slips to the side
and Ra connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Cheshire darts in trying to clinch
and Ra makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cheshire is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cheshire will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cheshire looks to throw the jab but Ra is out of range.
The Sun God Ra is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ra avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ra tries to clinch there but Cheshire circles away.
Cheshire tries to clinch up but Ra circles away and keeps his distance.
Cheshire doesn't manage to clinch there - Ra circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cheshire tries to clinch
and Ra counters with a straight right hand.

Cheshire moves into the clinch.
Ra slows down the pace here.
Ra prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Benji Cheshire. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ra missing with knees to the body.
Cheshire using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Cheshire has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Ra after a bit of a struggle.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ra.

It looks like Benji Cheshire has been cut.
Cheshire on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cheshire working Ra over with knees to the body.
Cheshire blocks an uppercut.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ra obliges.

Cheshire has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Ra regains guard immediately.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ra wants to stand up but Cheshire is controlling him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Ra looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Ra trying to keep a closed guard but Cheshire is proving a slippery customer.
Cheshire is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Cheshire throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Ra works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

The Sun God Ra really dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Ra moves into the clinch successfully.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Cheshire lands a knee to the head.
Cheshire misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cheshire controlling the action here for a moment.
Ra taking a breather.
Ra avoids a wild elbow strike from Cheshire.
Cheshire taking a breather.
Cheshire lands on the inside with an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cheshire throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Ra misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cheshire.
Nice elbow from Cheshire.
Cheshire misses with an elbow strike.
Cheshire has Ra pressed against the cage.
Cheshire pressing his opponent against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ra throws an elbow that misses.
Cheshire slows down the pace here.
Cheshire is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Ra pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Ra blocks an elbow strike from Cheshire.
Cheshire pushes off an throws an elbow but Ra leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Cheshire tries to land a knee to the head but Ra blocks with his arms.
Ra avoids a wild elbow strike from Cheshire.
Ra lands a knee to the body.
Ra dodges an elbow strike from Cheshire.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ra.
Cheshire managing to block the knees to the body from Ra.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ra takes an elbow to the temple.
With the fighters up against the cage, Ra throws an elbow but misses.
Ra holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Ra blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ra lands an elbow inside.
Cheshire blocks an elbow strike.
Cheshire lands a body punch in the clinch.
Ra creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Ra tries to land knees in the clinch but Cheshire avoids the damage to the body.
Cheshire is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Cheshire creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ra's defenses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ra pushes off an throws an elbow but Cheshire leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Cheshire trying to control the position but instead, Ra has worked for underhooks and has pushed Cheshire into the cage.
Cheshire blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ra tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ra throws an elbow that misses.
Ra stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Ra is pressed up against the cage. Cheshire has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Ra down to the mat. Ra avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Cheshire closes the distance and clinches up with Ra, looking for a takedown. Cheshire pushes Ra against the cage but Ra circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Benji Cheshire. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ra misses with a looping left.
Ra lands a body shot.
Cheshire moves out of range as Ra strikes.
A lazy left from Ra finds it's target.
Cheshire tries to clinch
letting Ra counter with a right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ra throws a body shot but no joy.
Ra keeps the fight on the outside.
Ra feints the counter takedown.
Ra loads up on a big right hand but Cheshire slips the punch.
A nice combination there by Ra.

Cheshire drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cheshire wants to lay and pray for a moment but Ra keeps working.

Ra sneaks out the side door and pushes Cheshire away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

The Sun God Ra dominated that fourth round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Cheshire tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ra keeps the fight on the outside.
Cheshire tries to close the distance and clinch but Ra swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Cheshire moves into the clinch successfully.
Ra taking a breather.
Cheshire slows down the pace here.
Ra misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cheshire.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ra stalls.
Ra trying to stall but Cheshire improves his position.
Cheshire pressing his opponent against the cage.
Ra slowing the pace effectively.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ra lands an elbow inside that Cheshire shrugs off.
Ra using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Cheshire looking to slow down the pace here.
Ra blocks the elbow strike.
Cheshire looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Ra is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Cheshire is keeping busy.
Ra on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ra lands an elbow that stopped Cheshire in his tracks for a moment.
Cheshire lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Ra missing with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ra throws an elbow that misses.
Cheshire blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ra throws an elbow but it misses.
Cheshire pushes Ra back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ra avoiding damage as Cheshire throws knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Ra throws an elbow but misses.
Ra pushes off an throws an elbow but Cheshire leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Ra is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Cheshire is keeping busy.
Cheshire blocks an uppercut.
Cheshire putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Ra in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees 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!
Cheshire throws an elbow but it misses.
Cheshire is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Ra missing with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ra putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Cheshire in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Cheshire putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Ra in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Cheshire.
Ra misses with an elbow strike.
Cheshire takes a knee to the side of the body.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Ra pressing his opponent against the cage.
Ra looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Ra lands an uppercut.
Ra lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ra throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Ra putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Cheshire in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Cheshire misses with an elbow strike.
Ra managing to block the knees to the body from Cheshire.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ra throws an elbow that misses.
Cheshire has Ra pressed against the cage.
Ra stalling against the cage.
Ra blocks an elbow strike.
Ra misses with a knee strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Cheshire obliges.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Cheshire just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ra's brow.

Cheshire tightens his grip and picks Ra up, before dumping him to the ground. Ra manages to land in guard.
Ra keeping moving, preventing Cheshire from controlling successfully.
Cheshire is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to The Sun God Ra.
I think Ra has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight for The Sun God Ra!
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight for The Sun God Ra!
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight for The Sun God Ra!

The Sun God Ra wins by unanimous decision!