PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tony Benson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Galdra Kiddi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Benson
vs
Kiddi

179 cm
35
175 lbs
29 - 13 - 0

184 cm
33
170 lbs
26 - 11 - 2

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Granite chin

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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 29 - 13 - 0, fighting out of London, Tony Benson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 11 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Galdra Kiddi!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Colin Fotheringham and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slapping leg kick lands for Benson.
Benson doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Benson. Kiddi shrugs it off though.
Kiddi scores with a kick to the midsection.
Benson has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Barracks - LOD in the buildup to the fight.
Benson slips a jab from Kiddi.
Galdra Kiddi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Benson wants to land a leg kick but Kiddi is out of range.
Benson avoids the body shot from Kiddi.
Kiddi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Benson was well out of range. Poor timing from Kiddi.
Kiddi throws a body shot but no joy.
Kiddi moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

It looks like Galdra Kiddi has been cut.
Jab by Benson.
Kiddi on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Kiddi misses with a body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kiddi throws a shot from downtown. Benson moves away and avoids it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kiddi.
Benson cracks Kiddi with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Nice shot lands for Kiddi.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kiddi takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Kiddi moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Kiddi is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Benson rather than just go for the knockout.
Benson scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Kiddi doesn't seem bothered though.
Benson throws a big shot that misses.
Kiddi with the counter takedown but Benson avoids it easily.
Benson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A low kick from Benson misses

so Kiddi counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

Benson has his feet on Kiddi's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kiddi feints and then cracks Benson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Benson down.
Kiddi goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Kiddi throws out a loose jab but Benson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Benson tries a low kick but Kiddi avoids it.
Tony Benson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Benson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kiddi.
Kiddi staying out of range there.
Benson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benson does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Benson connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Kiddi momentarily.
Kiddi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Benson tries to land a leg kick but Kiddi saw it coming and moves away.
Kiddi with the counter takedown but Benson avoids it easily.
Kiddi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kiddi lands a jab to the head.
Nice straight punches there by Benson. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Benson.
Kiddi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Benson.
Benson throws a shot from downtown. Kiddi moves away and avoids it.
Benson looks to land a left hand but Kiddi moved out of range nicely.
Kiddi just misses with a punch to the body.
Benson is looking to counter punch.
Benson is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Kiddi misses with the body kick
enabling Benson to counter with a crisp jab.
Benson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Benson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Benson moves away from the strike by Kiddi.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kiddi ducks under a wild hook from Benson.
Kiddi connects with a solid leg kick.
Kiddi moves out of range of the strikes.
Kiddi appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Kiddi looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Kiddi scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Kiddi lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Kiddi wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Kiddi stuns Benson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Benson takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Benson blocks a jab.
Kiddi throws a body shot but no joy.
Benson fakes the leg kick and cracks Kiddi in the body.
Benson scores with a sloppy right hand. Kiddi should have avoided that one.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kiddi throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kiddi misses with a body shot.
Kiddi misses with a low kick.
Kiddi lands a nice shot to the body.
Benson fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kiddi has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Kiddi misses with a head kick.
Kiddi lands with a good body shot.
Kiddi misses with an attempted mid kick.
Benson feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Kiddi shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Benson sprawls well. Benson wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Kiddi gets slowly back to his feet.
Kiddi throws a shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Benson throws out a powerful jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Tony Benson will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Galdra Kiddi'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.

Benson misses with a right hand
and Kiddi counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Kiddi bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Kiddi lands a jab to Benson's midsection.
Kiddi throws a right hand that misses
and Benson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Benson missing with a left hand there. Kiddi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A slow jab from Benson misses its intended target.
Kiddi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Benson.
Benson takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Benson lands with an overhand left.
Kiddi looks to land a combination but Benson avoids it well.
Kiddi looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Benson looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Kiddi throws a half hearted mid kick.
Kiddi throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Good standup being displayed there by Kiddi as he connects with a hook.
Kiddi throws a shot from downtown. Benson moves away and avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Benson blocks a jab.
Kiddi misses with an uppercut. Benson saw that one coming.
As Kiddi backs away, Benson returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Kiddi swings for the body but Benson moves out of range.
Kiddi scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Benson throws an overhand right that lands on Kiddi's shoulder, as Kiddi tries to avoid the shot.
Benson takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Kiddi lands a head kick!
Kiddi misses with a low kick.
Kiddi misses with a low kick.
Benson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Kiddi avoids the body shot from Benson.
Galdra Kiddi seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Benson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Kiddi on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A shot to the body from Kiddi misses
and Benson counters with a slapping leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benson takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Kiddi swings away with a body shot that misses
and Benson makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Benson lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

That has opened up Galdra Kiddi's cut even more.
Benson sizes up Kiddi with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Benson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kiddi.
Kiddi tries to counter with a clinch but Benson shakes him off and moves away.
Kiddi misses with a wild body shot.
Benson will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Donk. Kiddi catches Benson right on the button with a cross.
Kiddi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Benson.
Benson scores with a shot to the body.
Benson throws a nice inside leg kick.
Kiddi takes one on the button.
Benson moves out of range of the body kick from Kiddi.
Kiddi blocks a jab.
Kiddi just misses with a punch to the body.
Benson throwing a counter right hand but Kiddi manages to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benson missing with a left hand there. Kiddi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kiddi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Benson thuds a left hand into Kiddi's body.
Kiddi walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Benson checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A jab from Benson misses.
And Kiddi tries to counter it with a takedown but Benson pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Benson scores with a leg kick.
Kiddi throws a jab but it's blocked by Benson.
Benson is looking to counter punch.
Benson scoring well with a low kick there.

Kiddi has taken the fight to the clinch.
Kiddi lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kiddi lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Benson prevents a body shot from Kiddi.
A short right from Kiddi on the inside.
Benson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kiddi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kiddi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Kiddi tries to work over Benson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Benson tries to throw a body punch but Kiddi avoids it by throwing Benson back against the cage.

Benson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Benson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kiddi.
Kiddi works Benson's body with a nice hook.
Kiddi takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Kiddi looks for the body kick but Benson saw that one coming.
Kiddi scores with a jab to the body.
Kiddi lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Benson throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Benson misses with an uppercut. Kiddi saw that one coming.
Benson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Galdra Kiddi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Galdra Kiddi's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Kiddi throws a hook but Benson blocks it.
The fighters circling - Kiddi throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Benson tries to score with a low kick but Kiddi moves his leg out of the way.
Benson misses with the combination.
Kiddi throws a sloppy head kick and Benson moves out of range easily.
Kiddi throws a nice head kick!
Kiddi connects with a body shot that sends Benson's belly button to the back.
Benson misses with a low kick.
Kiddi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Benson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Benson cracks a nice hook into Kiddi's ribs.
Kiddi moves out of range as Benson strikes.
Benson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kiddi.
Benson bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Kiddi's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Benson throws a big shot that misses.
Some bone on bone action there as Kiddi checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Kiddi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Benson was well out of range. Poor timing from Kiddi.
Kiddi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Benson. Kiddi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kiddi connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Benson blocks the body kick.
Kiddi slips under a jab from Benson.
Kiddi lands a jab.
Benson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Benson lands an overhand right.
Nice shot by Kiddi.
Kiddi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kiddi misses with a left hand
and Kiddi takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That kick from Kiddi tenderised Benson's leg. Benson is trying to keep his angry face on.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kiddi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kiddi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Benson.
Kiddi avoids the body shot from Benson.
Kiddi tries to counter with a clinch but Benson shakes him off and moves away.
Kiddi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Benson.
A jab from Benson misses.
Kiddi is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Benson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Kiddi. That did some damage!
Benson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Kiddi. Kiddi obviously looking to wear him down.
Benson ducks under a wild hook from Kiddi.
Benson throws a leg kick but Kiddi moved away.
Benson getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Kiddi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Benson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kiddi.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kiddi throws a half hearted mid kick.
Benson throws a leg kick
and Kiddi counters with a straight right hand.
Benson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Kiddi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Benson moves away.
Benson tries to move into range but Kiddi moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Kiddi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kiddi connects with a jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Kiddi misses the target.
Kiddi's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Benson crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Kiddi - the referee stops the clock and Benson gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Kiddi. Benson manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Kiddi throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Kiddi throws a body shot but no joy.
Benson defending well as Kiddi loads up on a big left hand.
Benson misses with a hook
and Kiddi connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Kiddi misses the target.
Benson tried to counter with a leg kick but Kiddi avoided it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kiddi throws a nice head kick!
Kiddi takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Benson lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Benson gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Kiddi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Benson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Kiddi lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Jab by Kiddi.
Kiddi misses with a wild body shot.
Benson is looking to slow Kiddi down with leg kicks.
Kiddi has a takedown stuffed.
Benson checks a leg kick nicely.
It looked like Benson wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Benson lands a jab to the nose.

And that's the end of the fight!
Galdra Kiddi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Kiddi 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge William Gold scores the fight 27:30
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Galdra Kiddi!
A victorious Galdra Kiddi thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.