PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Scotty Bennet (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Piotr Rokicki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Rokicki's choice of entrance music: Survivor - Eye of the Tiger. Scotty Bennet could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Piotr Rokicki's chin.

Bennet
vs
Rokicki

191 cm
39
187 lbs
47 - 17 - 0

183 cm
28
196 lbs
20 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Spartan Nutrition
Voodoo Nutrition

King of Fists

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 47 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Scotty Bennet!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Piotr Rokicki!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bennet looks to land a left hand but Rokicki moved out of range nicely.
Rokicki appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Rokicki on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Rokicki fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bennet fires out a quick counter leg kick but Rokicki just manages to avoid it.
Bennet throws out a loose jab but Rokicki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bennet on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Bennet wants to slow Rokicki down by chopping away at his legs.
Rokicki takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Bennet with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rokicki works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Bennet takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Rokicki has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.

Rokicki moves into the clinch.

Bennet breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bennet throws a right hand that misses
and Rokicki counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Bennet thinking.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rokicki checks a leg kick nicely.
Rokicki misses with a right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Rokicki avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rokicki throws a jab but it's blocked by Bennet.
Bennet misses with a leg kick
and Rokicki counters with a stiff right hand.
Bennet misses with a low kick.
As Bennet backs off Rokicki throws a huge counter combo but Bennet manages to avoid it all.
Bennet connects with a right hand. Rokicki shakes it off.
Rokicki lands with a thumping leg kick.
Rokicki swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Bennet throwing a counter right hand but Rokicki manages to avoid it.
Rokicki takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Rokicki slips a jab from Bennet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rokicki connects with a crisp jab.
Rokicki throws a head kick that misses.
A good leg kick by Bennet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Rokicki fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Bennet, pushing him back against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rokicki.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Rokicki throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Rokicki pushes Bennet back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Bennet is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Bennet scores with a shot to the side of Rokicki's head.
Rokicki pushes Bennet back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nice elbow from Rokicki.
Rokicki scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Bennet manages to break the clinch.
Rokicki lands a leg kick that knocks Bennet off balance momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rokicki throws a leg kick
and Bennet counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bennet swings for the body but Rokicki moves out of range.
Rokicki connects with a combination that backs up Bennet into the cage. Rokicki lands a flurry of punches that gets past Bennet's guard. Bennet is down and the referee has seen enough. It is all over! Rokicki bursts into tears - this win obviously means a huge amount to him.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Piotr Rokicki!
A victorious Piotr Rokicki thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
The defeated Scotty Bennet had this to say: 'I'm shop worn and injury riddled. Time to call it a career.'.