PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dan Couture (ranked 959 p4p, 143 weight class) and Michael Bennet (ranked 1530 p4p, 221 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Couture
vs
Bennet

189 cm
32
223 lbs
17 - 3 - 0

190 cm
25
209 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

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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 17 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dan Couture!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Michael Bennet!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Wesley Smith and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Couture rushes Bennet and presses him up against the cage.
Bennet tries to work over Couture's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bennet misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Couture fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Couture misses with a body punch.
Bennet lands a nice shot to the body.
Bennet tries to throw a body punch but Couture avoids it by throwing Bennet back against the cage.
Bennet works on Couture's body with a couple of short punches.
Bennet lands a right hand.

It looks like Dan Couture has been cut.
Still in the clinch, Couture scores with a nice short uppercut.

Bennet breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Couture misses with a right hand
and Bennet counters with a body kick.
Dan Couture seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Couture is breathing heavily.
Bennet connects with the punch.
Bennet takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Couture misses with a hook. Bennet ducked under it nicely.
It seemed like Bennet was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A jab from Couture misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bennet uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Couture.
Couture tries to clinch up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Couture ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bennet moves away.
Bennet slips a straight right by Couture.
Couture's jab looks to have found its range, popping Bennet under the eye.
Bennet throws a hook but Couture avoids it easily.
Bennet throws a hook but Couture avoids it easily.
Couture closes the distance but Bennet moves to the side
enabling Bennet to counter with a crisp jab.
Bennet lands a really nice looking cross but Couture seems unphased.
Couture throws an off balance right hand
and Bennet counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Couture lands a right hook to the body.
Couture rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Bennet counters with a straight right hand.
Couture is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

Dan Couture's cut is getting worse.

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!
Couture throws a jab when Bennet was well out of range.
Couture jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Couture swings widly with a right hand
and Bennet counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Couture wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Couture lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Bennet at a distance.
Couture throws a hook but Bennet blocks it.
Couture throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
enabling Bennet to counter with a crisp jab.
Couture closes the distance looking to clinch
and Bennet counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Couture digs a good hook to Bennet's body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Bennet.
Couture misses with a body shot
letting Bennet counter with a right hand.
Bennet lands a nice looking body kick.
A punch combination from Couture misses.
Bennet throws out a counter right but Couture avoids it with no problem.
Couture tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Bennet counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Dan Couture's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Bennet dodges the punch combination from Couture.
Couture lands with a hook. Bennet tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

It looks like Michael Bennet has been cut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Couture misses with a straight left.
Couture fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bennet appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Bennet ducks under a wild hook from Couture.
Bennet throws a hook to the side of Couture's head but Couture sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Couture tries to clinch up but Bennet circles away and keeps his distance.
Couture misses with a jab to the body
and Bennet counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bennet is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Couture had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bennet moves away from the strike by Couture.
Bennet moves out of range of the strikes.
Couture tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bennet swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bennet looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Couture throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bennet swats away the attempt to clinch by Couture.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michael Bennet dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Couture tries to close the distance and clinch but Bennet swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Couture throws a shot from downtown. Bennet moves away and avoids it.
Bennet misses with a body shot

and Couture counters by moving into the clinch.
Couture misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bennet goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bennet tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bennet.
Couture tries a body shot but Bennet blocks it.
Bennet lands a left hand that snaps the head of Couture backwards.
Couture fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bennet lands a left hand that snaps the head of Couture backwards.
Bennet struggles to land a body shot inside as Couture controls his hands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bennet misses with a body punch.

Bennet's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Couture misses with a right hand
and Couture takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Jab from Bennet.
Couture closes the distance looking to clinch
enabling Bennet to counter with a crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Couture throws a jab but it's blocked by Bennet.
Bennet throws out a counter right but Couture avoids it with no problem.
Couture wants to clinch
and Bennet counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Couture misses with a straight left.
Couture jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Couture lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Bennet uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Couture.
Couture throws out a loose jab but Bennet uses good head movement to avoid it.
Couture fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Couture slips a straight right by Bennet.
Bennet misses with a body shot.
Couture throws a looping overhand right but Bennet ducks down to avoid it.
Couture takes a swing at Bennet's ribcage but misses.
Couture lands a nice shot to the body.
Michael Bennet seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Couture lands a jab to the head.
A punch combination from Couture misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Couture connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Bennet's hands.
Couture thuds a left hand into Bennet's body.
Couture lands a lovely overhand right.
Couture tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bennet doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Couture misses with a shot to the body
and Bennet makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Couture really felt that one!
Bennet is looking to land body kicks.
Bennet looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Couture scores with a nice head shot.
Couture misses with a right hand
and Bennet counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Jeez, Dan Couture's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Couture throws a nice looking combination but Bennet bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bennet counters with a body kick.
Couture throws an off balance right hand
and Bennet counters with a body kick that stops Couture in his tracks momentarily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bennet fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Couture throws a lazy uppercut
and Bennet counters with a low kick, right behind Couture 's knee.
A swing and a miss from Couture.
Bennet ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bennet looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bennet throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bennet avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Couture cracks Bennet with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Bennet throws a hook to the side of Couture's head but Couture sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Couture tries to counter by clinching up but Bennet breaks away and moves out of range.
Bennet slips under a jab.
Bennet looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Bennet takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Bennet throws a right hand that misses
and Couture counters with a straight right hand.
Couture tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bennet was well out of range. Poor timing from Couture.
Bennet was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Bennet slips a jab from Couture.

Couture rushes Bennet and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Bennet works on Couture's body with a couple of short punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dan Couture dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Bennet misses with an uppercut. Couture saw that one coming.
Couture misses with a hook
and Bennet counters with a stiff right hand.
Couture connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bennet. Couture does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bennet works the jab nicely.
Nice defenses there by Bennet.
Couture closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Couture throws a poor cross that misses
and Bennet counters with a good, hard body kick but Couture shrugs it off.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Couture just misses with a punch to the body.
Bennet scores with a crisp jab that stopped Couture in his tracks.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Couture misses with a hook to the body
and Bennet counters with a straight right hand.

Couture is rocked!

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Dan Couture's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:07 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Michael Bennet!
In his post fight interview, Michael Bennet started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
In defeat, Dan Couture stepped up to the mic, saying 'did u fart? or is that ur breath??'.