PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Tyson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Glen Benton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Tyson
vs
Benton

178 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

185 cm
24
205 lbs
1 - 8 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Knockout power

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mike Tyson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Glen Benton!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Russell Pearce and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Benton tries to clinch up but Tyson circles away and keeps his distance.
Benton shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Benton displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tyson throws out the jab.
Benton fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mike Tyson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tyson throws a jab but it's blocked by Benton.
Tyson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tyson works Benton's body with a nice hook.
Tyson stuffs the takedown attempt from Benton. Benton gets slowly back to his feet.

Tyson feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Benton keeping full guard, as Tyson tries to pass.
Tyson connects with a couple of short punches.
Tyson sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Benton's guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tyson slips a nice elbow through Benton's hands, connecting with Benton's forehead.
Tyson throwing shots but Benton is blocking nicely.
Tyson is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyson works his way into full mount!
Tyson sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Tyson with the ground and pound from mount.
Tyson looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Tyson with a couple of short strikes.
Tyson with shots to the head and body - Benton looks very uncomfortable down there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tyson is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Benton can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Benton wants to control but Tyson is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benton takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Tyson tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Tyson working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Tyson connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Tyson working the ground and pound effectively.
Tyson scores with a couple of good head shots there.

Benton is rocked!
Tyson has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Benton takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Tyson's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mike Tyson!