PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mugsy Keller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chance Bennett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Keller comes to the cage accompanied by Survival of the Fittest by Mobb Deep. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Keller
vs
Bennett

174 cm
19
160 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

175 cm
19
160 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mugsy Keller!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chance Bennett !
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Paulsen Ambrosius and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bennett throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bennett wants to slow Keller down by chopping away at his legs.
Keller connects with a leg kick. Bennett looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Bennett cracks the inside of Keller's front leg.
Keller has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Bennett misses with a jab, cross combination.

Keller clinches up against the cage.

Keller breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bennett blocks a head kick by Keller.
Mugsy Keller seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Bennett is trying to force a seperation but Keller has the dominant position.
Bennett looking to slow down the pace here.
A body shot lands from Keller.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bennett tries to work over Keller's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Keller lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Keller tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bennett 's elbow.
Keller misses with a punch to the body.
Keller swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bennett breaks the clinch.
Keller tries to clinch up but Bennett circles away and keeps his distance.
Keller uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bennett .
Keller looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Bennett keeps the fight on the outside.
Bennett ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Keller moves away.

Keller closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Keller struggles to land a body shot inside as Bennett controls his hands.
Bennett wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Keller has him pressed against the cage.
Keller is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Keller tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bennett 's elbow.

Keller breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bennett thows a left - swing and a miss!
A solid body kick from Bennett .
Keller tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bennett ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Keller moves away.
Keller connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keller connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Bennett 's hands.
Keller with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Keller moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bennett lands a body shot.
Bennett misses with a low kick.

Keller gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bennett .
Keller throws a head punch that misses.

Bennett breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bennett misses with a low kick.
Keller avoids a punch combination nicely.
Keller connects with a high kick.

It looks like Chance Bennett has been cut.
Keller is looking to clinch but Bennett is avoiding it.
Bennett misses with a few strikes there.
Keller blocks a jab.
Bennett gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bennett throws a series of punches but Keller avoids them all with ease.
Keller throws a head kick that misses.
Keller misses the shot to the body.
Bennett on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Bennett throws a lazy right hand but Keller sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Keller checks a leg kick.
Bennett will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nice defenses there by Keller.
Keller moves in looking to clinch but Bennett pushes him off.
Keller cracks a nice hook into Bennett 's ribs.
Keller tries to close the distance and clinch but Bennett swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Keller ducks under a wild hook from Bennett .

Keller forces Bennett back against the cage and clinches.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Keller as Bennett tries to tie him up.
Keller misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Keller has Bennett pressed against the cage, preventing Bennett from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Bennett breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bennett throws a series of strikes that have Keller backpedaling.
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!
Bennett throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nice uppercut there from Keller.
Keller steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Bennett . That one must have hurt.
Keller misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Keller tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bennett swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bennett misses with a straight right.
Bennett throws a body punch but Keller moves out of range.
Keller drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Keller throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Bennett 's head.
Bennett just misses with a punch to the body.
Bennett misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Keller.
Keller throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A big left from Bennett misses.
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 Mugsy Keller will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Chance Bennett 's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Keller turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Bennett blocks a head kick by Keller.
Bennett ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Keller moves away.
Keller connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Bennett swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Keller throws a head kick but Bennett moves out of range.
Bennett misses the shot to the body.
Bennett is looking to chop away at Keller's legs.
Bennett misses with a kick to the body.
Keller wants to clinch.
Keller misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Keller blocks the body kick.
Bennett throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bennett misses with a leg kick.
Keller throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Bennett tried to score with a low kick but Keller checks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Keller throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Bennett .
Keller tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A solid leg kick lands there for Bennett .
Bennett shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Keller but Keller pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Keller checks a leg kick.
Bennett looks to land a body kick but Keller moved away.
Bennett looks to land a right hand but Keller moved out of range.
Bennett throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Keller misses with a head kick.
Keller misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Keller lands a head kick. Bennett smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
A left and a right from Bennett both land. Nice combination.
Chance Bennett is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Keller tries to close the distance and clinch but Bennett swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A head kick misses from Keller.
Keller is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Chance Bennett seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bennett throws a body shot but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Bennett . Beautiful body shot.
Bennett tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Keller is able to avoid easily.
Keller checks a low kick from Bennett .
A combination from Bennett does no damage.
Keller on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Keller keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bennett avoids the head kick by Keller.
Keller explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Bennett misses with a low kick.
Keller tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bennett paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Keller instigates a clinch.
Bennett is trying to stall.
Keller lands an uppercut.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keller tries to throw a body punch but Bennett avoids it by throwing Keller back against the cage.
Bennett blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bennett is stalling here.
A short uppercut from Keller.
A short right from Keller on the inside.

Bennett is rocked!
Keller dips a shoulder and cracks Bennett with a mighty uppercut! Bennett falls back against the cage and Keller unloads with a barrage of strikes! Bennett is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Keller screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mugsy Keller!