PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jin Soo Son (ranked 5294 p4p, 4069 weight class) and Roy Bender (ranked 286 p4p, 243 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Son
vs
Bender

168 cm
25
140
0 - 1 - 0

170 cm
18
135
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jin Soo Son!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Roy Bender!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Alyssa Summers and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Excellent takedown into side control there by Son.
Bender is looking for a sweep.
Bender takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Son lands some shots froms side control.
Son wants to lay and pray for a moment but Bender keeps working.
Bender is trying to get back to half guard.
Son connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Bender some visible discomfort.
Son advances to full mount.

Son working for a guillotine from mount but Bender is in no mood to give up.
Bender regains half guard.
Son wants to lay and pray for a moment but Bender keeps working.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Son working Bender over with strikes.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Bender wants to get back to his feet.
Bender is looking for a sweep. Son is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Son scoring with strikes to the body and head.

Son seems to be looking for submissions.
Son lands strikes from half guard.
Son 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.
Bender is looking to improve his position.
Bender keeps trying to improve his position.
Bender really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Son. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Son is looking to advance position but Bender won't allow it.
Son moves into full mount! Bender won't be happy about that!
Bender is desperately trying to improve his position but Son has a good base and remains in mount.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Son controlling his opponent.
Bender in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Bender taking shots to the head.
Bender keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Son scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Son looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Bender punching to the body and holding on for dear life.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Son content just to control the position here.
Son fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Bender is trying to escape the mount.
Son is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Bender can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Son cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Bender tries to reverse the position but Son maintains control.
Son lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Son lands with some strikes.

Son has hold of Bender's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Bender manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Bender is wriggling around trying to escape.
Bender is still trying to improve position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Son can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Bender is looking to escape.
Bender tries to reverse the position but Son maintains control.
Son sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Son has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Bender's face.
Bender is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Son lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Son lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Bender is looking to improve his position but Son isn't that keen on the idea.
Son lands a heavy elbow.
Son takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Bender is looking to get to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Son with shots to the head and body - Bender looks very uncomfortable down there.
Son with the ground and pound from mount.

Bender is rocked!
Son lands a big elbow - Bender is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Bender is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Jin Soo Son!