PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Judah Benhur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Danny Bigalow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Danny Bigalow is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Benhur
vs
Bigalow

155 cm
22
270 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

189 cm
22
299 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Judah Benhur!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Danny Bigalow!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Luis Engracia and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bigalow shoots in for a takedown but Benhur shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Benhur slips a jab from Bigalow.
Benhur is looking to clinch.
Bigalow looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

Benhur shoots in and bounces Bigalow off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.

Bigalow kicks Benhur off and gets to his feet.
Danny Bigalow seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Benhur shoots for a double leg takedown but Bigalow sprawls well. He's pushed Benhur's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Bigalow tries for a takedown but Benhur circles away easily

and Benhur counters with a takedown into side control.
Judah Benhur has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Danny Bigalow.
Bigalow manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Bigalow missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Bigalow lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Benhur trying to control from the bottom.
Bigalow not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bigalow is looking for a kimura here.
Benhur might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Bigalow prevents Benhur from improving his position.
Benhur on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Benhur tries to get out of the position.
Bigalow tries to pass to full mount but Benhur defends it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bigalow scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Benhur wants to get back to his feet.
Benhur throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Benhur is trying to control but can't.
Benhur knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Bigalow on the ground.
Nice strikes from Bigalow there.
Bigalow missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bigalow thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Bigalow scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Bigalow missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

Bigalow is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Bigalow slips a nice elbow through Benhur's hands, connecting with Benhur's forehead.
Bigalow should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Bigalow looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Bigalow lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Bigalow scoring with strikes to the body and head.

Bigalow is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Benhur doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Bigalow.
Bigalow looks gassed!
Bigalow throwing shots but Benhur is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bigalow prevents Benhur from standing back up.
Bigalow working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

Bigalow wants to work for an arm triangle but Benhur is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Benhur tries to roll over but Bigalow keeps him under control.
Bigalow sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Benhur defending well though.
Bigalow works his way into side control.
Bigalow landing strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bigalow landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Bigalow scores with a couple of short elbows.
Benhur is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

Bigalow is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Benhur knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Bigalow thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bigalow scores with punches from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Danny Bigalow dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Benhur shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Benhur was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Bigalow sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Bigalow moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Bigalow has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Benhur wants to control from the top but Bigalow keeps moving.
Bigalow controlling Benhur's posture.

Bigalow pushes Benhur off and scrambles back to his feet.
Bigalow misses the jab.
Bigalow swats away the attempt to clinch by Benhur.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Bigalow has eaten all the pies!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bigalow tries for a takedown but Benhur circles away easily
letting Benhur counter with a right hand.

It looks like Danny Bigalow has been cut.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Benhur changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Bigalow tries to avoid it but Benhur manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Bigalow to the ground. Bigalow escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Bigalow shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Benhur counters with a straight right hand.
Bigalow fails with the takedown

so Benhur counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Judah Benhur has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Danny Bigalow.
Benhur trying to control but Bigalow is working from the bottom.
Bigalow wants to sweep but no luck.
Bigalow not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Bigalow looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Benhur is defending well. Bigalow quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Benhur has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Bigalow celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Danny Bigalow!