PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Benten Gogul (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jem Ardonia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Benten Gogul looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Gogul
vs
Ardonia

195 cm
18
280 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

193 cm
22
265 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Intelligent

Good wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Benten Gogul!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jem Ardonia!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yukihiro Shimada and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Ardonia darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Gogul blocking the ground and pound attempt from Ardonia.
Gogul regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Ardonia.
Ardonia with a flurry of punches that miss.
Ardonia is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Ardonia landing with the ground and pound.
Ardonia lands a couple of digs.
Ardonia throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Gogul works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Ardonia lands a couple of elbows.
Ardonia cracks Gogul with a solid left hand.
Ardonia is in close to Gogul's body, working some short punches and elbows.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Gogul working for a triangle but Ardonia defends it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ardonia scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Gogul is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Ardonia keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Gogul's head.
Gogul is breathing heavily.
Ardonia landing some decent shots from guard.
Ardonia postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Ardonia throws and elbow that misses. Gogul uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Ardonia's guard. Nice move by Gogul!
Gogul wanted to stand there but Ardonia had control of the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gogul stopping the sweep attempt from Ardonia.
Ardonia is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ardonia not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Ardonia lands a nice short elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ardonia not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Ardonia lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Gogul looks like he's trying to stand up.
Ardonia takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ardonia is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Ardonia landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Ardonia winds up and cracks Gogul with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Ardonia is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Ardonia slips a nice elbow through Gogul's hands, connecting with Gogul's forehead.
Ardonia scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Ardonia scoring with strikes to the body and head.

Gogul is rocked!
Gogul has hold of Ardonia's hands but Ardonia slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Oh Gogul is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ardonia lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Gogul has hold of Ardonia's hands but Ardonia slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ardonia 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.
Ardonia 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.
Gogul seems to have got his legs back now.
Ardonia slips a nice elbow through Gogul's hands, connecting with Gogul's forehead.
Gogul could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ardonia looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Gogul is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Ardonia scores with a couple of nice shots.
Ardonia lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Ardonia scoring with strikes to the body and head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gogul slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Ardonia with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jem Ardonia dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Ardonia shoots in but no luck this time.
Gogul misses with an uppercut.
Gogul stuffs the takedown attempt from Ardonia. Ardonia gets slowly back to his feet.
Ardonia misses with a takedown attempt - Gogul sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Benten Gogul has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jem Ardonia.
Ardonia has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Gogul.
Gogul just misses with a punch to the body.
Ardonia displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Gogul.
Gogul looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Ardonia with a poor takedown
and Gogul cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gogul throws a sloppy head kick and Ardonia moves out of range easily.
Ardonia misses with a takedown
and Gogul counters with a series of strikes. Ardonia will be more careful next time no doubt.
Jem Ardonia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Ardonia shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Gogul is trying to defend but Ardonia finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ardonia landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gogul trying to control here.
Gogul is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Ardonia is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Gogul taking some punishment here, with Ardonia in his half guard.
Ardonia drops an elbow to the side of Gogul's head.
Ardonia prevents Gogul from improving his position.
Ardonia is thwarting Gogul's attempts to control the position.
Ground and pound from Ardonia.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Ardonia takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Ardonia slips a nice elbow through Gogul's hands, connecting with Gogul's forehead.
Jem Ardonia has got the better of the ground game so far.
Ardonia slips a nice elbow through Gogul's hands, connecting with Gogul's forehead.
Ardonia scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Gogul wants to get back to full guard.
Ardonia lands with a punch from half guard.
Ardonia seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Nice strikes from Ardonia there.
Ardonia throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Gogul on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Ardonia connects with a nice short shot to Gogul's temple.
Ardonia throws a strike but Gogul avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Ardonia postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Ardonia is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Gogul is trying to control the position but Ardonia postures up.
Ardonia postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Ardonia lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Gogul wants to stand and escape but Ardonia is having none of it.
Ardonia is looking to work some ground and pound but Gogul has wrist control.
Ardonia lands a couple of elbows.
Gogul has momentary wrist control but Ardonia slips an elbow through the middle.

Gogul looking for a guillotine here but Ardonia defends easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ardonia throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Gogul works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Ardonia throwing strikes but missing.
Ardonia chips away with some ground and pound.
Ardonia is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Ardonia throwing strikes from guard but Gogul blocks nicely.
Ardonia scoring with some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jem Ardonia showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Ardonia misses with a takedown attempt
and Gogul counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Ardonia misses with a takedown

and Gogul counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

Gogul is trying for a kimura here. Ardonia looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Gogul wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:29 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Benten Gogul!