PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Bernard Benton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Seigi Ozeki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Benton's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Benton
vs
Ozeki

180 cm
24
158 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

175 cm
28
155 lbs
8 - 4 - 1

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

//buriedALIVE// Fight Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bernard Benton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Seigi Ozeki!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Gwen Towbar and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Benton lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Ozeki throws a right hand that misses

and Benton counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Benton is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Benton is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ozeki has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Benton is working away from the top position though.
Benton not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Benton in particular looking to stall.
Benton is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Ozeki trying to control but Benton postures up.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ozeki is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Benton scores with a couple of nice shots.
Ozeki really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Benton. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Benton not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Benton thows a huge punch but Ozeki dodges it nicely.
Ozeki keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Ozeki tries to roll over but Benton keeps him under control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ozeki trying to control from the bottom.
Benton not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Benton performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Benton thows a huge punch but Ozeki dodges it nicely.
Benton thows a huge punch but Ozeki dodges it nicely.
Benton lands strikes from half guard.
Ozeki is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Benton thows a huge punch but Ozeki dodges it nicely.
Benton throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Benton takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Ozeki is looking to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ozeki looks like he's trying to stand up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benton is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Ozeki is trying to control but Benton manages to pass to mount!
Benton landing strikes, looking to finish!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Benton looking to finish Ozeki with some ground and pound. This is bad for Ozeki!
Benton 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.
Ozeki takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Ozeki tries to reverse the position but Benton maintains control.
Benton has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Ozeki's face.
Ozeki tries to hold on but Benton postures up.
Benton is landing with some decent strikes but Ozeki is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Ozeki is in a horrible position here. Benton smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Benton with the ground and pound from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ozeki is desperately trying to improve his position but Benton has a good base and remains in mount.
Benton fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Benton lands a big shot there that rocks Ozeki but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

Ozeki is rocked!
Benton looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Ozeki covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bernard Benton!
A relieved looking Bernard Benton thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.