PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Liet Key (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yeshua Ben Sira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Key
vs
Ben Sira

190 cm
24
240 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

192 cm
24
260 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Hates pizza

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Determined

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 Los Angeles, Liet Key!
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, Yeshua Ben Sira!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Key moves out of range as Ben Sira strikes.

Key shoots in and gets a takedown into Ben Sira's guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Key preventing the sweep.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ben Sira keeping moving, preventing Key from controlling successfully.
Key has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Ben Sira is proving hard to escape from.
Key stops Ben Sira from standing up.
Key trying to control but Ben Sira is working from the bottom.
Key won't allow Ben Sira to get back to his feet.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Liet Key.
Key shoots for a takedown but Ben Sira saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Key tries to clinch but Ben Sira moves out of range.
Key scores with a one two! Ben Sira had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ben Sira looks to score with a jab to the body but Key is just out of range.
Key keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Key closes this distance looking for a takedown but Ben Sira circles away.
Key shoots and misses

and Ben Sira counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Ben Sira.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Liet Key. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Key trying to keep a closed guard but Ben Sira is proving a slippery customer.
Ben Sira missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Ben Sira looking to pass the guard.
Ben Sira working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Ben Sira pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Key is keeping the position for now.
Key is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Ben Sira is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ben Sira pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Key is keeping the position for now.
Ben Sira scoring with punches to the head and body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ben Sira is pushing down on Key's leg trying to pass to half guard. Key is fighting to maintain full guard but Ben Sira has managed to sneak the leg through.
Ben Sira is keen to just control but Key is a slippery customer.
Key tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Key trying to control from the bottom.
Ben Sira is trying to control the action in half guard but Key is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Key trying to control here.
Ben Sira is keen to just control but Key is a slippery customer.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
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. Ben Sira connects with a nice short shot to Key's temple.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ben Sira thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Key's head.
Key is not content to let Ben Sira control the position.
Ben Sira is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Ben Sira wants to pass to mount but Key is defending the position.
Key is refusing to be controlled, as Ben Sira sits in half guard.
Ben Sira passes the guard and advances to mount!
Ben Sira working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Key is squirming around, avoiding Ben Sira's attempts to control the action.
Ben Sira lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Key hang on?
Ben Sira cracks Key with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ben Sira landing strikes from the mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Ben Sira cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

Key is rocked!
Key is breathing heavily.
Ben Sira controlling from mount.
Oh Key is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Whack. That's a big, big shot from Ben Sira! Key is out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Yeshua Ben Sira!
A very excited looking Yeshua Ben Sira made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.