PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between benny paul (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Seth West (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

paul
vs
West

182 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

182 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, benny paul!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Seth West!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, George Francis and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
West moves in looking to clinch but paul pushes him off.
paul misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
paul shoots in but no luck this time.
West stuffs the takedown attempt from paul. paul gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for benny paul. That's going to take a lot out of him.

West shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. West showed some decent athleticism there.
West stalling.
West thows a huge punch but paul dodges it nicely.
paul trying to control here.
West takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

West seems to be working for a kimura but paul defends the submission attempt.
paul is not content to let West control the position.
West thows a huge punch but paul dodges it nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
paul tries to get to full guard but West has control of the leg.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
West circles away from the clinch attempt.
paul with a lazy takedown attempt

and West counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in paul's guard now.
paul tries to land a sweep but no joy.
paul is breathing heavily.
West is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as West accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
West has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
paul can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as West controls the pace.
paul controls West momentarily but West frees himself.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
West landing with the ground and pound.
West pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. paul is keeping the position for now.
West trying to control the position from guard on top but paul is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
A head kick misses from paul.

paul gets the takedown into side control.

paul thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
West manages to get back to half guard.
West makes his way to full guard. A much better position for West.
West is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Seth West!