PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Elrey Dorado (ranked 437 p4p, 493 weight class) and D.C. Benny (ranked 56 p4p, 66 weight class). Dorado comes into the arena with MY STORY blaring out of the sound system. Benny comes into a darkened arena with his song building. D.C. Benny - Unagi Standup Bit kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Dorado
vs
Benny

184 cm
26
173
9 - 5 - 0

185 cm
35
175
25 - 22 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

NARCOS
Kersikov's Vitamin Clinic (160)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Elrey Dorado!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, D.C. Benny!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dorado checks a leg kick nicely.
Benny will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Dorado ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Benny throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A bone on bone clash there as Dorado blocks the leg kick.
Benny thows a leg kick but Dorado checks it

and Dorado counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Benny!
Benny trying to control but Dorado flips him over like a cheap hooker and has his back!
Dorado is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.
Dorado has the hooks in. Benny is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Dorado is not going to allow Benny to sit and survive in this position.
Benny tries to escape the position.
Benny trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.

That's one minute gone in the round.
What can Benny do to escape this position? He's going to have to figure it out pretty quick if he wants to stay in the fight!
Dorado is not going to allow Benny to sit and survive in this position.
Benny turns into Dorado and is now in his guard.
Benny must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Benny trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Benny trying to control the position from guard on top but Dorado is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Benny stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Dorado swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Benny engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Benny won't allow Dorado to sweep him here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benny pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Dorado is keeping the position for now.
Dorado keeping moving, preventing Benny from controlling successfully.
Dorado looking for a sweep. Not yet Dorado, not yet.
Dorado being controlled here, momentarily.
Benny trying to control but Dorado is working from the bottom.
Dorado looking for a sweep. Not yet Dorado, not yet.
Dorado trying to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benny trying to control the position from guard on top but Dorado is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
A slow jab from Dorado misses its intended target.
Benny looks to score with a jab to the body but Dorado is just out of range.
As Benny backs away, Dorado returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Benny throws a jab but it's blocked by Dorado.
Dorado tries to counter with a takedown but Benny is quick to defend against it.
Dorado throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Dorado closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Benny to the mat! Benny manages to get full guard.
Benny controlling the position.
Benny looking for a sweep. Not yet Benny, not yet.
Benny is trying to keep Dorado in close.
Dorado sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Dorado trying to control but Benny is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benny trying to keep a closed guard but Dorado is proving a slippery customer.
Dorado controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Benny trying to keep a closed guard but Dorado is proving a slippery customer.

Benny working for a triangle but Dorado defends it easily.
Dorado tries to free his leg and advance position but Benny is retaining full guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Dorado postures up.
Dorado tries to free his leg and advance position but Benny is retaining full guard.

Benny has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Dorado is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Benny.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Dorado fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Benny cracks Dorado with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Dorado jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Benny shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Benny throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.

Dorado looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Benny!
Benny is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Benny is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Benny is trying to escape the position but Dorado is controlling the position.
Dorado tries to move to mount but Benny blocks the move with his legs.
You can see the frustration on Benny's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Dorado is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Dorado is looking to take a break and control but Benny is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
We've been informed that Benny has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Dorado taking a breather here.
Benny is trying to control Dorado's posture but Dorado avoids it.

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.
Benny might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Dorado haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Benny tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Benny holds on to Dorado's head and controls the position momentarily.

Dorado tries for a kimura but Benny is defending well.
Benny is trying to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dorado controls the position.
Benny can't do much from the bottom here.
Dorado controls the position.
Benny tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Dorado wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Benny struggling a bit here.
Benny tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Dorado presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Dorado controlling from the full mount.
Dorado avoids the attempt from Benny to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benny is trying desperately to improve position.
Benny tries to hold on but Dorado pushes him away.
Dorado sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Benny is wriggling around trying to escape.
Dorado tries to control but Benny wriggling away.
Elrey Dorado overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Benny tries to hold on but Dorado pushes him away.
Benny is in all sorts of trouble here.
Benny gets back to half guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Benny tries to roll over but Dorado keeps him under control.
Dorado keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Elrey Dorado dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Benny misses with a low kick as Dorado jumps back.
Benny slips a jab from Dorado.
Benny throws a big shot that misses.
Dorado half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Dorado throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Benny's waist but Benny gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Dorado off to one side.
Benny fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dorado manages to avoid it.
Benny takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Dorado uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Benny.
Dorado looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Dorado with a lazy takedown attempt
and Benny counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Benny throws a leg kick

and Dorado counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Benny can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Dorado controls the pace.
Benny working a defensive guard here.
Benny is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dorado avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Dorado looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

Benny escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Dorado gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

Dorado is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Benny knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Dorado working away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Dorado trying to control the position but Benny is working away.
Dorado working away.
Benny is trying to get back to half guard.
A control attempt from Benny but he's now mounted!

Benny tries to improve his position but Dorado has taken his back! Dorado has a choke - it's sunk in pretty tight... Will Benny tap? No... maybe... yes! He's tapped! Dorado pushes Benny away and gets up to celebrate with his corner!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Elrey Dorado!
Elrey Dorado decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.