PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rick OShae (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Bennett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bennett has chosen Stronger, Kanye West as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!

OShae
vs
Bennett

180 cm
23
160 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

182 cm
21
155 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

EQN - Extreme Quality Nutritions
Crippler's Corner

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rick OShae!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mike Bennett!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bennett tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bennett misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
OShae shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Bennett as he avoids it easily.
Bennett with a lazy takedown attempt

and OShae counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Bennett's guard now.
Bennett looking to hit a scissor sweep but OShae is one step ahead there.

Bennett is looking for a triangle but OShae pushes his legs off easily.

Bennett throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Bennett throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! OShae escapes and throws Bennett's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Bennett looks gassed!
OShae scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Bennett to see if he's OK.

That's one minute gone in the round.

OShae is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Bennett knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Bennett looks to move to half guard but instead OShae has passed into mount! Damn!
Bennett is looking to get to half guard.

OShae stands up from mount. Strange move.
OShae looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Bennett is fending him off so far but OShae persists. Nope, Bennett circles away and we're back to standing.
Bennett has his takedown stuffed

so OShae counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Rick OShae has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Bennett.
OShae wants to stand but Bennett is controlling his posture from full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bennett avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
OShae wanted to stand there but Bennett had control of the position.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

Bennett escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. OShae gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Bennett doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.

Bennett throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Bennett has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but OShae can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Bennett looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bennett working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. OShae doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. OShae manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

Bennett looking for a guillotine here but OShae defends easily.

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

Bennett looking for a guillotine here but OShae defends easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
OShae won't allow Bennett to sweep him here.

Bennett is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bennett manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Bennett with a couple of short strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bennett cracks OShae with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

Bennett has isolated one of OShae's arms. OShae looking to fight him off but Bennett twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Mike Bennett!