PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Erik Bennett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yusuke Urameshi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Urameshi has chosen Two Piece by Tech N9ne as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Bennett
vs
Urameshi

183 cm
29
182 lbs
19 - 9 - 0

190 cm
27
180 lbs
14 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 19 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Erik Bennett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Yusuke Urameshi!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, David Schapiro and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Urameshi scoring well with a low kick there.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Urameshi - that will leave a mark!

Bennett gets a double leg takedown into Urameshi's guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Urameshi is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Urameshi is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Bennett postures up.
Bennett stops Urameshi from standing up.
Bennett working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Bennett working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Urameshi's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bennett with a flurry of punches that miss.
Bennett is on the wrong end of a couple of strikes there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bennett postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Urameshi utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Urameshi looking to control.
Bennett postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Bennett throwing strikes from guard but Urameshi blocks nicely.
Bennett looking to pass the guard.
Bennett passes into half guard.
Urameshi is looking for a sweep. Bennett is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Urameshi is still trying to improve position.
Urameshi trying to control here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Urameshi taking some punishment here, with Bennett in his half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bennett lands strikes from half guard.
Bennett throwing shots but Urameshi is blocking nicely.
Bennett missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Bennett passes into side control, despite Urameshi's attempt to control the position.
Bennett cracks Urameshi with a big right hand but Urameshi just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Bennett 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.
Urameshi is trying to control Bennett's posture but Bennett avoids it.
Bennett working the body and head with strikes.
Bennett trying to control the action but Urameshi is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bennett scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Urameshi to see if he's OK.

Urameshi is rocked!
Bennett in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Urameshi looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! Bennett turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Erik Bennett!
After the fight, Erik Bennett was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.