PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between DJ Benn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonny Chapman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Benn comes to the cage accompanied by Geto Boys - Damn It Feels Good To Be A Gangsta. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Benn
vs
Chapman

175 cm
27
166 lbs
13 - 10 - 0

178 cm
24
177 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Global MMA Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, DJ Benn!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jonny Chapman!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Albert Achterberg and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Benn lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Chapman circles away quickly and effectively.

Chapman decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

Benn looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Chapman is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Benn defends it well.

Chapman is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Chapman wants to stand but Benn has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Benn makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Benn.
Chapman has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Benn is proving hard to escape from.

Benn has his foot on Chapman's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Chapman works his way back into a safe position though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chapman tries to stand but Benn is controlling from the bottom.
Chapman must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Benn 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.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Benn lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Chapman!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Benn breaks from Chapman's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Chapman is wriggling around trying to escape.
Benn lands a nice shot to the head.
Benn landing shots from mount.
Benn 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.
Benn landing strikes from the mount and Chapman is in trouble!
Chapman looks gassed!
Chapman really wants to buck Benn off and get back to his feet.
Chapman is in a horrible position here. Benn smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Benn postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Chapman looks a forlorn figure.
Chapman is looking to improve his position but Benn isn't that keen on the idea.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benn putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Benn has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Chapman's face.
Chapman is bucking up trying to escape but Benn cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Benn scoring with strikes but Chapman is staying in there.
Benn working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Chapman is looking to improve his position but Benn isn't that keen on the idea.
Benn cracks Chapman with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Benn lands with some strikes.
Benn landing shots from mount.
Benn has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Chapman's face.
Benn cracks Chapman with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Benn unloading with bombs!
Chapman tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Chapman really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Benn. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
A nice elbow there by Benn.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benn postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Chapman looks a forlorn figure.
Chapman taking shots to the head.
Benn lands a big elbow.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Benn cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

Benn jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Chapman manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Benn cracks Chapman with a big elbow.
Benn lands a few punches from side control.
Benn lands a decent elbow from side control.
Benn in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Chapman sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Benn winds up and cracks Chapman with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Benn winds up and cracks Chapman with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Chapman has hold of Benn's hands but Benn slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chapman is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Benn scores with a couple of nice shots.
Benn scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

Chapman actively working from the bottom here.
Benn looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Benn drops an elbow to the side of Chapman's head.
Chapman pushes Benn off looking to stand but Benn dives back in and keeps control.
Chapman taking some punishment here, with Benn in his half guard.

Chapman looking for submissions off his back.
Benn landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Benn is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Chapman has managed to free his arm - good work.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Benn seems to be looking for submissions.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

DJ Benn dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Chapman shoots in but Benn avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Chapman shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Benn pinned against the cage. Benn gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Benn slaps away a takedown attempt from Chapman, before circling back to the center of the mat.
DJ Benn has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jonny Chapman.

Benn drives through with a takedown into guard.
Benn is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Benn is looking to work some ground and pound but Chapman has wrist control.
Benn is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Benn lands a couple of elbows.
Benn lands a couple of digs.
Chapman is breathing heavily.
Benn pushes down on Chapman's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Benn working the head and body with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Benn lands with a punch from half guard.

Chapman looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Benn slips a nice elbow through Chapman's hands, connecting with Chapman's forehead.
Benn drops an elbow to the side of Chapman's head.
Chapman has hold of Benn's hands but Benn slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Benn looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Benn working the head and body with strikes.
Benn is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Benn works his way into full mount!
Chapman is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Benn looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benn punishing his opponent with strikes.
Benn postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Chapman looks a forlorn figure.
Benn punishing his opponent with strikes.
Chapman is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Chapman is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Benn lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Benn landing shots from mount.
Benn lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Chapman hang on?
Benn with good strikes from the mount here!
Benn with a couple of short strikes.
Benn lands a heavy elbow.
Benn breaks from Chapman's wrist control and lands an elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benn dominating with strikes here.
Benn has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Chapman's face.
Benn lands a nice shot to the head.
Benn is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Benn dominating with strikes here.
Benn with good strikes from the mount here!
Chapman is looking to get to half guard.
Chapman wants to get back to his feet.
Benn has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Chapman's face.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Benn cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Benn lands a big shot there that rocks Chapman but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Benn scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Chapman is working to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benn in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Chapman wants to get back to his feet.
Benn fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Benn scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Chapman?
Benn lands with some strikes.
Benn is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Chapman can do to turn this around?
Chapman working to try and regain half guard.
Benn with a couple of short strikes.
Benn landing punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Benn in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Chapman taking shots to the head.
Benn looking to finish Chapman with some ground and pound. This is bad for Chapman!
Benn scoring with strikes but Chapman is staying in there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

DJ Benn dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Chapman tries for a takedown but Benn circles away easily
and Benn counters with a series of strikes. Chapman will be more careful next time no doubt.

Chapman decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

Chapman is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Benn works his way to full guard. Good work.
Benn is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Chapman taking some punishment here, with Benn in his half guard.
Benn looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Benn landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Benn is trying for a kimura here. Chapman looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Benn wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:01 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). DJ Benn!
DJ Benn is the new welterweight champion!