PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Antwan Benson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ariel Ary (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Benson
vs
Ary

185 cm
20
155 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

176 cm
19
164 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Antwan Benson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Ariel Ary!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, James Atkins and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ary throws a head kick that misses.
Ary cracks Benson with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Benson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Benson circles away from the clinch attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ary looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ary misses with a body kick.
Ary misses with a body kick.
Ary tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Benson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ary throws a nice looking combination but Benson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A head kick misses from Ary.
Ary tries to clinch up.
Benson swats away the attempt to clinch by Ary.
Ary tries to clinch but Benson moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ary throws a nice head kick!
Ary moves in looking to clinch but Benson pushes him off.
Benson dodges the punch combination from Ary.
Ary swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ary is looking to clinch.
Ary throws a low kick but it's checked well by Benson.
Benson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ary fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ary throws a head kick that misses.

Benson drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Benson is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Ary knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Benson really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Ary looks gassed!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Benson tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

Benson is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Ary is trying to escape and Benson transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Ary is forced to tap! Nice work there by Benson! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Antwan Benson!