PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Henry Beninth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jojo Mfaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Beninth
vs
Mfaki

175 cm
25
155 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

170 cm
19
155 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent elbows
Good in bed

Decent wrestler
Counter striker
Solid chin

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Henry Beninth!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jojo Mfaki!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Sosuke Kotani and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beninth throws a front kick aimed at Mfaki's knee but Mfaki avoids it well.
Beninth tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Mfaki counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Beninth has hold of Mfaki's hands but Mfaki slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Mfaki with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

Beninth looking for submissions off his back.
Beninth trying to control here.
Mfaki is trying to control. Beninth wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Mfaki wants to pass to mount but Beninth is defending the position.
Beninth has hold of Mfaki's hands but Mfaki slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Beninth trying to hold on to Mfaki's head to control him but Mfaki postures up.
Mfaki really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Beninth. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Mfaki is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Beninth trying to control from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mfaki wants to control but Beninth is keeping him busy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mfaki looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Beninth makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Beninth.
Mfaki lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Mfaki lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Mfaki has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Beninth to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Mfaki is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Beninth pulls down on the head and he's put Mfaki to sleep! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Henry Beninth!