PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Henry Beninth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexio Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva has chosen Nawal - Mitad De La Historia as his entrance music. The key to victory for Henry Beninth has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Beninth
vs
Silva

175 cm
27
155 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

170 cm
20
145 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent elbows
Very strong

ADCC Champion
Counter striker
Good gas tank

1337 ANZAC

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Henry Beninth!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Alexio Silva!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Hirohito Nitta and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice defenses there by Beninth.
Silva slips a jab and a cross from Beninth.
Silva shoots in and drives through. Beninth sprawls well.
Beninth tests Silva's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Silva shoots in and drives through. Beninth sprawls well.
Beninth misses with a low kick.
Beninth fails in his attempt to clinch.

Silva scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Beninth is looking to improve his position.
Beninth is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Silva's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Silva's back!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Beninth struggling to keep hold of the position.
Silva trying to control the action but Beninth just sinks the hooks in.

Silva showing good submission defense here.
Silva trying to survive by controlling the hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva can't escape the position.
Silva is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Silva trying to control the action but Beninth just sinks the hooks in.
Silva is in bad spot here.
A lull in the action here.
Beninth is trying to stick to Silva's back but Silva is turning into Beninth. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Beninth's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Silva.
Silva wants to control from the top but Beninth keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Alexio Silva has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Silva fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Henry Beninth has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alexio Silva.

Silva shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Beninth is squirming around, avoiding Silva's attempts to control the action.
Beninth avoids a series of strikes thrown by Silva.

Silva is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Silva!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Alexio Silva!
After the big win, Alexio Silva made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors 1337 ANZAC and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.