PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tom Turtle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Malik Benjamin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Malik Benjamin has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Turtle
vs
Benjamin

160 cm
25
205 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

172 cm
25
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Brawler
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tom Turtle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Malik Benjamin!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Ryoma Takatsuka and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Turtle swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Benjamin looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!

Turtle shoots in and gets a takedown into Benjamin's guard.
Turtle stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Benjamin swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Turtle stays in close to Benjamin's body and controls the position.

Turtle stands and steps away. Benjamin gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Turtle tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Benjamin was well out of range. Poor timing from Turtle.
Turtle stuffs the takedown.
Benjamin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Turtle moves into the clinch.

Turtle's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Benjamin is looking to clinch.
Benjamin tries for a takedown but Turtle circles away easily

and Turtle moves into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Turtle breaks the clinch.
No luck for Benjamin with that takedown attempt.
Tom Turtle has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Malik Benjamin.
Turtle misses with a body shot.

Turtle darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Turtle performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Benjamin is trying to control but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Turtle is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Turtle trying to pass the guard but Benjamin defending well.
Turtle passes to full mount!
Turtle takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Turtle looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benjamin is in a horrible position here. Turtle smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Turtle takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Turtle is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Turtle controlling from the full mount.

Turtle is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Benjamin has managed to escape the submission attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Turtle working for a submission but Benjamin is keeping him at bay.
Turtle controlling the pace for now.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Turtle lands a big elbow.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Turtle unloading with bombs!
Turtle wants to control the pace but Benjamin is squirming around nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tom Turtle dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Benjamin avoids a punch combination nicely.
Turtle swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Benjamin shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Turtle moves into the clinch.

Turtle gets control of Benjamin's arms and successfully pulls guard. Turtle will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.

Turtle scrambles and gets back to his feet.

Turtle shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Turtle might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Turtle trying to control the position from guard on top but Benjamin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Turtle controls from within his opponent's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Benjamin is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turtle trying to control but Benjamin is working from the bottom.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

We're going to have a standup here because Tom Turtle wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.

Turtle pushes Benjamin up against the cage in a clinch.
Turtle looking to throw knees to the head but Benjamin is blocking nicely.

Turtle pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Turtle throws a front kick aimed at Benjamin's knee but Benjamin avoids it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benjamin tries to work over Turtle's front leg with a kick but Turtle checks it.

Turtle gets a double leg takedown into Benjamin's guard.
Turtle wants to pass the guard but Benjamin is keeping the position.
Turtle pushing down on Benjamin's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Benjamin is in trouble now - Turtle has advanced to mount!
Turtle lands a nice shot to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Turtle has hold of Benjamin's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Benjamin manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Turtle controlling from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Turtle has control of Benjamin's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Benjamin regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Turtle can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Benjamin is looking to escape.
Benjamin in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Turtle is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Benjamin can do to turn this around?

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Benjamin has left one of his arms exposed and Turtle doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. Benjamin screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Tom Turtle!