PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ralte Bentea (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ghabib Amir Akbar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ralte Bentea has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Bentea
vs
Amir Akbar

174 cm
20
136 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

160 cm
20
134 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ralte Bentea!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ghabib Amir Akbar!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Ian Loll and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bentea keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Akbar is trying hard to land a takedown here. Bentea sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Bentea looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Akbar is fending him off so far but Bentea persists. Nope, Akbar circles away and we're back to standing.
Bentea shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Akbar sprawls well. Akbar wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Bentea gets slowly back to his feet.
Akbar shoots in but no luck this time.
Ralte Bentea has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ghabib Amir Akbar.

Bentea shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Bentea will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Bentea scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Akbar taking some punishment here, with Bentea in his half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Akbar trying to control from the bottom.
Bentea thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Akbar's head.
Bentea scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Bentea is thwarting Akbar's attempts to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bentea slips a nice elbow through Akbar's hands, connecting with Akbar's forehead.
Bentea missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Akbar missing with punches from the bottom.
Bentea wants to stand but his hand is trapped. Akbar uses the opportunity to regain full guard.
Bentea lands a couple of decent looking shots.

Akbar looking for a guillotine here but Bentea defends easily.
Akbar has momentary wrist control but Bentea slips an elbow through the middle.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Bentea's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bentea lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bentea keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Akbar's head.

Akbar is rocked!
Bentea with a nice head shot there.
Akbar is still in real trouble! Can Bentea finish him?
Akbar looks winded!
Bentea content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Bentea throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Bentea working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Akbar seems to have recovered his senses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bentea trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Bentea knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Akbar on the ground.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Bentea postures up and lands a big shot to Akbar's brow.
Bentea connects with a couple of short punches.
Bentea scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Bentea landing some decent shots from guard.
Akbar has momentary wrist control but Bentea slips an elbow through the middle.
Bentea lands a couple of digs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bentea keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Akbar's head.
Bentea scoring with punches to the head and body.
Bentea postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Bentea connects with a couple of short punches.
Bentea keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Akbar's head.
Bentea postures up and lands a big shot to Akbar's brow.
Bentea landing some decent shots from guard.
Bentea is in close to Akbar's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Bentea arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Akbar's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Ralte Bentea!