PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ben Zaylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mage Benser (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Benser is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Audiomachine- Arch Nemesis. Mage Benser is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Zaylor
vs
Benser

174 cm
25
155 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

188 cm
22
154 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ben Zaylor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mage Benser!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Cecil Peabody and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Benser misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Benser throws a nice head kick!

It looks like Ben Zaylor has been cut.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Benser throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Benser tries to clinch up.
Zaylor is trying hard to land a takedown here. Benser sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

Benser gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Zaylor to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Zaylor stays in close to Benser's body and controls the position.
Benser is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zaylor has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Benser is looking to sweep but instead, Zaylor has passed into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zaylor thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Benser's head.
Benser wants to get back to full guard.
Zaylor passes to full mount!
Zaylor connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Zaylor controlling the pace for now.
Zaylor working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zaylor controlling the position easily from mount.
Zaylor postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Benser looks a forlorn figure.
Benser is desperately trying to improve his position but Zaylor has a good base and remains in mount.
Zaylor takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zaylor raining down shots from the mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zaylor tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Zaylor landing strikes from the mount.
Zaylor sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benser is bucking up trying to escape but Zaylor cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
The referee warns Benser that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Zaylor controlling from mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Zaylor lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ben Zaylor dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ben Zaylor's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Benser tries to close the distance and clinch up but Zaylor swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Zaylor shoots in but Benser avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Benser tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Zaylor blocks a head kick by Benser.
Benser throws a head kick but Zaylor moves out of range.
Zaylor shoots in looking for a takedown but Benser manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Zaylor's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Benser lands with an overhand left.

Zaylor drives through and clinches with Benser against the cage.
Benser is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Zaylor is defending well for now.
Benser is defending well against a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ben Zaylor. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Benser is looking to break free of the clinch but Zaylor has double underhooks.
Zaylor is looking to take this one to the mat.

Benser's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Benser tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Benser is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Benser tries to clinch but Zaylor moves out of range.
Ben Zaylor is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Zaylor.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Benser throws a head kick that misses.
Benser is breathing heavily.

Zaylor shoots in and bounces Benser off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Zaylor sitting in guard here, content to control.
Zaylor throwing strikes but missing.
Zaylor has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Benser is wriggling around but Zaylor manages to pass to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zaylor controlling the action here.

Zaylor is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Zaylor sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Benser defending well though.
Zaylor content to control rather than advance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zaylor seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Benser for as long as he can get away with.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Ben Zaylor.
Benser fails with an attempt to clinch.

Zaylor drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Zaylor controlling from side mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Zaylor tries to score with some ground and pound. Benser controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Benser is letting Zaylor control him for a moment.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

We're going to have a standup here because Ben Zaylor wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
No luck for Zaylor with that takedown attempt.

Benser moves into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ben Zaylor dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ben Zaylor's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Benser pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Zaylor shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Benser's guard.
Zaylor content to stall in guard here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ben Zaylor has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Zaylor moves out of range as Benser strikes.
Zaylor avoids a punch combination nicely.
Mage Benser is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Benser takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Zaylor fails to land the takedown.
Nice takedown defense from Benser. No joy for Zaylor on that attempt.
Benser throws a body punch but Zaylor moves out of range.

Zaylor shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Benser's guard.
Zaylor showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Benser can't keep his opponent in guard - Zaylor advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Ben Zaylor is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benser is in trouble now - Zaylor has advanced to mount!
Benser is in a horrible position here. Zaylor smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Zaylor controlling from mount.
Ben Zaylor overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mage Benser has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Zaylor lands a nice shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zaylor sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Zaylor fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

And that's the end of the fight!
Ben Zaylor showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Zaylor, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ben Zaylor!
A relieved looking Ben Zaylor thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.