PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Anthor Basilicus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dakota Benedict (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Basilicus
vs
Benedict

177 cm
33
165 lbs
19 - 8 - 0

195 cm
26
155 lbs
3 - 10 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Determined

PEGASUS FIGHT WEAR ( $ 7 and Laundering 90% )

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 19 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Anthor Basilicus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dakota Benedict!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Sosuke Kotani and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Benedict tries to clinch up.
Benedict tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Basilicus counters with an inside leg kick.

Basilicus pushes Benedict up against the ropes in a clinch.
Basilicus putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Benedict in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Basilicus lands a knee to the body.
Basilicus lands an uppercut.
Basilicus avoids a wild elbow strike from Benedict.
Basilicus utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Benedict looks winded!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Basilicus pulls guard effortlessly.
Basilicus manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

Basilicus working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Benedict looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Basilicus! Submission of the night perhaps?

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Anthor Basilicus!
Anthor Basilicus spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.