PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Charles Benedict (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tung Kuk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Benedict
vs
Kuk

170 cm
27
163 lbs
8 - 0 - 0

178 cm
20
160 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very strong

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Charles Benedict!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tung Kuk !
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Dirk Anderson and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kuk tries to clinch up.

Kuk has closed the distance and engaged Benedict in a clinch.
Kuk tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kuk goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Benedict fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Benedict working aggressively here.
Kuk blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Stalling in the clinch from Kuk .
Kuk lands a right hand.
Kuk misses with a body punch.
Kuk misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Benedict is trying to break the clinch but Kuk has him pressed against the cage.
Kuk keeps control of Benedict as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kuk misses with a punch to the body.
Benedict tries to throw a body punch but Kuk avoids it by throwing Benedict back against the cage.
I was talking to Benedict's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A short uppercut from Kuk .

It looks like Charles Benedict has been cut.
Kuk lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from Kuk .
Benedict lands a shoulder strike.
Kuk letting Benedict take a breather here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Benedict.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Kuk takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Kuk has a couple of punches blocked by Benedict.
Kuk lands a right hand.
Kuk prevents a body shot from Benedict.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Benedict.
Kuk struggles to land a body shot inside as Benedict controls his hands.
Kuk tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Benedict misses with the head strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kuk lands a left hand that snaps the head of Benedict backwards.
Benedict looking to slow down the pace here.
Kuk is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Kuk misses with some punches.
Kuk tries to throw a body punch but Benedict avoids it by throwing Kuk back against the cage.
Benedict misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Benedict fails to land.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kuk lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Benedict misses with the head strike.
Kuk lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kuk stalling in the clinch.
Benedict doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kuk is leaning against Benedict and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kuk fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kuk lands a hook that snaps the head of Benedict backwards.
Kuk goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kuk struggles to land a body shot inside as Benedict controls his hands.

Benedict manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.

Benedict is looking to cinch up a triangle. Kuk throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Benedict's body to avoid the submission. Benedict has instead reached around Kuk 's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Benedict arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Charles Benedict!
Charles Benedict retains his lightweight title!