PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ralte Bentea (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Mclovin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bentea
vs
Mclovin

174 cm
25
136 lbs
9 - 11 - 0

167 cm
26
145 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Very quick

Excellent grappler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Fury Nutrition Inc.

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 9 - 11 - 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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Mclovin!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Chad Campbell and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bentea looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Mclovin!
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Bentea works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Mclovin regains half guard, as Bentea was trying to land strikes.
Bentea landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Mclovin moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Mclovin lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Bentea!
Mclovin with good strikes from the mount here!
Bentea wants to get back to his feet.
Mclovin controlling his opponent.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Bentea working to try and regain half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mclovin looking to control and managing it successfully.
Bentea tries to reverse the position but Mclovin maintains control.
Mclovin fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Mclovin controlling the pace for now.
Mclovin lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Bentea has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Bentea sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Bentea wants to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mclovin slows the pace down in half guard.
Mclovin is thwarting Bentea's attempts to control the position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mclovin perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Bentea trying to hold on to Mclovin's head to control him but Mclovin postures up.
Mclovin is controlling the pace.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Ralte Bentea.
Bentea shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Mclovin defends it nicely.
Mclovin has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Bentea with a poor takedown

and Mclovin counters with a single leg into guard. Bentea didn't expect that.
Mclovin trying to control but Bentea is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mclovin stopping the sweep attempt from Bentea.
Bentea is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Mclovin throws an elbow that misses. Bentea uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Mclovin's guard. Nice move by Bentea!
Mclovin is trying to keep Bentea in close.

Mclovin is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Bentea has his hands clasped together but Mclovin extends and breaks Bentea's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Mclovin.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). John Mclovin!