PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Miguel Benitez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tobias Tattsyrup (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Benitez
vs
Tattsyrup

188 cm
18
270 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

182 cm
18
182 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Inexperienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Miguel Benitez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tobias Tattsyrup!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Fedor Mirinova and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Benitez gets a double leg takedown into Tattsyrup's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Tattsyrup is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Benitez is aware though and is defending well.
Benitez working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Tattsyrup controlling Benitez's posture.
Benitez with a flurry of punches that miss.
Tattsyrup wants to sweep here but Benitez controlling him for the moment.
Tattsyrup controlling Benitez's posture.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Tobias Tattsyrup.

Benitez closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Tattsyrup is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tattsyrup is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Benitez's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Benitez's back!
Benitez tries to escape but Tattsyrup has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Tattsyrup is landing with strikes from the back.
Tattsyrup throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Benitez!
Benitez is in bad spot here.
Tattsyrup looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
I would not like to be Benitez right now.
Tattsyrup lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
Tattsyrup softening up his opponent with strikes here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tattsyrup lands a shot to the head.
Benitez is really stuck here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tattsyrup is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Benitez. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.
Benitez wants to escape the position.
Benitez breaks Tattsyrup's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Benitez pushing down on Tattsyrup's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Benitez is looking to take a break and control but Tattsyrup is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Benitez seems to be looking for submissions.
Tattsyrup preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Benitez is trying to control. Tattsyrup wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Tattsyrup regains full guard. Nicely done.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benitez stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Tattsyrup swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Tattsyrup is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Tattsyrup has his foot on Benitez's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Benitez works his way back into a safe position though.
Benitez trying to control but Tattsyrup is working from the bottom.
Tattsyrup manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Benitez really is a fat lump.
Tattsyrup working Benitez over with strikes here.
Benitez keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Benitez wants to control but Tattsyrup is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benitez sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Benitez slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tattsyrup trying to control the position from guard on top but Benitez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tattsyrup is in close to Benitez's body, working some short punches and elbows.

Benitez is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Tattsyrup sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tobias Tattsyrup dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Benitez scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Benitez is looking to take a break and control but Tattsyrup is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Tattsyrup. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.

Benitez is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Tattsyrup has escaped the position, nice work there.
Tattsyrup prevents Benitez from moving into mount.
Benitez trying to control the action but Tattsyrup is working from the bottom.
Tattsyrup managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Benitez.

Benitez goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Tattsyrup has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Benitez but great work by Tattsyrup.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Benitez is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Tattsyrup in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Tattsyrup lands a nice forearm strike.
Benitez is looking for a sweep.
Tattsyrup lands an elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Benitez is not content to let Tattsyrup control the position.
Benitez is looking to regain half guard here but Tattsyrup keeps moving and retains side control.
Tattsyrup is working Benitez over with some ground and pound from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tattsyrup grinds an elbow into Benitez's temple.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tattsyrup lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Tattsyrup working the ground and pound.
Benitez takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Tattsyrup landing strikes.
Tattsyrup lands an elbow.
Tattsyrup lands an elbow.
Benitez regains half guard.
Benitez is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Tattsyrup scores with a couple of nice shots.
Tattsyrup landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Tattsyrup takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Benitez is looking for a sweep. Tattsyrup is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Benitez actively working from the bottom here.
Tattsyrup lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Tobias Tattsyrup has got the better of the ground game so far.

Tattsyrup is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Tattsyrup is trying to control. Benitez wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Benitez has hold of Tattsyrup's hands but Tattsyrup slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Tattsyrup in particular looking to stall.
The fighters are battling for position here. Benitez manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Tattsyrup distracts Benitez with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Tattsyrup content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Benitez keeping moving, preventing Tattsyrup from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Benitez is looking for a triangle but Tattsyrup pushes his legs off easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Benitez had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Tattsyrup defends it easily.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Tattsyrup's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Tattsyrup with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Tattsyrup stands up over Benitez, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

Benitez throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tattsyrup trying to control the position from guard on top but Benitez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tobias Tattsyrup showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Benitez shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Tattsyrup is trying to defend but Benitez finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Benitez stalling away here and it's allowed Tattsyrup to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Tattsyrup keeping full guard, as Benitez tries to pass.
Tattsyrup pulls Benitez in close to prevent any damage.
Benitez trying to control but Tattsyrup is working from the bottom.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Tattsyrup can do anything to dispel that myth.

Benitez drops back, looking for a kneebar! Tattsyrup looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Tattsyrup looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Tattsyrup!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Benitez takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Benitez is trying to get back to half guard.
Tattsyrup wants to take a breather but Benitez manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Tattsyrup.
Tattsyrup with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Tattsyrup postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

Benitez working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Tattsyrup doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Tattsyrup manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Tattsyrup trying to control but Benitez is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Benitez is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Tattsyrup is aware though and is defending well.
Tattsyrup scoring with some ground and pound.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tattsyrup working some strikes from top position.

Benitez throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Tattsyrup must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Tattsyrup working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Benitez's head.
Benitez wants to sweep but no luck.

Benitez is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Tattsyrup is aware though and is defending well.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tattsyrup is in close to Benitez's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Tattsyrup advances position into side control!
Tattsyrup lands a nice forearm strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tattsyrup is chipping away with strikes.
You can see the frustration on Benitez's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Benitez tries to buck Tattsyrup off but Tattsyrup is having none of it.
Tattsyrup scoring with punches and elbows.
Tattsyrup moves into full mount!
Tattsyrup lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Tattsyrup wants to control the pace but Benitez is squirming around nicely.
Tattsyrup working Benitez over with strikes here.
Tobias Tattsyrup is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Benitez can't escape the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tattsyrup looking to control and managing it successfully.
Tattsyrup with a couple of short strikes.
BOOM! Tattsyrup connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Tattsyrup scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Benitez?
Tattsyrup looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Tattsyrup controlling the position easily from mount.
Tattsyrup landing strikes from the mount and Benitez is in trouble!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tattsyrup can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Benitez is looking to escape.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tobias Tattsyrup comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Tattsyrup winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight for Tobias Tattsyrup!
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight for Tobias Tattsyrup!
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight for Tobias Tattsyrup!

Tobias Tattsyrup wins by unanimous decision!
Tobias Tattsyrup bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.