PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Walton Nash (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marc Benton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Nash
vs
Benton

166 cm
18
177 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

187 cm
18
177 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Walton Nash!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Marc Benton!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Shigeki Sano and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
Benton swinging wildly here.
Nash is looking to counter the offense by Benton and move into the clinch.
Benton throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Benton misses with a double jab

and Nash counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stalling in the clinch from Benton.
Nash swings wildly with an uppercut but Benton uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nash throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Benton blocks it with crossed arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nash keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Benton's efforts to push away.
Nash swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nash misses with a punch to the body.
Benton tries to break the clinch but Nash is controlling the position.

Nash breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nash tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Benton counters with a series of strikes. Nash will be more careful next time no doubt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nash tries to clinch up but Benton circles away and keeps his distance.
Benton misses with a jab, cross combination.
Benton works over Nash's head and body with a nice combination.
Benton misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
It looked like Nash wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Benton works over Nash's head and body with a nice combination.

Nash is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nash walks straight into a right hand from Benton - that's dropped him! Benton jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Nash from any more punishment! Nash complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Marc Benton!
A relieved looking Marc Benton thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.