PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jeff Bennington (ranked 3612 p4p, 408 weight class) and Ryo Tanaka (ranked 3220 p4p, 367 weight class). Jeff Bennington has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Bennington
vs
Tanaka

178 cm
26
162 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

170 cm
26
155 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Good chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Powerful

ZZ POPS

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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jeff Bennington !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ryo Tanaka!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Winston Alpacca and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tanaka lands a glancing blow to the side of Bennington 's head.
Bennington shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Tanaka misses with a leg kick

and Bennington counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Tanaka!

Bennington tries for a kimura but Tanaka is defending well.

Bennington is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Tanaka is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Bennington wants to control but Tanaka is keeping him busy.

Bennington looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
You can see the frustration on Tanaka's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

Bennington is trying to get an arm triangle but Tanaka is defending well.
Tanaka is trying to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bennington is looking to take a break and control but Tanaka is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Bennington working away.

Bennington working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

Bennington tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Bennington wants to lay and pray for a moment but Tanaka keeps working.
Tanaka holds on tight, trying to prevent any damage.
Bennington working away.

Bennington tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Bennington has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
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Bennington goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Tanaka rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Bennington 's guard! Nice work there by Tanaka!
Bennington keeping moving, preventing Tanaka from controlling successfully.
Bennington seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bennington keeping full guard, as Tanaka tries to pass.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tanaka is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

Bennington throws his legs up looking for a submission but Tanaka uses it to pass to side control.

Tanaka has hold of Bennington 's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Bennington seems comfortable defending it but Tanaka has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Bennington is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Bennington is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Tanaka couldn't care less - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Ryo Tanaka!
A victorious Ryo Tanaka thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.