PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Phil Benton (ranked 5130 p4p, 508 weight class) and Marcel Dikoume (ranked 7905 p4p, 646 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Benton
vs
Dikoume

180 cm
25
190 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

184 cm
23
184 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Phil Benton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Marcel Dikoume!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Steven Brown and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Benton misses with a body shot

so Dikoume counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Benton on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Benton tries to get out of the position.
Dikoume controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Dikoume stops Benton from standing up.
Dikoume passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Benton knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Dikoume on the ground.

Dikoume tries for a kimura but Benton is defending well.

Dikoume has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Benton is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Dikoume yanks on the arm and Benton is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Dikoume.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Marcel Dikoume!