PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Randall Benson (ranked 4707 p4p, 401 weight class) and Li Sim (ranked 4418 p4p, 380 weight class). Randall Benson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Benson
vs
Sim

206 cm
25
285 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

188 cm
25
265 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 Montreal, Randall Benson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Li Sim!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Anthony Taglia and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sim pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Benson tries to keep at a distance but Sim has taken the fight into the clinch.

Benson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Benson moves out of range of the strikes.

Benson rushes Sim and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Benson jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Sim walks away with a smile on his face. Benson gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Sim waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Benson.
Benson wants to clinch

and Sim counters with a crisp one two that drops Benson! Sim thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Benson to his feet! Benson is in big trouble!
Sim tests Benson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Benson throws a series of punches but Sim avoids them all with ease.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Benson clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sim lands a shot to the body.
Sim works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Benson is breathing heavily.
Sim gets underhooks to prevent Benson's takedown attempt.
Benson takes a shot to the head.
Sim is pushing Benson up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Sim displaying some good clinch control by pressing Benson up against the cage.
The crowd are getting on Sim's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.

Sim breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Benson shoots and misses
and Sim counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Randall Benson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Benson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sim.

Benson gets a double leg takedown into Sim's guard.
Sim wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Benson manages to pass to side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Sim tries to kick Benson off but Benson keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Benson will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

Benson is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Sim defends it well.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Benson keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Benson wants to pass the guard but Sim is defending well.
Well, if Benson is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sim pushes Benson off looking to stand but Benson dives back in and keeps control.
Benson controlling the action here.

Sim is pushing off trying to get to his feet. Benson has hold of the leg though and he's dropped back for a heel hook… has he got it?? YES! Sim is tapping! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Heel Hook). Randall Benson!