PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Janusz Wpierdziel (ranked 4662 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yowis Ben (ranked 5026 p4p, 0 weight class). Yowis Ben is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Wpierdziel
vs
Ben

189 cm
28
235 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

199 cm
26
270 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

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 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Janusz Wpierdziel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Yowis Ben!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Glass and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wpierdziel misses with a wild body shot.
Ben takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Ben takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

It looks like Yowis Ben has been cut.

Ben scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Wpierdziel takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Wpierdziel struggling a bit here.
Ben lands a nice forearm strike.
Ben scoring with punches from side control.
Wpierdziel knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Ben on the ground.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wpierdziel takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Ben has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ben throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Ben taking a breather here.
Ben misses with the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ben tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Ben creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Wpierdziel sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Ben in side control lands a decent elbow.
Wpierdziel is letting Ben control him for a moment.
Wpierdziel takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Ben scoring with punches from side control.
Wpierdziel dodges the ground and pound from Ben.
Ben lands a nice forearm strike.
Ben in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Wpierdziel is trying to control Ben's posture but Ben avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ben landing a few strikes.
Ben slows the pace down.
Ben lands a decent elbow from side control.
Ben just content to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Ben is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Wpierdziel has escaped the position, nice work there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ben scoring with punches from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ben landing a few strikes.

Ben has an Americana. Wpierdziel didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Ben is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Ben hooks up with any of them at the after show party.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Yowis Ben!