PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tom Eli (ranked 1847 p4p, 5468 weight class) and Jingky Benarao (ranked 239 p4p, 520 weight class). Jingky Benarao looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Eli
vs
Benarao

176 cm
21
178
3 - 0 - 0

182 cm
21
177
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tom Eli!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jingky Benarao!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Steve Smith and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Benarao lands a jab.
Benarao connects with a right hand. Eli shakes it off.
Benarao moves out of range as Eli strikes.
Benarao looks to land a right hand but Eli moved out of range.
Eli looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Eli looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Eli gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Benarao tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Eli was well out of range. Poor timing from Benarao.
An attempted straight right counter from Eli misses the target.
Eli throws a hook but Benarao blocks it.
Benarao misses the shot to the body.
Benarao's coach down at ALPHA Performance Center was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Benarao's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Benarao connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Eli momentarily.
Nice uppercut lands for Benarao. That snapped Eli's head back.
Benarao fails in his attempt to clinch.
Benarao slips under a jab.
Benarao ducks under a wild hook from Eli.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Eli misses with a left hand
enabling Benarao to counter with a crisp jab.
Benarao swings widly with a right hand
and Benarao takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

It looks like Jingky Benarao has been cut.
Benarao connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Benarao misses with a straight right.
Eli is looking to counter punch.
Benarao tries to bum rush Eli with a series of wild strikes but Eli uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Decent striking displayed by Benarao there.
Eli lands a nice shot that snaps Benarao's head back.
Jingky Benarao seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Benarao throws a series of punches but Eli moves out of range.
Eli's jab looks to have found its range, popping Benarao under the eye.

Benarao is rocked!
Benarao ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Eli moves away.
Benarao is still on wobbly legs! Can Eli finish him?
Benarao misses with an uppercut. Eli saw that one coming.
A little feinted left hand from Eli on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Benarao throws a hook to the side of Eli's head but Eli sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Benarao seems to have recovered his senses.
Eli cracks Benarao with a hook to the temple - Benarao is on wobbly legs here! Eli swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Benarao falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Eli wins by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Tom Eli!