PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Maskar Flugamine (ranked 3583 p4p, 3064 weight class) and Uncle Ben (ranked 403 p4p, 361 weight class). Maskar Flugamine has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Flugamine
vs
Ben

188 cm
25
199
1 - 0 - 0

175 cm
25
190
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Inexperienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

White Gorilla
PWNAGE™

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Maskar Flugamine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Uncle Ben!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Percy O'Donnell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Ben shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Ben was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Flugamine avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Ben.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Flugamine manages to work his way to half guard, despite Ben's best efforts.
Ben trying to control from half guard but Flugamine is working away.
Flugamine is looking to improve his position.
Flugamine keeping control of the position.
Flugamine is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters are battling for position here. Flugamine manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Flugamine pulls Ben in close to prevent any damage.
Ben throws a strike but Flugamine rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Flugamine drops back, looking for a kneebar! Ben looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Ben looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Ben!

Flugamine is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Ben off and has taken his back!
Flugamine punishes Ben with strikes from the back mount.

It looks like Uncle Ben has been cut.

Ben defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Flugamine's arms.
Flugamine scores with punches and elbows.
Flugamine lands shots from the back.
Flugamine keeps control of the position easily here as Ben tries to buck him off.
Ben trying to control the position but Flugamine manages to sink in the hooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Flugamine has Ben flattened out and is raining down punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Flugamine looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
Ben is taking damage to the body and head.
Flugamine scores with punches to the body.

Flugamine has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Flugamine lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.
Flugamine lands a shot to the body.

Flugamine looking for the RNC.
Oooh a big shot gets through from Flugamine. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!

That has opened up Uncle Ben's cut even more.

Flugamine has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Flugamine trying to secure his dominant position for a moment - making sure Ben doesn't escape.
Flugamine landing with strikes.

Ben defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Flugamine's arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flugamine has Ben flattened out and is raining down punches.
Flugamine avoiding Ben 's attempts to control his hands.
Ben really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Flugamine. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Flugamine struggling to keep hold of the position.
Flugamine has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Flugamine is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.

Ben is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Flugamine is landing with strikes. Ben can't take much more of this.
Flugamine controlling the position well here. Ben rolled but Flugamine kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Flugamine is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Ben looking very determined here, making life difficult for Flugamine.
Flugamine is looking to finish with some ground and pound!
Ben trying to control but not successfully.

Flugamine has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Flugamine scores with strikes from the back.

The cut above Uncle Ben's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Ben is taking damage to the body and head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Maskar Flugamine dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Uncle Ben's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Flugamine tries to score a power double leg takedown but Ben sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Flugamine somewhat.

Ben shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Ben was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Ben throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Flugamine works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Ben throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Flugamine is doing well to control the position and prevent Ben from advancing to side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ben throwing shots but Flugamine is blocking nicely.
Flugamine controlling the position for now.
Flugamine has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Flugamine is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ben can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Flugamine gets back to full guard.
Ben is looking to work some ground and pound but Flugamine has wrist control.
Flugamine pulls Ben in close to prevent any damage.
Maskar Flugamine overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Flugamine lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Flugamine works over Ben with some ground and pound from guard.

Uncle Ben's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Uncle Ben's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Maskar Flugamine!
The defeated Uncle Ben had this to say: 'He has to ride with me'.