PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kalle Bengtsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and lewis shakles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kalle Bengtsson has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Bengtsson
vs
shakles

200 cm
18
284 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

223 cm
18
295 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Kalle Bengtsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, lewis shakles!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Steven Brown and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
shakles is looking to clinch but Bengtsson is avoiding it.
shakles looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!

Bengtsson gets in close and instigates a clinch.

shakles breaks from the clinch.

Bengtsson gets the takedown into side control.
Bengtsson lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear shakles down.
Bengtsson landing strikes.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Bengtsson advances to full mount.
Bengtsson scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish shakles?
Bengtsson is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. shakles can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Bengtsson raining down shots from the mount!

It looks like lewis shakles has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bengtsson controlling from the full mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bengtsson scoring with strikes but shakles is staying in there.
Bengtsson lands with some vicious ground and pound - can shakles hang on?
Bengtsson controlling from the full mount.
Bengtsson 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bengtsson seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down shakles for as long as he can get away with.

Bengtsson jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but shakles manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Bengtsson just content to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
shakles takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Bengtsson creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Kalle Bengtsson!