PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Gaia Ky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chucho Benitez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ky comes to the cage accompanied by TIAMAT - Gaia. Chucho Benitez is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Ky
vs
Benitez

176 cm
30
164 lbs
18 - 8 - 1

170 cm
24
165 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

ADCC Champion
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Conviction
Conviction

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gaia Ky!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chucho Benitez!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Benitez shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Ky manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Benitez pushes down on Ky's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Ky works his way to full guard. Good work.
Benitez trying to control but Ky is working from the bottom.

Ky looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Ky is looking for a triangle but Benitez pushes his legs off easily.
Ky wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Benitez is now in half guard.
Benitez is looking to take a break and control but Ky is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ky trying to hold on to Benitez's head to control him but Benitez postures up.
Ky avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Benitez.
Benitez seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Ky does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

Ky looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Benitez slows the pace down in half guard.
Benitez throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Ky looking for submissions off his back.
Benitez scoring with strikes to the body and head.

Benitez wants to work for an arm triangle but Ky is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Ky is staying active underneath Benitez, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Benitez content to control rather than advance.
Ky keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ky won't allow Benitez to pass to mount.

Ky actively working from the bottom here.
Ky trying to control from the bottom.
Benitez lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Benitez stalling.
Benitez lands strikes from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ky is trying to control but can't.
Nice strikes from Benitez there.
Benitez wants to take a breather but Ky is having none of it.
Benitez throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Still in half guard, Benitez seems content to control.
Ky is not content to let Benitez control the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ky has his hands clasped together around Benitez's back. He's all about the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chucho Benitez dominated that round.
That's time! Ky's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Benitez moves out of range of the body kick from Ky.
Benitez connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Benitez tries a head kick but it misses.
Good standup being displayed there by Benitez as he connects with a hook.
Ky lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Benitez jabs Ky to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Ky ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Benitez moves away.
Ky will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Benitez throws a low kick but Ky avoids it.
Benitez scores with a shot to the body.
Danga de danga de dang - Benitez scores with a four punch combination!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Benitez takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Ky tries to clinch up but Benitez circles away and keeps his distance.
Ky scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Benitez doesn't seem bothered though.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ky. Benitez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ky attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Ky ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Benitez moves away.
Horrible takedown by Benitez or perhaps it was just good defense by Ky which made him look bad.
Ky tries to close the distance and clinch up but Benitez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ky motions for Benitez to come forward. Ky throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ky avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ky throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ky throws a nice inside leg kick.
Benitez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Benitez throws a solid leg kick but Ky takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Benitez.
Ky throws a low kick but Benitez avoids it.
Benitez throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Ky tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Benitez looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Ky trying to hold on to Benitez's head to control him but Benitez postures up.
Benitez is looking to take a break and control but Ky is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Ky is looking for a sweep. Benitez is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benitez is figuring out what he wants to do next.

Ky is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Benitez pulls his head out easily.
Benitez throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Benitez thows a huge punch but Ky dodges it nicely.
Benitez passes to side control.
An elbow from Benitez crashes against the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ky manages to get back to half guard.

Ky looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Chucho Benitez has got the better of the ground game so far.
Ky wants to control but Benitez is keeping busy.

Ky looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Benitez wants to control but Ky is keeping him busy.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Benitez working the head and body with strikes.
Benitez has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Ky taking shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Chucho Benitez will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Benitez cracks Ky with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Benitez throws a sloppy head kick and Ky moves out of range easily.
Ky just misses with a punch to the body.
Benitez misses with a looping left.
Ky is looking to wear down Benitez with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Ky checks a low kick from Benitez.
Benitez avoids a kick to the body.
Benitez is looking to slow Ky down with leg kicks.
Ky drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Ky throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Ky throws a nice inside leg kick.
Ky uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Benitez.
Ky misses with a body shot.
Ky connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Benitez lands a nice hook to Ky's body. Ky takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Ky checks a leg kick nicely.
Benitez connects with a leg kick. Ky looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Benitez takes one to the side of the head.
Ky takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Benitez connects with a nice looking jab.
Benitez stuns Ky with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Benitez looks to land a left hand but Ky moved out of range nicely.
Gaia Ky is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ky thows a body shot but no joy.
Ky defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Benitez.
Ky is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Benitez.
Benitez fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Ky avoids it really well and circles away.
Benitez doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ky misses with a body kick.
Nice defenses there by Ky.
Ky lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ky misses with the combination.
Benitez throws a low kick, looking for Ky's leg but Ky calmly moves out of range.
Benitez lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Benitez throws a big shot that misses.
Benitez connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

Ky gets in close and instigates a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ky can't find room to land a body shot as Benitez controls the action.
A hook to the body from Ky.
Ky lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ky throws a head punch that misses.
Ky lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Benitez backwards.
Gaia Ky has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Benitez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A head kick misses from Ky.
Ky rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Benitez counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ky avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A head kick from Benitez lands but Ky takes it in his stride.
Benitez looks for the body kick but Ky saw that one coming.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ky throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Benitez counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Ky!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Benitez can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Ky is looking to escape.
Chucho Benitez is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ky flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Ky flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Chucho Benitez.
I've got Benitez winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chucho Benitez!