PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Patricio Rua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wan Benming (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Benming has chosen Fight the power as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Rua
vs
Benming

175 cm
20
160 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

165 cm
25
164 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Tends to cut

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Patricio Rua!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Wan Benming!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Matti Vanhoillinen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rua tries to clinch but Benming moves out of range.
Benming dives in and grabs Rua's left leg, looking for a takedown. Rua pushes down on Benming's head and hops out.
Rua closes the distance but Benming moves to the side
and Benming counters with a right hand to the body.
Rua wants to clinch.
Rua defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Benming.
A looping hook to the body misses from Benming. Rua does a little dance to reset his feet.

Rua closes the distance and pushes Benming back into the cage.
Benming drops down looking for an ankle pick but Rua pulls his leg out and moves away.
Patricio Rua has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Wan Benming.
Benming fails with a takedown attempt.
Rua wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rua on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Rua wants to clinch up but Benming keeps it at a distance.
Patricio Rua is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Rua moves into the clinch.
Benming has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Rua after a bit of a struggle.
Benming should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Rua stalling.
Benming takes a knee to the side of the body.
Rua unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Benming looks winded!
Benming has Rua pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Rua manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Rua tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Benming on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Benming goes for a takedown in the clinch but Rua prevents it.
Rua's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rua with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rua tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rua looking to throw knees to the head but Benming is blocking nicely.
Benming drops down looking for an ankle pick but Rua pulls his leg out and moves away.
Benming shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Rua pinned against the cage. Rua gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rua walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Benming checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Benming swats away the attempt to clinch by Rua.

Rua darts in and clinches Benming up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rua unloads a knee to the mid-section. Benming lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rua tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Benming managing to block the knees to the body from Rua.
Rua utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Rua with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rua tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Benming avoids it.
Rua displaying some good clinch control by pressing Benming up against the cage.
Rua lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rua with a knee to the head.
Rua is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
We've been informed that Benming has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Rua landing knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rua slowing the pace effectively.
Rua looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Benming is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Rua to keep the fight standing.
Rua misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Benming.
Rua throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rua is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Rua gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Wan Benming has been cut.
Rua utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Knees to the body from Rua.
Rua gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rua landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rua lands an elbow inside.
Rua will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Benming up against the cage.
Rua lands a good knee to the midsection. Benming won't want to take too many of those.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Patricio Rua dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Wan Benming's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Benming keeps the fight on the outside.
Rua tries to clinch but Benming moves out of range.
Rua doesn't manage to clinch there - Benming circles away.
Rua tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Benming manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Benming gets tackled into the cage by Rua. Rua maintains the clinch.
Patricio Rua has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Benming drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Rua gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Rua lands a nice knee to the body.
Benming blocks an elbow strike.
Benming is breathing heavily.
Rua trying to land knees to the body.
Benming tries for a takedown. No joy.
Rua misses with a knee strike.
Rua lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rua misses with a knee strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rua tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Benming escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rua feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Benming's calf.
Rua looks to clinch
and Benming counters with a left and a right that stings Rua.
Rua tries to close the distance and clinch but Benming swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Rua pushes Benming up against the cage in a clinch.
Rua stalling.
Benming dodges an elbow strike from Rua.
Benming blocks an elbow strike from Rua.
Rua scores a nice knee to the body.
Rua looking to throw knees to the head but Benming is blocking nicely.
Rua with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Benming wants a takedown.
Patricio Rua has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Wan Benming.
Rua pushes off an throws an elbow but Benming leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benming on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rua landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Rua misses with a knee strike.
Rua pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Nice elbow from Rua.
Benming is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Rua is defending well.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rua is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Benming is defending well for now.
Benming avoiding damage as Rua throws knees to the body.
Benming has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Rua after a bit of a struggle.
Rua with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rua is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Benming is defending well for now.
Benming jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Rua walks away with a smile on his face. Benming gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Benming shoots for a takedown but Rua saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Rua wants to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benming swats away the attempt to clinch by Rua.
Rua is looking to clinch but Benming is avoiding it.
Benming ducks right into an uppercut from Rua.
Benming takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Rua tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Rua takes the fight into the clinch.
Rua tries to land a knee to the head but Benming blocks with his arms.
Rua misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Benming.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rua.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rua pushes off an throws an elbow but Benming leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Benming has Rua pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Rua manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Rua is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Benming can do to turn this around?
Benming takes a knee right on the jaw!
Rua tries to land a knee to the head but Benming blocks with his arms.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Knees to the body from Rua.
Rua tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Benming blocks an elbow strike from Rua.
Rua lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Rua tries to land knees in the clinch but Benming avoids the damage to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Benming tries to score a body lock takedown but Rua shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Rua with a knee to the head.

Benming is rocked!
Rua tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Benming is still on wobbly legs! Can Rua finish him?
Rua using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Benming has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rua lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Rua lands an elbow inside that Benming shrugs off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Patricio Rua dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Wan Benming's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Rua is looking to clinch but Benming is avoiding it.
Rua wants to clinch up but Benming keeps it at a distance.
Rua wants to clinch.
Benming shoots in and drives through. Rua sprawls well.
Rua lands with a thumping leg kick.
Rua tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Benming paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Benming swinging wildly here.
Rua tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Benming gets tackled into the cage by Rua. Rua maintains the clinch.
Benming seems to have recovered his senses.
Benming takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Rua throws an elbow but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Benming letting Rua take a breather here.
Benming has had enough of the clinch but Rua keeps him there for the moment.
Benming is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Rua gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Rua throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Benming blocks it with crossed arms.
Rua lands an elbow inside that Benming shrugs off.
Rua throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Rua gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Rua lands a knee to the body.
Rua trying to land knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rua.
Rua comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rua throws an elbow but it misses.
Rua lands a nice knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rua utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rua using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Benming takes an elbow to the temple.
Rua looking to throw knees to the head but Benming is blocking nicely.
Rua lands a big knee to the head and Benming goes down! Rua pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:31 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Patricio Rua!
Patricio Rua seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
The defeated Wan Benming had this to say: 'I would like to thank everyone for supporting tonights event'.