PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Michelangelo Tortoise (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jim Bentiels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bentiels has chosen Savages by Theory of a Deadman as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Jim Bentiels is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Tortoise
vs
Bentiels

184 cm
22
182 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

186 cm
18
209 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

Machiavelli Boutique

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Michelangelo Tortoise !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jim Bentiels!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Arvi Lind and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bentiels moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Bentiels tries to land a front kick but Tortoise steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Bentiels misses with a looping left.
Tortoise fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Jim Bentiels seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bentiels throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

Bentiels moves into the clinch.
Bentiels crunches a lovely knee into Tortoise 's ribcage.
A nice left hand lands by Tortoise .
Bentiels tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tortoise lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bentiels backwards.
Tortoise lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bentiels backwards.
Tortoise lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tortoise working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Tortoise pushes Bentiels back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bentiels tries to work over Tortoise 's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Tortoise has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Bentiels regains guard immediately.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Tortoise is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Tortoise forces his way into half guard.

Bentiels manages to escape and get back to his feet!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bentiels misses with a few strikes there.
A cross from Tortoise lands.
Bentiels throws an overhand right that lands on Tortoise 's shoulder, as Tortoise tries to avoid the shot.

Bentiels moves into the clinch successfully.
Tortoise lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bentiels backwards.
Bentiels looking to throw knees to the head but Tortoise is blocking nicely.
Bentiels is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tortoise is defending well for now.
Tortoise pushes Bentiels back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tortoise throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bentielss head.
Tortoise lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bentiels looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
A short right from Tortoise on the inside.
Tortoise lands a nice uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tortoise lands with a light punch inside.

Tortoise gets a trip takedown into half guard.

Tortoise seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Bentiels is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Michelangelo Tortoise !
Michelangelo Tortoise spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.