PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Claudio Benedetti (ranked 6321 p4p, 486 weight class) and Jack Blood (ranked 2526 p4p, 272 weight class). Benedetti's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Atrevete te. Blood comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Raining Blood - Slayer kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Benedetti
vs
Blood

193 cm
18
207 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

195 cm
20
275 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

Excellent grappler
Basic striking
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the 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, Claudio Benedetti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jack Blood!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Franklyn Lucas and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Blood feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.

Blood is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Benedetti is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Benedetti has escaped and now he's on top!

Benedetti not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Blood working a defensive guard here.
Blood tries to land a sweep but no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blood has a closed guard, preventing Benedetti from standing up.
Blood looking for a sweep. Not yet Blood, not yet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Benedetti tries to stand but Blood is controlling from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Blood is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Benedetti knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Blood on the ground.

Blood is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a triangle but Benedetti frees his head nicely. Oh but Blood has switched to an armbar! Benedetti is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Jack Blood!
During a confident post fight interview, Jack Blood thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
The defeated Claudio Benedetti had this to say: '"te voy inyectar con la bacteria"'.