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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Vasilios Megalos (ranked 1376 p4p, 157 weight class) and Henson Benderson (ranked 2361 p4p, 231 weight class). Benderson has chosen The Time is Now as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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149 lbs
20 - 11 - 0 |
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145 lbs
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Vasilios Megalos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Henson Benderson!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, James Ackerman and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Megalos gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Megalos.
Megalos misses with a punch to the body.
Benderson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Megalos has a couple of punches blocked by Benderson.
Megalos tries to throw a body punch but Benderson avoids it by throwing Megalos back against the cage.
Benderson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Megalos dodges an elbow strike from Benderson.
Megalos tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Megalos misses with the head strike.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Megalos has a couple of punches blocked by Benderson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Benderson prevents a body shot from Megalos.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Megalos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Megalos circles away from the clinch attempt.
That kick from Megalos tenderised Benderson's leg. Benderson is trying to keep his angry face on.
Benderson has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Benderson there as he acknowledges the shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benderson takes a jab right on the kisser.
Megalos thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Benderson if he has to take too many more of those.
Megalos connects with a good right hand that stumbles Benderson. Benderson circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Benderson misses with a hook. Megalos ducked under it nicely.
Megalos waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Benderson.
A little jabbing left from Benderson on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Megalos forces Benderson back against the cage and clinches.
Megalos misses with the head strike.
Megalos throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Megalos tries a body shot but Benderson blocks it.
Megalos can't find room to land a body shot as Benderson controls the action.
Megalos lands a right hand that snaps the head of Benderson backwards.
Megalos tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Benderson is looking to control Megalos's arms but Megalos gets an underhook and turns him. Now Benderson has his back to the cage.
Megalos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Benderson attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Benderson's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Megalos connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Benderson scrambles back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benderson cracks the inside of Megalos's front leg.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A swing and a miss from Benderson.
Megalos slips under a jab from Benderson.
Benderson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Megalos avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Benderson takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Megalos looks to land a body kick but Benderson moved away.
Megalos tries to land a leg kick but Benderson saw it coming and moves away.
Benderson misses with a hook. Megalos ducked under it nicely.
Megalos throwing a counter right hand but Benderson manages to avoid it.
Megalos paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Megalos works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Megalos slips under a jab.
Benderson walks into a jab.
Megalos throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
As Megalos backs off Benderson throws a huge counter combo but Megalos manages to avoid it all.
Megalos misses the jab.
It seemed like Benderson was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Megalos does it's job there.
Megalos misses with a body shot.
Benderson closes the distance and pushes Megalos back into the cage.
Benderson wants to stall.
Benderson will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Megalos up against the cage.
Benderson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Megalos avoiding damage as Benderson throws knees to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Megalos as Benderson tries to tie him up.
Megalos doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Megalos misses with a shot to the kidneys.
I was talking to Megalos's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Megalos tries to work over Benderson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Megalos tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Megalos lands a nice shot to the body.
Megalos tries to throw a body punch but Benderson avoids it by throwing Megalos back against the cage.
Megalos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Megalos digs a good body shot into Benderson's ribs.
A big left from Benderson misses.
Megalos lands a lovely overhand right.
Benderson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Megalos lands with a kick to the ribs.
Benderson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Megalos.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Megalos misses with a body kick.
Megalos darts in and clinches Benderson up against the cage.
Megalos throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bendersons head.
Benderson misses with a punch on the inside.
Megalos lands a left hand that snaps the head of Benderson backwards.
Megalos tries to throw a body punch but Benderson avoids it by throwing Megalos back against the cage.
Benderson has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Megalos seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Benderson can turn it around.
Megalos breaks the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vasilios Megalos dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Megalos tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Benderson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Megalos misses with a looping right.
Benderson tries to counter with a clinch but Megalos shakes him off and moves away.
Sloppy strikes from Megalos. Those never looked like landing.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Megalos.
A telegraphed right hand from Benderson misses the target.
Benderson avoids the head kick by Megalos.
Benderson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Megalos is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Benderson can do to turn this around?
Benderson scores with a nice body kick.
Megalos takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Megalos clinches with his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Megalos scores with a shot to the side of Benderson's head.
Megalos can't find room to land a body shot as Benderson controls the action.
Benderson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Benderson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Megalos doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Benderson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Megalos.
Megalos misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Megalos working aggressively here.
Megalos can't find room to land a body shot as Benderson controls the action.
Megalos lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Megalos misses with a hook to the ribs.
Megalos misses with some punches.
Benderson prevents a body shot from Megalos.
Benderson avoiding damage.
Benderson blocking some punches.
A hook to the body from Megalos.
Megalos lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Benderson backwards.
Benderson is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Megalos scores with a nice hook to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Megalos breaks from the clinch.
Benderson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Megalos.
Megalos ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Benderson misses with a left hand
and Megalos counters with a straight right hand.
A bone on bone clash there as Megalos blocks the leg kick.
Megalos throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Benderson stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Benderson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Megalos has taken the fight to the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Megalos.
Megalos struggles to land a body shot inside as Benderson controls his hands.
Megalos misses with a body punch.
Benderson tries to land a knee to the head but Megalos blocks with his arms.
Megalos misses with a punch to the body.
Benderson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benderson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Megalos tries to work over Benderson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Megalos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Vasilios Megalos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A slapping leg kick lands for Megalos.
Megalos tries to close the distance and clinch but Benderson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Benderson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A punch lands to the side of Benderson 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Benderson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Megalos can pounce on him.
Megalos keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Benderson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Megalos uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Benderson.
Megalos throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Benderson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Megalos.
Benderson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Megalos is looking to land body kicks.
Benderson throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Megalos counters with a stiff right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Megalos lands an impressive looking overhand right. Benderson doesn't seem phased though.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Megalos - that will leave a mark!
Benderson moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Megalos throws a half hearted mid kick.
It seemed like Benderson was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Benderson throws the left hand but Megalos avoids the punch easily.
Megalos throws a half hearted mid kick.
Megalos lands a right hook to the body.
Megalos lands with a good body shot.
Megalos tries to move into range but Benderson moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Megalos thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Benderson if he has to take too many more of those.
Megalos clinches.
Megalos misses with some punches.
Megalos lands a body punch in the clinch.
Benderson trying to stall but Megalos improves his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vasilios Megalos dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Megalos lands with a shot to the body.
Benderson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Megalos swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Benderson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Benderson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Megalos misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Benderson tries to throw a body punch but Megalos avoids it by throwing Benderson back against the cage.
Benderson is trying to stall.
Benderson blocks a body shot from Megalos.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Megalos throws a punch but it's blocked by Benderson.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Megalos.
Benderson can't find room to land a body shot as Megalos controls the action.
Megalos working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Vasilios Megalos has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Megalos lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Megalos tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Benderson's elbow.
Benderson stalls.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Benderson takes a shot to the head.
Megalos digs a right hand into Benderson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Benderson's gas tank.
Megalos misses with the head strike.
Megalos struggles to land a body shot inside as Benderson controls his hands.
Megalos makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Megalos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Benderson gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Megalos lands a body shot.
The fighters circling - Megalos throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Megalos throws a shot from downtown. Benderson moves away and avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benderson wants to clinch.
Megalos lands with a hook. Benderson tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Megalos lunges at Benderson with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Benderson's hand.
Megalos scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Megalos tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Benderson doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Benderson misses with a wild body shot.
Megalos lands a nice looking kick to the body. Benderson takes a step back to recover.
An inside leg kick lands from Megalos.
Megalos slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Megalos throws a big shot that misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Benderson! But no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Megalos throws a push kick but Benderson slaps the foot to one side.
Megalos takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Benderson has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Megalos lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Megalos thows a body kick. Benderson tries to catch it but that hurt him.
A cross from Megalos lands.
Benderson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Megalos sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Megalos walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Benderson checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Benderson throws a right hand that Megalos ducks under and follows up with a left that Megalos also avoids with ease.
Megalos misses with a hook.
Megalos looks for the body kick but Benderson saw that one coming.
Megalos slips a straight right by Benderson.
Benderson throws a hook but Megalos avoids it easily.
A counter left hand to the body from Megalos misses its target.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Megalos.
Benderson looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Megalos just misses with a punch to the body.
Megalos wants to clinch.
Megalos dodges the punch combination from Benderson.
Henson Benderson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Megalos avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Megalos dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Benderson. That did some damage!
Megalos's jab looks to have found its range, popping Benderson under the eye.
Megalos misses with an attempted mid kick.
Megalos keeps Benderson at a distance using the push kick.
Megalos throws a lazy right hand but Benderson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Benderson has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Megalos.
Megalos uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Benderson has time to react.
And that's the end of the fight!
Vasilios Megalos showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Megalos has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vasilios Megalos!
In defeat, Henson Benderson stepped up to the mic, saying 'Damn...'.
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