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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Domenico Mazziotti (ranked 1128 p4p, 1617 weight class) and Rafael Benedetti (ranked 162 p4p, 215 weight class). Mazziotti comes to the cage accompanied by Welcome to the party - Pop Smoke. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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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 34 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Domenico Mazziotti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Rafael Benedetti!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mazziotti swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Mazziotti slips under a jab from Benedetti.
Benedetti scores with a push kick.
Benedetti swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Mazziotti fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Benedetti manages to avoid it.
Mazziotti moves out of range as Benedetti strikes.
Benedetti wants to slow Mazziotti down by chopping away at his legs.
Benedetti connects with the punch.
Benedetti takes a jab right on the kisser.
Mazziotti will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nice defenses there by Benedetti.
Mazziotti punishes Benedetti's body with a nice straight punch.
Benedetti with a nice cross.
Benedetti tries to clinch there but Mazziotti circles away.
Rafael Benedetti seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mazziotti fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Benedetti is out of range.
Mazziotti really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Benedetti thows a leg kick but Mazziotti checks it
and Mazziotti counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mazziotti fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Benedetti manages to avoid it.
Mazziotti swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A clash of legs there as Mazziotti blocks the low kick.
Mazziotti walks into a straight right hand from Benedetti.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benedetti looks to land a left hand but Mazziotti moved out of range nicely.
Mazziotti takes one to the chin there.
Mazziotti looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Mazziotti swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Mazziotti takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Mazziotti throws a body shot but no joy.
Benedetti dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Benedetti thows a left - swing and a miss!
Mazziotti tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Benedetti takes one to the side of the head.
Benedetti connects with a jab.
Benedetti slips a straight right by Mazziotti.
Benedetti with a jab.
Mazziotti dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Benedetti throws a body punch but Mazziotti moves out of range.
Benedetti lands a jab to Mazziotti's midsection.
Mazziotti misses with a body shot.
Mazziotti looks to score with a jab to the body but Benedetti is just out of range.
Benedetti misses with an uppercut
and Mazziotti counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
The fighters circling - Benedetti throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mazziotti clinches up with Benedetti and pushes him back against the cage.
Benedetti working aggressively here.
Mazziotti pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Benedetti misses with a looping left.
Benedetti throws a front kick that sends Mazziotti stumbling back into the cage.
Mazziotti checks a leg kick.
Benedetti throws a head kick but Mazziotti moves out of range.
Mazziotti swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
A low kick lands for Benedetti.
Mazziotti uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Benedetti.
Mazziotti has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Benedetti finds it's way round the side to connect with Mazziotti's head.
Benedetti throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Benedetti walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Mazziotti checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A right-left combo lands from Mazziotti.
Benedetti dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Benedetti keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mazziotti looks to land a left hand but Benedetti moved out of range nicely.
An inside leg kick from Benedetti misses.
Nice defenses there by Benedetti.
Benedetti misses with an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti punishes Mazziotti's body with a nice straight punch.
Benedetti uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mazziotti.
Mazziotti takes a swing at Benedetti's ribcage but misses.
Benedetti throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Mazziotti misses with a jab, cross combination.
Benedetti throws a series of punches but Mazziotti moves out of range.
Mazziotti uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Benedetti.
Benedetti swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
An attempted straight right counter from Mazziotti misses the target.
Benedetti fails to land with a series of punches.
Benedetti dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Mazziotti. That did some damage!
Sloppy strikes from Mazziotti. Those never looked like landing.
A left lands for Mazziotti.
Benedetti takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Benedetti throws a body punch but Mazziotti moves out of range.
The fighters circling - Mazziotti throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Benedetti closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mazziotti misses with a wild body shot.
Benedetti looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti swings widly with a right hand
and Mazziotti counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Mazziotti moves out of range of the strikes.
Benedetti steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mazziotti.
Mazziotti ducks right into an uppercut from Benedetti.
Benedetti throws a leg kick which misses Mazziotti's front leg but catches the back leg as Mazziotti tries to avoid it.
Mazziotti misses with the combination.
Benedetti dips to his left and cracks Mazziotti with an uppercut!
Benedetti throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mazziotti sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mazziotti moves in looking to clinch but Benedetti pushes him off.
Benedetti doesn't manage to clinch there - Mazziotti circles away.
Benedetti throws a series of punches but Mazziotti avoids them all with ease.
As Benedetti looks to move away, Mazziotti throws a big counter combo but Benedetti just gets out of the way.
Mazziotti rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Benedetti counters with an outside leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Benedetti has taken the fight to the clinch.
Benedetti misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Benedetti tries a body shot but Mazziotti blocks it.
Benedetti tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Rafael Benedetti will probably get the nod.
That's time! Mazziotti's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Benedetti lands a nice shot to the body.
Domenico Mazziotti has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mazziotti lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Benedetti backs up against the cage.
Mazziotti throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A combination from Mazziotti does no damage.
Mazziotti fails to land with a series of punches.
Benedetti is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Benedetti tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mazziotti was well out of range. Poor timing from Benedetti.
Benedetti explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Mazziotti closes the distance but Benedetti moves to the side
letting Benedetti counter with a right hand.
Benedetti throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Mazziotti's head.
Mazziotti takes one on the button.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mazziotti moves out of range as Benedetti throws a body kick.
Benedetti loads up on a big right hand but Mazziotti slips the punch.
Mazziotti takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Benedetti staying out of range there.
Benedetti takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Benedetti slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Benedetti slips a straight right by Mazziotti.
Benedetti scores with a nice body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mazziotti throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Benedetti sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mazziotti rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Benedetti moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Benedetti misses with a kick to the body.
It looked like Mazziotti was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Benedetti.
Mazziotti digs a good hook to Benedetti's body.
Benedetti tries to work over Mazziotti's front leg with a kick but Mazziotti checks it.
Mazziotti blocks a leg kick.
Mazziotti fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Benedetti manages to avoid it.
Benedetti misses with a looping left.
Benedetti throws a poor cross that misses
and Mazziotti counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Mazziotti throws a body punch but Benedetti moves out of range.
Mazziotti misses with a shot to the body
and Benedetti counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Mazziotti takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Benedetti throws a leg kick
and Mazziotti counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Mazziotti misses with a body shot.
Benedetti attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Benedetti throws a leg kick that is checked
and Mazziotti counters with a three punch combo that has Benedetti backing up. Benedetti nods at Mazziotti to acknowledge the strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mazziotti throws a combination that misses
and Benedetti counters with a nice uppercut.
Benedetti throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Domenico Mazziotti is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Mazziotti uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Benedetti.
Benedetti dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Mazziotti. That did some damage!
Mazziotti motions for Benedetti to come forward. Mazziotti throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Mazziotti avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nice body punch from Mazziotti.
Mazziotti looks to land a left hand but Benedetti moved out of range nicely.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Mazziotti, as that shot connected.
Benedetti ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Rafael Benedetti seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Mazziotti misses with a two punch combination.
Benedetti misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Mazziotti blocks a low kick nicely.
Mazziotti throws a big counter combination but Benedetti scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Benedetti fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Benedetti connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Mazziotti throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Benedetti throws a lazy body kick
and Mazziotti cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Benedetti dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Mazziotti. That did some damage!
Mazziotti misses with a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Mazziotti takes a swing at Benedetti's ribcage but misses.
Benedetti let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Mazziotti staying out of range there.
Mazziotti is looking to wear down Benedetti with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Benedetti scores with a jab to the jaw.
Benedetti dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Mazziotti tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Benedetti counters with a good low kick that Mazziotti was not able to check.
Benedetti will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A little feinted left hand from Mazziotti on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Mazziotti throws a big shot that misses.
Benedetti throws a big shot that misses.
Mazziotti misses with a few strikes there.
Benedetti throws a low kick but it's checked well by Mazziotti.
A jab from Benedetti finds it's way through Mazziotti's defenses.
Mazziotti misses with a jab, cross combination.
Benedetti drops his hands momentarily and Mazziotti takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Benedetti lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mazziotti throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Benedetti.
Good shot there by Benedetti.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Mazziotti misses.
Mazziotti misses with a hook.
Good standup being displayed there by Benedetti as he connects with a hook.
Benedetti scoring well with a low kick there.
Benedetti turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Benedetti. That's going to slow Mazziotti down.
Benedetti connects with a nice looking jab.
Mazziotti looks to land a right hand but Benedetti moved out of range.
Benedetti throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A solid leg kick lands there for Benedetti.
Benedetti avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Mazziotti slips under a jab.
Benedetti misses with an uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mazziotti looks to land a right hand but Benedetti moved out of range.
Benedetti throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Mazziotti stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Benedetti tries to clinch there but Mazziotti circles away.
Mazziotti just misses with a punch to the body.
Mazziotti closes the distance and clinches.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Rafael Benedetti showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Benedetti blocks a jab.
Mazziotti throws a combination. Benedetti tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Mazziotti is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Benedetti takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Mazziotti looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Benedetti scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Benedetti scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Mazziotti doesn't seem bothered though.
Mazziotti pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mazziotti tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Benedetti avoids the body shot from Mazziotti.
Benedetti cracks Mazziotti with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Benedetti scores with a jab.
Benedetti moves into range and connects with a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mazziotti has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Benedetti.
Benedetti dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Benedetti moves out of range of the strikes.
Benedetti cracks Mazziotti with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Benedetti throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Mazziotti's head.
Benedetti delivers a nice body kick.
Benedetti tries to clinch but Mazziotti is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mazziotti takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Benedetti fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Mazziotti throws a jab but it's blocked by Benedetti.
Mazziotti throws a combination. Benedetti tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Benedetti throws a hook but Mazziotti blocks it.
Benedetti misses with a looping right.
Mazziotti misses with a jab, cross combination.
Benedetti throws a right and a left that both miss.
Benedetti lands with a kick to the temple. Mazziotti shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Benedetti scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Mazziotti takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Benedetti swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Benedetti moves away from the strike by Mazziotti.
Mazziotti takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Mazziotti throws a body punch but Benedetti moves out of range.
Mazziotti tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A lazy body kick from Benedetti
and Mazziotti counters with a nice body shot.
Benedetti ducks under a wild hook from Mazziotti.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti throws a hook but Mazziotti blocks it.
Benedetti fails with an attempt to clinch.
Benedetti tries to close the distance and clinch but Mazziotti swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mazziotti tries to bum rush Benedetti with a series of wild strikes but Benedetti uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Benedetti tries to land a front kick but Mazziotti steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Mazziotti throws a big counter combination but Benedetti scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Mazziotti will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Mazziotti misses with a looping left.
Benedetti fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Mazziotti takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Benedetti tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mazziotti was well out of range. Poor timing from Benedetti.
Benedetti gets tackled into the cage by Mazziotti. Mazziotti maintains the clinch.
Mazziotti scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A nice right hand lands inside from Benedetti.
A short body shot lands from Benedetti as the two fighters clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Benedetti.
Mazziotti tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Benedetti's elbow.
Benedetti tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mazziotti is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Mazziotti's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Benedetti creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Mazziotti misses with a hook to the ribs.
Benedetti breaks from the clinch.
Mazziotti swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Benedetti gets a clinch.
Benedetti tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Benedetti tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mazziotti breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Benedetti throws out a powerful jab.
Mazziotti misses with an uppercut. Benedetti saw that one coming.
Mazziotti lands a jab-cross combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mazziotti doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
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!
A slow jab from Benedetti misses its intended target.
Mazziotti takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Benedetti lands with a good body shot.
Nice straight punches there by Benedetti. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Benedetti.
Benedetti throws an overhand right that lands on Mazziotti's shoulder, as Mazziotti tries to avoid the shot.
The fighters circle momentarily. Benedetti darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Benedetti connects with an inside leg kick.
Mazziotti throws a right and a left that Benedetti avoids nicely.
Benedetti was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Benedetti looks to score with a jab to the body but Mazziotti is just out of range.
A big left from Benedetti misses.
Benedetti looks to score with a jab to the body but Mazziotti is just out of range.
Benedetti cracks Mazziotti with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mazziotti walks into a straight right hand from Benedetti.
Mazziotti slips a jab and a cross from Benedetti.
Mazziotti throws a lazy uppercut
and Benedetti counters with a stiff right hand.
Benedetti lands a jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rafael Benedetti comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Benedetti has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rafael Benedetti!
A very excited looking Rafael Benedetti made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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