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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Claudio Benedetti (ranked 654 p4p, 2351 weight class) and Xande Moreno (ranked 104 p4p, 331 weight class). Benedetti comes to the cage accompanied by Atrevete te. Claudio Benedetti has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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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 12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Claudio Benedetti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Xande Moreno!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Paul Aken and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Moreno avoids a punch combination nicely.
Moreno feints a counter leg kick.
Moreno connects with a good right hand that stumbles Benedetti. Benedetti circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Benedetti throws a jab when Moreno was well out of range.
Benedetti throws a lazy uppercut
and Moreno counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Benedetti throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Moreno only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Moreno connects with a leg kick.
Moreno scores with a hook.
Moreno tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Moreno moves away from the strike by Benedetti.
Benedetti throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Moreno counters with a good low kick that Benedetti was not able to check.
We've been informed that Moreno has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Benedetti throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Moreno counters with a good low kick that Benedetti was not able to check.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Benedetti lands a jab to Moreno's midsection.
Benedetti throws a looping overhand right but Moreno ducks down to avoid it.
Moreno swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Benedetti.
Moreno lands with a hook. Benedetti tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Benedetti throws a nice looking combination but Moreno bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A little jabbing left from Moreno on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Moreno lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benedetti with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Moreno ducks under a wild hook from Benedetti.
Moreno scores with a jab to the body.
Benedetti rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Moreno counter with a right hand.
Benedetti throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A thudding body kick lands there by Moreno!
Moreno wants to clinch.
Benedetti thows a leg kick but Moreno checks it
and Moreno counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Moreno misses with a series of wild punches.
Benedetti throws a jab but it's blocked by Moreno.
Benedetti takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Benedetti throws a jab but it's blocked by Moreno.
A slapping leg kick lands for Moreno.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Moreno moves away from the strike by Benedetti.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moreno is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Moreno scores with a nice right hand.
Moreno thumps Benedetti with a low kick.
Benedetti pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Benedetti throws a leg kick that is checked
and Moreno counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Moreno throws a nice head kick!
Moreno misses with a low kick.
Nice defenses there by Moreno.
Moreno scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Benedetti misses with a jab, cross combination.
Benedetti misses with a left hand
and Moreno counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Benedetti misses with a looping left.
Benedetti misses with an uppercut
and Moreno counters with a slapping leg kick.
Moreno misses with a wild body shot.
Moreno is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Benedetti had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Benedetti misses with a lunging right hand
and Moreno counters with an outside leg kick.
Claudio Benedetti seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moreno lands with an uppercut that bounces Benedetti off the cage and back into range.
Moreno connects with the punch.
Benedetti is rocked!
Benedetti rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Moreno counters with a nice right hand that sends Benedetti toppling to the canvas! Benedetti scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Moreno finish him?!
Oh Benedetti is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Moreno throws an uppercut from hell that sends Benedetti clean off his feet! He's out cold! Moreno stands back and admires his work as he thinks about that KO of the night award that is surely being wrapped up for him back stage.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Xande Moreno!
Claudio Benedetti spoke after the fight, saying '"te voy inyectar con la bacteria"'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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