PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Sortek Redfist (ranked 23136 p4p, 2583 weight class) and Claudio Benedetti (ranked 742 p4p, 341 weight class). Redfist's entrance music is Earl Sweatshirt-Chum. A fine choice. Benedetti has chosen Atrevete te as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Redfist
vs
Benedetti

188 cm
39
211
39 - 22 - 2

193 cm
30
207
17 - 6 - 0

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Insanely flexible

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 39 - 22 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sortek Redfist!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Claudio Benedetti!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Redfist throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Benedetti has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
A shot to the liver by Redfist. Beautiful body shot.
Benedetti on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Redfist. Redfist obviously looking to wear him down.
Benedetti dips to his left and cracks Redfist with an uppercut!

It looks like Sortek Redfist has been cut.
Redfist thows a left - swing and a miss!
Redfist moves forwards but Benedetti connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Benedetti looks to land a left hand but Redfist moved out of range nicely.
Redfist has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Sparring Cages in the buildup to the fight.
Benedetti takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A slow jab from Benedetti misses its intended target.
Benedetti lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Redfist thuds a left hand into Benedetti's body.
Redfist paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Benedetti throws a lazy uppercut
and Redfist counters with a nice uppercut.
Nice uppercut lands for Redfist. That snapped Benedetti's head back.
Redfist with a nice calf kick.
Redfist lands with an uppercut that bounces Benedetti off the ropes and back into range.
Redfist avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Benedetti getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Benedetti throws a jab when Redfist was well out of range.
Redfist throws a nice outside leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Redfist.
Benedetti scores with a jab.
Redfist walks forward, straight into a front kick from Benedetti.
Benedetti throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Benedetti throws a big shot that misses.
Benedetti throws out a powerful jab.
Redfist throws a chopping leg kick but Benedetti manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Redfist lands a nice shot to the body.
Redfist slips under a jab from Benedetti.
Nice straight punches there by Redfist. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Redfist.
Redfist on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Benedetti throws an overhand right that lands on Redfist's shoulder, as Redfist tries to avoid the shot.
Good work by Benedetti as he checks the leg kick.
Benedetti lands with a nice body punch.
Benedetti might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.

Redfist ducks into a a hook from Benedetti and goes down! He looks in a bit of a mess; will he beat the count?! 4,5,6,7,8 - he's up and looking to carry on! The referee looks into his eyes and sees that he's OK to continue!

Redfist is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Redfist misses
and Benedetti counters with a perfect left hook, dropping Redfist to the canvas. He tries to get back up quickly but his equilibrium is all over the place! He's up... he's back down again! There's no need for a count as the referee calls off the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:06 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Claudio Benedetti!
After winning the bout, Claudio Benedetti thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
Sortek Redfist spoke after the fight, saying 'You win or you learn. 148'.