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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Claudio Benedetti (ranked 3640 p4p, 23135 weight class) and Carlotos Spiteri (ranked 452 p4p, 719 weight class). Benedetti's entrance music is Atrevete te. A fine choice. Spiteri is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Day to day basis. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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 19 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Claudio Benedetti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Carlotos Spiteri!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Frank Dennis and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Benedetti connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Benedetti misses with a hook.
A jab from Benedetti misses.
Spiteri throws out a counter right but Benedetti avoids it with no problem.
Benedetti misses with an uppercut. Spiteri saw that one coming.
Spiteri steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Benedetti.
Spiteri tries a quick counter leg kick but Benedetti is wise to it.
Spiteri ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Benedetti lands a right hook to the body.
A combination from Benedetti does no damage.
Spiteri looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Spiteri is looking to clinch but Benedetti is avoiding it.
Spiteri avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Benedetti throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Spiteri.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Spiteri pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Spiteri slips under a jab.
Benedetti throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Claudio Benedetti seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Benedetti scores with a nice right hand.
Spiteri tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spiteri moves forwards but Benedetti connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Benedetti takes one to the side of the head.
Benedetti has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Finch Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Spiteri ducks under a wild hook from Benedetti.
Benedetti waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Spiteri.
Spiteri looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Spiteri slips under a jab from Benedetti.
A big right from Benedetti misses.
Benedetti backing away here, and Spiteri unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Spiteri looks to score with a jab to the body but Benedetti is just out of range.
Spiteri takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Spiteri misses with a jab, cross combination.
Benedetti scores with a hook to the body. Spiteri takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Benedetti throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Benedetti misses with a hook. Spiteri ducked under it nicely.
Benedetti just misses with a punch to the body.
Benedetti feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Spiteris jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spiteri takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Benedetti thows a left - swing and a miss!
Benedetti checks the leg kick.
Benedetti loads up on a big right hand but Spiteri slips the punch.
Benedetti connects with a single shot there.
Spiteri takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Benedetti throws a hook but Spiteri blocks it.
Benedetti throws a sloppy body shot
and Spiteri counters with a nice uppercut.
Benedetti throws a jab when Spiteri was well out of range.
Benedetti throws a series of punches but Spiteri moves out of range.
Spiteri looks to land a right hand but Benedetti moved out of range.
Benedetti swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Spiteri.
The fighters circling - Benedetti throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Benedetti throws a looping overhand right but Spiteri ducks down to avoid it.
The fighters circling - Benedetti throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Claudio Benedetti dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Benedetti throws a hook but Spiteri blocks it.
Benedetti rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Spiteri moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Benedetti swings away with a body shot that misses
and Spiteri counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Nice straight punches there by Spiteri. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Spiteri.
Benedetti is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Spiteri.
Benedetti ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Benedetti throws a hook but Spiteri avoids it easily.
Spiteri misses with a kick to the body.
A jab from Benedetti misses.
Spiteri feints a counter leg kick.
Benedetti takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Spiteri slips under a jab from Benedetti.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Spiteri lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Benedetti is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Spiteri can do to turn this around?
Benedetti misses with a left hand
and Spiteri connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A combination from Benedetti does no damage.
Spiteri lands a right hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spiteri throws a body shot but no joy.
Benedetti misses with a hook.
Benedetti misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Spiteri is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Spiteri avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Benedetti pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Spiteri back to the ropes. Benedetti follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Spiteri keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Benedetti.
Benedetti takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Claudio Benedetti is winning the standup battle so far.
Spiteri slips under a jab.
Benedetti misses with a hook. Spiteri ducked under it nicely.
Benedetti misses with an uppercut. Spiteri saw that one coming.
Benedetti paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Benedetti misses with a few strikes there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Spiteri. Benedetti does a little dance to reset his feet.
Spiteri takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Spiteri throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Benedetti catches Spiteri with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Spiteri lands a nice looking kick to the body. Benedetti takes a step back to recover.
Benedetti gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Spiteri.
Spiteri cracks Benedetti with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Benedetti throws an overhand right that lands on Spiteri's shoulder, as Spiteri tries to avoid the shot.
Spiteri flicks out a counter leg kick but Benedetti steps away.
Spiteri fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Benedetti manages to avoid it.
Benedetti throws a hook but Spiteri blocks it.
A nice side step and Spiteri releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Benedetti swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Spiteri! But no joy.
Spiteri lands a nice looking body shot.
Benedetti tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Benedetti scores with a jab to the jaw.
Spiteri is looking to land body kicks.
Benedetti moves out of range as Spiteri throws a body kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Carlotos Spiteri showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Benedetti throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Spiteri blocks a jab.
Spiteri misses with a body shot.
Spiteri takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Spiteri slips under a jab from Benedetti.
Benedetti lands a lovely overhand right.
Benedetti misses with a body shot.
The crowd cheers as Benedetti lands an impressive looking overhand right. Spiteri doesn't seem phased though.
Spiteri does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Benedetti tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Benedetti throws a hook but Spiteri blocks it.
Benedetti has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Spiteri.
Benedetti throws a hook but Spiteri blocks it.
Benedetti connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Spiteri avoids the head kick by Benedetti.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spiteri uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Benedetti.
Spiteri throws out a counter right but Benedetti avoids it with no problem.
Benedetti throws a jab but it's blocked by Spiteri.
Benedetti throws a body punch but Spiteri moves out of range.
Benedetti waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Spiteri.
Benedetti misses with a hook. Spiteri ducked under it nicely.
It seemed like Spiteri was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Benedetti throws a hook but Spiteri blocks it.
Benedetti throws a hook but Spiteri blocks it.
Benedetti cracks Spiteri with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Jab by Benedetti.
Benedetti throws a looping overhand right but Spiteri ducks down to avoid it.
Spiteri doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Benedetti looks to land a right hand but Spiteri moved out of range.
Spiteri throws a nice inside leg kick.
Benedetti misses with a hook. Spiteri ducked under it nicely.
Benedetti connects with a nice looking jab.
Benedetti ducks under a wild hook from Spiteri.
It looked like Benedetti wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti throws a nice outside leg kick.
Benedetti loads up on a big right hand but Spiteri slips the punch.
Benedetti swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Spiteri.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Spiteri takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Spiteri feints and then cracks Benedetti's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Benedetti down.
A punch lands to the side of Benedetti 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Spiteri connects with a crisp jab.
Benedetti throws a body shot but no joy.
Spiteri with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Benedetti to score with a decent uppercut.
Spiteri throws a quick inside leg kick.
Benedetti lands with a cross.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Benedetti.
Spiteri looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Spiteri misses with a looping right.
Benedetti throws a quick counter head kick but Spiteri was just out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
Claudio Benedetti showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Benedetti 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Claudio Benedetti!
A very excited looking Claudio 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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