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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between David Paul (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Judah Benjamin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Paul comes to the cage accompanied by Lamb of God-Omerta. The crowd seem to be enjoying Benjamin's choice of entrance music: Gold, Guns, Girls by Metric. David Paul has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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259 lbs
10 - 2 - 0 |
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189 cm
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276 lbs
6 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
KO power |
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Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, David Paul!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Judah Benjamin!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Benjamin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Paul.
Paul circles away from the clinch attempt.
Paul swats away the attempt to clinch by Benjamin.
Benjamin tries to close the distance and clinch but Paul swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Benjamin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Paul paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Benjamin tries to close the distance and clinch but Paul swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Paul swats away the attempt to clinch by Benjamin.
Paul circles away from the clinch attempt.
Benjamin wants to clinch.
A combination from Paul does no damage.
Benjamin closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Paul working aggressively here.
Paul's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Benjamin takes the fight into the clinch.
Benjamin misses with the head strike.
Benjamin makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Benjamin.
Paul lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Paul escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Benjamin closes the distance and clinches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good body shot from Benjamin.
Paul makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
It looks like Judah Benjamin has been cut.
Paul wants to break free but Benjamin has control.
Paul blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Benjamin lands a hook that snaps the head of Paul backwards.
Paul tries to break the clinch but Benjamin is controlling the position.
Benjamin misses with a short punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Benjamin.
Benjamin lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Paul escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Paul lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
The fight stays on the outside here - Benjamin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Paul throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Benjamin fails with an attempt to clinch.
Paul throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Benjamin.
Paul avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Benjamin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A punch combination from Paul misses.
Paul throws a series of punches but Benjamin moves out of range.
Benjamin tries to clinch up.
Benjamin takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paul keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Benjamin.
Benjamin tries to clinch up.
Benjamin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Paul fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A nice leg kick lands there from Paul.
Benjamin tries to clinch but Paul is having none of it.
Paul fails to land with a series of punches.
The fight stays on the outside here - Benjamin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Benjamin takes a kick to the side of the head.
Paul rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Benjamin moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Paul looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Benjamin wants to clinch.
Paul tries to bum rush Benjamin with a series of wild strikes but Benjamin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Benjamin takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
That has opened up Judah Benjamin's cut even more.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paul turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Paul lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Benjamin looks gassed!
Benjamin wants to clinch up but Paul keeps it at a distance.
Benjamin takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Paul lands with a straight right. Benjamin didn't see that one coming.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Paul throws a left that rocks Benjamin and follows with a right that sends him tumbling to the canvas! Paul dives into side control, looking to finish! Can Benjamin regain composure!
Benjamin is rocked!
The cut above Judah Benjamin's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Benjamin avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Paul.
Paul throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Paul throws an elbow but Benjamin slips to the side and avoids it well.
Benjamin prevents Paul from improving position.
Paul creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Benjamin sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Paul has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paul creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Benjamin sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Paul tries to move to mount but Benjamin blocks the move with his legs.
Paul is working hard here to advance position.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Danga de danga de dang - Paul scores with a four punch combination!
Judah Benjamin's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Judah Benjamin's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). David Paul!
David Paul retains his heavyweight title!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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