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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Bessant (ranked 2957 p4p, 2566 weight class) and Benjy Roberts (ranked 378 p4p, 333 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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 19 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, John Bessant!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Benjy Roberts!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Ben Watson and Topper Green.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bessant moves into the clinch successfully.
Bessant lands a body shot.
Bessant blocking some punches.
Bessant tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Roberts's elbow.
Roberts tries to pull guard but Bessant forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Bessant misses with an elbow over the top.
Roberts struggles to land a body shot inside as Bessant controls his hands.
Bessant lands an elbow inside that Roberts shrugs off.
Bessant tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Roberts's elbow.
Roberts blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Roberts pulls guard.
Roberts bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Bessant's guard.
Roberts is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Bessant is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Bessant has escaped and now he's on top!
Bessant engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Bessant postures up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Roberts looking for a sweep. Not yet Roberts, not yet.
Bessant content to stall in guard here.
Roberts tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Bessant throwing strikes but missing.
Bessant controls from within his opponent's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Roberts is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Bessant is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Roberts is on top in guard.
Bessant trying to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roberts tries to free his leg and advance position but Bessant is retaining full guard.
Roberts is looking to advance position but Bessant has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Roberts keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Roberts bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Bessant utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Roberts throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Roberts preventing the sweep.
Roberts wants to control from the top but Bessant keeps moving.
Bessant looking for a sweep. Not yet Bessant, not yet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bessant managing to control the position.
Bessant landing heel shots to his opponent's back. Roberts not amused, grabs the leg and drops back, looking for a heel hook. Bessant doesn't react quick enough and Roberts cranks it - Bessant screams in pain and taps out! That was a really quick submission! Impressive stuff!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Heel Hook). Benjy Roberts!
Benjy Roberts thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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