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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rafael Benedetti (ranked 1218 p4p, 948 weight class) and Middle Finger (ranked 175 p4p, 136 weight class). Finger has chosen Side to Side as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Rafael Benedetti is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Rafael Benedetti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Middle Finger!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Sam Margolis and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Benedetti displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Finger throws out the jab.
Finger changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A big left from Finger misses.
Benedetti lands with a good body shot.
We've been told by Benedetti's head coaches at Canadian Elite Bruins Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Benedetti moves out of range as Finger strikes.
Finger stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Benedetti.
A chopping leg kick lands by Finger.
A cross from Finger lands.
A looping hook to the body misses from Benedetti. Finger does a little dance to reset his feet.
Benedetti swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Benedetti bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Finger's head backwards.
Good leg kick by Benedetti.
Benedetti moves out of range of the leg kick from Finger.
A telegraphed right hand from Finger misses the target.
A swing and a miss from Benedetti.
Finger swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Benedetti misses with a body shot.
Benedetti keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Finger.
Benedetti throws a leg kick but Finger sees it coming and moves out of range.
Nice defenses there by Benedetti.
Finger chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Benedetti can pounce on him.
Benedetti throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Benedetti - just one landing.
Finger checks a low kick from Benedetti.
A low kick lands for Benedetti.
Benedetti misses with a wild body shot.
Benedetti throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
It seemed like Finger was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Finger throws a lazy right hand but Benedetti sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Benedetti lands a lovely overhand right.
Finger misses with an uppercut.
Good work by Benedetti as he checks the leg kick.
Finger lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Benedetti lands a really nice looking cross but Finger seems unphased.
A jab from Finger misses.
Finger loads up on a big right hand but Benedetti slips the punch.
Benedetti lands the left hand.
An inside leg kick lands from Benedetti.
Finger misses with a wild body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A chopping leg kick lands by Benedetti.
A slapping leg kick lands for Benedetti.
Finger ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Benedetti paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Finger ducks under a wild hook from Benedetti.
Good work by Benedetti as he checks the leg kick.
Finger throws a front kick aimed at Benedetti's knee but Benedetti avoids it well.
Benedetti tries to clinch but Finger is having none of it.
Finger lands with a nice body punch.
Finger lands a nice shot that snaps Benedetti's head back.
Benedetti tries to work over Finger's front leg with a kick but Finger checks it.
Finger tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Benedetti looks to land a right hand but Finger moved out of range.
Finger now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
A bone on bone clash there as Benedetti blocks the leg kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Benedetti misses the target.
Finger throws out a loose jab but Benedetti uses good head movement to avoid it.
Finger throws a leg kick which misses Benedetti's front leg but catches the back leg as Benedetti tries to avoid it.
Finger takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Finger waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Benedetti.
Rafael Benedetti seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Finger tries to work over Benedetti's front leg with a kick but Benedetti checks it.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Finger has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Benedetti finds it's way round the side to connect with Finger's head.
Benedetti ducks right into an uppercut from Finger.
Finger throws a front kick aimed at Benedetti's knee but Benedetti avoids it well.
Finger ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Finger ducks under a wild hook from Benedetti.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finger avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Finger flicks out a counter leg kick but Benedetti steps away.
Benedetti throws a good cross that connects.
Finger misses with a hook.
Nice shot by Benedetti.
Finger throws out a leg kick but Benedetti moves out of range and Finger only half commits.
Benedetti misses with a hook to the body
and Finger counters with a nice body shot.
Finger throws a low kick but it's checked well by Benedetti.
Benedetti is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Benedetti tries to land a front kick but Finger steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Benedetti tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Finger manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Benedetti clinches.
Finger misses with a short punch on the inside.
Benedetti makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Benedetti.
Benedetti swings wildly with an uppercut but Finger uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Finger.
Finger misses with a hook from the clinch.
Benedetti lands a hook to the side of the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Finger works on Benedetti's body with a couple of short punches.
Finger breaks the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick from Benedetti, right into the meat of the thigh.
Nice cross by Benedetti.
Benedetti tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Finger paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Benedetti walks into a straight right hand from Finger.
Benedetti throws the left hand but Finger avoids the punch easily.
Finger scores with a nice strike.
Benedetti fails with an attempt to clinch.
Benedetti lands a right hook to the body.
Finger misses with a looping right.
Benedetti slips under a jab from Finger.
Benedetti connects with a crisp jab.
Finger stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Benedetti.
Benedetti throws a wild body kick that Finger sees coming a mile off.
Finger throws an overhand right that lands on Benedetti's shoulder, as Benedetti tries to avoid the shot.
Benedetti moves out of range of the leg kick from Finger.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Benedetti misses the shot to the body.
Finger cracks a nice hook into Benedetti's ribs.
Finger stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Benedetti.
Benedetti tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Finger manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Finger throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Rafael Benedetti will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Benedetti lands with a hook. Finger tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Finger avoids the body shot from Benedetti.
Benedetti tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Finger tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Benedetti was well out of range. Poor timing from Finger.
Benedetti is looking to clinch.
Rafael Benedetti is winning the standup battle so far.
Finger wants to land a leg kick but Benedetti is out of range.
Some bone on bone action there as Finger checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Finger lands a leg kick that knocks Benedetti off balance momentarily.
Benedetti drives through and clinches with Finger against the cage.
Finger tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Finger lands a left hand that snaps the head of Benedetti backwards.
Finger blocks an uppercut.
Benedetti digs a right hand underneath Finger's ribcage. Finger let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Benedetti misses with a body punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Finger has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A nice left hand lands by Finger.
A left hand lands to the body for Benedetti.
Benedetti throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Benedetti tries a body shot but Finger blocks it.
Finger breaks from the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Finger takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benedetti fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Finger looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Benedetti lands a nice hook to Finger's body. Finger takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Finger misses with an uppercut.
Finger's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Finger misses the shot to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Finger misses the target.
Benedetti avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A little feinted left hand from Benedetti on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Benedetti swings widly with a right hand
and Finger counters with a nice uppercut.
A jab from Finger misses.
Benedetti throws a right hand that Finger ducks under and follows up with a left that Finger also avoids with ease.
Finger wants to land a leg kick but Benedetti is out of range.
Benedetti has taken the fight to the clinch.
A body shot lands from Benedetti.
Rafael Benedetti has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Nice body punch from Benedetti - that landed with a thud.
Benedetti fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Benedetti tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Benedetti prevents a body shot from Finger.
Finger breaks from the clinch.
Benedetti tries to clinch but Finger moves out of range.
Finger connects with a looping right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A low kick from Benedetti is predictable there
and Finger counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Benedetti is looking to clinch but Finger is avoiding it.
Finger finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Finger throws a jab but it's blocked by Benedetti.
Finger pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Benedetti tries to clinch but Finger moves out of range.
Benedetti wants to slow Finger down by chopping away at his legs.
Finger swats away the attempt to clinch by Benedetti.
Benedetti thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Finger if he has to take too many more of those.
Finger throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Benedetti sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Finger finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Benedetti just misses with a punch to the body.
Finger checks a leg kick.
Benedetti tries to clinch there but Finger circles away.
Finger thows a left - swing and a miss!
Finger gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Benedetti darts in and clinches Finger up against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Finger.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Benedetti.
Benedetti swings wildly with an uppercut but Finger uses good head movement to avoid it.
Benedetti blocking some punches.
Finger breaks from the clinch.
Benedetti tries to close the distance and clinch up but Finger swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Finger throws a body shot but no joy.
Benedetti ducks under a wild hook from Finger.
Finger moves forwards but Benedetti connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Benedetti bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Finger throws out a loose jab but Benedetti uses good head movement to avoid it.
Benedetti avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Benedetti takes the fight into the clinch.
Finger lands a shoulder strike.
Benedetti throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Fingers head.
Finger is trying to force a seperation but Benedetti has the dominant position.
Benedetti digs a right hand into Finger's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Finger's gas tank.
Finger scores with a nice hook to the head.
Benedetti has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Finger lands a body shot in the clinch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Finger tries to break the clinch but Benedetti is controlling the position.
Finger is trying to force a seperation but Benedetti has the dominant position.
Benedetti makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Finger blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Finger manages to break the clinch.
Benedetti darts in and clinches Finger up against the cage.
Finger breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Finger bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Benedetti scores with a hook to the body. Finger takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Benedetti throws a leg kick but Finger sees it coming and moves out of range.
Benedetti misses with a head kick.
Finger lands a nice leg kick that just misses Benedetti's sensitive parts.
Finger with a nice calf kick.
Benedetti staying out of range there.
As Finger looks to move away, Benedetti throws a big counter combo but Finger just gets out of the way.
Benedetti misses with a hook
and Finger counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Finger moves away from the strike by Benedetti.
The crowd cheers as Finger lands an impressive looking overhand right. Benedetti doesn't seem phased though.
Finger works Benedetti's body with a nice hook.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Middle Finger will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Benedetti's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Finger swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Finger takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Benedetti drives through and clinches with Finger against the cage.
Benedetti presses Finger against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Benedetti lands a hook that snaps the head of Finger backwards.
Finger gets through Benedetti's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Finger wants to get back to striking at distance but Benedetti won't allow it.
Benedetti tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Benedetti tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A nice right hand lands inside from Finger.
Finger is working Benedetti over against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Finger.
Finger's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nice defenses there by Benedetti.
Benedetti tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Finger looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Finger cracks a nice hook into Benedetti's ribs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Benedetti. Finger does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nice defenses there by Finger.
Finger flicks out a counter leg kick but Benedetti steps away.
Benedetti throws a push kick but Finger slaps the foot to one side.
Finger throws a solid leg kick but Benedetti takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Finger.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Finger takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A swing and a miss from Finger.
Benedetti ducks right into an uppercut from Finger.
A head kick misses from Benedetti.
A swing and a miss from Finger.
Benedetti slips a jab from Finger.
Benedetti thows a leg kick but Finger checks it
and Finger counters with a stiff right hand.
Finger throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Benedetti was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Benedetti uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Finger.
Benedetti throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A good leg kick by Benedetti.
Good work by Finger as he checks the leg kick.
Benedetti blocks a jab.
Finger looks to throw the jab but Benedetti is out of range.
Finger throws a shot from downtown. Benedetti moves away and avoids it.
Benedetti clinches.
Benedetti stalling.
Nice body punch from Benedetti - that landed with a thud.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Finger lands a body punch.
Finger pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Benedetti checks a low kick from Finger.
Finger throws out a loose jab but Benedetti uses good head movement to avoid it.
Finger cracks Benedetti with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Benedetti throws a hook but Finger avoids it easily.
Benedetti takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Benedetti looks to score with a jab to the body but Finger is just out of range.
Finger throws a leg kick but Benedetti sees it coming and moves out of range.
Benedetti tries to close the distance and clinch up but Finger swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Finger looks to land a left hand but Benedetti moved out of range nicely.
Finger scoring well with a low kick there.
Finger loads up on a big right hand but Benedetti slips the punch.
Benedetti throws a nice inside leg kick.
Benedetti wants to clinch.
Finger let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Benedetti moves into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finger blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Finger.
Finger breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Benedetti on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Benedetti tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Finger counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Benedetti connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Benedetti misses with a hook. Finger ducked under it nicely.
Finger takes a swing at Benedetti's ribcage but misses.
Finger on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Benedetti keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Benedetti has taken the fight to the clinch.
Benedetti's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Finger comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Benedetti fails with an attempt to clinch.
Benedetti throws a push kick but Finger slaps the foot to one side.
Benedetti misses with a low kick.
Finger throws a lazy right hand but Benedetti sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Finger takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Benedetti misses with a looping left.
A jab from Finger misses.
It looked like Benedetti wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Benedetti ducks under a wild hook from Finger.
Benedetti scores with a jab to the head.
Benedetti moves in looking to clinch but Finger pushes him off.
Benedetti defending well as Finger loads up on a big left hand.
A telegraphed right hand from Finger misses the target.
That kick from Finger tenderised Benedetti's leg. Benedetti is trying to keep his angry face on.
Finger is looking to chop away at Benedetti's legs.
Finger misses with a low kick.
Finger misses the shot to the body.
Finger's jab looks to have found its range, popping Benedetti under the eye.
Finger takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Benedetti checks a leg kick.
Benedetti tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Finger manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Finger misses the jab.
Benedetti avoids the body shot from Finger.
And that's the end of the fight!
Middle Finger comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Finger has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Phil Schofield scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Middle Finger!
An out of breath Middle Finger thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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