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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ovidio Kiran (ranked 418 p4p, 750 weight class) and Claudio Benedetti (ranked 64 p4p, 119 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Kiran might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Katmandu. Benedetti is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Atrevete te. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Excellent grappler
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 31 - 14 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ovidio Kiran!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 33 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Claudio Benedetti!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Trevor Gratis and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice defenses there by Kiran.
Benedetti jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Benedetti lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kiran circles away quickly and effectively.
Kiran moves away from the strike by Benedetti.
Benedetti dodges the punch combination from Kiran.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Benedetti throws a lazy right hand but Kiran sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kiran uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Benedetti.
Good shot there by Kiran.
Kiran lands with a cross.
Benedetti looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Kiran scores with a body shot.
Kiran looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Donk. Benedetti catches Kiran right on the button with a cross.
Kiran lands a nice shot to the body.
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!
Kiran uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Benedetti.
Kiran changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Kiran fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Benedetti manages to avoid it.
Benedetti throws an overhand right that lands on Kiran's shoulder, as Kiran tries to avoid the shot.
Kiran blocks a jab.
Benedetti throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kiran gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Benedetti blocking some punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benedetti swings wildly with an uppercut but Kiran uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kiran blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kiran lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kiran blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kiran pushes Benedetti back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kiran tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Benedetti throws a punch but it's blocked by Kiran.
Benedetti has a couple of punches blocked by Kiran.
Kiran lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kiran lands a nice uppercut.
Kiran gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kiran lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Benedetti has a couple of punches blocked by Kiran.
Benedetti misses with a punch on the inside.
Kiran can't find room to land a body shot as Benedetti controls the action.
Nice elbow from Kiran.
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!
A short uppercut from Benedetti.
Benedetti swings wildly with an uppercut but Kiran uses good head movement to avoid it.
Benedetti lands with a short shot to the head.
Kiran lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Benedetti or not.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kiran trying to stall but Benedetti improves his position.
Benedetti blocks an elbow strike from Kiran.
Benedetti avoids a wild elbow strike from Kiran.
Kiran softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Benedetti.
Kiran misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Benedetti.
Benedetti swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nice elbow from Kiran.
Kiran digs a right hand underneath Benedetti's ribcage. Benedetti let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Kiran misses with an elbow over the top.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kiran.
Kiran lands a damaging elbow.
Benedetti takes an elbow to the temple.
Benedetti swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Benedetti blocks a body shot from Kiran.
Benedetti fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kiran blocks an uppercut.
Benedetti misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kiran lands a shoulder strike.
Kiran softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kiran lands on the inside with an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee calls for Kiran to work.
Kiran blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A right handed body shot lands from Kiran.
Benedetti looks winded!
Benedetti takes an elbow to the temple.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kiran.
Kiran goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kiran lands a nice elbow.
Kiran scores with a hook to the body.
Kiran lands a right hand.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kiran.
Kiran pushes Benedetti back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kiran lands a nice elbow.
Benedetti dodges an elbow strike from Kiran.
Kiran lands a body shot.
A shot in the inside from Kiran.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice body punch from Kiran.
Kiran misses with a body punch.
Benedetti takes a shot to the head.
Kiran blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Benedetti is trying to break free.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kiran backwards.
Kiran lands with a short shot to the head.
Kiran lands a shot to the body.
Kiran lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Kiran misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kiran lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kiran misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Benedetti swings wildly with an uppercut but Kiran uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kiran lands a hook to the side of the head.
Benedetti misses with the head strike.
Benedetti looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kiran throws a head punch that misses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Benedetti as Kiran tries to tie him up.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kiran.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Benedetti tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Benedetti breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kiran gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kiran.
Kiran creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ovidio Kiran dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Kiran with a hook.
Ovidio Kiran is winning the standup battle so far.
Benedetti misses with a left hand
and Kiran counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kiran lands a big right hand that sends Benedetti crashing to the mat! Kiran stays standing though and waves Benedetti back to his feet!
Benedetti is rocked!
Benedetti will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Benedetti is still on wobbly legs! Can Kiran finish him?
Benedetti connects with a jab.
Benedetti seems to have recovered his senses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kiran slips under a jab.
Kiran throwing a counter right hand but Benedetti manages to avoid it.
Benedetti thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kiran ducks under a wild hook from Benedetti.
Good leg kick by Kiran.
Kiran listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Kiran sends Benedetti crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Kiran is motioning to the referee to let Benedetti up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Kiran tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Benedetti paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Benedetti ducks under a wild hook from Kiran.
It seemed like Benedetti was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A good leg kick by Benedetti.
Kiran cracks Benedetti with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Kiran has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Benedetti to stand back up!
Claudio Benedetti is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Benedetti's jab looks to have found its range, popping Kiran under the eye.
Benedetti on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Benedetti walks into a straight right, dropping him to the canvas! Kiran swarms him and finishes the fight with a hail of punches! What a brutal finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Ovidio Kiran!
Ovidio Kiran very nearly forgot to thank Brooklyn Apothecary amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
In defeat, Claudio Benedetti stepped up to the mic, saying '"te voy inyectar con la bacteria"'.
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