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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Benson Hamaka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tony McCowan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McCowan has chosen I Will Not Bow as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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157 lbs
3 - 5 - 0 |
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173 cm
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155 lbs
3 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Benson Hamaka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tony McCowan!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Emerson Jorge and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McCowan dodges the punch combination from Hamaka.
Hamaka throws a combination but it was largely blocked by McCowan.
Hamaka misses with a double jab.
McCowan tries to clinch but Hamaka moves out of range.
McCowan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hamaka swats him away and circles back towards the center.
McCowan fails with an attempt to clinch.
McCowan tries to clinch up but Hamaka circles away and keeps his distance.
Hamaka avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hamaka throws a one two combo.
Hamaka avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
McCowan is looking to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McCowan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hamaka lands with a kick to the temple. McCowan shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Hamaka scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Hamaka scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
McCowan tries to clinch there but Hamaka circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hamaka shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Hamaka with shots to the head and body - McCowan looks very uncomfortable down there.
Hamaka scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Hamaka raining down shots from the mount!
McCowan is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Hamaka has hold of McCowan's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and McCowan manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Hamaka trying to control but McCowan is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCowan is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Hamaka 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.
McCowan is in all sorts of trouble here.
Hamaka breaks from McCowan's wrist control and lands an elbow.
McCowan is bucking up trying to escape but Hamaka cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Hamaka lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hamaka working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Hamaka is landing with some decent strikes but McCowan is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Hamaka cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Hamaka working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Hamaka in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Hamaka is landing with some decent strikes but McCowan is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Hamaka landing strikes, looking to finish!
Hamaka is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But McCowan has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from McCowan!
Hamaka scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Hamaka is breathing heavily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hamaka scores with a leg kick.
McCowan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hamaka throws a push kick but McCowan slaps the foot to one side.
McCowan tries to clinch but Hamaka moves out of range.
No joy there for Hamaka, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The fight stays on the outside here - McCowan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McCowan doesn't manage to clinch there - Hamaka circles away.
McCowan is looking to clinch but Hamaka is avoiding it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Benson Hamaka dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
McCowan tries to clinch but Hamaka is having none of it.
Hamaka misses with a double jab.
Hamaka throws a sloppy head kick and McCowan moves out of range easily.
A left and a right from Hamaka both land. Nice combination.
Hamaka scores with a one two! McCowan had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
McCowan tries to clinch but Hamaka moves out of range.
Hamaka throws a leg kick which misses McCowan's front leg but catches the back leg as McCowan tries to avoid it.
The fight stays on the outside here - McCowan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hamaka circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hamaka lands a head kick. McCowan smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Hamaka swats away the attempt to clinch by McCowan.
Hamaka avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hamaka closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Hamaka fails to land with a series of punches.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hamaka.
McCowan takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Hamaka lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but McCowan circles away quickly and effectively.
McCowan on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Hamaka lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Hamaka goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Hamaka shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has McCowan pinned against the cage. McCowan gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
McCowan tries to clinch up but Hamaka circles away and keeps his distance.
McCowan tries to clinch there but Hamaka circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right-left combo lands from Hamaka.
Hamaka looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Hamaka shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. McCowan is trying to defend but Hamaka finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
McCowan is looking for a sweep. Hamaka is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Hamaka stands up from half guard.
Hamaka throws a nice head kick!
Tony McCowan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McCowan tries to clinch but Hamaka moves out of range.
Hamaka throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Hamaka.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCowan is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Hamaka wants to lay and pray for a moment but McCowan keeps working.
Hamaka just content to control the position.
McCowan sneaks back into half guard.
Hamaka postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for McCowan to stand up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Hamaka looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
McCowan is staying active underneath Hamaka, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hamaka stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hamaka closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. McCowan did well to prevent Hamaka getting side control.
Hamaka thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed McCowan's head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hamaka stops McCowan from getting back to his feet.
Hamaka looks to land a strike but McCowan avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Benson Hamaka dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Hamaka swats away the attempt to clinch by McCowan.
McCowan moves in looking to clinch but Hamaka pushes him off.
A head kick misses from Hamaka.
A head kick from Hamaka lands but McCowan takes it in his stride.
McCowan is looking to clinch but Hamaka is avoiding it.
Hamaka feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to McCowan's calf.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hamaka.
McCowan fails with an attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fight stays on the outside here - McCowan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hamaka displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Hamaka changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. McCowan tries to avoid it but Hamaka manages to keep hold of a leg and drag McCowan to the ground. McCowan escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McCowan moves in looking to clinch but Hamaka pushes him off.
Hamaka tries for a takedown but McCowan sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Hamaka is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that McCowan can do to turn this around?
McCowan slips a jab and a cross from Hamaka.
McCowan tries to clinch up.
Hamaka looks to land a combination. McCowan sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
A left and a right from Hamaka both land. Nice combination.
McCowan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hamaka paws at him with a jab and circles away.
McCowan is looking to clinch.
McCowan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
McCowan fails in his attempt to clinch.
McCowan doesn't manage to clinch there - Hamaka circles away.
McCowan tries to clinch but Hamaka moves out of range.
Hamaka scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
McCowan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hamaka decides to take the fight back to the feet.
McCowan avoids the head kick by Hamaka.
McCowan doesn't manage to clinch there - Hamaka circles away.
McCowan stuffs the takedown attempt from Hamaka. Hamaka gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Benson Hamaka. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hamaka circles away from the clinch attempt.
McCowan tries to clinch but Hamaka moves out of range.
McCowan tries to clinch there but Hamaka circles away.
Hamaka avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hamaka circles away from the clinch attempt.
McCowan doesn't manage to clinch there - Hamaka circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCowan tries to close the distance and clinch but Hamaka swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hamaka with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
McCowan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hamaka is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in McCowan's half guard.
Hamaka drops an elbow to the side of McCowan's head.
Tony McCowan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hamaka controlling the action here.
Hamaka lands with a punch from half guard.
McCowan is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Hamaka scores with a couple of nice shots.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hamaka stands up and beckons McCowan to join him on the feet.
McCowan gets caught flat footed, as Hamaka shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
McCowan working a defensive guard here.
Hamaka trying to control the position from guard on top but McCowan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Benson Hamaka is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hamaka content to stall in guard here.
Hamaka trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
And that's the end of the fight!
Benson Hamaka showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hamaka 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 Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:27
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:27
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Benson Hamaka!
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energy
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