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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joe Joseph (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dre Benjamin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dre Benjamin is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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245 lbs
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258 lbs
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Self confident |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joe Joseph!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dre Benjamin!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Bruno Lombardi and Lou da Vinci.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Joseph uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Benjamin.
Joseph shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Joseph was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Joseph scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Benjamin?
Benjamin squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Joseph working the ground and pound effectively.
Joseph punishing his opponent with strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Benjamin wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Joseph breaks from Benjamin's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Joseph fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Joseph cracks Benjamin with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Benjamin is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Joseph controlling the pace for now.
Joseph 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.
Benjamin squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Joseph cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Joseph lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Joseph with a couple of short strikes.
Joseph lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Benjamin looks gassed!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Joseph is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Benjamin can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Joseph scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Joseph lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Joseph is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Joseph fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Benjamin is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Joseph with the ground and pound from mount.
Benjamin is still in real trouble! Can Joseph finish him?
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Joseph landing shots from mount.
Joseph is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Benjamin seems to have recovered his senses.
Joseph connects with a bit shot that sees Benjamin covering up! More strikes from Joseph and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Joseph is our winner by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joe Joseph!
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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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