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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Hugh Benny (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Edson de Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). de Souza has chosen No Love as his entrance music. Hugh Benny could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Edson de Souza's chin.
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156 lbs
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158 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Good kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hugh Benny!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Edson de Souza!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Wagner Zegers and Paulsen Ambrosius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Benny moves out of range of the body kick from de Souza.
Benny throws an uppercut from half a mile away. de Souza sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Benny lands a jab.
de Souza dodges the punch combination from Benny.
Benny moves out of range of the body kick.
Benny looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A jab lands there for Benny.
de Souza moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A big left from Benny misses.
de Souza with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Benny uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
It looks like Edson de Souza has been cut.
Benny fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches de Souza on the side of the head.
Benny throws an overhand right that lands on de Souza's shoulder, as de Souza tries to avoid the shot.
de Souza thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Benny if he has to take too many more of those.
de Souza misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Benny tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Benny is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A solid body kick from de Souza.
de Souza throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
de Souza pulls out of a head kick attempt.
de Souza turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Benny blocks the body kick.
de Souza goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Edson de Souza seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Benny pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
de Souza thows a body kick. Benny tries to catch it but that hurt him.
de Souza throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Benny's corner calls for a 1-2. Benny obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Benny gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows de Souza to score an easy takedown into full guard.
de Souza pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Benny is keeping the position for now.
de Souza slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benny wants to sweep here but de Souza controlling him for the moment.
Benny is looking to sweep but instead, de Souza has passed into half guard.
Benny is trying to get back to full guard.
de Souza is looking to take a break and control but Benny is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
de Souza works his way into full mount!
de Souza trying to control but he's not successful this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benny tries to get back to half guard but can't.
de Souza is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Benny can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
de Souza swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Benny is now in de Souza's guard. A big mistake from de Souza there, giving up the dominant position!
de Souza wants to sweep here but Benny controlling him for the moment.
Benny will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Benny throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as de Souza works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benny stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. de Souza swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Benny postures up.
Benny has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Benny stays in close to de Souza's body and controls the position.
Benny trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
de Souza working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Benny.
de Souza controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Edson de Souza dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Edson de Souza's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Benny tries to bum rush de Souza with a series of wild strikes but de Souza uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Benny throws a shot from downtown. de Souza moves away and avoids it.
de Souza misses with a low kick.
Benny cracks de Souza with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from de Souza. Benny shrugs it off though.
de Souza moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
de Souza misses with a low kick as Benny jumps back.
de Souza throws a head kick but Benny moves out of range.
Benny is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Benny goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Benny sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
A big right from de Souza misses.
A solid body kick from de Souza.
de Souza throws a head kick but Benny moves out of range.
Benny lands a jab to de Souza's midsection.
Benny will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Benny sizes up de Souza with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
de Souza lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Benny will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
de Souza looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Benny scores with a jab.
de Souza thows a body kick. Benny tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Good leg kick by de Souza there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Benny moves out of range of the body kick.
Benny lands a slapping body shot.
A shot to the liver by de Souza. Beautiful body shot.
Benny lands an overhand right.
de Souza does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
No luck with that takedown attempt from de Souza.
Benny is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Benny tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but de Souza was well out of range. Poor timing from Benny.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benny avoids a kick to the body.
Benny blocks a head kick by de Souza.
de Souza fails with a takedown attempt.
de Souza is breathing heavily.
Benny jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Benny digs a good body shot into de Souza's ribs.
Hugh Benny is winning the standup battle so far.
de Souza fakes the leg kick and cracks Benny in the body.
Benny on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by de Souza. de Souza obviously looking to wear him down.
de Souza takes one to the chin there.
de Souza has closed the distance and engaged Benny in a 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!
de Souza pushes off an throws an elbow but Benny leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
de Souza throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Benny misses with some punches.
Benny is trying to break the clinch but de Souza is controlling him.
Benny blocks the elbow strike.
Benny's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
de Souza misses with a kick to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
de Souza dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Benny. That did some damage!
de Souza avoids a punch combination nicely.
Benny is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Benny stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
de Souza wants to land a leg kick but Benny is out of range.
de Souza tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Benny ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Benny fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Benny scores with a hook.
Benny ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Benny comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A jab from Benny finds it's way through de Souza's defenses.
Benny lands a nice hook to de Souza's body. de Souza takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
de Souza on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benny misses with a wild body shot.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from de Souza.
Benny lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Benny.
Benny throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Benny blocks a head kick by de Souza.
de Souza showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Benny.
Benny throws a hook but de Souza blocks it.
Benny misses with a body punch
and de Souza counters with a leg kick.
Hugh Benny is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Benny misses with a few strikes there.
Benny throws a looping overhand right but de Souza ducks down to avoid it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Benny misses with a body shot.
Benny dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
de Souza lands a high kick!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hugh Benny dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Edson de Souza's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Benny scores with a punch to the head.
Benny stuffs the takedown attempt from de Souza. de Souza gets slowly back to his feet.
de Souza throws a sloppy head kick and Benny moves out of range easily.
de Souza looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
de Souza misses with a double jab.
Benny takes a swing at de Souza's ribcage but misses.
de Souza is looking to land body kicks.
Benny connects with the punch.
de Souza misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Benny counters with a straight right hand.
de Souza tries to land a front kick but Benny steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Benny lands with a right hand.
de Souza takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
de Souza takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A slow jab from Benny misses its intended target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Benny. Beautiful body shot.
Benny blocks the body kick.
Benny scores with a three punch combo!
de Souza is rocked!
de Souza scores with a spinning back kick!
Benny ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
de Souza takes one to the chin there.
de Souza is still on wobbly legs! Can Benny finish him?
Benny goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Benny scores with a nice right hand.
Benny fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops de Souza to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! de Souza looks to clinch but Benny throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! de Souza taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Hugh Benny!
Hugh Benny is the new featherweight champion!
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