PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Terry Sharp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Amorsolo Benito (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Sharp
vs
Benito

176 cm
23
162 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

175 cm
20
175 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Decent elbows
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Terry Sharp!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Amorsolo Benito!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Sosuke Kotani and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sharp is looking to clinch but Benito is avoiding it.
Sharp tries to clinch
letting Benito counter with a right hand.
Sharp darts in trying to clinch
and Benito counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Benito thuds a left hand into Sharp's body.
Sharp closes the distance but Benito moves to the side
enabling Benito to counter with a crisp jab.
Benito checks the leg kick.
Sharp wants to clinch up but Benito keeps it at a distance.
Benito scores with a jab to the body.
Sharp showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Benito.
Sharp tries to clinch but Benito moves out of range.
Benito misses with a few strikes there.
Sharp moves forwards but Benito connects with a nice, crisp jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Sharp has Benito up against the cage in a clinch.
Sharp lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Amorsolo Benito has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Benito is trying to force a seperation but Sharp has the dominant position.
Sharp keeps control of Benito as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Benito as Sharp tries to tie him up.
Sharp looking to throw knees to the head but Benito is blocking nicely.
Nice elbow from Sharp.
Benito has had enough of the clinch but Sharp keeps him there for the moment.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sharp just misses with a elbow thrown towards Benito's brow.
Sharp keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Benito's efforts to push away.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sharp throws an elbow but misses.
Sharp wants to stall.
Sharp lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sharp tries to land a knee to the head but Benito blocks with his arms.
Benito wants to break free but Sharp has control.
Sharp tries to land a knee to the head but Benito blocks with his arms.
Benito is trying to force a seperation but Sharp has the dominant position.
Benito avoids the elbow strike from Sharp, against the cage.
Sharp comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Sharp looking to slow down the pace here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Benito breaks the clinch.
Sharp wants to clinch but Benito slips to the side
and Benito cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sharp looks to clinch
and Benito cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Benito slips a straight right by Sharp.
Sharp tries to clinch but fails miserably
enabling Benito to counter with a crisp jab.
Benito swats away the attempt to clinch by Sharp.
Benito thows a body shot but no joy.
Good exchange - Benito coming out on top.
Benito swings for the body but Sharp moves out of range.
Sharp tries to clinch but Benito is having none of it.
Sharp doesn't manage to clinch there - Benito circles away.
Sharp tries to clinch but Benito moves away
letting Benito counter with a right hand.
Benito avoids a kick to the body.
Benito lands with a straight right. Sharp didn't see that one coming.
Sharp bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sharp moves to clinch but Benito breaks away
and Benito counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Sharp is looking to clinch but Benito is avoiding it.
The fighters circling - Benito throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sharp tries to clinch
letting Benito counter with a right hand.
Sharp tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Benito manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Terry Sharp seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sharp walks into a straight right hand from Benito.
Sharp is looking to clinch.
Benito is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Sharp had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Benito throws a jab when Sharp was well out of range.
Sharp tries to clinch up but Benito circles away and keeps his distance.
Sharp misses with a looping right.
Sharp is looking to clinch but Benito is avoiding it.
Sharp throws a right and a left that both miss.
Benito misses with a few strikes there.
Benito misses with a hook.
Benito misses with a series of wild punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sharp tries to clinch up but Benito circles away and keeps his distance.
Benito swats away the attempt to clinch by Sharp.
Benito fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sharp manages to avoid it.
Sharp wants to clinch
and Benito counters with a stiff right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sharp throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Benito moves into range and connects with a jab.
Donk. Benito catches Sharp right on the button with a cross.
Sharp tries to close the distance and clinch but Benito swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Decent striking displayed by Benito there.
Sharp uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Benito.
Sharp tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Benito paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Benito avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Benito circles away from the clinch attempt
and Benito counters with a left to the body.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Sharp walks into a straight right hand from Benito.
Sharp ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Benito misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sharp wants to clinch
and Benito counters with a nice uppercut.
Benito fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Benito loads up on a big right hand but Sharp slips the punch.
Sharp tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Benito paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sharp throws a leg kick
and Benito counters with a stiff right hand.
Sharp tries to clinch
and Benito counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Sharp wants to clinch but Benito slips to the side
and Benito counters with a two punch combo.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sharp is looking to clinch but Benito is avoiding it.
A big left from Benito misses.
A right-left combo lands from Benito.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Sharp doesn't manage to clinch there - Benito circles away.
Sharp steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Benito.
Sharp tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sharp ducks under a wild hook from Benito.
Sharp moves out of range as Benito strikes.
Sharp is looking to clinch but Benito is avoiding it.
Sharp tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Benito counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sharp is looking to clinch.
Sharp wants to clinch
and Benito cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Benito looks to throw the jab but Sharp is out of range.
Sharp ducks under a wild hook from Benito.
Benito will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Sharp throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Benito counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sharp tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Benito counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Sharp misses with a shot to the body
and Benito cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sharp tries to clinch but Benito is having none of it.
Sharp tries to clinch but Benito moves away
and Benito counters with a three punch combo that has Sharp backing up. Sharp nods at Benito to acknowledge the strikes.
Sharp tries to clinch up
and Benito counters with a stiff right hand.
Sharp tries to clinch up
and Benito counters with a straight right hand.
Benito defending well as Sharp loads up on a big left hand.
Sharp tries to clinch but Benito moves away
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
and Sharp takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sharp tries to clinch but Benito moves away
and Benito counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sharp tries to clinch up.
Benito avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Sharp gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Sharp keeps control of Benito as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sharp is struggling to control the position.
Benito has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Sharp misses with an elbow strike.
Benito is trying to break free.
Benito wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Sharp lands an elbow inside that Benito shrugs off.
Sharp lands an elbow just above Benito 's eye.
Sharp looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Sharp misses with an elbow over the top.
Sharp looking to slow down the pace here.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Sharp tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sharp has Benito pressed against the cage, preventing Benito from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Benito can't break the clinch.
Benito wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Sharp landing knees to the head.
Benito is trying to push Sharp away but Sharp has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Sharp trying to stall but Benito improves his position.
Sharp throws an elbow but it misses.
Sharp tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sharp throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Benito blocks it with crossed arms.
Sharp stalling in the clinch but Benito improves position.
Sharp throws an elbow but it misses.
Sharp prevents Benito from breaking the clinch.

Benito escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sharp tries to clinch
letting Benito counter with a right hand.
Sharp ducks under a wild hook from Benito.
Sharp tries to clinch up
and Benito counters with a right hand to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Amorsolo Benito dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Amorsolo Benito'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.

Benito jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sharp showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Benito.
Sharp closes the distance looking to clinch
and Benito cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Benito fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Sharp tries to clinch there but Benito circles away.
Sharp looks to throw the jab but Benito is out of range.
Sharp wants to clinch but Benito slips to the side
and Benito counters with a one-two to the body.
Sharp tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Benito counters with a left and a right that stings Sharp.
Sharp walks into a jab.
Amorsolo Benito seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sharp tries to clinch but Benito moves away
and Benito counters with a one-two to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Benito looks to land a combination but Sharp avoids it well.
Sharp fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sharp slips a jab from Benito.
Benito keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Benito throws a jab when Sharp was well out of range.
Benito throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sharp.
A big right from Benito misses.

Sharp closes the distance and clinches.
Sharp looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Sharp lands an elbow that stopped Benito in his tracks for a moment.
Sharp prevents Benito from breaking the clinch.
Sharp misses with a knee strike.
Sharp lands a damaging elbow.
Benito wants to break free but Sharp has control.
Sharp looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Benito can't break the clinch.
Benito blocks an elbow strike from Sharp.
Benito is trying to break free.
Sharp scores with a knee to the head.
Benito tries to break the clinch but Sharp is controlling the position.
Sharp misses with an elbow strike.
Benito has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benito can't break the clinch.
Benito blocks the elbow strike.
Benito is trying to break free.
Sharp tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Benito breaks from the clinch.
Sharp tries to clinch up but Benito circles away and keeps his distance.
Amorsolo Benito is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Benito jabs Sharp to the body, keeping him at a distance.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sharp ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Sharp misses with a hook.

Sharp drives through and clinches with Benito against the cage.
Sharp throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Benito blocks it with crossed arms.

Benito escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sharp swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Benito swats away the attempt to clinch by Sharp.
Benito throws an overhand right that lands on Sharp's shoulder, as Sharp tries to avoid the shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sharp tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Benito paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sharp tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Benito paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sharp throws a front kick aimed at Benito's knee but Benito avoids it well.
Benito misses with a straight left.
A telegraphed right hand from Sharp misses the target.
Sharp looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Benito throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sharp tries to close the distance and clinch but Benito swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Benito avoids a kick to the body.
Sharp takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Sharp dodges the punch combination from Benito.
Sharp is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sharp closes the distance looking to clinch
and Benito counters with a right hand to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sharp ducks under a wild hook from Benito.
Benito misses with a two punch combination.
Benito misses with a few strikes there.
Sharp connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Sharp wants to clinch.
Benito throws a right and a left that Sharp avoids nicely.
Benito circles away from the clinch attempt
and Benito counters with a three punch combo that has Sharp backing up. Sharp nods at Benito to acknowledge the strikes.
Sharp tries to clinch but Benito moves out of range.
Sharp moves to clinch but Benito breaks away
letting Benito counter with a right hand.
The fighters circling - Benito throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Sharp displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Benito throws out the jab.
Sharp ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sharp wants to clinch.
Sharp tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Benito manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sharp tries to clinch but Benito is having none of it.
Sharp tries to clinch but Benito moves out of range.
Sharp tries to clinch up
and Benito connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sharp uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Benito.
Sharp fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sharp displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Benito throws out the jab.
Benito circles away from the clinch attempt
and Benito counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Benito is working the combinations to good effect here.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Sharp tries to clinch but Benito moves out of range.
Benito moves out of range of the strikes.
Sharp is looking to clinch but Benito is avoiding it.
Sharp tries to clinch up but Benito circles away and keeps his distance.
Sharp wants to clinch up but Benito keeps it at a distance.
Sharp is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sharp is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Benito throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sharp wants to clinch but Benito slips to the side
and Benito counters with a series of strikes. Sharp will be more careful next time no doubt.
Benito lands a nice shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sharp tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Benito paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Sharp is looking to clinch.
Benito avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sharp tries to clinch up
and Benito counters with a two punch combo.
Benito works Sharp's body with a nice hook.
Benito blocks a head kick by Sharp.
Sharp doesn't manage to clinch there - Benito circles away.
Benito bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Sharp's head backwards.
Sharp rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Benito moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sharp doesn't manage to clinch there - Benito circles away.
Sharp tries to clinch but Benito moves away
and Benito counters with a right hand to the body.
Sharp moves to clinch but Benito breaks away
and Benito counters with a straight right hand.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A punch combination from Benito misses.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Sharp moves in looking to clinch but Benito pushes him off.
Sharp takes one to the chin there.
Sharp tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Benito counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Benito circles away from the clinch attempt
and Benito counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Benito misses with a two punch combination.
Sharp closes the distance but Benito moves to the side
enabling Benito to counter with a crisp jab.
Sharp tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Benito paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sharp darts in trying to clinch
and Benito counters with a nice uppercut.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Benito misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sharp is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sharp tries to clinch up.
Sharp is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sharp tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Benito counters with a three punch combo that has Sharp backing up. Sharp nods at Benito to acknowledge the strikes.
Sharp throws a lazy right hand but Benito sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sharp tries to clinch up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sharp wants to clinch but Benito slips to the side
and Sharp takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sharp misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Benito throws a nice looking combination but Sharp bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Benito keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Amorsolo Benito showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Amorsolo Benito's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Sharp takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Sharp tries to clinch up
and Benito counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Benito looks to land a left hand but Sharp moved out of range nicely.
Sharp is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sharp tries to clinch
and Benito counters with a nice uppercut.
Nice straight punches there by Benito. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Benito.
Sharp tries to clinch but Benito moves out of range.
Sharp takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Sharp tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Sharp rushes Benito and presses him up against the cage.
Sharp creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Benito's defenses.
Sharp is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Benito is keeping busy.
Terry Sharp has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Sharp throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Benito blocks it with crossed arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Benito is trying to push Sharp away but Sharp has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A frustrated look appears on Benito's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Benito wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Benito wants to break free but Sharp has control.
Benito blocks an elbow strike from Sharp.
Sharp looking to throw knees to the head but Benito is blocking nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sharp lands a damaging elbow.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Sharp looking to throw knees to the head but Benito is blocking nicely.
Benito blocks an elbow strike from Sharp.
Benito working hard to break the clinch.
Sharp is trying to maintain a safe position but Benito gets an underhook and turns Sharp into the cage.

Benito breaks from the clinch.
Sharp is looking to clinch but Benito is avoiding it.
Sharp pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Benito circles away from the clinch attempt
enabling Benito to counter with a crisp jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benito pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sharp throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Sharp tries to clinch up.
A jab from Benito misses.
Benito lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Sharp backs up against the cage.
Sharp tries to clinch up.
Benito scores with a sloppy right hand. Sharp should have avoided that one.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Sharp clinches.
Benito has had enough of the clinch but Sharp keeps him there for the moment.
Benito tries to break the clinch but Sharp is controlling the position.
Benito tries to break the clinch but Sharp is controlling the position.
Benito tries to break the clinch but Sharp is controlling the position.
Sharp tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Benito breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sharp looks to clinch
and Benito connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sharp tries to clinch up
and Benito counters with a two punch combo.
Benito misses with a looping left.

Sharp fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Benito, pushing him back against the cage.
Sharp keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Benito's efforts to push away.
Benito working hard to break the clinch.
Benito is trying to break the clinch but Sharp is controlling him.
Sharp pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A knee to the head by Sharp.
Benito tries to circle away but Sharp has him pinned against the cage.
Benito is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Sharp is trying to maintain a safe position but Benito gets an underhook and turns Sharp into the cage.
Benito is looking to break free of the clinch but Sharp has double underhooks.
Sharp tries a knee to the head but Benito blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sharp keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Benito's efforts to push away.
Benito takes a knee right on the jaw!
Sharp lands an elbow that stopped Benito in his tracks for a moment.
Sharp keeps control of Benito as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sharp keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Benito's efforts to push away.

Benito manages to break the clinch.
Sharp closes the distance but Benito moves to the side
and Benito counters with a right hand to the body.
Sharp wants to clinch
and Benito makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sharp tries to close the distance and clinch but Benito swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Benito throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sharp.
Sharp tries to clinch there but Benito circles away.
Sharp closes the distance but Benito moves to the side
and Benito counters with a nice body shot.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Sharp tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Benito counters with a stiff right hand.
Benito misses with a straight left.
Sharp wants to clinch but Benito slips to the side
and Benito counters with a nice body shot.
Sharp showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Benito.
Benito throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Benito swats away the attempt to clinch by Sharp.
Danga de danga de dang - Benito scores with a four punch combination!
A jab from Benito misses.
Benito uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Sharp has time to react.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Sharp tries to clinch up
enabling Benito to counter with a crisp jab.
Benito keeps the fight on the outside.

Sharp clinches with his opponent.
Sharp throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sharp has Benito pressed against the cage, preventing Benito from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sharp with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Benito as Sharp tries to tie him up.
Benito is trying to break the clinch but Sharp has him pressed against the cage.
Sharp stalling.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sharp throws an elbow but misses.

Benito's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sharp tries to clinch up but Benito circles away and keeps his distance.
Benito keeps the fight on the outside.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Benito scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Sharp doesn't seem bothered though.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Benito.
Sharp misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Benito.
Sharp darts in trying to clinch
and Benito counters with a straight right hand.

Sharp has taken the fight to the clinch.
Sharp pushes off an throws an elbow but Benito leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Benito avoids the elbow strike from Sharp, against the cage.
Benito looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sharp creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Benito wants to break the clinch but can't.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sharp throws an elbow but misses.
Benito wants to break free but Sharp has control.
Benito has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Benito avoids the elbow strike from Sharp, against the cage.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Sharp with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Sharp tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Benito is trying to force a seperation but Sharp has the dominant position.
Sharp creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Sharp throws an elbow but it misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sharp throws an elbow but misses.
Nice elbow from Sharp.
Benito looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sharp just misses with a elbow thrown towards Benito's brow.
Benito has had enough of the clinch but Sharp keeps him there for the moment.
Sharp looking to throw knees to the head but Benito is blocking nicely.
Sharp lands an elbow inside that Benito shrugs off.
Sharp throws an elbow but it misses.
Sharp keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Benito's efforts to push away.

Benito manages to break the clinch.
Sharp tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Benito manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Benito!

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Sharp looks to clinch
letting Benito counter with a right hand.
Sharp tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Benito counters with a series of strikes. Sharp will be more careful next time no doubt.
Sharp tries to clinch up
and Benito counters with a two punch combo.
Sharp tries to clinch but Benito moves out of range.
Sharp slips under a jab from Benito.
Benito circles away from the clinch attempt.
Benito throws a series of punches but Sharp avoids them all with ease.
Sharp closes the distance looking to clinch
and Benito counters with a stiff right hand.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sloppy strikes from Benito. Those never looked like landing.
Terry Sharp has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Benito circles away from the clinch attempt.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Amorsolo Benito.
I've got Benito winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight for Amorsolo Benito!
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight for Amorsolo Benito!
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight for Amorsolo Benito!

Amorsolo Benito wins by unanimous decision!