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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jarvis Zaragoza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leon Benson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Benson has chosen Shipping up to boston as his entrance music. Jarvis Zaragoza has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jarvis Zaragoza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Leon Benson!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Columbo Gatti and Dean Styles.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zaragoza jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Benson looks to land a left hand but Zaragoza moved out of range nicely.
Benson misses with a lunging right hand
and Zaragoza counters with a stiff right hand.
Benson throws a lazy right hand but Zaragoza sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Zaragoza showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Benson.
Benson slips under a jab from Zaragoza.
Nice defenses there by Zaragoza.
A right-left combo lands from Zaragoza.
Zaragoza slips under a jab from Benson.
Benson misses the jab.
No joy there for Zaragoza, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Zaragoza staying out of range there.
Zaragoza throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Benson tests Zaragoza's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Zaragoza walks into a left hand.
A big right from Benson misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benson takes one to the side of the head.
Benson misses with a hook.
Zaragoza works Benson's body with a nice hook.
Benson misses with a hook. Zaragoza ducked under it nicely.
Zaragoza dodges the punch combination from Benson.
Sloppy strikes from Benson. Those never looked like landing.
Zaragoza throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Leon Benson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Benson throws a big shot that misses.
Zaragoza lands a nice hook to Benson's body. Benson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Zaragoza connects with the punch.
Benson might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Zaragoza scores with a jab. Benson acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Benson swings widly with a right hand
and Zaragoza counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Benson moves into range and connects with a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Benson throws a head kick that half lands.
Benson drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Benson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Benson fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Zaragoza.
Benson looks gassed!
Zaragoza lands with a shot to the body.
Zaragoza lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Zaragoza lands a nice hook to Benson's body. Benson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Zaragoza bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Benson's head backwards.
Some wild striking there from Benson.
Zaragoza lands a nice shot that snaps Benson's head back.
Zaragoza dodges the punch combination from Benson.
Benson doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Zaragoza lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Zaragoza scores with a shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Zaragoza darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Benson on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Zaragoza is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Benson misses with the combination.
Benson doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Benson misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Zaragoza to counter with a crisp jab.
Benson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Zaragoza with a nice cross.
Benson misses with an uppercut. Zaragoza saw that one coming.
Decent striking displayed by Zaragoza there.
Benson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Zaragoza moves into range and connects with a jab.
Benson takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Zaragoza smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benson on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zaragoza lands a body shot.
Zaragoza throws a series of punches but Benson avoids them all with ease.
Zaragoza lands a jab to the nose.
Zaragoza scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Zaragoza defending well as Benson loads up on a big left hand.
Zaragoza lands with a shot to the body.
Zaragoza moves out of range of the leg kick from Benson.
Zaragoza scores with a decent looking hook.
Benson throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Benson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Benson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Zaragoza circles away quickly and effectively.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Zaragoza lands the left hand.
Benson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Benson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Zaragoza scores with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jarvis Zaragoza dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Benson has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Zaragoza slips a straight right by Benson.
Zaragoza throws a series of punches but Benson avoids them all with ease.
Benson just misses with a punch to the body.
Benson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Zaragoza scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Benson fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Benson lands a leg kick that knocks Zaragoza off balance momentarily.
Zaragoza lands a nice looking body shot.
Zaragoza lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Zaragoza.
Zaragoza jabs Benson right on the nose. Benson blinks but takes it well.
Benson lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Benson is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zaragoza connects with a looping right hand.
Benson throws a hook to the side of Zaragoza's head but Zaragoza sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jarvis Zaragoza is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zaragoza lands a jab.
Zaragoza comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Benson, right into the meat.
Benson misses with a looping left.
Zaragoza fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Benson thows a body shot but no joy.
Benson dips to his left and cracks Zaragoza with an uppercut!
Benson throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Zaragoza counters with a nice body shot.
Zaragoza throws a nice looking combination but Benson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Benson takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Good shot there by Zaragoza.
Benson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Benson throws a shot from downtown. Zaragoza moves away and avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Zaragoza lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Good shot there by Zaragoza.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zaragoza connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Zaragoza takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Donk. Zaragoza catches Benson right on the button with a cross.
Jarvis Zaragoza is winning the standup battle so far.
Benson misses with a jab, cross combination.
A jab from Zaragoza finds it's way through Benson's defenses.
Zaragoza cracks Benson with an open hand slap.
Zaragoza scores with a three punch combo!
Zaragoza lands with a right hand.
Zaragoza cracks a nice hook into Benson's ribs.
A swing and a miss from Benson.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Zaragoza lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Zaragoza feints a jab promting Benson to slip. Zaragoza then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Benson slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Zaragoza staying out of range there.
Benson misses with a hook
and Zaragoza connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Benson throws a nice looking combination but Zaragoza bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Benson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Zaragoza.
Danga de danga de dang - Zaragoza scores with a four punch combination!
Benson on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Zaragoza stuns Benson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A punch combination from Zaragoza misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zaragoza avoids a punch combination nicely.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Benson shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Zaragoza eats them both and turns towards Benson to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Zaragoza lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
A cross from Zaragoza lands.
Benson throws a right hand that Zaragoza ducks under and follows up with a left that Zaragoza also avoids with ease.
Benson on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Zaragoza fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Benson on the side of the head.
Benson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Zaragoza lands a glancing blow to the side of Benson's head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Zaragoza!
Zaragoza throws a right and a left that both miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jarvis Zaragoza dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Nice defenses there by Zaragoza.
Benson swinging wildly here.
Zaragoza connects with a body shot.
Zaragoza scores with a jab to the head.
Zaragoza steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Benson.
Benson fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Zaragoza is out of range.
A combination from Zaragoza does no damage.
Zaragoza displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Benson throws the left hand but Zaragoza avoids the punch easily.
Benson scores with a punch to the head.
Benson throws a big shot that misses.
Benson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Zaragoza cracks a nice hook into Benson's ribs.
Zaragoza misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Zaragoza counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Zaragoza fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Benson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Zaragoza is working the combinations to good effect here.
Zaragoza lands a slapping body shot.
Zaragoza misses with a double jab.
Zaragoza uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Benson.
Zaragoza scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Benson doesn't seem bothered though.
Benson throws a combination that misses
and Zaragoza connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Zaragoza throws a good cross that connects.
Zaragoza lands a slapping body shot.
Zaragoza is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Benson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Benson misses with a looping left.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zaragoza moves out of range of the body kick.
Benson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
enabling Zaragoza to counter with a crisp jab.
Zaragoza digs a good hook to Benson's body.
Nice shot lands for Zaragoza.
Benson takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Zaragoza cracks a nice hook into Benson's ribs.
Zaragoza changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Benson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zaragoza works Benson's body with a nice hook.
Benson takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Zaragoza checks the leg kick.
Zaragoza moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Zaragoza misses with the combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Zaragoza.
Zaragoza slips a jab from Benson.
Benson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Zaragoza scores with a nice head shot.
Zaragoza slips a straight right by Benson.
Benson falls off balance throwing a combination
and Zaragoza counters with a one-two to the body.
Benson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Zaragoza counters with a nice body shot.
Zaragoza lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Benson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Zaragoza counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Zaragoza moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Zaragoza will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jarvis Zaragoza is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zaragoza slips a jab from Benson.
A telegraphed right hand from Benson misses the target.
Zaragoza connects with a body shot.
Zaragoza's jab looks to have found its range, popping Benson under the eye.
Benson throws a right hand that misses
and Zaragoza counters with a left and a right that stings Benson.
Benson loads up on a big right hand but Zaragoza slips the punch.
Benson misses with an uppercut
letting Zaragoza counter with a right hand.
Benson throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Zaragoza connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Zaragoza lands a slapping body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sloppy strikes from Benson. Those never looked like landing.
Leon Benson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd cheers as Zaragoza lands an impressive looking overhand right. Benson doesn't seem phased though.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zaragoza scores with a decent looking hook.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jarvis Zaragoza showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Zaragoza 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 Jorge Garcia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jarvis Zaragoza!
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