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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dan Benson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Money (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Benson kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Mobb Deep - Shook Ones. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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180 lbs
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180 lbs
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Good wrestling
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dan Benson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Joe Money!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Money shoots in looking for a takedown. Benson tries to sprawl out of it but Money keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Benson manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Benson dodges the punch combination from Money.
Money doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Money takes a kick to the side of the head.
It looks like Joe Money has been cut.
Money misses with a wild combination.
Benson closes the distance and clinches.
Money tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Money struggles to land a body shot inside as Benson controls his hands.
Benson is looking to take this one to the mat.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Money trying to land knees to the body.
Money wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Benson lands a takedown into guard.
Benson is stalling in the full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Benson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benson makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Money wants to sweep but no luck.
Benson keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Money's head.
Money tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Benson advances to half guard.
Benson scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Benson passes to full mount!
Money is in a horrible position here. Benson smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Money tries to hold on but Benson postures up.
Benson 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.
Benson tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Money is trying to escape the mount.
Benson scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Money?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Money tries to reverse the position but Benson maintains control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Money looks gassed!
Benson controlling the pace for now.
Benson has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Benson landing strikes from the mount.
Money tries to reverse the position but Benson maintains control.
Benson lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Money working to try and regain half guard.
Money really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Benson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Money is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Benson controlling the position easily from mount.
Benson landing strikes from the mount and Money is in trouble!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benson lands a heavy elbow.
Benson landing strikes from the mount.
Benson working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Benson lands a big shot there that rocks Money but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Money is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Benson working the ground and pound effectively.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Benson controlling from the full mount.
Money takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
BOOM! Benson connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Benson controlling the pace for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Money tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Benson dominating with strikes here.
Benson landing shots from mount.
That has opened up Joe Money's cut even more.
Benson sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Benson seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Money for as long as he can get away with.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Benson in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dan Benson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Joe Money's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Benson Throws a clean left jab. Benson Twirls his body and connects with a Spinning Back Fist that connects flush with Money's chin! Money crumbles to the ground and Benson follows up with some unanswered strikes. It's all over!! Nice standup skills displayed by Benson!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Dan Benson!
Our winner, Dan Benson, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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hype
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pop
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