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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tari Cunha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Erik Bennett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cunha comes to the cage accompanied by Chains. Bennett comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Illusions kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Erik Bennett has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Tari Cunha's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tari Cunha!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Erik Bennett!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, John Roberts and Eddie Farnsworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cunha shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Bennett sprawls well. Bennett wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Cunha gets slowly back to his feet.
Cunha uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bennett.
Cunha changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Bennett tries to avoid it but Cunha manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Bennett to the ground. Bennett escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Cunha gets the takedown into side control.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Bennett is trying to improve his position.
Cunha misses with the ground and pound.
Bennett tries to improve position but can't.
You can see the frustration on Bennett's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Cunha is putting a hurting on Bennett here, landing some big shots from side control.
Bennett manages to work his way to half guard, despite Cunha's best efforts.
Cunha missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Bennett on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Bennett wants to get back to full guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cunha thows a huge punch but Bennett dodges it nicely.
Cunha is looking for a kimura here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bennett is looking to improve his position.
Bennett is trying to maintain the position but Cunha is very close to passing his half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bennett keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Cunha thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Bennett's head.
Bennett on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Bennett is controlling Cunha's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Bennett is trying to stand back up but Cunha is controlling him
Cunha landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Bennett tries to get to full guard but Cunha has control of the leg.
Cunha throwing shots but Bennett is blocking nicely.
Cunha missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bennett is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Cunha scores with a couple of nice shots.
Cunha throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cunha stops Bennett from getting back to his feet.
Bennett regains full guard. Nicely done.
Cunha working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Cunha working some strikes from top position.
Cunha cracks Bennett with a solid left hand.
Bennett is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Cunha prevents Bennett from getting back to his feet.
Bennett looking to control.
Cunha works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Cunha thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Bennett's head.
Bennett wants to control but Cunha is keeping busy.
Bennett blocking the ground and pound attempt from Cunha.
Cunha prevents Bennett from standing back up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bennett keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Bennett avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Cunha.
Bennett keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Bennett is trying to stand back up but Cunha is controlling him
Cunha trying to mount his opponent but Bennett defends it.
Cunha working the head and body with strikes.
Bennett blocking the ground and pound attempt from Cunha.
Bennett slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Cunha working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cunha postures up in Bennett's guard and throws a big left but Bennett blocks it.
Bennett looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Bennett uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Cunha lands a slapping body shot.
Cunha takes a swing at Bennett's ribcage but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bennett lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Cunha at a distance.
Cunha cracks a nice hook into Bennett's ribs.
Bennett throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Cunha ducks under a wild hook from Bennett.
Erik Bennett is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Cunha.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tari Cunha. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bennett throws a good cross that connects.
Cunha lands an overhand right.
Cunha throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Bennett stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Cunha throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Bennett tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Cunha is in Bennett's guard.
Bennett lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Cunha!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bennett misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tari Cunha dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Bennett works the jab nicely.
No luck for Cunha with that takedown attempt.
Tari Cunha seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bennett jabs at Cunha's body.
Cunha shoots in and gets a takedown into Bennett's guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Cunha accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Cunha is in close to Bennett's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Bennett wants to stand up but Cunha is controlling him.
Cunha postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Cunha throwing strikes but missing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cunha postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Cunha throws an elbow that misses. Bennett uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Cunha's guard. Nice move by Bennett!
Bennett controls from within his opponent's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bennett trying to control but Cunha is working from the bottom.
Cunha looking to hit a scissor sweep but Bennett is one step ahead there.
Bennett controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Bennett must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Erik Bennett has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Cunha fails with a takedown attempt.
Cunha fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tari Cunha. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bennett throws a front kick aimed at Cunha's knee but Cunha avoids it well.
Nice uppercut lands for Bennett. That snapped Cunha's head back.
Cunha gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Bennett counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Cunha fails with a takedown attempt.
Cunha defending well as Bennett loads up on a big left hand.
Cunha with a poor takedown
and Bennett counters with a lovely shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cunha fails with the takedown
and Bennett counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bennett lands a nice hook to Cunha's body. Cunha takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Cunha doesn't succeed with the takedown
letting Bennett counter with a right hand.
Bennett misses with a body shot.
Bennett tries to score with a low kick but Cunha moves his leg out of the way.
Bennett stalks Cunha and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Cunha's face. Cunha staggers backwards, shaken.
Cunha tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Bennett swivels and escapes.
Bennett throws an overhand right that lands on Cunha's shoulder, as Cunha tries to avoid the shot.
Cunha tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Cunha shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Cunha shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Cunha shoots and misses
and Bennett makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Erik Bennett seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cunha drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bennett clinches up against the cage.
Bennett lands with a short shot to the head.
Bennett misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cunha.
Bennett misses with a body punch.
Cunha is trying to pull guard but Bennett turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Cunha blocks an uppercut.
Bennett tries to work over Cunha's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bennett can't find room to land a body shot as Cunha controls the action.
Cunha has clasped his hands together around Bennett's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Bennett regains half guard.
Bennett manages to get to full guard.
Bennett controls Cunha momentarily but Cunha frees himself.
Tari Cunha overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bennett is controlling Cunha's posture.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Erik Bennett showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action!
Bennett scores with a sloppy right hand. Cunha should have avoided that one.
Bennett throws a low kick but Cunha avoids it.
Bennett fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cunha manages to avoid it.
Cunha uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bennett.
Bennett misses with a low kick.
Bennett swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bennett misses with a low kick.
Cunha throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bennett misses with a low kick as Cunha jumps back.
Cunha fails with the takedown.
Bennett throws a right hand that Cunha ducks under and follows up with a left that Cunha also avoids with ease.
Cunha doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Bennett counters with a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bennett looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Cunha bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cunha has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tari Cunha. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bennett misses with a body shot.
Cunha fails to land the takedown.
Cunha dives in and grabs Bennett's left leg, looking for a takedown. Bennett pushes down on Cunha's head and hops out.
Bennett fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Cunha checks it well.
Bennett misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cunha.
Bennett lands a glancing blow to the side of Cunha's head.
Bennett closes the distance and clinches.
Bennett is trying to stall.
Cunha drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Bennett gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bennett is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Bennett misses with the head strike.
Cunha tries to score a body lock takedown but Bennett shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Cunha tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Cunha is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bennett lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Cunha or not.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cunha is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Bennett gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Cunha tries to work over Bennett's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nice body punch from Bennett - that landed with a thud.
Bennett tries to throw a body punch but Cunha avoids it by throwing Bennett back against the cage.
Cunha misses with a punch on the inside.
Bennett misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cunha's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Bennett struggles to land a body shot inside as Cunha controls his hands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bennett misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bennett doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cunha tries to work over Bennett's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bennett lands a right hand that snaps the head of Cunha backwards.
Bennett prevents a takedown attempt there.
Cunha drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Bennett stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Cunha is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Bennett to keep the fight standing.
Cunha tries for a takedown but Bennett manages to get underhooks.
Bennett struggles to land a body shot inside as Cunha controls his hands.
Bennett tries to work over Cunha's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bennett prevents a takedown attempt there.
Nice body punch from Bennett.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Bennett fails to land.
Bennett tries to throw a body punch but Cunha avoids it by throwing Bennett back against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Bennett.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bennett lands a body shot.
Still in the clinch, Bennett scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short right from Bennett on the inside.
Bennett is working Cunha over against the cage.
Bennett tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Erik Bennett seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Bennett scores with a hook to the body.
Bennett is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Cunha blocks a body shot from Bennett.
Cunha prevents a body shot from Bennett.
Bennett gets underhooks to prevent Cunha's takedown attempt.
Bennett misses with a hook to the ribs.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bennett is pressed up against the cage. Cunha has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Bennett down to the mat. Bennett avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Cunha takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Bennett fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cunha manages to avoid it.
Bennett closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Erik Bennett really dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Bennett lands a big head kick that sends Cunha tumbling to the mat! Bennett takes a step backwards and waves Cunha back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Cunha is rocked!
Bennett moves in close and cracks Cunha with a massive right hand! Cunha, frozen momentarily in time, tumbles to the canvas, already out cold! A brutal knockout by Bennett!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:10 of round 4, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Erik Bennett!
Erik Bennett is the new welterweight champion!
During a confident post fight interview, Erik Bennett thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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