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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Joe Spencer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Duhrover (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Joe Spencer has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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182 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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Counter striker
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Joe Spencer!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ben Duhrover!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Spencer misses with a series of wild punches.
A decent looking cross lands there for Spencer.
Spencer walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Duhrover scores with a jab to the body.
Spencer is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Duhrover.
Duhrover keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Spencer.
Duhrover takes a swing at Spencer's ribcage but misses.
Duhrover takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Duhrover moves away from the strike by Spencer.
Duhrover cracks a nice hook into Spencer's ribs.
Spencer tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Duhrover moves away from the strike by Spencer.
Duhrover keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Spencer.
Duhrover ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Ben Duhrover seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spencer stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Spencer wants it to stay on the feet.
Duhrover closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Duhrover scoring with punches from side control.
Spencer tries to buck Duhrover off but Duhrover is having none of it.
Duhrover tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Duhrover has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Spencer dodges the ground and pound from Duhrover.
Spencer tries to improve position but can't.
Duhrover thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Duhrover landing strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Duhrover tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Spencer wants to control but Duhrover postures up.
Spencer is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Duhrover off and has taken his back!
Spencer lands strikes to the head.
Spencer wants to control the position but Duhrover frees himself and scrambles - Spencer manages to regain control in side control.
Duhrover gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Duhrover works his way to full guard. Good work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spencer throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Duhrover works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Spencer trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Duhrover manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Duhrover loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Duhrover trying to control the position from guard on top but Spencer is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Duhrover passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Duhrover creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Spencer sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Spencer tries to bench press Duhrover off him but Duhrover keeps the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duhrover misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Duhrover creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Duhrover lands a few punches from side control.
It looks like Joe Spencer has been cut.
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!
Spencer wants to control but Duhrover postures up.
Duhrover working the head and body with strikes.
Duhrover in side control, throwing shots but Spencer defends.
Duhrover looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Duhrover misses with the ground and pound.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Duhrover wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Spencer, who protects the arm well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ben Duhrover dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Joe Spencer's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Duhrover throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Duhrover punishes Spencer's body with a nice straight punch.
Spencer throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Duhrover stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Duhrover misses with a body shot
and Spencer counters with a right hand to the body.
Duhrover uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Spencer.
A looping hook to the body misses from Duhrover. Spencer does a little dance to reset his feet.
Duhrover looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Duhrover fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Spencer throws out a loose jab but Duhrover uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Duhrover looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Duhrover is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Ben Duhrover has got the better of the ground game so far.
Spencer is wriggling around but Duhrover manages to pass to half guard.
Duhrover sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Spencer defending well though.
Duhrover seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Spencer tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Duhrover working over Spencer with some ground and pound. Spencer looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Duhrover tries to pass to full mount but Spencer defends it.
Spencer keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duhrover working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Spencer is looking for a sweep. Duhrover is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Spencer trying to control from the bottom.
Duhrover working Spencer over with strikes.
Duhrover missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Duhrover winds up and cracks Spencer with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Duhrover thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Duhrover working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Spencer knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Duhrover on the ground.
Spencer is trying to stand.
Duhrover looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Spencer with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Duhrover landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spencer avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Duhrover.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nice strikes from Duhrover there.
Duhrover is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
BOOM! Duhrover connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Duhrover landing punches.
Joe Spencer's cut is getting worse.
Spencer is looking to get to half guard.
Duhrover landing shots from mount.
Duhrover fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Spencer tries to hold on but Duhrover pushes him away.
Duhrover working for a guillotine from mount but Spencer is in no mood to give up.
Spencer is wriggling around trying to escape.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duhrover landing strikes from the mount and Spencer is in trouble!
Spencer takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Jeez, Joe Spencer's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Joe Spencer's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Ben Duhrover!
Ben Duhrover is the new welterweight champion!
Ben Duhrover thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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RATING
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