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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between The Shadow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bennet Benoit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
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Good wrestler
Brawler
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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, The Shadow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bennet Benoit!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Micheangelo Fripello and Jeff Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shadow scores with a crisp jab that stopped Benoit in his tracks.
Benoit missing with a left hand there. Shadow was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Shadow feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Benoits jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Shadow scores with a jab to the body.
Benoit throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Shadow counter with a right hand.
Shadow lands a nice hook to Benoit's body. Benoit takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Benoit will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Benoit misses with a wild combination.
Benoit swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Benoit takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Benoit looking to score a takedown here. Shadow is defending well but Benoit drives through and ends up in Shadow's guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Benoit scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Benoit postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Benoit stands up over Shadow, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shadow wants to get back to his feet but Benoit is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Benoit postures up in Shadow's guard and throws a big left but Shadow blocks it.
Benoit missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Benoit is working Shadow over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Benoit throwing strikes but missing.
Shadow on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Shadow tries to get out of the position.
Benoit is in close to Shadow's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Benoit with a flurry of punches that miss.
Benoit throwing strikes from guard but Shadow blocks nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benoit works over Shadow with some ground and pound from guard.
Benoit trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Benoit is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Shadow keeping moving, preventing Benoit from controlling successfully.
Benoit missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Benoit throws a big elbow that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benoit pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Shadow is keeping the position for now.
Benoit in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Shadow being controlled here, momentarily.
Benoit scoring with punches to the head and body.
Benoit sitting in guard here, content to control.
Shadow utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shadow avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Benoit slips nicely into half guard.
Benoit controlling the action here.
Benoit lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Benoit looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Shadow with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Benoit looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Shadow with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bennet Benoit dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Benoit swings away with a body shot that misses
and Shadow cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bennet Benoit is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Benoit swings away with a body shot that misses
and Shadow counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Benoit tries to bum rush Shadow with a series of wild strikes but Shadow uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Benoit scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Benoit lands a decent elbow from side control.
Benoit tries to score with some ground and pound. Shadow controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Shadow defending against the ground and pound.
Shadow is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Benoit lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Shadow down.
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!
Shadow is not content to let Benoit control the position.
Benoit scoring with punches and elbows.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benoit scoring with punches and elbows.
Shadow parries the strikes from Benoit easily there. Benoit is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Shadow to escape.
Shadow parries the strikes from Benoit easily there. Benoit is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Shadow to escape.
Benoit creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Shadow sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
The ground and pound from Benoit seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Benoit landing a few strikes.
Benoit cracks Shadow with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Benoit in side control, throwing shots but Shadow defends.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benoit works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Bennet Benoit has got the better of the ground game so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Benoit working the head with strikes.
Benoit has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Benoit throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Shadow taking punishment in the form of punches.
Benoit has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Benoit passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Shadow!
Shadow is in a horrible position here. Benoit smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Benoit connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Benoit tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Benoit working Shadow over with strikes here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benoit connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Benoit is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Shadow can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Benoit landing strikes from the mount.
Benoit looking to control and managing it successfully.
Shadow taking shots to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Benoit landing shots from mount.
Shadow taking shots to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benoit working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Shadow taking shots to the head.
Shadow is rocked!
Benoit scoring with strikes but Shadow is staying in there.
Oh Shadow is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Benoit fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Benoit looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Shadow covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bennet Benoit!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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