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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Bernard Benton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Temel Dilli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Benton comes to the cage accompanied by N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bernard Benton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Temel Dilli!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, James Atkins and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Benton ducks under a wild hook from Dilli.
Benton closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Benton scores with a jab.
A big right from Dilli misses.
Benton moves out of range as Dilli strikes.
Dilli avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dilli misses with a straight right.
Benton appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Dilli throws a combination that misses
and Benton counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Benton trying to mount his opponent but Dilli defends it.
Dilli is looking to improve his position.
Dilli is still trying to improve position.
Dilli trying to control here.
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!
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Benton connects with a nice short shot to Dilli's temple.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dilli is staying active underneath Benton, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Dilli trying to control but Benton postures up.
Dilli is staying active underneath Benton, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Dilli has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Dilli pushes Benton off and gets back to his feet.
Dilli takes a swing at Benton's ribcage but misses.
Benton tries to close the distance and clinch but Dilli swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dilli circles away from the clinch attempt.
Benton scores with a hook to the body. Dilli takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Benton tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dilli was well out of range. Poor timing from Benton.
Dilli misses with a few strikes there.
Some wild striking there from Dilli.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benton tries to clinch but Dilli moves out of range.
Benton fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dilli manages to avoid it.
Benton changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Dilli looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dilli is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Benton trying to control the action but Dilli is working from the bottom.
Benton throws a strike aimed at the side of Dilli's head but Dilli avoids it well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Benton is staying tight to Dilli's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Benton wants to control but Dilli is keeping him busy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dilli tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Benton wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Benton controlling the position from side mount.
Dilli struggling a bit here.
Benton slows the pace down.
Dilli is looking to reverse the position.
Dilli is trying to control Benton's posture but Benton avoids it.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Benton happy to just control the position for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Benton throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Benton wants to lay and pray for a moment but Dilli keeps working.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Benton changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Dilli looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Dilli is trying to improve his position.
Benton tries to score with some ground and pound. Dilli controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Dilli tries to control the position but he's not in luck - Benton easily slips into full mount!
Benton can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Dilli is looking to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bernard Benton dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Benton tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dilli swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dilli takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Dilli scores with a body shot.
Benton misses with an uppercut
and Dilli counters with a nice body shot.
Benton misses with a body shot.
Dilli throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dilli lands a lovely overhand right.
Benton misses with a looping left.
Dilli throws a right and a left that Benton avoids nicely.
Dilli missing with a left hand there. Benton was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Benton feinted with a counter takedown.
Dilli misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Benton counters with a right hand to the body.
Dilli throws a series of punches but Benton avoids them all with ease.
A big right from Dilli misses.
Dilli misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Benton.
The fight stays on the outside here - Benton looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Benton connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Dilli momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Dilli.
Benton scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Dilli swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dilli takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Dilli throws a hook to the side of Benton's head but Benton sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Benton takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Benton throws out a loose jab but Dilli uses good head movement to avoid it.
Benton uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dilli.
Dilli throws a lazy uppercut
and Benton counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Dilli throws an off balance right hand
enabling Benton to counter with a crisp jab.
A jab from Benton misses.
Dilli appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Bernard Benton seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Some wild striking there from Benton.
Dilli throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Benton walks into a stiff left hand from Dilli.
Bernard Benton is winning the standup battle so far.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Benton ducks right into an uppercut from Dilli.
Benton tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dilli paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dilli rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Benton moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Dilli throws a body punch but Benton moves out of range.
Benton throws a good cross that connects.
Benton is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dilli can do to turn this around?
Dilli moves out of range of the strikes.
Dilli ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Benton moves away.
Dilli throws an overhand right that lands on Benton's shoulder, as Benton tries to avoid the shot.
Dilli throws a right hand that Benton ducks under and follows up with a left that Benton also avoids with ease.
Benton feinted with a counter takedown.
Dilli ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Benton moves away.
Dilli throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Benton tries to score a power double leg takedown but Dilli sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Benton somewhat.
Benton shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Benton seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Dilli does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dilli has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Benton is working away from the top position though.
Dilli is trying to control but Benton manages to pass to mount!
Dilli is bucking up trying to escape but Benton cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Benton is landing with some decent strikes but Dilli is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Dilli is looking to improve his position but Benton isn't that keen on the idea.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dilli keeps trying to improve his position.
Benton fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Dilli tries to hold on but Benton pushes him away.
Benton looking to control but Dilli is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Benton thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Benton avoids the attempt from Dilli to control.
Benton prevents Dilli from getting the reversal.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bernard Benton dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Benton wants to clinch.
Dilli uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Benton.
Benton takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Benton lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Benton uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dilli.
Dilli looks to land a left hand but Benton moved out of range nicely.
Benton uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dilli.
Benton just misses with a punch to the body.
Benton throws a hook to the side of Dilli's head but Dilli sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Dilli digs a good hook to Benton's body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dilli is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Benton.
Dilli throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Benton will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Benton throws a combination that misses
and Dilli counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Dilli throws a looping overhand right but Benton ducks down to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dilli connects with a looping right hand.
Dilli avoids a punch combination nicely.
Benton tries a head kick but it misses.
Dilli uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Benton.
Benton misses with a wild body shot.
Benton is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Benton misses with a takedown
and Dilli counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Benton thinking.
Benton takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Dilli looks to land a combination but Benton avoids it well.
Benton has Dilli up against the cage in a clinch.
Dilli tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dilli lands a left hand.
Temel Dilli has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dilli tries a body shot but Benton blocks it.
Dilli is working Benton over against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Dilli.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dilli.
Benton misses with a short punch on the inside.
Benton lands with a left to the head.
Benton misses with the head strike.
Dilli working aggressively here.
Dilli escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Benton tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dilli paws at him with a jab and circles away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Dilli! But no joy.
Benton throws the left hand but Dilli avoids the punch easily.
Benton is looking to clinch but Dilli is avoiding it.
Benton connects with a single shot there.
Benton scores with the left hand. Dilli knows he should have avoided that one.
Benton connects with a high kick.
Benton lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Benton moves in looking to clinch but Dilli pushes him off.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benton doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Dilli throws a right hand that Benton ducks under and follows up with a left that Benton also avoids with ease.
Benton throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dilli misses with a looping right.
Benton is looking to counter punch.
Benton keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Benton takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Dilli takes a swing at Benton's ribcage but misses.
Dilli takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Benton avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dilli throws out a loose jab but Benton uses good head movement to avoid it.
Benton was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Benton walks into a jab.
Dilli misses with a left hand
and Benton counters with a head kick.
The crowd cheers as Benton lands an impressive looking overhand right. Dilli doesn't seem phased though.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Benton tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dilli paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Benton dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Benton tries to clinch but Dilli moves out of range.
Temel Dilli is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benton lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Dilli lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Dilli.
Benton blocks a jab.
Benton gets a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Benton fails to land.
Benton lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Dilli backwards.
Benton blocking some punches.
Dilli fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dilli throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bentons head.
A shot in the inside from Benton.
Dilli working aggressively here.
Benton lands with a light punch inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dilli misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dilli blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Dilli fails to land.
Benton can't find room to land a body shot as Dilli controls the action.
A short right from Benton on the inside.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Temel Dilli.
I think Benton has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Steven Brown scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bernard Benton!
During a confident post fight interview, Bernard Benton thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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