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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Andy Florence (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roger Bennett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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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155 lbs
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149 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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Dangerous knees
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Andy Florence!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Roger Bennett!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Daniel Franklin and Winston Alpacca.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Florence misses the jab.
A slow jab from Florence misses its intended target.
Bennett tries to counter with a clinch but Florence shakes him off and moves away.
Bennett wants to land a leg kick but Florence is out of range.
Bennett instigates a clinch.
Florence tries to break free but Bennett pushes him back against the cage.
Bennett throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Florence blocks it with crossed arms.
Bennett misses with a short punch on the inside.
Florence wants to break free but Bennett has control.
A frustrated look appears on Florence's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Florence has had enough of the clinch but Bennett keeps him there for the moment.
Bennett using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Florence has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bennett fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bennett tries to land a knee to the head but Florence blocks with his arms.
Bennett misses with a knee to the head.
Florence takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bennett lands a knee to the head.
Florence has had enough of the clinch but Bennett keeps him there for the moment.
Bennett tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bennett landing knees to the head.
Bennett using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Florence has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Florence blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bennett tries to throw a body punch but Florence avoids it by throwing Bennett back against the cage.
Bennett with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bennett tries a knee to the head but Florence blocks it.
Bennett has Florence pushed against the cage.
Florence wants to get back to striking at distance but Bennett won't allow it.
Bennett with a knee to the head.
Bennett just leaning against Florence, taking a breather.
Bennett using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Florence has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Florence blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bennett misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bennett's coach down at Highland Brawl Academy was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Bennett's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Florence has had enough of the clinch but Bennett keeps him there for the moment.
Florence tries to break the clinch but Bennett is controlling the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bennett throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bennett lands a knee to the body.
Bennett tries to land a knee to the head but Florence blocks with his arms.
Florence is trying to break free.
Bennett scores with a knee to the head.
Bennett lands a nice knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Florence has had enough of the clinch but Bennett keeps him there for the moment.
A knee to the head by Bennett.
Florence wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bennett with a knee to the head.
Bennett with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bennett scores a nice knee to the body.
Bennett with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Florence takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bennett keeps control of Florence as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Florence wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bennett has him pressed against the cage.
Bennett tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Florence working hard to break the clinch.
Bennett tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bennett misses with a knee strike.
Florence looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Knees to the body from Bennett.
Bennett misses with a knee strike.
Bennett tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Florence avoids it.
Bennett trying to land knees to the body.
Bennett lands a nice knee to the body.
Bennett landing knees to the head.
Bennett misses with a knee to the head.
Florence is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bennett with a knee to the head.
Florence managing to block the knees to the body from Bennett.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bennett tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bennett scores a nice knee to the body.
Bennett keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Florence's efforts to push away.
Bennett landing knees to the head.
Florence wants to get back to striking at distance but Bennett won't allow it.
Bennett scores with a knee to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bennett landing knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bennett.
Bennett misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Florence.
Bennett lands a hook that snaps the head of Florence backwards.
Bennett content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Bennett is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Florence is defending well for now.
Bennett tries a knee to the head but Florence blocks it.
Bennett scores with a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Roger Bennett dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Bennett avoids a punch combination nicely.
Florence works Bennett's body with a nice hook.
Florence is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Florence swats away the attempt to clinch by Bennett.
Florence swats away the attempt to clinch by Bennett.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Bennett closes the distance and clinches.
Florence wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Florence is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bennett connects with a nasty looking knee right to Florence's face.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bennett utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Bennett connects with a knee to the head.
Bennett tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bennett has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bennett connects with a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bennett tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bennett tries to land a knee to the head but Florence blocks with his arms.
Florence tries to break free but Bennett pushes him back against the cage.
Bennett lands a good knee to the midsection. Florence won't want to take too many of those.
Bennett lands a knee to the head.
Bennett misses with a knee to the head.
Florence wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bennett connects with a knee to the head.
Bennett is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Florence is defending well for now.
Bennett tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Florence avoiding damage as Bennett throws knees to the body.
Bennett misses with a knee to the head.
Bennett is breathing heavily.
Bennett tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bennett prevents Florence from breaking the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Florence's face as he tries to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bennett tries to land a knee to the head but Florence blocks with his arms.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bennett obliges.
Florence can't break the clinch.
Florence blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bennett with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bennett is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Florence is defending well for now.
Bennett has Florence pressed against the cage, preventing Florence from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bennett tries to land a knee to the head but Florence blocks with his arms.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bennett misses with a knee to the head.
Florence has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Florence is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Florence tries to circle away but Bennett has him pinned against the cage.
Bennett swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bennett lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Florence backwards.
Florence looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bennett connects with a knee to the head.
Bennett has Florence pressed against the cage, preventing Florence from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bennett landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Florence blocks a body shot from Bennett.
Florence is trying to break the clinch but Bennett has him pressed against the cage.
Florence wants to break free but Bennett has control.
A frustrated look appears on Florence's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bennett misses with a knee strike.
Bennett throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bennett missing with knees to the body.
Bennett scores with a knee to the head.
Bennett misses with a knee strike.
Bennett with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Florence can't break the clinch.
Bennett landing knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bennett working aggressively here.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Bennett takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Bennett tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Florence wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bennett lands a knee to the head.
Bennett using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Florence has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bennett trying to land knees to the body.
Bennett tries a knee to the head but Florence blocks it.
Bennett tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Florence is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bennett lands a knee to the head.
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!
Bennett has Florence pressed against the cage, preventing Florence from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bennett working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bennett tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Roger Bennett showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Florence thuds a left hand into Bennett's body.
Bennett moves into the clinch successfully.
Bennett with a knee to the head.
Bennett tries a knee to the head but Florence blocks it.
Florence is trying to push Bennett away but Bennett has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Florence is trying to force a seperation but Bennett has the dominant position.
Florence working hard to break the clinch.
Bennett tries to land knees in the clinch but Florence avoids the damage to the body.
Florence tries to break the clinch but Bennett is controlling the position.
Florence blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bennett with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bennett obliges.
Bennett using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Florence has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Florence wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bennett has him pressed against the cage.
Bennett takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bennett keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Florence's efforts to push away.
A knee to the head by Bennett.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Florence tries to break the clinch but Bennett is controlling the position.
Bennett tries to land knees in the clinch but Florence avoids the damage to the body.
Bennett unloads a knee to the mid-section. Florence lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bennett keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Florence's efforts to push away.
Florence is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bennett lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bennett with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bennett throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Florence blocks it with crossed arms.
Bennett throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Florence blocks it with crossed arms.
Florence blocks a body shot from Bennett.
Bennett misses with a knee strike.
Bennett lands a knee to the body.
Florence wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bennett with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bennett has Florence pressed against the cage, preventing Florence from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Florence tries to circle away but Bennett has him pinned against the cage.
Bennett with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bennett landing knees to the body.
Florence wants to break free but Bennett has control.
Florence has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Bennett tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Florence wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bennett tries to land a knee to the head but Florence blocks with his arms.
Roger Bennett seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Bennett looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bennett misses with a knee to the head.
Bennett misses with a knee strike.
Bennett missing with knees to the body.
Florence has had enough of the clinch but Bennett keeps him there for the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Florence can't break the clinch.
Bennett throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bennett with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bennett tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bennett leaning against his opponent.
Florence wants to get back to striking at distance but Bennett won't allow it.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bennett.
Florence blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Florence wants to get back to striking at distance but Bennett won't allow it.
Bennett looking to throw knees to the head but Florence is blocking nicely.
Bennett misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Florence.
Florence wants to get back to striking at distance but Bennett won't allow it.
Bennett doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Florence looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Florence wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bennett throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Florence blocks it with crossed arms.
Bennett throws a knee to the head but misses.
Florence has had enough of the clinch but Bennett keeps him there for the moment.
Bennett keeps control of Florence as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bennett tries to land knees in the clinch but Florence avoids the damage to the body.
Bennett scores with a knee to the head.
Bennett trying to land knees to the body.
Roger Bennett is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bennett with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bennett tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Florence is looking to break free of the clinch but Bennett has double underhooks.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bennett with a knee to the head.
Bennett has Florence pressed against the cage, preventing Florence from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Andy Florence has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bennett has a couple of punches blocked by Florence.
Bennett throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Florence blocks it with crossed arms.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bennett.
And that's the end of the fight!
Roger Bennett comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Bennett winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Sandra Marshall scores the fight for Roger Bennett!
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight for Roger Bennett!
Judge Winston Alpacca scores the fight for Roger Bennett!
Roger Bennett wins by unanimous decision!
An out of breath Roger Bennett thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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