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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Isaac Malone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Benson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). James Benson told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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279 lbs
0 - 4 - 0 |
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192 cm
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265 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Isaac Malone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, James Benson!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Jeff Smith and Colin Fray.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Malone moves into the clinch successfully.
Malone really is a fat lump.
Malone breaks from the clinch.
Benson moves into the clinch.
Malone is trying to stall.
Malone escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Benson drives through and clinches with Malone against the cage.
Malone is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Malone pressing his opponent against the cage.
Benson stalls.
A short right from Benson on the inside.
Malone avoiding damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Benson is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Malone taking a breather.
A nice left hand lands by Benson.
Benson slows down the pace here.
Malone breaks from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benson connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Malone momentarily.
Malone walks into a jab.
Benson has Malone up against the cage in a clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Benson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Benson pushes Malone back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Benson displaying some good clinch control by pressing Malone up against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Benson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Malone's brow.
Benson manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Malone is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Benson is keeping busy.
Malone escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Malone tries to keep at a distance but Benson has taken the fight into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Malone breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Benson closes the distance and pushes Malone back into the cage.
Benson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Benson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Malone tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Benson avoids it.
Malone breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Malone connects with a leg kick. Benson looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Malone fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Benson moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Benson has closed the distance and engaged Malone in a clinch.
Benson lands with a short shot to the head.
Benson manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Benson lands with a left to the head.
Benson tries to stall but Malone uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Malone breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Benson throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Malone throws a leg kick but Benson sees it coming and moves out of range.
Malone wants to slow Benson down by chopping away at his legs.
Benson moves into the clinch.
A short left from Benson.
A short right from Benson on the inside.
Benson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Malone manages to break the clinch.
Malone throws a low kick but Benson avoids it.
Malone keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A nice combination there by Benson.
Benson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Benson is trying to break the clinch but Malone has him pressed against the cage.
Benson works on Malone's body with a couple of short punches.
Benson lands a hook that snaps the head of Malone backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Malone breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Benson is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Benson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Benson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benson tries to stall but Malone uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Malone missing with knees to the body.
Malone taking a breather.
Malone stalling against the cage.
Benson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Malone escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Benson misses with a combination
and Malone counters with a low kick, right behind Benson 's knee.
A combination from Benson does no damage.
Benson moves out of range as Malone strikes.
Malone fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Benson, pushing him back against the cage.
Benson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Malone is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Benson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Benson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Malone has him pressed against the cage.
Malone is struggling to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
James Benson dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Benson misses with a double jab.
Isaac Malone is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Malone darts in looking for a takedown but Benson gets double underhooks and turns Malone into the cage.
Benson rushes Malone and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Benson throws an elbow but it misses.
A short right from Benson.
Malone breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Malone is looking to slow Benson down with leg kicks.
James Benson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Malone throws a leg kick but Benson sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Malone listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Benson clinches.
Benson lands a nice uppercut.
Benson being controlled against the cage.
Malone escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Benson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Malone moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Malone slips a jab and a cross from Benson.
Malone is looking to counter punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Benson closes the distance and clinches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A right hook to the body lands for Benson.
Malone misses with a body punch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Benson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Benson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Benson letting Malone take a breather here.
Benson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Benson lands an uppercut.
Malone prevents Benson from breaking the clinch.
A short uppercut from Benson.
James Benson seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Benson lands a right hand.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Benson.
Malone is looking to control Benson's arms but Benson gets an underhook and turns him. Now Malone has his back to the cage.
Malone breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Benson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Benson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Benson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Malone's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Benson lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
It looks like Isaac Malone has been cut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Malone gets tackled into the cage by Benson. Benson maintains the clinch.
Benson lands a nice uppercut.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Maybe Malone would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.
Malone trying to control the position but instead, Benson has worked for underhooks and has pushed Malone into the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Benson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Malone's brow.
Malone breaks the clinch.
Benson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Benson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Malone, pushing him back against the cage.
Malone is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Malone trying to stall but Benson improves his position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A short body shot lands from Benson as the two fighters clinch.
Malone is trying to stall.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Isaac Malone.
Malone throws a low kick, looking for Benson's leg but Benson calmly moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benson instigates a clinch.
Malone's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Benson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Malone backwards.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Malone takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Malone breaks the clinch.
Benson darts in and clinches Malone up against the cage.
Benson scores with a shoulder strike.
Benson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Malone manages to break the clinch.
Benson's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Benson duly obliges.
James Benson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Benson gets a clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Benson just leaning against Malone, taking a breather.
Benson lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right from Benson on the inside.
Benson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Benson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Malone is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benson scores with a shoulder strike.
A right handed body shot lands from Benson.
Benson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Benson has Malone pressed against the cage.
Malone pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Benson forces Malone back against the cage and clinches.
Benson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Benson digs a right hand into Malone's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Malone's gas tank.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Benson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Malone's brow.
Malone pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Benson!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Benson pushes Malone up against the cage in a clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Benson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Benson pressing his opponent against the cage.
Benson lands a nice elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
James Benson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Isaac Malone's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Benson scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Benson looking to slow down the pace here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Benson.
Benson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Benson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Malone backwards.
Benson scores with a shoulder strike.
Benson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Malone breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Benson closes the distance and clinches.
Malone's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Benson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Malone circles away quickly and effectively.
A jab from Benson finds it's way through Malone's defenses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Benson rushes Malone and presses him up against the cage.
Malone taking a breather.
A left hand lands to the body for Benson.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Malone's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Benson is trying to force a seperation but Malone has the dominant position.
Malone trying to stall but Benson improves his position.
Malone pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Malone throws a looping overhand right but Benson ducks down to avoid it.
Benson unleashes a big counter combination but Malone bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Benson closes the distance and clinches.
Benson lands a shot to the body.
Benson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Benson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Malone blocks the elbow strike.
Malone breaks from the clinch.
James Benson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Benson shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Malone eats them both and turns towards Benson to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Malone moves into range and clinches up with Benson.
Benson lands a body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Benson tries to break the clinch but Malone is controlling the position.
A hook to the body from Benson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Malone stalling in the clinch but Benson improves position.
Benson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A nice right hand lands inside from Benson.
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!
Malone keeps control of Benson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Malone escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Benson has Malone up against the cage in a clinch.
Malone escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Benson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Benson moves into the clinch.
Malone takes a shot to the head.
Benson has had enough of the clinch but Malone keeps him there for the moment.
Benson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Benson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Benson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Malone backwards.
Malone manages to break the clinch.
Benson throws a right and a left that Malone avoids nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benson clinches up against the cage.
Benson lands a body punch.
Benson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Benson pressing his opponent against the cage.
Malone crunches a lovely knee into Benson's ribcage.
James Benson is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Malone stalling in the clinch but Benson improves position.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Benson as Malone tries to tie him up.
Malone is trying to stall.
Benson pushes Malone back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Malone manages to break the clinch.
Benson moves into the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Benson.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Malone is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Benson is keeping busy.
Benson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Benson is trying to break the clinch but Malone has him pressed against the cage.
Malone breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Benson darts in and clinches Malone up against the cage.
Benson presses Malone against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Benson is looking to break free of the clinch but Malone has double underhooks.
Malone wants to stall.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Benson.
Benson lands a shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Benson is looking to break free of the clinch but Malone has double underhooks.
Malone breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Benson lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Isaac Malone has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Benson has closed the distance and engaged Malone in a clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
James Benson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Benson has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Josh West scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight 27:30
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... James Benson!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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