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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Wolfgang Benson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roberto Insigne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Benson comes to the ring accompanied by Alice Cooper - Schools Out. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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169 lbs
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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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
19 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Wolfgang Benson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
42 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Roberto Insigne!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Radbod Blank and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
An inside leg kick lands from Benson.
Insigne throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A swing and a miss from Benson.
Insigne doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Insigne throws a jab when Benson was well out of range.
Insigne misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Benson.
Benson clinches up with Insigne and pushes him back against the ropes.
Insigne working aggressively here.
Insigne misses with a hook from the clinch.
Benson misses with some punches.
Insigne takes a knee to the side of the body.
Insigne working aggressively here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Benson.
Benson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Insigne avoids it.
Benson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Insigne blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Insigne misses with the head strike.
Benson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of 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!
A hook to the body from Insigne.
Benson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Insigne throws a knee to the head but misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Insigne.
Benson lands an elbow that stopped Insigne in his tracks for a moment.
Benson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Insigne swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Insigne lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Benson lands a hook that snaps the head of Insigne backwards.
Insigne takes an elbow to the temple.
Insigne throws a head punch that misses.
Insigne misses with a hook from the clinch.
Insigne using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Benson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Benson managing to block the knees to the body from Insigne.
Insigne misses with the head strike.
Insigne fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Benson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Benson.
Insigne cracks Benson with a nice body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Benson working aggressively here.
Benson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Insigne blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Insigne tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Insigne misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Insigne fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Insigne.
Insigne tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Insigne using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Insigne can't find room to land a body shot as Benson controls the action.
Good body shot from Insigne.
Insigne misses with a punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Insigne.
Insigne throws a head punch that misses.
Insigne lands with a right to the head.
Benson lands a nice knee to the body.
Insigne misses with a hook from the clinch.
Benson misses with the head strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Insigne.
Insigne has a couple of punches blocked by Benson.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Insigne tries to work over Benson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Benson.
Benson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Insigne is defending well for now.
Insigne tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Insigne throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Benson blocks it with crossed arms.
Insigne misses with a knee to the head.
Insigne lands a hook that snaps the head of Benson backwards.
Insigne tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Benson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Benson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Benson working aggressively here.
Benson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like Roberto Insigne has been cut.
Insigne tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Benson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Insigne backwards.
Insigne with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Benson lands a damaging elbow.
A short body shot lands from Benson as the two fighters clinch.
Benson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Benson blocks a body shot from Insigne.
Benson lands a nice elbow.
Insigne struggles to land a body shot inside as Benson controls his hands.
A right hook to the body lands for Benson.
Insigne lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Insigne throws a head punch that misses.
Insigne misses with the head strike.
Insigne is trying to break free.
Benson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Insigne backwards.
Insigne blocking some punches.
Insigne fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Insigne can't find room to land a body shot as Benson controls the action.
Benson lands an elbow that stopped Insigne in his tracks for a moment.
Insigne throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Benson blocks it with crossed arms.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Insigne tries a knee to the head but Benson blocks it.
Insigne is looking to break free of the clinch but Benson has double underhooks.
Benson lands a shot to the body.
Benson tries to land a knee to the head but Insigne blocks with his arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Wolfgang Benson will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Roberto Insigne's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Benson keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Benson defending well as Insigne loads up on a big left hand.
Insigne pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Insigne takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Benson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Benson tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Insigne manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Benson will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Benson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Insigne changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Insigne swings for the body but Benson moves out of range.
Benson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Insigne sees it coming and avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Benson is looking to slow Insigne down with leg kicks.
Insigne misses with a two punch combination.
Insigne cracks Benson with an open hand slap.
It looks like Wolfgang Benson has been cut.
Insigne throws a chopping leg kick but Benson manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Benson seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Benson feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Insigne's calf.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benson lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A thudding body kick lands there by Benson!
Benson lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Benson misses with a series of wild punches.
Benson looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Insigne swinging wildly here.
Insigne blocks a low kick nicely.
Insigne misses with the combination.
Insigne moves out of range of the strikes.
Insigne's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Benson connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Insigne scrambles back to his feet.
Insigne throws a nice looking combination but Benson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Benson takes the fight into the clinch.
Insigne has a couple of punches blocked by Benson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
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!
Insigne tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Benson avoids it.
Benson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Benson scores with a shot to the side of Insigne's head.
Insigne misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wolfgang Benson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Benson gets through Insigne's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Insigne tries to throw a body punch but Benson avoids it by throwing Insigne back against the ropes.
Insigne swings wildly with an uppercut but Benson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Benson is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Insigne is keeping busy.
Benson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Insigne avoiding damage as Benson throws knees to the body.
Benson has a couple of punches blocked by Insigne.
Benson with a knee to the head.
Insigne working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Benson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Insigne or not.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Insigne blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short uppercut from Benson.
Insigne swings wildly with an uppercut but Benson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Benson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Insigne takes a shot to the head.
Benson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Insigne's efforts to push away.
Insigne misses with a hook from the clinch.
Benson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Insigne can't find room to land a body shot as Benson controls the action.
Insigne looking to throw knees to the head but Benson is blocking nicely.
Benson lands a body shot.
Benson missing with knees to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Benson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Insigne lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Insigne throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bensons head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Benson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Insigne backwards.
Insigne blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Benson gets through Insigne's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Benson tries a body shot but Insigne blocks it.
Insigne's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Benson lands a knee to the head.
Benson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Insigne's elbow.
Benson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Insigne's elbow.
Insigne tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Knees in the clinch landing for Benson.
Benson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Insigne's elbow.
Benson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Insigne has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Benson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Benson looking to stall.
Benson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Insigne's face.
Insigne is trying to break the clinch but Benson has him pressed against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Wolfgang Benson dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Benson tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Insigne manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Insigne is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Benson rather than just go for the knockout.
Benson misses with a wild body shot.
Insigne throws a body punch but Benson moves out of range.
Wolfgang Benson is winning the standup battle so far.
Benson connects with a right hand. Insigne shakes it off.
An inside leg kick lands from Insigne.
Benson connects with a jab.
Benson cracks Insigne with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Benson moves out of range as Insigne strikes.
Benson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Insigne paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Insigne counters with a body kick.
Benson tries a head kick but it misses.
Insigne looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Benson scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Benson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Benson scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Insigne doesn't seem bothered though.
Benson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Insigne can do to turn this around?
Insigne throws a lazy uppercut
and Benson counters with a straight right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Insigne throws a low kick but Benson moves out of range easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Insigne.
Insigne lands with a good body shot.
A head kick from Insigne lands but Benson takes it in his stride.
Benson slips under a jab.
Insigne lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Benson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Benson lands with an uppercut that bounces Insigne off the ropes and back into range.
The fighters circle momentarily. Benson darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Insigne keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Benson.
Insigne comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Insigne throws a body shot but no joy.
Insigne sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Benson pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Insigne avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Insigne misses with a body kick.
Roberto Insigne has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Insigne throws an off balance right hand
and Benson counters with a leg kick.
Insigne takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Benson throws out a leg kick but Insigne moves out of range and Benson only half commits.
Insigne is looking for the big counter here.
Benson takes a swing at Insigne's ribcage but misses.
Insigne lands with a cross.
Benson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Insigne throws out the jab.
Benson throws a nice outside leg kick.
Benson cracks Insigne with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Benson blocks a jab.
Wolfgang Benson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A left and a right from Benson both land. Nice combination.
Benson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Benson scores with a kick to the midsection.
Benson throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Benson checks a leg kick.
Benson fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Insigne.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Insigne throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Benson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Insigne misses with a straight left.
Insigne missing with a left hand there. Benson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Insigne circles away from the clinch attempt.
Insigne has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Benson finds it's way round the side to connect with Insigne's head.
Benson staying out of range there.
Benson throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Benson scores with a hook.
Insigne misses with an attempted mid kick.
Benson takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Benson slips a straight right by Insigne.
Benson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice straight punches there by Benson. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Benson.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benson scores with a leg kick.
Insigne throws a right hand that misses
and Benson counters with a straight right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Insigne takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The crowd cheers as Benson lands an impressive looking overhand right. Insigne doesn't seem phased though.
Nice defenses there by Benson.
Benson throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Benson looks to clinch
letting Insigne counter with a right hand.
Insigne loads up on a big right hand but Benson slips the punch.
Benson fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Insigne tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Insigne walks into a jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Benson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Insigne's sensitive parts.
Nice defenses there by Benson.
A solid leg kick lands there for Insigne.
And that's the end of the fight!
Wolfgang Benson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Benson has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:27
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wolfgang Benson!
Wolfgang Benson decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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hype
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RATING
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