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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Luke Bentley (ranked 4200 p4p, 534 weight class) and Yunieor Dorticosos (ranked 5324 p4p, 620 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Yunieor Dorticosos was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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210 lbs
2 - 3 - 0 |
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203 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Luke Bentley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yunieor Dorticosos!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Eliza Hachem and Chris Dean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dorticosos bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
It looks like Luke Bentley has been cut.
Bentley clinches up with Dorticosos and pushes him back against the cage.
Dorticosos gets control of Bentley's arms and successfully pulls guard. Dorticosos will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Bentley gets to his feet. Dorticosos looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Bentley closes the distance and clinches.
Bentley working aggressively here.
A shot in the inside from Dorticosos.
Dorticosos swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dorticosos takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bentley gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bentley lands a nice elbow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bentley obliges.
Dorticosos takes a shot to the head.
Dorticosos throws a punch but it's blocked by Bentley.
Bentley comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Dorticosos is trying to pull guard but Bentley turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
I was talking to Bentley's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Bentley misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dorticosos wants a takedown.
Bentley misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Bentley fails to land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bentley looking to throw knees to the head but Dorticosos is blocking nicely.
Dorticosos takes an elbow to the temple.
It looks like Yunieor Dorticosos has been cut.
Dorticosos takes an elbow to the forehead.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bentley.
Bentley with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Dorticosos is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bentley working Dorticosos over with knees to the body.
A short right from Dorticosos on the inside.
Bentley scores with a shot to the side of Dorticosos's head.
A right hook to the body lands for Bentley.
Bentley misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bentley throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Dorticososs head.
Bentley throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Bentley lands a damaging elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bentley.
Bentley lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Dorticosos.
Dorticosos blocks the elbow strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dorticosos is trying to pull guard but Bentley turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Luke Bentley has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Yunieor Dorticosos.
Dorticosos misses with some punches.
Bentley lands an elbow inside that Dorticosos shrugs off.
Dorticosos lands an uppercut.
Bentley crunches a lovely knee into Dorticosos's ribcage.
Dorticosos gets through Bentley's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bentley can't find room to land a body shot as Dorticosos controls the action.
Bentley creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Dorticosos's defenses.
Dorticosos working hard to break the clinch.
Bentley could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Bentley lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Dorticosos takes an elbow to the forehead.
Dorticosos misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bentley unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bentley putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Dorticosos in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Dorticosos takes an elbow to the temple.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bentley.
Bentley with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Bentley.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bentley lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bentley connects with a knee to the head.
Dorticosos is rocked!
Bentley lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Dorticosos is still on wobbly legs! Can Bentley finish him?
Bentley gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bentley has Dorticosos pressed against the cage. He pushes Dorticosos back and as he springs towards him off the cage, Bentley throws a beautiful elbow that sends Dorticosos crashing to the floor! Bentley piles on the pressure with more strikes! Dorticosos is flailing away but he's not defending himself and the referee steps in to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Luke Bentley!
A relieved looking Luke Bentley thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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