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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chris Harper (ranked 2069 p4p, 281 weight class) and Claudio Benedetti (ranked 2506 p4p, 327 weight class). Benedetti has chosen Atrevete te as his entrance music. Chris Harper has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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205 lbs
11 - 8 - 0 |
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193 cm
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207 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank |
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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
11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Chris Harper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Claudio Benedetti!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Dmitry Maklakov and Ivan Kurochkin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harper throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Harper lands with a right hand.
Benedetti uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Harper.
Harper gets in close and instigates a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Harper.
Benedetti blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Harper scores with a shoulder strike.
Harper tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Benedetti's elbow.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Benedetti.
Harper struggles to land a body shot inside as Benedetti controls his hands.
Harper misses with a hook to the ribs.
Benedetti lands a nice uppercut.
Benedetti working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Benedetti.
Harper working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harper misses with a hook from the clinch.
Harper misses with some punches.
Benedetti lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Harper has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Benedetti lands a body punch.
Harper doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Benedetti tries to throw a body punch but Harper avoids it by throwing Benedetti back against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Benedetti.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harper struggles to land a body shot inside as Benedetti controls his hands.
Harper tries to throw a body punch but Benedetti avoids it by throwing Harper back against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Benedetti.
Benedetti lands a hook to the side of the head.
Benedetti swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Harper fails to land.
Benedetti working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Benedetti swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Harper misses with some punches.
Benedetti lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Harper backwards.
Benedetti has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Harper seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Benedetti can turn it around.
A shot in the inside from Benedetti.
Benedetti lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Benedetti doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Harper can't find room to land a body shot as Benedetti controls the action.
A short body shot lands from Benedetti as the two fighters clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Harper.
Benedetti misses with the head strike.
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 short right hand to the side of the head by Benedetti.
Harper lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Benedetti backwards.
Benedetti working aggressively here.
Harper takes a shot to the head.
Benedetti misses with a short punch on the inside.
Benedetti misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harper scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Harper tries to work over Benedetti's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Harper scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Harper struggles to land a body shot inside as Benedetti controls his hands.
Benedetti tries to pull guard but Harper holds him up against the cage and eventually Benedetti drops back down to his feet.
Benedetti blocks a body shot from Harper.
Still in the clinch, Benedetti scores with a nice short uppercut.
Benedetti lands a right hand.
Benedetti blocking some punches.
Benedetti blocks an uppercut.
Harper misses with a hook from the clinch.
Benedetti lands a body shot.
Benedetti prevents a body shot from Harper.
Harper misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Harper has a couple of punches blocked by Benedetti.
Benedetti blocks an uppercut.
A short body shot lands from Harper as the two fighters clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Benedetti.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Benedetti.
Harper struggles to land a body shot inside as Benedetti controls his hands.
Benedetti lands with a right to the head.
Benedetti throws a punch but it's blocked by Harper.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harper's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Benedetti lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Harper works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Harper can't find room to land a body shot as Benedetti controls the action.
Benedetti lands a hook to the side of the head.
Harper misses with a hook from the clinch.
Benedetti lands with a short shot to the head.
Benedetti working aggressively here.
Harper tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Benedetti's elbow.
Benedetti tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Benedetti misses with the head strike.
Nice body punch from Benedetti - that landed with a thud.
Benedetti fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Harper lands a hook to the side of the head.
Benedetti scores with a shot to the side of Harper's head.
Still in the clinch, Benedetti scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harper misses with a hook to the ribs.
Benedetti is leaning against Harper and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Harper is breathing heavily.
A right hook to the body lands for Harper.
A short right from Harper on the inside.
Benedetti working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short uppercut from Benedetti.
A short body shot lands from Harper as the two fighters clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Benedetti.
Benedetti lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Harper can't find room to land a body shot as Benedetti controls the action.
Harper makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Benedetti misses with a punch on the inside.
Harper misses with the head strike.
Benedetti scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Harper swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Benedetti has a couple of punches blocked by Harper.
Benedetti misses with a short punch on the inside.
Harper tries to work over Benedetti's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Benedetti misses with some punches.
Harper takes a shot to the head.
Harper misses with a hook to the ribs.
Benedetti fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Harper swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Harper.
Benedetti lands with a left to the head.
Benedetti scores with a nice hook to the head.
Benedetti doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Harper tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Claudio Benedetti dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Benedetti keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Harper.
Harper lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Benedetti ducks under a wild hook from Harper.
Harper rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Harper takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Harper tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Benedetti was well out of range. Poor timing from Harper.
Benedetti avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Harper swings for the body but Benedetti moves out of range.
Benedetti has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Harper throws a hook but Benedetti blocks it.
Benedetti only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Benedetti moves into the clinch successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Benedetti creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short body shot lands from Benedetti as the two fighters clinch.
Benedetti jumps guard but Harper stands there with Benedetti around his waist. Benedetti gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Benedetti softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Benedetti blocks an uppercut.
Benedetti lands a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Benedetti.
Harper tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Benedetti lands with a short shot to the head.
Benedetti prevents a body shot from Harper.
Harper misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Harper fails to land.
Benedetti misses with some punches.
Harper misses with a punch to the body.
Benedetti swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Benedetti misses with some punches.
Benedetti gets through Harper's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Benedetti throws a head punch that misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Benedetti.
Benedetti lands a right hand.
Harper goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Benedetti lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Benedetti.
Benedetti lands on the inside with an uppercut.
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!
Benedetti pushes Harper back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Benedetti gets through Harper's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Claudio Benedetti seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Benedetti lands a right hand that snaps the head of Harper backwards.
Harper is rocked!
Benedetti lands a nice uppercut.
Oh Harper is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti dips a shoulder and cracks Harper with a mighty uppercut! Harper falls back against the cage and Benedetti unloads with a barrage of strikes! Harper is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Benedetti screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:09 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Claudio Benedetti!
After winning the bout, Claudio Benedetti thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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