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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mario Benedetti (ranked 17 p4p, 58 weight class) and Joy Rones (ranked 2 p4p, 10 weight class). Benedetti comes to the cage accompanied by Bajafondo. Rones is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Side to Side. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Mario Benedetti!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 6 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joy Rones!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Andrew Berry and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Benedetti slips under a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rones. Benedetti does a little dance to reset his feet.
Benedetti shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Rones fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Benedetti manages to avoid it.
A big left from Rones misses.
A big right from Benedetti misses.
Rones slips under a jab.
Benedetti ducks right into an uppercut from Rones.
Rones misses the shot to the body.
Rones blocks a jab.
Benedetti blocks the body kick.
Benedetti works Rones's body with a nice hook.
Benedetti throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rones sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rones swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rones is looking to land body kicks.
Rones staying out of range there.
Rones fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Benedetti is out of range.
We've been informed that Rones has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Rones throws a lazy right hand but Benedetti sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rones uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Benedetti.
Rones throws a body shot but no joy.
Rones keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
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 shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Rones eats them both and turns towards Benedetti to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benedetti ducks under a wild hook from Rones.
Rones misses with a looping right.
Benedetti misses with a looping left.
Benedetti ducks under a wild hook from Rones.
Benedetti swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rones throws a body shot but no joy.
Rones misses with a hook. Benedetti ducked under it nicely.
Nice defenses there by Benedetti.
Benedetti throws a jab but it's blocked by Rones.
Benedetti slips a straight right by Rones.
Rones displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Benedetti throws out the jab.
Benedetti misses the shot to the body.
Rones tests Benedetti's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Benedetti looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Rones throws a jab when Benedetti was well out of range.
Benedetti is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Rones takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Rones slips under a jab.
Benedetti avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Benedetti throws the left hand but Rones avoids the punch easily.
Rones thumps Benedetti with a low kick.
Rones smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Benedetti blocks a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rones misses the jab.
Benedetti lands a jab.
Benedetti slips a straight right by Rones.
Benedetti moves away from the strike by Rones.
Benedetti was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Rones throws a body punch but Benedetti moves out of range.
Benedetti slips a straight right by Rones.
Rones avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Benedetti waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rones.
Benedetti scores with a decent looking hook.
Rones takes a jab right on the kisser.
Benedetti connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Benedetti displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Rones is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Benedetti avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rones misses with a low kick.
Benedetti misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rones.
Nice shot lands for Benedetti.
Rones throws a hook but Benedetti blocks it.
Rones throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Benedetti swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Rones misses with a low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti checks a low kick from Rones.
Benedetti uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rones.
Rones waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Benedetti.
It looked like Benedetti was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Rones.
Benedetti displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rones throws out the jab.
Benedetti tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rones was well out of range. Poor timing from Benedetti.
Rones checks a leg kick.
Rones throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Benedetti counters with a stiff right hand.
Benedetti defending well as Rones loads up on a big left hand.
Rones fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Benedetti manages to avoid it.
Rones swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Benedetti is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Benedetti ducks under a wild hook from Rones.
Rones takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Benedetti pushes Rones up against the cage in a clinch.
Rones pushes Benedetti back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Rones tries a body shot but Benedetti blocks it.
Benedetti throws a head punch that misses.
Benedetti misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rones.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rones.
Rones misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rones can't find room to land a body shot as Benedetti controls the action.
Rones swings wildly with an uppercut but Benedetti uses good head movement to avoid it.
Benedetti misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Benedetti.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Benedetti blocking some punches.
Rones blocking some punches.
Rones misses with the head strike.
Rones blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rones blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rones.
Rones lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Benedetti backwards.
Rones misses with some punches.
Rones lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Benedetti backwards.
Rones swings wildly with an uppercut but Benedetti uses good head movement to avoid it.
Benedetti lands a right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Benedetti stalling in the clinch but Rones improves position.
Rones lands a shot to the body.
Rones lands with a light punch inside.
Benedetti misses with the head strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Joy Rones will probably get the nod.
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.
Benedetti takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Joy Rones seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Rones lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Rones keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Benedetti missing with a left hand there. Rones was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Benedetti takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Benedetti uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rones.
Good leg kick by Rones.
Rones ducks under a wild hook from Benedetti.
Rones tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Benedetti was well out of range. Poor timing from Rones.
Rones is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Benedetti.
Rones jabs Benedetti right on the nose. Benedetti blinks but takes it well.
Rones avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Benedetti swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Benedetti lands a lovely overhand right.
Rones misses the jab.
Rones throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Joy Rones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Benedetti jabs at Rones's body.
Benedetti rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rones moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The fighters circling - Rones throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Rones fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Benedetti.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Rones misses.
Benedetti uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rones.
Rones takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Benedetti scores with a sloppy right hand. Rones should have avoided that one.
Benedetti is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rones.
Rones pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Benedetti lands a body shot.
Benedetti missing with a left hand there. Rones was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Benedetti misses with a straight right.
Rones throws an overhand right that lands on Benedetti's shoulder, as Benedetti tries to avoid the shot.
A slow jab from Rones misses its intended target.
Nice body punch from Benedetti.
Benedetti is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rones.
Benedetti throws the left hand but Rones avoids the punch easily.
Rones pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sloppy strikes from Benedetti. Those never looked like landing.
A jab from Benedetti misses.
Rones looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Rones throws out a loose jab but Benedetti uses good head movement to avoid it.
Benedetti throws a hook but Rones avoids it easily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Benedetti misses with an uppercut.
Rones looks like he wants to counter punch here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Benedetti dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Rones uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Benedetti.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Rones! But no joy.
Rones cracks Benedetti with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A big left from Rones misses.
Benedetti swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Benedetti keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Rones loads up on a big right hand but Benedetti slips the punch.
Benedetti tries to close the distance and clinch but Rones swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rones lands an overhand right.
Benedetti tries to close the distance and clinch but Rones swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rones throws a body shot but no joy.
Rones swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Benedetti.
Rones throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Benedetti is looking to clinch.
Rones moves out of range of the leg kick from Benedetti.
Benedetti connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Benedetti throws an overhand right that lands on Rones's shoulder, as Rones tries to avoid the shot.
Rones misses with a wild body shot.
Rones ducks under a wild hook from Benedetti.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rones paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Rones moves forwards but Benedetti connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Benedetti takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Benedetti misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rones.
Benedetti moves into the clinch.
Rones misses with the head strike.
Benedetti blocks a body shot from Rones.
Rones misses with a punch on the inside.
Benedetti misses with some punches.
A left hand lands to the body for Rones.
A short left from Rones.
Rones misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Joy Rones seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Rones has a couple of punches blocked by Benedetti.
Rones tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rones working aggressively here.
Benedetti swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rones blocking some punches.
Benedetti misses with some punches.
Rones misses with a short punch on the inside.
Benedetti misses with the head strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Benedetti swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rones misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Rones fails to land.
Rones lands a body shot.
Rones can't find room to land a body shot as Benedetti controls the action.
Rones throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Rones's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Benedetti misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Benedetti.
A short left from Rones.
A right hand to the body from Rones.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rones.
Benedetti tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rones lands a left hand that snaps the head of Benedetti backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rones swings wildly with an uppercut but Benedetti uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rones blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Benedetti.
Nice body punch from Rones - that landed with a thud.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Joy Rones will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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.
Benedetti attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A slow jab from Rones misses its intended target.
Some bone on bone action there as Benedetti checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Benedetti just misses with a punch to the body.
Rones moves away from the strike by Benedetti.
Rones throws a body shot but no joy.
Benedetti takes a swing at Rones's ribcage but misses.
Benedetti does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Rones! But no joy.
Rones takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Rones fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Benedetti checks it well.
Benedetti tries to clinch but Rones is having none of it.
Good work by Benedetti as he checks the leg kick.
Benedetti throws a good cross that connects.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rones throws a leg kick but Benedetti checks it.
It looked like Benedetti was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Rones.
Benedetti takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Rones darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Benedetti walks into a left hand.
Rones takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Benedetti ducks under a wild hook from Rones.
Rones slips a jab from Benedetti.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rones connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Benedetti's hands.
Donk. Rones catches Benedetti right on the button with a cross.
Rones misses with a hook.
The crowd cheers as Rones lands an impressive looking overhand right. Benedetti doesn't seem phased though.
Rones misses with a jab to the body
and Benedetti counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Benedetti staying out of range there.
Benedetti misses with a straight right.
Benedetti clinches with his opponent.
Rones is leaning against Benedetti and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Benedetti has a couple of punches blocked by Rones.
Rones throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Rones fails to land.
Benedetti lands a left hand.
Rones lands with a short punch from the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rones throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rones.
Benedetti lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rones.
Benedetti working aggressively here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rones blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rones.
Rones lands a shot to the body.
Benedetti throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Roness head.
Benedetti has a couple of punches blocked by Rones.
Rones lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Rones misses with a punch to the body.
Benedetti throws a head punch that misses.
Benedetti throws a punch but it's blocked by Rones.
A head punch on the inside from Rones fails to land.
Rones working aggressively here.
Benedetti swings wildly with an uppercut but Rones uses good head movement to avoid it.
Benedetti misses with a punch on the inside.
Benedetti blocking some punches.
Benedetti misses with a punch on the inside.
Rones fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rones struggles to land a body shot inside as Benedetti controls his hands.
Rones working some nice short punches in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti has a couple of punches blocked by Rones.
Rones misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rones lands a body punch in the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rones blocking some punches.
Benedetti blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Benedetti misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rones stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Rones misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rones stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Rones lands a right hand that snaps the head of Benedetti backwards.
Rones misses with a body punch.
A nice left hand lands by Rones.
Rones lands a nice uppercut.
Rones struggles to land a body shot inside as Benedetti controls his hands.
A head punch on the inside from Rones fails to land.
Benedetti gets through Rones's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Rones tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rones lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Rones lands a shoulder strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Benedetti misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Benedetti.
A short right from Rones on the inside.
Benedetti misses with a hook from the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Rones.
Rones throws a head punch that misses.
Rones lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Rones lands a nice uppercut.
Benedetti blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Rones.
Rones lands a nice uppercut.
Rones has a couple of punches blocked by Benedetti.
Rones lands with a light punch inside.
Rones misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rones blocks an uppercut.
Rones has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A head punch on the inside from Benedetti fails to land.
Benedetti swings wildly with an uppercut but Rones uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rones.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joy Rones really dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Benedetti moves away from the strike by Rones.
A big right from Benedetti misses.
Rones flicks out a counter leg kick but Benedetti steps away.
Benedetti lands with a hook. Rones tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Rones throws a big shot that misses.
It looked like Benedetti was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Benedetti lands a nice shot to the body.
Benedetti gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Rones lands a body shot.
Benedetti steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rones.
Benedetti throwing a counter right hand but Rones manages to avoid it.
Benedetti just misses with a punch to the body.
Rones uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Benedetti.
Benedetti misses with a few strikes there.
Benedetti takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Benedetti tries to clinch up but Rones circles away and keeps his distance.
Rones fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Benedetti has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Benedetti cracks Rones with a good jab.
A slapping leg kick lands for Rones.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Benedetti jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Benedetti has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Rones.
Rones throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rones throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Benedetti on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Benedetti is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Good shot there by Rones.
Benedetti looks to throw the jab but Rones is out of range.
Rones misses with an uppercut. Benedetti saw that one coming.
Rones just misses with a punch to the body.
Rones tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Benedetti is able to avoid easily.
Rones waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Benedetti.
A jab from Rones finds it's way through Benedetti's defenses.
Benedetti scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Rones fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Rones swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Benedetti throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rones slips a straight right by Benedetti.
Rones with a nice cross.
Benedetti swings for the body but Rones moves out of range.
Rones looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Rones tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Benedetti was well out of range. Poor timing from Rones.
Rones throws a lazy uppercut
and Benedetti makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rones loads up on a big right hand but Benedetti slips the punch.
Benedetti dips to his left and cracks Rones with an uppercut!
Rones throws the kick towards the body but Benedetti avoids it.
Rones throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rones misses with a low kick.
Rones throws a jab but it's blocked by Benedetti.
Rones drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Benedetti connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Benedetti looks to score with a jab to the body but Rones is just out of range.
Rones throws a jab but it's blocked by Benedetti.
Benedetti steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rones.
Rones uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Benedetti.
Rones uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Benedetti.
Rones missing with a left hand there. Benedetti was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rones staying out of range there.
Rones steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Benedetti.
Some bone on bone action there as Benedetti checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Rones walks into a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rones throws a hook but Benedetti avoids it easily.
Rones uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Benedetti.
A slapping body kick lands there for Rones.
Rones uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Benedetti.
Rones looks to land a left hand but Benedetti moved out of range nicely.
Benedetti tries to clinch but Rones is having none of it.
Benedetti misses with a hook.
Rones scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Rones 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.
Rones jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A swing and a miss from Rones.
Rones throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Benedetti tries to clinch up.
Benedetti connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Rones lands a nice leg kick that just misses Benedetti's sensitive parts.
Benedetti moves out of range as Rones strikes.
Benedetti jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Benedetti checks a leg kick nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rones throws a nice inside leg kick.
The fighters circle momentarily. Rones darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rones ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
It seemed like Rones was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Benedetti moves out of range as Rones strikes.
Rones throws a hook to the side of Benedetti's head but Benedetti sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rones misses with a leg kick.
Rones throws a lazy uppercut
and Rones takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Rones moves out of range of the strikes.
Rones scores with a hook to the body. Benedetti takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Benedetti works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Benedetti lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Benedetti uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rones.
Rones scores with a jab to the head.
A big left from Rones misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rones loads up on a big right hand but Benedetti slips the punch.
Benedetti takes a swing at Rones's ribcage but misses.
Benedetti walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joy Rones dominated that fourth 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. This is the final round!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Rones.
Rones gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Benedetti throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Benedetti slips a jab from Rones.
Benedetti throws a leg kick but Rones sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Rones throws a lazy right hand but Benedetti sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
An attempted straight right counter from Benedetti misses the target.
Nice shot lands for Rones.
Rones looks to land a left hand but Benedetti moved out of range nicely.
It looked like Benedetti wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Benedetti darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Benedetti closes the distance and clinches.
Benedetti stalling in the clinch but Rones improves position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Benedetti.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rones digs a right hand into Benedetti's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Benedetti's gas tank.
Rones tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Benedetti blocking some punches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rones.
Benedetti has a couple of punches blocked by Rones.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rones.
Benedetti misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Rones.
Benedetti misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rones fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Benedetti.
Rones blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rones lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Benedetti throws a punch but it's blocked by Rones.
A left hand lands to the body for Rones.
Rones working aggressively here.
Benedetti takes a shot to the head.
Benedetti lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Rones backwards.
Rones misses with some punches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rones.
Rones has a couple of punches blocked by Benedetti.
Benedetti swings wildly with an uppercut but Rones uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Benedetti.
Rones goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mario Benedetti has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Joy Rones is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Benedetti.
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 throws a punch but it's blocked by Rones.
Rones blocking some punches.
Benedetti throws a head punch that misses.
Benedetti misses with a punch on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Rones.
Rones has a couple of punches blocked by Benedetti.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Benedetti.
Benedetti swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rones blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti misses with a short punch on the inside.
Benedetti misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Benedetti.
Rones blocking some punches.
Benedetti fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Benedetti fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Benedetti has a couple of punches blocked by Rones.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rones.
Benedetti fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rones lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Benedetti misses with some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Benedetti tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rones.
Benedetti throws a head punch that misses.
Benedetti has a couple of punches blocked by Rones.
Rones blocks an uppercut.
Benedetti swings wildly with an uppercut but Rones uses good head movement to avoid it.
Benedetti misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rones lands a body shot.
Benedetti misses with a punch on the inside.
Benedetti misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mario Benedetti showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Rones 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 46:49
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 46:49
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 46:49
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joy Rones!
Joy Rones is the new welterweight champion!
Joy Rones gave a mention to HELLS BALLS RECOVERY in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).
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