PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kevin Daughtrey (ranked 34 p4p, 133 weight class) and Mario Benedetti (ranked 4 p4p, 23 weight class). Benedetti has chosen Bajafondo as his entrance music. Mario Benedetti has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Kevin Daughtrey's chin.

Daughtrey
vs
Benedetti

180 cm
34
179
28 - 20 - 2

179 cm
32
170
24 - 6 - 0

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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 28 - 20 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kevin Daughtrey!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mario Benedetti!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Daniel Bishop and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Daughtrey throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Benedetti swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Benedetti is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Daughtrey blocks a head kick by Benedetti.
Benedetti paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Kevin Daughtrey seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Daughtrey throws a looping overhand right but Benedetti ducks down to avoid it.
Daughtrey lands a slapping body shot.
The fighters circling - Benedetti throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Benedetti pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A little feinted left hand from Daughtrey on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A jab from Daughtrey finds it's way through Benedetti's defenses.
Benedetti lands with an uppercut that bounces Daughtrey off the cage and back into range.
Benedetti waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Daughtrey.
Benedetti lands a right hook to the body.

Daughtrey moves into the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A right hook to the body lands for Daughtrey.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Daughtrey.
Daughtrey misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short left from Daughtrey.
Benedetti lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Daughtrey tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Benedetti's elbow.
Daughtrey working aggressively here.
Daughtrey lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Benedetti backwards.
Daughtrey throws a head punch that misses.

Benedetti breaks the clinch.
Daughtrey scores with a nice strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Benedetti pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Daughtrey back to the cage. Benedetti follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Benedetti throws a series of punches but Daughtrey moves out of range.
Benedetti fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Daughtrey on the side of the head.
A solid leg kick lands there for Benedetti.
Daughtrey is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Daughtrey checks the leg kick nicely there.
Daughtrey misses with an uppercut. Benedetti saw that one coming.
Benedetti let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Daughtrey doesn't manage to clinch there - Benedetti circles away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Benedetti! But no joy.
We've been told by Daughtrey's head coaches at Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Daughtrey keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Benedetti tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Daughtrey was well out of range. Poor timing from Benedetti.
A looping hook to the body misses from Daughtrey. Benedetti does a little dance to reset his feet.

Daughtrey moves into the clinch successfully.

Benedetti escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Daughtrey misses with a hook. Benedetti ducked under it nicely.
Daughtrey is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Benedetti tries to bum rush Daughtrey with a series of wild strikes but Daughtrey uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Benedetti digs a good hook to Daughtrey's body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Daughtrey cracks Benedetti with a good jab.

Daughtrey clinches up with Benedetti and pushes him back against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Daughtrey just misses with a elbow thrown towards Benedetti's brow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daughtrey tries to work over Benedetti's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Benedetti blocks an uppercut.
Daughtrey goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Still in the clinch, Benedetti scores with a nice short uppercut.
Benedetti blocks an uppercut.
Benedetti lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Daughtrey tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Benedetti swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nice elbow from Daughtrey.
Benedetti misses with a short punch on the inside.
Benedetti wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Daughtrey prevents Benedetti from breaking the clinch.
Benedetti blocks the elbow strike.
Daughtrey lands with a left to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Daughtrey just misses with a elbow thrown towards Benedetti's brow.
Benedetti has a couple of punches blocked by Daughtrey.
Daughtrey blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Daughtrey lands with a left to the head.
Daughtrey misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Benedetti wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Daughtrey working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Benedetti working some nice short punches in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Benedetti.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Benedetti breaks the clinch.
Daughtrey wants to clinch up but Benedetti keeps it at a distance.
Benedetti throws a solid leg kick but Daughtrey takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Benedetti.
Daughtrey throws out a powerful jab.
Daughtrey throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Daughtrey tries to clinch
and Benedetti counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Daughtrey tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Benedetti manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Daughtrey tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Benedetti keeps the fight on the outside.
Benedetti takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Daughtrey misses with a straight left.
Daughtrey just misses with a punch to the body.
Benedetti missing with a left hand there. Daughtrey was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Benedetti misses with a hook.
A little feinted left hand from Daughtrey on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Benedetti throws a front kick aimed at Daughtrey's knee but Daughtrey avoids it well.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Daughtrey moves into range and clinches up with Benedetti.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Daughtrey scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Benedetti pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Benedetti fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Daughtrey on the side of the head.
Benedetti clobbers Daughtrey with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Daughtrey is looking to clinch but Benedetti is avoiding it.
Benedetti circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti scores with a body shot.
Benedetti avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Daughtrey wants to clinch.
Daughtrey connects with a single shot there.
The fight stays on the outside here - Daughtrey looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Daughtrey tries to clinch but Benedetti moves out of range.
Benedetti throws a leg kick which misses Daughtrey's front leg but catches the back leg as Daughtrey tries to avoid it.
Daughtrey throws a body shot but no joy.
Daughtrey misses with an uppercut.
Benedetti loads up on a big right hand but Daughtrey slips the punch.
Daughtrey tries to close the distance and clinch but Benedetti swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A bone on bone clash there as Daughtrey blocks the leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Benedetti. Daughtrey does a little dance to reset his feet.
Benedetti scores with a punch to the head.
Benedetti swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Daughtrey.

Daughtrey has closed the distance and engaged Benedetti in a clinch.
Benedetti misses with some punches.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Mario Benedetti will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Nice body punch from Daughtrey.
A big right from Benedetti misses.
Daughtrey tries to close the distance and clinch up but Benedetti swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Daughtrey tries to clinch up but Benedetti circles away and keeps his distance.
Benedetti lands with a shot to the body.
Daughtrey misses with a hook.
Daughtrey misses with a hook. Benedetti ducked under it nicely.
Benedetti fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Daughtrey is out of range.
Benedetti looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Benedetti throws a lazy right hand but Daughtrey sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Benedetti darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Benedetti works over Daughtrey's head and body with a nice combination.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Daughtrey cracks Benedetti with a nice body shot.
Benedetti misses with a short punch on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Benedetti softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kevin Daughtrey has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A nice left hand lands by Daughtrey.
Daughtrey has a couple of punches blocked by Benedetti.
Benedetti wants to break the clinch but can't.
Benedetti fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Daughtrey lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Benedetti has a couple of punches blocked by Daughtrey.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Benedetti in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Benedetti.
Still in the clinch, Daughtrey scores with a nice short uppercut.
Benedetti has a couple of punches blocked by Daughtrey.
Daughtrey throws an elbow but it misses.
A short right from Benedetti.
Benedetti misses with a short punch on the inside.
Benedetti takes an elbow to the forehead.
Benedetti working aggressively here.
Daughtrey digs a right hand underneath Benedetti's ribcage. Benedetti let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Benedetti lands with a right to the head.
Daughtrey tries to work over Benedetti's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Benedetti misses with a short punch on the inside.
Daughtrey working aggressively here.
Benedetti blocks a body shot from Daughtrey.
Daughtrey pushes off an throws an elbow but Benedetti leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Benedetti's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Daughtrey blocks an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Daughtrey.
Daughtrey pushes Benedetti back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Daughtrey misses with a punch on the inside.
A body shot lands from Daughtrey.
Nice elbow from Daughtrey.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daughtrey blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Benedetti blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Daughtrey misses with a punch to the body.

Benedetti's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Daughtrey tries to clinch there but Benedetti circles away.
Benedetti misses with an uppercut.
Benedetti scores with a body shot.
Benedetti takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Benedetti pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Daughtrey takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Daughtrey tries to clinch up but Benedetti circles away and keeps his distance.
Daughtrey ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Benedetti moves away.

Daughtrey gets a clinch.
Daughtrey blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Benedetti breaks from the clinch.
Benedetti throws a hook but Daughtrey blocks it.
Benedetti misses with an uppercut.
Daughtrey tries to close the distance and clinch but Benedetti swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Benedetti misses with a body shot.
Daughtrey misses the shot to the body.
Daughtrey tries to close the distance and clinch up but Benedetti swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Benedetti moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick from Benedetti, right into the meat of the thigh.
Benedetti lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Daughtrey circles away quickly and effectively.
Benedetti lands a jab to Daughtrey's midsection.
Daughtrey tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Benedetti counters with a stiff right hand.
Benedetti bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Daughtrey tries to clinch up but Benedetti circles away and keeps his distance.
Benedetti lands with a right hand.
Daughtrey tries to clinch but Benedetti moves out of range.
Benedetti showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Daughtrey.
Left hook, right uppercut from Daughtrey.

Daughtrey has Benedetti up against the cage in a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Daughtrey lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Benedetti tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Benedetti lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Daughtrey fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Benedetti misses with a hook from the clinch.
Benedetti throws a punch but it's blocked by Daughtrey.
Daughtrey misses with the head strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daughtrey gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Daughtrey.
Benedetti wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Daughtrey looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A left hand lands to the body for Daughtrey.
Daughtrey tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Daughtrey throws an elbow but it misses.
Daughtrey scores with a hook to the body.
Benedetti blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Daughtrey presses Benedetti against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Benedetti is breathing heavily.
Daughtrey lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Benedetti.
Daughtrey lands a hook to the side of the head.
Daughtrey throws an elbow that misses.
Daughtrey fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Daughtrey swings wildly with an uppercut but Benedetti uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Daughtrey.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Daughtrey blocks an uppercut.
Daughtrey is leaning against Benedetti and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Daughtrey lands an uppercut.
Daughtrey misses with a hook to the ribs.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Kevin Daughtrey will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Benedetti connects with a jab.
Daughtrey changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

Daughtrey rushes Benedetti and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Benedetti blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Daughtrey can't find room to land a body shot as Benedetti controls the action.
Daughtrey misses with a body punch.
Benedetti blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Daughtrey scores with a hook to the body.
Benedetti working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Benedetti.
A head punch on the inside from Benedetti fails to land.

Benedetti pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Daughtrey jabs Benedetti right on the nose. Benedetti blinks but takes it well.
Benedetti takes one to the chin there.
Daughtrey fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Daughtrey just misses with a punch to the body.

Daughtrey darts in and clinches Benedetti up against the cage.
Benedetti takes an elbow to the temple.
Benedetti lands with a light punch inside.
Daughtrey lands an elbow inside that Benedetti shrugs off.
Daughtrey throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Daughtrey blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Benedetti tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Daughtrey goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Benedetti fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Daughtrey goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Benedetti misses with a hook from the clinch.
Benedetti fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Daughtrey comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Daughtrey can't find room to land a body shot as Benedetti controls the action.
Benedetti misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short left from Benedetti.
Daughtrey misses with the head strike.
Nice body punch from Daughtrey.
Benedetti takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Daughtrey lands a left hand.
Daughtrey doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Daughtrey cracks Benedetti with a nice body shot.
Daughtrey looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A short left from Daughtrey.
Daughtrey lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Benedetti.
Daughtrey lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Daughtrey gets through Benedetti's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Daughtrey blocks an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti takes an elbow to the forehead.
Daughtrey goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Benedetti swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short left from Daughtrey.
Daughtrey throws a punch but it's blocked by Benedetti.
Daughtrey blocking some punches.
Daughtrey lands a nice elbow.
Benedetti blocking some punches.
Daughtrey goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Benedetti wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Daughtrey creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Daughtrey tries to work over Benedetti's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Daughtrey doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Benedetti breaks the clinch.
Daughtrey tries to clinch up but Benedetti circles away and keeps his distance.
Daughtrey uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Benedetti.
Daughtrey wants to clinch.
Daughtrey tries to clinch but Benedetti moves away
and Benedetti counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daughtrey steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Benedetti.
Daughtrey ducks under a wild hook from Benedetti.
Benedetti moves away from the strike by Daughtrey.
Daughtrey connects with a nice looking jab.
Benedetti throws a jab but it's blocked by Daughtrey.

Daughtrey has taken the fight to the clinch.
Benedetti has a couple of punches blocked by Daughtrey.
Daughtrey lands with a light punch inside.
Daughtrey misses with a punch to the body.
Benedetti blocks the elbow strike.
Daughtrey lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Benedetti misses with some punches.
Benedetti blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Benedetti escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Daughtrey misses with a jab, cross combination.
Benedetti avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Benedetti cracks a nice hook into Daughtrey's ribs.
Benedetti just misses with a punch to the body.
Daughtrey fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mario Benedetti seems to be getting the better of the standup.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Benedetti swinging wildly here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daughtrey needs to keep his hands up - Benedetti had a free shot at his head there.
Benedetti keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Daughtrey.
Benedetti scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Daughtrey throws a jab when Benedetti was well out of range.
Daughtrey connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Benedetti momentarily.
Daughtrey fails in his attempt to clinch.
Benedetti looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Benedetti lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Daughtrey circles away quickly and effectively.
Benedetti circles away from the clinch attempt.
Daughtrey tries to clinch up.
Daughtrey takes a swing at Benedetti's ribcage but misses.
Daughtrey fails in his attempt to clinch.
Benedetti throws a hook but Daughtrey avoids it easily.
Benedetti circles away from the clinch attempt.
Benedetti lands with a right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Daughtrey tries to clinch up.
Daughtrey misses with a left hand
enabling Benedetti to counter with a crisp jab.

Daughtrey moves into range and clinches up with Benedetti.

Benedetti pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Daughtrey tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Benedetti paws at him with a jab and circles away.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Kevin Daughtrey clearly takes that round.
That's time! Daughtrey's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

A punch combination from Daughtrey misses.
Benedetti looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Benedetti misses with a low kick.
Daughtrey takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Benedetti lands with a shot to the body.
Daughtrey throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Daughtrey moves out of range of the strikes.
Benedetti lands a really nice looking cross but Daughtrey seems unphased.
Benedetti circles away from the clinch attempt.
Benedetti swats away the attempt to clinch by Daughtrey.
Daughtrey doesn't manage to clinch there - Benedetti circles away.
Benedetti bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Daughtrey's head.
Daughtrey lands a nice hook to Benedetti's body. Benedetti takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Benedetti paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Benedetti swats away the attempt to clinch by Daughtrey.
Daughtrey lands a nice shot that snaps Benedetti's head back.
Daughtrey tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Benedetti was well out of range. Poor timing from Daughtrey.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Benedetti bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Benedetti uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Daughtrey.
Benedetti moves out of range as Daughtrey strikes.
Benedetti misses with an uppercut.
Daughtrey misses with a body shot.
Daughtrey fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Benedetti manages to avoid it.
Daughtrey fails in his attempt to clinch.
Daughtrey has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Benedetti.
Benedetti ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Daughtrey moves away.

Daughtrey takes the fight into the clinch.
Daughtrey fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Daughtrey can't find room to land a body shot as Benedetti controls the action.

Benedetti's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Daughtrey takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A punch lands to the side of Benedetti 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Daughtrey misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Benedetti.
Benedetti lands a lovely overhand right.

Daughtrey clinches.
Daughtrey misses with a punch to the body.

Benedetti pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Daughtrey tries to close the distance and clinch up but Benedetti swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Benedetti cracks Daughtrey with a good jab.
Benedetti feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Daughtreys jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

Daughtrey moves into the clinch successfully.
Benedetti lands a shoulder strike.

Benedetti breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A left lands for Benedetti.
Daughtrey wants to clinch.
Daughtrey throws a right and a left that Benedetti avoids nicely.
Daughtrey tries to clinch there but Benedetti circles away.
A nice leg kick from Benedetti, right into the meat of the thigh.

Daughtrey closes the distance and pushes Benedetti back into the cage.
Daughtrey looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Daughtrey misses with an elbow strike.
Daughtrey tries a body shot but Benedetti blocks it.
Daughtrey lands a hook that snaps the head of Benedetti backwards.
Daughtrey pushes Benedetti back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A nice left hand lands by Daughtrey.
Benedetti fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti misses with the head strike.
Daughtrey swings wildly with an uppercut but Benedetti uses good head movement to avoid it.
Daughtrey lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Nice elbow from Daughtrey.
Benedetti misses with a hook from the clinch.
Benedetti swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Daughtrey working aggressively here.
A nice left hand lands by Daughtrey.
Benedetti misses with a short punch on the inside.
Benedetti misses with some punches.
Benedetti lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Benedetti working aggressively here.
Nice elbow from Daughtrey.
Benedetti misses with a short punch on the inside.
Benedetti fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Daughtrey lands a left hand that snaps the head of Benedetti backwards.
Daughtrey throws an elbow but it misses.
Benedetti lands with a left to 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!
Daughtrey pushes off an throws an elbow but Benedetti leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daughtrey takes a shot to the head.
Daughtrey is working Benedetti over against the cage.
Benedetti tries to break the clinch but Daughtrey is controlling the position.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Benedetti creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Benedetti misses with a short punch on the inside.
Benedetti scores with a nice hook to the head.

Benedetti escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Benedetti scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Daughtrey wants to clinch.
Benedetti lands a right hook to the body.
Daughtrey wants to clinch.
Benedetti looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Daughtrey shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Mario Benedetti dominated that fourth round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Daughtrey tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Benedetti manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Daughtrey misses with a looping left.
Daughtrey wants to clinch up but Benedetti keeps it at a distance.
Benedetti displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Daughtrey throws out the jab.

Daughtrey gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Benedetti misses with some punches.
Daughtrey throws an elbow but it misses.
Benedetti throws a punch but it's blocked by Daughtrey.
Benedetti throws a punch but it's blocked by Daughtrey.
Benedetti throws a head punch that misses.
Daughtrey throws a punch but it's blocked by Benedetti.
Benedetti lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Benedetti escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Benedetti moves out of range of the strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Benedetti swats away the attempt to clinch by Daughtrey.
The fight stays on the outside here - Daughtrey looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Benedetti lands with a cross.
Benedetti goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Benedetti bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Benedetti digs a good hook to Daughtrey's body.
Benedetti takes a swing at Daughtrey's ribcage but misses.

Daughtrey fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Benedetti, pushing him back against the cage.
Benedetti misses with a hook from the clinch.
Daughtrey throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Daughtrey misses with a hook to the ribs.

Benedetti breaks the clinch.
Daughtrey throws a hook but Benedetti blocks it.
Benedetti smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Benedetti dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Benedetti lands a nice shot that snaps Daughtrey's head back.
Daughtrey displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Benedetti throws out the jab.
Daughtrey tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Benedetti manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Daughtrey closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Benedetti blocks an elbow strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Daughtrey.
A short left from Benedetti.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Benedetti misses with a punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daughtrey doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A nice left hand lands by Benedetti.
Daughtrey lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Benedetti breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Daughtrey lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Benedetti tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Benedetti avoids a punch combination nicely.
Daughtrey misses with a wild body shot.
Benedetti feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Daughtreys jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Daughtrey shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Benedetti avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Daughtrey misses the shot to the body.
Daughtrey ducks right into an uppercut from Benedetti.
Daughtrey ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Daughtrey tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Benedetti manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Benedetti scores with a decent looking hook.
Benedetti tests Daughtrey's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Benedetti circles away from the clinch attempt.
Daughtrey is looking to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daughtrey wants to clinch.
Daughtrey ducks right into an uppercut from Benedetti.
Daughtrey takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Decent striking displayed by Daughtrey there.
Daughtrey looks to throw the jab but Benedetti is out of range.
Benedetti swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Daughtrey connects with a nice looking jab.
Benedetti fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Daughtrey has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Daughtrey tests Benedetti's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Benedetti throws a sloppy head kick and Daughtrey moves out of range easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Daughtrey looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Daughtrey scores with a shot to the body.
Benedetti takes one to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti punishes Daughtrey's body with a nice straight punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Daughtrey wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Daughtrey tries to clinch there but Benedetti circles away.

Daughtrey gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Daughtrey scores with a shoulder strike.
A short right from Benedetti.
Daughtrey swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Benedetti.
Benedetti misses with the head strike.
A short body shot lands from Daughtrey as the two fighters clinch.
Daughtrey blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Benedetti.
Benedetti prevents a body shot from Daughtrey.
Daughtrey throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Benedetti misses with some punches.
Daughtrey blocking some punches.
Benedetti lands a hook that snaps the head of Daughtrey backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Benedetti breaks the clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Benedetti. Daughtrey does a little dance to reset his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mario Benedetti comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Benedetti has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Phil Schofield scores the fight 48:48
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 47:48
Judge James Glass scores the fight 47:48

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Mario Benedetti!
Mario Benedetti is the new welterweight champion!
A relieved looking Mario Benedetti thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.