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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Long Hung Dong (ranked 267 p4p, 516 weight class) and Mario Benedetti (ranked 40 p4p, 76 weight class). Benedetti has chosen Bajafondo as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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21 - 5 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
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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 15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Long Hung Dong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mario Benedetti!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Colin Fotheringham and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Benedetti lands a right hook to the body.
Jab by Benedetti.
Benedetti ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Dong ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Dong throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Benedetti's head.
Dong takes one on the button.
Benedetti ducks under a wild hook from Dong.
Dong staying out of range there.
Dong throws a big counter combination but Benedetti scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
A slapping body kick lands there for Dong.
Benedetti ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Benedetti waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dong.
Dong throws a hook to the side of Benedetti's head but Benedetti sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Benedetti stuns Dong with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dong fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Benedetti.
Benedetti avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dong throws a hook but Benedetti avoids it easily.
A slow jab from Benedetti misses its intended target.
Dong showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Benedetti.
Dong was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Dong tries to score with a low kick but Benedetti moves his leg out of the way.
Benedetti throws out a loose jab but Dong uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dong throws a right and a left that Benedetti avoids nicely.
A chopping leg kick lands by Dong.
Benedetti walks into a jab.
Dong throws a poor cross that misses
and Benedetti makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benedetti feints a jab promting Dong to slip. Benedetti then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Dong slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Dong fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Dong misses with a straight right.
Dong scores with a crisp jab that stopped Benedetti in his tracks.
Dong moves out of range as Benedetti strikes.
Benedetti misses with the combination.
Benedetti checks a leg kick.
Benedetti connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Dong wants to land a leg kick but Benedetti is out of range.
Dong moves out of range of the strikes.
Benedetti pushes Dong away with a front kick.
Dong lands a jab.
Benedetti changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A shot to the liver by Benedetti. Beautiful body shot.
Dong misses the jab.
Dong uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Benedetti.
Good leg kick by Dong.
Benedetti misses with a wild body shot.
Benedetti lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Dong at a distance.
Benedetti has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dong throws a lazy right hand but Benedetti sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Benedetti takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Dong throws a nice looking combination but Benedetti bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A telegraphed right hand from Benedetti misses the target.
Dong keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Benedetti swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A bone on bone clash there as Dong blocks the leg kick.
Dong looks to throw the jab but Benedetti is out of range.
Benedetti scores with a jab. Dong acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Dong keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dong lands with a straight right. Benedetti didn't see that one coming.
Benedetti tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dong was well out of range. Poor timing from Benedetti.
Benedetti missing with a left hand there. Dong was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Benedetti pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dong takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Benedetti defending well as Dong loads up on a big left hand.
Dong throws a lazy uppercut
and Benedetti counters with a straight right hand.
Benedetti tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Dong tries to score with a low kick but Benedetti moves his leg out of the way.
Dong pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Dong.
Dong finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Dong misses with a low kick.
It seemed like Benedetti was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Benedetti waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dong.
As Benedetti backs away, Dong returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Dong throws out a loose jab but Benedetti uses good head movement to avoid it.
Benedetti misses with a looping right.
Benedetti ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dong moves away.
A leg kick checked by Benedetti.
A slow jab from Benedetti misses its intended target.
Benedetti ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dong moves away.
Dong uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Benedetti.
Dong goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Dong takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Benedetti ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Dong with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Benedetti misses with an attempted mid kick.
Dong tried to counter with a leg kick but Benedetti avoided it.
Dong throws a wild body kick that Benedetti sees coming a mile off.
Dong throws the kick towards the body but Benedetti avoids it.
Benedetti lands with a thumping leg kick.
Benedetti misses with a jab, cross combination.
Benedetti avoids the body shot from Dong.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dong throws a leg kick but Benedetti sees it coming and moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dong throws a poor cross that misses
and Benedetti counters with a left and a right that stings Dong.
Dong goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Benedetti connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Dong momentarily.
A punch combination from Benedetti misses.
Benedetti misses with a head kick.
Dong throws a leg kick which misses Benedetti's front leg but catches the back leg as Benedetti tries to avoid it.
Benedetti with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Dong moves out of range as Benedetti strikes.
Nice cross by Dong.
Benedetti misses the jab.
Benedetti avoids the body shot from Dong.
Benedetti follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Benedetti waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dong.
A slapping body kick lands there for Dong.
Dong ducks under a wild hook from Benedetti.
Benedetti tries a head kick but it misses.
Dong has managed to clinch.
Dong misses with a shot to the kidneys.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Benedetti manages to break the clinch.
A telegraphed right hand from Dong misses the target.
A thudding body kick lands there by Dong!
Dong looks to throw the jab but Benedetti is out of range.
Benedetti looks to land a left hand but Dong moved out of range nicely.
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.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Dong looks to land a right hand but Benedetti moved out of range.
Benedetti moves out of range of the body kick.
Dong tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Benedetti was well out of range. Poor timing from Dong.
Benedetti throws a jab but it's blocked by Dong.
Dong blocks a jab.
Dong throws a push kick but Benedetti slaps the foot to one side.
Good exchange - Dong coming out on top.
Benedetti turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Dong has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Dong dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Dong avoids the head kick by Benedetti.
Dong looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Dong throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Benedetti is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Dong.
Dong swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Benedetti tries a quick counter leg kick but Dong is wise to it.
Dong tries to close the distance and clinch but Benedetti swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dong attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dong swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Dong missing with a left hand there. Benedetti was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Benedetti swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Benedetti throws out a loose jab but Dong uses good head movement to avoid it.
Benedetti throws a hook but Dong avoids it easily.
Dong scores with a nice strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dong ducks under a wild hook from Benedetti.
Dong swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Benedetti.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Dong takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Benedetti misses with a double jab.
Benedetti fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dong dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Benedetti. That did some damage!
Dong misses with a low kick.
Benedetti throws a chopping leg kick but Dong manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Benedetti swings for the body but Dong moves out of range.
Dong throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Benedetti scores with a nice right hand.
Benedetti on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Dong ducks under a wild hook from Benedetti.
Benedetti throws a hook but Dong avoids it easily.
A slow jab from Benedetti misses its intended target.
A slow jab from Dong misses its intended target.
Dong throws out a loose jab but Benedetti uses good head movement to avoid it.
Benedetti throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dong sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Dong throws a hook but Benedetti blocks it.
Mario Benedetti seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Dong will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Benedetti let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Dong throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
That's two 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!
Dong moves into range and connects with a jab.
Dong misses with a lunging right hand
and Benedetti cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Dong misses with a wild body shot.
Dong throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Benedetti sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Benedetti keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dong.
Dong shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Dong throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Benedetti swinging wildly here.
A combination from Benedetti does no damage.
Benedetti lands with a right hand.
Mario Benedetti is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Dong turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Benedetti moves out of range of the body kick.
Benedetti jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Benedetti misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dong scores with a push kick.
Benedetti fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Benedetti scores with a jab to the jaw.
Benedetti throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Dong scoring well with a low kick there.
Dong misses with a hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Dong.
Benedetti looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Dong throws a nice outside leg kick.
Benedetti lands a right hook to the body.
A good leg kick by Dong.
Benedetti ducks under a wild hook from Dong.
Benedetti checks the leg kick.
An inside leg kick from Benedetti misses.
Benedetti throws a hook but Dong avoids it easily.
Dong tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Benedetti is able to avoid easily.
Dong uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Benedetti.
Some wild striking there from Dong.
Dong tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Benedetti paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Benedetti looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Benedetti takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Benedetti throws a one two combo.
Benedetti looks to land a left hand but Dong moved out of range nicely.
A telegraphed right hand from Benedetti misses the target.
Benedetti throws a lazy right hand but Dong sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nice body punch from Benedetti.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dong lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Dong throws a front kick that sends Benedetti stumbling back into the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti looks to land a right hand but Dong moved out of range.
Long Hung Dong seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dong throws a looping overhand right but Benedetti ducks down to avoid it.
Benedetti feints a counter leg kick.
A low kick lands for Benedetti.
Dong sizes up Benedetti with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Dong lunges at Benedetti with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Benedetti's hand.
Dong connects with a right hand. Benedetti shakes it off.
Benedetti misses with a wild combination.
Dong throws out a leg kick but Benedetti moves out of range and Dong only half commits.
Benedetti moves out of range as Dong strikes.
It seemed like Benedetti was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Dong swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Dong misses the jab.
Benedetti scores with a crisp jab that stopped Dong in his tracks.
Dong connects with a solid leg kick.
Benedetti displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dong throws out the jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dong defending well as Benedetti loads up on a big left hand.
A big left from Benedetti misses.
A swing and a miss from Dong.
Dong backing away here, and Benedetti unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Benedetti misses with a hook. Dong ducked under it nicely.
Dong thows a body kick. Benedetti tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Dong fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Benedetti checks it well.
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 Long Hung Dong will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Benedetti pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Benedetti takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A big left from Dong misses.
Benedetti's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Benedetti connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Benedetti lands with a hook. Dong tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Dong misses with a looping left.
Dong misses the shot to the body.
Dong with a nice calf kick.
Dong looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Benedetti throws a body shot but no joy.
Dong throws an overhand right that lands on Benedetti's shoulder, as Benedetti tries to avoid the shot.
Benedetti gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Benedetti tests Dong's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Benedetti waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dong.
Benedetti throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Benedetti misses the shot to the body.
Benedetti thows a left - swing and a miss!
Benedetti connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Benedetti thows a left - swing and a miss!
Dong scores with a body shot.
Dong looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Dong lands a nice hook to Benedetti's body. Benedetti takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benedetti misses the shot to the body.
Benedetti looks to land a left hand but Dong moved out of range nicely.
Dong is looking to counter punch.
Benedetti on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Dong. Dong obviously looking to wear him down.
Dong scores with a jab.
Dong swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Benedetti checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Dong scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Benedetti comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Dong thumps Benedetti with a low kick.
Dong fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Benedetti.
Benedetti avoids the body shot from Dong.
A shot to the liver by Benedetti. Beautiful body shot.
Dong is looking to clinch but Benedetti is avoiding it.
Benedetti pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Dong ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Benedetti moves away.
Despite the aggression on Benedetti's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Benedetti with a nice cross.
Benedetti throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Benedetti misses the jab.
Benedetti misses with an uppercut.
Dong jabs Benedetti right on the nose. Benedetti blinks but takes it well.
Dong misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Benedetti.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Benedetti takes one to the chin there.
Dong tries to clinch but Benedetti moves out of range.
Benedetti throws a jab but it's blocked by Dong.
Benedetti fails to land with a series of punches.
Benedetti has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Dong.
Dong uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Benedetti.
Benedetti takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Nice shot by Dong.
Dong moves out of range of the strikes.
Benedetti lands with an uppercut that bounces Dong off the cage and back into range.
Dong swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Benedetti is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Dong.
Dong slips under a jab.
Benedetti misses with a wild body shot.
An inside leg kick lands from Benedetti.
A swing and a miss from Dong.
Benedetti keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Dong scores with a leg kick.
Dong throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Benedetti connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Dong scores with a hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dong ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Dong attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Dong showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Benedetti.
Dong is looking to counter with a body kick.
Benedetti scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Dong slips a jab and a cross from Benedetti.
Dong thows a left - swing and a miss!
Dong misses with a double jab
enabling Benedetti to counter with a crisp jab.
Benedetti is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Dong.
Dong throws a quick counter kick to the body but Benedetti avoids it.
Benedetti keeps the fight on the outside.
Dong just misses with a punch to the body.
Dong uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Benedetti.
Good leg kick by Dong.
Dong lands with a thumping leg kick.
Benedetti thows a left - swing and a miss!
Benedetti is looking to chop away at Dong's legs.
Dong defending well as Benedetti loads up on a big left hand.
Dong connects with a leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dong moves away from the strike by Benedetti.
Benedetti fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Dong is out of range.
Benedetti staying out of range there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Benedetti dips to his left and cracks Dong with an uppercut!
Dong looks to land a body kick but Benedetti moved away.
Benedetti throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dong sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Benedetti throws an overhand right that lands on Dong's shoulder, as Dong tries to avoid the shot.
Dong throws a big shot that misses.
Dong looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Dong slips under a jab.
Dong uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Benedetti.
Benedetti buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Benedetti throws a jab when Dong was well out of range.
Dong looks to score with a jab to the body but Benedetti is just out of range.
Dong tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dong lands a head kick!
Benedetti throws a jab when Dong was well out of range.
Benedetti throws a shot to the body.
Benedetti looks to land a right hand but Dong moved out of range.
Dong throws a body punch but Benedetti moves out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Mario Benedetti.
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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 28:29
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mario Benedetti!
Mario Benedetti decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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