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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Huwan Bagwis (ranked 317 p4p, 1233 weight class) and Claudio Benedetti (ranked 52 p4p, 182 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Benedetti's choice of entrance music: Atrevete te. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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188 cm 29 211 15 - 6 - 0 |
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193 cm 28 207 12 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling World class boxer Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler World class MT Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Huwan Bagwis! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Claudio Benedetti! The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Nard Betker and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Benedetti scores with a hook. Benedetti throws out a leg kick but Bagwis moves out of range and Benedetti only half commits. Bagwis uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Benedetti. Benedetti swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bagwis blocks a jab. Bagwis throws a mid kick that lands with a slap. Bagwis looks to land a left hand but Benedetti moved out of range nicely. A jab from Bagwis does it's job there. Bagwis lands with a hook. Benedetti tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head. Benedetti throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Bagwis to counter with a crisp jab. Benedetti uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bagwis. Bagwis scores with a hook to the body. Benedetti takes a step back and tries to catch his breath. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Bagwis takes a swing at Benedetti's ribcage but misses. Benedetti missing with a left hand there. Bagwis was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. Good exchange - Benedetti coming out on top. Benedetti misses with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round. Bagwis lands a right hook to the body.
Benedetti misses with a body shot.
Bagwis fires out a quick counter leg kick but Benedetti just manages to avoid it. Benedetti loads up on a big right hand but Bagwis slips the punch. Benedetti connects with the punch. Benedetti takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Bagwis scores with a jab to the body. Benedetti misses with a lunging right hand
and Bagwis counters with a right hand to the body. Bagwis with a hook. Benedetti takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Bagwis waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Benedetti. Benedetti has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout. Benedetti throws a poor cross that misses
and Benedetti takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Benedetti just misses with a punch to the body.
Benedetti misses with a head kick.
A punch combination from Bagwis misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Bagwis drops Benedetti with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Benedetti looks back up at him and smiles so Bagwis waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Benedetti is rocked! Bagwis lands hard precision jab right on the jaw that stiffens Benedetti up and sends him tumbling to the mat! The ref grabs Bagwis from behind before he can pounce. Some folks in the crowd didn't like that stoppage, but I saw Benedetti's eyes roll way back in his head, he was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Huwan Bagwis! Huwan Bagwis bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it. In defeat, Claudio Benedetti stepped up to the mic, saying '"te voy inyectar con la bacteria"'.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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