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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Malcolm Scobie (ranked 2744 p4p, 3166 weight class) and Benny West (ranked 339 p4p, 382 weight class). Benny West has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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182 cm 26 265 4 - 3 - 0 |
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190 cm 26 246 4 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt Excellent boxer Very strong |
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BJJ White Belt Excellent boxer Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Malcolm Scobie! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Benny West! The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Santiago Holmes and Peter Branson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Scobie loads up on a big right hand but West slips the punch. West misses with a combination
and Scobie counters with a quick right hand to the jaw. West lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook. West blocks a jab. Scobie looks to score with a jab to the body but West is just out of range. Scobie has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Island Gym in the buildup to the fight. West throws out a loose jab but Scobie uses good head movement to avoid it. Scobie lands a slapping body shot.
Scobie throws an overhand right that lands on West's shoulder, as West tries to avoid the shot. Scobie uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook. West 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. A looping hook to the body misses from Scobie. West does a little dance to reset his feet. A nice side step and West releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home. West keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
This has been an exciting period of action! Scobie is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by West. West misses the shot to the body. Scobie fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
West throws a jab but it's blocked by Scobie. West missing with a left hand there. Scobie was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's one minute gone in the round. West throws a body punch but Scobie moves out of range. It looked like Scobie wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit. West swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target. A big right from West misses. Scobie listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut. West misses with a hook. Scobie ducked under it nicely. West punishes Scobie's body with a nice straight punch. Scobie looks to throw the jab but West is out of range. Some wild striking there from West.
West misses with a wild combination.
West throws a series of punches but Scobie avoids them all with ease. West misses with a right hand and Scobie cracks him with a counter punch right on the button. A big right from West misses. West slips a jab from Scobie. Scobie looks to land a right hand but West moved out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round. West slips a jab from Scobie. Scobie throws a right hand that misses
and West counters with a stiff right hand. 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! The fighters circling - Scobie throws out the jab but it was never going to land. West misses with a looping left. West throws out a token jab with nothing on it. West misses with a body shot.
A quick step to the side and Scobie tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect. West misses with an uppercut. Scobie slips a jab and a cross from West.
Scobie throws out a loose jab but West uses good head movement to avoid it. Scobie lands with a cross. West throws a right hand that Scobie ducks under and follows up with a left that Scobie also avoids with ease. West slips a jab from Scobie. West uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Scobie. West ducks under a wild hook from Scobie. West uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Scobie.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Scobie scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Scobie swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and West counters with a one-two to the body. Scobie throws a poor cross that misses
and West counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Scobie is rocked! West misses with a two punch combination.
Oh Scobie is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Scobie drops his hands for a split second and West immediately capitalizes on the opportunity by smashing a powerful hook into Scobie face, sending his mouthguard sailing through the air, much to the delight of the crowd. West follows up with a right hand that knocks Scobie into next week. He's out cold and this fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Benny West! Benny West bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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