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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marko Zrinski (ranked 2526 p4p, 2146 weight class) and Fred Benjamin (ranked 359 p4p, 313 weight class). Zrinski's entrance music is Devil eyes. A fine choice. The crowd seem to be enjoying Benjamin's choice of entrance music: SexyBack. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marko Zrinski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Fred Benjamin!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Gregory Folan and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zrinski stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Benjamin throws a series of punches but Zrinski avoids them all with ease.
Zrinski misses the shot to the body.
Nice uppercut there from Benjamin.
Zrinski goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Zrinski jabs at Benjamin's body.
Zrinski is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Benjamin.
Zrinski missing with a left hand there. Benjamin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Benjamin lands a jab-cross combination.
Benjamin misses with an uppercut
and Zrinski connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Zrinski wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zrinski scores with a nice head shot.
Zrinski dodges the punch combination from Benjamin.
Zrinski tried to counter with a leg kick but Benjamin avoided it.
Zrinski throws a body shot but no joy.
Zrinski lands a front kick.
Benjamin throws a shot from downtown. Zrinski moves away and avoids it.
Zrinski throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Benjamin on the side of the head.
Zrinski throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Benjamin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Zrinski cracks Benjamin with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benjamin on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Benjamin misses with a right hand
and Zrinski counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Benjamin's coach down at Kalashnikov ELITE MMA Gym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Benjamin's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Zrinski feints a jab promting Benjamin to slip. Zrinski then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Benjamin slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Zrinski throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Zrinski misses with a left hand
and Benjamin counters with a stiff right hand.
Zrinski lands a body shot.
Benjamin on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Benjamin has closed the distance and engaged Zrinski in a clinch.
Benjamin lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Benjamin misses with some punches.
A right handed body shot lands from Zrinski.
Benjamin just leaning against Zrinski, taking a breather.
Benjamin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Zrinski pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Zrinski lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Zrinski throws a hook to the side of Benjamin's head but Benjamin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benjamin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Zrinski thuds his right hand into Benjamin's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Benjamin avoids the body shot from Zrinski.
Benjamin avoids the body shot from Zrinski.
Benjamin ducks under a wild hook from Zrinski.
Zrinski scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Benjamin misses the shot to the body.
It appears Zrinski was looking to counter with a kick there.
Zrinski dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Benjamin. That did some damage!
Benjamin throws a combination that misses
and Zrinski counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Benjamin thinking.
Zrinski lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Benjamin cracks Zrinski with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Zrinski lands with an overhand left.
Zrinski gets tackled into the cage by Benjamin. Benjamin maintains the clinch.
Benjamin working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Benjamin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Benjamin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A nice left hand lands by Zrinski.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zrinski lands a left hand.
Zrinski lands a right hand.
A short left from Benjamin.
Benjamin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Benjamin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Zrinski struggles to land a body shot inside as Benjamin controls his hands.
Zrinski definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Zrinski manages to break the clinch.
Zrinski misses with an uppercut.
Zrinski loads up on a big right hand but Benjamin slips the punch.
Zrinski is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Benjamin crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Zrinski - the referee stops the clock and Benjamin gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Zrinski. Benjamin manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Zrinski has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Benjamin finds it's way round the side to connect with Zrinski's head.
Zrinski lands a glancing blow to the side of Benjamin's head.
Benjamin misses with a body shot.
Zrinski misses with a wild body shot.
As Zrinski backs off Benjamin throws a huge counter combo but Zrinski manages to avoid it all.
Zrinski steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Benjamin.
Zrinski digs a good hook to Benjamin's body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Benjamin tries to clinch but Zrinski is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benjamin misses with a hook.
Zrinski stuns Benjamin with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Zrinski throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Zrinski stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Benjamin listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Zrinski connects with a solid leg kick.
Benjamin tries to bum rush Zrinski with a series of wild strikes but Zrinski uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Zrinski misses with a wild body shot.
Benjamin wants to clinch up but Zrinski keeps it at a distance.
Benjamin might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Benjamin throws a low kick but Zrinski avoids it.
Zrinski throws out a loose jab but Benjamin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fred Benjamin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zrinski fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Benjamin has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Zrinski swings for the body but Benjamin moves out of range.
Zrinski throws a head kick that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Benjamin throws a right and a left that Zrinski avoids nicely.
Zrinski thumps Benjamin with a low kick.
Benjamin ducks under a wild hook from Zrinski.
Benjamin misses the jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Marko Zrinski dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Zrinski scores with a jab to the body.
Benjamin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Zrinski throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Benjamin throws out a counter right but Zrinski avoids it with no problem.
Benjamin moves away from the strike by Zrinski.
Nice uppercut there from Benjamin.
Zrinski looks for the body kick but Benjamin saw that one coming.
Zrinski thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Benjamin if he has to take too many more of those.
Benjamin throws a jab when Zrinski was well out of range.
Benjamin avoids the body shot from Zrinski.
Zrinski looks for the body kick but Benjamin saw that one coming.
Zrinski checks a leg kick.
Benjamin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Zrinski swats him away and circles back towards the center.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Benjamin feints a jab promting Zrinski to slip. Benjamin then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Zrinski slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Zrinski looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Fred Benjamin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Zrinski defending well as Benjamin loads up on a big left hand.
Zrinski throwing a counter right hand but Benjamin manages to avoid it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Benjamin throws a poor cross that misses
and Zrinski counters with a leg kick.
Zrinski throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Benjamin on the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benjamin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Benjamin throws a right hand that misses
and Zrinski counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Benjamin throws a lazy right hand but Zrinski sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Benjamin 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.
Benjamin throws out a loose jab but Zrinski uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zrinski feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Zrinski is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Benjamin can do to turn this around?
Zrinski connects with a body shot.
Benjamin has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Benjamin there as he acknowledges the shot.
Zrinski throws a jab but it's blocked by Benjamin.
Zrinski throws a quick inside leg kick.
Benjamin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Zrinski.
Zrinski throws a sloppy head kick and Benjamin moves out of range easily.
Benjamin looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Marko Zrinski is winning the standup battle so far.
Zrinski misses with a low kick.
Zrinski sets himself, and Benjamin steps forward looking for the clinch! Zrinski avoids it this time.
Zrinski works Benjamin's body with a nice hook.
Zrinski lands a jab to the head.
A thudding body kick lands there by Zrinski!
Benjamin forces Zrinski back against the cage and clinches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zrinski breaks the clinch.
Zrinski misses with a body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zrinski connects with a good right hand that stumbles Benjamin. Benjamin circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Benjamin takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Zrinski connects with the punch.
Benjamin just misses with a punch to the body.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Benjamin.
Benjamin swinging wildly here.
And Zrinski counters with a quick kick to the body but Benjamin blocks it.
Zrinski looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Benjamin catches Zrinski with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Benjamin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Zrinski takes one to the side of the head.
Benjamin attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Benjamin looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Zrinski ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A punch combination from Benjamin misses.
Benjamin's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A jab from Benjamin misses.
A lazy left from Zrinski finds it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benjamin throws a hook but Zrinski blocks it.
Benjamin fails to land with a series of punches.
A left lands for Zrinski.
Benjamin lands a body shot.
Zrinski moves out of range as Benjamin strikes.
Benjamin has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Zrinski dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Benjamin. That did some damage!
Zrinski scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Nice defenses there by Zrinski.
Benjamin on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Zrinski misses with a wild body shot.
Zrinski paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Zrinski with a hook.
Zrinski connects with a single shot there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice uppercut there from Zrinski.
Zrinski thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Benjamin if he has to take too many more of those.
Zrinski misses with a body shot.
Zrinski slips a straight right by Benjamin.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zrinski dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Zrinski.
Zrinski dodges the punch combination from Benjamin.
Zrinski lands a slapping body shot.
Zrinski swings for the body but Benjamin moves out of range.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Zrinski.
Zrinski slips a jab from Benjamin.
The fighters circle momentarily. Zrinski darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
A jab lands there for Zrinski.
Zrinski lands a slapping body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Zrinski cracks Benjamin with a good jab.
Zrinski 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.
Benjamin throws a hook to the side of Zrinski's head but Zrinski sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Benjamin throws a poor cross that misses
and Zrinski counters with a nice body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Marko Zrinski dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Benjamin lands with an overhand left.
Benjamin swinging wildly here.
Benjamin misses with a two punch combination.
Good work by Zrinski as he checks the leg kick.
Zrinski connects with a right hand. Benjamin shakes it off.
Benjamin has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Zrinski.
Zrinski connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Benjamin throws a lazy right hand but Zrinski sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Zrinski paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Benjamin rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Zrinski moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Zrinski tries to move into range but Benjamin moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Benjamin looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Zrinski is looking to slow Benjamin down with leg kicks.
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!
A head kick from Zrinski lands but Benjamin takes it in his stride.
Benjamin misses with a looping right.
Zrinski throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benjamin lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Zrinski backs up against the cage.
Benjamin lands with a hook. Zrinski tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Nice shot by Zrinski.
Benjamin looks to land a right hand but Zrinski moved out of range.
Benjamin throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Zrinski counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Benjamin has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Zrinski.
Benjamin takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A swing and a miss from Benjamin.
Benjamin chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Zrinski can pounce on him.
Zrinski dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Benjamin. That did some damage!
Zrinski fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Zrinski moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Zrinski throws a body punch but Benjamin moves out of range.
Benjamin lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A bone on bone clash there as Zrinski blocks the leg kick.
Benjamin throws an off balance right hand
and Zrinski counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Benjamin throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Zrinski cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Zrinski slips under a jab from Benjamin.
Benjamin walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Fred Benjamin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benjamin misses with a right hand
and Zrinski counters with a leg kick.
Zrinski uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Benjamin.
Zrinski scores with a decent looking hook.
Zrinski throws a shot to the body.
Benjamin lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Zrinski lands with a hook. Benjamin tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Zrinski with a nice cross.
Zrinski connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A jab lands there for Zrinski.
Benjamin swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Zrinski counter with a right hand.
Benjamin throws a big shot that misses.
Benjamin gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Zrinski throws a leg kick which misses Benjamin's front leg but catches the back leg as Benjamin tries to avoid it.
Benjamin is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Zrinski stuns Benjamin with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Zrinski. That's going to slow Benjamin down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benjamin throws a combination. Zrinski tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Benjamin throws a right and a left that Zrinski avoids nicely.
It looked like Zrinski wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Benjamin tries to clinch up but Zrinski circles away and keeps his distance.
Benjamin walks forward, straight into a front kick from Zrinski.
Benjamin looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Zrinski throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Marko Zrinski is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A slapping leg kick lands for Zrinski.
Benjamin rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Zrinski moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Zrinski throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zrinski sizes up Benjamin with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Benjamin misses with a low kick.
Benjamin has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Zrinski.
Zrinski stuns Benjamin with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Zrinski stuns Benjamin with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Zrinski's jab looks to have found its range, popping Benjamin under the eye.
Nice straight punches there by Benjamin. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Benjamin.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Zrinski finds it's way through Benjamin's defenses.
A jab from Zrinski finds it's way through Benjamin's defenses.
Benjamin 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.
Zrinski scores with a nice right hand.
Zrinski lands a right hook to the body.
Zrinski lands a nice looking body shot.
Benjamin misses with the combination.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Benjamin crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Zrinski - the referee stops the clock and Benjamin gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Zrinski. Benjamin manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Zrinski lands with a cross.
Zrinski loads up on a big right hand but Benjamin slips the punch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A slow jab from Benjamin misses its intended target.
The fighters circling - Benjamin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Zrinski lands a head shot.
Nice straight punches there by Zrinski. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Zrinski.
And that's the end of the fight!
Marko Zrinski showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Zrinski, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marko Zrinski!
Fred Benjamin spoke after the fight, saying 'C'mon man'.
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