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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Mordecai Dabingyaba (ranked 588 p4p, 830 weight class) and Lorenzo Benedetti (ranked 37 p4p, 93 weight class). Dabingyaba comes into the arena with Welcome To The Jungle blaring out of the sound system. Benedetti has chosen Gloom, Doom, Heartache & Whiskey - Viking Skull as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mordecai Dabingyaba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 3, fighting out of Sydney, Lorenzo Benedetti!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Roosa Järviläinen and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dabingyaba tries to close the distance and clinch but Benedetti swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Benedetti. Dabingyaba does a little dance to reset his feet.
Benedetti turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Dabingyaba waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Benedetti.
Benedetti throws a body kick that misses.
Benedetti throws a poor cross that misses
and Dabingyaba counters with an inside leg kick.
Lorenzo Benedetti seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Benedetti throws the kick towards the body but Dabingyaba avoids it.
Dabingyaba half committed to a counter leg kick.
Benedetti displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dabingyaba throws out the jab.
Dabingyaba attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
It seemed like Benedetti was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Dabingyaba is looking to slow Benedetti down with leg kicks.
Dabingyaba misses with a low kick.
Good work by Dabingyaba as he checks the leg kick.
A slow jab from Dabingyaba misses its intended target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Benedetti throws a hook to the side of Dabingyaba's head but Dabingyaba sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Benedetti just misses with a punch to the body.
Benedetti misses with an uppercut.
Dabingyaba throwing a counter right hand but Benedetti manages to avoid it.
Dabingyaba throws a good cross that connects.
Benedetti throws a poor cross that misses
and Dabingyaba makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Dabingyaba throws a hook to the side of Benedetti's head but Benedetti sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dabingyaba. Benedetti does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dabingyaba scores with the left hand. Benedetti knows he should have avoided that one.
Benedetti stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Benedetti fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Dabingyaba checks it well.
Dabingyaba throws an overhand right that lands on Benedetti's shoulder, as Benedetti tries to avoid the shot.
Benedetti clinches up against the cage.
I was talking to Dabingyaba's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Dabingyaba lands a left hand that snaps the head of Benedetti backwards.
Dabingyaba pushes Benedetti back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Benedetti tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dabingyaba's elbow.
Benedetti tries a body shot but Dabingyaba blocks it.
Benedetti told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Benedetti lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Dabingyaba lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Benedetti doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dabingyaba misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Benedetti.
Dabingyaba's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Benedetti working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dabingyaba.
Benedetti goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dabingyaba is looking to control Benedetti's arms but Benedetti gets an underhook and turns him. Now Dabingyaba has his back to the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dabingyaba scores with a nice hook to the head.
Benedetti tries to work over Dabingyaba's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Benedetti cracks Dabingyaba with a nice body shot.
Benedetti misses with a punch to the body.
Dabingyaba lands a body shot in the clinch.
Dabingyaba missing with knees to the body.
Dabingyaba can't find room to land a body shot as Benedetti controls the action.
Benedetti tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dabingyaba blocking some punches.
Dabingyaba really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
A short left from Dabingyaba.
Dabingyaba is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Benedetti swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Benedetti lands an elbow just above Dabingyaba 's eye.
It looks like Mordecai Dabingyaba has been cut.
Dabingyaba throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Benedetti tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dabingyaba tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dabingyaba blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dabingyaba goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Benedetti scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Benedetti.
Benedetti working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Benedetti tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dabingyaba is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Dabingyaba struggles to land a body shot inside as Benedetti controls his hands.
Dabingyaba misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dabingyaba lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Dabingyaba tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Benedetti working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Benedetti tries to work over Dabingyaba's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Benedetti scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Dabingyaba tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Benedetti's elbow.
Benedetti softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Dabingyaba tries to land knees in the clinch but Benedetti avoids the damage to the body.
Benedetti lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Dabingyaba backwards.
Benedetti is working Dabingyaba over against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Benedetti working aggressively here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti lands with a short shot to the head.
Benedetti avoiding damage as Dabingyaba throws knees to the body.
Dabingyaba lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Benedetti scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Dabingyaba tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Benedetti can't find room to land a body shot as Dabingyaba controls the action.
Benedetti misses with some punches.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Benedetti.
Benedetti tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dabingyaba's elbow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dabingyaba.
Benedetti lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dabingyaba tries to work over Benedetti's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Benedetti.
Dabingyaba misses with a punch to the body.
Dabingyaba struggles to land a body shot inside as Benedetti controls his hands.
Benedetti swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dabingyaba wants to stall.
Dabingyaba misses with a punch to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Lorenzo Benedetti dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mordecai Dabingyaba's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Benedetti keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Dabingyaba connects with a good right hand that stumbles Benedetti. Benedetti circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
An inside leg kick from Dabingyaba misses.
Dabingyaba blocks a leg kick.
Dabingyaba throws a body shot but no joy.
Some bone on bone action there as Benedetti checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Dabingyaba fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Benedetti checks it well.
Benedetti with a nice cross.
Dabingyaba just misses with a punch to the body.
Dabingyaba misses with a low kick.
Benedetti throws out a counter right but Dabingyaba avoids it with no problem.
A clash of legs there as Benedetti blocks the low kick.
Dabingyaba moves away from the strike by Benedetti.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Benedetti lands a leg kick that knocks Dabingyaba off balance momentarily.
Dabingyaba moves out of range as Benedetti strikes.
Benedetti ducks under a wild hook from Dabingyaba.
Dabingyaba on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Mordecai Dabingyaba is winning the standup battle so far.
Dabingyaba throws a leg kick but Benedetti sees it coming and moves out of range.
Dabingyaba tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Benedetti was well out of range. Poor timing from Dabingyaba.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dabingyaba takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Dabingyaba throws a low kick but Benedetti moves out of range easily.
Benedetti lands a head shot.
Dabingyaba ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Benedetti moves away.
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.
Dabingyaba lands with a right hand.
Dabingyaba turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Dabingyaba fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Benedetti manages to avoid it.
Benedetti pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Dabingyaba looks to land a right hand but Benedetti moved out of range.
Benedetti clobbers Dabingyaba with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Dabingyaba avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Benedetti scores with a sloppy right hand. Dabingyaba should have avoided that one.
Benedetti slips a jab from Dabingyaba.
Dabingyaba fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Benedetti is out of range.
And Benedetti responds with a good body kick, but Dabingyaba manages to step out the way in time.
Dabingyaba throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dabingyaba moves away from the strike by Benedetti.
Benedetti scoring well with a low kick there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Benedetti lands a leg kick that knocks Dabingyaba off balance momentarily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dabingyaba misses with an uppercut
and Benedetti connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Benedetti fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Benedetti throws a low kick, looking for Dabingyaba's leg but Dabingyaba calmly moves out of range.
Benedetti will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Benedetti.
Dabingyaba throws a looping overhand right but Benedetti ducks down to avoid it.
Benedetti misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dabingyaba.
Benedetti takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Benedetti scoring well with a low kick there.
A chopping leg kick lands by Dabingyaba.
Benedetti lands with a right hand.
Nice body kick there by Benedetti.
Benedetti throws a body kick that misses.
Dabingyaba throws a jab when Benedetti was well out of range.
Dabingyaba sets himself, and Benedetti steps forward looking for the clinch! Dabingyaba avoids it this time.
Benedetti throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Benedetti takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Benedetti has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A clash of legs there as Benedetti blocks the low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti moves into the clinch.
Dabingyaba trying to land knees to the body.
Benedetti lands an uppercut.
Benedetti has a couple of punches blocked by Dabingyaba.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Dabingyaba.
Dabingyaba tries to throw a body punch but Benedetti avoids it by throwing Dabingyaba back against the cage.
Dabingyaba blocks a body shot from Benedetti.
Benedetti pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Benedetti misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short body shot lands from Benedetti as the two fighters clinch.
Benedetti misses with a hook from the clinch.
Benedetti tries a body shot but Dabingyaba blocks it.
Benedetti misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dabingyaba misses with a hook to the ribs.
Benedetti blocks an uppercut.
Dabingyaba tries to throw a body punch but Benedetti avoids it by throwing Dabingyaba back against the cage.
Benedetti tries to throw a body punch but Dabingyaba avoids it by throwing Benedetti back against the cage.
Dabingyaba throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti working aggressively here.
Dabingyaba can't find room to land a body shot as Benedetti controls the action.
Dabingyaba tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Benedetti avoids it.
Benedetti blocks a body shot from Dabingyaba.
Benedetti blocks a body shot from Dabingyaba.
Dabingyaba struggles to land a body shot inside as Benedetti controls his hands.
Lorenzo Benedetti seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Benedetti throws a head punch that misses.
Dabingyaba on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dabingyaba taking a breather.
Dabingyaba misses with a hook to the ribs.
Benedetti lands a right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dabingyaba blocking some punches.
Benedetti blocks a body shot from Dabingyaba.
Dabingyaba struggles to land a body shot inside as Benedetti controls his hands.
Dabingyaba goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Benedetti pushes Dabingyaba back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Benedetti lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Benedetti throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Dabingyabas head.
Benedetti lands a nice uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Lorenzo Benedetti showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Mordecai Dabingyaba's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Benedetti throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dabingyaba fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Benedetti manages to avoid it.
Dabingyaba looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Benedetti uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Benedetti chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Dabingyaba can pounce on him.
Dabingyaba throws a chopping leg kick but Benedetti manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Dabingyaba ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Dabingyaba takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Benedetti throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Dabingyaba lands with a shot to the body.
Dabingyaba just misses with a punch to the body.
Benedetti avoids the body shot from Dabingyaba.
Benedetti looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dabingyaba fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Benedetti manages to avoid it.
Benedetti blocks a jab.
Dabingyaba wants to land a leg kick but Benedetti is out of range.
Dabingyaba cracks a nice hook into Benedetti's ribs.
Benedetti needs to keep his hands up - Dabingyaba had a free shot at his head there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A low kick from Benedetti misses
and Dabingyaba counters with a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dabingyaba throws out a loose jab but Benedetti uses good head movement to avoid it.
Benedetti misses with a wild body shot.
Dabingyaba waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Benedetti.
Benedetti fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Dabingyaba has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Dabingyaba loads up on a big right hand but Benedetti slips the punch.
Dabingyaba on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Nice straight punches there by Dabingyaba. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Dabingyaba.
Benedetti defending well as Dabingyaba loads up on a big left hand.
Benedetti throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dabingyaba sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A quick step to the side and Dabingyaba tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dabingyaba takes a swing at Benedetti's ribcage but misses.
Benedetti throws a low kick but it's checked well by Dabingyaba.
Benedetti misses with a straight right.
Benedetti walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Dabingyaba checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Dabingyaba lands with a thumping leg kick.
Dabingyaba scores with a jab to the head.
Benedetti throws a lazy body kick
letting Dabingyaba counter with a right hand.
Benedetti takes a shot right to the bread basket.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Benedetti throws a lazy uppercut
and Dabingyaba counters with a nice body shot.
A leg kick checked by Benedetti.
Dabingyaba is looking to clinch but Benedetti is avoiding it.
Dabingyaba checks a low kick from Benedetti.
It looked like Dabingyaba was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Benedetti.
Benedetti feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Dabingyabas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Dabingyaba connects with a body shot that sends Benedetti's belly button to the back.
Dabingyaba works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Dabingyaba motions for Benedetti to come forward. Dabingyaba throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Dabingyaba takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Dabingyaba fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Benedetti is out of range.
Benedetti misses with a body shot.
Dabingyaba was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Benedetti misses with a body shot.
Dabingyaba swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Benedetti misses with a hook
and Dabingyaba counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Benedetti misses with a looping right.
Dabingyaba misses the shot to the body.
Benedetti is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Dabingyaba waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Benedetti.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dabingyaba slips a straight right by Benedetti.
Dabingyaba appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Benedetti wants to clinch
and Dabingyaba counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Benedetti thinking.
Mordecai Dabingyaba has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dabingyaba slips under a jab from Benedetti.
An inside leg kick from Dabingyaba misses.
Dabingyaba scores with a hook.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dabingyaba. Benedetti does a little dance to reset his feet.
Benedetti follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Dabingyaba blocks a jab.
Dabingyaba throwing a counter right hand but Benedetti manages to avoid it.
Dabingyaba moves away from the strike by Benedetti.
Dabingyaba misses with a wild body shot.
An inside leg kick from Benedetti misses.
Dabingyaba walks into a stiff left hand from Benedetti.
Dabingyaba takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Benedetti takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Dabingyaba ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Benedetti moves away.
Benedetti fails with an attempt to clinch.
Benedetti takes a shot to the body in his stride.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dabingyaba throws a body punch but Benedetti moves out of range.
Dabingyaba throws an overhand right that lands on Benedetti's shoulder, as Benedetti tries to avoid the shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dabingyaba misses with a body shot.
Benedetti lands a nice leg kick that just misses Dabingyaba's sensitive parts.
Dabingyaba is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Dabingyaba takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Dabingyaba throws a lazy right hand but Benedetti sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Benedetti looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Benedetti throws a low kick but it's checked well by Dabingyaba.
Benedetti gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Nice body punch from Dabingyaba - that landed with a thud.
A right hand to the body from Benedetti.
Dabingyaba misses with a body punch.
Benedetti presses Dabingyaba against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Benedetti struggles to land a body shot inside as Dabingyaba controls his hands.
Dabingyaba goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Benedetti lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Dabingyaba lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Benedetti.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mordecai Dabingyaba showed his dominance in that final round.
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 Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lorenzo Benedetti!
Lorenzo Benedetti took his opportunity to call for a title shot in his post fight interview.
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