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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Anni Skystalker (ranked 811 p4p, 466 weight class) and Lorenzo Benedetti (ranked 89 p4p, 54 weight class). Benedetti is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Gloom, Doom, Heartache & Whiskey - Viking Skull. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Abu Dhabi Champ
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Good wrestler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Anni Skystalker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 4 - 3, fighting out of Sydney, Lorenzo Benedetti!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Paul Tew and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Skystalker throws a body punch but Benedetti moves out of range.
Benedetti on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Skystalker walks into a stiff left hand from Benedetti.
Benedetti clobbers Skystalker with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Skystalker looks to score with a jab to the body but Benedetti is just out of range.
Skystalker has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Skystalker tries to clinch up
and Benedetti counters with a stiff right hand.
Benedetti with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Skystalker lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Skystalker dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Benedetti attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Skystalker doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A bone on bone clash there as Benedetti blocks the leg kick.
Benedetti misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Skystalker.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Benedetti throws a right and a left that both miss.
Skystalker throws a hook to the side of Benedetti's head but Benedetti sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Benedetti tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Benedetti tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Skystalker was well out of range. Poor timing from Benedetti.
Skystalker is looking to counter punch.
Benedetti tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Skystalker was well out of range. Poor timing from Benedetti.
Benedetti scores with a jab to the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Skystalker misses with a hook. Benedetti ducked under it nicely.
Skystalker scores with the left hand. Benedetti knows he should have avoided that one.
Skystalker is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Skystalker looks to land a right hand but Benedetti moved out of range.
Benedetti ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Skystalker moves away.
Benedetti slips under a jab from Skystalker.
Skystalker needs to keep his hands up - Benedetti had a free shot at his head there.
Skystalker keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Skystalker swings for the body but Benedetti moves out of range.
Benedetti misses with a wild body shot.
Skystalker is looking to chop away at Benedetti's legs.
Skystalker tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Benedetti was well out of range. Poor timing from Skystalker.
Skystalker attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Benedetti.
Benedetti pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Benedetti uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Skystalker has time to react.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti slips a jab from Skystalker.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Skystalker throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Skystalker keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Benedetti swats away the attempt to clinch by Skystalker.
It seemed like Benedetti was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Skystalker lands with a thumping leg kick.
Nice cross by Benedetti.
Skystalker shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Skystalker swings for the body but Benedetti moves out of range.
Benedetti swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Skystalker clinches.
Skystalker swings wildly with an uppercut but Benedetti uses good head movement to avoid it.
A frustrated look appears on Skystalker's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Skystalker has a couple of punches blocked by Benedetti.
Benedetti pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Benedetti has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Skystalker takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Nice straight punches there by Skystalker. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Skystalker.
Skystalker throws a body punch but Benedetti moves out of range.
Benedetti shapes to counter with a head kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Skystalker takes a kick to the side of the head.
Skystalker lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Skystalker throws a solid leg kick but Benedetti takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Skystalker.
Benedetti counters with a body kick.
Benedetti throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Benedetti throws a leg kick that misses.
A slapping leg kick lands for Benedetti.
Skystalker tries to clinch but Benedetti is having none of it.
Benedetti looks to score with a jab to the body but Skystalker is just out of range.
Skystalker throws a head kick but Benedetti moves out of range.
Skystalker takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Benedetti takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Benedetti connects with an inside leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Skystalker. Benedetti does a little dance to reset his feet.
Benedetti appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Skystalker throws a right hand that misses
and Benedetti makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Skystalker misses with a straight left.
Benedetti lands a nice shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Benedetti misses with an uppercut.
It looked like Skystalker wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Benedetti misses with a leg kick
and Skystalker counters with a head kick. That will keep Benedetti thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Skystalker misses with a low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti throws a good cross that connects.
Benedetti scores with a punch to the head.
Benedetti on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Skystalker. Skystalker obviously looking to wear him down.
A bone on bone clash there as Benedetti blocks the leg kick.
Skystalker tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Skystalker checks the leg kick nicely there.
Skystalker appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Benedetti tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Skystalker was well out of range. Poor timing from Benedetti.
Benedetti connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Benedetti lands a nice shot to the body.
Benedetti lands a nice looking body shot.
Benedetti lands a leg kick that knocks Skystalker off balance momentarily.
Skystalker misses the shot to the body.
Benedetti catches Skystalker with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Skystalker is looking to wear down Benedetti with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Benedetti takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Benedetti lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Skystalker uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Benedetti.
Benedetti is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Skystalker.
Skystalker half committed to a counter leg kick.
Benedetti uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Skystalker.
Benedetti throws out a counter right but Skystalker avoids it with no problem.
Skystalker missing with a left hand there. Benedetti was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Lorenzo Benedetti dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Skystalker tries to clinch up but Benedetti circles away and keeps his distance.
Skystalker throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A jab from Benedetti finds it's way through Skystalker's defenses.
Skystalker takes one to the side of the head.
Skystalker jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Benedetti lands a jab to the head.
Skystalker tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Benedetti was well out of range. Poor timing from Skystalker.
Skystalker takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Skystalker 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.
Skystalker attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
The fight stays on the outside here - Skystalker looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Benedetti looks to score with a jab to the body but Skystalker is just out of range.
Benedetti throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Skystalker on the side of the head.
Benedetti throws a hook but Skystalker blocks it.
Skystalker feints and then cracks Benedetti's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Benedetti down.
Skystalker connects with a solid leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Skystalker looks to throw a body kick
and Benedetti counters with a nice uppercut.
Benedetti takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Benedetti lands a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Skystalker misses with a straight left.
Skystalker works over Benedetti's head and body with a nice combination.
Skystalker misses with a looping right.
It seemed like Benedetti was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A leg kick checked by Benedetti.
A low kick from Benedetti is predictable there
and Skystalker counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Skystalker throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Benedetti has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Benedetti fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Benedetti misses with a hook. Skystalker ducked under it nicely.
Skystalker throws a hook to the side of Benedetti's head but Benedetti sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Benedetti walks into a straight right hand from Skystalker.
Skystalker keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Skystalker was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Benedetti lands a nice shot to the body.
Benedetti throws a body punch but Skystalker moves out of range.
Skystalker moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Benedetti lands a nice looking body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Skystalker avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Benedetti throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Skystalker feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Benedetti shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Skystalker wants to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Skystalker, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Benedetti throws out a counter right but Skystalker avoids it with no problem.
Skystalker throws a body kick that misses.
Skystalker misses with an uppercut.
Skystalker misses with a wild body shot.
Benedetti throws a head kick that misses.
Benedetti checks the leg kick.
Benedetti scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Benedetti's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Benedetti uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Skystalker.
Benedetti takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Benedetti throws a lazy right hand but Skystalker sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Skystalker cracks Benedetti with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Benedetti bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Skystalker's head backwards.
Skystalker tries to clinch there but Benedetti circles away.
Skystalker throws out a leg kick but Benedetti moves out of range and Skystalker only half commits.
Benedetti let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Skystalker blocks a jab.
Skystalker displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Benedetti throws out the jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Skystalker swings for the body but Benedetti moves out of range.
Skystalker throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Benedetti sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Benedetti throws a leg kick which misses Skystalker's front leg but catches the back leg as Skystalker tries to avoid it.
The fighters circling - Benedetti throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Skystalker lands a nice leg kick that just misses Benedetti's sensitive parts.
Skystalker ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A jab from Benedetti does it's job there.
Skystalker lands with a straight right. Benedetti didn't see that one coming.
Benedetti throws a body punch but Skystalker moves out of range.
Skystalker bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Benedetti looks to land a left hand but Skystalker moved out of range nicely.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Skystalker.
Skystalker connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Benedetti fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Skystalker misses the shot to the body.
Benedetti looks for the body kick but Skystalker saw that one coming.
Skystalker moves out of range of the leg kick from Benedetti.
Skystalker goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Skystalker dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Benedetti. That did some damage!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Benedetti throws a hook but Skystalker blocks it.
Skystalker is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Benedetti tries a low kick but Skystalker avoids it.
As Benedetti backs away, Skystalker returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Skystalker misses with a hook
and Skystalker takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Skystalker looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Benedetti lands with a good body shot.
Benedetti moves out of range of the leg kick from Skystalker.
Skystalker lands with a nice body kick.
Skystalker pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Skystalker displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Benedetti throws out the jab.
A big left from Skystalker misses.
Skystalker does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Benedetti throws the left hand but Skystalker avoids the punch easily.
Benedetti darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Benedetti is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Skystalker.
Skystalker keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Skystalker scores with a jab. Benedetti acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Benedetti dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice defenses there by Skystalker.
Skystalker tries to counter by clinching up but Benedetti breaks away and moves out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Lorenzo Benedetti will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Skystalker tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Benedetti is looking to land body kicks.
Skystalker takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Skystalker throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Benedetti.
Skystalker tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Benedetti slips a jab from Skystalker.
Skystalker misses with a body shot.
Lorenzo Benedetti seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Skystalker clinches with his opponent.
Benedetti lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Skystalker backwards.
Skystalker lands a right hand.
Benedetti misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Benedetti breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Skystalker looks to score with a jab to the body but Benedetti is just out of range.
Benedetti appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Benedetti displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Skystalker throws out the jab.
Benedetti jabs Skystalker to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Skystalker takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
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!
Skystalker tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Benedetti was well out of range. Poor timing from Skystalker.
Skystalker tests Benedetti's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Benedetti fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Skystalker throws a body shot but no joy.
Benedetti misses with a straight right.
Benedetti keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Skystalker lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Skystalker throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A shot to the body from Skystalker misses
and Benedetti counters with a nice leg kick.
Benedetti looks to land a left hand but Skystalker moved out of range nicely.
Benedetti bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Benedetti now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Skystalker connects with a single shot there.
Benedetti moves out of range of the body kick from Skystalker.
Skystalker throws a leg kick but Benedetti sees it coming and moves out of range.
Skystalker misses with a low kick.
Benedetti uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Skystalker ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Skystalker punishes Benedetti's body with a nice straight punch.
Nice jab there from Benedetti.
Benedetti getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Benedetti looks to land a right hand but Skystalker moved out of range.
Benedetti tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Skystalker was well out of range. Poor timing from Benedetti.
Skystalker takes the fight into the clinch.
Skystalker tries a body shot but Benedetti blocks it.
Benedetti lands with a right to the head.
Benedetti lands a hook that snaps the head of Skystalker backwards.
Skystalker makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Benedetti tries to work over Skystalker's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Skystalker controlling the action here for a moment.
Skystalker tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Benedetti breaks from the clinch.
Benedetti lands a head shot.
Skystalker lands a body shot.
Benedetti circles away from the clinch attempt.
Skystalker throws a quick inside leg kick.
Benedetti throws a body shot but no joy.
Anni Skystalker has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Skystalker feints and then cracks Benedetti's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Benedetti down.
Benedetti loads up on a big right hand but Skystalker slips the punch.
Skystalker is looking to clinch but Benedetti is avoiding it.
Sloppy strikes from Benedetti. Those never looked like landing.
Skystalker moves out of range of the body kick from Benedetti.
Skystalker uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Benedetti.
Benedetti misses with a straight right.
Benedetti misses with a hook
and Skystalker counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Skystalker takes one to the side of the head.
Skystalker throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Benedetti counters with a slapping leg kick.
Skystalker stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Skystalker wants to slow Benedetti down by chopping away at his legs.
Skystalker looks for the body kick but Benedetti saw that one coming.
Benedetti takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Benedetti takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Benedetti clobbers Skystalker with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Benedetti with a body punch. A glancing blow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Skystalker ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Skystalker wants to clinch.
Benedetti fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A low kick lands for Benedetti.
Skystalker jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Skystalker lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Skystalker 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.
Skystalker tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Benedetti scores with a hook.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Skystalker throws a head kick that misses
and Benedetti counters with a nice uppercut.
Skystalker doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Benedetti ducks under a wild hook from Skystalker.
A nice leg kick lands there from Skystalker.
Skystalker jabbing away but nothing is landing.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Lorenzo Benedetti.
I've got Benedetti winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 27:30
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lorenzo Benedetti!
Lorenzo Benedetti took to the mic after the fight and begged the organizational hierarchy for a shot at the title.
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