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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Justin Bennett (ranked 2145 p4p, 1871 weight class) and Kaido Graindo (ranked 271 p4p, 240 weight class). Bennett comes to the cage accompanied by The Heresy. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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Good wrestler
Excellent MT
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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 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Justin Bennett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kaido Graindo!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Graindo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Graindo keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Graindo scores with a decent looking hook.
Sloppy strikes from Graindo. Those never looked like landing.
Bennett feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Bennett closes this distance looking for a takedown but Graindo circles away.
Graindo punishes Bennett's body with a nice straight punch.
Graindo throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Bennett on the side of the head.
Bennett wants to slow Graindo down by chopping away at his legs.
Graindo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bennett moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Graindo tries to bum rush Bennett with a series of wild strikes but Bennett uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Bennett wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Bennett closes the distance and pushes Graindo back into the cage.
Graindo misses with a body punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Graindo avoiding damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Graindo is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Bennett gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Graindo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Graindo gets underhooks to prevent Bennett's takedown attempt.
Graindo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Graindo stalling the fight.
Bennett breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Graindo misses the shot to the body.
Graindo lands a slapping body shot.
Graindo lands a jab to the head.
Bennett keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Graindo lands a body shot.
Bennett fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Justin Bennett. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bennett throws a right and a left that both miss.
Graindo changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Bennett is breathing heavily.
Graindo shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Bennett eats them both and turns towards Graindo to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
It looks like Justin Bennett has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bennett takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Graindo lands a big right hand that sends Bennett crashing to the mat! Graindo stays standing though and waves Bennett back to his feet!
Bennett is rocked!
Kaido Graindo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bennett bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bennett is looking for a counter combo.
Graindo looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Bennett is fending him off so far but Graindo persists. Nope, Bennett circles away and we're back to standing.
Bennett takes one to the chin there.
Oh Bennett is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Graindo throws a shot to the body.
Bennett seems to have got his legs back now.
Graindo sends Bennett crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Graindo is motioning to the referee to let Bennett up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Graindo slips a jab from Bennett.
Graindo misses with a double jab.
Bennett tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Graindo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Graindo throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Bennett tries to clinch up.
Graindo misses with a double jab.
Graindo lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Graindo closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Graindo lands in his opponent's guard.
Bennett managing to control the position.
Graindo postures up.
Graindo distracts Bennett with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Graindo must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Graindo sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Graindo trying to control the position from guard on top but Bennett is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Graindo is pushing down on Bennett's leg trying to pass to half guard. Bennett is fighting to maintain full guard but Graindo has managed to sneak the leg through.
Bennett is trying to get back to full guard.
Bennett gets full guard.
Graindo trying to control but Bennett is working from the bottom.
Bennett escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Graindo gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Bennett looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Graindo passes into half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kaido Graindo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Justin Bennett's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Graindo misses the jab.
Bennett closes the distance and clinches.
Graindo tries to break free but Bennett pushes him back against the cage.
Bennett pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bennett takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Graindo moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Graindo misses the body punch
and Bennett cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bennett avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A quick step to the side and Bennett tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Graindo misses with a straight right.
Bennett takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Graindo throws a body punch but Bennett moves out of range.
Bennett throws a quick counter kick to the body but Graindo avoids it.
Graindo throws a poor cross that misses
letting Bennett counter with a right hand.
Bennett keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bennett has Graindo up against the cage in a clinch.
Graindo throws a head punch that misses.
Graindo throws a head punch that misses.
Graindo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Graindo breaks the clinch.
Bennett scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Bennett takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Bennett slips a jab and a cross from Graindo.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Graindo. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Bennett on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Bennett throws a body shot but no joy.
Bennett moves away from the strike by Graindo.
As Graindo tries to get set, Bennett tries to push him back and clinch up but Graindo manages to avoid the attempt.
Graindo scores with a three punch combo!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Graindo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Graindo has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bennett tries a head kick but it misses.
Graindo connects with a crisp jab.
Kaido Graindo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Graindo.
Graindo changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Graindo connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Graindo wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Bennett takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
An inside leg kick lands from Bennett.
Nice shot by Graindo.
A big left from Graindo misses.
Bennett dodges the punch combination from Graindo.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bennett wants to clinch
and Graindo counters with a nice uppercut.
Bennett throws a quick inside leg kick.
Graindo just misses with a punch to the body.
Graindo looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Bennett looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Graindo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bennett ducks under a wild hook from Graindo.
A quick step to the side and Bennett tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
A looping hook to the body misses from Graindo. Bennett does a little dance to reset his feet.
Graindo checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Graindo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bennett avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Bennett 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Graindo misses with a series of wild punches.
Graindo lands a head shot.
Graindo scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Bennett doesn't seem bothered though.
Graindo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A combination from Graindo does no damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bennett looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Graindo misses with a looping left.
Bennett drops down looking for a counter takedown but Graindo sprawls and moves away.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kaido Graindo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Justin Bennett's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Bennett tries to move into range but Graindo moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Bennett tries to close the distance and clinch but Graindo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Graindo throws a body punch but Bennett moves out of range.
Bennett throws a front kick aimed at Graindo's knee but Graindo avoids it well.
Graindo keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Graindo paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Graindo scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Bennett takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Bennett avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bennett seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Graindo connects with a combination that backs up Bennett into the cage. Graindo lands a flurry of punches that gets past Bennett's guard. Bennett is down and the referee has seen enough. It is all over! Graindo bursts into tears - this win obviously means a huge amount to him.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:48 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kaido Graindo!
Our winner, Kaido Graindo, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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