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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Damian Wayne (ranked 958 p4p, 1043 weight class) and Benji Torres (ranked 135 p4p, 148 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Damian Wayne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Benji Torres!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Sam Margolis and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Torres swings for the body but Wayne moves out of range.
Torres looks to land a combination but Wayne avoids it well.
Wayne half committed to a counter leg kick.
Wayne bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Torres throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wayne tried to counter with a leg kick but Torres avoided it.
Torres bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Wayne's head backwards.
Wayne steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Torres.
Wayne appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Torres throws a lazy right hand but Wayne sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Wayne throws an off balance right hand
and Torres counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
A jab from Torres misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Torres lands with a shot to the body.
Torres throws an off balance right hand
and Wayne counters with a lovely straight right hand!
It looks like Benji Torres has been cut.
Torres moves out of range as Wayne strikes.
We've been told by Wayne's head coaches at ALPHA-1 Performance Center that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Torres keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wayne.
Wayne slips a jab from Torres.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wayne connects with the punch.
Torres takes a swing at Wayne's ribcage but misses.
Wayne slips a jab and a cross from Torres.
Wayne moves out of range as Torres strikes.
Wayne shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Torres moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Torres misses the shot to the body.
Benji Torres seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wayne takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Jab from Torres.
Torres scores with a hook to the body. Wayne takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Torres scores with the left hand. Wayne knows he should have avoided that one.
Torres throws a body shot but no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torres keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Torres misses the body punch
and Wayne counters with a straight right hand.
Torres lands a jab to the nose.
Torres looks to land a right hand but Wayne moved out of range.
Wayne was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Wayne takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Wayne misses with a low kick as Torres jumps back.
Jab by Torres.
Torres scores with a hook to the body. Wayne takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Torres throws a looping overhand right but Wayne ducks down to avoid it.
Wayne walks into a left hand.
Torres stuns Wayne with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Torres thuds a left hand into Wayne's body.
Torres swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torres misses with a body shot.
Torres scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Torres uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wayne.
Torres cracks Wayne with an open hand slap.
Wayne needs to keep his hands up - Torres had a free shot at his head there.
Wayne looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Wayne swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Torres counters with a left to the body.
Wayne throws a right hand that misses
and Torres cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Torres takes a swing at Wayne's ribcage but misses.
Torres lands with a good body shot.
Torres jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Torres cracks Wayne with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jab, jab by Torres - just one landing.
Torres looks to land a combination but Wayne avoids it well.
Torres throws a right and a left that Wayne avoids nicely.
Wayne lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Torres throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And Wayne counters with a quick kick to the body but Torres blocks it.
Torres misses with a two punch combination.
Torres misses with a straight right.
Wayne jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Torres lands with a good body shot.
Torres connects with a nice looking jab.
Wayne showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Torres.
Wayne is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Benji Torres dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Benji Torres's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Torres throws a left and a right that both miss
and Wayne counters with a low kick, right behind Torres 's knee.
Torres throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Torres throws a looping overhand right but Wayne ducks down to avoid it.
Wayne uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Torres.
Wayne misses with a hook.
Torres blocks a jab.
Torres ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wayne moves away.
Torres throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Wayne stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Nice cross by Torres.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Torres throws a good cross that connects.
A lazy left from Wayne finds it's target.
Wayne uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Torres.
Torres with a body punch. A glancing blow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Torres throws an off balance right hand
and Wayne counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Wayne throws a body shot but no joy.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Wayne might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Wayne motions for Torres to come forward. Wayne throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Torres slips a jab from Wayne.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Torres! But no joy.
Wayne throws a hook to the side of Torres's head but Torres sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Torres ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wayne moves away.
Torres lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Torres has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Wayne looks to land a left hand but Torres moved out of range nicely.
Wayne looks to score with a jab to the body but Torres is just out of range.
A little jabbing left from Torres on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Wayne 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.
Torres moves out of range as Wayne throws a body kick.
Wayne defending well as Torres loads up on a big left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torres lands an overhand right.
Torres has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Wayne on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Torres throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wayne slips a straight right by Torres.
Torres throws a series of strikes that have Wayne backpedaling.
Torres lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Wayne at a distance.
Torres throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wayne uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Torres.
Wayne misses with a body shot.
Torres swings away with a body shot that misses
and Wayne counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Torres thinking.
Torres throws a poor cross that misses
and Wayne counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Torres throws a right hand that Wayne ducks under and follows up with a left that Wayne also avoids with ease.
Wayne 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.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wayne has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Wayne there as he acknowledges the shot.
Torres ducks under a wild hook from Wayne.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Torres! But no joy.
Torres has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Torres cracks Wayne with a good jab.
Torres misses with a few strikes there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Torres. Wayne does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wayne fires out a quick counter leg kick but Torres just manages to avoid it.
Torres misses with an uppercut
and Wayne counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That has opened up Benji Torres's cut even more.
Torres misses with a straight right.
Torres scores with a shot to the body.
Torres swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Torres wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Wayne missing with a left hand there. Torres was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Wayne's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Torres connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Wayne scrambles back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wayne tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Torres was well out of range. Poor timing from Wayne.
Torres appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Torres missing with a left hand there. Wayne was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Wayne takes one on the chin but seems OK.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Torres lunges at Wayne with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Wayne's hand.
Wayne swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Wayne is looking to land body kicks.
Wayne lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Torres throws an overhand right that lands on Wayne's shoulder, as Wayne tries to avoid the shot.
Torres lands an overhand right.
Benji Torres seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Wayne has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Torres finds it's way round the side to connect with Wayne's head.
Torres moves out of range of the leg kick from Wayne.
Torres misses with an uppercut. Wayne saw that one coming.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Benji Torres showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Benji Torres's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Wayne throws a hook but Torres avoids it easily.
Torres swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Wayne throws a quick counter kick to the body but Torres avoids it.
Wayne doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Torres scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Torres throws a sloppy body shot
and Wayne counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Torres misses with a lunging right hand
and Wayne counters with a straight right hand.
Torres scores with a jab to the head.
Wayne fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Torres manages to avoid it.
Torres misses with a body shot.
Torres swinging wildly here.
Torres lands with a nice body punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Torres throws a jab when Wayne was well out of range.
Torres waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Wayne.
Wayne cracks Torres with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Torres looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Wayne finish him?
Torres is rocked!
Torres works over Wayne's head and body with a nice combination.
Torres lands a slapping body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Torres cracks a nice hook into Wayne's ribs.
Wayne connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
The cut above Benji Torres's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Wayne throws a lazy uppercut
and Torres counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Torres throws a right and a left that both miss.
Torres closes the distance and lands a one-two.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wayne connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Wayne throws a hook to the side of Torres's head but Torres sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Wayne avoids the body shot from Torres.
Wayne blocks a jab.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Torres!
Wayne misses with a right hand
and Torres counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd cheers as Wayne lands an impressive looking overhand right. Torres doesn't seem phased though.
Torres slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Torres looks to land a left hand but Wayne moved out of range nicely.
Torres uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Wayne.
Torres slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Torres swings widly with a right hand
and Wayne counters with a stiff right hand.
Benji Torres's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Wayne looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torres jabs Wayne to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Torres misses with an uppercut
and Wayne cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Torres swings widly with a right hand
and Wayne cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A swing and a miss from Torres.
Wayne displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Torres throws out the jab.
Torres misses with a two punch combination.
Torres throws a one two combo.
An inside leg kick from Wayne misses.
Benji Torres is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Wayne with the inside leg kick.
Torres misses the jab.
Wayne was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Torres bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Torres throws a shot from downtown. Wayne moves away and avoids it.
Torres just misses with a punch to the body.
Wayne fires out a quick counter leg kick but Torres just manages to avoid it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Torres bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A nice combination there by Torres.
Torres takes a swing at Wayne's ribcage but misses.
Torres throws a shot from downtown. Wayne moves away and avoids it.
Torres connects with a body shot that sends Wayne's belly button to the back.
Decent striking displayed by Torres there.
Torres moves out of range as Wayne strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wayne staying out of range there.
An attempted straight right counter from Wayne misses the target.
Torres scores with a hook.
Torres connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
And that's the end of the fight!
Benji Torres comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Torres has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Benji Torres!
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