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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Logan Barrengarry (ranked 67 p4p, 113 weight class) and Mario Benedetti (ranked 11 p4p, 16 weight class). Barrengarry's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Guardians of the Galaxy Awesome Mix. Benedetti is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Bajafondo. Mario Benedetti has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Logan Barrengarry's chin.
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Logan Barrengarry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 34 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mario Benedetti!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slapping leg kick lands for Barrengarry.
Barrengarry instigates a clinch.
Benedetti pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Barrengarry lands with a good body shot.
Barrengarry slips under a jab from Benedetti.
Benedetti throws the left hand but Barrengarry avoids the punch easily.
Barrengarry sizes up Benedetti with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Benedetti takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Benedetti throws an off balance right hand
and Barrengarry counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Benedetti pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Barrengarry back to the cage. Benedetti follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Benedetti misses with a lunging right hand
and Barrengarry counters with a nice uppercut.
Benedetti takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benedetti misses with a left hand
and Barrengarry counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Barrengarry throws out a powerful jab.
Barrengarry misses with a hook.
Barrengarry misses with a leg kick.
Barrengarry takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Benedetti lands with an overhand left.
Benedetti misses with a hook to the body
and Barrengarry counters with a leg kick.
Barrengarry tries a head kick but it misses.
Barrengarry avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A left lands for Benedetti.
Barrengarry looks to land a right hand but Benedetti moved out of range.
Barrengarry 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.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Benedetti throws a lazy uppercut
and Barrengarry counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Benedetti getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Benedetti listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Barrengarry is rocked!
Barrengarry closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Benedetti's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Benedetti misses with a hook from the clinch.
Barrengarry misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Benedetti breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Benedetti cracks Barrengarry with a right hand to the side of the head.
Oh Barrengarry is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barrengarry cracks Benedetti with a right hand to the side of the head.
Barrengarry seems to have got his legs back now.
Barrengarry throws a head kick that Benedetti semi-blocks.
Benedetti throws a lazy uppercut
and Barrengarry counters with a nice low kick that buckles Benedetti's knee momentarily.
Barrengarry scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Barrengarry thumps Benedetti with a low kick.
Mario Benedetti seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Benedetti misses with a hook
enabling Barrengarry to counter with a crisp jab.
Barrengarry sizes up Benedetti with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Benedetti is rocked!
Benedetti takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Benedetti is still on wobbly legs! Can Barrengarry finish him?
Benedetti misses with an uppercut.
Benedetti seems to have recovered his senses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Benedetti lands a really nice looking cross but Barrengarry seems unphased.
Benedetti looks to land a combination but Barrengarry avoids it well.
Barrengarry tries to clinch up but Benedetti circles away and keeps his distance.
Barrengarry looks to land a right hand but Benedetti moved out of range.
Barrengarry thows a left - swing and a miss!
Barrengarry lands with a slapping head kick.
Barrengarry digs a good hook to Benedetti's body.
Benedetti tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Benedetti connects with a single shot there.
Benedetti misses with a jab to the body
and Barrengarry moves into the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Logan Barrengarry dominated that round.
That's time! Barrengarry's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Barrengarry swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Barrengarry tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Benedetti manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Benedetti throws a leg kick
and Barrengarry counters with a low kick, right behind Benedetti 's knee.
Barrengarry throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Barrengarry is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Benedetti can do to turn this around?
Jab, jab by Benedetti - just one landing.
Barrengarry checks a leg kick nicely.
Benedetti misses the shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Benedetti misses with a hook. Barrengarry ducked under it nicely.
Barrengarry tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Benedetti manages to circle out of the way.
Benedetti throws a right and a left that both miss.
Logan Barrengarry is winning the standup battle so far.
Barrengarry misses with a straight left.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barrengarry tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Benedetti counters with a straight right hand.
Barrengarry misses with a low kick as Benedetti jumps back.
Benedetti waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Barrengarry.
Benedetti throws out a loose jab but Barrengarry uses good head movement to avoid it.
A quick step to the side and Barrengarry tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Barrengarry throws a predictable looking body shot
and Benedetti counters with a stiff right hand.
Barrengarry misses with a hook.
Benedetti let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Barrengarry throws a leg kick that misses.
Barrengarry throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Benedetti sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Barrengarry stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Benedetti misses with a hook
and Barrengarry counters with a nice body kick.
Barrengarry fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Benedetti.
Decent striking displayed by Barrengarry there.
Benedetti scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
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!
The fighters circling - Barrengarry throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Barrengarry scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Benedetti doesn't seem bothered though.
Benedetti looks to throw the jab but Barrengarry is out of range.
Barrengarry chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti throws a sloppy head kick and Barrengarry moves out of range easily.
Benedetti takes one to the chin there.
Benedetti takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Benedetti throws a poor cross that misses
and Barrengarry counters by clinching up.
Benedetti breaks the clinch.
Barrengarry tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Benedetti paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Benedetti thinks about the counter body kick.
A big right from Benedetti misses.
Benedetti ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Barrengarry moves away.
Barrengarry is looking to counter the offense by Benedetti and move into the clinch.
A telegraphed right hand from Benedetti misses the target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barrengarry scores with a punch to the head.
Benedetti throws a big shot that misses.
Barrengarry lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Benedetti takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Barrengarry moves in looking to clinch but Benedetti pushes him off.
Benedetti misses with an uppercut
and Barrengarry counters with a straight right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barrengarry uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Benedetti.
Barrengarry lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Benedetti's corner calls for a 1-2. Benedetti obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Benedetti misses with an uppercut
and Barrengarry cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Benedetti throws a looping overhand right but Barrengarry ducks down to avoid it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Logan Barrengarry will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Barrengarry closes the distance and clinches.
Barrengarry misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Barrengarry tries a body shot but Benedetti blocks it.
Barrengarry misses with a punch to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Barrengarry.
Benedetti tries to circle away but Barrengarry has him pinned against the cage.
Benedetti blocking some punches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Benedetti.
Barrengarry misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Benedetti.
Benedetti wants to break the clinch but can't.
Benedetti escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Benedetti lands a nice hook to Barrengarry's body. Barrengarry takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A lazy body kick from Benedetti
and Barrengarry counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jab by Benedetti.
It looks like Logan Barrengarry has been cut.
Barrengarry scores with a decent looking hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benedetti throws a hook but Barrengarry blocks it.
Benedetti misses with a lunging right hand
and Barrengarry counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Benedetti misses with a hook. Barrengarry ducked under it nicely.
Benedetti misses with a lunging right hand
and Barrengarry counters with a nice uppercut.
Benedetti throws a right hand that misses
and Barrengarry counters with a stiff right hand.
Benedetti scores with a crisp jab that stopped Barrengarry in his tracks.
The fighters circling - Benedetti throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Whack! Benedetti lands a heavy head kick that drops Barrengarry. The ref tackles Benedetti to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Barrengarry was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Mario Benedetti!
After winning the bout, Mario Benedetti thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
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hype
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