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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Lorenzo Benedetti (ranked 1002 p4p, 1467 weight class) and Alphonse Fuguego (ranked 94 p4p, 144 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Benedetti might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Gloom, Doom, Heartache & Whiskey - Viking Skull. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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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 26 - 15 - 4, fighting out of Sydney, Lorenzo Benedetti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Alphonse Fuguego!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Donald Grub and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Benedetti.
Benedetti has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Far-Q Fight Club in the buildup to the fight.
Benedetti tries a head kick but it misses.
Fuguego tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Fuguego tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Benedetti was well out of range. Poor timing from Fuguego.
Benedetti throws a lazy body kick
and Fuguego counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Fuguego drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Benedetti lands with a nice body kick.
Benedetti throws a front kick that sends Fuguego stumbling back into the cage.
Fuguego takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Fuguego throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Benedetti misses with a hook. Fuguego ducked under it nicely.
Fuguego changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Benedetti avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Benedetti scores with a kick to the midsection.
Fuguego shoots in and drives through. Benedetti sprawls well.
Benedetti fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Fuguego.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Benedetti uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Fuguego throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A good leg kick by Benedetti.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body kick from Benedetti.
Benedetti thows a left - swing and a miss!
Benedetti throws a head kick that misses.
Fuguego takes a swing at Benedetti's ribcage but misses.
Benedetti checks a low kick from Fuguego.
Fuguego swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fuguego steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Benedetti.
Fuguego walks into a straight right hand from Benedetti.
Lorenzo Benedetti is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Benedetti keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fuguego avoids a punch combination nicely.
Benedetti drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Fuguego avoids a punch combination nicely.
Fuguego doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
A low kick from Benedetti misses
and Fuguego cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Fuguego ducks under a wild hook from Benedetti.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fuguego swings for the body but Benedetti moves out of range.
Fuguego ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Benedetti moves away.
Both fighters circling a little - Benedetti finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Benedetti works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A nice inside leg kick there by Fuguego. That's going to slow Benedetti down.
A jab from Fuguego does it's job there.
Fuguego swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Benedetti with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Benedetti scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Benedetti avoids the body shot from Fuguego.
Benedetti throws a right and a left that Fuguego avoids nicely.
Benedetti lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Fuguego lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Fuguego tests Benedetti's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Fuguego takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fuguego defending well as Benedetti loads up on a big left hand.
Fuguego is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Benedetti lands a jab.
Lorenzo Benedetti seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fuguego throws a low kick but Benedetti avoids it.
Benedetti throws a leg kick that misses.
Fuguego misses the jab.
Fuguego throws a leg kick but Benedetti moved away.
Fuguego throws a left and a right that both miss
and Benedetti counters with a nice leg kick.
Fuguego lands a jab to Benedetti's midsection.
Fuguego uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Benedetti.
Fuguego takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Benedetti ducks under a wild hook from Fuguego.
Fuguego checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Fuguego lands a jab to the head.
Benedetti drops his hands momentarily and Fuguego takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Fuguego connects with a body shot that sends Benedetti's belly button to the back.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fuguego shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Benedetti misses.
Fuguego lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Benedetti needs to keep his hands up - Fuguego had a free shot at his head there.
Benedetti with a jab.
Fuguego shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Benedetti as he jumps to the side.
Fuguego displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Benedetti throws out the jab.
Benedetti is looking to score with low kicks.
Benedetti fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Fuguego is out of range.
Fuguego steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Benedetti.
Benedetti misses the jab.
Benedetti lands the left hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fuguego blocks a jab.
Benedetti throws a shot from downtown. Fuguego moves away and avoids it.
Benedetti is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
A chopping leg kick lands by Benedetti.
Benedetti throws a wild body kick that Fuguego sees coming a mile off.
And Fuguego tries to counter it with a takedown but Benedetti pushes his down on his head and steps out.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Lorenzo Benedetti dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Fuguego looks to land a right hand but Benedetti moved out of range.
Fuguego slips under a jab from Benedetti.
Fuguego lands a jab to Benedetti's midsection.
Fuguego scores with a jab to the body.
Benedetti scores with a kick to the midsection.
Fuguego misses with a hook. Benedetti ducked under it nicely.
As Fuguego looks to move away, Benedetti throws a big counter combo but Fuguego just gets out of the way.
Benedetti connects with a high kick.
Benedetti is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Fuguego can do to turn this around?
Fuguego tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Benedetti defends well and Fuguego ends up having to push Benedetti into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
As Fuguego backs away, Benedetti returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Fuguego has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Benedetti.
Benedetti throws a low kick but Fuguego avoids it.
Jab, jab by Benedetti - just one landing.
Benedetti takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Fuguego throws a hook but Benedetti blocks it.
Lorenzo Benedetti is winning the standup battle so far.
Fuguego throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Fuguego feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fuguego wants to control from the top but Benedetti keeps moving.
Fuguego is in close to Benedetti's body, working some short punches and elbows.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fuguego wants to control from the top but Benedetti keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Benedetti preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Fuguego with a nice head shot there.
Fuguego trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Fuguego slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Benedetti wants to stand but Fuguego is controlling the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Fuguego cracks Benedetti with a solid left hand.
Fuguego trying to control the position from guard on top but Benedetti is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Fuguego passes Benedetti's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Fuguego sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Benedetti defending well though.
Fuguego looking for a submission but Benedetti manages to get full guard, putting an end to that submission attempt.
Fuguego has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Fuguego loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Fuguego slips nicely into half guard.
Benedetti is looking to escape.
Benedetti keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Fuguego sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Benedetti looks like he's trying to stand up.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Benedetti blocks the body kick.
As Fuguego backs away, Benedetti returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
A decent looking cross lands there for Benedetti.
Fuguego throws a wild body kick that Benedetti sees coming a mile off.
Fuguego ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Benedetti 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.
Fuguego jabs at Benedetti's body.
Benedetti has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Benedetti there as he acknowledges the shot.
Benedetti feints and then cracks Fuguego's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Fuguego down.
An inside leg kick lands from Fuguego.
Fuguego thows a left - swing and a miss!
Fuguego takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Benedetti dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Fuguego. That did some damage!
Good work by Fuguego as he checks the leg kick.
Benedetti displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Fuguego throws out the jab.
Benedetti half committed to a counter leg kick.
Benedetti throws a leg kick but Fuguego sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Benedetti blocks the body kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Alphonse Fuguego showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Benedetti's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Fuguego takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Fuguego uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Benedetti.
Fuguego throws a body shot but no joy.
A nice inside leg kick there by Benedetti. That's going to slow Fuguego down.
Fuguego fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Fuguego tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Benedetti swivels and escapes.
Fuguego fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Benedetti checks it well.
It looked like Benedetti wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Fuguego throws a nice inside leg kick.
Fuguego swings widly with a right hand
and Benedetti counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Benedetti tried to score with a low kick but Fuguego checks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fuguego throws out a loose jab but Benedetti uses good head movement to avoid it.
An attempted straight right counter from Benedetti misses the target.
Benedetti scores with a head kick.
Benedetti moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Fuguego misses with a right hand
and Benedetti counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A big right from Benedetti misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Fuguego is defended easily by Benedetti.
Lorenzo Benedetti has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alphonse Fuguego.
Good work by Benedetti as he checks the leg kick.
Fuguego misses the jab.
Fuguego blocks a head kick by Benedetti.
Fuguego connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Fuguego lands a right hook to the body.
Fuguego looks to land a right hand but Benedetti moved out of range.
Fuguego goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Benedetti buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Donk. Fuguego catches Benedetti right on the button with a cross.
Benedetti throws a leg kick but Fuguego checks it.
Benedetti blocks a jab.
Benedetti looks to land a body kick but Fuguego moved away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti misses with a body shot.
Fuguego just misses with a punch to the body.
Fuguego lands with an uppercut that bounces Benedetti off the cage and back into range.
Fuguego throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Decent striking displayed by Benedetti there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Benedetti throws a lazy body kick
and Fuguego counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Benedetti avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Fuguego.
Fuguego looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Fuguego sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Benedetti defending well though.
Still in half guard, Fuguego seems content to control.
Benedetti tries to kick Fuguego off but Fuguego keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Fuguego working over Benedetti with some ground and pound. Benedetti looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti taking some punishment here, with Fuguego in his half guard.
Benedetti wants to get back to his feet.
Fuguego is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Alphonse Fuguego has got the better of the ground game so far.
Fuguego working the head and body with strikes.
Fuguego lands with a punch from half guard.
Fuguego wants to pass the guard but Benedetti is defending well.
Benedetti wants to improve his position but Fuguego is controlling well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fuguego is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
BOOM! Fuguego connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Fuguego with a couple of short strikes.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Fuguego cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Fuguego scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Benedetti?
A nice elbow there by Fuguego.
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!
Fuguego with shots to the head and body - Benedetti looks very uncomfortable down there.
Fuguego tries to control but Benedetti wriggling away.
Fuguego scores with a couple of good head shots there.
And that's the end of the fight!
Alphonse Fuguego comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Fuguego 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:29
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Glass scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alphonse Fuguego!
Alphonse Fuguego thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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