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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Benjy Roberts (ranked 2409 p4p, 3192 weight class) and Adams Menday (ranked 347 p4p, 427 weight class). Roberts's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Elvis Costello - My Mood Swings. 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
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Benjy Roberts!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Adams Menday!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Jonathan Paton and Russell Pearce.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roberts lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Roberts connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Menday lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Menday lands a jab to the head.
Menday's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Roberts connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Menday scrambles back to his feet.
Roberts misses with a two punch combination.
Roberts lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Roberts lands an overhand right.
A punch combination from Roberts misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A slow jab from Menday misses its intended target.
Menday uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Roberts has time to react.
Roberts bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Roberts has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Area 51 MMA in the buildup to the fight.
Menday misses with a left hand
and Menday takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Roberts misses with a left hand
enabling Menday to counter with a crisp jab.
Roberts throws out a loose jab but Menday uses good head movement to avoid it.
Menday doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Menday staying out of range there.
Roberts goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
A head kick misses from Roberts.
A swing and a miss from Roberts.
Roberts lands with an overhand left.
Roberts misses with a hook. Menday ducked under it nicely.
Menday looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Roberts scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Roberts lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Menday defending well as Roberts loads up on a big left hand.
It seemed like Menday was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Menday keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Roberts.
A nice leg kick lands there from Roberts.
Roberts misses with a right hand
and Menday counters with a straight right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Roberts ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Menday moves away.
Roberts is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Roberts dips to his left and cracks Menday with an uppercut!
Menday misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Roberts.
Roberts jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Roberts throws a right and a left that both miss.
Menday jabs Roberts right on the nose. Roberts blinks but takes it well.
Menday ducks under a wild hook from Roberts.
Menday looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Roberts tries a low kick but Menday avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Menday throws a hook but Roberts avoids it easily.
Roberts connects with a nice looking jab.
Benjy Roberts seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Menday displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Roberts throws out the jab.
Roberts misses with an uppercut.
Roberts misses with a hook.
Menday now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Roberts misses with a combination
and Menday counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Roberts thinking.
Roberts throws out a loose jab but Menday uses good head movement to avoid it.
Roberts misses with a body shot.
Menday cracks Roberts with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Roberts connects with a high kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Menday digs a good body shot into Roberts's ribs.
Menday has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Menday steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Roberts.
Menday throws out a counter right but Roberts avoids it with no problem.
Roberts misses with a right hand
and Roberts takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A swing and a miss from Roberts.
Roberts with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Menday to score with a decent uppercut.
Menday scores with a sloppy right hand. Roberts should have avoided that one.
Menday circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Roberts to the canvas! Roberts doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Menday keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Adams Menday!
A very excited looking Adams Menday made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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hype
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pop
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