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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rafael Benedetti (ranked 207 p4p, 560 weight class) and Jane Malley (ranked 33 p4p, 85 weight class). Malley is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Rosemary Clooney - Mambo Italiano . Jane Malley will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Rafael Benedetti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jane Malley!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Paul Tew and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Benedetti ducks under a wild hook from Malley.
Benedetti looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Malley uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Benedetti.
Benedetti plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Nice defenses there by Malley.
Benedetti paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Malley lands an overhand right.
Malley throws a head kick that misses
and Benedetti counters with a low kick, right behind Malley 's knee.
Benedetti is looking to clinch but Malley is avoiding it.
Malley misses with a low kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Benedetti.
Benedetti smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Benedetti missing with a left hand there. Malley was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Benedetti tries to score with a low kick but Malley moves his leg out of the way.
Benedetti backing away here, and Malley unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Benedetti connects with an inside leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Malley misses with a head kick.
Malley moves out of range of the leg kick from Benedetti.
Benedetti looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Malley dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Benedetti. That did some damage!
Benedetti is looking to score with low kicks.
Benedetti looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
We've been informed that Malley has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Malley swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Benedetti is looking to counter with a body kick.
Benedetti misses with a hook. Malley ducked under it nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benedetti blocks a head kick by Malley.
Malley takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Benedetti throws a head kick but Malley moves out of range.
Benedetti gets a clinch.
Malley misses with a hook to the ribs.
Malley is trying to break the clinch but Benedetti has him pressed against the cage.
Malley is trying to break the clinch but Benedetti has him pressed against the cage.
Malley breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Malley ducks under a wild hook from Benedetti.
Benedetti throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Benedetti is looking to clinch but Malley is avoiding it.
Malley is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Benedetti fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Malley manages to avoid it.
Malley misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Malley throws a leg kick but Benedetti checks it.
Malley's jab looks to have found its range, popping Benedetti under the eye.
Malley misses with a head kick.
Malley punishes Benedetti's body with a nice straight punch.
Malley on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Benedetti. Benedetti obviously looking to wear him down.
Benedetti pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Malley slips under a jab from Benedetti.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Benedetti takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Benedetti throws a shot from downtown. Malley moves away and avoids it.
Benedetti throws a front kick aimed at Malley's knee but Malley avoids it well.
Benedetti is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Malley.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Malley blocks a low kick nicely.
Benedetti throws a looping overhand right but Malley ducks down to avoid it.
Benedetti takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Malley lands a high kick!
Benedetti takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Benedetti moves out of range of the strikes.
Malley throws a hook but Benedetti blocks it.
Benedetti scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Benedetti attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Malley misses with an uppercut.
Benedetti keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Malley.
Benedetti half committed to a counter leg kick.
Benedetti misses with a two punch combination.
Benedetti avoids the body shot from Malley.
As Malley backs away, Benedetti returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
A jab from Benedetti does it's job there.
Benedetti jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Benedetti takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Malley tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Benedetti misses with a looping right.
A head kick misses from Benedetti.
Benedetti throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Benedetti throws a low kick but it's checked well by Malley.
Malley swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Malley attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Benedetti swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Benedetti slips under a jab from Malley.
Malley throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Benedetti stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
An inside leg kick from Malley misses.
Malley keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rafael Benedetti seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Malley throws a leg kick but Benedetti checks it.
A chopping leg kick lands by Benedetti.
Malley walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Benedetti misses with a low kick.
Malley appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Malley jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Benedetti throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Malley looks to land a right hand but Benedetti moved out of range.
Malley throws a head kick that misses
and Benedetti cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Benedetti.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Benedetti fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Malley has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Malley misses with a head kick.
Benedetti tries to move into range but Malley moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Benedetti jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Malley clobbers Benedetti with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Benedetti tries to clinch there but Malley circles away.
Benedetti has managed to clinch.
Benedetti stalls.
Benedetti working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Benedetti's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Benedetti working aggressively here.
Malley has a couple of punches blocked by Benedetti.
Malley breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Benedetti fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Malley is out of range.
Benedetti scores with a nice head shot.
Malley misses with a looping right.
Benedetti misses with a wild combination.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Rafael Benedetti will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Malley lands a jab to the head.
Benedetti just misses with a punch to the body.
Malley throws a body punch but Benedetti moves out of range.
Malley lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Malley misses with a low kick.
Benedetti swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Malley only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Malley's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Malley tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Malley takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Benedetti missing with a left hand there. Malley was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Malley steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Benedetti.
Benedetti throws a body shot but no joy.
Malley tries to keep at a distance but Benedetti has taken the fight into the clinch.
Malley looks to throw an elbow but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Benedetti misses with a punch to the body.
Benedetti scores with a shot to the side of Malley's head.
Benedetti blocks an uppercut.
Malley swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Benedetti tries to throw a body punch but Malley avoids it by throwing Benedetti back against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Benedetti fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benedetti goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Benedetti lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Benedetti.
Malley breaks from the clinch.
Malley walks into a left hand.
Malley throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Malley gets tackled into the cage by Benedetti. Benedetti maintains the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Malley fails to land.
Benedetti trying to control the position but instead, Malley has worked for underhooks and has pushed Benedetti into the cage.
Malley struggles to land a body shot inside as Benedetti controls his hands.
Malley swings wildly with an uppercut but Benedetti uses good head movement to avoid it.
Benedetti misses with the head strike.
Malley misses with a hook from the clinch.
Benedetti tries to work over Malley's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Malley has a couple of punches blocked by Benedetti.
Benedetti breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Malley throws a body shot but no joy.
Malley looks to land a left hand but Benedetti moved out of range nicely.
It looked like Benedetti wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti swings for the body but Malley moves out of range.
Benedetti slips a jab from Malley.
Benedetti throws a leg kick which misses Malley's front leg but catches the back leg as Malley tries to avoid it.
Benedetti uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Malley.
Benedetti is looking to counter punch.
Benedetti attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Malley throws out a leg kick but Benedetti moves out of range and Malley only half commits.
Benedetti lands a leg kick that knocks Malley off balance momentarily.
A swing and a miss from Benedetti.
Malley thows a left - swing and a miss!
Malley jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Malley needs to keep his hands up - Benedetti had a free shot at his head there.
Malley lands a leg kick that knocks Benedetti off balance momentarily.
Benedetti lands a nice looking body shot.
Benedetti cracks Malley with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Benedetti throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Benedetti connects with a body shot that sends Malley's belly button to the back.
Benedetti takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Malley swats away the attempt to clinch by Benedetti.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Malley throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Malley's corner calls for a 1-2. Malley obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Malley moves out of range of the body kick.
Nice body punch from Malley.
Malley on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Malley throws a jab when Benedetti was well out of range.
Benedetti throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Both fighters circling a little - Benedetti finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Benedetti misses with an uppercut. Malley saw that one coming.
Malley ducks under a wild hook from Benedetti.
Benedetti throws a jab when Malley was well out of range.
Malley misses with a head kick.
Benedetti closes the distance and clinches.
Benedetti lands with a left to the head.
Benedetti lands a body punch in the clinch.
Benedetti tries to throw a body punch but Malley avoids it by throwing Benedetti back against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Benedetti.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Malley lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Benedetti.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti cracks Malley with a nice body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Benedetti.
Benedetti is leaning against Malley and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Malley wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Malley breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A right-left combo lands from Benedetti.
Benedetti misses with a leg kick.
Benedetti blocks a low kick nicely.
Benedetti rushes Malley and presses him up against the cage.
Malley pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Malley swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Benedetti checks the leg kick.
Malley throws a hook but Benedetti blocks it.
Benedetti slips under a jab from Malley.
Malley tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Benedetti was well out of range. Poor timing from Malley.
Benedetti ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Malley closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Malley has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Malley there as he acknowledges the shot.
Benedetti defending well as Malley loads up on a big left hand.
Benedetti connects with a body shot that sends Malley's belly button to the back.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Rafael Benedetti dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Malley misses with a lunging right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Malley throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Malley throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Benedetti uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Malley.
Rafael Benedetti is winning the standup battle so far.
Malley works the jab nicely.
Malley defending well as Benedetti loads up on a big left hand.
Malley blocks a jab.
A slow jab from Malley misses its intended target.
Malley thows a left - swing and a miss!
Malley shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Malley swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Benedetti swings for the body but Malley moves out of range.
Malley looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Malley throws a head kick but Benedetti moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Benedetti scores with a jab to the head.
Benedetti throws a push kick but Malley slaps the foot to one side.
Malley gets tackled into the cage by Benedetti. Benedetti maintains the clinch.
Benedetti lands with a light punch inside.
Benedetti is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Malley can do to turn this around?
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!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Malley.
Benedetti lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Benedetti is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Malley gets through Benedetti's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Benedetti can't find room to land a body shot as Malley controls the action.
Malley breaks from the clinch.
Benedetti with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Benedetti moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Benedetti looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Malley takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Malley tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Benedetti was well out of range. Poor timing from Malley.
Malley shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Malley connects with a nice looking jab.
Good leg kick by Benedetti.
Benedetti getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Benedetti loads up on a big right hand but Malley slips the punch.
Benedetti misses with a body kick.
Malley scores with a nice head shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Benedetti throws a looping overhand right but Malley ducks down to avoid it.
A little jabbing left from Malley on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Jane Malley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti stuns Malley with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Benedetti misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Malley.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Malley! But no joy.
Benedetti lands with an overhand left.
Benedetti uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Malley.
A jab from Benedetti misses.
Benedetti is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Malley.
Benedetti looks to score with a jab to the body but Malley is just out of range.
Benedetti throws a leg kick but Malley checks it.
Malley keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Benedetti.
A nice inside leg kick there by Benedetti. That's going to slow Malley down.
Benedetti misses with a looping right.
Benedetti throws a jab but it's blocked by Malley.
Benedetti uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Malley.
Malley throws a jab when Benedetti was well out of range.
Benedetti changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Malley tests Benedetti's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Benedetti throws a nice inside leg kick.
Malley has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Malley throws a leg kick but Benedetti moved away.
Benedetti throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Malley on the side of the head.
A jab from Benedetti misses.
Malley takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Benedetti chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Malley can pounce on him.
Benedetti is looking to clinch but Malley is avoiding it.
Malley misses with an uppercut.
A good leg kick by Malley.
Malley tries to keep at a distance but Benedetti has taken the fight into the clinch.
Malley manages to break the clinch.
Jab from Malley.
Benedetti keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Donk. Benedetti catches Malley right on the button with a cross.
That kick from Benedetti tenderised Malley's leg. Malley is trying to keep his angry face on.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Benedetti throws a body punch but Malley moves out of range.
A nice leg kick from Malley, right into the meat of the thigh.
Benedetti connects with a crisp jab.
Malley throws a big shot that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Malley looks to land a right hand but Benedetti moved out of range.
Benedetti keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Benedetti uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Malley.
Benedetti avoids the head kick by Malley.
Malley lands a really nice looking cross but Benedetti seems unphased.
Benedetti fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Malley moves forwards but Benedetti connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Benedetti works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Benedetti on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Benedetti connects with a leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Benedetti. Malley does a little dance to reset his feet.
Benedetti takes one on the button.
Malley looks to land a right hand but Benedetti moved out of range.
Malley looks to land a left hand but Benedetti moved out of range nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Malley walks into a jab.
A head kick by Malley misses
and Benedetti connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Benedetti fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Jab, jab by Benedetti - just one landing.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rafael Benedetti showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Benedetti has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 James Atkins scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rafael Benedetti!
Rafael Benedetti seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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