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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sam Benton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Merrimac Mjolnir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sam Benton had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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265 lbs
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266 lbs
7 - 1 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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Good kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sam Benton!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Merrimac Mjolnir!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Stewart Dunkirk and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Benton slips under a jab from Mjolnir.
A slow jab from Benton misses its intended target.
Mjolnir throws the kick towards the body but Benton avoids it.
Benton swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Benton jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Benton just misses with a punch to the body.
Mjolnir tries to clinch up but Benton circles away and keeps his distance.
Benton just misses with a punch to the body.
Sam Benton seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Benton misses with a kick to the body
and Mjolnir counters with a slapping leg kick.
Benton throws out a leg kick but Mjolnir moves out of range and Benton only half commits.
Mjolnir chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Mjolnir misses the body punch
and Benton finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Benton misses with a looping left.
A right-left combo lands from Benton.
Benton digs a good body shot into Mjolnir's ribs.
Benton looks to land a combination. Mjolnir sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
It looks like Merrimac Mjolnir has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Benton checks a leg kick.
Mjolnir tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Benton moves out of range of the body kick from Mjolnir.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Benton misses.
Mjolnir keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mjolnir closes the distance and clinches.
Benton has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Benton slows down the pace here.
Benton wants to get back to striking at distance but Mjolnir won't allow it.
Benton tries to break the clinch but Mjolnir is controlling the position.
Mjolnir using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Benton has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mjolnir throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Mjolnir keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Benton's efforts to push away.
Mjolnir has Benton pressed against the cage, preventing Benton from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Knees in the clinch landing for Mjolnir.
Benton breaks from the clinch.
Benton throws a wild body kick that Mjolnir sees coming a mile off.
Mjolnir uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Benton.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mjolnir moves in looking to clinch but Benton pushes him off.
Benton tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mjolnir was well out of range. Poor timing from Benton.
Mjolnir tries to clinch up.
Benton swings away with a body shot that misses
and Mjolnir counters with a stiff right hand.
It looks like Sam Benton has been cut.
Mjolnir keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mjolnir misses with a low kick.
Benton misses with a body punch
and Mjolnir counters with a flying knee that drops Benton!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Benton is controlling Mjolnir's posture.
Benton keeping full guard, as Mjolnir tries to pass.
Mjolnir forces his way into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benton is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Mjolnir tries to pass the half guard into mount. Benton knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Mjolnir keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Mjolnir works his way into side control.
Mjolnir misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Benton manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Benton wants to get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Benton is looking for a sweep. Mjolnir is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Mjolnir in particular looking to stall.
Benton is trying to control but Mjolnir manages to pass to mount!
Benton tries to reverse the position but Mjolnir maintains control.
Mjolnir controlling his opponent.
Mjolnir lands with some strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Benton wants to control but Mjolnir is having none of it.
Mjolnir tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Merrimac Mjolnir dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Good exchange - Mjolnir coming out on top.
Benton staying out of range there.
Mjolnir misses the jab.
Mjolnir takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Benton throws a right and a left that Mjolnir avoids nicely.
Mjolnir tries to clinch there but Benton circles away.
Benton is looking to wear down Mjolnir with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Mjolnir swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Benton.
Benton checks the leg kick nicely there.
Mjolnir throws a nice inside leg kick.
Benton throws a lazy body kick
and Mjolnir counters with a low kick, right behind Benton 's knee.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Benton thows a body shot but no joy.
Benton blocks the body kick.
Benton throws a half hearted mid kick.
Mjolnir lands a nice looking kick to the body. Benton takes a step back to recover.
Mjolnir is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mjolnir connects with a vicious head kick that knocks Benton to the floor! Mjolnir dives in looking for the finish!
Sam Benton's cut is getting worse.
Mjolnir trying to control the pace.
Mjolnir passes to side control.
Mjolnir wants to lay and pray for a moment but Benton keeps working.
Benton is looking for a sweep.
Mjolnir tries to move into full mount but can't pass Benton's legs.
Mjolnir taking a breather here.
Mjolnir has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mjolnir working away.
Mjolnir trying to control the action but Benton is working from the bottom.
Mjolnir looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Benton is avoiding damage well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benton manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Benton is looking for a sweep. Mjolnir is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Benton on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Benton tries to get out of the position.
Mjolnir content to control rather than advance.
Benton is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Mjolnir's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Mjolnir's back!
Mjolnir tries to roll but Benton sticks to his back.
What can Mjolnir do to escape this position? He's going to have to figure it out pretty quick if he wants to stay in the fight!
Benton tries to get the hooks in deep but Mjolnir pushed the leg off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Benton trying to secure his dominant position for a moment - making sure Mjolnir doesn't escape.
Benton is trying to stick to Mjolnir's back but Mjolnir is turning into Benton. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Benton's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Mjolnir.
Mjolnir trying to control the position from guard on top but Benton is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mjolnir showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Benton is controlling Mjolnir's posture.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Merrimac Mjolnir showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Mjolnir moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Nice body punch from Benton.
Benton lands the left hand.
Benton moves out of range of the body kick.
Benton scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Mjolnir doesn't seem bothered though.
Mjolnir misses with a looping right.
Benton tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mjolnir was well out of range. Poor timing from Benton.
Mjolnir shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Benton keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Benton blocks a low kick nicely.
Benton avoids the body shot from Mjolnir.
Mjolnir scores with a jab to the head.
Sam Benton's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
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!
Benton swings for the body but Mjolnir moves out of range.
Some bone on bone action there as Benton checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Benton scores with a decent looking hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benton works Mjolnir's body with a nice hook.
Mjolnir darts in trying to clinch
letting Benton counter with a right hand.
Benton throws a one two combo.
Mjolnir takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Mjolnir takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
An inside leg kick lands from Mjolnir.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A chopping leg kick lands by Mjolnir.
Benton keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Benton takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Benton scores with a leg kick.
Mjolnir clinches up with Benton and pushes him back against the cage.
Mjolnir connects with a knee to the head.
Mjolnir fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A frustrated look appears on Benton's face as he tries to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mjolnir tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Benton wants to break the clinch but can't.
Mjolnir stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Mjolnir throws a knee to the head but misses.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Benton.
Benton tries to work over Mjolnir's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Mjolnir throws a knee to the head but misses.
Benton blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mjolnir lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Benton avoids a wild elbow strike from Mjolnir.
Mjolnir with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jeez, Sam Benton's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Mjolnir content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Benton wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Benton is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Mjolnir tries a knee to the head but Benton blocks it.
Mjolnir looking to throw knees to the head but Benton is blocking nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benton wants to get back to striking at distance but Mjolnir won't allow it.
Mjolnir with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Mjolnir tries a knee to the head but Benton blocks it.
Mjolnir lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Sam Benton's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:27 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Merrimac Mjolnir!
Merrimac Mjolnir is the new heavyweight champion!
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