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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Rafael Benedetti (ranked 994 p4p, 1898 weight class) and Pavel Sekera (ranked 124 p4p, 226 weight class). Sekera comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Bleed it out kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! 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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Excellent boxer
Granite chin
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Good gas tank
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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 24 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Rafael Benedetti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 10 - 1, fighting out of New York, Pavel Sekera!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Radbod Blank and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Benedetti misses with an uppercut.
Sekera throws out a counter right but Benedetti avoids it with no problem.
Benedetti scores with a leg kick.
We've been told by Benedetti's head coaches at Canadian Elite Bruins Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Sekera takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Benedetti with a nice calf kick.
Benedetti pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Benedetti attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Sekera swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Sekera takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Sekera throws a right hand that Benedetti ducks under and follows up with a left that Benedetti also avoids with ease.
Benedetti gets a clinch.
Benedetti working aggressively here.
Sekera misses with an elbow strike.
Benedetti tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sekera breaks the clinch.
Benedetti connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Sekera drives through and clinches with Benedetti against the ropes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Benedetti has Sekera pressed against the ropes, preventing Sekera from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A short left from Benedetti.
Benedetti misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sekera breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sekera closes the distance and clinches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benedetti escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Benedetti pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Sekera back to the ropes. Benedetti follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Benedetti misses with an uppercut
and Sekera counters by clinching up.
Benedetti tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sekera wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Benedetti tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sekera's elbow.
Benedetti scores with a shoulder strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Benedetti.
Benedetti will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Sekera up against the ropes.
Benedetti tries a body shot but Sekera blocks it.
Sekera breaks the clinch.
Sekera is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Benedetti throws a head kick that misses
and Sekera makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
A big left from Benedetti misses.
Benedetti dips to his left and cracks Sekera with an uppercut!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Benedetti waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sekera.
Benedetti misses with a hook.
Benedetti throws a series of strikes that have Sekera backpedaling.
Sekera misses with a wild combination.
Sekera throws a right hand that Benedetti ducks under and follows up with a left that Benedetti also avoids with ease.
Benedetti throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sekera sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Benedetti punishes Sekera's body with a nice straight punch.
Sekera gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Benedetti.
Sekera tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Benedetti paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Benedetti throws a lazy right hand but Sekera sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Benedetti checks the leg kick nicely there.
A big right from Benedetti misses.
Sekera swinging wildly here.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Benedetti waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sekera.
Sekera tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Benedetti was well out of range. Poor timing from Sekera.
Benedetti scores with a jab to the jaw.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Rafael Benedetti dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Benedetti lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sekera circles away quickly and effectively.
Benedetti plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Benedetti stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Sekera takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Benedetti connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Sekera tries to close the distance and clinch up but Benedetti swats him away and circles back towards the center.
An attempted straight right counter from Benedetti misses the target.
Benedetti misses with a straight left.
Sekera misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Benedetti.
Benedetti appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Sekera moves in looking to clinch but Benedetti pushes him off.
Benedetti looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Rafael Benedetti seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Benedetti wants to land a leg kick but Sekera is out of range.
A head kick by Benedetti misses
and Sekera counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Benedetti is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sekera can do to turn this around?
Sekera chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Benedetti can pounce on him.
Sekera tries to clinch but Benedetti moves out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sekera checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Benedetti misses with a wild body shot.
Sekera pushes Benedetti up against the ropes in a clinch.
Benedetti tries to work over Sekera's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benedetti stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Sekera blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Benedetti tries to work over Sekera's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sekera stalling in the clinch but Benedetti improves position.
Benedetti misses with a body punch.
Sekera breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sekera tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Benedetti paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rafael Benedetti is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sekera clinches with his opponent.
Sekera controlling the action here for a moment.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Benedetti creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Benedetti misses with a punch to the body.
Benedetti can't find room to land a body shot as Sekera controls the action.
Benedetti lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Sekera blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sekera escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Benedetti forces Sekera back against the ropes and clinches.
Benedetti misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Benedetti fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rafael Benedetti has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A short right from Benedetti on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Benedetti tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sekera wants to break free but Benedetti has control.
Benedetti blocks an elbow strike.
Benedetti goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Benedetti breaks the clinch.
Benedetti fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Sekera.
Rafael Benedetti is winning the standup battle so far.
A big left from Benedetti misses.
Sekera tries to clinch but Benedetti is having none of it.
Benedetti avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sekera fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sekera will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sekera misses with the combination.
Sekera misses with a two punch combination.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Rafael Benedetti dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Benedetti moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Sekera moves out of range as Benedetti strikes.
Sekera wants to counter the offense by Benedetti and move into the clinch position.
Benedetti lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Benedetti throws a leg kick but Sekera sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Sekera throws a jab but it's blocked by Benedetti.
Benedetti sizes up Sekera with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Benedetti takes the fight into the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Benedetti.
Benedetti tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sekera has had enough of the clinch but Benedetti keeps him there for the moment.
Sekera tries to break free but Benedetti pushes him back against the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Benedetti misses with a hook to the ribs.
Benedetti lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Sekera or not.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Benedetti.
Benedetti working aggressively here.
Benedetti scores with a hook to the body.
Benedetti misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sekera taking a breather.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sekera's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Benedetti stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Benedetti prevents Sekera from breaking the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Benedetti.
Benedetti doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Benedetti.
Benedetti misses with a punch to the body.
Sekera throws a knee to the head but misses.
Benedetti misses with a hook to the ribs.
Benedetti misses with a short punch on the inside.
Benedetti doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Benedetti misses with a punch on the inside.
Benedetti holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Sekera blocks an uppercut.
Benedetti misses with the head strike.
Benedetti lands a body punch.
Benedetti lands a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Benedetti lands with a short shot to the head.
Benedetti misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sekera tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Benedetti avoids it.
Sekera wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Benedetti is working Sekera over against the ropes.
Sekera pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Benedetti circles away from the clinch attempt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Benedetti with a jab.
Sekera takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
The fight stays on the outside here - Benedetti looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Benedetti tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sekera swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sekera throws a sloppy head kick and Benedetti moves out of range easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Benedetti looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Pavel Sekera has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pavel Sekera is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sekera on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
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 Nard Betker scores the fight 30:27
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:27
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rafael Benedetti!
Rafael Benedetti decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
Pavel Sekera spoke after the fight, saying 'GG to my opponent, he truly deserves the win.'.
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