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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Arto Jarvinen (ranked 918 p4p, 1487 weight class) and Claudio Benedetti (ranked 125 p4p, 203 weight class). Benedetti has chosen Atrevete te as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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25 - 14 - 0 |
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207
36 - 21 - 1 |
Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
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Good wrestler
World class MT
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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 25 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Arto Jarvinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 36 - 21 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Claudio Benedetti!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Colin Fray and Micheangelo Fripello.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jab by Jarvinen.
Benedetti throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jarvinen connects with a jab.
Jarvinen moves out of range as Benedetti strikes.
Jarvinen takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Jarvinen scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Benedetti with a nice cross.
Jarvinen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Benedetti.
Benedetti with a jab.
Benedetti throws a body shot but no joy.
As Benedetti tries to get set, Jarvinen tries to push him back and clinch up but Benedetti manages to avoid the attempt.
Benedetti throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jarvinen is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Benedetti.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jarvinen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Benedetti misses with a looping left.
Jarvinen avoids a punch combination nicely.
As Benedetti tries to get set, Jarvinen tries to push him back and clinch up but Benedetti manages to avoid the attempt.
Benedetti throws a series of punches but Jarvinen moves out of range.
Benedetti takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jarvinen misses with a straight left.
Claudio Benedetti seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jarvinen cracks Benedetti with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Jarvinen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jarvinen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Benedetti.
We've been informed that Benedetti 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.
Jarvinen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Benedetti swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Jarvinen.
Benedetti throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
We've been told by Jarvinen's head coaches at Tappelukerho that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Oooooh!!! Benedetti has knocked Jarvinen down with a huge combo! Benedetti steps away and waves a wobbly Jarvinen back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Jarvinen is rocked!
It looks like Arto Jarvinen has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Benedetti darts in and lands a big hook, right on the button! Jarvinen's legs crumble underneath him as he falls to the canvas! The ref tackles Benedetti before he gets to land any more shots to his stricken foe.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Claudio Benedetti!
During a confident post fight interview, Claudio Benedetti thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
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