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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rodrigo Carioni (ranked 203 p4p, 258 weight class) and Benji Torres (ranked 24 p4p, 34 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rodrigo Carioni!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Benji Torres!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carioni misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nice shot lands for Torres.
It looks like Rodrigo Carioni has been cut.
A jab from Torres misses.
Rodrigo Carioni seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice jab there from Carioni.
It looks like Benji Torres has been cut.
Carioni lands with an uppercut that bounces Torres off the cage and back into range.
A swing and a miss from Carioni.
Torres displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Carioni throws out the jab.
Torres slips under a jab.
Carioni fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Torres manages to avoid it.
Carioni lands a head shot.
Carioni looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Torres blocks a jab.
Carioni cracks Torres with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Carioni stuns Torres with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Torres swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Torres lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carioni throws a jab when Torres was well out of range.
A jab from Carioni finds it's way through Torres's defenses.
A punch lands to the side of Torres 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A slow jab from Carioni misses its intended target.
A decent looking cross lands there for Carioni.
That has opened up Benji Torres's cut even more.
Carioni throws a hook but Torres blocks it.
Torres has closed the distance and engaged Carioni in a clinch.
Carioni blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Torres tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Carioni's elbow.
Torres swings wildly with an uppercut but Carioni uses good head movement to avoid it.
Torres has a couple of punches blocked by Carioni.
Torres swings wildly with an uppercut but Carioni uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice body punch from Torres - that landed with a thud.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carioni manages to break the clinch.
Torres slips under a jab.
It seemed like Torres was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Torres pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Carioni was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Carioni throws a hook but Torres blocks 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!
Carioni rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Torres counters with a straight right hand.
A swing and a miss from Torres.
Torres walks into a left hand.
Torres steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Carioni.
A swing and a miss from Carioni.
Torres swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Carioni throws out a loose jab but Torres uses good head movement to avoid it.
Carioni misses with a hook
letting Torres counter with a right hand.
Carioni misses with a two punch combination.
Carioni misses with a looping right.
Carioni is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torres uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Carioni.
Carioni ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Torres bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Torres takes one to the chin there.
Torres moves out of range as Carioni strikes.
Carioni misses with a right hand
and Torres counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Carioni misses with a straight left.
Torres looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Carioni throws a lazy uppercut
letting Torres counter with a right hand.
Torres moves into the clinch.
Carioni breaks from the clinch.
Carioni misses with a wild body shot.
Torres has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Carioni is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Carioni misses with a left hand
and Torres counters with a crisp right hand that drops Carioni! Torres lets Carioni back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Carioni is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Carioni gets tagged by a hook that puts him to sleep! Torres points and yells something to his unconcious foe before strutting off. Carioni wakes up just in time to hear Torres thank his coaches in the post fight interview.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Benji Torres!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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