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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tobig Tofail (ranked 3112 p4p, 3348 weight class) and Gage Bennett (ranked 376 p4p, 398 weight class). Bennett has chosen High Cotton by Alabama as his entrance music. 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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191 cm 38 210 31 - 18 - 0 |
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189 cm 35 206 15 - 20 - 0 |
Good wrestling World class boxer Granite chin |
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BJJ Brown Belt World class MT Granite chin |
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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 31 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tobig Tofail! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 15 - 20 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gage Bennett! The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Dillan Fox and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Bennett with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Bennett throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle. Bennett looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Tofail throws an overhand right that lands on Bennett's shoulder, as Bennett tries to avoid the shot. Tofail thuds a left hand into Bennett's body. Bennett blocks a head kick by Tofail.
Tofail gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there. We've been informed that Bennett 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. Donk. Tofail catches Bennett right on the button with a cross.
It looks like Gage Bennett has been cut. Bennett misses with a two punch combination.
A counter left hand to the body from Tofail misses its target. Bennett scores with a nice head shot. Bennett misses with a looping right. Tofail misses with a head kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Tofail swings away with a leg kick that misses. Bennett doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter. Bennett falls off balance throwing a combination
and Tofail counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body. Bennett displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination. Tofail throws a right and a left that both miss. Tofail looks to land a left hand but Bennett moved out of range nicely. Bennett thinks about the counter body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round. Tofail digs a good hook to Bennett's body.
Tofail missing with a left hand there. Bennett was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. Tofail jabs Bennett to the body, keeping him at a distance. Bennett looks winded! Bennett swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Good leg kick by Tofail. Tofail scores with a jab. Bennett acknowledges it with a nod of the head. Tofail scores with a nice strike. Tofail has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Elite Combat Gym in the buildup to the fight. Tofail throws a series of punches but Bennett moves out of range. Bennett throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle. A nice leg kick lands there from Tofail. Tofail drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Bennett right on the button. Bennett goes down! Tofail follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Tofail gets the win via TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tobig Tofail! Tobig Tofail decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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hype
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pop
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