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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Azor Ahai (ranked 1883 p4p, 3748 weight class) and Julius Benedict (ranked 239 p4p, 386 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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36 - 26 - 3 |
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188 cm
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205
15 - 13 - 0 |
World class boxer
Very strong
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World class MT
Heavy handed
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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 36 - 26 - 3, fighting out of Los Angeles, Azor Ahai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Julius Benedict!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Roger Salmon and Paul Gruel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Benedict misses with a combination
letting Ahai counter with a right hand.
It looks like Julius Benedict has been cut.
Benedict lands with a nice body kick.
Ahai gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Benedict lands a glancing blow to the side of Ahai's head.
Benedict darts in and clinches Ahai up against the cage.
Nice body punch from Benedict.
Ahai lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Benedict keeps control of Ahai as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Benedict missing with knees to the body.
Benedict lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Benedict working aggressively here.
Ahai manages to break the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ahai finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Benedict pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ahai was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Benedict has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Benedict has closed the distance and engaged Ahai in a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ahai struggles to land a body shot inside as Benedict controls his hands.
Ahai misses with a punch on the inside.
Benedict tries to work over Ahai's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Benedict displaying some good clinch control by pressing Ahai up against the cage.
Ahai lands a right hand that snaps the head of Benedict backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Benedict.
A short right from Benedict on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ahai.
A body shot lands from Benedict.
Benedict misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ahai.
Ahai has a couple of punches blocked by Benedict.
Benedict misses with a punch to the body.
Ahai lands a hook that snaps the head of Benedict backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ahai.
Benedict tries to work over Ahai's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Benedict lands on the inside with an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benedict misses with the head strike.
Ahai tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ahai tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Benedict lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ahai backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ahai throws a head punch that misses.
Benedict lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Ahai looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ahai struggles to land a body shot inside as Benedict controls his hands.
I was talking to Ahai's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Benedict goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Benedict fails to land.
Ahai struggles to land a body shot inside as Benedict controls his hands.
Ahai throws a punch but it's blocked by Benedict.
Benedict throws a head punch that misses.
Ahai throws a head punch that misses.
Ahai blocks a body shot from Benedict.
Ahai misses with a short punch on the inside.
Benedict tries to work over Ahai's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A nice right hand lands inside from Benedict.
A shot in the inside from Ahai.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Julius Benedict dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Julius Benedict's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Benedict cracks Ahai with an open hand slap.
Benedict tries to clinch but Ahai moves away
and Ahai counters with a stiff right hand.
Benedict fails with an attempt to clinch.
Benedict attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Ahai is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Benedict darts in and clinches Ahai up against the cage.
Benedict blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Benedict gets through Ahai's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Benedict swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ahai scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Ahai tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Benedict misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ahai.
Benedict creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Benedict is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ahai is defending well for now.
Ahai working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ahai pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Benedict throws a jab but it's blocked by Ahai.
Ahai tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Benedict manages to circle out of the way.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ahai on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Ahai walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Benedict lunges at Ahai with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Ahai's hand.
Julius Benedict seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ahai on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Benedict cracks Ahai with a perfect right hand that drops him to the mat! Ahai is sitting up but I can't see if he's OK from my position. The referee's count has reached 5,6,7 and Ahai is still not up. Can he make it? 8,9,10! He's out! Ahai could not beat the count!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Julius Benedict!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
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