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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ritanzo Benzo (ranked 701 p4p, 1330 weight class) and Hideyoshi Yamasaki (ranked 84 p4p, 137 weight class). Yamasaki comes into a darkened arena with his song building. 2Pac - Only God Can Judge Me kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Hideyoshi Yamasaki has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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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 8 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ritanzo Benzo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Hideyoshi Yamasaki!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Stewart Dunkirk and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Benzo lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Yamasaki is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Benzo.
Yamasaki misses with a straight right.
Benzo looks to land a left hand but Yamasaki moved out of range nicely.
Yamasaki throws a poor cross that misses
and Benzo counters with a low kick, right behind Yamasaki 's knee.
Yamasaki rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Benzo counters with a nice body kick.
We've been told by Benzo's head coaches at The Hidden that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Benzo lands a nice hook to Yamasaki's body. Yamasaki takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Benzo throws the kick towards the body but Yamasaki avoids it.
Benzo misses with a series of wild punches.
Yamasaki looks to land a left hand but Benzo moved out of range nicely.
Yamasaki walks into a left hand.
Yamasaki connects with a body shot.
Good shot there by Benzo.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yamasaki thows a left - swing and a miss!
Yamasaki uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Benzo.
A nice side step and Yamasaki releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Benzo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Yamasaki slips under a jab from Benzo.
Benzo throws an overhand right that lands on Yamasaki's shoulder, as Yamasaki tries to avoid the shot.
Yamasaki looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Yamasaki keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Benzo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benzo ducks under a wild hook from Yamasaki.
Yamasaki throws a looping overhand right but Benzo ducks down to avoid it.
Benzo slips a jab from Yamasaki.
Yamasaki misses with a series of wild punches.
Benzo cracks Yamasaki with a right hand to the side of the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Benzo. Yamasaki does a little dance to reset his feet.
Benzo throws a right and a left that Yamasaki avoids nicely.
Yamasaki lands with an overhand left.
Yamasaki swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Benzo instigates a clinch.
Yamasaki blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Yamasaki is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Yamasaki lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Benzo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Benzo lands a shoulder strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yamasaki fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Benzo throws a head punch that misses.
Benzo leaning against his opponent.
Benzo working aggressively here.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Benzo creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Benzo tries a body shot but Yamasaki blocks it.
Benzo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Yamasaki's elbow.
Yamasaki working hard to break the clinch.
Yamasaki blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yamasaki.
Benzo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Yamasaki creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Benzo misses with the head strike.
Benzo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Benzo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Yamasaki swings wildly with an uppercut but Benzo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Benzo breaks the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamasaki walks into a left hand.
Yamasaki misses with a series of wild punches.
Yamasaki throws a looping overhand right but Benzo ducks down to avoid it.
Benzo scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Yamasaki misses with a looping right.
Benzo throws a hook but Yamasaki blocks it.
Yamasaki looks to land a combination but Benzo avoids it well.
Yamasaki misses with a hook.
Yamasaki swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A bone on bone clash there as Yamasaki blocks the leg kick.
Yamasaki lands a lovely overhand right.
Yamasaki throws a jab but it's blocked by Benzo.
Benzo throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jab, jab by Benzo - just one landing.
An inside leg kick lands from Benzo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Benzo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yamasaki moves away.
Yamasaki swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Benzo connects with a looping right hand.
Benzo slips a straight right by Yamasaki.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
A right handed body shot lands from Benzo.
Yamasaki misses with the head strike.
A short body shot lands from Benzo as the two fighters clinch.
Yamasaki swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Yamasaki struggles to land a body shot inside as Benzo controls his hands.
Benzo lands an uppercut.
Benzo struggles to land a body shot inside as Yamasaki controls his hands.
Yamasaki breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Yamasaki misses with an uppercut.
Benzo misses with a looping left.
Yamasaki might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Benzo lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ritanzo Benzo dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Benzo misses with a two punch combination.
Yamasaki scores with a nice strike.
Benzo is looking to slow Yamasaki down with leg kicks.
Benzo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Yamasaki.
Benzo was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Yamasaki uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Benzo.
Yamasaki looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Benzo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Yamasaki can do to turn this around?
Benzo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Yamasaki circles away quickly and effectively.
Benzo pushes Yamasaki up against the cage in a clinch.
Yamasaki blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Benzo keeps control of Yamasaki as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Benzo lands a body punch in the clinch.
Yamasaki throws a head punch that misses.
Benzo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Benzo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Benzo lands a body shot.
Benzo gets through Yamasaki's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Benzo stalling against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yamasaki.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamasaki gets through Benzo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Yamasaki tries to break the clinch but Benzo is controlling the position.
A right hook to the body lands for Benzo.
Yamasaki has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Benzo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Yamasaki has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Benzo seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Yamasaki can turn it around.
Benzo tries to work over Yamasaki's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short right from Benzo.
Yamasaki is rocked!
Benzo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Yamasaki is still on wobbly legs! Can Benzo finish him?
Yamasaki blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Benzo working aggressively here.
Benzo lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Yamasaki to his knees! Benzo keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ritanzo Benzo!
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hype
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