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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Manuel Silva (ranked 1183 p4p, 1128 weight class) and Mark Beneke (ranked 156 p4p, 152 weight class). Mark Beneke will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 28 - 24 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Manuel Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mark Beneke!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Mauricio Rocha and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beneke's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Silva connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Beneke scrambles back to his feet.
Silva scores with a jab. Beneke acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
We've been informed that Beneke 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.
Beneke slips a jab from Silva.
Beneke lands a nice shot that snaps Silva's head back.
Silva connects with the punch.
Beneke throws a looping overhand right but Silva ducks down to avoid it.
Sloppy strikes from Silva. Those never looked like landing.
Beneke with a nice calf kick.
Beneke shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Beneke blocks a jab.
Beneke missing with a left hand there. Silva was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Beneke looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Beneke throws out a powerful jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A left lands for Silva.
Beneke moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Silva uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Beneke.
Silva tries to counter with a takedown but Beneke is quick to defend against it.
Silva throws the left hand but Beneke avoids the punch easily.
A swing and a miss from Silva.
Silva tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Beneke was well out of range. Poor timing from Silva.
Silva ducks under a wild hook from Beneke.
Beneke misses the jab.
Beneke scores with a nice head shot.
Beneke moves out of range as Silva strikes.
Beneke lands a head shot.
Silva throws a hook but Beneke avoids it easily.
Nice uppercut there from Silva.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Beneke slips a straight right by Silva.
Beneke scores with a jab to the jaw.
Silva throws a shot from downtown. Beneke moves away and avoids it.
Beneke moves away from the strike by Silva.
Silva swings for the body but Beneke moves out of range.
Beneke fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Silva on the side of the head.
Silva tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Beneke was well out of range. Poor timing from Silva.
Silva loads up on a big right hand but Beneke slips the punch.
Silva swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Silva misses with an uppercut. Beneke saw that one coming.
Beneke defending well as Silva loads up on a big left hand.
Beneke scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Silva is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
The fighters circling - Beneke throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Silva cracks Beneke with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Danga de danga de dang - Beneke scores with a four punch combination!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Beneke throws a quick inside leg kick.
Beneke keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Silva.
Beneke blocks a jab.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Beneke waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Silva.
Silva is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Beneke shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Silva defends it nicely.
Silva moves away from the strike by Beneke.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Silva misses.
Beneke fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Silva checks it well.
Beneke ducks under a wild hook from Silva.
Silva throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Silva throws an overhand right that lands on Beneke's shoulder, as Beneke tries to avoid the shot.
A little jabbing left from Beneke on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Beneke getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Beneke throws a jab when Silva was well out of range.
Manuel Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Silva uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Beneke.
Beneke connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Silva misses with a hook.
Silva just misses with a punch to the body.
Silva throws a looping overhand right but Beneke ducks down to avoid it.
Silva throws a hook but Beneke avoids it easily.
Beneke throws a fast counter high kick but Silva manages to duck under it in time.
Silva scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Beneke throws out a loose jab but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silva jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Beneke thuds his right hand into Silva's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Beneke dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Silva throws a body shot but no joy.
Good exchange - Silva coming out on top.
A swing and a miss from Silva.
Beneke steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Silva.
Beneke lands a slapping body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses the jab.
Beneke throws a jab but it's blocked by Silva.
Beneke connects with a leg kick.
Beneke misses with a straight right.
Beneke uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Silva.
A nice side step and Beneke releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Silva throws a hook to the side of Beneke's head but Beneke sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Silva getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Beneke closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A telegraphed right hand from Beneke misses the target.
Beneke tries for a takedown but Silva sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Silva walks into a jab.
Silva misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Beneke.
Beneke keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Silva throws a lazy right hand but Beneke sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Silva throws a looping overhand right but Beneke ducks down to avoid it.
Beneke is looking to land body kicks.
Silva attempts a counter takedown but Beneke avoids it well and moves away.
The crowd cheers as Beneke lands an impressive looking overhand right. Silva doesn't seem phased though.
Beneke misses with a jab, cross combination.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva missing with a left hand there. Beneke was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Silva misses with a hook.
Silva throws an overhand right that lands on Beneke's shoulder, as Beneke tries to avoid the shot.
Silva swings for the body but Beneke moves out of range.
Beneke lands a jab-cross combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Beneke scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Silva scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Silva uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Beneke is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Silva.
Beneke darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Silva controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Beneke is controlling the pace.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Mark Beneke will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Beneke clinches up with Silva and pushes him back against the cage.
Silva tries to throw a body punch but Beneke avoids it by throwing Silva back against the cage.
Silva misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Silva doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Beneke scores with a nice hook to the head.
Silva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silva swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Beneke misses the jab.
Silva keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Beneke.
Beneke ducks under a wild hook from Silva.
Beneke throws a big shot that misses.
A decent looking cross lands there for Beneke.
Silva throws a body punch but Beneke moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva throws an overhand right that lands on Beneke's shoulder, as Beneke tries to avoid the shot.
Silva misses with a looping right.
Silva takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A slow jab from Silva misses its intended target.
Beneke moves away from the strike by Silva.
Beneke throws a hook but Silva avoids it easily.
Beneke lands a really nice looking cross but Silva seems unphased.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Beneke slips a straight right by Silva.
Silva defending well as Beneke loads up on a big left hand.
Beneke throws a hook to the side of Silva's head but Silva sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Silva throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Beneke sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Silva fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Silva misses the jab.
Beneke misses with a hook.
Beneke steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Silva.
Silva loads up on a big right hand but Beneke slips the punch.
Silva throws a shot from downtown. Beneke moves away and avoids it.
Nice defenses there by Beneke.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Beneke! But no joy.
Beneke thows a body kick. Silva tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Beneke connects with a leg kick.
Beneke keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Beneke listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Silva misses with a wild body shot.
Silva cracks Beneke with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Beneke misses with a straight left.
The fighters circling - Silva throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Beneke thuds a left hand into Silva's body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva thows a left - swing and a miss!
Beneke connects with the punch.
Silva tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Beneke was well out of range. Poor timing from Silva.
Beneke throws out a counter right but Silva avoids it with no problem.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva moves out of range as Beneke strikes.
Silva looks to land a left hand but Beneke moved out of range nicely.
Beneke displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Silva throws out the jab.
Beneke blocks a jab.
Silva has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Silva with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Beneke to score with a decent uppercut.
Beneke throws a series of punches but Silva moves out of range.
Beneke thows a left - swing and a miss!
Silva tries to counter with a takedown but Beneke is quick to defend against it.
Beneke avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Silva swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Beneke lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Beneke walks into a left hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Silva. Beneke does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mark Beneke seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A big left from Silva misses.
Silva thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nice shot lands for Beneke.
A nice leg kick lands there from Beneke.
Silva waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Beneke.
Silva swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Beneke throws a shot from downtown. Silva moves away and avoids it.
Silva lands a jab.
Silva throws a looping overhand right but Beneke ducks down to avoid it.
Silva missing with a left hand there. Beneke was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Beneke shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Silva defends it nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beneke misses with a looping left.
Silva looks to score with a jab to the body but Beneke is just out of range.
That kick from Beneke tenderised Silva's leg. Silva is trying to keep his angry face on.
Silva gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Beneke.
Good shot there by Beneke.
Beneke ducks under a wild hook from Silva.
Silva changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Silva misses with a looping right.
Beneke ducks right into an uppercut from Silva.
A slow jab from Silva misses its intended target.
Beneke bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Beneke throws a right and a left that both miss.
Silva misses with a wild body shot.
Silva bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Beneke's head.
Silva misses the shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Silva throws a big shot that misses.
Beneke keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Silva.
Beneke throws a looping overhand right but Silva ducks down to avoid it.
Beneke uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Silva.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beneke smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Silva misses with a body shot.
Beneke looks to land a left hand but Silva moved out of range nicely.
Beneke tests Silva's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Silva throws a looping overhand right but Beneke ducks down to avoid it.
Beneke uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Silva.
Silva throws a lazy right hand but Beneke sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Silva looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Silva walks into a stiff left hand from Beneke.
Beneke connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Beneke cracks a nice hook into Silva's ribs.
Silva throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jab by Beneke.
Beneke takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A lazy left from Silva finds it's target.
Silva with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Beneke to score with a decent uppercut.
Silva works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Beneke lands a glancing blow to the side of Silva's head.
Nice straight punches there by Beneke. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Beneke.
Beneke moves out of range of the strikes.
Silva jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Beneke scores with a jab to the body.
Beneke digs a good hook to Silva's body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Mark Beneke will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Beneke defending well as Silva loads up on a big left hand.
Manuel Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Beneke ducks under a wild hook from Silva.
Beneke lets loose with a powerful body kick. Silva will feel that in the morning.
Beneke misses the jab.
Silva misses with an uppercut. Beneke saw that one coming.
Silva just misses with a punch to the body.
Beneke slips under a jab.
Silva throws an overhand right that lands on Beneke's shoulder, as Beneke tries to avoid the shot.
Beneke uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Silva has time to react.
Silva throws a hook but Beneke blocks it.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Silva crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Beneke - the referee stops the clock and Silva gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Beneke. Silva manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Beneke blocks a jab.
Beneke avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Beneke takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Beneke lands a lovely overhand right.
A jab lands there for Beneke.
The fighters circle momentarily. Beneke darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Beneke connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
A telegraphed right hand from Silva misses the target.
Beneke looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Silva swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Silva throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Beneke throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Silva on the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Beneke.
A swing and a miss from Silva.
Beneke throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Beneke ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Beneke lands a slapping body shot.
Silva misses with a looping right.
Silva waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Beneke.
Silva throws a body punch but Beneke moves out of range.
Beneke throws out a counter right but Silva avoids it with no problem.
Beneke scores with a punch to the head.
Beneke scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Silva ducks right into an uppercut from Beneke.
Beneke darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Silva is rocked!
Jab by Beneke.
Oh Silva is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Beneke drops Silva with a naaaaasty hook - Silva is in real trouble here! Beneke dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mark Beneke!
After the fight, Mark Beneke was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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