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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Rafael Benedetti (ranked 1578 p4p, 3421 weight class) and Tommy Chang (ranked 161 p4p, 320 weight class). 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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Excellent boxer
Granite chin
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Granite chin
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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 27 - 15 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rafael Benedetti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tommy Chang!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shirou Masuda and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Benedetti has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Benedetti there as he acknowledges the shot.
Benedetti looks to score with a jab to the body but Chang is just out of range.
Benedetti looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Benedetti misses with a low kick.
Benedetti misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Chang misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Benedetti.
Chang on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Benedetti tests Chang's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Benedetti tries to land a leg kick but Chang saw it coming and moves away.
A telegraphed right hand from Benedetti misses the target.
Benedetti will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Benedetti tries to work over Chang's front leg with a kick but Chang checks it.
Benedetti scores with a leg kick.
Chang's jab looks to have found its range, popping Benedetti under the eye.
Benedetti connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A nice inside leg kick there by Benedetti. That's going to slow Chang down.
Good work by Benedetti as he checks the leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Chang scores with a kick to the body.
The fighters circling - Chang throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Chang looks to land a right hand but Benedetti moved out of range.
Chang throws a jab but it's blocked by Benedetti.
Chang motions for Benedetti to come forward. Chang throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benedetti throws a body punch but Chang moves out of range.
Chang doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Benedetti ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Benedetti throws a leg kick but Chang checks it.
Chang lands with a thumping leg kick.
Benedetti fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Chang.
Benedetti misses with an uppercut. Chang saw that one coming.
Benedetti has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Chang.
Some bone on bone action there as Chang checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Chang scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Chang moves out of range of the strikes.
Chang tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Benedetti throws a jab when Chang was well out of range.
Benedetti swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Chang thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rafael Benedetti seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chang throws a nice looking combination but Benedetti bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Benedetti stuns Chang with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Benedetti connects with a good right hand that stumbles Chang. Chang circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
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!
Chang misses with a kick to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chang throws a shot from downtown. Benedetti moves away and avoids it.
Chang slips a jab from Benedetti.
Chang digs a good hook to Benedetti's body.
Benedetti misses with a low kick.
Benedetti swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Benedetti clinches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Benedetti.
Benedetti's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Benedetti blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Chang breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Benedetti throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Chang throws a head kick but Benedetti moves out of range.
Chang lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Benedetti backs up against the cage.
Benedetti smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A bone on bone clash there as Chang blocks the leg kick.
Benedetti finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Benedetti with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Benedetti scores with a jab.
Benedetti pulls out of a head kick attempt.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Rafael Benedetti will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Chang keeps the fight on the outside.
Chang lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Benedetti at a distance.
Chang misses with a two punch combination.
Benedetti scores with a nice strike.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Benedetti lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Chang has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Chang and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Benedetti fails with an attempt to clinch.
Chang looks to land a right hand but Benedetti moved out of range.
Benedetti tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Chang was well out of range. Poor timing from Benedetti.
Chang throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Benedetti paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Benedetti lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Chang scores with the left hand. Benedetti knows he should have avoided that one.
Benedetti takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Chang throws a leg kick but Benedetti sees it coming and checks it nicely.
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!
Benedetti moves out of range of the body kick from Chang.
Benedetti ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Chang lands with a straight right. Benedetti didn't see that one coming.
Benedetti closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Benedetti blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tommy Chang has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benedetti misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Benedetti.
Chang breaks from the clinch.
A big right from Benedetti misses.
Chang doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
A slapping body kick lands there for Chang.
Benedetti uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Chang.
Chang walks into a stiff left hand from Benedetti.
Chang blocks a head kick by Benedetti.
Chang connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Benedetti's hands.
Chang throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A good leg kick by Benedetti.
Chang walks into a jab.
Benedetti chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Benedetti is looking to score with low kicks.
Chang connects with a looping right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Chang cracks Benedetti with an open hand slap.
Benedetti bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Chang's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Chang looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chang walks into a straight right hand from Benedetti.
Chang tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Benedetti was well out of range. Poor timing from Chang.
Benedetti lands a slapping body shot.
Chang avoids a punch combination nicely.
Benedetti connects with a right hand. Chang shakes it off.
A chopping leg kick lands by Chang.
Chang ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Chang throws a hook but Benedetti blocks it.
Chang lands a nice shot to the body.
Chang does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Chang walks into a left hand.
Tommy Chang seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Benedetti drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Chang jabbing away but nothing is landing.
An inside leg kick lands from Chang.
Chang throws an overhand right that lands on Benedetti's shoulder, as Benedetti tries to avoid the shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tommy Chang showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Benedetti is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Chang.
Benedetti tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Chang was well out of range. Poor timing from Benedetti.
Chang thows a body kick. Benedetti tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Some bone on bone action there as Benedetti checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Benedetti tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Chang was well out of range. Poor timing from Benedetti.
A head kick misses from Benedetti.
Chang looks to score with a jab to the body but Benedetti is just out of range.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Chang.
A looping hook to the body misses from Chang. Benedetti does a little dance to reset his feet.
Chang just misses with a punch to the body.
Chang swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Chang tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Benedetti was well out of range. Poor timing from Chang.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chang connects with a body shot.
Chang misses with an attempted mid kick.
Nice uppercut there from Benedetti.
Benedetti looks to land a right hand but Chang moved out of range.
Chang takes a swing at Benedetti's ribcage but misses.
Chang missing with a left hand there. Benedetti was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benedetti attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Chang throws a body punch but Benedetti moves out of range.
Chang misses the shot to the body.
Benedetti takes one to the side of the head.
Benedetti moves out of range as Chang strikes.
Chang on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Chang is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Chang slips a jab from Benedetti.
Chang takes a swing at Benedetti's ribcage but misses.
Chang looks to land a left hand but Benedetti moved out of range nicely.
Nice body punch from Benedetti.
Benedetti throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Chang tries to move into range but Benedetti moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Chang misses with a head kick.
Benedetti is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Chang throws a head kick but Benedetti moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti takes the fight into the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Benedetti misses with the head strike.
Chang wants to stall.
Chang doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A bit of stalling here from Benedetti.
Benedetti misses with a hook to the ribs.
Benedetti swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Benedetti swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Chang lands a body shot.
Benedetti blocks an uppercut.
Chang digs a right hand into Benedetti's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Benedetti's gas tank.
Benedetti throws a punch but it's blocked by Chang.
Chang pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Benedetti has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Benedetti there as he acknowledges the shot.
Chang swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Benedetti cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Chang looks to throw the jab but Benedetti is out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tommy Chang comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Chang has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 28:30
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 28:29
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tommy Chang!
After winning the bout, Tommy Chang thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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