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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mario Benedetti (ranked 3218 p4p, 5389 weight class) and Mike McGuire (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mario Benedetti has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
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Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
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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 51 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mario Benedetti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mike McGuire!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Daniel Cesar and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McGuire lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
McGuire connects with a good right hand that stumbles Benedetti. Benedetti circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Benedetti throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and McGuire counters with a nice uppercut.
Benedetti walks into a jab.
McGuire jabs Benedetti to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Benedetti takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
McGuire gets in close and instigates a clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from McGuire.
Knees to the body from McGuire.
Benedetti is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McGuire working Benedetti over with knees to the body.
McGuire lands a knee to the body.
Good body shot from McGuire.
McGuire cracks Benedetti with a nice body shot.
A body shot lands from McGuire.
McGuire lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The referee calls for McGuire to work.
McGuire lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Benedetti backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McGuire works on Benedetti's body with a couple of short punches.
McGuire lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
McGuire crunches a lovely knee into Benedetti's ribcage.
A short right from McGuire on the inside.
McGuire lands a right hand that snaps the head of Benedetti backwards.
McGuire with a knee to the head.
A short right from McGuire.
McGuire working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
McGuire is working Benedetti over against the cage.
McGuire landing some nice looking knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McGuire lands with a short punch from the clinch.
McGuire lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Benedetti backwards.
McGuire lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Benedetti backwards.
McGuire pressing his opponent against the cage.
McGuire lands a right hand that snaps the head of Benedetti backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGuire landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Benedetti takes a shot to the head.
McGuire is working Benedetti over against the cage.
McGuire landing knees to the body.
McGuire digs a right hand underneath Benedetti's ribcage. Benedetti let out a lung full of air as it connected.
McGuire putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Benedetti in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
McGuire lands a body shot in the clinch.
McGuire stalling the fight.
A right hand to the body from McGuire.
McGuire lands a nice shot to the body.
Benedetti takes a knee to the side of the body.
McGuire is working Benedetti over against the cage.
McGuire landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Benedetti tries to pull guard but McGuire won't allow it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGuire controlling the action here for a moment.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, McGuire creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from McGuire.
McGuire has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Benedetti seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if McGuire can turn it around.
McGuire lands with a short shot to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from McGuire.
McGuire lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
McGuire throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
McGuire landing knees to the body.
McGuire crunches a lovely knee into Benedetti's ribcage.
A body shot lands from McGuire.
McGuire is working Benedetti over against the cage.
McGuire taking a breather.
McGuire crunches a lovely knee into Benedetti's ribcage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A nice left hand lands by McGuire.
McGuire scores with a hook to the body.
McGuire lands a shoulder strike.
McGuire landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
McGuire pushes Benedetti back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
McGuire pushes Benedetti back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
McGuire stalling the fight.
McGuire digs a right hand underneath Benedetti's ribcage. Benedetti let out a lung full of air as it connected.
McGuire using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
McGuire lands a right hand that snaps the head of Benedetti backwards.
Knees to the body from McGuire.
McGuire unloads a knee to the mid-section.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
McGuire landing knees to the body.
McGuire softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Nice body punch from McGuire.
McGuire lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Benedetti.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Mike McGuire dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
McGuire scores with a jab to the body.
McGuire fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Benedetti on the side of the head.
Decent striking displayed by McGuire there.
McGuire has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
McGuire dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
McGuire jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Benedetti is rocked!
A big right followed by a crushing left from McGuire knocks Benedetti out cold! Ouch - that one's going to be featured in highlight reels for years to come!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Mike McGuire!
A victorious Mike McGuire thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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