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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Benson Hedges (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Eldridge (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Michael Eldridge enters the cage!
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205 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
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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
3 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Benson Hedges!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Michael Eldridge!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Russell Pearce and Alyssa Summers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hedges throws a one two combo.
Eldridge throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Hedges counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hedges moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Eldridge avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hedges fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Eldridge looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Eldridge walks into a stiff left hand from Hedges.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hedges stalks Eldridge and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Eldridge's face. Eldridge staggers backwards, shaken.
Hedges throws a combination that misses
and Eldridge moves into the clinch.
Eldridge wants to break free but Hedges has control.
Eldridge drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Hedges gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Eldridge wants to get back to striking at distance but Hedges won't allow it.
Eldridge keeps control of Hedges as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Eldridge is working for takedown but Hedges is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Eldridge gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Eldridge looks gassed!
Hedges keeping control of the position.
Eldridge with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Hedges wants to control but Eldridge is keeping busy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Eldridge slips a nice elbow through Hedges's hands, connecting with Hedges's forehead.
Hedges landing rabbit punches to the side of Eldridge's head. Not doing much damage but still scoring a few points.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hedges is trying to maintain the position but Eldridge is very close to passing his half guard.
Hedges wants to get back to full guard.
Hedges avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Eldridge.
Hedges is staying active underneath Eldridge, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Hedges is trying to control but can't.
Hedges regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Eldridge.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Eldridge takes one to the chin there.
Hedges misses with a double jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good exchange - Hedges coming out on top.
Eldridge ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hedges moves away.
Hedges throws a series of strikes that have Eldridge backpedaling.
Hedges connects with a looping right hand.
Hedges lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Eldridge circles away quickly and effectively.
Hedges falls off balance throwing a combination
and Eldridge counters with a slapping leg kick.
Hedges tries to bum rush Eldridge with a series of wild strikes but Eldridge uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Eldridge scores with a nice strike.
Eldridge tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Hedges counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hedges throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Eldridge counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hedges pushes Eldridge off and gets back to his feet.
Eldridge gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Eldridge manages to break the clinch.
Benson Hedges seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hedges shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Eldridge scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Eldridge prevents Hedges from standing back up.
Eldridge throwing shots but Hedges is blocking nicely.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Eldridge wants to control but Hedges is keeping him busy.
Hedges tries to roll over but Eldridge keeps him under control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hedges blocking the ground and pound attempt from Eldridge.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Benson Hedges will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Eldridge shoots in but no luck this time.
Hedges keeps the fight on the outside.
A combination from Hedges does no damage.
Hedges is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
The fight stays on the outside here - Eldridge looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Benson Hedges is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Eldridge tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hedges paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hedges takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Hedges looks to land a combination. Eldridge sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Eldridge tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Hedges counters with a two punch combo.
Eldridge will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Hedges scores with a punch to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Eldridge is trying hard to land a takedown here. Hedges sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Benson Hedges has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Michael Eldridge.
Hedges moves into range and connects with a jab.
Eldridge tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hedges lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Eldridge circles away quickly and effectively.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hedges fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Eldridge is looking to clinch but Hedges is avoiding it.
Hedges connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Eldridge's hands.
Hedges throws a right hand that Eldridge ducks under and follows up with a left that Eldridge also avoids with ease.
Hedges keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hedges lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Eldridge tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Hedges counters with a slapping leg kick.
Eldridge avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hedges cracks Eldridge with a good jab.
Hedges blocks a leg kick.
Hedges tries to keep at a distance but Eldridge has taken the fight into the clinch.
Eldridge's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Eldridge dodges the punch combination from Hedges.
Eldridge gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Eldridge has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Hedges avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Eldridge breaks from the clinch.
Benson Hedges is winning the standup battle so far.
Eldridge closes the distance looking to clinch
and Hedges counters with a two punch combo.
Hedges stuffs the takedown attempt from Eldridge. Eldridge gets slowly back to his feet.
Hedges misses with a series of wild punches.
Hedges tries to bum rush Eldridge with a series of wild strikes but Eldridge uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eldridge fails in his attempt to clinch.
Eldridge lands a head kick. Hedges smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Hedges swats away the attempt to clinch by Eldridge.
Hedges swinging wilding here.
Eldridge changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Hedges looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Eldridge throws a strike aimed at the side of Hedges's head but Hedges avoids it well.
Hedges is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Hedges gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Eldridge has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Hedges is trying to escape the mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Eldridge scoring with strikes but Hedges is staying in there.
Eldridge scoring with strikes but Hedges is staying in there.
Eldridge working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Eldridge is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Hedges is squirming around, avoiding Eldridge's attempts to control the action.
Eldridge lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michael Eldridge showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Eldridge takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Eldridge is looking to clinch but Hedges is avoiding it.
Eldridge shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Eldridge was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Eldridge is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Hedges can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Eldridge landing punches.
Eldridge is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Hedges can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
The referee warns Hedges that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Eldridge lands a heavy elbow.
Michael Eldridge has got the better of the ground game so far.
Eldridge landing punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Eldridge working Hedges over with strikes here.
Eldridge prevents Hedges from getting the reversal.
Eldridge fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Hedges is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Eldridge with shots to the head and body - Hedges looks very uncomfortable down there.
Hedges is looking to improve his position but Eldridge isn't that keen on the idea.
Eldridge landing punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eldridge looking for a guillotine from mount but Hedges is having none of it.
Hedges is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Hedges doing his best to control the position. Can he escape?
Eldridge raining down shots from the mount!
Hedges wants to control but Eldridge is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Eldridge.
Hedges is squirming around, avoiding Eldridge's attempts to control the action.
Eldridge looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Eldridge trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Hedges is wriggling around trying to escape.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Eldridge looking to control but Hedges is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Eldridge lands a heavy elbow.
Eldridge trying to control but he's not successful this time.
A nice elbow there by Eldridge.
Eldridge cracks Hedges with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
And that's the end of the fight!
Michael Eldridge comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Eldridge 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 Steve Montenegro scores the fight 28:29
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Michael Eldridge!
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RATING
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