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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Aleksander Zhilin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jake Benevidi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jake Benevidi has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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190 lbs
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192 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Aleksander Zhilin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jake Benevidi!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Ivan Kurochkin and Illya Tyunina.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Benevidi displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Zhilin.
Zhilin fails to land the takedown.
Zhilin is looking to clinch but Benevidi is avoiding it.
No luck for Zhilin with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Aleksander Zhilin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Zhilin walks into a left hand.
Zhilin takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Benevidi lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Zhilin takes one to the side of the head.
Benevidi stuffs the takedown attempt from Zhilin. Zhilin gets slowly back to his feet.
Nice jab there from Benevidi.
Benevidi lands an overhand right.
Benevidi cracks Zhilin with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Benevidi circles away from the clinch attempt.
Zhilin checks the leg kick nicely there.
Benevidi lands a glancing blow to the side of Zhilin's head.
Benevidi cracks Zhilin with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A lazy left from Benevidi finds it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benevidi scores with a sloppy right hand. Zhilin should have avoided that one.
Zhilin takes one on the button.
Benevidi scores with a jab to the jaw.
Zhilin moves into the clinch.
Zhilin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Zhilin doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A jab from Benevidi does it's job there.
Benevidi darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Benevidi landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Benevidi stands up from half guard.
Benevidi clobbers Zhilin with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Zhilin shoots and misses
and Benevidi counters with a left to the body.
Zhilin is breathing heavily.
Zhilin dodges the punch combination from Benevidi.
Zhilin moves forwards but Benevidi connects with a nice, crisp jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benevidi stuns Zhilin with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Benevidi lands a nice leg kick that just misses Zhilin's sensitive parts.
Benevidi is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Zhilin had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Benevidi with a jab.
Benevidi smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A jab lands there for Benevidi.
Zhilin tries for a takedown but Benevidi circles away easily
and Benevidi counters with a two punch combo.
Benevidi works over Zhilin's head and body with a nice combination.
Zhilin has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Zhilin there as he acknowledges the shot.
Zhilin checks a leg kick nicely.
Benevidi lands with a nice body punch.
Benevidi throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Zhilin was covering up waiting for the punch and Benevidi finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Benevidi seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benevidi scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Zhilin wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Benevidi is now in half guard.
Benevidi working the head and body with strikes.
Benevidi content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Benevidi drops an elbow to the side of Zhilin's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benevidi performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Benevidi decides to stand and escape the position.
Benevidi slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Benevidi 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 Zhilin has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Zhilin and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Zhilin looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Zhilin looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Benevidi.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Zhilin takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Zhilin tries for a takedown but Benevidi circles away easily
letting Benevidi counter with a right hand.
Benevidi looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jake Benevidi dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Benevidi fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Benevidi looks to land a combination but Zhilin avoids it well.
Zhilin takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Zhilin is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Benevidi.
Jake Benevidi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Benevidi scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Zhilin doesn't seem bothered though.
Good exchange - Benevidi coming out on top.
Zhilin gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Benevidi counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Decent striking displayed by Benevidi there.
Benevidi works the jab nicely.
Zhilin on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Benevidi throws a shot to the body.
Benevidi connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Zhilin takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A decent looking cross lands there for Benevidi.
Benevidi looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Zhilin!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benevidi with the ground and pound from mount.
Benevidi fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Benevidi is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Zhilin can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Benevidi lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Benevidi punishing his opponent with strikes.
Benevidi controlling from mount.
Benevidi is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Benevidi landing shots from mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benevidi controlling from the full mount.
Benevidi is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Zhilin can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Benevidi is landing with some decent strikes but Zhilin is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Benevidi is landing with some decent strikes but Zhilin is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Benevidi lands a heavy elbow.
Benevidi working away from the top, dropping strikes.
The referee warns Zhilin that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benevidi controlling from the full mount.
Zhilin is desperately trying to improve his position but Benevidi has a good base and remains in mount.
Zhilin wants to control but Benevidi is having none of it.
Benevidi controlling from the full mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Benevidi with the ground and pound from mount.
Benevidi connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Benevidi tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Benevidi scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Benevidi punishing his opponent with strikes.
Benevidi controlling from the full mount.
Benevidi lands a big elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jake Benevidi 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!
Benevidi scores with the left hand. Zhilin knows he should have avoided that one.
Benevidi cracks Zhilin with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Zhilin takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Jab from Benevidi.
Zhilin takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Jab by Benevidi.
Zhilin shoots and misses
and Benevidi counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Benevidi has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Benevidi lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Zhilin doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Benevidi counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Zhilin!
Benevidi lands a big shot there that rocks Zhilin but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Zhilin wants to hold on but Benevidi pushes him away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Benevidi raining down shots from the mount!
A nice elbow there by Benevidi.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benevidi looking to control and managing it successfully.
Benevidi landing strikes, looking to finish!
Benevidi controlling his opponent.
The referee warns Zhilin that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Benevidi cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Benevidi lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benevidi scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Zhilin?
Zhilin is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Benevidi with good strikes from the mount here!
Jake Benevidi has got the better of the ground game so far.
Benevidi is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Benevidi lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
A nice elbow there by Benevidi.
Benevidi unloading with bombs!
Benevidi putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Benevidi looking to control and managing it successfully.
Benevidi dominating with strikes here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benevidi avoids the attempt from Zhilin to control.
Benevidi with shots to the head and body - Zhilin looks very uncomfortable down there.
Zhilin is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Benevidi avoids the attempt from Zhilin to control.
Benevidi lands with some strikes.
Zhilin in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Benevidi punishing his opponent with strikes.
Benevidi with the ground and pound from mount.
Benevidi working Zhilin over with strikes here.
Benevidi tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Zhilin is looking to get to half guard.
Zhilin tries to hold on but Benevidi postures up.
Benevidi working the ground and pound effectively.
Aleksander Zhilin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jake Benevidi is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Benevidi is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Zhilin can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jake Benevidi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Benevidi winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 24:30
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 24:30
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jake Benevidi!
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