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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy Graham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Bennett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bennett has chosen Sauf Keita-Tomorrow as his entrance music. Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Mike Bennett enters the cage!
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175 cm
25
155 lbs
5 - 5 - 0 |
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182 cm
26
153 lbs
12 - 14 - 1 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Good kicks
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jimmy Graham! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
12 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mike Bennett! The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Patrick Alders and Daniel Blasius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Bennett.
Graham is trying hard to land a takedown here. Bennett sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet. A telegraphed takedown attempt from Graham is defended easily by Bennett. Graham shoots in for a takedown but Bennett shows good takedown defense. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jimmy Graham. That's going to take a lot out of him. Graham will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts. Jimmy Graham seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Bennett leaves Graham with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt. Bennett decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard. Bennett throwing shots but Graham is blocking nicely. Bennett lands strikes from half guard. Bennett has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan. Bennett not landing any meaningful shots this time. Bennett is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound. The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Bennett lands a nice short elbow. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Graham is breathing heavily. Bennett looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Graham with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position. Bennett frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
That's one minute gone in the round. Bennett with shots to the head and body - Graham looks very uncomfortable down there. Bennett landing strikes from the mount.
Graham is rocked!
It looks like Jimmy Graham has been cut. Bennett cracks Graham with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mike Bennett!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
98% |
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