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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bob Benton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chuck Swift (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chuck Swift has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Bob Benton's chin.
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220 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bob Benton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Chuck Swift!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, John Roberts and David Schapiro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Swift slips a straight right by Benton.
Benton misses with a series of wild punches.
Swift takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Benton takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
It looks like Bob Benton has been cut.
Swift moves into the clinch.
Benton lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Swift backwards.
Swift lands a takedown into guard.
Swift postures up in Benton's guard and throws a big left but Benton blocks it.
Swift trying to control the position from guard on top but Benton is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Swift is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Benton is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Benton has escaped and now he's on top!
Benton has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Swift is trying to keep Benton in close.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Swift wants to sweep here but Benton controlling him for the moment.
Benton wanted to stand there but Swift had control of the position.
Benton being controlled here momentarily.
Benton would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
That's two 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.
Swift tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Swift checks a leg kick.
Swift misses with an uppercut.
Benton waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Swift.
Benton throws a front kick aimed at Swift's knee but Swift avoids it well.
Swift misses with a wild combination.
The crowd cheers as Swift lands an impressive looking overhand right. Benton doesn't seem phased though.
Swift scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Benton doesn't seem bothered though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swift cracks Benton with a right hand to the side of the head.
Swift swings for the body but Benton moves out of range.
Swift clinches with his opponent.
Swift working aggressively here.
Benton manages to break the clinch.
Swift chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Benton can pounce on him.
An inside leg kick from Benton misses.
Swift swings away with a body shot that misses
and Benton counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Swift misses with a hook to the body
and Benton counters with a left to the body.
Jab from Benton.
It looks like Chuck Swift has been cut.
Benton closes the distance and clinches.
A short uppercut from Benton.
Swift goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Swift is working Benton over against the cage.
Swift throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Benton blocks it with crossed arms.
A right hand to the body from Benton.
Swift creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A left hand lands to the body for Benton.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Swift tries to land knees in the clinch but Benton avoids the damage to the body.
Benton misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Swift takes a shot to the head.
Swift misses with a punch on the inside.
Swift makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Swift is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Benton is trying to break the clinch but Swift is controlling him.
Benton blocks an uppercut.
Swift tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Swift's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Swift keeps control of Benton as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Benton misses with a body punch.
Swift pushes Benton back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Swift throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bentons head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chuck Swift dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Swift displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Benton tries to land a leg kick but Swift saw it coming and moves away.
Swift slips under a jab from Benton.
A jab lands there for Swift.
Benton uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Swift.
Swift tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Benton paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Swift ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Benton moves away.
Benton misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Swift counters with a stiff right hand.
Swift fails with a takedown attempt.
Benton circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benton throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Swift.
Benton misses with a hook to the body
and Swift counters with a stiff right hand.
Swift connects with a single shot there.
Swift lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Swift is looking to clinch but Benton is avoiding it.
Benton throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Swift misses with a hook.
Benton scores with a one two! Swift had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Benton throws a series of punches but Swift avoids them all with ease.
Benton misses with a body shot.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Swift.
Nice body punch from Benton.
Benton wants to stall.
Benton working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A left hand lands to the body for Benton.
Swift tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Swift blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Benton throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Benton has a couple of punches blocked by Swift.
Benton is pressed up against the cage. Swift has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Benton down to the mat. Benton avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Benton just misses with a punch to the body.
Benton throws a low kick but Swift moves out of range easily.
Swift throws a sloppy body shot
and Benton cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Chuck Swift seems to be getting the better of the standup.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Benton closes the distance and clinches.
Swift is looking to control Benton's arms but Benton gets an underhook and turns him. Now Swift has his back to the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benton can't find room to land a body shot as Swift controls the action.
Benton lands a shot to the body.
Swift is breathing heavily.
Benton swings wildly with an uppercut but Swift uses good head movement to avoid it.
Benton pushes Swift back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Benton lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Benton's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Swift moves into range and connects with a jab.
Benton keeps the fight on the outside.
Benton misses with a hook to the body
and Swift counters with a slapping leg kick.
Benton will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Benton avoids the head kick by Swift.
Swift throws a combination. Benton tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Bob Benton's cut is getting worse.
Benton throws a leg kick but Swift sees it coming and moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benton punishes Swift's body with a nice straight punch.
Swift misses with a wild body shot.
Swift chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Benton can pounce on him.
Benton falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Swift counter with a right hand.
Benton misses with a jab, cross combination.
Benton misses with a double jab.
Benton is looking to wear down Swift with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Swift slips a straight right by Benton.
Bob Benton is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Swift misses with a double jab
and Benton counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bob Benton is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Swift closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bob Benton dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Swift circles away from the clinch attempt.
Swift throws a jab when Benton was well out of range.
Swift fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Benton looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Swift scores with a jab to the body.
Swift keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Benton throws a big shot that misses.
Benton blocks a jab.
Swift tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Benton with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Swift to score with a decent uppercut.
Swift takes the fight into the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Swift.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Benton.
Benton takes a shot to the head.
Swift misses with a knee to the head.
Swift digs a right hand into Benton's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Benton's gas tank.
Swift looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Benton makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Swift fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Benton is looking to break free of the clinch but Swift has double underhooks.
Swift looking to stall.
Swift throws an elbow that misses.
Swift stalling.
Benton wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Benton.
Swift misses with a punch on the inside.
Benton wants to get back to striking at distance but Swift won't allow it.
A frustrated look appears on Benton's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Swift pushes off an throws an elbow but Benton leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Swift as the two fighters clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Benton blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Swift lands with a light punch inside.
Benton looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Benton lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Swift lands a knee to the head.
Swift misses with a knee to the head.
Swift takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Benton.
Swift stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Swift keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Benton's efforts to push away.
Still in the clinch, Benton scores with a nice short uppercut.
Swift avoiding damage.
Benton throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Swift goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Benton on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Swift tries a knee to the head but Benton blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swift tries to land a knee to the head but Benton blocks with his arms.
Swift is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Benton pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Swift doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Benton scores with a shot to the side of Swift's head.
Benton misses with a punch on the inside.
Swift goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Benton avoids a wild elbow strike from Swift.
A short right from Benton on the inside.
Benton stalling.
Benton throws an elbow but it misses.
Swift misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Swift has a couple of punches blocked by Benton.
A hook to the body from Swift.
Benton fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Benton managing to block the knees to the body from Swift.
Benton works on Swift's body with a couple of short punches.
Bob Benton has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Benton blocks a body shot from Swift.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Swift with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Benton tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Swift lands a left hand.
Swift is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Benton lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Benton tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A body shot lands from Benton.
A left hand lands to the body for Benton.
Benton is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A short right from Benton on the inside.
Benton has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Benton lands a body shot in the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Benton.
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!
Benton lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Benton lands a body punch in the clinch.
Benton lands a nice uppercut.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bob Benton showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Benton has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 29:28
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 29:28
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bob Benton!
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