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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jose Vilela (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jimmy Benson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vilela comes to the cage accompanied by Muse - Uprising. Jose Vilela has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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200 cm
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170 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
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178 cm
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181 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Good chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jose Vilela! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jimmy Benson! The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Igor Prikhodko and Vladimir Khabensky.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Vilela blocks the body kick.
Vilela feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Benson's calf. Benson moves out of range of the leg kick from Vilela. Vilela fakes the leg kick and cracks Benson in the body. Vilela thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Benson if he has to take too many more of those.
Benson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh. Vilela throws a head kick that misses. Vilela is looking to slow Benson down with leg kicks. Benson looks gassed! The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Vilela tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Benson paws at him with a jab and circles away. Vilela wants to land a leg kick but Benson is out of range. Ouch! a nice leg kick from Vilela, right into the meat.
Benson works Vilela's body with a nice hook. Benson takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards. Nice body kick there by Vilela. Vilela feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Benson's calf. Vilela scoring well with a low kick there.
That's one minute gone in the round. Vilela buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Benson takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Jose Vilela is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Vilela. Benson shrugs it off though. Vilela throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Benson. Vilela really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape. Vilela looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Danga de danga de dang - Vilela scores with a four punch combination! The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Vilela chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Vilela throws a nice head kick!
Benson on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those. Benson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Vilela lands a head kick!
A head kick from Vilela lands but Benson takes it in his stride.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Benson avoids the head kick by Vilela.
Vilela tries a head kick but it misses.
Vilela is looking to slow Benson down with leg kicks. Vilela lands with a kick to the temple. Benson shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?" Vilela throws a sloppy head kick and Benson moves out of range easily. Jose Vilela seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Benson misses with a two punch combination.
A clash of legs there as Benson blocks the low kick. Vilela connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there. Vilela is looking to score with low kicks. Vilela keeps Benson at a distance using the push kick. Vilela wants to clinch up but Benson keeps it at a distance. Benson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Vilela pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Benson misses with a double jab
and Vilela counters with a head kick. That will keep Benson thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks! Vilela tries a head kick but it misses.
Vilela throws a body kick but he wasn't in range. Vilela feints and then cracks Benson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Benson down. Vilela throws a head kick that misses. Benson scores with a nice strike. Vilela misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Benson throws a series of punches but Vilela avoids them all with ease. Vilela uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Benson.
Vilela throws a body kick, spinning off balance and Benson counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body. Vilela throws a half hearted mid kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless. Benson moves out of range as Vilela strikes. Vilela throws a head kick that half lands.
Vilela throws a lazy right hand but Benson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily. Benson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Benson misses with a series of wild punches.
Benson closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Vilela quickly recovers to half guard. Benson content to sit in half guard and control for a moment. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Vilela is trying to stand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jose Vilela dominated that round. The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Vilela throws a head kick that misses. Vilela tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Benson paws at him with a jab and circles away. Benson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Vilela. Benson misses with the combination.
Vilela plants his feet and lands a nice head kick! Jose Vilela is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. Vilela scores with a head kick.
Vilela moves into range and connects with a jab. Vilela throws a head kick that misses. Benson closes this distance looking for a takedown but Vilela circles away. Vilela attempts a low kick but it misses it's target. Vilela misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Vilela is looking to slow Benson down with leg kicks. Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. Vilela turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round. A low kick from Vilela is predictable there and Benson counters with a left and a right that stings Vilela. Vilela slaps away a takedown attempt from Benson, before circling back to the center of the mat. Benson misses with a double jab.
Benson has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Vilela. Benson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh. Benson closes this distance looking for a takedown but Vilela circles away. Jose Vilela has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jimmy Benson. Vilela throws a body kick that misses. Vilela connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt. Vilela throws a leg kick and Benson counters with a nice double leg into side control. Vilela won't be happy with that. Vilela is trying to escape and get back to his feet. Vilela is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round. The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult. Benson is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position. Vilela is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Benson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Vilela keeps working. Benson wants to take a breather but Vilela manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Benson.
That's four minutes gone in the round. The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight. Benson trying to control but Vilela is working from the bottom. The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up. Vilela looking to hit a scissor sweep but Benson is one step ahead there. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jose Vilela dominated that second round. The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Benson shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it. Benson will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts. Vilela throws a head kick that misses and Benson counters with a single leg into guard. Vilela didn't expect that. Vilela keeping moving, preventing Benson from controlling successfully. Vilela is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far. Vilela keeping moving, preventing Benson from controlling successfully. Benson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round. Vilela trying to control the position here. Vilela lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Benson!
That's two 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. Vilela takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though. Vilela trying to control but he's not successful this time. Vilela controlling from the full mount. Vilela wants to control the pace but Benson is squirming around nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Benson's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up. Vilela content just to control the position here.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Jose Vilela wasn't doing enough on the ground. Vilela lands with a nice body kick. A nice inside leg kick there by Vilela. That's going to slow Benson down. Benson's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down. Vilela moves into range and lands a nice leg kick. Vilela feints and then cracks Benson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Benson down. Benson takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Benson takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Vilela connects with a high kick. Jose Vilela is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Vilela connects with a high kick. Vilela turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick. Benson walks forward, straight into a front kick from Vilela. A nice leg kick lands there from Vilela. Vilela lands a head kick. Benson smiles back at him and beckons him forward. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Vilela avoids a punch combination nicely.
Vilela swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Benson closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard. Vilela is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Benson's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Benson's back! Jimmy Benson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here! Vilela controls the position.
And that's the end of the fight! Jose Vilela showed his dominance in that final round. Well I reckon that's a shut out for Vilela, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:27 Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 30:27 Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jose Vilela!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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