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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Fred Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jake Benevidi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Fred Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jake Benevidi!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Viktor Lagutenko and Dmitry Maklakov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Benevidi scores with a jab to the body.
Silva takes one to the chin there.
Silva looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Silva slips under a jab from Benevidi.
Silva shoots for a double leg takedown but Benevidi sprawls well. He's pushed Silva's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Silva throws a series of punches but Benevidi avoids them all with ease.
Benevidi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silva moves away.
Benevidi throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Silva tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Benevidi is in Silva's guard.
Silva utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Benevidi wants to stand but Silva has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Silva is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Silva working a defensive guard here.
Silva working a defensive guard but Benevidi manages to pass into side control anyway.
Silva is working to avoid the ground and pound but Benevidi connects with a decent elbow.
Benevidi trying to control the position but Silva is working away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benevidi decides to stand back up. Benevidi steps back and let's Silva get back to his feet.
Benevidi misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Silva takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Silva walks into a left hand.
A combination from Silva does no damage.
Benevidi thows a body shot but no joy.
A looping hook to the body misses from Benevidi. Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.
Silva misses with a takedown
and Silva takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Benevidi misses with a looping right.
Benevidi throws a hook but Silva avoids it easily.
No luck for Silva with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Fred Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Benevidi lands a slapping body shot.
Benevidi throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Silva misses with a combination
so Benevidi counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Benevidi pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Silva is keeping the position for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva is trying to hold Benevidi in close to prevent damage but Benevidi has managed to pass into half guard.
Benevidi slips a nice elbow through Silva's hands, connecting with Silva's forehead.
Silva tries to roll over but Benevidi keeps him under control.
Silva works his way to full guard. Good work.
Benevidi stands up from Silva's guard - Benevidi perhaps looking for a knockout.
Benevidi scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Benevidi throws a body punch but Silva moves out of range.
Benevidi throws a hook to the side of Silva's head but Silva sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Benevidi throws out a powerful jab.
Jake Benevidi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva misses the jab.
Silva throws a series of punches but Benevidi avoids them all with ease.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with a few strikes there.
Benevidi throws a hook but Silva blocks it.
Nice cross by Benevidi.
Silva misses with a double jab
and Benevidi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Benevidi has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Benevidi loads up on a big right hand but Silva slips the punch.
Silva throws an overhand right that lands on Benevidi's shoulder, as Benevidi tries to avoid the shot.
Benevidi scores with a crisp jab that stopped Silva in his tracks.
Benevidi has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Silva jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Benevidi is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Silva shoots for a takedown but Benevidi saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Silva works over Benevidi's head and body with a nice combination.
Benevidi looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Benevidi leaves Silva with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
A combination from Silva does no damage.
Silva misses with the combination.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva avoids the body shot from Benevidi.
Silva swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Benevidi bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Silva's head.
Silva swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Benevidi counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Silva looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Benevidi puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Silva regains full guard. Nicely done.
Silva utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Benevidi loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Benevidi gets to his feet. Silva looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Silva misses with a takedown attempt
and Silva takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Silva takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Benevidi with a jab.
Silva doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Benevidi scores with a body shot.
Silva shoots in looking for a takedown. Benevidi tries to sprawl out of it but Silva keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Benevidi manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jake Benevidi dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Benevidi showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Silva.
Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Benevidi.
A left lands for Benevidi.
Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Benevidi.
Benevidi dodges the punch combination from Silva.
Silva throws a left and a right that both miss
and Benevidi counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Benevidi swings for the body but Silva moves out of range.
Benevidi fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Silva looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Nice body punch from Benevidi.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Silva stalks Benevidi and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Benevidi's face. Benevidi staggers backwards, shaken.
Silva closes the distance and clinches up with Benevidi, looking for a takedown. Silva pushes Benevidi against the cage but Benevidi circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Silva on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Silva misses with a double jab.
Silva is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Benevidi.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benevidi moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Silva has his takedown stuffed
and Benevidi counters with a shoot takedown. Silva fights it but they end up in guard.
Benevidi won't allow Silva to sweep him here.
Benevidi trying to control the position from guard on top but Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Silva looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Benevidi must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Silva is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Silva is trying to control the action in half guard but Benevidi is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Silva is looking for a kimura here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva is looking to stall here but Benevidi recovers full guard.
Silva looking to pass the guard.
Jake Benevidi has got the better of the ground game so far.
Silva gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Nice sprawl there from Benevidi as Silva shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Fred Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Benevidi counters with a nice double leg into guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Silva is working an open guard so Benevidi takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Benevidi is breathing heavily.
Silva shoots in looking for a takedown. Benevidi tries to sprawl out of it but Silva keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Benevidi manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Silva doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Benevidi lands a jab to the head.
Benevidi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silva was well out of range. Poor timing from Benevidi.
Silva throws a combination that misses
and Benevidi counters with a one-two to the body.
Benevidi misses with a series of wild punches.
Silva throws a looping overhand right but Benevidi ducks down to avoid it.
Benevidi works over Silva's head and body with a nice combination.
Silva misses with a combination
and Benevidi counters with a nice uppercut.
Silva scores with a body shot.
Benevidi punishes Silva's body with a nice straight punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Silva does no damage.
Benevidi dodges the punch combination from Silva.
Silva gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Benevidi makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Silva rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Benevidi moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Silva shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Silva misses with a takedown attempt
and Benevidi counters with a right hand to the body.
Benevidi looks to land a combination but Silva avoids it well.
Benevidi scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Silva managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Benevidi.
Silva is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Benevidi's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Silva throws a sloppy strike from the bottom. He's now off balance and Benevidi manages to pass to side control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Benevidi tries to score with some ground and pound. Silva controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Benevidi tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
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.
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. This is the final round!
Benevidi showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Silva.
A shot to the liver by Benevidi. Beautiful body shot.
Benevidi misses with a hook to the body
and Silva counters with a nice uppercut.
Benevidi misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Silva counters with a left and a right that stings Benevidi.
Silva uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Benevidi.
Silva with a lazy takedown attempt
and Benevidi counters with a straight right hand.
Silva swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Benevidi counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Benevidi lands a really nice looking cross but Silva seems unphased.
Benevidi showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Silva.
Benevidi misses with a hook to the body
and Silva counters with a series of strikes. Benevidi will be more careful next time no doubt.
Fred Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silva throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Silva lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Benevidi backs up against the cage.
Benevidi looks to score with a jab to the body but Silva is just out of range.
Silva throws a right and a left that Benevidi avoids nicely.
Benevidi takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Silva misses with a combination
and Benevidi counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Silva's guard now.
Silva is trying to control the position but Benevidi postures up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benevidi trying to control the position from guard on top but Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Benevidi passes into half guard.
Silva blocking the ground and pound attempt from Benevidi.
Silva blocking the ground and pound attempt from Benevidi.
Silva works his way to full guard. Good work.
Benevidi postures up.
Benevidi preventing the sweep.
Silva is working hard here to advance position.
Silva throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Silva is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Silva not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva wants to lay and pray for a moment but Benevidi keeps working.
Benevidi is trying to control but can't.
Silva is looking to take a break and control but Benevidi is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Silva is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Benevidi doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Silva.
Silva wants to control but Benevidi is keeping him busy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Benevidi is trying to get back to full guard.
Fred Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Silva wants to control but Benevidi is keeping him busy.
Benevidi keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
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.
Silva wants to work for an arm triangle but Benevidi is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Silva sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Benevidi defending well though.
Silva decides to stand and escape the position.
Silva fails to land with a series of punches.
A combination from Silva does no damage.
Silva shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Benevidi but Benevidi pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Benevidi tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Silva swivels and escapes.
Silva misses with a double jab
and Silva takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Silva scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Silva throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Benevidi.
Jake Benevidi is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Benevidi avoids a punch combination nicely.
Silva swinging wildly here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Fred Silva showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Benevidi 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 Valeri Chadov scores the fight 28:29
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 28:29
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jake Benevidi!
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