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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kenji Mousaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sean Benoit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mousaki's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, souljacker. Kenji Mousaki could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Sean Benoit's chin.
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177 lbs
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181 lbs
23 - 10 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
KO power |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
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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
14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kenji Mousaki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sean Benoit!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Alec Ball and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mousaki gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Benoit moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Mousaki misses with a jab, cross combination.
Benoit scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Benoit misses with a body shot.
Mousaki misses with a left hand
and Benoit counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Mousaki is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Benoit lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Benoit throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Mousaki throws a right hand that misses
and Benoit counters with a nice low kick that buckles Mousaki's knee momentarily.
Mousaki fails with the takedown
and Benoit cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mousaki misses with an uppercut
and Mousaki takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Mousaki fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Benoit avoids it really well and circles away.
Mousaki closes this distance looking for a takedown but Benoit circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kenji Mousaki. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Benoit takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Benoit throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Mousaki swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Benoit counters with a big head kick but Mousaki shrugs it off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mousaki looks to throw the jab but Benoit is out of range.
Benoit cracks Mousaki with a right hand to the side of the head.
Mousaki throws a shot to the body.
Benoit lands a nice shot that snaps Mousaki's head back.
Mousaki throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mousaki shoots in for a takedown but Benoit shows good takedown defense.
Kenji Mousaki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Benoit misses with a low kick as Mousaki jumps back.
Benoit throws a head kick that half lands.
Benoit stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Benoit wants it to stay on the feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benoit stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Benoit wants it to stay on the feet.
Mousaki has his takedown stuffed
enabling Benoit to counter with a crisp jab.
Mousaki rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Benoit moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sean Benoit is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A good leg kick by Benoit.
Benoit is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Mousaki had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Mousaki with a lazy takedown attempt
and Benoit counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Benoit stuffs the takedown.
Mousaki on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Benoit. Benoit obviously looking to wear him down.
A solid leg kick lands there for Benoit.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mousaki throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mousaki takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Mousaki uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Benoit.
Mousaki gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Benoit dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Mousaki throws a lazy uppercut
and Benoit counters with an outside leg kick.
Benoit lands with a shot to the body.
Benoit connects with a leg kick. Mousaki looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sloppy strikes from Benoit. Those never looked like landing.
Mousaki misses with a right hand
and Benoit counters with a big head kick but Mousaki shrugs it off.
Benoit lands a nice leg kick that just misses Mousaki's sensitive parts.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sean Benoit dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Mousaki throws a right hand that misses
and Benoit moves into the clinch.
Benoit lands a nice shot to the body.
Benoit lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Benoit lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Stalling in the clinch from Benoit.
Benoit presses Mousaki against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Mousaki fails to pull guard.
Mousaki tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Benoit lands a body punch in the clinch.
Mousaki tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Benoit smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kenji Mousaki. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mousaki cracks Benoit with an open hand slap.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benoit misses with a left hand
and Mousaki counters with a stiff right hand.
Mousaki tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Benoit swivels and escapes.
Mousaki keeps the fight on the outside.
Benoit misses with a body shot.
Benoit connects with a leg kick. Mousaki looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Benoit tries to clinch but Mousaki is having none of it.
Mousaki fails to land the takedown.
Mousaki swings widly with a right hand
and Benoit counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Benoit lands a head shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benoit connects with a jab.
Mousaki swings widly with a right hand
and Benoit counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Mousaki shoots in looking for a takedown but Benoit manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Mousaki's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Mousaki bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Benoit's head backwards.
Mousaki is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Mousaki misses with a left hand
and Benoit cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Mousaki misses with a leg kick
and Benoit counters with a stiff right hand.
Benoit thumps Mousaki with a low kick.
Benoit connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Mousaki tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Benoit swivels and escapes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mousaki dives in and grabs Benoit's left leg, looking for a takedown. Benoit pushes down on Mousaki's head and hops out.
Mousaki throws a lazy head kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Mousaki misses with a lunging right hand
and Benoit counters with a big head kick but Mousaki shrugs it off.
Benoit bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Benoit lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Benoit throws a leg kick
and Mousaki counters with a left to the body.
Mousaki shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Benoit cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Benoit misses with a head kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mousaki misses with a lunging right hand
and Benoit counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Benoit misses the jab.
Mousaki with a lazy takedown attempt
and Benoit counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Benoit on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
An inside leg kick lands from Benoit.
Mousaki avoids the head kick by Benoit.
Mousaki misses with an uppercut
and Benoit counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Benoit punishes Mousaki's body with a nice straight punch.
Mousaki tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Benoit was well out of range. Poor timing from Mousaki.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sean Benoit 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!
Mousaki avoids a punch combination nicely.
Mousaki misses with a combination
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Mousaki shoots in looking for a takedown. Benoit tries to sprawl out of it but Mousaki keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Benoit manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
A jab from Mousaki does it's job there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mousaki throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Benoit tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Mousaki is in Benoit's guard.
Mousaki tries to free his leg and advance position but Benoit is retaining full guard.
Benoit is looking to stand up but Mousaki isn't so interested in that idea.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mousaki thows a big elbow that misses.
Benoit keeping moving, preventing Mousaki from controlling successfully.
Mousaki tries to free his leg and advance position but Benoit is retaining full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Benoit is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Mousaki is controlling him.
Benoit preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Mousaki loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Mousaki stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Benoit swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Mousaki trying to control but Benoit is working from the bottom.
Mousaki loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Mousaki postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Mousaki pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Benoit is keeping the position for now.
Mousaki throws a big right hand that misses.
Mousaki throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Benoit works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mousaki thows a big elbow that misses.
Mousaki postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Mousaki accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Benoit keeping moving, preventing Mousaki from controlling successfully.
Mousaki with a flurry of punches that miss.
Mousaki throwing strikes but missing.
Mousaki throws a strike but Benoit rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Mousaki bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Benoit's guard.
Kenji Mousaki has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
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.
Mousaki thows a big elbow that misses.
Benoit avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Mousaki has gone for a leg lock! Benoit slips out almost immediately though and dives into Mousaki's guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Mousaki has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Benoit should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Mousaki has tightened it up now! Benoit should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Kenji Mousaki!
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