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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Knocke Bensmock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and J Blunts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blunts has chosen Cypress Hill - Hits From the Bong as his entrance music. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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196 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 2 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Knocke Bensmock!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, J Blunts!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Gwen Towbar and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bensmock misses with a double jab
enabling Blunts to counter with a crisp jab.
Blunts defending well as Bensmock loads up on a big left hand.
Blunts throws a head kick that misses
and Bensmock counters with a straight right hand.
Blunts does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Blunts misses with a hook
and Bensmock counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Blunts plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Bensmock misses with a straight right.
Knocke Bensmock seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blunts ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bensmock looks for the body kick but Blunts saw that one coming.
Blunts jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bensmock misses with a looping right.
Bensmock rushes Blunts and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Bensmock.
Bensmock swings wildly with an uppercut but Blunts uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bensmock lands a shot to the body.
Nice body punch from Bensmock - that landed with a thud.
Bensmock misses with a body punch.
Blunts is trying to break free.
Blunts is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bensmock is defending well for now.
Blunts lands a hook to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Bensmock.
A frustrated look appears on Blunts's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bensmock is pressed up against the cage. Blunts has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Bensmock down to the mat. Bensmock avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Bensmock lands a jab.
Blunts jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bensmock fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Blunts manages to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blunts digs a good body shot into Bensmock's ribs.
Bensmock lands with a kick to the temple. Blunts shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bensmock throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Blunts on the side of the head.
Blunts throws a shot from downtown. Bensmock moves away and avoids it.
Blunts scores with a jab. Bensmock acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Bensmock fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Blunts has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Bensmock throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Bensmock misses with a lunging right hand
and Blunts counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Bensmock thinking.
Bensmock fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Bensmock.
Blunts throws a hook but Bensmock avoids it easily.
Bensmock rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Blunts counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Blunts slips a jab and a cross from Bensmock.
Blunts blocks the body kick.
Blunts throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Blunts rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Bensmock counters with a low kick, right behind Blunts 's knee.
Bensmock uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Blunts.
Bensmock throws a leg kick that is checked
and Blunts cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blunts throws a looping overhand right but Bensmock ducks down to avoid it.
Blunts scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Blunts throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Bensmock throws a hook but Blunts avoids it easily.
Blunts avoids the body shot from Bensmock.
Blunts keeps the fight on the outside.
Blunts blocks a jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Blunts takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Bensmock moves forwards but Blunts connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Blunts is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but J Blunts will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Bensmock throws a lazy uppercut
and Blunts counters with an inside leg kick.
Blunts misses with a combination
and Bensmock counters with a nice uppercut.
Bensmock misses with a low kick.
Bensmock smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Bensmock works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Blunts chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Bensmock can pounce on him.
Blunts defending well as Bensmock loads up on a big left hand.
Blunts dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Blunts ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bensmock throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Blunts lands with a nice body kick.
Blunts looks to land a right hand but Bensmock moved out of range.
Blunts thumps Bensmock with a low kick.
Bensmock wants to clinch
and Blunts counters with a right hand to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Blunts thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Bensmock if he has to take too many more of those.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Blunts fails to land the takedown.
Blunts lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Knocke Bensmock is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blunts closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Bensmock's guard.
Bensmock keeping moving, preventing Blunts from controlling successfully.
Blunts passes into half guard.
Blunts scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Bensmock is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Blunts works his foot free and advances to mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blunts moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Bensmock has worked his arm free - good work by Bensmock!
Blunts is trying to get an arm triangle but Bensmock is defending well.
Blunts swings around for an armbar but Bensmock sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Blunts's guard.
Blunts manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blunts avoids the attempt from Bensmock to control.
Blunts trying to control but Bensmock is having none of it.
Blunts wants to finish this one by submission but Bensmock is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Blunts.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Blunts throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Bensmock because Blunts loaded up on that one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
J Blunts showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Bensmock misses with a looping left.
Bensmock tries to clinch there but Blunts circles away.
Bensmock throws a poor cross that misses
and Blunts counters with a leg kick.
Blunts misses with a left hand
and Bensmock counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bensmock will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bensmock throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Blunts misses with a body shot.
Bensmock scores with a spinning back kick!
Blunts fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bensmock manages to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blunts cracks a nice hook into Bensmock's ribs.
Bensmock takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Bensmock avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bensmock throws a right hand that misses
and Blunts counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Blunts digs a good body shot into Bensmock's ribs.
Bensmock slips under a jab from Blunts.
Blunts scores with a hook.
Bensmock ducks under a wild hook from Blunts.
Blunts misses with a kick to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blunts connects with a leg kick. Bensmock looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Blunts throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Bensmock's waist but Bensmock gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Blunts off to one side.
Bensmock throws a right hand that misses
and Blunts counters with a nice leg kick.
Blunts getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Blunts throws a looping overhand right but Bensmock ducks down to avoid it.
Blunts misses with a straight left.
Bensmock is looking to score with low kicks.
Bensmock scores with the left hand. Blunts knows he should have avoided that one.
Bensmock tries to clinch there but Blunts circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bensmock misses with a right hand
and Blunts counters with an inside leg kick.
Bensmock throws a hook but Blunts blocks it.
Blunts throws a leg kick
and Bensmock counters with a right hand to the body.
Bensmock scores with a nice strike.
Bensmock tries to sprawl but Blunts drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Blunts sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Bensmock defending well though.
Bensmock is trying to get back to full guard.
Blunts is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Bensmock defends it well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blunts trying to control the action but Bensmock is working from the bottom.
Bensmock is looking for a sweep. Blunts is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Blunts not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Bensmock gets back to full guard.
Bensmock looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
J Blunts really dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Blunts misses with a head kick.
Bensmock throws a poor cross that misses
and Blunts counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bensmock throws a hook but Blunts avoids it easily.
Blunts fails to land with a series of punches.
Blunts uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bensmock.
Bensmock leaves Blunts with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Bensmock takes a swing at Blunts's ribcage but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bensmock swings widly with a right hand
and Blunts makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blunts moves out of range as Bensmock strikes.
Blunts misses with a hook
and Bensmock makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Bensmock lands with a hook. Blunts tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Blunts misses with a looping right.
Bensmock rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Blunts moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bensmock misses with a leg kick
and Blunts counters with a straight right hand.
Blunts keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Blunts works over Bensmock's head and body with a nice combination.
Blunts takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bensmock defending well as Blunts loads up on a big left hand.
J Blunts seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Blunts scores with a crisp jab that stopped Bensmock in his tracks.
Bensmock dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Blunts. That did some damage!
Bensmock thows a body shot but no joy.
Blunts scores with a jab to the body.
Blunts uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bensmock.
Bensmock keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bensmock. That's going to slow Blunts down.
Blunts on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Bensmock. Bensmock obviously looking to wear him down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blunts misses the shot to the body.
Blunts scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Bensmock throws a shot from downtown. Blunts moves away and avoids it.
Blunts shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Blunts raining down shots from the mount!
Bensmock keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Poor strikes thrown by Blunts there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blunts is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Bensmock has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Bensmock!
Blunts is pulling down on Bensmock's head to control his posture.
Blunts manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Bensmock manages to get himself to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bensmock wants to stand up but Blunts is controlling him.
Bensmock pulls Blunts in close to prevent any damage.
Blunts trying to control the position from guard on top but Bensmock is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
J Blunts dominated that fourth round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Bensmock walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Bensmock throws an overhand right that lands on Blunts's shoulder, as Blunts tries to avoid the shot.
Blunts swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bensmock misses with a leg kick
and Blunts counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Bensmock thinking.
Blunts misses the jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bensmock walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Bensmock throws a poor cross that misses
and Blunts connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bensmock throws a lazy uppercut
and Blunts counters with a left to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bensmock throws a right hand that misses
and Blunts counters with a body kick that stops Bensmock in his tracks momentarily.
Bensmock misses with a jab, cross combination.
Blunts misses with a straight right.
Blunts throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Bensmock counter with a right hand.
Bensmock tries to land a body kick
letting Blunts counter with a right hand.
Bensmock fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Blunts fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Bensmock is out of range.
Blunts throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Bensmock's waist but Bensmock gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Blunts off to one side.
Bensmock is looking to land body kicks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blunts takes one to the chin there.
Bensmock throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Blunts misses with a two punch combination.
Blunts connects with a body shot that sends Bensmock's belly button to the back.
Bensmock misses with a low kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Blunts blocks the leg kick.
Bensmock swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bensmock throws a right hand that misses
and Blunts counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Blunts takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blunts on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Blunts moves away from the strike by Bensmock.
A slow jab from Blunts misses its intended target.
Blunts shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Bensmock eats them both and turns towards Blunts to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
J Blunts is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bensmock throws a right hand that misses
and Blunts counters with a good low kick that Bensmock was not able to check.
Bensmock misses with a right hand
and Bensmock takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bensmock takes one on the button.
Blunts throws out a leg kick but Bensmock moves out of range and Blunts only half commits.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blunts throws a body punch but Bensmock moves out of range.
A shot to the liver by Bensmock. Beautiful body shot.
Blunts looking to score a takedown here. Bensmock is defending well but Blunts drives through and ends up in Bensmock's guard.
Blunts gets to his feet. Bensmock looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Blunts uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bensmock.
Bensmock takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Bensmock throws an off balance right hand
and Blunts counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Bensmock throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Blunts.
Knocke Bensmock has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bensmock ducks right into an uppercut from Blunts.
And that's the end of the fight!
J Blunts comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Blunts winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge George Francis scores the fight 46:49
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 46:50
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 46:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... J Blunts! J Blunts retains his middleweight title!
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