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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Henry Beninth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anderson Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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155 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
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170 cm
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145 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Decent elbows
Good in bed |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Prefers standup |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Henry Beninth!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Anderson Alves!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Sosuke Kotani and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alves darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Beninth throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Beninth swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Alves counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Beninth throws a jab but it's blocked by Alves.
Alves keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Alves uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Beninth.
Alves misses with a hook.
Alves connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Beninth motions for Alves to come forward. Beninth throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Alves cracks Beninth with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Alves gets a clinch.
Beninth gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Alves is looking to break free of the clinch but Beninth has double underhooks.
Alves blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Beninth throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Beninth is trying to maintain a safe position but Alves gets an underhook and turns Beninth into the cage.
Alves is stalling here.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Beninth.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Alves takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Beninth lands an elbow that stopped Alves in his tracks for a moment.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Beninth just misses with a elbow thrown towards Alves's brow.
Beninth holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Beninth throws an elbow but it misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Beninth just misses with a elbow thrown towards Alves's brow.
Beninth keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Alves's efforts to push away.
Beninth tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Alves avoids it.
Alves has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Alves is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Beninth is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Alves is keeping busy.
Alves is pushing Beninth up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Beninth tries to pull guard but Alves holds him up against the cage and eventually Beninth drops back down to his feet.
Beninth tries to land knees in the clinch but Alves avoids the damage to the body.
Beninth lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Beninth just leaning against Alves, taking a breather.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Beninth just misses with a elbow thrown towards Alves's brow.
Alves lands with a short shot to the head.
Beninth stalling against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Beninth tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Alves smiles and moves away.
Beninth takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A decent looking cross lands there for Alves.
Alves closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Alves throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Beninths head.
Alves blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Beninth pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Beninth pushes off an throws an elbow but Alves leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Beninth lands an elbow just above Alves 's eye.
Beninth pulls guard.
Alves is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Beninth is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Alves trying to control but Beninth is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beninth controls Alves momentarily but Alves frees himself.
Beninth has momentary wrist control but Alves slips an elbow through the middle.
Beninth trying to keep a closed guard but Alves is proving a slippery customer.
Beninth is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Alves defends well.
Alves wanted to stand there but Beninth had control of the position.
Beninth working for submissions but it's allowed Alves to get to half guard.
Alves wants to control but Beninth is keeping him busy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alves missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Alves is looking for a kimura but Beninth is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Alves to get the leverage.
Alves is keen to just control but Beninth is a slippery customer.
Beninth slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Beninth has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Alves can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Beninth looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Alves trying to control the position from guard on top but Beninth is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Alves has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Beninth is proving hard to escape from.
Beninth working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Alves doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Alves manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Anderson Alves will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Beninth misses with an attempted mid kick.
Alves looks to throw the jab but Beninth is out of range.
Nice cross by Alves.
Beninth throws a head kick that misses.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Alves avoids the elbow strike from Beninth, against the cage.
Beninth lands an elbow inside.
Alves looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Alves wants to get back to striking at distance but Beninth won't allow it.
Beninth throws an elbow that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Beninth.
Beninth lands an elbow just above Alves 's eye.
Beninth takes a shot to the head.
Alves scores with a nice hook to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Beninth just misses with a elbow thrown towards Alves's brow.
Beninth gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves working hard to break the clinch.
Beninth throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Alves has had enough of the clinch but Beninth keeps him there for the moment.
Alves manages to break the clinch.
Beninth doesn't succeed with the takedown
enabling Alves to counter with a crisp jab.
Beninth takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Alves has managed to clinch.
Beninth comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Beninth lands an elbow inside.
Alves misses with a short punch on the inside.
Alves misses with some punches.
Beninth comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Beninth has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Alves uses from the top position.
Beninth keeping full guard, as Alves tries to pass.
Alves has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Beninth to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Alves is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Beninth pulls down on the head and he's put Alves to sleep! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:01 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Henry Beninth!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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