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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Charles Bennett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anton Semenov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!
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222 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
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187 cm
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205 lbs
5 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid Muay Thai
Very strong |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Charles Bennett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Anton Semenov!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Alexandre Firmino and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Semenov takes a swing at Bennett's ribcage but misses.
Semenov throws a right and a left that Bennett avoids nicely.
Semenov looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Semenov tries to sprawl but Bennett drives through with a takedown into half guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Bennett throws a strike but Semenov avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Semenov trying to keep a closed guard but Bennett is proving a slippery customer.
Bennett has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Bennett working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Bennett working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Semenov's head.
Bennett lands a couple of decent looking shots.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bennett trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Bennett lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Semenov 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.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Semenov can do anything to dispel that myth.
Bennett throws and elbow that misses. Semenov uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Bennett's guard. Nice move by Semenov!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bennett working a defensive guard here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bennett looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Bennett keeping moving, preventing Semenov from controlling successfully.
Bennett wants to sweep here but Semenov controlling him for the moment.
Bennett has a closed guard, preventing Semenov from standing up.
Bennett keeping full guard, as Semenov tries to pass.
Bennett tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Bennett is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Bennett is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
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.
Bennett thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Semenov is looking for a sweep. Bennett is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Semenov has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Bennett is working away from the top position though.
Bennett sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Semenov defending well though.
Bennett drops an elbow to the side of Semenov's head.
Bennett throwing shots but Semenov is blocking nicely.
Semenov is trying to control but can't.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bennett not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Bennett is nestled in close to Semenov, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Bennett slips a nice elbow through Semenov's hands, connecting with Semenov's forehead.
Ground and pound from Bennett.
Semenov really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Bennett. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bennett working the head and body with strikes.
Bennett throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Semenov on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Ground and pound from Bennett.
Bennett looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Bennett landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Bennett thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Semenov's head.
Semenov has one foot on Bennett's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice takedown defense from Semenov. No joy for Bennett on that attempt.
A slow jab from Semenov misses its intended target.
A punch combination from Semenov misses.
Semenov keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Bennett fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Charles Bennett. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bennett is breathing heavily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Semenov lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Bennett shoots in looking for a takedown. Semenov tries to sprawl out of it but Bennett keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Semenov manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Bennett shoots in looking for a takedown but Semenov manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Bennett's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Nice takedown defense from Semenov. No joy for Bennett on that attempt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Semenov lands with a right hand.
Bennett fails with a takedown attempt.
Semenov misses with a two punch combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Charles Bennett dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Semenov misses with a few strikes there.
Anton Semenov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bennett wants to clinch up but Semenov keeps it at a distance.
Semenov scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Semenov misses with a wild combination.
Semenov throws a series of punches but Bennett avoids them all with ease.
A punch combination from Semenov misses.
Semenov looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bennett gets the takedown into side control.
Semenov is trying to control Bennett's posture but Bennett avoids it.
Bennett working the head with strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Semenov takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bennett working the ground and pound.
Bennett lands a nice forearm strike.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bennett throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Semenov works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Bennett takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Bennett lands a big elbow - Semenov is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Bennett!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Charles Bennett!
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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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