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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Tre Styles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Spiff Bennigan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tre Styles has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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137 lbs
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173 cm
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138 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
KO power |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Tre Styles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Spiff Bennigan!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Daniel Bishop and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bennigan throws a series of punches but Styles avoids them all with ease.
Styles keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A punch combination from Bennigan misses.
Styles throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bennigan looks to land a combination but Styles avoids it well.
Bennigan misses with a jab, cross combination.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Bennigan enables Styles to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Bennigan manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Bennigan looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Styles slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Styles won't allow Bennigan to sweep him here.
Styles wants to pass the guard but Bennigan is keeping the position.
Styles thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Styles wants to control from the top but Bennigan keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Styles stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Bennigan swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Bennigan looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Styles 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.
Bennigan not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Styles avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Bennigan working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Styles doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Styles manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Styles wants to pass the guard but Bennigan is keeping the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Styles is working hard here to advance position.
Bennigan wants to sweep here but Styles controlling him for the moment.
Styles stays in close to Bennigan's body and controls the position.
Bennigan controlling Styles's posture.
Styles pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Bennigan is keeping the position for now.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Bennigan throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bennigan just misses with a punch to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bennigan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bennigan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bennigan throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Styles.
Spiff Bennigan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bennigan misses with a wild body shot.
Styles swings for the body but Bennigan moves out of range.
Bennigan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bennigan avoids the body shot from Styles.
Bennigan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Styles swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Styles uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bennigan.
Bennigan just misses with a punch to the body.
Bennigan lands a jab to Styles's midsection.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bennigan misses with a body shot.
Bennigan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Styles is breathing heavily.
Bennigan misses with a head kick.
A combination from Bennigan does no damage.
Bennigan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bennigan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Styles swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bennigan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bennigan misses with a two punch combination.
Styles circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bennigan throws a right hand that Styles ducks under and follows up with a left that Styles also avoids with ease.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Spiff Bennigan dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Bennigan misses with a double jab.
Bennigan misses with a head kick.
Bennigan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Styles circles away quickly and effectively.
Bennigan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bennigan. Styles does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bennigan throws a right and a left that Styles avoids nicely.
Bennigan throws a head kick but Styles moves out of range.
Bennigan throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bennigan throws a right and a left that Styles avoids nicely.
Bennigan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Styles was well out of range. Poor timing from Bennigan.
Bennigan just misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bennigan rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Styles moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bennigan throws a right and a left that Styles avoids nicely.
Bennigan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Styles moves away.
Styles swings for the body but Bennigan moves out of range.
Styles misses with a wild body shot.
Bennigan throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Some wild striking there from Bennigan.
Styles tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bennigan was well out of range. Poor timing from Styles.
Bennigan swings for the body but Styles moves out of range.
Styles throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bennigan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bennigan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bennigan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Styles moves away.
Styles misses with a body shot.
Bennigan has closed the distance and engaged Styles in a clinch.
Bennigan has Styles pushed against the cage.
Bennigan breaks from the clinch.
Styles is looking to wear down Bennigan with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Bennigan misses with a jab, cross combination.
Styles throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bennigan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bennigan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Spiff Bennigan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bennigan throws a right and a left that Styles avoids nicely.
Bennigan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bennigan. Styles does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bennigan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Styles misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bennigan.
Bennigan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bennigan throws a right hand that Styles ducks under and follows up with a left that Styles also avoids with ease.
Bennigan misses the shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bennigan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bennigan misses with a two punch combination.
Bennigan misses with a body shot.
Bennigan rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Styles moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bennigan misses with a body shot.
Styles avoids a punch combination nicely.
Spiff Bennigan seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bennigan throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Styles misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bennigan.
Bennigan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Styles.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Spiff Bennigan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Bennigan thows a body shot but no joy.
Bennigan throws a right hand that Styles ducks under and follows up with a left that Styles also avoids with ease.
Bennigan clinches up with Styles and pushes him back against the cage.
Bennigan breaks from the clinch.
Styles throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bennigan misses the jab.
Bennigan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bennigan thows a body shot but no joy.
Styles showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bennigan.
Bennigan misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bennigan throws a half hearted mid kick.
Styles avoids a punch combination nicely.
Styles swings for the body but Bennigan moves out of range.
Left hook, right uppercut from Bennigan.
Bennigan takes a swing at Styles's ribcage but misses.
Styles showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bennigan.
Styles fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Bennigan to the ground. Styles is now in Bennigan's guard.
Bennigan keeping moving, preventing Styles from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bennigan throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Bennigan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bennigan is looking for a triangle but Styles pushes his legs off easily.
Styles tries to free his leg and advance position but Bennigan is retaining full guard.
Bennigan is trying to control the position but Styles postures up.
Styles trying to control but Bennigan is working from the bottom.
Bennigan is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Spiff Bennigan hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Bennigan thows a body shot but no joy.
Bennigan misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bennigan misses with a head kick.
Styles throws a big shot that misses.
Styles misses the shot to the body.
Styles throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Bennigan misses with a punch to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bennigan tries to land knees in the clinch but Styles avoids the damage to the body.
A short right from Bennigan.
Bennigan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bennigan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bennigan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bennigan tries to bum rush Styles with a series of wild strikes but Styles uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Styles takes a swing at Bennigan's ribcage but misses.
Sloppy strikes from Bennigan. Those never looked like landing.
And that's the end of the fight!
Spiff Bennigan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Bennigan 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight for Spiff Bennigan!
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight for Spiff Bennigan!
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight for Spiff Bennigan!
Spiff Bennigan wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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