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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Michael Benoit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny McBraddish (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Benoit comes to the cage accompanied by Praise. McBraddish has chosen Broken by 12 Stones as his entrance music. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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140 lbs
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130 lbs
31 - 10 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
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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
24 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Michael Benoit!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
31 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Johnny McBraddish!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Micheangelo Fripello and Paul Gruel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McBraddish circles away from the clinch attempt
and McBraddish counters with a left to the body.
McBraddish tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Benoit was well out of range. Poor timing from McBraddish.
Benoit takes a shot right to the bread basket.
McBraddish keeps the fight on the outside.
McBraddish lands with a nice body punch.
Benoit fails in his attempt to clinch.
Benoit avoids the body shot from McBraddish.
McBraddish fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Benoit looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Benoit is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Benoit has McBraddish up against the cage in a clinch.
Benoit lands a nice uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Benoit scores with a nice short uppercut.
McBraddish dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
McBraddish misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Benoit tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McBraddish blocking some punches.
A bit of stalling here from McBraddish.
Benoit tried to land a shot to the body but connects with McBraddish's elbow.
Benoit scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Benoit throws a head punch that misses.
Benoit lands a hook to the side of the head.
McBraddish tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Benoit's elbow.
Still in the clinch, McBraddish scores with a nice short uppercut.
Benoit throws a punch but it's blocked by McBraddish.
Benoit throws a head punch that misses.
McBraddish misses with a body punch.
Benoit tried to land a shot to the body but connects with McBraddish's elbow.
McBraddish tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Benoit tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Benoit prevents a body shot from McBraddish.
McBraddish goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
McBraddish lands a nice shot to the body.
McBraddish prevents a body shot from Benoit.
Benoit lands a left hand that snaps the head of McBraddish backwards.
Benoit swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benoit tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
McBraddish tries to stall but Benoit uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
McBraddish can't find room to land a body shot as Benoit controls the action.
McBraddish misses with a hook to the ribs.
McBraddish struggles to land a body shot inside as Benoit controls his hands.
Benoit lands with a short punch from the clinch.
McBraddish's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Benoit lands with a right to the head.
McBraddish misses with a body punch.
McBraddish misses with a body punch.
Benoit lands with a short punch from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Benoit.
McBraddish struggles to land a body shot inside as Benoit controls his hands.
Benoit throws a blind hook that connects with the side of McBraddishs head.
McBraddish blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Benoit fails to land.
Benoit lands with a left to the head.
Benoit tries to throw a body punch but McBraddish avoids it by throwing Benoit back against the cage.
Benoit blocks a body shot from McBraddish.
Benoit tries a body shot but McBraddish blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McBraddish trying to stall but Benoit improves his position.
Benoit has a couple of punches blocked by McBraddish.
Benoit lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
McBraddish pushes Benoit back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
McBraddish's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Benoit content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Benoit lands a right hand that snaps the head of McBraddish backwards.
McBraddish misses with a shot to the kidneys.
McBraddish lands a shot to the body.
McBraddish blocks a punch to the side of the head.
McBraddish can't find room to land a body shot as Benoit controls the action.
McBraddish looking to slow down the pace here.
Nice body punch from McBraddish - that landed with a thud.
A short uppercut from Benoit.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Benoit swings away with an uppercut that misses.
McBraddish working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
McBraddish misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch on the inside from Benoit fails to land.
McBraddish blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benoit swings away with an uppercut that misses.
McBraddish misses with a body punch.
McBraddish swings away with an uppercut that misses.
McBraddish tries to throw a body punch but Benoit avoids it by throwing McBraddish back against the cage.
McBraddish is struggling to control the position.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McBraddish.
Benoit working some nice short punches in the clinch.
McBraddish tries to throw a body punch but Benoit avoids it by throwing McBraddish back against the cage.
McBraddish misses with a punch to the body.
Benoit has a couple of punches blocked by McBraddish.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for McBraddish.
A left hand lands to the body for McBraddish.
McBraddish tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McBraddish wants to get back to striking at distance but Benoit won't allow it.
Benoit is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but McBraddish is keeping busy.
Benoit misses with a shot to the kidneys.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Michael Benoit will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Benoit looks to score with a jab to the body but McBraddish is just out of range.
Benoit tries to clinch but McBraddish is having none of it.
Benoit walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
McBraddish staying out of range there.
Benoit tries to clinch up but McBraddish circles away and keeps his distance.
McBraddish 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.
Benoit looks to clinch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Benoit wants to clinch.
McBraddish bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Benoit checks a leg kick.
McBraddish misses with a leg kick.
McBraddish loads up on a big right hand but Benoit slips the punch.
Benoit wants to clinch up but McBraddish keeps it at a distance.
McBraddish circles away from the clinch attempt.
McBraddish throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Benoit wants to clinch but McBraddish slips to the side
and McBraddish counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Benoit ducks under a wild hook from McBraddish.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McBraddish misses with an uppercut.
McBraddish staying out of range there.
McBraddish cracks Benoit with an open hand slap.
McBraddish throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Benoit moves into the clinch.
Benoit misses with a hook to the ribs.
Benoit misses with a short punch on the inside.
Benoit lands a right hand.
McBraddish lands a right hand that snaps the head of Benoit backwards.
Benoit swings wildly with an uppercut but McBraddish uses good head movement to avoid it.
A right hand to the body from McBraddish.
Good body shot from Benoit.
A short left from McBraddish.
Benoit softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Good body shot from McBraddish.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Benoit blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Benoit tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
McBraddish trying to control the position but instead, Benoit has worked for underhooks and has pushed McBraddish into the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benoit lands a shot to the body.
Benoit holding his opponent close, against the cage.
McBraddish stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A frustrated look appears on McBraddish's face as he tries to break the clinch.
McBraddish misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short right from Benoit on the inside.
Benoit tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Benoit misses with some punches.
McBraddish tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Benoit's elbow.
Benoit has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Benoit misses with a hook from the clinch.
Benoit digs a right hand into McBraddish's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on McBraddish's gas tank.
Benoit fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Benoit fails to land.
Michael Benoit has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Benoit works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Benoit swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McBraddish.
Benoit lands with a short head shot on the inside.
McBraddish misses with a hook to the ribs.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Benoit doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
McBraddish struggles to land a body shot inside as Benoit controls his hands.
Benoit is pushing McBraddish up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Benoit swings wildly with an uppercut but McBraddish uses good head movement to avoid it.
Benoit lands a body punch in the clinch.
McBraddish misses with a hook to the ribs.
Benoit misses with the head strike.
McBraddish makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
McBraddish misses with a body punch.
Benoit makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
McBraddish is trying to stall.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benoit has a couple of punches blocked by McBraddish.
McBraddish tries to work over Benoit's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
McBraddish tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Benoit tried to land a shot to the body but connects with McBraddish's elbow.
McBraddish takes a shot to the head.
McBraddish tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
McBraddish is working Benoit over against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McBraddish tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
McBraddish swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Benoit lands an uppercut.
Benoit working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
McBraddish looking to slow down the pace here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McBraddish doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
McBraddish blocks a body shot from Benoit.
Benoit throws a head punch that misses.
Benoit lands with a short punch from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michael Benoit dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Benoit uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
McBraddish lands a jab to the head.
McBraddish throws a jab when Benoit was well out of range.
McBraddish misses with a low kick.
McBraddish connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
McBraddish's jab looks to have found its range, popping Benoit under the eye.
Benoit tries to clinch up but McBraddish circles away and keeps his distance.
Benoit tries to clinch up but McBraddish circles away and keeps his distance.
Benoit tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
McBraddish takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Benoit catches McBraddish with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Benoit tries to close the distance and clinch but McBraddish swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
McBraddish misses with a looping left.
Benoit tries to clinch but McBraddish is having none of it.
Benoit rushes McBraddish and presses him up against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Benoit.
Benoit misses with a punch on the inside.
Benoit working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from McBraddish.
McBraddish blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Benoit.
McBraddish working hard to break the clinch.
McBraddish blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Benoit stalling in the clinch.
McBraddish tries a body shot but Benoit blocks it.
Benoit working aggressively here.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
McBraddish pushes Benoit back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A shot in the inside from McBraddish.
McBraddish tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
McBraddish tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McBraddish.
McBraddish lands a shot to the body.
Benoit lands a hook that snaps the head of McBraddish backwards.
Benoit misses with a punch on the inside.
McBraddish lands a shot to the body.
Johnny McBraddish has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
McBraddish looking to stall.
McBraddish tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Benoit's elbow.
Benoit throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Benoit fails to land.
Benoit tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Benoit makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Benoit is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Benoit lands with a light punch inside.
McBraddish takes a shot to the head.
Benoit takes a shot to the head.
Benoit misses with a short punch on the inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Benoit.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Benoit.
McBraddish goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Benoit gets through McBraddish's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McBraddish blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A nice left hand lands by Benoit.
McBraddish can't find room to land a body shot as Benoit controls the action.
McBraddish blocking some punches.
McBraddish tries to throw a body punch but Benoit avoids it by throwing McBraddish back against the cage.
Benoit blocking some punches.
Benoit misses with a body punch.
McBraddish misses with a shot to the kidneys.
McBraddish blocking some punches.
Benoit misses with a punch to the body.
Benoit swings wildly with an uppercut but McBraddish uses good head movement to avoid it.
A right hook to the body lands for Benoit.
McBraddish takes a shot to the head.
Benoit lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Benoit throws a blind hook that connects with the side of McBraddishs head.
Benoit doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Benoit.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A body shot lands from Benoit.
Benoit scores with a nice hook to the head.
Benoit swings wildly with an uppercut but McBraddish uses good head movement to avoid it.
A right hook to the body lands for Benoit.
Benoit lands a left hand that snaps the head of McBraddish backwards.
McBraddish is rocked!
Benoit working some nice short punches in the clinch.
McBraddish is still on wobbly legs! Can Benoit finish him?
McBraddish misses with a punch to the body.
Michael Benoit is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
McBraddish seems to have recovered his senses.
McBraddish misses with a body punch.
McBraddish stalling in the clinch but Benoit improves position.
McBraddish misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McBraddish misses with a body punch.
Benoit lands a nice uppercut.
McBraddish tries to work over Benoit's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
And that's the end of the fight!
Michael Benoit showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Benoit, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Colin Fray scores the fight 30:27
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Michael Benoit!
A victorious Michael Benoit thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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