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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Brad Bennett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jim Keats (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bennett comes to the cage accompanied by Stemm - Face The Pain. Keats has chosen Pioneer of Metal as his entrance music. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Brad Bennett!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jim Keats!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Eliza Hachem and Hugh Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bennett avoids a punch combination nicely.
Keats misses with a wild combination.
Bennett connects with a good right hand that stumbles Keats. Keats circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Bennett blocks a jab.
Keats ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bennett scores with a nice strike.
Keats throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bennett.
Keats lands with a slapping head kick.
It looks like Brad Bennett has been cut.
Bennett scores with the left hand. Keats knows he should have avoided that one.
Bennett blocks a head kick by Keats.
Keats tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Bennett counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bennett scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Bennett shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Keats defends it nicely.
Keats fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Bennett, pushing him back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Keats is pushing Bennett up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Keats unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bennett lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Keats is trying to maintain a safe position but Bennett gets an underhook and turns Keats into the cage.
Keats tries a knee to the head but Bennett blocks it.
A nice left hand lands by Bennett.
Bennett tries to break the clinch but Keats is controlling the position.
Bennett lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Keats backwards.
Keats is pressed up against the cage. Bennett has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Keats down to the mat. Keats avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Bennett throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Keats on the side of the head.
Keats tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bennett paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bennett looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Bennett sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Keats defending well though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keats avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Bennett.
Bennett looks to land a strike but Keats avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Keats has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Bennett can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Bennett trying to move into half guard but instead Keats has managed to sweep!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bennett trying to keep a closed guard but Keats is proving a slippery customer.
Keats throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Keats trying to control but Bennett is working from the bottom.
Bennett is looking to stand up but Keats isn't so interested in that idea.
Bennett looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bennett is pulling down on Keats's head to control his posture.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Keats throws a head kick but Bennett moves out of range.
Keats misses with an uppercut. Bennett saw that one coming.
Keats tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bennett paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bennett connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Bennett bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Keats's head.
Keats misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bennett cracks Keats with an open hand slap.
Keats pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bennett scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Keats takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Bennett lands a right hook to the body.
Keats walks into a stiff left hand from Bennett.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bennett moves into range and connects with a jab.
Bennett misses with a takedown attempt
and Keats counters with a good, hard body kick but Bennett shrugs it off.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brad Bennett. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Keats pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bennett lands a jab to the nose.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bennett lands a jab-cross combination.
Keats takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Bennett shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Bennett throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bennett trying to mount his opponent but Keats defends it.
Keats has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Bennett is working away from the top position though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brad Bennett dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Brad Bennett's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Keats misses with a head kick.
Bennett is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Keats tries to clinch there but Bennett circles away.
Keats walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bennett. Keats does a little dance to reset his feet.
A jab from Bennett misses.
Keats instigates a clinch.
Keats stalls.
Keats trying to land knees to the body.
Bennett drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Keats gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Bennett goes for a takedown attempt but Keats pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Bennett lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bennett misses with a straight right.
Keats tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Bennett manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bennett circles away from the clinch attempt.
Keats lands a head kick!
Bennett shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Bennett showed some decent athleticism there.
Keats looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Keats is trying to control but can't.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keats blocking the ground and pound attempt from Bennett.
Ground and pound from Bennett.
Keats gets back to full guard.
Keats is trying to control the position but Bennett postures up.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Keats utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Bennett trying to control the position from guard on top but Keats is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Keats is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Bennett has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Keats preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Keats is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Jim Keats.
Keats slaps away a takedown attempt from Bennett, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brad Bennett. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Keats throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bennett thuds a left hand into Keats's body.
A decent looking cross lands there for Bennett.
Keats tries to clinch but Bennett is having none of it.
Bennett blocks a head kick by Keats.
Keats tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bennett paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bennett fails with the takedown.
Keats has Bennett up against the cage in a clinch.
Bennett blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bennett has a couple of punches blocked by Keats.
A short right from Keats on the inside.
Keats avoiding damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bennett blocking some punches.
Bennett drops down looking for an ankle pick but Keats pulls his leg out and moves away.
Bennett blocks the body kick.
Bennett cracks Keats with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Bennett shoots in for a double leg but Keats sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Bennett shoots in for a takedown but Keats shows good takedown defense.
Keats gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bennett swats away the attempt to clinch by Keats.
Bennett misses with the combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Jim Keats will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Brad Bennett's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Keats tries to clinch up.
Keats tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Bennett manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bennett takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Keats takes one on the button.
Bennett waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Keats.
Keats fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bennett throws a left and a right that both miss
and Keats counters with a good low kick that Bennett was not able to check.
Keats gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Bennett misses with a body punch.
Keats missing with knees to the body.
Keats with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bennett tries to break the clinch but Keats is controlling the position.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Keats takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Bennett wants a takedown but no success here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bennett struggles to land a body shot inside as Keats controls his hands.
Keats comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Keats working Bennett over with knees to the body.
Keats with a knee to the head.
Keats is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bennett is defending well for now.
Keats unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Keats.
Bennett can't break the clinch.
Bennett is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Keats gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Keats scores with a knee to the head.
Keats lands a knee to the body.
Bennett's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The fighters circling - Bennett throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Keats misses with a head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Keats throws a sloppy head kick and Bennett moves out of range easily.
Bennett looks to land a right hand but Keats moved out of range.
Bennett fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Keats avoids it really well and circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brad Bennett. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bennett scores with a nice head shot.
Keats fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Bennett, pushing him back against the cage.
Keats gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Keats unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Keats struggles to land a body shot inside as Bennett controls his hands.
Bennett wants to break free but Keats has control.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Bennett is looking for a takedown.
Keats throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bennett blocks it with crossed arms.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keats working Bennett over with knees to the body.
Keats misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bennett.
Keats lands with a light punch inside.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Keats tries to land knees in the clinch but Bennett avoids the damage to the body.
Bennett takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bennett blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bennett being controlled against the cage.
Keats lands a damaging elbow.
Keats is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Bennett tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Bennett.
Bennett blocks a body shot from Keats.
Keats misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bennett.
Bennett swings wildly with an uppercut but Keats uses good head movement to avoid it.
Keats with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Brad Bennett's cut is getting worse.
Bennett breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bennett feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Keatss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Keats rushes Bennett and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Keats lands a nice elbow.
Keats lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Keats lands a nice knee to the body.
Bennett wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Keats has him pressed against the cage.
Bennett is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bennett can't get the takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jim Keats really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Brad Bennett's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Keats throws a head kick that misses.
Bennett throws a hook to the side of Keats's head but Keats sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bennett fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Bennett scores with a jab.
Keats pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Bennett back to the cage. Keats follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Bennett connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Bennett throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Keats stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Bennett avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bennett scores with a jab to the jaw.
No joy there for Bennett, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Keats takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Keats pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Keats moves in looking to clinch but Bennett pushes him off.
Keats looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Keats tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bennett paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bennett throws a good cross that connects.
A cross from Bennett lands.
Keats gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Bennett.
Keats pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Keats takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Jim Keats is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bennett feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Keats wants to stand and escape but Bennett is having none of it.
Bennett advances to half guard.
Keats is staying active underneath Bennett, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keats is trying to control but can't.
Bennett seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Keats tries to get to full guard but Bennett has control of the leg.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Keats wants to control but Bennett is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Bennett missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Bennett is looking to advance position but Keats won't allow it.
Keats trying to control from the bottom.
Bennett wants to control but Keats is keeping him busy.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Keats is looking for a sweep. Bennett is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Bennett winds up and cracks Keats with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Bennett tries to pass the half guard into mount. Keats knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bennett working the head and body with strikes.
Bennett is keen to just control but Keats is a slippery customer.
Bennett wants to free his trapped foot but Keats is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Bennett missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Bennett throws a strike but Keats avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Bennett stops Keats from standing up.
Keats looking to control.
Bennett trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Keats is trying to keep Bennett in close.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bennett is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Bennett in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Keats has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Bennett can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Keats is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Bennett controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Keats is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bennett regains full guard. Nicely done.
Keats postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brad Bennett had his way with Jim Keats in that round.
The cut man is working on Brad Bennett's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Bennett scores with a jab to the jaw.
Bennett will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Brad Bennett is winning the standup battle so far.
Keats doesn't manage to clinch there - Bennett circles away.
Keats throws a nice head kick!
Bennett dives in and scores a takedown into Keats's guard.
Keats utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Bennett looking to sit in guard and control but Keats gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Bennett is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Bennett manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Keats manages to get himself to full guard.
Bennett postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Keats keeping moving, preventing Bennett from controlling successfully.
Bennett advances to half guard.
Keats wants to stand back up but Bennett manages to pass into side control.
Keats wants to control but Bennett postures up.
The strikes coming from Bennett are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Bennett fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Bennett wants to lay and pray for a moment but Keats keeps working.
Bennett throwing strikes but Keats manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Bennett wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Keats stands up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bennett throws out a loose jab but Keats uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bennett dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Keats avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Keats takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Keats on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Keats is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bennett cracks a nice hook into Keats's ribs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keats tries to close the distance and clinch but Bennett swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bennett scores a takedown into full mount!
Keats wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Bennett.
Keats is looking to get to half guard.
Bennett landing strikes from the mount and Keats is in trouble!
Bennett tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Brad Bennett overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bennett punching from mount but Keats doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Bennett is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Keats is trying desperately to improve position.
Bennett landing shots from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bennett lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Keats hang on?
Bennett postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Keats looks a forlorn figure.
Bennett working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Bennett sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
BOOM! Bennett connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Keats is rocked!
Bennett throws a sloppy strike and Keats uses the opportunity to reverse the position! A bit of a scramble here and Keats has ended up in Bennett's guard.
Keats is still in real trouble! Can Bennett finish him?
Keats's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Keats seems to have recovered his senses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bennett 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.
And that's the end of the fight!
Brad Bennett showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Bennett has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Steve Erwin scores the fight 48:47
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 48:47
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 48:47
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brad Bennett!
Brad Bennett is the new lightweight champion!
A very excited looking Brad Bennett made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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