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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Michael Benoit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bobby Dettman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Benoit might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Praise. Dettman has chosen Led Zeppelin - When the Levee Breaks as his entrance music. Michael Benoit is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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140 lbs
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146 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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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
25 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Michael Benoit!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Bobby Dettman!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dettman circles away from the clinch attempt.
Benoit checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Benoit moves in looking to clinch but Dettman pushes him off.
Benoit throws a leg kick but Dettman checks it.
Dettman throws a solid leg kick but Benoit takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Dettman.
A punch lands to the side of Dettman 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Dettman avoids a punch combination nicely.
Benoit tries to clinch but Dettman is having none of it.
Benoit tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dettman swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The crowd cheers as Benoit lands an impressive looking overhand right. Dettman doesn't seem phased though.
Benoit tries to clinch up.
Benoit moves out of range of the body kick from Dettman.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Benoit staying out of range there.
Dettman takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Benoit thuds his right hand into Dettman's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Benoit closes the distance and pushes Dettman back into the cage.
Dettman lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Benoit or not.
Benoit throws a head punch that misses.
Benoit looking to slow down the pace here.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Dettman.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dettman misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benoit managing to block the knees to the body from Dettman.
Dettman is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Benoit is defending well for now.
Dettman lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Benoit.
A short uppercut from Benoit.
Benoit blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dettman blocking some punches.
Dettman throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Dettman looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Dettman lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Benoit or not.
Dettman throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dettman.
Dettman's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Benoit lands with a right to the head.
Dettman pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Benoit scores with a nice hook to the head.
Dettman scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Dettman can't find room to land a body shot as Benoit controls the action.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Dettman tries to land knees in the clinch but Benoit avoids the damage to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benoit lands a body shot in the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dettman throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Dettman obliges.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dettman.
Benoit prevents a body shot from Dettman.
Nice elbow from Dettman.
Benoit takes a shot to the head.
Dettman tries to throw a body punch but Benoit avoids it by throwing Dettman back against the cage.
Benoit tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dettman gets through Benoit's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Benoit lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Benoit is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Dettman is keeping busy.
Dettman blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dettman misses with a knee to the head.
Dettman scores with a nice hook to the head.
Benoit blocks the elbow strike.
Dettman misses with an elbow strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dettman takes a shot to the head.
Benoit tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dettman is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Benoit is defending well for now.
Benoit blocks an elbow strike from Dettman.
Benoit scores with a shot to the side of Dettman's head.
Benoit lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Benoit lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Benoit lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Benoit throws a head punch that misses.
Dettman lands a body punch.
Dettman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Benoit avoids it.
Dettman blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dettman lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A shot in the inside from Dettman.
Knees to the body from Dettman.
Dettman blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Benoit tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dettman's elbow.
Benoit dodges an elbow strike from Dettman.
Benoit avoids a wild elbow strike from Dettman.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benoit working aggressively here.
Dettman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Benoit avoids it.
Dettman lands a body punch.
Benoit blocks an elbow strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Benoit.
A short left from Dettman.
With the fighters up against the cage, Dettman throws an elbow but misses.
Benoit misses with a punch to the body.
Benoit leaning against his opponent.
Dettman scores with a shot to the side of Benoit's head.
Dettman prevents a body shot from Benoit.
Still in the clinch, Benoit scores with a nice short uppercut.
Dettman goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short right from Dettman on the inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Benoit tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Benoit blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Benoit takes an elbow to the forehead.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Benoit.
Dettman throws an elbow that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Bobby Dettman will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Dettman wants to clinch up but Benoit keeps it at a distance.
Dettman lands with a straight right. Benoit didn't see that one coming.
Benoit uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dettman.
Dettman chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Dettman lands with a nice body kick.
Benoit walks into a jab.
Dettman looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Dettman throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Benoit fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dettman fails to land with a series of punches.
Dettman walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Benoit checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A swing and a miss from Dettman.
A solid leg kick lands there for Benoit.
Benoit takes a swing at Dettman's ribcage but misses.
Dettman throws a series of punches but Benoit moves out of range.
Benoit looks to land a left hand but Dettman moved out of range nicely.
Dettman misses the shot to the body.
Benoit throws a chopping leg kick but Dettman manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Benoit connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Dettman's hands.
Benoit lands with a right hand.
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!
Some bone on bone action there as Benoit checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benoit moves in looking to clinch but Dettman pushes him off.
Benoit tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dettman swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Benoit slips a jab and a cross from Dettman.
Benoit drives through and clinches with Dettman against the cage.
Benoit misses with a punch to the body.
Benoit is leaning against Dettman and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Benoit misses with a punch on the inside.
Dettman scores a nice knee to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Benoit.
Benoit swings wildly with an uppercut but Dettman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dettman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Benoit avoids it.
Benoit working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Dettman blocking some punches.
Benoit misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Benoit.
Benoit's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Benoit swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dettman blocks a body shot from Benoit.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dettman missing with knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Benoit fails to land.
Dettman throws a punch but it's blocked by Benoit.
Benoit misses with a punch on the inside.
Bobby Dettman seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Dettman blocks a body shot from Benoit.
Benoit dodges an elbow strike from Dettman.
Dettman tries to land knees in the clinch but Benoit avoids the damage to the body.
Dettman blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Benoit lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dettman backwards.
A shot in the inside from Benoit.
Benoit lands a right hand.
Benoit tries to work over Dettman's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short body shot lands from Dettman as the two fighters clinch.
Benoit lands a nice uppercut.
Dettman blocking some punches.
Benoit tries to throw a body punch but Dettman avoids it by throwing Benoit back against the cage.
Dettman putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Benoit in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Dettman missing with knees to the body.
Benoit managing to block the knees to the body from Dettman.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benoit throws a head punch that misses.
Dettman lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Dettman is working Benoit over against the cage.
Dettman working aggressively here.
Benoit blocks a body shot from Dettman.
Dettman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Benoit.
Benoit looking to slow down the pace here.
Benoit throws a head punch that misses.
Dettman is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Benoit is defending well for now.
Benoit on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Benoit lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Dettman or not.
Dettman tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dettman tries a body shot but Benoit blocks it.
Benoit lands a hook to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Benoit scores with a nice short uppercut.
Dettman prevents a body shot from Benoit.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dettman.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dettman scores with a knee to the head.
Benoit lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Benoit holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Benoit lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Dettman lands an elbow inside.
Dettman misses with the head strike.
Dettman trying to land knees to the body.
Benoit swings wildly with an uppercut but Dettman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Benoit blocks an elbow strike.
Dettman throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Benoits head.
Benoit lands an uppercut.
Benoit gets through Dettman's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Benoit lands a hook that snaps the head of Dettman backwards.
Benoit blocks an elbow strike.
Benoit tries to stall but Dettman uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A hook to the body from Benoit.
Benoit fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Michael Benoit will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Benoit is looking to clinch but Dettman is avoiding it.
Dettman scores with a jab to the head.
Benoit bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Dettman's head backwards.
Benoit lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Dettman on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Michael Benoit is winning the standup battle so far.
Benoit moves in looking to clinch but Dettman pushes him off.
Benoit tries to clinch but Dettman moves out of range.
Benoit fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dettman throws a leg kick which misses Benoit's front leg but catches the back leg as Benoit tries to avoid it.
Dettman avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Benoit wants to clinch up but Dettman keeps it at a distance.
Dettman tries a low kick but Benoit avoids it.
Benoit takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Benoit darts in trying to clinch
letting Dettman counter with a right hand.
Dettman misses with an attempted mid kick.
Dettman tries to close the distance and clinch up but Benoit swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dettman fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dettman tries to keep at a distance but Benoit has taken the fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from Dettman.
Dettman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Benoit.
Benoit is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Dettman is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Dettman lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Benoit backwards.
Dettman blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dettman lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Benoit misses with a body punch.
Benoit throws a punch but it's blocked by Dettman.
Dettman is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Benoit is defending well for now.
Dettman misses with a hook to the ribs.
Benoit throws a head punch that misses.
Benoit avoiding damage as Dettman throws knees to the body.
Benoit wants to stall.
Benoit tries a body shot but Dettman blocks it.
Benoit lands a right hand.
Benoit lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dettman backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dettman lands a knee to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Benoit doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Benoit is looking to control Dettman's arms but Dettman gets an underhook and turns him. Now Benoit has his back to the cage.
Dettman misses with a punch to the body.
Benoit swings wildly with an uppercut but Dettman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Benoit is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Dettman is keeping busy.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dettman.
Dettman swings wildly with an uppercut but Benoit uses good head movement to avoid it.
Benoit pushes Dettman back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Dettman.
Dettman lands an elbow inside.
Benoit trying to stall but Dettman improves his position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Benoit.
Dettman lands with a left to the head.
Dettman blocking some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dettman throws an elbow but it misses.
Benoit blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dettman.
Dettman misses with a body punch.
Benoit lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Benoit tries to throw a body punch but Dettman avoids it by throwing Benoit back against the cage.
Dettman utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Dettman pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Benoit fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Benoit misses with a body punch.
Benoit lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Benoit wants to stall.
Dettman lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Dettman blocks an uppercut.
Dettman works on Benoit's body with a couple of short punches.
A head punch on the inside from Benoit fails to land.
Dettman blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benoit can't find room to land a body shot as Dettman controls the action.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dettman misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Benoit throws a head punch that misses.
Dettman is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Benoit misses with a punch on the inside.
Benoit has a couple of punches blocked by Dettman.
Benoit fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dettman scores a nice knee to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dettman lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Dettman lands with a left to the head.
Dettman lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Benoit.
Dettman landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Dettman just misses with a elbow thrown towards Benoit's brow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Benoit takes a shot to the head.
Benoit taking a breather.
Benoit throws a head punch that misses.
Benoit throws a punch but it's blocked by Dettman.
Benoit misses with a shot to the kidneys.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bobby Dettman comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Dettman has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bobby Dettman!
A pretty intense looking Bobby Dettman took the opportunity post-fight to ask for a shot at the title.
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