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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Chris Robinson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Benjamin St Andre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). St Andre has chosen When the Saints Go Marching In as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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154 lbs
12 - 2 - 1 |
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176 cm
26
154 lbs
14 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Great low kicks
Granite chin |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chris Robinson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Benjamin St Andre!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Gwen Towbar and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Robinson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
St Andre keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Robinson misses with a low kick.
Chris Robinson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
St Andre throws a nice head kick!
Robinson looks for a takedown but St Andre sprawls well.
A shot to the liver by St Andre. Beautiful body shot.
St Andre avoids the head kick by Robinson.
St Andre lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Robinson at a distance.
Robinson moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Robinson shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
St Andre throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Robinson stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
St Andre throws a head kick but Robinson moves out of range.
St Andre delivers a nice body kick.
St Andre throws a series of punches but Robinson avoids them all with ease.
St Andre misses with a jab, cross combination.
Horrible takedown by Robinson or perhaps it was just good defense by St Andre which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chris Robinson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
St Andre smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Robinson takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
St Andre scores with a nice head shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
St Andre uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Benjamin St Andre is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
St Andre cracks Robinson with a good jab.
St Andre lands a body shot.
Robinson misses with an uppercut.
Robinson will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
St Andre ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
St Andre slips a straight right by Robinson.
St Andre throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
St Andre slips a straight right by Robinson.
St Andre connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A chopping leg kick lands by St Andre.
Robinson is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Robinson takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Robinson throws a low kick, looking for St Andre's leg but St Andre calmly moves out of range.
St Andre throws a nice outside leg kick.
Robinson takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Robinson missing with a left hand there. St Andre was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Robinson misses with a low kick.
Robinson tries a low kick but St Andre avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Robinson looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Robinson really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
A big right from Robinson misses.
St Andre is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Robinson had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
St Andre scoring well with a low kick there.
Robinson fails with the takedown.
St Andre scores with a jab.
St Andre buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
St Andre fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Robinson looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
St Andre digs a good body shot into Robinson's ribs.
St Andre lands a nice hook to Robinson's body. Robinson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Robinson takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
St Andre lands with a shot to the body.
St Andre scores with the left hand. Robinson knows he should have avoided that one.
Robinson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
St Andre lands with a good body shot.
St Andre throws a one two combo.
Robinson is rocked!
and St Andre counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Robinson! He's just covering up as St Andre starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Benjamin St Andre! Benjamin St Andre retains his lightweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Benjamin St Andre thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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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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