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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Glenn Stroud (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Glenn Benton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stroud comes to the cage accompanied by Septic Flesh - Pyramid God. Benton has chosen Shed Seven - Bully Boy as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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188 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Glenn Stroud!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Glenn Benton!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, William Gold and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stroud throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Benton throws a hook but Stroud avoids it easily.
Benton throws out a loose jab but Stroud uses good head movement to avoid it.
Stroud misses with a two punch combination.
Stroud looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Benton misses with a few strikes there.
Benton looks to score with a jab to the body but Stroud is just out of range.
Stroud swinging wildly here.
Benton throws an overhand right that lands on Stroud's shoulder, as Stroud tries to avoid the shot.
Glenn Stroud seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stroud throws a series of punches but Benton avoids them all with ease.
Benton throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Benton 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.
Benton throws the kick towards the body but Stroud avoids it.
Stroud tries to close the distance and clinch up but Benton swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Stroud moves in looking to clinch but Benton pushes him off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stroud fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Stroud gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Benton scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Stroud doesn't seem bothered though.
Stroud throws a combination that misses
and Benton connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Stroud tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Benton swivels and escapes.
Stroud tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Stroud swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Benton throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Stroud stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Benton scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Glenn Benton is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Stroud ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Benton throws a jab when Stroud was well out of range.
Benton dodges the punch combination from Stroud.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stroud rushes Benton and presses him up against the cage.
Stroud throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Benton tries to work over Stroud's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Stroud lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
It looks like Glenn Benton has been cut.
Benton displaying some good clinch control by pressing Stroud up against the cage.
Stroud misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Stroud trying to land knees to the body.
Benton avoiding damage as Stroud throws knees to the body.
Stroud goes for a takedown in the clinch but Benton prevents it.
Benton slowing the pace effectively.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stroud looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Glenn Stroud. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Stroud scores a nice knee to the body.
Stroud throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Stroud swings wildly with an uppercut but Benton uses good head movement to avoid it.
Benton lands a left hand that snaps the head of Stroud backwards.
Stroud prevents Benton from breaking the clinch.
Stroud gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Stroud misses with a body punch.
Benton stalling against the cage.
Stroud struggles to land a body shot inside as Benton controls his hands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stroud escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Stroud misses with a series of wild punches.
Benton connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Stroud closes the distance looking to clinch
and Benton counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A punch combination from Stroud misses.
Benton throws a wild body kick that Stroud sees coming a mile off.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Stroud tries to clinch up.
Benton scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A combination from Benton does no damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Glenn Benton dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Glenn Benton's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Stroud misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Stroud doesn't manage to clinch there - Benton circles away.
Stroud tries to land a leg kick but Benton saw it coming and moves away.
Stroud tries to clinch up but Benton circles away and keeps his distance.
Benton swats away the attempt to clinch by Stroud.
Glenn Stroud is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Stroud keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Stroud looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Stroud changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Stroud moves out of range of the leg kick from Benton.
Benton misses with a looping left.
Stroud fails in his attempt to clinch.
Benton throws a leg kick that is checked
and Stroud counters with a three punch combo that has Benton backing up. Benton nods at Stroud to acknowledge the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benton swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Stroud ducks under a wild hook from Benton.
Stroud rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Benton moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Benton misses with a wild body shot.
Stroud looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Benton thows a body shot but no joy.
Benton ducks under a wild hook from Stroud.
Stroud tries to clinch there but Benton circles away.
Stroud scores with the left hand. Benton knows he should have avoided that one.
Stroud throws a series of punches but Benton avoids them all with ease.
Stroud instigates a clinch.
Benton manages to break the clinch.
Stroud wants to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as Stroud blocks the leg kick.
Benton scores with a jab to the body.
Benton throws a nice looking combination but Stroud bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Stroud throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Stroud fails with a takedown attempt.
Benton swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nice body punch from Benton.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stroud is looking to clinch.
Benton keeps the fight on the outside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benton paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Benton takes a swing at Stroud's ribcage but misses.
Stroud misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Stroud throws a one two combo.
Stroud tries to clinch up but Benton circles away and keeps his distance.
Stroud thows a body shot but no joy.
Stroud tries to close the distance and clinch but Benton swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Benton fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Stroud getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Stroud doesn't manage to clinch there - Benton circles away.
Benton throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Stroud on the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stroud lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Benton circles away quickly and effectively.
Benton has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Benton is rocked!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stroud tries to clinch up but Benton circles away and keeps his distance.
Benton is still on wobbly legs! Can Stroud finish him?
Benton scores with a push kick.
Benton lands with a nice body punch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Stroud!
An inside leg kick from Benton misses.
Benton throws a low kick, looking for Stroud's leg but Stroud calmly moves out of range.
Good standup being displayed there by Benton as he connects with a hook.
Benton defending well as Stroud loads up on a big left hand.
Stroud looks to land a combination but Benton avoids it well.
Stroud misses with a hook.
Benton seems to have recovered his senses.
Benton throws a nice looking combination but Stroud bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Glenn Benton seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Stroud scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Benton bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Stroud's head backwards.
A punch combination from Stroud misses.
A punch combination from Stroud misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Glenn Stroud dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Glenn Benton's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Benton throws a nice looking combination but Stroud bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Stroud throws a right hand that Benton ducks under and follows up with a left that Benton also avoids with ease.
Stroud fails in his attempt to clinch.
Benton bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Stroud swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Stroud swinging wildly here.
Benton bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Stroud's head backwards.
Stroud misses with a leg kick.
Stroud closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Stroud letting Benton take a breather here.
Stroud throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Benton blocks it with crossed arms.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stroud tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Benton avoids it.
Benton blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Benton is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Stroud just misses with a elbow thrown towards Benton's brow.
Benton looking to stall.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Stroud.
Benton gets underhooks to prevent Stroud's takedown attempt.
Benton managing to block the knees to the body from Stroud.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Stroud just misses with a elbow thrown towards Benton's brow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stroud is trying to maintain a safe position but Benton gets an underhook and turns Stroud into the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Benton.
Stroud throws an elbow that misses.
Stroud wants to take the fight to the mat but Benton manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Benton blocks a body shot from Stroud.
Benton leaning his opponent against the cage.
Benton is looking to control Stroud's arms but Stroud gets an underhook and turns him. Now Benton has his back to the cage.
Stroud pushes off an throws an elbow but Benton leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Stroud is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benton is pressed up against the cage. Stroud has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Benton down to the mat. Benton avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Glenn Stroud. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Benton scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Stroud ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Stroud takes a jab right on the kisser.
Stroud is rocked!
Benton tries to land a leg kick but Stroud saw it coming and moves away.
Oh Stroud is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Stroud wants to clinch
and Benton counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Stroud seems to have got his legs back now.
Benton lands with a right that hurts Stroud. Stroud looks to clinch but Benton throws a short knee that drops Stroud. This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:44 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch and Knee). Glenn Benton!
A relieved looking Glenn Benton thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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