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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Elan Tedroni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sam Benton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Elan Tedroni has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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261 lbs
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265 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Elan Tedroni!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sam Benton!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Frank Dennis and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tedroni misses with a series of wild punches.
Benton falls off balance throwing a combination
and Tedroni makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Decent striking displayed by Benton there.
Tedroni will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Tedroni looks for a takedown but Benton sprawls well.
Tedroni fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Elan Tedroni. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tedroni shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Benton as he jumps to the side.
Tedroni throws a sloppy head kick and Benton moves out of range easily.
Tedroni scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Benton displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Tedroni shoots in and drives through. Benton sprawls well.
Benton fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benton misses with a double jab.
Tedroni shoots in for a takedown but Benton shows good takedown defense.
Tedroni pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A punch combination from Benton misses.
Tedroni fails with the takedown.
Benton throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Donk. Benton catches Tedroni right on the button with a cross.
Tedroni tries to land a leg kick but Benton saw it coming and moves away.
Benton keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Elan Tedroni seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Benton misses with a body kick.
Benton pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Tedroni drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Tedroni is breathing heavily.
Tedroni sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Benton is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benton is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Tedroni asserts his dominance and retains side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Benton dodges the ground and pound from Tedroni.
Tedroni creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Benton sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Tedroni is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Benton has escaped the position, nice work there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benton wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Tedroni trying to control the action but Benton is working from the bottom.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Benton works over Tedroni's head and body with a nice combination.
Tedroni is looking to clinch.
Benton misses with a low kick.
Tedroni moves out of range of the body kick.
Benton lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Tedroni backs up against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tedroni misses with a low kick.
Benton scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Benton lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Tedroni has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Tedroni and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A low kick from Benton is predictable there
and Tedroni counters with a low kick, right behind Benton 's knee.
Benton closes the distance and lands a one-two.
A left and a right from Benton both land. Nice combination.
Benton throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Benton throws a right hand that Tedroni ducks under and follows up with a left that Tedroni also avoids with ease.
A combination from Benton does no damage.
Tedroni tries to clinch but Benton is having none of it.
Tedroni throws an off balance right hand
and Benton counters with a stiff right hand.
Benton displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Benton has eaten all the pies!Tedroni misses with a takedown attempt - Benton sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Benton swinging wilding here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sam Benton dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Benton misses with a wild combination.
Tedroni shoots in but no luck this time.
Tedroni fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tedroni misses with a lunging right hand
and Tedroni takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Tedroni fails with an attempt to clinch.
Benton scores with a three punch combo!
Benton looks to land a body kick but Tedroni moved away.
Benton throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Benton throws a one two combo.
Tedroni misses with a head kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Benton.
Benton scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Benton fails to land with a series of punches.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tedroni avoids a punch combination nicely.
Benton throws a right and a left that Tedroni avoids nicely.
Benton checks a leg kick nicely.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Tedroni.
Tedroni showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Benton.
Sam Benton seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Benton stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Elan Tedroni. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Benton throws a right and a left that Tedroni avoids nicely.
Tedroni misses with a body punch
and Benton counters with a straight right hand.
Elan Tedroni is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A decent looking cross lands there for Benton.
Tedroni with a lazy takedown attempt
and Benton counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Danga de danga de dang - Benton scores with a four punch combination!
Benton avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tedroni misses with a low kick.
Benton throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Tedroni counters with a head kick.
Tedroni has managed to clinch.
Tedroni breaks from the clinch.
Tedroni misses with a few strikes there.
Tedroni darts in and clinches Benton up against the cage.
Benton wants to break free but Tedroni has control.
Tedroni jumps guard.
Tedroni has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Benton can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Benton is looking to stand up but Tedroni won't let him.
Benton avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Benton really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Tedroni. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tedroni controls Benton momentarily but Benton frees himself.
Tedroni wants to sweep but no luck.
Tedroni is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Benton taking some punishment here, with Tedroni in his half guard.
Tedroni frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Tedroni trying to control but Benton is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tedroni unloads with some shots from mount but Benton bucks and avoids them well.
Benton wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Tedroni.
Tedroni stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tedroni scoring well with a low kick there.
Tedroni throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Benton's waist but Benton gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Tedroni off to one side.
Benton lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Elan Tedroni dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Tedroni walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Benton checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Benton lands an overhand right.
Benton misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Benton falls off balance throwing a combination
and Tedroni counters with a series of strikes. Benton will be more careful next time no doubt.
Tedroni shoots in but Benton avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Benton is looking to score with low kicks.
Tedroni misses with a head kick.
Tedroni throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Benton counters with a straight right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice body kick from Tedroni.
Jab by Benton.
A good leg kick by Tedroni.
Tedroni fails with a takedown attempt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tedroni looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Elan Tedroni. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benton throws a combination. Tedroni tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Tedroni fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
A combination from Benton does no damage.
Benton misses with a double jab.
Horrible takedown by Tedroni or perhaps it was just good defense by Benton which made him look bad.
Benton has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Benton cracks Tedroni with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Benton rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tedroni moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tedroni 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.
Tedroni tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Benton swivels and escapes.
Nice takedown defense from Benton. No joy for Tedroni on that attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tedroni throws a right hand that misses
and Benton counters with a nice uppercut.
Tedroni shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Benton as he avoids it easily.
Tedroni fails to land the takedown.
Benton chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Tedroni can pounce on him.
Benton keeps the fight on the outside.
Benton shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Tedroni fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Tedroni will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Tedroni shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Benton as he avoids it easily.
Tedroni tries to clinch up.
Tedroni wants to clinch up but Benton keeps it at a distance.
Tedroni looks for a takedown but Benton sprawls well.
Tedroni shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benton throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Benton avoids the head kick by Tedroni.
Benton keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Tedroni checks a low kick from Benton.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Tedroni checks a leg kick.
Tedroni tries to clinch up but Benton circles away and keeps his distance.
Benton swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Tedroni throws and low kick but Benton moves out of range easily.
Benton swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Tedroni counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Tedroni throws a head kick but Benton moves out of range.
Benton scores with a nice strike.
Benton lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Tedroni takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tedroni tries to clinch up.
Tedroni tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Benton swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Tedroni looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Benton tries to bum rush Tedroni with a series of wild strikes but Tedroni uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Benton connects with a single shot there.
Tedroni avoids a kick to the body.
Benton throws a nice looking combination but Tedroni bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Benton rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tedroni moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tedroni avoids a punch combination nicely.
Tedroni fails with the takedown.
Tedroni showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Benton.
Tedroni shoots in but no luck this time.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sam Benton comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Benton 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sam Benton!
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