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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Khalid Hayes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Scotty Bennet (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hayes kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Flight of Icarus. Khalid Hayes has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Khalid Hayes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Scotty Bennet!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Konstantin Menshow and Aleksei Zolotukhin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hayes darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Bennet with a hook.
Bennet connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Hayes's hands.
Bennet ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hayes moves away.
Bennet is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Bennet tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Bennet chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hayes swings for the body but Bennet moves out of range.
Hayes swings for the body but Bennet moves out of range.
Hayes lands with a nice body punch.
Khalid Hayes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bennet scores with a jab.
Bennet misses with a kick to the body.
Bennet looks to land a body kick but Hayes moved away.
Hayes lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Bennet at a distance.
Hayes lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Bennet moves into the clinch.
Hayes avoids a wild elbow strike from Bennet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Bennet as Hayes tries to tie him up.
Bennet landing knees to the head.
Hayes working hard to break the clinch.
Hayes blocks an elbow strike from Bennet.
Hayes misses with a body punch.
Bennet lands an elbow inside.
It looks like Khalid Hayes has been cut.
Bennet throws an elbow that misses.
Hayes blocks an elbow strike from Bennet.
Bennet throws an elbow that misses.
Bennet misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hayes lands a shoulder strike.
Bennet misses with a punch on the inside.
Bennet misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Bennet fails to land.
A body shot lands from Bennet.
Hayes is trying to push Bennet away but Bennet has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Bennet lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bennet looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bennet lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hayes backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bennet throws a head punch that misses.
Bennet comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Hayes misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bennet misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bennet missing with knees to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Bennet.
Hayes stalling against the cage.
Come on Bennet - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hayes lands a nice uppercut.
Bennet throws a head punch that misses.
Bennet working aggressively here.
Hayes blocks a body shot from Bennet.
Bennet misses with an elbow strike.
Hayes blocks an uppercut.
Hayes presses Bennet against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Hayes misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hayes blocks a body shot from Bennet.
Hayes misses with a body punch.
Hayes's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hayes avoids the body shot from Bennet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bennet steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hayes.
A slapping leg kick lands for Bennet.
Jab from Hayes.
Bennet misses with a body kick.
A solid body kick from Bennet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bennet throws a nice outside leg kick.
Hayes swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Bennet counters with a leg kick.
Bennet thows a body shot but no joy.
Bennet tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hayes was well out of range. Poor timing from Bennet.
Hayes walks into a left hand.
Hayes throws a lazy right hand but Bennet sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bennet scores with a leg kick.
Bennet tries to land a leg kick but Hayes saw it coming and moves away.
Hayes connects with a right hand. Bennet shakes it off.
Hayes misses with a few strikes there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Scotty Bennet dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Khalid Hayes's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Hayes throws a sloppy head kick and Bennet moves out of range easily.
Hayes swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bennet lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hayes circles away quickly and effectively.
Hayes connects with a body shot that sends Bennet's belly button to the back.
Hayes fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Bennet has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Bennet missing with a left hand there. Hayes was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bennet misses with a low kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Bennet.
Hayes takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Bennet comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Hayes takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hayes tests Bennet's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Bennet is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bennet lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hayes's sensitive parts.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bennet lands with a nice body punch.
Bennet throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
A solid body kick from Bennet.
Bennet rushes Hayes and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Bennet keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hayes's efforts to push away.
Bennet misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hayes stalling in the clinch but Bennet improves position.
Bennet makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Hayes scores with a hook to the body.
Bennet doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Bennet fails to land.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bennet misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hayes managing to block the knees to the body from Bennet.
Bennet misses with a body punch.
Hayes can't find room to land a body shot as Bennet controls the action.
Bennet blocks a punch to the side of the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bennet throws an elbow but misses.
Bennet tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hayes is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Hayes is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
A short uppercut from Bennet.
Bennet misses with a body punch.
Bennet throws an elbow but it misses.
Hayes misses with a body punch.
Hayes blocks an elbow strike from Bennet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bennet lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hayes struggles to land a body shot inside as Bennet controls his hands.
Hayes misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hayes is looking to break free of the clinch but Bennet has double underhooks.
Bennet with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bennet has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Bennet lands a left hand.
Hayes tries to break the clinch but Bennet is controlling the position.
Bennet throws an elbow but it misses.
Bennet lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hayes backwards.
Bennet blocks a body shot from Hayes.
Hayes avoids a wild elbow strike from Bennet.
Bennet misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hayes misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bennet has a couple of punches blocked by Hayes.
Bennet is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hayes is defending well for now.
Hayes avoids the elbow strike from Bennet, against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hayes lands a body punch.
Bennet lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hayes backwards.
Hayes blocks an elbow strike from Bennet.
Bennet misses with an elbow over the top.
Hayes taking a breather.
Bennet lands an elbow inside that Hayes shrugs off.
A right handed body shot lands from Hayes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hayes takes a shot to the head.
Bennet misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bennet pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Scotty Bennet showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Khalid Hayes's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
An inside leg kick from Hayes misses.
Hayes lands a nice hook to Bennet's body. Bennet takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Bennet throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hayes.
Hayes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bennet was well out of range. Poor timing from Hayes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hayes. Bennet does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bennet scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Hayes takes a swing at Bennet's ribcage but misses.
Hayes lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Bennet at a distance.
Hayes throws a body kick that misses.
Bennet moves out of range of the body kick from Hayes.
Bennet lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Good standup being displayed there by Hayes as he connects with a hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hayes lands a front kick.
Hayes just misses with a punch to the body.
Scotty Bennet seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bennet takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bennet takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Nice jab there from Hayes.
Bennet avoids a kick to the body.
Bennet clinches up with Hayes and pushes him back against the cage.
Bennet lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hayes gets a trip takedown into half guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Hayes is stalling here. Bennet is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Hayes seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Bennet has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Bennet misses with the ground and pound.
Bennet throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hayes wants to control but Bennet postures up.
Bennet has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Khalid Hayes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hayes manages to work a leg through to get back to half guard here. Good work there by Hayes, under a barage of strikes from Bennet.
Hayes gets full guard.
Hayes is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Hayes has a closed guard, preventing Bennet from standing up.
Bennet loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hayes keeping moving, preventing Bennet from controlling successfully.
Hayes looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Hayes looking for a guillotine here but Bennet defends easily.
Bennet trying to stand up but can't free himself from Hayes's guard.
Scotty Bennet is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Hayes looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bennet is looking to stand up but Hayes won't let him.
Hayes is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Bennet is looking to work some ground and pound but Hayes has wrist control.
Bennet stands up and waves to Hayes to follow him.
Bennet lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hayes looks to score with a jab to the body but Bennet is just out of range.
Hayes on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
A low kick from Hayes is predictable there
and Bennet counters with a stiff right hand.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Khalid Hayes.
Well Bennet has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 28:30
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 28:30
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Scotty Bennet!
Scotty Bennet seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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