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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ben Gatho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Obadiah Klinefelter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gatho comes to the cage accompanied by 666 - Bomba!. Klinefelter has chosen Star Wars as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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179 lbs
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184 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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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
16 - 7 - 1, fighting out of New York, Ben Gatho!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Obadiah Klinefelter!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Dean Styles and Reed Andrews.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gatho misses with a wild body shot.
Gatho checks a leg kick.
Klinefelter clinches.
Klinefelter lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Gatho with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gatho lands with a left to the head.
Klinefelter lands an elbow just above Gatho 's eye.
Klinefelter misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gatho.
Gatho throws a punch but it's blocked by Klinefelter.
Klinefelter tries to land knees in the clinch but Gatho avoids the damage to the body.
Gatho breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gatho misses with a kick to the body.
Gatho pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Klinefelter gets a clinch.
Klinefelter blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Klinefelter creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gatho's defenses.
It looks like Ben Gatho has been cut.
Klinefelter tries to throw a body punch but Gatho avoids it by throwing Klinefelter back against the cage.
Klinefelter tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Klinefelter throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Klinefelter takes an elbow to the forehead.
It looks like Obadiah Klinefelter has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Klinefelter lands an elbow just above Gatho 's eye.
Gatho presses Klinefelter against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Gatho avoiding damage as Klinefelter throws knees to the body.
Klinefelter lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gatho backwards.
Gatho is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Klinefelter is keeping busy.
Gatho scores with a shot to the side of Klinefelter's head.
Gatho looking to stall.
Klinefelter has a couple of punches blocked by Gatho.
Gatho blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gatho unloads a knee to the mid-section.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gatho tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gatho working aggressively here.
Klinefelter tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gatho avoids it.
Gatho misses with an elbow over the top.
Klinefelter lands with a short punch from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Klinefelter scores with a knee to the head.
Gatho breaks from the clinch.
Gatho looks to score with a jab to the body but Klinefelter is just out of range.
Klinefelter tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gatho swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Klinefelter checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Klinefelter moves in looking to clinch but Gatho pushes him off.
Gatho swats away the attempt to clinch by Klinefelter.
Klinefelter moves out of range of the leg kick from Gatho.
Gatho fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Klinefelter checks it well.
Klinefelter misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Klinefelter ducks under a wild hook from Gatho.
Gatho throws a wild body kick that Klinefelter sees coming a mile off.
Gatho throws a hook but Klinefelter avoids it easily.
Gatho defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Klinefelter.
Jab, jab by Gatho - just one landing.
Gatho throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Klinefelter sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gatho throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Gatho misses with a straight left.
Klinefelter misses with an uppercut.
Klinefelter blocks a head kick by Gatho.
That kick from Klinefelter tenderised Gatho's leg. Gatho is trying to keep his angry face on.
Gatho drops his hands momentarily and Klinefelter takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Gatho throws a jab when Klinefelter was well out of range.
Klinefelter shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Gatho as he avoids it easily.
Klinefelter misses with a hook.
Gatho blocks a low kick nicely.
Klinefelter looks to land a body kick but Gatho moved away.
Gatho connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Klinefelter walks into a stiff left hand from Gatho.
Klinefelter blocks a jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Gatho misses the target.
Klinefelter rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gatho moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Klinefelter.
Gatho throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Klinefelter shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Gatho but Gatho pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Ben Gatho has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Obadiah Klinefelter.
Klinefelter connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Gatho tries a head kick but it misses.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Klinefelter.
Klinefelter's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Gatho connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Klinefelter scrambles back to his feet.
Gatho throws a series of punches but Klinefelter moves out of range.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Gatho 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 Klinefelter has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Klinefelter and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Gatho takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Klinefelter tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gatho swings for the body but Klinefelter moves out of range.
Klinefelter tries to clinch up.
Klinefelter scores a takedown into full mount!
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Klinefelter lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Ben Gatho will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Klinefelter throws a leg kick which misses Gatho's front leg but catches the back leg as Gatho tries to avoid it.
Gatho attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Klinefelter goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Klinefelter staying out of range there.
Klinefelter throws a sloppy head kick and Gatho moves out of range easily.
Gatho stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Gatho wants it to stay on the feet.
Gatho misses the shot to the body.
Gatho misses with a body shot.
Klinefelter shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Klinefelter showed some decent athleticism there.
Klinefelter throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Gatho wants to control but Klinefelter is keeping busy and won't allow it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gatho is trying to stand up here but Klinefelter is controlling him well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Klinefelter sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Gatho defending well though.
Klinefelter scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Klinefelter moves into full mount! Gatho won't be happy about that!
Klinefelter lands a nice shot to the head.
Klinefelter thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Klinefelter with a couple of short strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Klinefelter postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Gatho bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Klinefelter and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Obadiah Klinefelter!
Obadiah Klinefelter 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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energy
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hype
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