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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Dakota Benedict (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hooper Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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155 lbs
1 - 7 - 0 |
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150 lbs
1 - 5 - 0 |
Solid boxing
KO power
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dakota Benedict!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Hooper Smith!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Shigeki Sano and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith dodges the punch combination from Benedict.
Benedict takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Smith dodges the punch combination from Benedict.
Benedict really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Smith throws a wild body kick that Benedict sees coming a mile off.
Benedict takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Smith lands with a kick to the temple. Benedict shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Benedict looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
No joy there for Benedict, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Smith throws a head kick but Benedict moves out of range.
Benedict swinging wildly here.
A head kick misses from Benedict.
Some wild striking there from Smith.
Smith throws a shot from downtown. Benedict moves away and avoids it.
Benedict tries a head kick but it misses.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Smith pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Benedict back to the ropes. Smith follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Benedict misses with a two punch combination.
Benedict throws a series of punches but Smith moves out of range.
Dakota Benedict seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Smith wants to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Smith as he connects with a hook.
Smith fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Smith lands a jab to Benedict's midsection.
Benedict avoids the head kick by Smith.
Benedict misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Smith fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Benedict manages to avoid it.
Smith throws a hook but Benedict avoids it easily.
Benedict lands with a kick to the temple. Smith shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Benedict moves into range and clinches up with Smith.
A nice left hand lands by Benedict.
Benedict with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Smith lands a damaging elbow.
It looks like Dakota Benedict has been cut.
Smith tries to land a knee to the head but Benedict blocks with his arms.
Smith wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Smith throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Benedict wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Benedict with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benedict working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Smith trying to control the position but instead, Benedict has worked for underhooks and has pushed Smith into the ropes.
Smith misses with a punch on the inside.
Benedict manages to break the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Benedict rushes Smith and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Benedict's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Smith looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Smith lands a body shot.
Benedict avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Benedict throws a head kick that misses.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch up but Benedict swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Smith throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Benedict.
Benedict misses with a wild combination.
Smith throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Smith slips a jab and a cross from Benedict.
Smith doesn't manage to clinch there - Benedict circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Benedict on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Benedict avoids the body shot from Smith.
Smith tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Benedict was well out of range. Poor timing from Smith.
A head kick misses from Benedict.
Smith wants to clinch.
Smith throws a right and a left that both miss.
Smith wants to clinch up but Benedict keeps it at a distance.
Smith tries to clinch but Benedict moves out of range.
A combination from Smith does no damage.
Smith throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Benedict throws a right and a left that both miss.
Smith tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sloppy strikes from Benedict. Those never looked like landing.
Smith throws a right and a left that Benedict avoids nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benedict rushes Smith and presses him up against the ropes.
Benedict's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Benedict swinging wildly here.
Benedict fails with an attempt to clinch.
Benedict has Smith up against the ropes in a clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Smith throws an elbow but misses.
Benedict is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Smith throws a knee to the head but misses.
Benedict breaks from the clinch.
Smith tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Smith lands a nice looking body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Smith throws a sloppy head kick and Benedict moves out of range easily.
Some wild striking there from Benedict.
Benedict tries to clinch but Smith moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Hooper Smith will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Dakota Benedict's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch but Benedict swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dakota Benedict is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Benedict falls off balance throwing a combination
and Smith counters with a nice uppercut.
Smith throws a right and a left that both miss.
Smith tries to clinch up but Benedict circles away and keeps his distance.
Hooper Smith seems to be getting the better of the standup.
No joy there for Smith, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Smith tries to clinch but Benedict is having none of it.
Smith lands with a kick to the ribs.
Smith throws a series of punches but Benedict moves out of range.
Smith blocks a head kick by Benedict.
Smith looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Benedict lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Smith throws out a loose jab but Benedict uses good head movement to avoid it.
Smith moves in looking to clinch but Benedict pushes him off.
Smith throws a right and a left that Benedict avoids nicely.
Smith is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Benedict rather than just go for the knockout.
Smith throws a half hearted mid kick.
Benedict blocks a head kick by Smith.
Benedict rushes Smith and presses him up against the ropes.
Benedict escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benedict dodges the punch combination from Smith.
Smith lands with a nice body punch.
Smith misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Benedict keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Benedict looks to land a combination but Smith avoids it well.
Smith swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Smith misses with the combination.
Smith is breathing heavily.
Benedict forces Smith back against the ropes and clinches.
Benedict escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Smith throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Smith looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Benedict has managed to clinch.
Smith wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Benedict has him pressed against the ropes.
Smith tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Smith wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Benedict scores with a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benedict breaks from the clinch.
Smith waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Benedict.
Some wild striking there from Smith.
Benedict scores with a jab to the jaw.
Benedict avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Smith misses with a two punch combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Benedict throws a series of punches but Smith avoids them all with ease.
Some wild striking there from Smith.
Benedict throws a sloppy head kick and Smith moves out of range easily.
Benedict pushes Smith up against the ropes in a clinch.
Benedict breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Benedict throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Smith fails to land with a series of punches.
Smith takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Smith shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Benedict eats them both and turns towards Smith to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Smith.
Smith throws a sloppy head kick and Benedict moves out of range easily.
Benedict misses with a wild combination.
Benedict clinches up against the ropes.
A frustrated look appears on Smith's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Smith tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Benedict manages to break the clinch.
Left hook, right uppercut from Benedict.
Benedict keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Smith.
Smith comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Benedict moves into range and clinches up with Smith.
Benedict managing to block the knees to the body from Smith.
Benedict manages to break the clinch.
Smith lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Benedict circles away quickly and effectively.
Benedict avoids a punch combination nicely.
Smith tries to clinch but Benedict moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benedict throws a series of punches but Smith moves out of range.
Benedict has Smith up against the ropes in a clinch.
Benedict dodges an elbow strike from Smith.
Benedict escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Smith throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Smith misses with a head kick.
Benedict tries a head kick but it misses.
Smith misses with a straight right.
Smith cracks Benedict with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
A punch combination from Smith misses.
A combination from Smith does no damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Good work by Smith as he checks the leg kick.
Benedict throws a sloppy head kick and Smith moves out of range easily.
Smith takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Benedict misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Dakota Benedict will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Dakota Benedict's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Smith will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Benedict looks to land a combination but Smith avoids it well.
No joy there for Benedict, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Smith goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Smith throws a series of punches but Benedict moves out of range.
Benedict throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Smith misses with a jab, cross combination.
Benedict tries to bum rush Smith with a series of wild strikes but Smith uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A combination from Smith does no damage.
Smith tries to clinch up.
No joy there for Benedict, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Smith dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Benedict throws a series of punches but Smith moves out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Smith fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Benedict looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A shot to the liver by Smith. Beautiful body shot.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Benedict.
Benedict throws a nice looking combination but Smith bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Smith misses with a two punch combination.
Benedict lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Smith circles away quickly and effectively.
Smith throws a combination. Benedict tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch but Benedict swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Benedict looks to land a combination but Smith avoids it well.
Benedict rushes Smith and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Benedict's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Smith scores with a head kick. Benedict tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Benedict clinches.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Smith looking to throw knees to the head but Benedict is blocking nicely.
Dakota Benedict has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Smith looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Smith tries to break the clinch but Benedict is controlling the position.
Smith misses with a hook from the clinch.
Smith tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benedict breaks from the clinch.
Benedict moves into the clinch.
Benedict breaks from the clinch.
Smith misses with a jab, cross combination.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Benedict misses with a jab, cross combination.
Smith throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Benedict rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Smith moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A punch combination from Smith misses.
Benedict misses with a two punch combination.
The fight stays on the outside here - Smith looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Smith misses with a two punch combination.
Benedict misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A head kick misses from Benedict.
Smith wants to clinch.
Smith misses with a two punch combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benedict's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Smith connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Benedict scrambles back to his feet.
Smith misses with a series of wild punches.
Smith throws a head kick that half lands.
Benedict drives through and clinches with Smith against the ropes.
A short uppercut from Benedict.
Smith has had enough of the clinch but Benedict keeps him there for the moment.
Smith is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Benedict is defending well for now.
Benedict breaks the clinch.
Smith avoids the head kick by Benedict.
Smith tries to bum rush Benedict with a series of wild strikes but Benedict uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Benedict dodges the punch combination from Smith.
Smith blocks a head kick by Benedict.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith fails to land with a series of punches.
Benedict throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Smith will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Benedict looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Benedict throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Smith wants to clinch.
Benedict blocks a head kick by Smith.
Benedict misses with a head kick.
A punch combination from Smith misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Smith misses with a few strikes there.
Benedict throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Smith stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Benedict throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Smith misses with a double jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Hooper Smith.
I think Smith 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 Shirou Masuda scores the fight 28:29
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 28:29
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hooper Smith!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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