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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Benny Silver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jet Li (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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198 lbs
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185 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Great elbows
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Benny Silver!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jet Li!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silver is looking to clinch but Li is avoiding it.
Li throws a nice looking combination but Silver bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Silver closes the distance and clinches.
Silver prevents a body shot from Li.
Li working hard to break the clinch.
Li tries to pull guard but Silver won't allow it.
Stalling in the clinch from Silver.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Silver.
Li lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Silver or not.
Silver holding his opponent close, against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Benny Silver.
Silver looks to clinch
enabling Li to counter with a crisp jab.
Silver fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Li has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Li jabs at Silver's body.
Silver slips a jab from Li.
Jet Li seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Li circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nice straight punches there by Silver. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Silver.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Li.
Silver clinches up with Li and pushes him back against the cage.
Silver lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Li wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Silver has him pressed against the cage.
Silver avoiding damage.
Li looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Silver is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Silver creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Li's defenses.
Li has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Silver seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Li can turn it around.
Silver stalling against the cage.
Silver gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Li wants to break the clinch but can't.
Li takes an elbow to the temple.
Silver stalling in the clinch.
Silver gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silver stalling.
Li jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Silver walks away with a smile on his face. Li gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silver looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Li misses with a jab, cross combination.
Silver uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Li.
Li gets tackled into the cage by Silver. Silver maintains the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Li fails to pull guard.
Benny Silver has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jet Li.
Li is trying to push Silver away but Silver has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Silver gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Li takes an elbow to the temple.
Li avoids the elbow strike from Silver, against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silver.
Silver lands an elbow that stopped Li in his tracks for a moment.
Li is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Silver comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Li is trying to push Silver away but Silver has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Li takes an elbow to the temple.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silver keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Li's efforts to push away.
Silver lands a damaging elbow.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Our sources have told us that Silver has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Silver lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Li is trying to break the clinch but Silver has him pressed against the cage.
Li takes an elbow to the temple.
Li has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Li tries to circle away but Silver has him pinned against the cage.
Li is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Silver to keep the fight standing.
Silver effectively controlling the action here.
Li takes an elbow to the temple.
Li tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Li is trying to break the clinch but Silver is controlling him.
Li has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Li has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Li is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Li takes an elbow to the forehead.
Silver stalling in the clinch.
Silver gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Silver lands an elbow just above Li 's eye.
Li is trying to break free.
Li is trying to break the clinch but Silver has him pressed against the cage.
Li takes an elbow to the forehead.
It looks like Jet Li has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice elbow from Silver.
Li is trying to break the clinch but Silver is controlling him.
Silver lands a damaging elbow.
Li tries a body shot but Silver blocks it.
Li wants to break the clinch but can't.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silver creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Li's defenses.
Silver lands a damaging elbow.
Nice elbow from Silver.
Silver lands an elbow just above Li 's eye.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Benny Silver dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jet Li's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Silver tries to clinch up but Li circles away and keeps his distance.
Li fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Silver looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Li thuds a left hand into Silver's body.
Silver thumps Li with a low kick.
Silver moves in looking to clinch but Li pushes him off.
Silver tries to clinch but Li moves out of range.
Silver takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Silver is looking to clinch but Li is avoiding it.
Silver rushes Li and presses him up against the cage.
Silver lands a nice elbow.
Silver lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Silver lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Benny Silver has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Silver gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Li has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Silver lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Silver lands an elbow inside that Li shrugs off.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silver creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Li's defenses.
Li is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Silver to keep the fight standing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver lands a damaging elbow.
Li looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Li is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Silver is keeping busy.
Silver lands an elbow inside.
Silver is struggling to control the position.
Silver keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Li's efforts to push away.
Nice elbow from Silver.
Nice elbow from Silver.
Li wants to break the clinch but can't.
The referee calls for Silver to work.
Li jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Silver walks away with a smile on his face. Li gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Silver tries to clinch up.
Silver is looking to clinch.
Li misses with a series of wild punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Li misses with the combination.
Li swats away the attempt to clinch by Silver.
Li misses with a hook.
Silver fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silver tries to clinch up.
Li circles away from the clinch attempt.
Silver is looking to clinch but Li is avoiding it.
Li throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Silver is looking to clinch but Li is avoiding it.
Li looks to land a combination but Silver avoids it well.
Silver gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silver is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Nice elbow from Silver.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silver just leaning against Li, taking a breather.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silver.
Li misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Silver takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Li tries to break the clinch but Silver is controlling the position.
Silver lands an elbow inside that Li shrugs off.
Silver lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Li has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Silver lands a nice elbow.
The referee calls for Silver to work.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Silver for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Silver creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Li's defenses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Silver throws an elbow that misses.
Silver lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Silver pressing his opponent against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Benny Silver.
Li swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Silver tries to clinch but Li moves out of range.
Li swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Silver moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Jet Li is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Li lands a jab.
Jet Li seems to be getting the better of the standup.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Li throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silver clinches.
Silver lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Li is looking to break free of the clinch but Silver has double underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Benny Silver dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jet Li's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Li lands a nice shot that snaps Silver's head back.
Silver tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Li paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silver dodges the punch combination from Li.
Silver tries to clinch but Li is having none of it.
Silver tries to clinch up but Li circles away and keeps his distance.
Silver just misses with a punch to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silver looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Silver tries to close the distance and clinch but Li swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Li misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silver.
Li throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Silver is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Silver closes the distance and clinches.
Silver lands an elbow inside that Li shrugs off.
Li is looking to break free of the clinch but Silver has double underhooks.
Silver lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver stalls.
Li wants to break the clinch but can't.
Silver will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Li up against the cage.
Li tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Silver slows down the pace here.
Silver lands a damaging elbow.
Silver just leaning against Li, taking a breather.
Silver lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silver lands an elbow inside.
Li has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Silver.
Silver lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Li jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Silver walks away with a smile on his face. Li gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Silver clinches with his opponent.
Silver controlling the action here for a moment.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silver.
Li is looking to break free of the clinch but Silver has double underhooks.
Silver lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Silver slows down the pace here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silver gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Benny Silver.
Li looks to land a right hand but Silver moved out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Li misses with a body shot.
Silver tries to clinch up.
Silver tries to close the distance and clinch up but Li swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silver tries to close the distance and clinch but Li swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silver gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Li misses with an uppercut. Silver saw that one coming.
Silver darts in and clinches Li up against the cage.
Li takes an elbow to the temple.
Silver gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Li wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Li tries to pull guard but Silver won't allow it.
Benny Silver has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jet Li.
Li wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Li tries to break the clinch but Silver is controlling the position.
Li has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Silver has Li pressed against the cage, preventing Li from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Silver will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Li up against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Li wants to break the clinch but can't.
Silver is stalling here.
Silver blocks a body shot from Li.
Silver creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Li's defenses.
Silver taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Li tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Silver smiles and moves away.
Li swats away the attempt to clinch by Silver.
Li is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Silver rather than just go for the knockout.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Li cracks a nice hook into Silver's ribs.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A combination from Li does no damage.
Jet Li has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The fighters circling - Li throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Li misses with a jab to the body
letting Silver counter with a right hand.
Silver fails with an attempt to clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Benny Silver showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Silver, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Benny Silver!
An out of breath and clearly excited Benny Silver thanked Fight Night Nutrition for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
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