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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Burer Mutant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and DJ Benn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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178 cm
31
135 lbs
11 - 8 - 0 |
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167 cm
27
144 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Burer Mutant! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, DJ Benn! The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shirou Masuda and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Mutant drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles. Mutant throws a good cross that connects.
Benn looks to score with a combo but nothing lands. Mutant gets in close and instigates a clinch. Mutant lands a hook to the side of the head. Mutant really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape. Mutant struggles to land a body shot inside as Benn controls his hands.
Benn is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage. Mutant misses with a body punch.
Mutant lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Benn or not. Mutant struggles to land a body shot inside as Benn controls his hands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Benn tries to circle away but Mutant has him pinned against the cage. Mutant keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Benn's efforts to push away. Mutant lands with a left to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round. Mutant lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Benn backwards. Benn tries to break free but Mutant pushes him back against the cage. Mutant throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges. Benn is trying to break the clinch but Mutant is controlling him. Benn wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee. Mutant is working Benn over against the cage. Benn is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage. Mutant tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. Mutant misses with some punches.
Mutant misses with a punch to the body.
Mutant lands a shoulder strike. Mutant keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Benn's efforts to push away.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Mutant tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Benn's elbow. Mutant lands with a short shot to the head. Benn is trying to push Mutant away but Mutant has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere. Mutant misses with a punch on the inside.
Mutant lands with a good tight uppercut to the head. Benn is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage. Benn working hard to break the clinch. Mutant misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mutant misses with a hook from the clinch. Mutant doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Benn wants to get back to striking at distance but Mutant won't allow it.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Benn tries to break free but Mutant pushes him back against the cage. Benn breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. Mutant throws a series of punches but Benn avoids them all with ease. Benn let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land. Mutant is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Benn. Mutant scores with a body shot.
Mutant throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Benn counters with a right hand to the body. Mutant tries to keep at a distance but Benn has taken the fight into the clinch. Mutant misses with some punches.
Benn can't break the clinch.
A short left from Mutant. A quick uppercut on the inside from Mutant. Mutant misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's four minutes gone in the round. A quick uppercut on the inside from Mutant. Benn blocks an uppercut.
Benn blocks an uppercut.
Mutant misses with a hook from the clinch. Mutant working aggressively here.
Benn prevents a body shot from Mutant. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Benn wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mutant has him pressed against the cage. Mutant lands a nice shot to the body. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mutant. A short uppercut from Mutant. Mutant lands with a left to the head. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mutant. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Burer Mutant dominated that round. That's time! Back to the action!
Benn missing with a left hand there. Mutant was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. Benn tries to clinch up but Mutant circles away and keeps his distance. Mutant scores with a nice body kick.
A jab lands there for Mutant. Benn tries to clinch up but Mutant circles away and keeps his distance. Mutant lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Benn circles away quickly and effectively. Benn has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight. Mutant connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head. Mutant misses with a double jab.
Mutant lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Benn fails with an attempt to clinch.
Burer Mutant is winning the standup battle so far. Mutant lands a two punch combo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Benn tries to clinch up but Mutant circles away and keeps his distance. Mutant misses with a few strikes there.
Burer Mutant is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. Benn tries to clinch but Mutant is having none of it. Mutant is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight. Mutant will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's one minute gone in the round. Mutant closes the distance and lands a one-two. Benn doesn't manage to clinch there - Mutant circles away.
Benn scores with a nice head shot. Mutant fails to land with a series of punches.
A countering left hand to the body from Benn misses. Benn throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mutant fails to land with a series of punches.
Benn unleashes a big counter combination but Mutant bobs and weaves and avoids any damage. Benn dodges the punch combination from Mutant.
Mutant is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Benn can do to turn this around? Benn scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Mutant doesn't seem bothered though. Good standup being displayed there by Benn as he connects with a hook. Mutant misses with the combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round. A punch combination from Mutant misses. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Mutant lands a jab-cross combination. Mutant looks to clinch and Benn counters with a straight right hand. Mutant takes a swing at Benn's ribcage but misses. Benn steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect. Mutant throws a hook but Benn avoids it easily. Mutant lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Benn circles away quickly and effectively. Mutant circles away from the clinch attempt.
Benn throws a body shot but no joy. Benn closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage. Mutant scores with a shoulder strike. Benn is trying to break free. Mutant can't find room to land a body shot as Benn controls the action.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Benn wants to break the clinch but can't.
Mutant throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Benns head. Burer Mutant has scored more points in the clinch so far. Mutant working aggressively here.
Mutant tries to work over Benn's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Mutant throws a punch but it's blocked by Benn. Mutant misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mutant tries a body shot but Benn blocks it.
Mutant misses with the head strike.
Mutant misses with a hook from the clinch. Mutant tries to throw a body punch but Benn avoids it by throwing Mutant back against the cage. Mutant swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round. A right hook to the body lands for Mutant.
Benn wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee. Mutant keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Benn's efforts to push away. Mutant tries to throw a body punch but Benn avoids it by throwing Mutant back against the cage. Mutant keeps control of Benn as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks. An uppercut to the body lands inside from Mutant. Benn prevents a body shot from Mutant. Mutant keeps control of Benn as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks. Benn blocking some punches.
Mutant tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Mutant misses with the head strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Burer Mutant dominated that second round. The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Sloppy strikes from Mutant. Those never looked like landing. Benn with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Mutant to score with a decent uppercut. Mutant wants to clinch. Mutant is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches. Mutant misses with the combination.
Benn is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own. Mutant throws a wild combination but nothing lands. Mutant thows a left - swing and a miss! Mutant ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Benn moves away. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Mutant fails to land with a series of punches.
Mutant misses with a series of wild punches.
A countering left hand to the body from Benn misses. Mutant lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round. Mutant lands a jab to the nose. Benn lands a nice shot that snaps Mutant's head back.
Mutant throws out a token jab with nothing on it. Benn fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mutant went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected. Benn's jab looks to have found its range, popping Mutant under the eye. Mutant swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Benn lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mutant circles away quickly and effectively. Benn throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena. Mutant looks to land a left hand but Benn moved out of range nicely. Mutant throws a hook but Benn avoids it easily. Mutant throws a leg kick and Benn counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body. Mutant rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Benn moves out of range and avoids them all easily. Benn let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land. Benn showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Mutant.
Benn was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Benn misses with a right hand and Mutant moves into the clinch. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Benn breaks from the clinch.
Mutant closes the distance and lands a one-two. Benn moves into range and clinches up with Mutant. Mutant prevents Benn from breaking the clinch. Mutant working some nice short punches in the clinch. A head punch blocked on the inside by Benn. Mutant lands a nice uppercut. Mutant swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mutant gets through Benn's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head. Benn blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mutant working aggressively here.
That's three minutes gone in the round. A shot in the inside from Mutant. Mutant misses with a hook from the clinch. Mutant gets through Benn's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head. Mutant misses with a punch on the inside.
Mutant has Benn pressed against the cage, preventing Benn from circling away and getting back to striking at range. Mutant misses with the head strike.
Mutant misses with the head strike.
Mutant fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mutant misses with the head strike.
Benn blocks a body shot from Mutant. A short right hand to the side of the head by Mutant.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Benn wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee. Mutant misses with a punch on the inside.
Benn is trying to force a seperation but Mutant has the dominant position. Mutant misses with a hook from the clinch. A head punch blocked on the inside by Benn. Burer Mutant is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach. Benn wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Mutant lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage. Mutant working aggressively here.
Mutant working aggressively here.
DJ Benn has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here! Mutant misses with a hook to the ribs.
And that's the end of the fight! Burer Mutant showed his dominance in that final round. Well Mutant has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:27 Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:27 Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Burer Mutant!
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energy
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hype
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mgr
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RATING
49% |
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