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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Scotty Bennet (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fritzie Zivic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zivic has chosen La La Girl by Paffendorf as his entrance music. Fritzie Zivic has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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205 lbs
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216 lbs
30 - 11 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
35 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Scotty Bennet!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
30 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Fritzie Zivic!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Steven Brown and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zivic thows a left - swing and a miss!
A counter left hand to the body from Bennet misses its target.
Bennet tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bennet takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Zivic throws a hook but Bennet blocks it.
Bennet connects with a right hand. Zivic shakes it off.
Bennet checks a low kick from Zivic.
Bennet sizes up Zivic with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Zivic slips a jab and a cross from Bennet.
Bennet throws an overhand right that lands on Zivic's shoulder, as Zivic tries to avoid the shot.
Zivic looks to clinch
enabling Bennet to counter with a crisp jab.
Fritzie Zivic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Bennet checks a leg kick.
Nice takedown defense from Zivic. No joy for Bennet on that attempt.
Zivic let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Zivic throws the left hand but Bennet avoids the punch easily.
Bennet scores with a jab. Zivic acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zivic doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
We've been informed that Zivic has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Zivic tried to score with a low kick but Bennet checks it.
The fighters circling - Zivic throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bennet throws a chopping leg kick but Zivic manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Bennet ducks under a wild hook from Zivic.
Bennet misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bennet throws a lazy uppercut
and Zivic counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Zivic rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Bennet counter with a right hand.
It looks like Fritzie Zivic has been cut.
Jab by Zivic.
Zivic lands a glancing blow to the side of Bennet's head.
Zivic lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Zivic.
Zivic tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Bennet manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Zivic avoids the head kick by Bennet.
Zivic uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bennet.
Bennet misses with a head kick.
Bennet looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Bennet avoids the body shot from Zivic.
Bennet keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Zivic.
Zivic forces Bennet back against the cage and clinches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bennet lands a left hand.
Bennet's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bennet misses with a head kick.
Zivic throws the left hand but Bennet avoids the punch easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bennet. Zivic does a little dance to reset his feet.
Zivic fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bennet has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Bennet there as he acknowledges the shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zivic 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.
Zivic misses with a jab to the body
and Bennet counters with a straight right hand.
Zivic fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bennet manages to avoid it.
It looked like Bennet was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Zivic.
Zivic moves in looking to clinch but Bennet pushes him off.
Zivic scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Bennet with a hook.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Zivic, right into the meat.
Zivic scores with a hook to the body. Bennet takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Zivic throws a front kick aimed at Bennet's knee but Bennet avoids it well.
Zivic fails with an attempt to clinch.
Fritzie Zivic is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bennet lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Zivic scores with a hook to the body. Bennet takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Bennet misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Zivic scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Bennet doesn't seem bothered though.
Bennet misses with an uppercut. Zivic saw that one coming.
Crunch! Bennet slams his shin into Zivic's torso.
Zivic tried to score with a low kick but Bennet checks it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Zivic looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zivic ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bennet moves away.
Bennet throws a head kick that misses.
Zivic jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bennet throws a half hearted mid kick.
Zivic avoids the head kick by Bennet.
Zivic misses with an uppercut. Bennet saw that one coming.
Bennet lands with a shot to the body.
Zivic misses with a looping right.
Bennet throws a sloppy head kick and Zivic moves out of range easily.
A slow jab from Zivic misses its intended target.
Bennet misses the shot to the body.
Bennet tries a head kick but it misses.
Zivic steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Bennet.
Bennet checks a leg kick nicely.
Zivic does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Zivic tried to score with a low kick but Bennet checks it.
Bennet lands a nice looking kick to the body. Zivic takes a step back to recover.
Zivic lands a nice shot that snaps Bennet's head back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zivic avoids the head kick by Bennet.
A combination from Bennet does no damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jab, jab by Zivic - just one landing.
Bennet pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Zivic takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A big left from Bennet misses.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Bennet.
Zivic darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Zivic cracks Bennet with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A low kick from Zivic misses
and Bennet counters with a nice uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bennet avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bennet throws a sloppy head kick and Zivic moves out of range easily.
It seemed like Zivic was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Zivic closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A short right from Zivic.
Come on Bennet - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Fritzie Zivic will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Fritzie Zivic's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Zivic lands with a shot to the body.
Zivic uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bennet.
Bennet swings for the body but Zivic moves out of range.
Bennet misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Zivic with a nice cross.
Zivic rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bennet moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bennet takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Bennet throws a nice head kick!
Zivic lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Bennet at a distance.
Zivic lands with a nice body punch.
Bennet pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bennet misses with a head kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A cross from Zivic lands.
Fritzie Zivic seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Zivic drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Bennet right on the button. Bennet goes down! Zivic follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Zivic gets the win via TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Fritzie Zivic!
Fritzie Zivic really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that AnonymouS logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
In defeat, Scotty Bennet stepped up to the mic, saying 'I'm shop worn and injury riddled. Time to call it a career.'.
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hype
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