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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pierre Trudeau (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Scotty Bennet (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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188 cm
37
215 lbs
31 - 15 - 2 |
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191 cm
32
206 lbs
36 - 9 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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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
31 - 15 - 2, fighting out of New York, Pierre Trudeau! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
36 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Scotty Bennet! The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! The fight stays on the outside here - Bennet looks like he's thinking about clinching though. We've been told by Trudeau's head coaches at aLion's MMA that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight. Trudeau lands a jab to the nose. Trudeau throws an overhand right that lands on Bennet's shoulder, as Bennet tries to avoid the shot. Trudeau checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time. Bennet sizes up Trudeau with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
It looks like Pierre Trudeau has been cut. Bennet misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bennet wants to slow Trudeau down by chopping away at his legs. Trudeau blocks a low kick nicely. Bennet scores with a kick to the midsection. Bennet tries to close the distance and clinch but Trudeau swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. A quick step to the side and Trudeau tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect. Bennet takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it. Bennet takes one to the chin there. Bennet throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Trudeau sees it coming and avoids it easily. A decent looking body kick lands there for Trudeau. We've been informed that Bennet 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. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Bennet bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes. Bennet keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bennet scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round. Bennet looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Bennet throws a leg kick but Trudeau checks it. Nice shot lands for Bennet. Bennet scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction. Bennet ducks under a wild hook from Trudeau. Bennet takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt. Trudeau walks into a straight right hand from Bennet. Bennet tries to clinch there but Trudeau circles away.
Trudeau darts in and clinches Bennet up against the cage. Bennet tries to stall but Trudeau uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Bennet throws a punch but it's blocked by Trudeau. Trudeau gets through Bennet's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Trudeau lands a left hand.
Bennet blocks an uppercut.
Trudeau softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage. Good body shot from Bennet.
Bennet blocks a body shot from Trudeau. A short right hand to the side of the head by Bennet.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Trudeau's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. A jab from Trudeau finds it's way through Bennet's defenses. Trudeau moves into range and clinches up with Bennet. Trudeau misses with some punches.
Bennet tries to throw a body punch but Trudeau avoids it by throwing Bennet back against the cage. Bennet leaning against his opponent.
Bennet tries to throw a body punch but Trudeau avoids it by throwing Bennet back against the cage. Bennet blocks an uppercut.
Trudeau blocks an uppercut.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors. Trudeau throws a punch but it's blocked by Bennet. Trudeau stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body. Bennet swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short left from Bennet. Bennet tries to work over Trudeau's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Trudeau trying to stall but Bennet improves his position.
Both guys are working to get underhooks. Bennet lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Trudeau or not. Trudeau lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards. Bennet struggles to land a body shot inside as Trudeau controls his hands.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Trudeau scores with an uppercut up the middle. Trudeau is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage. A head punch blocked on the inside by Bennet. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Trudeau. Bennet blocks an uppercut.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors. Trudeau avoids the elbow strike from Bennet, against the cage.
Trudeau throws a punch but it's blocked by Bennet. Trudeau lands a shot to the body. Trudeau misses with the head strike.
Trudeau blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Trudeau fails to land. Trudeau lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards. Bennet misses with a body punch.
Trudeau misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bennet is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage. Bennet lands a body shot. Bennet is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Trudeau is keeping busy.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Bennet lands a right hand that snaps the head of Trudeau backwards. Trudeau lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage. A short right from Trudeau on the inside. Trudeau works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Trudeau lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bennet backwards. A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors. Bennet blocks a body shot from Trudeau. Trudeau softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage. Bennet stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Bennet struggles to land a body shot inside as Trudeau controls his hands.
Trudeau blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Trudeau tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bennet's elbow. Trudeau cracks Bennet with a nice body shot. Bennet tries to throw a body punch but Trudeau avoids it by throwing Bennet back against the cage. Trudeau tries a body shot but Bennet blocks it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. Trudeau avoids the elbow strike from Bennet, against the cage.
Bennet taking a breather. Bennet goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pierre Trudeau dominated that round. The cut man is working on Pierre Trudeau's cut. OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Bennet lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise. Bennet tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Trudeau uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bennet.
Bennet with a jab. Pierre Trudeau seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Bennet fails in his attempt to clinch. Bennet tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Trudeau was well out of range. Poor timing from Bennet. Trudeau throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bennet sees it coming and avoids it easily. Bennet throws a right and a left that Trudeau avoids nicely. Trudeau appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body. Bennet keeps the fight on the outside. Trudeau uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bennet. Bennet tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Trudeau was well out of range. Poor timing from Bennet. A swing and a miss from Trudeau. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Bennet fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Trudeau checks it well. A quick step to the side and Trudeau tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect. A jab from Bennet does it's job there. Bennet misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Trudeau.
Trudeau connects with a body shot. Bennet fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bennet takes one on the chin but seems OK.
That's one minute gone in the round. Bennet looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it. Trudeau slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range. Bennet has managed to clinch.
Trudeau lands a left hand.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bennet. Trudeau lands a shoulder strike. Trudeau wants to break free but Bennet has control.
Bennet looking to stall.
Bennet stalling against the cage.
Trudeau swings wildly with an uppercut but Bennet uses good head movement to avoid it. A quick uppercut on the inside from Bennet. Bennet misses with a hook from the clinch. Pierre Trudeau has scored more points in the clinch so far. Trudeau struggles to land a body shot inside as Bennet controls his hands.
Trudeau misses with a punch to the body.
Trudeau tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Bennet wants to stall.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Trudeau lands a nice uppercut. Trudeau lands with a right to the head. Trudeau swings wildly with an uppercut but Bennet uses good head movement to avoid it. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Bennet stalling in the clinch but Trudeau improves position. Bennet is looking to control Trudeau's arms but Trudeau gets an underhook and turns him. Now Bennet has his back to the cage. Still in the clinch, Bennet scores with a nice short uppercut. Trudeau goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bennet scores with a shot to the side of Trudeau's head. Bennet tries to stall but Trudeau uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Trudeau lands a shoulder strike. Bennet scores with an uppercut up the middle. Trudeau is looking to take this one to the mat. Bennet looking to slow down the pace here. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Trudeau. Bennet stalling.
Bennet doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Trudeau lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Trudeau lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bennet backwards. A quick uppercut on the inside from Bennet. Trudeau tries to break free but Bennet pushes him back against the cage. Bennet misses with a short punch on the inside. Bennet blocking some punches.
Bennet looking to slow down the pace here. The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch. Trudeau tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Bennet lands an uppercut. Trudeau scores with a nice hook to the head. Bennet tries to stall but Trudeau uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A right hook to the body lands for Bennet.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bennet. A head punch blocked on the inside by Bennet. Trudeau pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Trudeau with a body punch. A glancing blow. Trudeau on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Trudeau throws out a token jab with nothing on it. Trudeau misses with a body shot.
A little jabbing left from Bennet on the counter but it doesn't find it's target. Trudeau is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Trudeau dodges the punch combination from Bennet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. A chopping leg kick lands by Bennet. Bennet misses with a two punch combination.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Trudeau. Bennet ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Trudeau moves away. Bennet takes a swing at Trudeau's ribcage but misses. Bennet throws a lazy right hand but Trudeau sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily. Trudeau misses the shot to the body. Bennet avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bennet works the jab nicely. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Scotty Bennet will probably get the nod - 10:9. The cut man is working on Pierre Trudeau's cut. The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
The fight stays on the outside here - Trudeau looks like he's thinking about clinching though. Bennet throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Trudeau's waist but Trudeau gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Bennet off to one side. Bennet scores with a punch to the head.
Pierre Trudeau's cut is getting worse. A bone on bone clash there as Trudeau blocks the leg kick.
Bennet ducks under a wild hook from Trudeau. Trudeau takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch. Bennet throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Trudeau lands a jab to Bennet's midsection. Trudeau keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Trudeau connects with a crisp jab. Bennet misses with a double jab.
Good shot there by Trudeau.
Bennet is rocked! Trudeau throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bennet now looks to counter with a shot at the body. Bennet throws out a loose jab but Trudeau uses good head movement to avoid it. Trudeau swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect. This has been an exciting period of action! Trudeau fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done. Bennet takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired. Bennet fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round. Bennet uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Trudeau. Pierre Trudeau is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. Trudeau throws a hook but Bennet blocks it. Bennet is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own. Trudeau instigates a clinch. Trudeau misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bennet leaning his opponent against the cage. Trudeau scores with a nice hook to the head. Trudeau goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bennet wants to stall.
Bennet misses with a hook from the clinch. Trudeau makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut. Trudeau lands a hook that snaps the head of Bennet backwards. Bennet lands a right hand. Bennet tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Trudeau.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Trudeau misses with a short punch on the inside. Trudeau lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards. Bennet lands a right hand. Bennet lands a hook that snaps the head of Trudeau backwards. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Trudeau lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bennet backwards. Bennet is still on wobbly legs! Can Trudeau finish him? Trudeau lands with a light punch inside. Trudeau swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bennet is trying to maintain a safe position but Trudeau gets an underhook and turns Bennet into the cage. Trudeau swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bennet seems to have recovered his senses. Trudeau misses with a punch on the inside.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Trudeau as Bennet tries to tie him up. Trudeau drops Bennet onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Bennet is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet! Trudeau throws a head punch that misses. Trudeau working aggressively here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Trudeau. Bennet misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Bennet lands a right hand that snaps the head of Trudeau backwards. Trudeau lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bennet backwards. Trudeau creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Bennet's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Bennet drops to his knees and Trudeau pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:16 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pierre Trudeau! Pierre Trudeau thanked the fans post fight for their support. Scotty Bennet spoke after the fight, saying 'I'm shop worn and injury riddled. Time to call it a career.'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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