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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Scotty Bennet (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Virgil Keller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Keller's choice of entrance music: War Music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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191 lbs
42 - 13 - 0 |
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197 lbs
29 - 15 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
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 middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
42 - 13 - 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
29 - 15 - 0, fighting out of London, Virgil Keller!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Donald Grub and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bennet chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Keller can pounce on him.
Keller has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Bennet gets tackled into the cage by Keller. Keller maintains the clinch.
Keller lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bennet manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Keller throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bennets head.
Bennet pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bennet wants to land a leg kick but Keller is out of range.
Keller finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Keller scores with a jab. Bennet acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Keller throws a looping overhand right but Bennet ducks down to avoid it.
Bennet attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Keller lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Keller buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bennet. That's going to slow Keller down.
Bennet displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Keller throws out the jab.
Bennet misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Keller.
Keller is looking for the big counter here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Keller misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nice defenses there by Keller.
Bennet paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bennet throws out a leg kick but Keller moves out of range and Bennet only half commits.
Bennet feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Kellers jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Bennet throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Bennet misses with a looping left.
Bennet bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bennet has been working on his boxing with his coaches at LOD: Lightning Kicks (MaxID260K) in the buildup to the fight.
Nice defenses there by Bennet.
Keller swings for the body but Bennet moves out of range.
The fighters circling - Bennet throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bennet throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Bennet smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A slow jab from Keller misses its intended target.
Decent striking displayed by Bennet there.
Bennet lands a slapping body shot.
A bone on bone clash there as Keller blocks the leg kick.
Keller tries to move into range but Bennet moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Keller throws a push kick but Bennet slaps the foot to one side.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bennet fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Keller takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Keller misses with a straight right.
Nice uppercut lands for Bennet. That snapped Keller's head back.
Bennet moves out of range of the strikes.
Bennet uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Keller.
Bennet uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Keller.
That kick from Bennet tenderised Keller's leg. Keller is trying to keep his angry face on.
Bennet throws a front kick aimed at Keller's knee but Keller avoids it well.
Keller misses with an uppercut.
Bennet throws out a powerful jab.
Bennet throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Keller was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Bennet throws a jab when Keller was well out of range.
A shot to the liver by Keller. Beautiful body shot.
Bennet fails to land with a series of punches.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Keller! But no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bennet misses with a hook.
Keller lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Keller throws a sloppy body shot
and Bennet counters with an inside leg kick.
The fighters circling - Bennet throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Keller scores with a jab to the body.
Bennet throws a nice outside leg kick.
Keller scores with a nice head shot.
Bennet lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Keller misses the jab.
Nice body kick there by Bennet.
Keller is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Bennet lands with a shot to the body.
Bennet scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
It looks like Virgil Keller has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bennet connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Bennet waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Keller.
Keller appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Bennet wants to slow Keller down by chopping away at his legs.
Bennet is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Keller throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bennet sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bennet dips to his left and cracks Keller with an uppercut!
Keller bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Bennet's head.
Jab, jab by Bennet - just one landing.
Bennet is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Keller throws a chopping leg kick but Bennet manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Keller moves away from the strike by Bennet.
Bennet avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bennet wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Bennet scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Bennet tried to score with a low kick but Keller checks it.
Bennet lands with a shot to the body.
Keller throws a leg kick but Bennet moved away.
Bennet steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Keller.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bennet connects with a body shot.
Bennet throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Bennet scoring well with a low kick there.
Keller misses with a hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Scotty Bennet dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Virgil Keller's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Bennet swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bennet on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Bennet throws the left hand but Keller avoids the punch easily.
Keller misses the shot to the body.
Keller checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Keller looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Bennet displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Keller throws out the jab.
Keller scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Keller scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Bennet throws a leg kick but Keller sees it coming and moves out of range.
Scotty Bennet is winning the standup battle so far.
Bennet scores with a hook to the body. Keller takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Keller looks to land a right hand but Bennet moved out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Bennet misses the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Keller throws a low kick, looking for Bennet's leg but Bennet calmly moves out of range.
Keller lands the left hand.
Good leg kick by Bennet there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Keller ducks under a wild hook from Bennet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Keller drops his hands momentarily and Bennet takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Keller 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.
Bennet misses with a body kick.
Bennet connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Bennet looks to land a left hand but Keller moved out of range nicely.
Bennet throws a quick inside leg kick.
Keller misses with a hook. Bennet ducked under it nicely.
Bennet wants to slow Keller down by chopping away at his legs.
Bennet takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Bennet throws a leg kick
and Keller counters with a three punch combo that has Bennet backing up. Bennet nods at Keller to acknowledge the strikes.
Keller with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Bennet to score with a decent uppercut.
Keller tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bennet was well out of range. Poor timing from Keller.
Keller looks to throw a body kick
and Bennet counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Bennet.
Bennet keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Keller's efforts to push away.
Bennet lands a nice shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Good body shot from Bennet.
Bennet stalling in the clinch but Keller improves position.
Keller looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A short uppercut from Keller.
Keller's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Bennet breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bennet cracks Keller with an open hand slap.
Keller thows a body kick. Bennet tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Bennet pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Keller throws out a counter right but Bennet avoids it with no problem.
A jab lands there for Bennet.
Bennet throws a poor cross that misses
and Keller counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bennet feints and then cracks Keller's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Keller down.
A solid leg kick lands there for Bennet.
Keller loads up on a big right hand but Bennet slips the punch.
Keller throws a series of punches but Bennet avoids them all with ease.
Bennet is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Keller can do to turn this around?
Keller walks into a straight right hand from Bennet.
Bennet on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bennet fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Keller misses with a hook
and Bennet counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Keller throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bennet sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bennet misses with a leg kick.
Crunch! Bennet slams his shin into Keller's torso.
Keller is breathing heavily.
Keller tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Keller checks a leg kick nicely.
Keller flicks out a counter leg kick but Bennet steps away.
Keller throws a head kick that misses
and Bennet counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Nice body punch from Bennet - that landed with a thud.
Bennet escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Keller with a nice cross.
Bennet scores with a crisp jab that stopped Keller in his tracks.
Bennet scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Keller takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bennet feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Keller's calf.
Bennet cracks Keller with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Keller misses.
Bennet throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Bennet walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Keller checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Bennet chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Bennet misses with an uppercut. Keller saw that one coming.
Keller takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Bennet connects with an inside leg kick.
Bennet misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Keller.
Keller rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Bennet counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Keller checks a low kick from Bennet.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bennet takes one on the button.
Bennet swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bennet lands with an uppercut that bounces Keller off the cage and back into range.
Keller walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Bennet checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Scotty Bennet dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Virgil Keller's cut.
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.
Keller throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bennet throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Keller counter with a right hand.
Nice uppercut lands for Bennet. That snapped Keller's head back.
Bennet misses with a body shot.
Bennet lands an overhand right.
Bennet throws out a loose jab but Keller uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bennet slips a jab from Keller.
Bennet throws a body shot but no joy.
Keller with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Bennet to score with a decent uppercut.
Bennet with a body punch. A glancing blow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bennet swinging wildly here.
Bennet misses with a right hand
and Keller counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bennet moves out of range of the strikes.
Bennet takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Keller wants to land a leg kick but Bennet is out of range.
Bennet misses with a hook.
Keller ducks under a wild hook from Bennet.
Bennet pivots, looking for a leg kick but Keller is out of range and Bennet settles back down.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Keller! But no joy.
Keller throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Keller stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Bennet.
You can see that Keller has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
A chopping leg kick lands by Bennet.
Bennet misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bennet with a hook.
Keller drives through and clinches with Bennet against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Bennet tries to throw a body punch but Keller avoids it by throwing Bennet back against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Bennet takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Keller misses with a punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bennet controlling the action here for a moment.
Bennet is stalling here.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Bennet for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Scotty Bennet.
Bennet misses with a leg kick
and Keller counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Keller throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bennet missing with a left hand there. Keller was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bennet ducks under a wild hook from Keller.
Keller has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Bennet 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.
Bennet lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bennet connects with a body shot.
Keller misses with a double jab
and Bennet cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Keller fails with an attempt to clinch.
Keller misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bennet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bennet lands with a kick to the temple. Keller shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Bennet misses with a straight right.
Keller looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Bennet digs a good hook to Keller's body.
Keller is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bennet displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Keller throws out the jab.
Keller lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Bennet at a distance.
Virgil Keller has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Keller blocks a head kick by Bennet.
Keller appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Bennet feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Kellers jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Keller forces Bennet back against the cage and clinches.
Keller lands with a light punch inside.
Keller is working Bennet over against the cage.
Keller prevents the takedown attempt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bennet doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bennet breaks from the clinch.
Keller throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Bennet to counter with a crisp jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Keller ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Keller looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bennet. Keller does a little dance to reset his feet.
A little jabbing left from Keller on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Bennet blocks a leg kick.
A counter left hand to the body from Bennet misses its target.
Bennet lands a head shot.
Bennet dips to his left and cracks Keller with an uppercut!
Bennet moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Keller throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Scotty Bennet is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Keller takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Keller darts in and clinches Bennet up against the cage.
Keller letting Bennet take a breather here.
Bennet keeps control of Keller as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bennet stalling in the clinch but Keller improves position.
A hook to the body from Bennet.
Bennet working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
And that's the end of the fight!
Scotty Bennet showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Bennet, 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 James Atkins scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Scotty Bennet!
Scotty Bennet decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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