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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Scotty Bennet (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hugues De Payens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Payens has chosen Rage against the machine - Bombtrack as his entrance music. Hugues De Payens has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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194 lbs
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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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
41 - 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
32 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Hugues De Payens!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Payens swings for the body but Bennet moves out of range.
Bennet has taken the fight to the clinch.
De Payens cracks Bennet with a nice body shot.
Bennet is looking to control De Payens's arms but De Payens gets an underhook and turns him. Now Bennet has his back to the cage.
De Payens tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bennet working hard to break the clinch.
De Payens takes a shot to the head.
Bennet is trying to break the clinch but De Payens has him pressed against the cage.
De Payens lands a shoulder strike.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that De Payens has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Bennet breaks from the clinch.
Bennet looks to land a left hand but De Payens moved out of range nicely.
De Payens swinging wildly here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bennet swings for the body but De Payens moves out of range.
De Payens throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
De Payens throws an off balance right hand
and Bennet connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bennet takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Payens misses with a low kick.
Bennet swings and misses with a shot to the body
and De Payens counters by moving into the clinch.
De Payens tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bennet's elbow.
A quick uppercut on the inside from De Payens.
Bennet blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bennet looking for a takedown.
De Payens softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
De Payens doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bennet pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bennet is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by De Payens.
A big left from De Payens misses.
Bennet swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by De Payens.
Bennet tries to bum rush De Payens with a series of wild strikes but De Payens uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
De Payens wants to counter the offense by Bennet and move into the clinch position.
Bennet throws a series of punches but De Payens avoids them all with ease.
De Payens gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Bennet has a couple of punches blocked by De Payens.
De Payens misses with a body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bennet misses with some punches.
Bennet breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bennet throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. De Payens was covering up waiting for the punch and Bennet finishes the takedown easily into guard.
De Payens managing to control the position.
Bennet pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. De Payens is keeping the position for now.
De Payens wants to sweep here but Bennet controlling him for the moment.
De Payens looking to control.
De Payens is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Bennet slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Payens wants to improve his position but instead Bennet has moved into half guard.
Bennet is thwarting De Payens's attempts to control the position.
Bennet is trying to control the action in half guard but De Payens is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
De Payens tries to get to full guard but Bennet has control of the leg.
Bennet throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
De Payens trying to control here.
De Payens is trying to get back to full guard.
Bennet thows a huge punch but De Payens dodges it nicely.
De Payens looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Bennet not landing any meaningful shots this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Payens trying to control here.
Bennet wants to take a breather but De Payens is having none of it.
De Payens wants to get back to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bennet is figuring out what he wants to do next.
De Payens is looking to improve his position.
Bennet wants to take a breather but De Payens is having none of it.
De Payens tries to get to full guard but Bennet has control of the leg.
Bennet is thwarting De Payens's attempts to control the position.
Bennet is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and De Payens defends it well.
Bennet not doing much here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Scotty Bennet dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Bennet connects with a solid leg kick.
De Payens throws a big shot that misses.
Bennet shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says De Payens as he avoids it easily.
De Payens forces Bennet back against the cage and clinches.
Bennet pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
De Payens takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
De Payens slips a jab and a cross from Bennet.
And De Payens responds with a good body kick, but Bennet manages to step out the way in time.
De Payens tries to clinch but Bennet moves away
and Bennet counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Payens keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Scotty Bennet seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De Payens scores with a kick to the midsection.
Bennet throws a nice looking combination but De Payens bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bennet throws a body punch but De Payens moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bennet chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Nice body kick from De Payens.
De Payens tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bennet is looking to clinch.
Bennet swats away the attempt to clinch by De Payens.
De Payens misses with a kick to the body.
De Payens has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Bennet.
Bennet misses with a hook to the body
and De Payens counters with a three punch combo that has Bennet backing up. Bennet nods at De Payens to acknowledge the strikes.
De Payens connects with a looping right hand.
Bennet swings for the body but De Payens moves out of range.
De Payens tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
De Payens takes a jab right on the kisser.
De Payens lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
De Payens slips a jab and a cross from Bennet.
De Payens tries to clinch but Bennet moves out of range.
De Payens tries to clinch there but Bennet circles away.
De Payens has managed to clinch.
Bennet gets through De Payens's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
De Payens throws a head punch that misses.
Bennet blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bennet stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
De Payens prevents a takedown attempt there.
Bennet avoiding damage.
A head punch on the inside from De Payens fails to land.
Bennet escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
De Payens moves forwards but Bennet connects with a nice, crisp jab.
De Payens takes one on the button.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bennet throws a body shot but no joy.
It seemed like De Payens was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Bennet closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A slapping leg kick lands for Bennet.
Bennet swings and misses with a hook to the body.
De Payens throws a counter combo.
De Payens looks to throw the jab but Bennet is out of range.
De Payens shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
De Payens wants to clinch up but Bennet keeps it at a distance.
Bennet with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
De Payens blocks a head kick by Bennet.
Bennet thuds his shin into the meat of De Payens's side.
De Payens takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Bennet scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Bennet scores with a hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bennet scores with a hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bennet punishes De Payens's body with a nice straight punch.
Bennet scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. De Payens doesn't seem bothered though.
Bennet checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Bennet is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that De Payens can do to turn this around?
Bennet avoids the body shot from De Payens.
De Payens throws an overhand right that lands on Bennet's shoulder, as Bennet tries to avoid the shot.
Bennet has managed to clinch.
Hugues De Payens seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Bennet is struggling to control the position.
De Payens lands on the inside with an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, De Payens creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Bennet looking to slow down the pace here.
De Payens escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
De Payens has taken the fight to the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Scotty Bennet dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Bennet throws an ugly left hook that misses
and De Payens counters with a nice uppercut.
Bennet misses with a wild body shot.
De Payens misses with a low kick as Bennet jumps back.
A jab from Bennet does it's job there.
Bennet thows a leg kick but De Payens checks it
and De Payens counters with a nice body kick.
Bennet throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent De Payens stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Bennet turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Bennet jabs De Payens right on the nose. De Payens blinks but takes it well.
De Payens tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bennet jabbing away but nothing is landing.
De Payens fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Bennet checks it well.
De Payens has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Bennet.
Bennet throws a poor cross that misses
and De Payens counters with a flying knee. Nice.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bennet tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and De Payens is able to avoid easily.
De Payens takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Bennet connects with a jab.
De Payens takes a swing at Bennet's ribcage but misses.
De Payens staying out of range there.
De Payens steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Bennet. That one must have hurt.
De Payens explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
De Payens throws a body punch but Bennet moves out of range.
De Payens connects with a solid leg kick.
De Payens lands with a straight right. Bennet didn't see that one coming.
Bennet connects with an inside leg kick.
De Payens connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Bennet just misses with a punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
De Payens throws a body shot but no joy.
Hugues De Payens has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bennet thows a left - swing and a miss!
De Payens lands a front kick.
Bennet connects with a crisp jab.
Nice body kick there by Bennet.
De Payens tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bennet wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
De Payens defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Bennet.
De Payens looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A swing and a miss from De Payens.
Bennet lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Bennet lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A punch lands to the side of De Payens 's head but he takes it in his stride.
De Payens's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Payens lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Bennet throws out a powerful jab.
De Payens looks to land a body kick but Bennet moved away.
Bennet fails with a takedown attempt.
Bennet throws a head kick that De Payens semi-blocks.
Bennet looks for a takedown but De Payens sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Scotty Bennet. That's going to take a lot out of him.
De Payens throws a lazy body kick
and Bennet counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
De Payens misses with a combination
and Bennet counters with a leg kick.
De Payens on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Bennet. Bennet obviously looking to wear him down.
Scotty Bennet is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Payens blocks a leg kick.
Bennet checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Bennet lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
De Payens looks to clinch
and Bennet counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
De Payens clinches up against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
De Payens misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bennet.
De Payens misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from De Payens fails to land.
A short uppercut from De Payens.
De Payens tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
De Payens swings wildly with an uppercut but Bennet uses good head movement to avoid it.
De Payens tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bennet's elbow.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Scotty Bennet.
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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Scotty Bennet!
A less than humble Scotty Bennet misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
In defeat, Hugues De Payens stepped up to the mic, saying 'Not only do you not understand my divine purpose, you judge me and cast stones. I will return, the time of judgement is upon your self, you are gods , wake up and realize you are the suffering you create, you are the love, we are one!'.
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