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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Liam Conor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gegard Benhard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gegard Benhard is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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160 lbs
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183 cm
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160 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big heart |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Liam Conor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gegard Benhard!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Emerson Jorge and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Conor tries to bum rush Benhard with a series of wild strikes but Benhard uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Benhard moves into range and connects with a jab.
Conor misses with a jab, cross combination.
Conor avoids a punch combination nicely.
Conor seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
A swing and a miss from Benhard.
Conor lands with a straight right. Benhard didn't see that one coming.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Conor has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Benhard finds it's way round the side to connect with Conor's head.
Benhard avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Conor swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Benhard.
Benhard throws a right and a left that both miss.
Benhard fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
As Benhard looks to move away, Conor throws a big counter combo but Benhard just gets out of the way.
Benhard misses with a hook
and Conor counters with a three punch combo that has Benhard backing up. Benhard nods at Conor to acknowledge the strikes.
Conor scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
It looks like Gegard Benhard has been cut.
Conor throws a combination that misses
letting Benhard counter with a right hand.
Benhard's corner calls for a 1-2. Benhard obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Benhard slips a straight right by Conor.
A swing and a miss from Conor.
Benhard misses with a wild body shot.
Some wild striking there from Conor.
It seemed like Benhard was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Conor misses with a looping right.
Conor misses with a combination
and Benhard counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Benhard misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Conor.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benhard lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Conor on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Benhard ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Benhard lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Conor throws a series of punches but Benhard moves out of range.
Benhard is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Conor with a body shot.
Conor is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Benhard.
Gegard Benhard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice straight punches there by Benhard. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Benhard.
Benhard connects with a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benhard throws a jab when Conor was well out of range.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Benhard fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Conor manages to avoid it.
It looked like Conor was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Conor lands a two punch combo.
Benhard tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Conor was well out of range. Poor timing from Benhard.
No joy there for Conor, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Decent striking displayed by Benhard there.
Benhard misses with a few strikes there.
Benhard connects with the punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gegard Benhard dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gegard Benhard's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Benhard misses with a body shot.
Benhard scores with a jab.
Conor falls off balance throwing a combination
and Benhard counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Conor looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A little jabbing left from Benhard on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Conor misses with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Conor lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Conor might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Conor misses with a lunging right hand
and Benhard counters with a left and a right that stings Conor.
Gegard Benhard seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Benhard clobbers Conor with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benhard misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Conor.
Conor takes one to the chin there.
Conor is rocked!
Benhard misses with a combination
and Conor counters with a one-two to the body.
Benhard has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Conor keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Benhard works over Conor's head and body with a nice combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Conor 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Conor thows a left - swing and a miss!
A countering left hand to the body from Benhard misses.
Benhard swings for the body but Conor moves out of range.
Benhard connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Conor's hands.
Conor avoids the body shot from Benhard.
Conor is looking to counter punch.
Benhard avoids a punch combination nicely.
Benhard throws a nice looking combination but Conor bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Benhard. Beautiful body shot.
Liam Conor is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Conor throws a series of strikes that have Benhard backpedaling.
A combination from Conor does no damage.
Conor pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Benhard back to the cage. Conor follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Benhard misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Benhard misses with a wild body shot.
As Benhard looks to move away, Conor throws a big counter combo but Benhard just gets out of the way.
Conor 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.
Conor throws a nice looking combination but Benhard bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Conor lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Benhard circles away quickly and effectively.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Benhard misses the body punch
and Conor counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Conor throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Benhard drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Conor defends it well.
Benhard swinging wildly here.
As Benhard looks to move away, Conor throws a big counter combo but Benhard just gets out of the way.
Benhard throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A punch combination from Benhard misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Liam Conor will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Gegard Benhard's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, 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.
A decent looking cross lands there for Benhard.
A jab from Benhard finds it's way through Conor's defenses.
Conor looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Conor lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Benhard circles away quickly and effectively.
Conor misses with a two punch combination.
Benhard scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Conor gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Benhard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Conor throws a combination. Benhard tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Conor throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Benhard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Conor uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Benhard has time to react.
Benhard lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Conor defending well as Benhard loads up on a big left hand.
Conor lands with an uppercut that bounces Benhard off the cage and back into range.
Benhard takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Conor takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Conor takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Benhard takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benhard misses the shot to the body.
Conor throws a right hand that Benhard ducks under and follows up with a left that Benhard also avoids with ease.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A combination from Conor does no damage.
Conor is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Benhard throws a series of punches but Conor moves out of range.
A big right from Benhard misses.
As Benhard looks to move away, Conor throws a big counter combo but Benhard just gets out of the way.
Benhard showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Conor.
Benhard tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
A combination from Benhard does no damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benhard misses the shot to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Conor. Those never looked like landing.
Conor scores with the left hand. Benhard knows he should have avoided that one.
Conor pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Benhard looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Benhard throws out a powerful jab.
Conor tries to bum rush Benhard with a series of wild strikes but Benhard uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Benhard ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benhard misses with a wild body shot.
Conor lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Benhard throws a shot to the body.
Benhard takes a swing at Conor's ribcage but misses.
Conor swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Conor fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Benhard throws a predictable looking body shot
and Conor counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A combination from Conor does no damage.
A combination from Conor does no damage.
And Benhard tries to counter it with a takedown but Conor pushes his down on his head and steps out.
And that's the end of the fight!
Liam Conor showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Conor has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 29:28
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 29:28
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Liam Conor!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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