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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Fredy Benton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oliver Queen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Oliver Queen will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Fredy Benton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Oliver Queen!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Tiny Johnson and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Queen shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Benton eats them both and turns towards Queen to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
It looks like Fredy Benton has been cut.
Benton drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Benton is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Benton is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Benton stopping the sweep attempt from Queen.
Benton looking to sit in guard and control but Queen gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Queen controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Queen trying to control the position from guard on top but Benton is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Queen sitting in guard here, content to control.
Benton is pulling down on Queen's head to control his posture.
Queen wants to control from the top but Benton keeps moving.
Benton wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Queen slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Benton controlling Queen's posture.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Queen trying to control the position from guard on top but Benton is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Queen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Queen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Benton uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Queen.
Oliver Queen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Benton ducks under a wild hook from Queen.
Benton tries to counter with a takedown but Queen is quick to defend against it.
A jab from Queen does it's job there.
A big left from Queen misses.
Benton tries to counter with a takedown but Queen is quick to defend against it.
Benton shoots in and drives through. Queen sprawls well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Queen lands a slapping body shot.
Benton scores with a decent looking hook.
Queen connects with a single shot there.
A jab from Queen misses.
Jab from Queen.
Queen with a jab.
Queen misses with an uppercut. Benton saw that one coming.
Benton takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Benton.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Benton works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Queen takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Benton throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Queen is not content to let Benton control the position.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Benton misses with the ground and pound.
Benton just content to control the position.
Queen can't do much from the bottom here.
Benton wants to control but Queen is keeping him busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Oliver Queen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Fredy Benton'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.
Queen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Queen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nice body punch from Benton.
Benton lands with an overhand left.
Oliver Queen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Benton looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Benton wants to take a breather but Queen is having none of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Queen is trying to maintain the position but Benton is very close to passing his half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Benton thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Benton sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Queen defending well though.
Queen keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Queen works his way to full guard. Good work.
Queen keeping moving, preventing Benton from controlling successfully.
Benton with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Queen working a defensive guard here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Benton avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Benton working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Fredy Benton overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Queen has momentary wrist control but Benton slips an elbow through the middle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Queen is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Benton forces his way into half guard.
Benton throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Benton missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Benton not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Benton wants to lay and pray for a moment but Queen keeps working.
Queen keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Queen regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Benton.
Benton in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benton sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Benton stopping the sweep attempt from Queen.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Benton lands a couple of elbows.
Benton has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Benton trying to control but Queen is working from the bottom.
Queen trying to keep a closed guard but Benton is proving a slippery customer.
Benton lands a couple of decent looking shots.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Queen is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Queen looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Benton landing some decent shots from guard.
Benton postures up in Queen's guard and throws a big left but Queen blocks it.
Queen can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Benton controls the pace.
Benton lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Benton trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Benton lands a couple of elbows.
Queen controls Benton momentarily but Benton frees himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fredy Benton dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Fredy Benton'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!
Benton avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Benton scores with a sloppy right hand. Queen should have avoided that one.
Benton keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Queen.
Benton slips under a jab from Queen.
Queen cracks Benton with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Queen throws a body shot but no joy.
Benton ducks right into an uppercut from Queen.
Queen cracks Benton with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Queen looks to land a left hand but Benton moved out of range nicely.
Queen misses with an uppercut
and Benton counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Queen keeping full guard, as Benton tries to pass.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Queen is looking to sweep but instead, Benton has passed into half guard.
Queen gets back to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benton is working Queen over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Benton scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Queen keeping moving, preventing Benton from controlling successfully.
Benton not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Benton throwing strikes from guard but Queen blocks nicely.
Queen is trying to control the position but Benton postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Benton controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Benton accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Queen is trying to keep Benton in close.
Benton postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Benton throwing strikes from guard but Queen blocks nicely.
Benton pushes down on Queen's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Queen is trying to maintain the position but Benton is very close to passing his half guard.
Benton not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benton sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Queen defending well though.
Queen has his hands clasped together around Benton's back. He's all about the action.
Benton is trying to control. Queen wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Queen misses with an uppercut
and Benton counters with a nice double leg into side control. Queen won't be happy with that.
Queen is looking to reverse the position.
Benton creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Benton working the ground and pound.
Benton in side control, throwing shots but Queen defends.
Benton throws an elbow but Queen slips to the side and avoids it well.
Benton wants to control but Queen is keeping him busy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benton gets to mount! Queen was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Benton dominating with strikes here.
Queen is in a horrible position here. Benton smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Benton lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Benton looking to finish Queen with some ground and pound. This is bad for Queen!
Benton controlling the pace for now.
Benton working Queen over with strikes here.
Benton lands a big elbow.
And that's the end of the fight!
Fredy Benton showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Benton 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 29:28
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Fredy Benton!
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energy
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RATING
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