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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gabe Christianson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Scotty Bennet (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Scotty Bennet is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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189 cm
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185 lbs
36 - 11 - 2 |
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191 cm
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187 lbs
44 - 16 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick |
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Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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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
36 - 11 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, Gabe Christianson! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
44 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Scotty Bennet! The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, James Atkins and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Christianson avoids the body shot from Bennet.
Christianson jabs Bennet to the body, keeping him at a distance. Christianson walks into a stiff left hand from Bennet. Christianson feints and then cracks Bennet's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bennet down. Nice cross by Bennet. Christianson wants to clinch up but Bennet keeps it at a distance. Bennet lands a lovely overhand right. Christianson throws a body shot but no joy. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Christianson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bennet. 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. Nice defenses there by Bennet. Bennet scores with a hook to the body. Christianson takes a step back and tries to catch his breath. Christianson connects with a right hand. Bennet shakes it off.
That's one minute gone in the round. Bennet scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Bennet misses the shot to the body. Christianson lands a head shot. Christianson misses with a body shot.
Bennet throws a jab when Christianson was well out of range. Bennet misses with a looping right. Christianson throws a hook but Bennet avoids it easily. Christianson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bennet. Christianson misses with a straight right. Christianson ducks under a wild hook from Bennet. Bennet swings for the body but Christianson moves out of range.
Gabe Christianson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Bennet connects with a crisp jab. Christianson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bennet moves out of range and avoids them all easily. Bennet misses the shot to the body. Bennet looks to throw the jab but Christianson is 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! Christianson misses with a wild combination.
Bennet just misses with a punch to the body.
Bennet lands a head shot. Bennet listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Christianson is rocked! A big right followed by a crushing left from Bennet knocks Christianson out cold! Ouch - that one's going to be featured in highlight reels for years to come!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Scotty Bennet! In his post fight interview, Scotty Bennet started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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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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