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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ralph Benjamin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shaun Rumble (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shaun Rumble will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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193 lbs
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192 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very confident |
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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
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ralph Benjamin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Shaun Rumble!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Luis Engracia and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Benjamin shoots and misses
and Rumble counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rumble pushes Benjamin up against the cage in a clinch.
Rumble lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Rumble lands with a short shot to the head.
Benjamin fails to pull guard.
Benjamin really is a fat lump.
Rumble lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Benjamin backwards.
It looks like Ralph Benjamin has been cut.
Rumble misses with a knee strike.
Benjamin jumps guard but Rumble stands there with Benjamin around his waist. Benjamin gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ralph Benjamin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Benjamin tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Rumble just stands there and leans against the cage.
Benjamin looking to slow down the pace here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Benjamin tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Rumble just stands there and leans against the cage.
A short uppercut from Rumble.
Benjamin jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Rumble walks away with a smile on his face. Benjamin gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Benjamin tries to keep at a distance but Rumble has taken the fight into the clinch.
Rumble scores with a shot to the side of Benjamin's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benjamin trying to control the position but instead, Rumble has worked for underhooks and has pushed Benjamin into the cage.
Benjamin taking a breather.
Rumble has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Rumble just misses with a elbow thrown towards Benjamin's brow.
Benjamin tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Benjamin is trying to pull guard but Rumble turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Rumble stalling against the cage.
Benjamin is trying to pull guard but Rumble turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Rumble scores with a nice short uppercut.
Benjamin is rocked!
Rumble unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Benjamin! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Rumble is unloading with more strikes now! Benjamin drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Shaun Rumble!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
44% |
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