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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Massimo Benvenuti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Neal Bob (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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187 lbs
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199 lbs
14 - 7 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
Granite chin |
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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
31 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Massimo Benvenuti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Neal Bob!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Alec Ball and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bob loads up on a big right hand but Benvenuti slips the punch.
Benvenuti throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bob has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Bob there as he acknowledges the shot.
Bob misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Benvenuti.
Benvenuti buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Benvenuti cracks Bob with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Benvenuti keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Benvenuti throws a body punch but Bob moves out of range.
Bob lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Bob avoids a kick to the body.
A countering left hand to the body from Bob misses.
Benvenuti staying out of range there.
Benvenuti throws a body kick that misses
and Bob counters with a nice uppercut.
Benvenuti takes a swing at Bob's ribcage but misses.
Bob is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Bob misses with a kick to the body
and Benvenuti counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bob tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Bob throws a head kick that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Bob there.
Benvenuti misses the shot to the body.
Benvenuti lands with a slapping head kick.
Bob slips under a jab from Benvenuti.
Bob throws a jab when Benvenuti was well out of range.
The fighters circle momentarily. Bob darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Bob misses with an uppercut. Benvenuti saw that one coming.
Bob tries to work over Benvenuti's front leg with a kick but Benvenuti checks it.
Bob fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Benvenuti manages to avoid it.
Bob throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Benvenuti looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Bob throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Benvenuti is looking to counter the offense by Bob and move into the clinch.
Benvenuti keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Benvenuti is looking to counter the offense by Bob and move into the clinch.
Benvenuti throws a big shot that misses.
Bob circles away from the clinch attempt.
Benvenuti tried to score with a low kick but Bob checks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benvenuti takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Bob just misses with a punch to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head kick misses from Bob.
A nice inside leg kick there by Benvenuti. That's going to slow Bob down.
A telegraphed right hand from Bob misses the target.
Benvenuti lands a front kick.
Benvenuti is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Benvenuti drops his hands momentarily and Bob takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A jab lands there for Benvenuti.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Benvenuti!
Benvenuti takes a swing at Bob's ribcage but misses.
Bob counters with a body kick.
A slapping body kick lands there for Benvenuti.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bob doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Bob keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Benvenuti.
Benvenuti misses with a body shot
enabling Bob to counter with a crisp jab.
Benvenuti stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Bob on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Benvenuti lands with an uppercut that bounces Bob off the cage and back into range.
Bob throws a poor cross that misses
and Benvenuti counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Nice shot lands for Bob.
Bob misses with the combination.
Benvenuti is looking to counter punch.
Benvenuti lands a nice hook to Bob's body. Bob takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Bob cracks the inside of Benvenuti's front leg.
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!
Benvenuti misses the shot to the body.
Bob swinging wildly here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benvenuti rushes Bob and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Bob misses with a hook from the clinch.
Benvenuti tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bob's elbow.
Bob escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bob misses with a hook
and Benvenuti counters by moving into the clinch.
Benvenuti stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Benvenuti tries to throw a body punch but Bob avoids it by throwing Benvenuti back against the cage.
Benvenuti scores with a shoulder strike.
Benvenuti's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Bob escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Massimo Benvenuti will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Bob avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Bob doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Bob misses with a double jab.
Benvenuti clobbers Bob with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Bob misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bob misses with a body shot
and Benvenuti counters by moving into the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Benvenuti fails to land.
Benvenuti lands with a left to the head.
Benvenuti has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Bob blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Benvenuti.
Benvenuti misses with some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bob misses with some punches.
Bob looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Benvenuti fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Benvenuti is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bob can do to turn this around?
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Bob.
Bob has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Benvenuti seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Bob can turn it around.
Bob lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Benvenuti backwards.
Bob pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Benvenuti misses the shot to the body.
Bob appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Bob keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Benvenuti lands a really nice looking cross but Bob seems unphased.
Bob moves out of range of the leg kick from Benvenuti.
Neal Bob is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Benvenuti pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Bob back to the cage. Benvenuti follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Benvenuti ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bob moves away.
Bob throws a head kick but Benvenuti moves out of range.
Bob keeps the fight on the outside.
Bob throws a monster overhand right that drops Benvenuti! Bob follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Neal Bob!
Neal Bob gave a mention to Arcticus University: London in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).
The defeated Massimo Benvenuti had this to say: 'I'll be back stronger!'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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