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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Grant Benton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mingi Tyyp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Benton comes to the cage accompanied by I get Knocked Down. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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185 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
27 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Grant Benton!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mingi Tyyp!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Luis Engracia and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tyyp avoids the body shot from Benton.
Tyyp doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Tyyp keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Tyyp! But no joy.
Tyyp misses with a double jab.
Tyyp shoots for a double leg takedown but Benton sprawls well. He's pushed Tyyp's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Tyyp throws the left hand but Benton avoids the punch easily.
Benton connects with a single shot there.
Grant Benton seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A shot to the body from Tyyp misses
and Benton counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Tyyp thinking.
Benton smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Tyyp throws a body punch but Benton moves out of range.
Benton uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Benton ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Benton instigates a clinch.
Benton escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tyyp closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Tyyp lands in his opponent's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tyyp is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyyp throwing strikes but missing.
Tyyp trying to control the position from guard on top but Benton is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Benton is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Tyyp is controlling him.
Benton keeping full guard, as Tyyp tries to pass.
Tyyp throws a big elbow that misses.
Benton trying to control the position here.
Benton seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Tyyp throws a big right hand that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Benton has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Tyyp takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Tyyp scores with a push kick.
Benton swings for the body but Tyyp moves out of range.
Tyyp swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Grant Benton is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nice shot lands for Benton.
Tyyp scores with a jab to the head.
Benton connects with a good right hand that stumbles Tyyp. Tyyp circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Tyyp moves forwards but Benton connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Benton on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Benton keeps the fight on the outside.
Tyyp throws a head kick but Benton moves out of range.
Tyyp lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Tyyp fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Benton looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Tyyp walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benton keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tyyp.
A swing and a miss from Benton.
Tyyp throws a right hand that misses
and Benton counters with a three punch combo that has Tyyp backing up. Tyyp nods at Benton to acknowledge the strikes.
Tyyp rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Benton moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Benton is looking for a counter combo.
Benton loads up on a big right hand but Tyyp slips the punch.
Tyyp misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tyyp tries for a takedown but Benton sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Nice body kick there by Tyyp.
Tyyp connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Benton lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
A big right from Benton misses.
Benton feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Tyyps jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Benton throws a big shot that misses.
Benton avoids the head kick by Tyyp.
Benton swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Benton keeps the fight on the outside.
It looked like Benton wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Benton throws out a loose jab but Tyyp uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tyyp let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tyyp has a takedown stuffed.
Grant Benton has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mingi Tyyp.
The fighters circling - Benton throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tyyp tries to keep at a distance but Benton has taken the fight into the clinch.
Benton is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Benton fails to land.
Benton tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Benton blocks a body shot from Tyyp.
Benton's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Benton gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Tyyp postures up.
Benton is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Benton utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Grant Benton dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Benton moves into range and clinches up with Tyyp.
Benton's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Benton throws a body punch but Tyyp moves out of range.
Tyyp does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Tyyp fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Tyyp dives in and scores a takedown into Benton's guard.
Tyyp with a flurry of punches that miss.
Tyyp looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Tyyp working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Tyyp throws a big right hand that misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Benton has momentary wrist control but Tyyp slips an elbow through the middle.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Benton holds on and takes a little breather.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benton utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Tyyp throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Benton works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Tyyp postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Tyyp scoring with punches to the head and body.
Benton is adopting a defensive guard.
Benton trying to control the position.
Benton seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Benton throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tyyp sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tyyp wants to counter with a clinch but Benton pushes him away.
Tyyp throws a sloppy head kick and Benton moves out of range easily.
Tyyp throws a sloppy head kick and Benton moves out of range easily.
Tyyp pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tyyp misses the shot to the body.
Tyyp walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Benton checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Tyyp feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Benton's calf.
Tyyp tries to land a front kick but Benton steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Tyyp fails with a takedown attempt.
Tyyp slips a jab from Benton.
Tyyp dips to his left and cracks Benton with an uppercut!
Tyyp misses with a straight right.
Tyyp dodges the punch combination from Benton.
Benton misses with a hook. Tyyp ducked under it nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benton connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Tyyp momentarily.
Benton missing with a left hand there. Tyyp was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Benton throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tyyp sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tyyp unleashes a big counter combination but Benton bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Benton checks the leg kick.
Tyyp misses with an uppercut. Benton saw that one coming.
Tyyp tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Benton scores with a nice right hand.
Tyyp needs to keep his hands up - Benton had a free shot at his head there.
Tyyp looks to score with a jab to the body but Benton is just out of range.
Tyyp missing with a left hand there. Benton was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tyyp misses with the combination.
Tyyp tried to score with a low kick but Benton checks it.
Benton was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Benton lands a nice uppercut.
Benton pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benton throws a jab when Tyyp was well out of range.
Tyyp throws an off balance right hand
and Benton counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A swing and a miss from Benton.
Tyyp misses with an attempted mid kick.
Benton takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A head kick misses from Tyyp.
Benton throws a right hand that misses
and Tyyp counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Benton has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Tyyp.
Benton fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tyyp manages to avoid it.
Tyyp lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Tyyp tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Benton was well out of range. Poor timing from Tyyp.
Tyyp throws a head kick that misses.
Benton misses the jab.
A big left from Benton misses.
Tyyp appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Benton scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Tyyp throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Benton's head.
Benton scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Tyyp takes one on the chin but seems OK.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Mingi Tyyp will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Benton pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tyyp takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Benton uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tyyp.
An inside leg kick lands from Tyyp.
A slapping body kick lands there for Tyyp.
Grant Benton is winning the standup battle so far.
Tyyp lands a two punch combo.
Tyyp throws a body shot but no joy.
Benton moves into range and clinches up with Tyyp.
Tyyp is struggling to control the position.
Benton misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Tyyp as the two fighters clinch.
Tyyp effectively controlling the action here.
Tyyp lands with a light punch inside.
Benton escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tyyp scores with a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benton throws out a loose jab but Tyyp uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tyyp doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Tyyp bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tyyp lands with a slapping head kick.
Tyyp scores with a nice body kick.
Tyyp walks into a stiff left hand from Benton.
Benton misses with a right hand
and Benton takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Benton connects with a body shot that sends Tyyp's belly button to the back.
Benton throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A looping hook to the body misses from Benton. Tyyp does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tyyp flicks out a counter leg kick but Benton steps away.
Benton avoids the head kick by Tyyp.
Benton is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Tyyp.
Benton throws a body shot but no joy.
Benton throws a lazy right hand but Tyyp sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Tyyp misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Tyyp.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tyyp throws a big shot that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benton throws a hook to the side of Tyyp's head but Tyyp sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tyyp throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Benton takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Benton is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tyyp.
Benton throws a body punch but Tyyp moves out of range.
Benton ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Tyyp uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Benton.
Tyyp wants to counter with a clinch but Benton pushes him away.
Tyyp lands with a slapping head kick.
Tyyp turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Benton misses with an uppercut
and Tyyp counters with a thumping low kick.
Tyyp pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tyyp. Benton does a little dance to reset his feet.
Benton throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tyyp sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tyyp bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tyyp wants to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyyp scores with a jab to the body.
Benton tests Tyyp's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Tyyp loads up on a big right hand but Benton slips the punch.
Benton misses with a straight left.
Tyyp takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Benton lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Benton tries to bum rush Tyyp with a series of wild strikes but Tyyp uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Tyyp lands a nice leg kick that just misses Benton's sensitive parts.
Benton ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tyyp moves away.
Tyyp throws a nice looking combination but Benton bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Tyyp tries a head kick but it misses.
Nice defenses there by Tyyp.
Benton throws a series of punches but Tyyp moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tyyp takes one on the chin but seems OK.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tyyp ducks under a wild hook from Benton.
Tyyp throws a jab when Benton was well out of range.
Benton fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tyyp manages to avoid it.
Benton lands an overhand right.
Benton lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Benton has Tyyp up against the cage in a clinch.
Tyyp holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Benton scores with a nice short uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Tyyp scores with a nice short uppercut.
Benton misses with some punches.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Tyyp just misses with a elbow thrown towards Benton's brow.
Benton's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Benton prevents a body shot from Tyyp.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Mingi Tyyp.
I think Tyyp has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Matheus Silva scores the fight 28:29
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 28:29
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mingi Tyyp!
Mingi Tyyp is the new welterweight champion!
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