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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Grant Benton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ewen Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Benton comes to the cage accompanied by I get Knocked Down. Davis has chosen Atreyu-Ex's and oh's as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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187 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
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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
27 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Grant Benton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ewen Davis!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Seu Braga and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A left and a right from Benton both land. Nice combination.
Benton keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Davis loads up on a big right hand but Benton slips the punch.
Davis throws a lazy right hand but Benton sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Davis wants to clinch up but Benton keeps it at a distance.
Davis takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Benton throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Davis on the side of the head.
Nice defenses there by Davis.
Benton lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Benton.
Benton pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Benton throws a jab when Davis was well out of range.
Davis tries to clinch
and Benton counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Davis takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Davis looking to land some kicks to the body here.
It looked like Benton was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Benton misses with a combination
and Davis counters with a straight right hand.
It looks like Grant Benton has been cut.
Benton looks to land a left hand but Davis moved out of range nicely.
Benton scores with the left hand. Davis knows he should have avoided that one.
Davis forces Benton back against the cage and clinches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benton wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Davis can't find room to land a body shot as Benton controls the action.
Davis is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Benton is defending well.
Davis tries to throw a body punch but Benton avoids it by throwing Davis back against the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Benton misses with a body punch.
Davis tries to work over Benton's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Benton fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Benton lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Benton stalling in the clinch but Davis improves position.
I was talking to Benton's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Benton prevents a takedown attempt there.
Benton escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Davis throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Davis misses with an uppercut.
Benton is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Davis closes the distance but Benton moves to the side
and Benton cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Benton's head backwards.
Benton takes a swing at Davis's ribcage but misses.
Davis throws a push kick but Benton slaps the foot to one side.
Davis throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Benton's waist but Benton gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Davis off to one side.
Benton was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Grant Benton has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ewen Davis.
A slow jab from Benton misses its intended target.
Davis shoots in and drives through. Benton sprawls well.
Benton swings for the body but Davis moves out of range.
Davis throws a head kick but Benton moves out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Benton on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Davis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Davis punishes Benton's body with a nice straight punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Benton lands a nice shot to the body.
Benton throws a big shot that misses.
Davis defending well as Benton loads up on a big left hand.
Davis tries to close the distance and clinch but Benton swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Benton is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Benton shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Benton throws a looping overhand right but Davis ducks down to avoid it.
Davis throws a head kick but Benton moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benton is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Davis.
Davis has closed the distance and engaged Benton in a clinch.
Benton misses with a hook to the ribs.
Benton misses with a short punch on the inside.
Benton tries to work over Davis's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Davis keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Benton's efforts to push away.
Benton prevents a body shot from Davis.
Davis lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Benton or not.
Davis tries to score a body lock takedown but Benton shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Davis drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Benton gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Davis goes for a takedown in the clinch but Benton prevents it.
Davis lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Benton backwards.
Benton is looking to break free of the clinch but Davis has double underhooks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benton escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Benton blocks a head kick by Davis.
Davis tries to close the distance and clinch but Benton swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Benton throws a body shot but no joy.
Benton takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Davis tries to clinch there but Benton circles away.
Davis tries for a takedown but Benton sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
A solid leg kick lands there for Davis.
Davis moves away from the strike by Benton.
Davis takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Benton slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Benton throws a shot from downtown. Davis moves away and avoids it.
Benton looks to score with a jab to the body but Davis is just out of range.
Benton is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Grant Benton is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Benton fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Davis manages to avoid it.
Davis tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Benton manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Grant Benton dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Grant 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.
Benton thows a left - swing and a miss!
Davis throws a low kick but it's checked well by Benton.
Benton throws a nice looking combination but Davis bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A big right from Benton misses.
Davis chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Davis has taken the fight to the clinch.
Davis struggles to land a body shot inside as Benton controls his hands.
Benton pushes Davis back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Davis goes for a takedown attempt but Benton pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Davis loads up on a big right hand but Benton slips the punch.
Benton tries to bum rush Davis with a series of wild strikes but Davis uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Benton throws an overhand right that lands on Davis's shoulder, as Davis tries to avoid the shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Benton is stalling here.
Benton lands with a right to the head.
Benton looking to stall.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benton tries to break free but Davis pushes him back against the cage.
Davis softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Benton lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Benton stops a takedown attempt from Davis.
Benton is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Davis can do to turn this around?
Davis is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Benton can't fight it off and eventually Davis manages to take the fight to the floor. Benton looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Benton working a defensive guard but Davis passes into half guard.
Davis wants to advance to full mount but Benton doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Benton pulls Davis in close to his closed guard and prevents Davis from doing any damage or advancing position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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.
Davis pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Benton is keeping the position for now.
Davis is still trying to improve position.
Benton might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
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.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benton wants to get back to his feet but Davis is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Davis loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Davis with a nice head shot there.
Davis stops Benton from standing up.
Davis postures up.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Ewen Davis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Benton lands with an uppercut that bounces Davis off the cage and back into range.
Davis misses with an uppercut
and Benton counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Davis dodges the punch combination from Benton.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis wants to clinch.
Benton misses with a body shot.
Davis steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Benton.
Davis wants to clinch up but Benton keeps it at a distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from Benton. Davis does a little dance to reset his feet.
Davis fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Benton, pushing him back against the cage.
Davis is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Benton is defending well.
Grant Benton has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ewen Davis.
Davis has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Benton is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Benton escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Benton lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Benton.
Davis misses with a jab to the body
letting Benton counter with a right hand.
Davis throws a shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Benton ducks under a wild hook from Davis.
Benton waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Davis.
Benton throws out a loose jab but Davis uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Grant Benton dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Grant Benton's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Benton loads up on a big right hand but Davis slips the punch.
Davis lands with a hook. Benton tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Davis throws a push kick but Benton slaps the foot to one side.
Davis darts in and clinches Benton up against the cage.
Benton goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Davis works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A nice left hand lands by Davis.
Benton tries to throw a body punch but Davis avoids it by throwing Benton back against the cage.
Davis is working for takedown but Benton is calmly controlling the position for now.
Davis tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Benton gets through Davis's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Davis wants to take the fight to the mat but Benton manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head punch on the inside from Davis fails to land.
Davis throws a head punch that misses.
Davis can't find room to land a body shot as Benton controls the action.
Benton digs a right hand underneath Davis's ribcage. Davis let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Davis can't get the takedown.
Grant Benton has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ewen Davis.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Davis tries for a takedown. No joy.
Benton controlling the action here for a moment.
Benton's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Benton throws a body punch but Davis moves out of range.
Davis doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Benton missing with a left hand there. Davis was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Grant Benton is winning the standup battle so far.
Davis tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Benton manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Benton avoids the head kick by Davis.
Davis looks to score with a jab to the body but Benton is just out of range.
Davis throws a low kick but Benton moves out of range easily.
Davis closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A swing and a miss from Benton.
Benton digs a good hook to Davis's body.
Ewen Davis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
It looked like Benton wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Davis moves out of range as Benton strikes.
Davis throws a push kick but Benton slaps the foot to one side.
Benton takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Davis shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Benton but Benton pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Benton scores with a three punch combo!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Benton throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Benton avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Benton looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Benton takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Benton throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Davis sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Good exchange - Davis coming out on top.
Davis throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Benton takes a swing at Davis's ribcage but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Benton looks to throw the jab but Davis is out of range.
Benton misses with a looping left.
Davis uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Benton.
Benton swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Benton throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Davis stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Benton scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Benton throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Benton throws a body punch but Davis moves out of range.
Davis on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A big right from Davis misses.
A big right from Benton misses.
Davis slips a jab from Benton.
Benton ducks right into an uppercut from Davis.
Benton scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Davis doesn't seem bothered though.
Davis tries to close the distance and clinch up but Benton swats him away and circles back towards the center.
It looked like Benton was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis throws a head kick that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Benton loads up on a big right hand but Davis slips the punch.
Benton missing with a left hand there. Davis was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Davis tries to bum rush Benton with a series of wild strikes but Benton uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Benton throws a right hand that Davis ducks under and follows up with a left that Davis also avoids with ease.
A little jabbing left from Davis on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Benton ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Benton lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Davis slips under a jab from Benton.
Benton lands a nice shot to the body.
Benton takes a swing at Davis's ribcage but misses.
Davis misses with a hook. Benton ducked under it nicely.
Benton displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Davis throws out the jab.
Benton works over Davis's head and body with a nice combination.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Davis.
It looked like Benton was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
And that's the end of the fight!
Grant Benton showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Benton, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 30:27
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 30:27
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Grant Benton!
A very excited looking Grant Benton made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
In defeat, Ewen Davis stepped up to the mic, saying 'Ill be back and next time ill be ready.'.
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