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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Uppoamaton Titanic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Bennet (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Michael Bennet has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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215 lbs
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190 cm
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209 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Uppoamaton Titanic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Michael Bennet!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Micheangelo Fripello and Roger Salmon.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bennet throws a body kick that misses
and Titanic counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
It looks like Michael Bennet has been cut.
The crowd cheers as Bennet lands an impressive looking overhand right. Titanic doesn't seem phased though.
Titanic thumps Bennet with a low kick.
Bennet checks a low kick from Titanic.
Titanic throws a series of punches but Bennet avoids them all with ease.
Titanic clinches with his opponent.
Bennet lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
It looks like Uppoamaton Titanic has been cut.
Titanic lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Titanic blocking some punches.
Titanic softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Titanic tries to throw a body punch but Bennet avoids it by throwing Titanic back against the cage.
Titanic breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A slow jab from Titanic misses its intended target.
Bennet counters with a body kick.
Titanic misses with a right hand
and Bennet counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Titanic thinking.
Bennet rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Titanic counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Titanic thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bennet staying out of range there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bennet. Titanic does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bennet takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Titanic avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Titanic lands with a hook. Bennet tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Titanic fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Bennet looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Titanic tries to clinch up but Bennet circles away and keeps his distance.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Bennet! But no joy.
Bennet scores with a nice head shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Titanic. That's going to slow Bennet down.
Bennet on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Titanic will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Titanic misses the shot to the body.
Bennet appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Titanic moves in looking to clinch but Bennet pushes him off.
Titanic has closed the distance and engaged Bennet in a clinch.
Bennet throws a punch but it's blocked by Titanic.
Bennet has a couple of punches blocked by Titanic.
Titanic wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Titanic.
Bennet misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Titanic lands with a light punch inside.
Titanic lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bennet presses Titanic against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Bennet misses with a hook to the ribs.
Titanic takes a shot to the head.
Titanic swings wildly with an uppercut but Bennet uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bennet misses with a punch to the body.
Bennet throws a punch but it's blocked by Titanic.
A body shot lands from Bennet.
Bennet lands a nice uppercut.
I was talking to Titanic's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Bennet tries to throw a body punch but Titanic avoids it by throwing Bennet back against the cage.
Bennet can't find room to land a body shot as Titanic controls the action.
Titanic blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A nice left hand lands by Titanic.
Bennet misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Titanic fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bennet struggles to land a body shot inside as Titanic controls his hands.
A head punch on the inside from Titanic fails to land.
Bennet tries to throw a body punch but Titanic avoids it by throwing Bennet back against the cage.
Bennet tries to work over Titanic's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bennet tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Titanic's elbow.
Bennet fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Titanic misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Titanic lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Bennet.
Bennet softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bennet swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bennet tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Titanic misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bennet has a couple of punches blocked by Titanic.
Titanic tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head punch on the inside from Bennet fails to land.
Titanic throws a head punch that misses.
Still in the clinch, Titanic scores with a nice short uppercut.
Bennet goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bennet.
Good body shot from Bennet.
Bennet tries to throw a body punch but Titanic avoids it by throwing Bennet back against the cage.
Titanic's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Titanic misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Bennet counters with a nice leg kick.
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 Uppoamaton Titanic will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Bennet throws a hook but Titanic blocks it.
Titanic throws a shot to the body.
Titanic misses with a low kick.
It seemed like Bennet was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Titanic punishes Bennet's body with a nice straight punch.
Bennet swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Titanic counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Bennet thinking.
A chopping leg kick lands by Titanic.
Good work by Bennet as he checks the leg kick.
A big right from Titanic misses.
A countering left hand to the body from Bennet misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Titanic pivots, looking for a leg kick but Bennet is out of range and Titanic settles back down.
A nice side step and Bennet releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Titanic throws a nice outside leg kick.
Titanic throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bennet swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Bennet gets tackled into the cage by Titanic. Titanic maintains the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Titanic lands with a light punch inside.
A head punch on the inside from Bennet fails to land.
Bennet escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bennet has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Titanic wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Titanic misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Bennet counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
A shot to the body from Titanic misses
and Bennet counters with a straight that turns Titanic's legs to rubber! Bennet pushes forward with more strikes and Titanic goes down, battered and bloody! That's a wrap folks!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Michael Bennet!
In his post fight interview, Michael Bennet started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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hype
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