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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nigel Benn Jr (ranked 5348 p4p, 545 weight class) and Lee Grimrock (ranked 2000 p4p, 251 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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203 lbs
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204 lbs
7 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
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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
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nigel Benn Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Lee Grimrock!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Wagner Zegers and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Grimrock - that will leave a mark!
A thudding body kick lands there by Grimrock!
Grimrock keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Benn Jr.
Grimrock takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Grimrock gets a clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Grimrock creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Grimrock pushes off an throws an elbow but Benn Jr leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Benn Jr blocks an elbow strike from Grimrock.
Benn Jr pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Grimrock moves into the clinch.
Grimrock struggles to land a body shot inside as Benn Jr controls his hands.
Grimrock struggles to land a body shot inside as Benn Jr controls his hands.
Grimrock misses with some punches.
Benn Jr misses with the head strike.
Grimrock looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Grimrock unloads a knee to the mid-section. Benn Jr lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Grimrock struggles to land a body shot inside as Benn Jr controls his hands.
Grimrock takes a shot to the head.
Benn Jr wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Grimrock.
A head punch on the inside from Grimrock fails to land.
Grimrock misses with a hook to the ribs.
Grimrock lands a nice elbow.
Benn Jr takes an elbow to the forehead.
Grimrock trying to land knees to the body.
Grimrock tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Benn Jr avoids it.
Grimrock has a couple of punches blocked by Benn Jr.
Grimrock goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
With the fighters up against the cage, Grimrock throws an elbow but misses.
Benn Jr avoids the elbow strike from Grimrock, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Grimrock throws an elbow but misses.
Benn Jr pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Grimrock.
Grimrock misses with a kick to the body.
Benn Jr displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
It looks like Lee Grimrock has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Grimrock throws a low kick but it's checked well by Benn Jr.
Benn Jr was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grimrock tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Benn Jr paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Grimrock tries to clinch up.
Benn Jr looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Benn Jr loads up on a big right hand but Grimrock slips the punch.
A countering left hand to the body from Grimrock misses.
Benn Jr throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Grimrock tries to clinch but Benn Jr is having none of it.
It looked like Benn Jr wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A looping hook to the body misses from Benn Jr. Grimrock does a little dance to reset his feet.
Benn Jr steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Grimrock. That one must have hurt.
Grimrock connects with a solid leg kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Benn Jr crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Grimrock - the referee stops the clock and Benn Jr gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Grimrock. Benn Jr manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Benn Jr throws a lazy body kick
and Grimrock counters with a good, hard body kick but Benn Jr shrugs it off.
Benn Jr takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Benn Jr throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Grimrock scores with a hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Grimrock. Benn Jr does a little dance to reset his feet.
An attempted straight right counter from Benn Jr misses the target.
Benn Jr misses with a series of wild punches.
Benn Jr gets tackled into the cage by Grimrock. Grimrock maintains the clinch.
Benn Jr blocks an elbow strike.
Grimrock throws an elbow that misses.
Benn Jr misses with a short punch on the inside.
Benn Jr blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Grimrock landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Benn Jr blocks the elbow strike.
Grimrock lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Benn Jr tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Grimrock's elbow.
Grimrock misses with a punch to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Grimrock throws an elbow but misses.
Grimrock misses with an elbow strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Grimrock throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Benn Jr blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Benn Jr is stalling here.
Grimrock pushes off an throws an elbow but Benn Jr leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Benn Jr creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Benn Jr pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Grimrock scores with a push kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Benn Jr throws the left hand but Grimrock avoids the punch easily.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Grimrock.
Grimrock jabs Benn Jr to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Benn Jr misses with a few strikes there.
Benn Jr throws a nice looking combination but Grimrock bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Grimrock is looking to slow Benn Jr down with leg kicks.
And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.
Lee Grimrock dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lee Grimrock's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Grimrock tries to clinch but Benn Jr moves away
and Benn Jr counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Benn Jr will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Grimrock connects with a solid leg kick.
Benn Jr fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Grimrock is out of range.
Grimrock scores with a leg kick.
Grimrock tries to clinch up.
Benn Jr on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Grimrock. Grimrock obviously looking to wear him down.
Benn Jr takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Grimrock lets loose with a powerful body kick. Benn Jr will feel that in the morning.
Grimrock finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A quick step to the side and Benn Jr tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Benn Jr tried to score with a low kick but Grimrock checks it.
Grimrock doesn't manage to clinch there - Benn Jr circles away.
A little feinted left hand from Benn Jr on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Grimrock pushes Benn Jr away with a front kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Benn Jr misses the target.
Benn Jr avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Lee Grimrock seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grimrock swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Benn Jr works the jab nicely.
Grimrock clinches with his opponent.
With the fighters up against the cage, Grimrock throws an elbow but misses.
Grimrock throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Grimrock tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Benn Jr avoids it.
Grimrock tries to land knees in the clinch but Benn Jr avoids the damage to the body.
Benn Jr manages to break the clinch.
Benn Jr cracks Grimrock with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Grimrock swings for the body but Benn Jr moves out of range.
Benn Jr finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Grimrock doesn't manage to clinch there - Benn Jr circles away.
Benn Jr was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Benn Jr keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Benn Jr lands a hook that stumbles Grimrock back into the cage. Benn Jr follows up with a straight and another hook that land right on the button, dropping Grimrock to the canvas! Benn Jr pounces and lands several unanswered shots - Grimrock has had enough and taps out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Nigel Benn Jr!
A determined Nigel Benn Jr didn't want to dwell on this fight in his post fight interview. Instead he was more keen to state he wants a title shot. Let's see if he gets it!
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RATING
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