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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Henson Benderson (ranked 95 p4p, 14 weight class) and Jacky Jackal (ranked 412 p4p, 49 weight class). Benderson's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, The Time is Now. Jackal has chosen For Heavy Metal we will die! as his entrance music. Henson Benderson could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Jacky Jackal's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Henson Benderson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jacky Jackal!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Matti Vanhoillinen and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Benderson throws a hook to the side of Jackal's head but Jackal sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jackal tries to clinch but Benderson is having none of it.
A slow jab from Benderson misses its intended target.
Benderson works the jab nicely.
Benderson throws an off balance right hand
and Jackal makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
A head kick misses from Benderson.
Benderson throws a series of punches but Jackal moves out of range.
Jackal thows a body kick. Benderson tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Jackal.
Jackal fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Benderson on the side of the head.
Jackal uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Jackal jabs at Benderson's body.
Jackal feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Bendersons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jackal throws a leg kick which misses Benderson's front leg but catches the back leg as Benderson tries to avoid it.
Benderson keeps the fight on the outside.
Benderson fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Jackal.
Jackal with a nice cross.
Benderson rushes Jackal and presses him up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Jackal.
Benderson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Benderson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Jackal misses with a hook to the ribs.
Benderson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Benderson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jackal.
Jackal misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Benderson.
Jackal scores with a shoulder strike.
A short right from Jackal on the inside.
Benderson prevents a body shot from Jackal.
Jackal lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Benderson backwards.
Jackal escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Benderson swinging wildly here.
Jackal shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A slow jab from Benderson misses its intended target.
And Jackal tries to counter it with a takedown but Benderson pushes his down on his head and steps out.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackal throws a leg kick but Benderson sees it coming and moves out of range.
Jackal throws a leg kick
and Benderson counters with a straight right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jackal throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Jackal chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Benderson can pounce on him.
Jackal looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Benderson thinks about countering with a head kick.
Jackal pivots, looking for a leg kick but Benderson is out of range and Jackal settles back down.
Jackal tries for a takedown but Benderson sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Benderson misses the jab.
Jacky Jackal seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jackal avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jackal tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Jackal throws a head kick but Benderson moves out of range.
Jackal pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Benderson throws a big shot that misses.
Jackal closes the distance looking to clinch
and Benderson counters with a straight right hand.
Jackal thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Benderson if he has to take too many more of those.
Jackal has managed to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benderson misses with a knee strike.
Jackal swings wildly with an uppercut but Benderson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jackal escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jackal looks to score with a jab to the body but Benderson is just out of range.
Benderson lands a body shot.
Jackal fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Benderson manages to avoid it.
Benderson tries to clinch up.
Jackal darts in and clinches Benderson up against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Jackal.
Jackal struggles to land a body shot inside as Benderson controls his hands.
Benderson stalling the fight.
Jackal misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jackal has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Benderson regains guard immediately.
Jackal throws a big elbow that misses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackal won't allow Benderson to sweep him here.
Jackal loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Benderson is pulling down on Jackal's head to control his posture.
Jackal forces his way into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jackal is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Jackal wants to pass the guard but Benderson is defending well.
Jackal prevents Benderson from improving his position.
Jackal passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Benderson!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jacky Jackal dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Benderson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Benderson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jackal has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Benderson leaning against his opponent.
Benderson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Jackal - that landed with a thud.
Benderson takes a shot to the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Jackal can't find room to land a body shot as Benderson controls the action.
Jackal lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
I was talking to Benderson's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jackal breaks from the clinch.
Benderson changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Jackal tries to avoid it but Benderson manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Jackal to the ground. Jackal escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Jackal lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Jackal takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Benderson throws a big shot that misses.
Jackal connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Benderson's hands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackal tried to score with a low kick but Benderson checks it.
A solid body kick from Jackal.
Benderson getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
An inside leg kick from Jackal misses.
A slapping leg kick lands for Jackal.
Benderson looks to throw the jab but Jackal is out of range.
Jackal darts in looking for a takedown but Benderson gets double underhooks and turns Jackal into the cage.
Benderson checks a low kick from Jackal.
Jackal is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Benderson keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Benderson is looking for a counter combo.
Benderson takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Benderson takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Benderson ducks under a wild hook from Jackal.
Benderson loads up on a big right hand but Jackal slips the punch.
Henson Benderson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Benderson throws a jab but it's blocked by Jackal.
Benderson swats away the attempt to clinch by Jackal.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benderson throws a shot from downtown. Jackal moves away and avoids it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Benderson throws a series of punches but Jackal avoids them all with ease.
Jackal moves into the clinch.
Jackal has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Jackal tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jackal being controlled against the cage.
A short right from Jackal on the inside.
Jacky Jackal seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Jackal throws a head punch that misses.
Benderson connects with a knee to the head.
Jackal has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Jackal struggles to land a body shot inside as Benderson controls his hands.
Jackal has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Benderson after a bit of a struggle.
Jackal scores with a hook to the body.
Good body shot from Jackal.
Benderson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Jackal creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Jackal has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Benderson after a bit of a struggle.
Henson Benderson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jacky Jackal.
Benderson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jackal blocks it with crossed arms.
Benderson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jackal has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Benderson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Benderson blocks an uppercut.
Jackal swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jackal lands a hook that snaps the head of Benderson backwards.
Benderson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jackal blocks it with crossed arms.
Benderson tries to land knees in the clinch but Jackal avoids the damage to the body.
Benderson trying to stall but Jackal improves his position.
Jackal wants a takedown.
Jackal lands a hook to the side of the head.
Benderson slowing the pace effectively.
Jackal is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackal lands a body punch in the clinch.
Benderson is struggling to control the position.
Benderson manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Benderson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jackal's efforts to push away.
Jackal is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jackal has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Benderson seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Jackal can turn it around.
Jackal can't find room to land a body shot as Benderson controls the action.
Jackal takes a knee to the side of the body.
Benderson holding his opponent close, against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Jackal.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Benderson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jacky Jackal showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action!
Jackal scores with a crisp jab that stopped Benderson in his tracks.
Benderson sizes up Jackal with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Benderson 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.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Jackal, right into the meat.
Jackal tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Benderson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
An attempted straight right counter from Benderson misses the target.
Jacky Jackal seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jackal lands with a right hand.
A head kick misses from Benderson.
Jackal shoots in and bounces Benderson off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Jackal pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Benderson is keeping the position for now.
Benderson is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Jackal has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benderson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Jackal postures up and lands a big shot to Benderson's brow.
Benderson wants to stand up but Jackal is controlling him.
Jackal trying to control the position from guard on top but Benderson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jackal working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Benderson's head.
Benderson wants to sweep here but Jackal controlling him for the moment.
Jackal loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Benderson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Jackal.
Jackal trying to control the position from guard on top but Benderson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Jackal postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Jackal accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Jackal is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Benderson keeping full guard, as Jackal tries to pass.
Jackal throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Jackal missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Jackal postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Jackal postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Benderson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jackal throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Benderson lands a jab to the nose.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benderson misses with a hook
and Benderson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Good work by Benderson as he checks the leg kick.
Jackal takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Benderson lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Benderson.
Jackal lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Benderson tries to clinch there but Jackal circles away.
Jackal lands a glancing blow to the side of Benderson's head.
Good leg kick by Jackal there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Benderson throws a head kick but Jackal moves out of range.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Benderson crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Jackal - the referee stops the clock and Benderson gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Jackal. Benderson manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Benderson wants to land a leg kick but Jackal is out of range.
Jackal turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Jackal's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Jackal duly obliges.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jackal scores with a punch to the head.
Jackal gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Benderson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benderson takes one to the side of the head.
Benderson tries to clinch but Jackal moves out of range.
Jackal is looking to slow Benderson down with leg kicks.
Jackal fails to land with a series of punches.
Jackal scores with a crisp jab that stopped Benderson in his tracks.
Jackal forces Benderson back against the cage and clinches.
Jackal tries a body shot but Benderson blocks it.
Jackal working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Jackal throws a punch but it's blocked by Benderson.
Jackal doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Benderson has Jackal pushed against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Benderson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jacky Jackal really dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Jackal throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Jackal drops his hands momentarily and Benderson takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Jackal lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Benderson tries to clinch
and Jackal counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Benderson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Benderson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jackal sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Benderson lands a head shot.
Jackal throws a nice outside leg kick.
Jackal getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Jackal displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Benderson throws out the jab.
Benderson scores with the left hand. Jackal knows he should have avoided that one.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jackal explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Nice shot by Benderson.
Jackal throws an overhand right that lands on Benderson's shoulder, as Benderson tries to avoid the shot.
Jackal wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Benderson looks to throw the jab but Jackal is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benderson takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Jackal lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
An inside leg kick from Benderson misses.
Benderson misses with a looping left.
Jackal misses with a looping right.
Benderson tries to keep at a distance but Jackal has taken the fight into the clinch.
Benderson has Jackal pressed against the cage, preventing Jackal from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Jackal lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jackal tries a body shot but Benderson blocks it.
Benderson trying to land knees to the body.
Jackal throws a punch but it's blocked by Benderson.
Jackal breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Benderson tries to bum rush Jackal with a series of wild strikes but Jackal uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jackal shoots for a double leg takedown but Benderson sprawls well. He's pushed Jackal's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Jackal lands an impressive looking overhand right. Benderson doesn't seem phased though.
Jackal's corner calls for a 1-2. Jackal obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jackal is looking to chop away at Benderson's legs.
Benderson moves away from the strike by Jackal.
Jackal lands with a shot to the body.
Jackal misses with a left hand
enabling Benderson to counter with a crisp jab.
Jackal fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Benderson checks it well.
Benderson misses with a hook. Jackal ducked under it nicely.
Benderson backing away here, and Jackal unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Benderson is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Benderson swats away the attempt to clinch by Jackal.
Benderson stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Benderson wants it to stay on the feet.
As Jackal tries to get set, Benderson tries to push him back and clinch up but Jackal manages to avoid the attempt.
Jackal falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling Benderson to counter with a crisp jab.
Jackal throws a jab but it's blocked by Benderson.
Nice jab there from Jackal.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackal misses with a right hand
and Benderson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jackal is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Jackal walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Jackal throws a jab when Benderson was well out of range.
Benderson 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.
Jackal throws a front kick that sends Benderson stumbling back into the cage.
Benderson throws a jab but it's blocked by Jackal.
Benderson will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Jackal tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Benderson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Benderson drops his hands momentarily and Jackal takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Benderson lunges at Jackal with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Jackal's hand.
Jackal finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Benderson darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jackal throws the left hand but Benderson avoids the punch easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackal throws a head kick but Benderson moves out of range.
Benderson closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Jackal uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Benderson.
Benderson misses with a two punch combination.
Jackal attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Benderson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jackal misses with a body kick.
A big right from Benderson misses.
Benderson has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Jackal finds it's way round the side to connect with Benderson's head.
Jackal dips to his left and cracks Benderson with an uppercut!
Jackal misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Henson Benderson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jacky Jackal.
Jackal scores with a nice right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jacky Jackal dominated that fourth round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Benderson looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Jackal is looking to slow Benderson down with leg kicks.
Benderson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Jackal, pushing him back against the cage.
Jackal breaks from the clinch.
Jackal slips under a jab.
Benderson looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
A slapping body kick lands there for Jackal.
Benderson takes a swing at Jackal's ribcage but misses.
Benderson staying out of range there.
Benderson misses with a straight right.
Jackal fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jackal works over Benderson's head and body with a nice combination.
A slow jab from Benderson misses its intended target.
Benderson slips a jab from Jackal.
Jackal connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Benderson's hands.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Benderson misses with a looping left.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackal takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Jackal paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Jackal displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Benderson throws out the jab.
A big left from Benderson misses.
Jab, jab by Jackal - just one landing.
Jackal slips under a jab.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Jackal.
Jackal connects with the punch.
Benderson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jackal misses with a body kick.
Jackal tries to land a leg kick but Benderson saw it coming and moves away.
Benderson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Jackal displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Benderson throws out the jab.
Jackal forces Benderson back against the cage and clinches.
Jackal misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jackal misses with a short punch on the inside.
Benderson stalling the fight.
Jackal doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jackal has a couple of punches blocked by Benderson.
Benderson looking to slow down the pace here.
Jackal misses with a punch to the body.
Benderson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jackal is defending well for now.
Benderson misses with a knee strike.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Benderson prevents a body shot from Jackal.
Benderson tries to land a knee to the head but Jackal blocks with his arms.
A nice left hand lands by Jackal.
Benderson prevents a body shot from Jackal.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackal misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jackal swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Benderson is looking to control Jackal's arms but Jackal gets an underhook and turns him. Now Benderson has his back to the cage.
Benderson is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Jackal misses with a punch on the inside.
Jackal misses with a punch on the inside.
Benderson displaying some good clinch control by pressing Jackal up against the cage.
Jackal swings wildly with an uppercut but Benderson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Benderson dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Jackal managing to block the knees to the body from Benderson.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benderson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Jackal.
Benderson has Jackal pressed against the cage, preventing Jackal from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Jackal lands a right hand.
Jackal makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Jackal breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jackal is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Benderson.
Henson Benderson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jackal swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Benderson closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Jackal misses the shot to the body.
Jackal lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Jackal steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Benderson.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jackal wants to clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jacky Jackal comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Jackal has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 45:50
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 45:50
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 45:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jacky Jackal!
Jacky Jackal is the new featherweight champion!
Jacky Jackal decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
Henson Benderson was interviewed post fight and said 'Damn...'.
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