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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Cyrus Benton (ranked 7202 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eddie Allen (ranked 5994 p4p, 575 weight class). Eddie Allen is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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194 lbs
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200 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin |
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cyrus Benton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Eddie Allen!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Franklyn Lucas and Lou da Vinci.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Benton is looking to clinch but Allen is avoiding it.
Allen gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Benton really is a fat lump.
Allen looking to throw knees to the head but Benton is blocking nicely.
Benton tries to pull guard but Allen won't allow it.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Benton trying to land knees to the body.
Benton throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Allen misses with a knee strike.
Benton is trying to break free.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Allen looking to throw knees to the head but Benton is blocking nicely.
Benton throws a knee to the head but misses.
Allen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Benton has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Allen with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Allen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Allen misses with a knee strike.
Allen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Benton tries to stall but Allen uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Allen with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Allen misses with a knee strike.
Allen with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Allen throws a knee to the head but misses.
Benton fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Allen looking to throw knees to the head but Benton is blocking nicely.
Allen blocks a body shot from Benton.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee is keeping an eye on Benton - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Allen tries to land a knee to the head but Benton blocks with his arms.
Allen looking to throw knees to the head but Benton is blocking nicely.
Allen stops a takedown attempt from Benton.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cyrus Benton. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Allen throws a knee to the head but misses.
Benton tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Allen avoids it.
Allen misses with a knee strike.
Benton fails to pull guard.
Allen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Allen tries to land a knee to the head but Benton blocks with his arms.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benton drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Allen tries to land a knee to the head but Benton blocks with his arms.
Allen tries to land a knee to the head but Benton blocks with his arms.
Allen tries a knee to the head but Benton blocks it.
Allen misses with a knee strike.
Allen tries a knee to the head but Benton blocks it.
Allen looking to throw knees to the head but Benton is blocking nicely.
Allen misses with a knee to the head.
Allen throws a knee to the head but misses.
Benton jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Allen walks away with a smile on his face. Benton gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benton closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Benton effectively controlling the action here.
Allen throws a knee to the head but misses.
Allen misses with a knee strike.
Allen misses with a knee strike.
Allen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Benton is looking to break free of the clinch but Allen has double underhooks.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Allen managing to block the knees to the body from Benton.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eddie Allen dominated that 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.
Allen moves into the clinch successfully.
Allen looking to throw knees to the head but Benton is blocking nicely.
Allen throws a knee to the head but misses.
Allen with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Allen connects with a knee to the head.
It looks like Cyrus Benton has been cut.
Allen has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Allen tries a knee to the head but Benton blocks it.
Allen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Benton trying to control the position but instead, Allen has worked for underhooks and has pushed Benton into the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Allen tries to land a knee to the head but Benton blocks with his arms.
Allen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Allen throws a knee to the head but misses.
Allen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Benton blocks it with crossed arms.
Eddie Allen seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Allen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Benton tries to land knees in the clinch but Allen avoids the damage to the body.
Allen looking to throw knees to the head but Benton is blocking nicely.
Allen throws a knee to the head but misses.
Allen misses with a knee strike.
Allen tries a knee to the head but Benton blocks it.
Allen misses with a knee strike.
Allen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Benton blocks it with crossed arms.
A right hand to the body from Benton.
Allen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Benton has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benton taking a breather.
Benton controlling the action here for a moment.
Benton is looking to break free of the clinch but Allen has double underhooks.
Allen misses with a knee to the head.
The referee is keeping an eye on Benton - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Allen with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Allen prevents a body shot from Benton.
Allen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Benton blocks it with crossed arms.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benton manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Benton is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Benton is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Benton seems to be looking for submissions.
Benton is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Benton missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Benton is looking for a kimura here.
Benton is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Allen defends it well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Allen is trying to stand.
Benton looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Benton sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Allen defending well though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eddie Allen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Cyrus Benton's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Allen rushes Benton and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Allen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Benton blocks it with crossed arms.
Benton fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Allen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Allen with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Allen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Benton is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Allen gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Allen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Allen with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Allen misses with a knee to the head.
Allen misses with a knee to the head.
Benton can't break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Allen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Benton blocks it with crossed arms.
Benton tries for a takedown but Allen manages to get underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cyrus Benton. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Allen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Benton has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Allen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Benton has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Benton jumps guard but Allen turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Benton is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Allen to keep the fight standing.
Allen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Benton is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Allen pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Allen looking to throw knees to the head but Benton is blocking nicely.
Allen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Benton has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Benton jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Allen walks away with a smile on his face. Benton gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Allen rushes Benton and presses him up against the cage.
Allen with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Allen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Benton blocks it with crossed arms.
Allen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Benton has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Allen tries to land a knee to the head but Benton blocks with his arms.
Allen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Benton trying to control the position but instead, Allen has worked for underhooks and has pushed Benton into the cage.
Allen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Allen misses with a knee to the head.
Allen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Benton blocks it with crossed arms.
Allen tries to land a knee to the head but Benton blocks with his arms.
Allen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Benton blocks it with crossed arms.
Allen throws a knee to the head but misses.
Allen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Benton blocks it with crossed arms.
Allen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Benton blocks it with crossed arms.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Allen as Benton tries to tie him up.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Benton is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Allen pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Allen with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Allen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Allen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Benton has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Allen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Allen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Benton blocks it with crossed arms.
Allen misses with a knee strike.
Come on Benton - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Benton is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Allen misses with a knee to the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Eddie Allen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Allen winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Reed Andrews scores the fight 26:30
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 26:30
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eddie Allen!
Eddie Allen took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Dark Horse Nutrition for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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hype
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