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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Blake Green (ranked 16 p4p, 3 weight class) and Henson Benderson (ranked 104 p4p, 14 weight class). Green kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Sugar Rush. Benderson is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by The Time is Now. Henson Benderson has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Blake Green's chin.
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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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
27 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Blake Green!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Henson Benderson!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Sam Margolis and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Benderson slips a straight right by Green.
Green looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Green explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Green moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Green looks to score with a jab to the body but Benderson is just out of range.
A countering left hand to the body from Benderson misses.
Green is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Benderson.
Green cracks the inside of Benderson's front leg.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Benderson crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Green - the referee stops the clock and Benderson gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Green. Benderson manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Green lands a really nice looking cross but Benderson seems unphased.
Benderson throws a big shot that misses.
Benderson connects with a good right hand that stumbles Green. Green circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Benderson throws a right hand that misses
and Green counters with a straight right hand.
Benderson looks to land a right hand but Green moved out of range.
Green lunges at Benderson with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Benderson's hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Benderson slips under a jab.
A jab lands there for Green.
Green connects with a solid leg kick.
Benderson throws a lazy uppercut
and Green counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Green's jab looks to have found its range, popping Benderson under the eye.
Benderson takes one on the button.
Blake Green seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benderson checks the leg kick.
Benderson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Green manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Benderson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Green manages to avoid it.
Benderson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Benderson tries to clinch there but Green circles away.
Benderson gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Green tries a body shot but Benderson blocks it.
Benderson displaying some good clinch control by pressing Green up against the cage.
Benderson blocking some punches.
Benderson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Green has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Green managing to block the knees to the body from Benderson.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Benderson.
Good body shot from Green.
Green misses with a body punch.
Green working some nice short punches in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Green goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Benderson has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Benderson prevents a body shot from Green.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Green can't find room to land a body shot as Benderson controls the action.
Green blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Green lands a body shot in the clinch.
Green lands a body shot.
Benderson misses with a knee to the head.
Benderson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Green misses with a hook to the ribs.
Green lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Green softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Benderson tries to land knees in the clinch but Green avoids the damage to the body.
Green is leaning against Benderson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Green pushes Benderson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Green swings wildly with an uppercut but Benderson uses good head movement to avoid it.
A right handed body shot lands from Green.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benderson blocks a body shot from Green.
Benderson lands a damaging elbow.
Benderson takes a shot to the head.
Green lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Green has a couple of punches blocked by Benderson.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Green.
Benderson displaying some good clinch control by pressing Green up against the cage.
Benderson trying to land knees to the body.
Green lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Benderson looking to stall.
Benderson avoiding damage.
Green lands with a right to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Green softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Benderson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Green blocks it with crossed arms.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Green presses Benderson against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Green goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Green lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Green throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Green misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Green misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A nice left hand lands by Green.
Green avoiding damage as Benderson throws knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Green fails to land.
Benderson misses with a knee strike.
Green lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Green lands a right hand that snaps the head of Benderson backwards.
Green throws a head punch that misses.
Green misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Blake Green dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Green lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Benderson at a distance.
Green throws a good cross that connects.
Benderson looks to land a right hand but Green moved out of range.
Green throws a nice outside leg kick.
Green scores with a crisp jab that stopped Benderson in his tracks.
Benderson ducks under a wild hook from Green.
Green is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Benderson can do to turn this around?
Good leg kick by Green there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Green misses with a wild body shot.
Green feints and then cracks Benderson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Benderson down.
Benderson throws a head kick but Green moves out of range.
Green appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Green misses with a hook
and Green takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Green looks for the body kick but Benderson saw that one coming.
Green dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Green throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Blake Green is winning the standup battle so far.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice body punch from Green.
Benderson is looking to clinch.
Green was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Benderson jabs Green to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Benderson throws a jab when Green was well out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benderson looks to throw the jab but Green is out of range.
Green connects with a looping right hand.
Green lands a front kick.
Benderson misses with a low kick as Green jumps back.
Benderson misses with a straight left.
Benderson avoids the body shot from Green.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Benderson! But no joy.
Green moves out of range of the leg kick from Benderson.
Nice uppercut there from Green.
Green scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Green throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Benderson stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Green digs a good hook to Benderson's body.
Green scores with a body shot.
A shot to the liver by Green. Beautiful body shot.
Green scores with a body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Benderson misses the jab.
Green lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Benderson at a distance.
Green throws an off balance right hand
and Benderson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Green blocks a jab.
Green lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Benderson on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Green swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Green checks a low kick from Benderson.
Nice defenses there by Green.
Green bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A thudding body kick lands there by Green!
Benderson throws a jab when Green was well out of range.
Benderson slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Green takes a swing at Benderson's ribcage but misses.
Green scores with a nice right hand.
Benderson throws a jab but it's blocked by Green.
Green bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Benderson's head backwards.
Green avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Benderson throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benderson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Benderson lands a nice looking body shot.
Green is looking to slow Benderson down with leg kicks.
Benderson is looking to clinch but Green is avoiding it.
Green lands a slapping body shot.
Green dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Benderson. That did some damage!
Green smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Benderson steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Green. That one must have hurt.
Benderson sizes up Green with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Benderson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Green.
Green tries to score with a low kick but Benderson moves his leg out of the way.
And Benderson tries to counter it with a takedown but Green pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Green pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Green scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Benderson throws a hook but Green avoids it easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Benderson misses the target.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Green, right into the meat.
Green fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Benderson manages to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Green changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Green connects with a jab.
Green connects with a body shot.
Green lands a slapping body shot.
Benderson cracks Green with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Green misses with a hook to the body
and Green takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Green ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Green misses with a wild body shot.
Green lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Green ducks right into an uppercut from Benderson.
Green scores with a crisp jab that stopped Benderson in his tracks.
Green scores with a crisp jab that stopped Benderson in his tracks.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Green scores with a sloppy right hand. Benderson should have avoided that one.
Nice defenses there by Benderson.
It seemed like Benderson was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Benderson throws a looping overhand right but Green ducks down to avoid it.
Green ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Benderson moves away.
Benderson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Blake Green dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action!
A big right from Benderson misses.
Green takes one to the side of the head.
Green moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Benderson throws a big shot that misses.
Benderson lands a leg kick that knocks Green off balance momentarily.
Green missing with a left hand there. Benderson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Benderson takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Benderson throws a hook to the side of Green's head but Green sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Benderson lunges at Green with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Green's hand.
Green throws a nice outside leg kick.
Benderson's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Green connects with a body shot.
A big right from Benderson misses.
Green throws a body kick that misses.
Green uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Benderson has time to react.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Benderson tries to close the distance and clinch but Green swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Benderson has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Benderson misses the jab.
Green throws a hook to the side of Benderson's head but Benderson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benderson scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Green swats away the attempt to clinch by Benderson.
A swing and a miss from Green.
Green scores with a nice strike.
Green punishes Benderson's body with a nice straight punch.
Green moves away from the strike by Benderson.
Green throws a lazy right hand but Benderson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Benderson takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Green swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Benderson dips to his left and cracks Green with an uppercut!
Benderson takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Green moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Green keeps the fight on the outside.
Benderson looks to land a right hand but Green moved out of range.
A slow jab from Benderson misses its intended target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Green throws a body shot but no joy.
Benderson lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Green jabs Benderson to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Green works Benderson's body with a nice hook.
Green lands an overhand right.
Nice defenses there by Green.
Benderson takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Benderson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Green lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Green throws a poor cross that misses
and Green takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Green avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Benderson lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Green lands a jab to Benderson's midsection.
Green lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Benderson avoids the body shot from Green.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benderson cracks Green with a right hand to the side of the head.
Benderson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Green was well out of range. Poor timing from Benderson.
Benderson has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Green.
A nice leg kick lands there from Benderson.
Benderson throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Benderson shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Green as he avoids it easily.
Green digs a good hook to Benderson's body.
Green moves out of range of the body kick from Benderson.
A shot to the body from Benderson misses
and Green connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Benderson throws a hook to the side of Green's head but Green sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Benderson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Green misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Benderson.
A left lands for Green.
Green blocks a jab.
Green bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Benderson's head backwards.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Benderson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Benderson throws a head kick that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Green throws a leg kick which misses Benderson's front leg but catches the back leg as Benderson tries to avoid it.
Benderson takes one to the chin there.
Green connects with a jab.
A shot to the liver by Green. Beautiful body shot.
Green looks to throw the jab but Benderson is out of range.
Green works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Benderson avoids the body shot from Green.
Benderson misses with a straight left.
Green connects with a nice looking jab.
Benderson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Green staying out of range there.
Benderson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Benderson on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Benderson slips a jab from Green.
Benderson takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Benderson gets a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Blake Green clearly takes that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Green ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Green feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Benderson's calf.
Green thuds his shin into the meat of Benderson's side.
Green darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Green uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Benderson tries to close the distance and clinch but Green swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Green wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Jab from Green.
Green connects with a nice looking jab.
Green uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Benderson.
Benderson misses with a hook
and Green counters with a nice uppercut.
Green looks to score with a jab to the body but Benderson is just out of range.
Green misses with a wild body shot.
A big left from Benderson misses.
Benderson moves into the clinch successfully.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Benderson taking a breather.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benderson blocks an uppercut.
Benderson trying to land knees to the body.
Benderson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Green misses with the head strike.
Benderson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Green's elbow.
Benderson misses with a knee to the head.
Blake Green has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Green misses with a hook to the ribs.
Benderson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Green is defending well for now.
Green lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Benderson prevents a body shot from Green.
Benderson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Green avoids it.
Benderson tries to stall but Green uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Benderson is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Green has denied him.
Green on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Green swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Green scores with a shot to the side of Benderson's head.
Green working aggressively here.
Green blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Green tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Benderson blocks a body shot from Green.
Green swings wildly with an uppercut but Benderson uses good head movement to avoid it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Green creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Green misses with some punches.
Benderson tries to stall but Green uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Green lands a body shot.
Benderson is looking to control Green's arms but Green gets an underhook and turns him. Now Benderson has his back to the cage.
A short uppercut from Green.
Green misses with the head strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Green misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Green is leaning against Benderson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Benderson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Green tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Benderson's elbow.
Benderson takes a shot to the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Green lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Benderson is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Green lands a body punch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Green.
Benderson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Green lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Benderson backwards.
Green lands a hook that snaps the head of Benderson backwards.
Nice body punch from Green.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Green swings wildly with an uppercut but Benderson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Green's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benderson tries to close the distance and clinch but Green swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Green scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Benderson moves out of range of the leg kick from Green.
Benderson loads up on a big right hand but Green slips the punch.
Benderson walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Benderson looks to land a right hand but Green moved out of range.
Green swings widly with a right hand
and Benderson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Both fighters circling a little - Green finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Green scores with a decent looking hook.
Green staying out of range there.
Jab from Green.
Green lands a nice looking kick to the body. Benderson takes a step back to recover.
Benderson looks to land a right hand but Green moved out of range.
Nice defenses there by Green.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Blake Green had his way with Henson Benderson in that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Benderson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Benderson throws a shot from downtown. Green moves away and avoids it.
Green cracks Benderson with a good jab.
Benderson misses with a left hand
and Green connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Benderson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Green feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Benderson's calf.
An inside leg kick lands from Green.
Benderson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Benderson on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Benderson fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Green is out of range.
Green lands a slapping body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head kick by Benderson misses
and Green counters with a thumping low kick.
Benderson misses with a lunging right hand
letting Green counter with a right hand.
Benderson misses with a wild combination.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Benderson moves out of range as Green throws a body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Green blocks a head kick by Benderson.
Good leg kick by Green there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Green jabs Benderson to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Benderson tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Green moves out of range as Benderson strikes.
Benderson moves into the clinch.
Green doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Green misses with a hook from the clinch.
Green lands a hook that snaps the head of Benderson backwards.
A right hand to the body from Green.
Benderson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Green is defending well for now.
Benderson misses with a knee strike.
Green breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Green ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Benderson swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Green counters with a straight right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benderson has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Green.
Benderson misses with an uppercut. Green saw that one coming.
Benderson throws a combination. Green tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Green cracks Benderson with an open hand slap.
Green fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Benderson.
Benderson throws a right hand that misses
and Benderson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Benderson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Green counters with a leg kick.
Green blocks the body kick.
Benderson misses with a straight left.
A decent looking cross lands there for Green.
Green ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Benderson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Green sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Green swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Green's jab looks to have found its range, popping Benderson under the eye.
Green throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A telegraphed right hand from Green misses the target.
It seemed like Benderson was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Green tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Benderson was well out of range. Poor timing from Green.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benderson stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Benderson staying out of range there.
Benderson steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Green.
Benderson misses with a combination
enabling Green to counter with a crisp jab.
Green pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Benderson scores with a three punch combo!
Green displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Benderson throws out the jab.
Benderson has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Green finds it's way round the side to connect with Benderson's head.
Benderson goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Green works Benderson's body with a nice hook.
Benderson takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Green throws a poor cross that misses
and Benderson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Benderson blocks a head kick by Green.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Benderson misses with a low kick.
Benderson doesn't manage to clinch there - Green circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Green misses the shot to the body.
It seemed like Benderson was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Benderson connects with an inside leg kick.
Green misses with a left hand
and Benderson counters with a nice uppercut.
Green misses with a hook.
Green lands with a shot to the body.
Benderson avoids the body shot from Green.
A low kick from Green misses
enabling Benderson to counter with a crisp jab.
Benderson throws a lazy right hand but Green sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Benderson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Henson Benderson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Benderson gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Green tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Benderson was well out of range. Poor timing from Green.
Benderson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Green uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Benderson.
Green scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Green thows a body kick. Benderson tries to catch it but that hurt him.
And that's the end of the fight!
Blake Green showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Green has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 James Glass scores the fight 50:45
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 50:45
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Blake Green!
Blake Green retains his featherweight title!
Blake Green very nearly forgot to thank Voodoo Nutrition amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
Henson Benderson spoke after the fight, saying 'Damn...'.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
82% |
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