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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Michael Bennet (ranked 522 p4p, 75 weight class) and Sendou Kitano (ranked 455 p4p, 68 weight class). Kitano is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Hokuto No Ken - You wa Shock. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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220 lbs
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Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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
16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Michael Bennet!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 15 - 0, fighting out of London, Sendou Kitano!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Phil Schofield and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bennet lands a right hook to the body.
Bennet throws a hook to the side of Kitano's head but Kitano sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bennet throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kitano feints a counter leg kick.
Kitano just misses with a punch to the body.
Bennet tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kitano manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kitano misses with a straight right.
Bennet scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Kitano doesn't seem bothered though.
Kitano takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Kitano wants to clinch.
Kitano doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Kitano blocks the body kick.
Kitano has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bennet misses with an uppercut. Kitano saw that one coming.
Bennet chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kitano can pounce on him.
Bennet wants to clinch up but Kitano keeps it at a distance.
Kitano lands with an uppercut that bounces Bennet off the cage and back into range.
Kitano throws a solid leg kick but Bennet takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Kitano.
Bennet throws a body shot but no joy.
Bennet moves into range and connects with a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kitano wants to slow Bennet down by chopping away at his legs.
Bennet gets tackled into the cage by Kitano. Kitano maintains the clinch.
Kitano blocks a body shot from Bennet.
Kitano throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bennet blocks it with crossed arms.
Kitano swings wildly with an uppercut but Bennet uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kitano's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Kitano swings wildly with an uppercut but Bennet uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bennet breaks the clinch.
Bennet checks a low kick from Kitano.
Bennet misses with a hook.
Kitano looks to throw the jab but Bennet is out of range.
Bennet throwing a counter right hand but Kitano manages to avoid it.
Bennet throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Bennet throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kitano sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kitano throws a solid leg kick but Bennet takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Kitano.
A little feinted left hand from Bennet on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Bennet steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kitano.
A good leg kick by Bennet.
Bennet misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bennet misses with an uppercut.
Bennet scores with a jab to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kitano thows a leg kick but Bennet checks it
and Bennet counters with a straight right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kitano uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bennet.
Kitano moves out of range as Bennet strikes.
Bennet takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Bennet uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kitano.
Kitano throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Kitano misses with a straight right.
Kitano takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Kitano scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Bennet doesn't seem bothered though.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
A lazy left from Kitano finds it's target.
Kitano scores with a decent looking hook.
Bennet throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kitano has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Bennet.
Good leg kick by Bennet there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Bennet scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A slow jab from Kitano misses its intended target.
Kitano dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bennet. That did some damage!
Bennet throws a lazy body kick
and Kitano counters with a stiff right hand.
Kitano jabs Bennet right on the nose. Bennet blinks but takes it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kitano keeps the fight on the outside.
Kitano scores with a body shot.
Bennet slips a straight right by Kitano.
Kitano is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Bennet swats away the attempt to clinch by Kitano.
A little feinted left hand from Bennet on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Bennet bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
We've been told by Bennet's head coaches at IMMA Gym of Elite ASS that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Bennet bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Bennet takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Kitano walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Bennet checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Bennet fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kitano manages to avoid it.
Kitano is trying to counter with his kicks.
Kitano avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bennet moves out of range of the strikes.
Kitano throws a low kick but Bennet avoids it.
Kitano feints a jab promting Bennet to slip. Kitano then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Bennet slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
It looks like Michael Bennet has been cut.
Nice straight punches there by Kitano. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Kitano.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bennet lands with a nice body kick.
Bennet scores with a jab to the jaw.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kitano is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bennet.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Bennet. Kitano shrugs it off though.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bennet. Kitano does a little dance to reset his feet.
A shot to the liver by Bennet. Beautiful body shot.
Kitano rushes Bennet and presses him up against the cage.
Kitano with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bennet throws a punch but it's blocked by Kitano.
Bennet tries to work over Kitano's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bennet misses with some punches.
Kitano looking to throw knees to the head but Bennet is blocking nicely.
Bennet breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kitano avoids the body shot from Bennet.
Kitano just misses with a punch to the body.
Kitano keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kitano prevents a body shot from Bennet.
Kitano misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kitano doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kitano tries to land a knee to the head but Bennet blocks with his arms.
Bennet tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kitano's elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Sendou Kitano will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Michael Bennet's cut.
That's time! Bennet's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Kitano thumps Bennet with a low kick.
Kitano pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jab from Bennet.
Kitano misses with a hook. Bennet ducked under it nicely.
Bennet lands with a straight right. Kitano didn't see that one coming.
Kitano lands a nice shot to the body.
Kitano avoids the body shot from Bennet.
Kitano is looking to slow Bennet down with leg kicks.
Bennet lands a jab to Kitano's midsection.
Bennet lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Bennet keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bennet is looking to land body kicks.
Kitano throws a head kick that Bennet semi-blocks.
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!
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Kitano crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Bennet - the referee stops the clock and Kitano gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Bennet. Kitano manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Kitano wants to slow Bennet down by chopping away at his legs.
Kitano gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Bennet.
Kitano jabs at Bennet's body.
Kitano misses with a low kick.
Bennet misses with a kick to the body
letting Kitano counter with a right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kitano waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bennet.
Kitano misses with a head kick.
Bennet has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Bennet tests Kitano's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kitano is looking to clinch.
Kitano moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Bennet drives through and clinches with Kitano against the cage.
Bennet tries to work over Kitano's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bennet breaks the clinch.
Kitano throws a lazy right hand but Bennet sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bennet lands a slapping body shot.
A punch combination from Kitano misses.
Bennet avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kitano looks to throw the jab but Bennet is out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Bennet misses the target.
Bennet connects with a body shot.
Bennet looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Kitano circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kitano tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Bennet manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bennet was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Kitano lands a high kick!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bennet throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kitano keeps Bennet at a distance using the push kick.
Bennet lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Kitano at a distance.
Bennet slips under a jab from Kitano.
Michael Bennet is winning the standup battle so far.
Bennet misses with a low kick.
Bennet takes a swing at Kitano's ribcage but misses.
Bennet ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bennet tries to score with a low kick but Kitano moves his leg out of the way.
Nice body kick there by Bennet.
Bennet blocks a jab.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kitano. That's going to slow Bennet down.
Bennet ducks under a wild hook from Kitano.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kitano. Bennet does a little dance to reset his feet.
A little feinted left hand from Bennet on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Kitano scores with a leg kick.
Kitano throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Bennet clinches with his opponent.
Bennet blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bennet lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Sendou Kitano seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Bennet lands a body punch in the clinch.
Bennet digs a right hand underneath Kitano's ribcage. Kitano let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Kitano is breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bennet lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Bennet.
Bennet tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bennet doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bennet blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kitano swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kitano.
Kitano fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kitano tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bennet manages to break the clinch.
Kitano misses with a hook. Bennet ducked under it nicely.
Kitano moves out of range of the body kick.
Bennet ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Kitano lands a jab to the head.
Bennet lands with a nice body kick.
Kitano tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Kitano uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bennet.
Bennet bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
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!
Bennet uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kitano.
Kitano throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Kitano takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bennet closes the distance and clinches.
Kitano has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Bennet.
Still in the clinch, Bennet scores with a nice short uppercut.
Bennet escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bennet throws a body punch but Kitano moves out of range.
Bennet fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Kitano, pushing him back against the cage.
Kitano throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kitano tries to land a knee to the head but Bennet blocks with his arms.
Bennet tries a body shot but Kitano blocks it.
Bennet escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bennet throws a head kick that Kitano semi-blocks.
Bennet slips a jab from Kitano.
Kitano avoids the body shot from Bennet.
Bennet closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Bennet prevents a body shot from Kitano.
Bennet lands with a right to the head.
It looks like Sendou Kitano has been cut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kitano lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kitano blocking some punches.
A shot in the inside from Bennet.
Bennet lands a shoulder strike.
Bennet misses with some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michael Bennet dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Bennet keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kitano.
Bennet connects with the punch.
Bennet is looking to chop away at Kitano's legs.
A big left from Bennet misses.
Bennet avoids a kick to the body.
Kitano throws a body punch but Bennet moves out of range.
Bennet feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Bennet throws a body shot but no joy.
A jab from Bennet finds it's way through Kitano's defenses.
Bennet wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Kitano blocks a jab.
Bennet has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Bennet there as he acknowledges the shot.
Kitano listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Kitano tries to clinch but Bennet moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bennet looks to land a left hand but Kitano moved out of range nicely.
Kitano lands a leg kick that knocks Bennet off balance momentarily.
Bennet cracks Kitano with a good jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kitano jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bennet blocks a low kick nicely.
Bennet throws a head kick that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bennet misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kitano.
Bennet throws a jab but it's blocked by Kitano.
Kitano fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Bennet checks it well.
Bennet is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Bennet throws a jab when Kitano was well out of range.
Kitano checks the leg kick nicely there.
Kitano misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bennet.
Kitano takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Bennet tests Kitano's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kitano takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Kitano misses with a body kick.
A counter left hand to the body from Bennet misses its target.
Bennet looks to throw the jab but Kitano is out of range.
Bennet throws the kick towards the body but Kitano avoids it.
A chopping leg kick lands by Bennet.
A jab from Kitano misses.
Kitano tries a head kick but it misses.
Kitano throws a jab but it's blocked by Bennet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kitano misses with a low kick.
Bennet ducks under a wild hook from Kitano.
Kitano avoids the body shot from Bennet.
Bennet looks to land a left hand but Kitano moved out of range nicely.
Bennet throws a body punch but Kitano moves out of range.
Bennet misses with a body shot.
Bennet with a body punch. A glancing blow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bennet has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kitano.
Bennet gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Kitano.
Kitano pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Kitano uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bennet.
Bennet fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kitano manages to avoid it.
Kitano wants to counter the offense by Bennet and move into the clinch position.
Kitano moves out of range of the body kick.
Kitano scores with a hook to the body. Bennet takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Kitano tries to clinch up.
Kitano feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Bennet's calf.
Kitano swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kitano misses with a straight left.
Bennet was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Bennet.
Kitano uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bennet.
Kitano lands a high kick!
Kitano tries to clinch but Bennet is having none of it.
Kitano throws a body kick that misses.
Bennet moves into the clinch successfully.
Bennet lands a shot to the body.
Kitano takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A right hook to the body lands for Bennet.
Bennet tries to throw a body punch but Kitano avoids it by throwing Bennet back against the cage.
Bennet lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kitano backwards.
Bennet gets through Kitano's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Bennet.
Bennet lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kitano backwards.
Bennet lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kitano or not.
Kitano takes a shot to the head.
Kitano is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bennet tries to throw a body punch but Kitano avoids it by throwing Bennet back against the cage.
Kitano is still on wobbly legs! Can Bennet finish him?
Bennet swings wildly with an uppercut but Kitano uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kitano seems to have recovered his senses.
Kitano misses with some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Bennet.
Kitano misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bennet throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kitanos head.
Bennet breaks the clinch.
Bennet misses with a body punch
and Kitano counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A nice leg kick lands there from Bennet.
Kitano moves out of range of the strikes.
Kitano throws a push kick but Bennet slaps the foot to one side.
It looked like Bennet wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Kitano fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bennet manages to avoid it.
Bennet uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kitano.
Kitano takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Bennet scores with the left hand. Kitano knows he should have avoided that one.
A good leg kick by Kitano.
Bennet fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Kitano checks it well.
Kitano looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Kitano moves out of range of the strikes.
Kitano tries to clinch up.
Bennet scores with a kick to the body.
Kitano lands a head shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Michael Bennet showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bennet 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 29:28
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:28
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Michael Bennet!
Michael Bennet was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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