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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Melankomas Caria (ranked 3148 p4p, 348 weight class) and Wolfgang Benson (ranked 10695 p4p, 563 weight class). Benson has chosen Alice Cooper - Schools Out as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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181 lbs
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173 lbs
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Insanely flexible
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 8 - 1, fighting out of New York, Melankomas Caria!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
30 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Wolfgang Benson!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Daniel Cesar and Mauricio Rocha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Caria throws a nice inside leg kick.
That kick from Caria tenderised Benson's leg. Benson is trying to keep his angry face on.
Benson clinches.
Benson prevents a body shot from Caria.
Caria escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Caria lands a glancing blow to the side of Benson's head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Caria. Benson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Benson throws a head kick that half lands.
Benson checks a leg kick.
Melankomas Caria seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Caria scores with a jab to the head.
Caria uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Benson.
Crunch! Caria slams his shin into Benson's torso.
Caria is looking to score with low kicks.
Caria checks a leg kick.
Benson throws the left hand but Caria avoids the punch easily.
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!
Caria displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Benson throws out the jab.
Caria lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Caria lands with a hook. Benson tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Benson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Benson is looking to slow Caria down with leg kicks.
Benson takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Benson misses with a straight left.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Caria throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Benson appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Benson tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Caria is able to avoid easily.
Benson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Caria stuns Benson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Benson closes the distance and clinches.
Caria breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Benson throws a leg kick which misses Caria's front leg but catches the back leg as Caria tries to avoid it.
Caria fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Benson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Caria looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Caria throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A low kick from Caria misses
and Benson counters with a stiff right hand.
Caria dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Benson steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Caria. That one must have hurt.
Benson takes one to the chin there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Benson misses with a low kick.
Caria pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Benson only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Benson lands a nice looking kick to the body. Caria takes a step back to recover.
Caria ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Benson moves away.
Caria misses with a few strikes there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benson throws a jab when Caria was well out of range.
Caria throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Benson on the side of the head.
Caria misses with a low kick.
That kick from Caria tenderised Benson's leg. Benson is trying to keep his angry face on.
Benson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Caria slips under a jab from Benson.
Caria throws a sloppy body shot
and Benson counters with a straight right hand.
Caria misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Caria throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Benson misses with a series of wild punches.
Benson throws a shot to the body.
Caria moves out of range of the leg kick from Benson.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The fighters circle momentarily. Caria darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Caria walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Benson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nice shot by Benson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Melankomas Caria dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Caria walks into a straight right hand from Benson.
Caria walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Caria has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Benson.
Benson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Caria was well out of range. Poor timing from Benson.
Caria blocks a head kick by Benson.
Caria misses with a shot to the body
and Benson counters with an outside leg kick.
Caria connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Benson tries to score with a low kick but Caria moves his leg out of the way.
Caria misses with a body kick.
Benson fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Caria is out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Caria. Benson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Caria misses with a kick to the body.
Caria swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Caria looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Benson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
We've been informed that Benson has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Benson clinches up with Caria and pushes him back against the ropes.
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!
Knees in the clinch landing for Caria.
A head punch on the inside from Caria fails to land.
Caria is trying to push Benson away but Benson has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Caria misses with a hook to the ribs.
Caria misses with a body punch.
Benson lands a left hand.
Benson lands a body punch.
Benson lands an elbow that stopped Caria in his tracks for a moment.
Benson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Benson lands a nice elbow.
Caria breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Caria tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Benson is able to avoid easily.
Nice body kick there by Caria.
Benson cracks Caria with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Caria wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Caria tries to score with a low kick but Benson moves his leg out of the way.
Benson cracks Caria with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Caria is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Benson.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Benson moves forwards but Caria connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Benson thows a leg kick but Caria checks it
and Caria counters with a straight right hand.
Caria bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Caria throws a hook but Benson avoids it easily.
We've been told by Caria's head coaches at Five Round Fight Club NY (50 max) that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benson throws a leg kick that misses.
Caria thows a leg kick but Benson checks it
and Benson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Caria throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Benson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Benson lands with a nice body punch.
Benson throws the kick towards the body but Caria avoids it.
Caria avoids the body shot from Benson.
Benson lands with a hook. Caria tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Benson throws a solid leg kick but Caria takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Benson.
A nice inside leg kick there by Benson. That's going to slow Caria down.
Benson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Caria thows a left - swing and a miss!
Caria on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Caria bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Caria blocks a leg kick.
Melankomas Caria is winning the standup battle so far.
Benson moves into the clinch successfully.
Caria has a couple of punches blocked by Benson.
Caria is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Benson is keeping busy.
Benson has a couple of punches blocked by Caria.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Wolfgang Benson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Benson goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Benson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Benson looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Benson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Caria. Caria obviously looking to wear him down.
Benson avoids the body shot from Caria.
Caria throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Caria throws a body shot but no joy.
Benson's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Caria lands an overhand right.
Benson throws a body punch but Caria moves out of range.
Benson tries to move into range but Caria moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
That kick from Caria tenderised Benson's leg. Benson is trying to keep his angry face on.
Benson tries to clinch but Caria is having none of it.
Caria takes a swing at Benson's ribcage but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Caria with a nice cross.
Benson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Caria throws a push kick but Benson slaps the foot to one side.
Benson swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Caria checks the leg kick nicely there.
Benson throws a hook but Caria avoids it easily.
A little feinted left hand from Caria on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Caria ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Caria lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A low kick from Caria misses
and Benson counters with a stiff right hand.
Benson misses the jab.
Sloppy strikes from Benson. Those never looked like landing.
Benson tries to clinch but Caria moves out of range.
Caria circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Caria. Benson shrugs it off though.
Caria moves out of range of the strikes.
Caria looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Caria avoids the head kick by Benson.
Caria connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Benson's hands.
Caria lands a nice leg kick that just misses Benson's sensitive parts.
Caria lands a nice looking body kick.
Benson moves out of range of the body kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Caria.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Benson tries to clinch but Caria is having none of it.
Benson tries to clinch up but Caria circles away and keeps his distance.
Caria jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benson cracks the inside of Caria's front leg.
Benson misses with an attempted mid kick.
Caria cracks Benson with a right hand to the side of the head.
Benson misses with a low kick.
Caria misses with a low kick as Benson jumps back.
Caria is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Benson.
Benson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Caria moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Benson keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Caria thuds his right hand into Benson's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Benson ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Caria steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Benson. That one must have hurt.
Caria keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Caria looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Donk. Caria catches Benson right on the button with a cross.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Caria throws a sloppy body shot
and Benson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Benson throws a low kick but it's checked well by Caria.
Benson throws out a loose jab but Caria uses good head movement to avoid it.
Caria has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Caria there as he acknowledges the shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Melankomas Caria showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Caria has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 29:28
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Melankomas Caria!
Melankomas Caria thanked the fans post fight for their support.
Wolfgang Benson was interviewed post fight and said 'Sometimes u win, sometimes u lose. I'll go back and do my homework. Come back stronger.'.
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