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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Beno Gruffo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonas Villa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jonas Villa is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Beno Gruffo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jonas Villa!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Robert Twigg and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gruffo smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Gruffo fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Gruffo misses the shot to the body.
Good standup being displayed there by Gruffo as he connects with a hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gruffo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Villa.
Gruffo clinches up with Villa and pushes him back against the cage.
Villa managing to block the knees to the body from Gruffo.
Villa lands with a light punch inside.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Gruffo obliges.
Gruffo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Villa blocks it with crossed arms.
Gruffo crunches a lovely knee into Villa's ribcage.
Villa looks gassed!
Gruffo landing knees to the head.
Villa misses with the head strike.
Gruffo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Knees in the clinch landing for Gruffo.
Knees to the body from Gruffo.
Gruffo lands a right hand.
Gruffo landing knees to the head.
Gruffo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Villa lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gruffo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Villa takes a knee to the side of the body.
Gruffo scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Gruffo prevents a body shot from Villa.
Gruffo with a knee to the head.
Gruffo lands a knee to the head.
Villa is rocked!
Gruffo crunches a lovely knee into Villa's ribcage.
Gruffo utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Gruffo is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gruffo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Knees in the clinch landing for Gruffo.
Gruffo with a knee to the head.
Gruffo lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Villa or not.
Gruffo with a knee to the head.
Villa takes a knee right on the jaw!
Villa wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gruffo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Villa lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Gruffo connects with a nasty looking knee right to Villa's face.
Gruffo looking to throw knees to the head but Villa is blocking nicely.
Villa breaks the clinch.
Villa shoots in but no luck this time.
Gruffo scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Gruffo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Villa connects with a looping right hand.
Gruffo clinches with his opponent.
Villa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gruffo lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Gruffo.
Gruffo working Villa over with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gruffo using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Gruffo lands a shoulder strike.
Gruffo scores a nice knee to the body.
Villa misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gruffo lands a nice knee to the body.
Gruffo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Villa lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Villa wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gruffo has him pressed against the cage.
Gruffo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Villa escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gruffo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Villa.
Villa wants to clinch
and Gruffo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Villa wants to clinch but Gruffo slips to the side
and Gruffo counters with a right hand to the body.
Gruffo connects with a jab.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Gruffo stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Gruffo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Villa lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gruffo connects with a knee to the head.
Gruffo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Villa in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gruffo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gruffo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Villa has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Villa misses with the head strike.
Villa works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Gruffo prevents Villa from breaking the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Villa fails to land.
Gruffo scores a nice knee to the body.
Gruffo blocks an uppercut.
Gruffo with a knee to the head.
Villa breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A big left from Gruffo misses.
Villa tries to clinch but Gruffo moves away
and Gruffo counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Gruffo.
Gruffo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Villa is defending well for now.
Villa lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Gruffo backwards.
Gruffo tries a knee to the head but Villa blocks it.
Villa scores with a shot to the side of Gruffo's head.
Villa breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gruffo circles away from the clinch attempt
and Gruffo counters with a straight right hand.
Villa slips a straight right by Gruffo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gruffo throws a looping overhand right but Villa ducks down to avoid it.
Villa lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Gruffo has taken the fight to the clinch.
Villa lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Villa misses with some punches.
Villa working aggressively here.
Villa has a couple of punches blocked by Gruffo.
Gruffo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Villa avoids it.
Gruffo misses with a knee to the head.
Villa managing to block the knees to the body from Gruffo.
Villa is trying to break the clinch but Gruffo is controlling him.
Gruffo tries to land a knee to the head but Villa blocks with his arms.
Villa wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gruffo has him pressed against the cage.
Villa tries a body shot but Gruffo blocks it.
Villa tries to break free but Gruffo pushes him back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gruffo.
Gruffo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Villa.
Villa lands a shoulder strike.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Villa misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gruffo landing knees to the body.
Gruffo crunches a lovely knee into Villa's ribcage.
Gruffo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gruffo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Villa misses with some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Beno Gruffo dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
A jab from Gruffo misses.
Villa tries to clinch
and Gruffo counters with a nice uppercut.
Villa closes the distance but Gruffo moves to the side
and Villa takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Gruffo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Villa moves away.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Gruffo misses with an uppercut. Villa saw that one coming.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gruffo. Villa does a little dance to reset his feet.
Villa wants to clinch
and Gruffo counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Villa thinking.
Villa closes the distance looking to clinch
and Gruffo counters with a three punch combo that has Villa backing up. Villa nods at Gruffo to acknowledge the strikes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gruffo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Villa.
Gruffo takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Villa closes the distance but Gruffo moves to the side
and Gruffo counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Villa thinking.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gruffo bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Villa's head backwards.
Gruffo throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Villa on the side of the head.
Gruffo ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Gruffo jabs at Villa's body.
Gruffo bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Villa's head backwards.
Gruffo gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Villa is trying to break the clinch but Gruffo has him pressed against the cage.
Gruffo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Gruffo scores a nice knee to the body.
Villa takes a knee right on the jaw!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Villa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gruffo lands a good knee to the midsection. Villa won't want to take too many of those.
Gruffo crunches a lovely knee into Villa's ribcage.
Gruffo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Villa takes a knee to the side of the body.
Villa struggles to land a body shot inside as Gruffo controls his hands.
Gruffo lands a knee to the body.
Gruffo connects with a knee to the head.
Gruffo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Villa blocks it with crossed arms.
Villa wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gruffo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A head punch on the inside from Villa fails to land.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gruffo.
Gruffo is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Gruffo lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Villa.
Villa gets through Gruffo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gruffo.
Villa has a couple of punches blocked by Gruffo.
Gruffo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Villa.
Gruffo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Villa can do to turn this around?
Gruffo lands a right hand.
Villa is trying to break the clinch but Gruffo is controlling him.
Gruffo landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Villa working hard to break the clinch.
Villa breaks from the clinch.
Gruffo moves into range and clinches up with Villa.
Gruffo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Villa pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gruffo tests Villa's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Gruffo takes the fight into the clinch.
A knee to the head by Gruffo.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Villa wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Villa throws a head punch that misses.
Beno Gruffo has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Gruffo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Villa misses with some punches.
Villa blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Villa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Villa has had enough of the clinch but Gruffo keeps him there for the moment.
A right hook to the body lands for Gruffo.
Villa's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A left hand lands to the body for Gruffo.
Gruffo gets through Villa's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Villa has a couple of punches blocked by Gruffo.
Gruffo lands a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Gruffo.
Gruffo landing knees to the head.
Gruffo tries to work over Villa's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Villa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Villa's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Gruffo looking to throw knees to the head but Villa is blocking nicely.
Villa misses with some punches.
A frustrated look appears on Villa's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Gruffo working Villa over with knees to the body.
Gruffo scores with a hook to the body.
Villa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Knees to the body from Gruffo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gruffo cracks Villa with a nice body shot.
Villa wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gruffo blocking some punches.
Villa is trying to force a seperation but Gruffo has the dominant position.
Gruffo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gruffo tries to land knees in the clinch but Villa avoids the damage to the body.
Villa lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Villa.
Gruffo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Gruffo.
Villa manages to break the clinch.
Villa tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Gruffo cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gruffo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Villa sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Beno Gruffo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gruffo slaps away a takedown attempt from Villa, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Gruffo cracks Villa with a right hand to the side of the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Villa takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Gruffo catches Villa with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Gruffo lands a glancing blow to the side of Villa's head.
Gruffo drives through and clinches with Villa against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Beno Gruffo dominated that second round.
That's time! Gruffo's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Villa looks to clinch
enabling Gruffo to counter with a crisp jab.
Villa shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Gruffo sprawls well. Gruffo wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Villa gets slowly back to his feet.
Villa throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Gruffo's waist but Gruffo gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Villa off to one side.
Villa takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Gruffo forces Villa back against the cage and clinches.
Gruffo working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Gruffo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Villa in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Gruffo lands a nice knee to the body.
Gruffo lands a body punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gruffo scores a nice knee to the body.
Gruffo scores with a knee to the head.
Gruffo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Gruffo working Villa over with knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Villa wants to get back to striking at distance but Gruffo won't allow it.
Gruffo landing knees to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Gruffo.
Gruffo is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Gruffo lands a knee to the body.
Gruffo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Villa has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gruffo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Villa breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gruffo lands a slapping body shot.
Villa takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Nice defenses there by Villa.
Villa gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Gruffo.
Nice sprawl there from Gruffo as Villa shoots in.
Beno Gruffo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jonas Villa.
Gruffo lands a really nice looking cross but Villa seems unphased.
Villa tries to clinch up
and Gruffo counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Gruffo.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gruffo creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Gruffo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Gruffo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Villa misses with the head strike.
Gruffo lands a left hand that snaps the head of Villa backwards.
Gruffo keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Villa's efforts to push away.
Villa takes a knee to the side of the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Gruffo obliges.
Gruffo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Gruffo scores with a knee to the head.
Villa misses with some punches.
Gruffo is leaning against Villa and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Gruffo scores with a knee to the head.
Villa misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gruffo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Gruffo connects with a knee to the head.
Gruffo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Villa is defending well for now.
Villa's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gruffo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Villa moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Good standup being displayed there by Villa as he connects with a hook.
Villa wants to clinch
and Gruffo counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Gruffo thuds a left hand into Villa's body.
Jonas Villa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gruffo lands a slapping body shot.
Gruffo takes a swing at Villa's ribcage but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gruffo lands a glancing blow to the side of Villa's head.
Gruffo moves into the clinch.
Gruffo misses with a knee to the head.
Villa avoiding damage as Gruffo throws knees to the body.
Villa has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Gruffo is leaning against Villa and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Gruffo lands a body punch in the clinch.
Gruffo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Villa in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Villa lands a right hand.
Gruffo connects with a knee to the head.
Villa lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Villa escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jonas Villa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gruffo changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Villa drives through and clinches with Gruffo against the cage.
Gruffo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gruffo landing knees to the head.
Villa escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Villa closes the distance but Gruffo moves to the side
and Gruffo counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Gruffo.
Gruffo lands with a light punch inside.
Knees in the clinch landing for Gruffo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Villa manages to break the clinch.
Villa needs to keep his hands up - Gruffo had a free shot at his head there.
Villa tries to clinch but Gruffo moves away
and Gruffo counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Gruffo.
A knee to the head by Gruffo.
Villa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Villa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Villa misses with some punches.
Gruffo lands a left hand that snaps the head of Villa backwards.
Gruffo missing with knees to the body.
Gruffo throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Gruffo lands a shot to the body.
Gruffo landing knees to the head.
Gruffo misses with a knee to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gruffo.
Gruffo trying to land knees to the body.
Villa tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gruffo's elbow.
Villa misses with a short punch on the inside.
Villa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gruffo using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Gruffo utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Gruffo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Villa avoids it.
Gruffo tries a knee to the head but Villa blocks it.
Villa has a couple of punches blocked by Gruffo.
Villa lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gruffo backwards.
And that's the end of the fight!
Beno Gruffo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Gruffo 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:26
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Beno Gruffo!
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