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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ling Tong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gabriel Benitez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ling Tong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Gabriel Benitez!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Ian Loll and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice uppercut lands for Benitez. That snapped Tong's head back.
Tong shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Benitez swats away the attempt to clinch by Tong.
Benitez misses with a straight left.
Benitez gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Tong swings for the body but Benitez moves out of range.
Tong gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Tong misses with the head strike.
Benitez has a couple of punches blocked by Tong.
Tong misses with a punch on the inside.
Benitez throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A right hook to the body lands for Benitez.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Tong creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Benitez stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Benitez blocking some punches.
Tong lands with a short shot to the head.
Benitez scores with a hook to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Benitez.
Benitez lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Tong lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Tong creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Benitez presses Tong against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Benitez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tong's elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tong.
A short uppercut from Benitez.
Tong lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Benitez backwards.
Benitez struggles to land a body shot inside as Tong controls his hands.
Tong blocks an elbow strike.
Benitez pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Benitez struggles to land a body shot inside as Tong controls his hands.
Benitez lands with a right to the head.
Tong lands with a right to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tong softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Benitez scores with a hook to the body.
Benitez misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Tong fails to land.
Benitez lands a nice uppercut.
Benitez digs a right hand into Tong's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Tong's gas tank.
Benitez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tong throws a head punch that misses.
Tong lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Benitez backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Tong fails to land.
Tong blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Benitez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Benitez blocking some punches.
Benitez missing with knees to the body.
Benitez misses with a punch on the inside.
Tong swings wildly with an uppercut but Benitez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Benitez misses with a body punch.
Benitez blocks an uppercut.
Benitez throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Tongs head.
Still in the clinch, Tong scores with a nice short uppercut.
Tong misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Benitez.
Tong working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Tong has a couple of punches blocked by Benitez.
Tong misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tong.
Tong throws a head punch that misses.
Tong doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Benitez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Still in the clinch, Tong scores with a nice short uppercut.
Tong lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Tong doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tong blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tong misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tong.
Tong lands an uppercut.
Tong's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Tong lands with a short shot to the head.
Benitez lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Tong throws a head punch that misses.
A hook to the body from Benitez.
Benitez stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Benitez blocking some punches.
Benitez tries a body shot but Tong blocks it.
Benitez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Benitez throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tong.
Benitez misses with a punch to the body.
Benitez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tong lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Benitez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Benitez is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Tong is keeping busy.
A right handed body shot lands from Benitez.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Benitez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Benitez tries to work over Tong's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tong.
Benitez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Benitez lands a body shot in the clinch.
Tong lands a shoulder strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Tong.
Benitez throws a punch but it's blocked by Tong.
Benitez lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Tong lands a left hand that snaps the head of Benitez backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Tong.
Benitez throws a head punch that misses.
Tong misses with some punches.
Benitez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Benitez stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Tong is breathing heavily.
Tong lands a left hand that snaps the head of Benitez backwards.
Benitez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Benitez pushes Tong back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Benitez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tong misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Tong fails to land.
Benitez throws a head punch that misses.
Benitez trying to stall but Tong improves his position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tong.
Tong gets through Benitez's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Tong lands a nice uppercut.
Tong blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Benitez fails to land.
A body shot lands from Benitez.
Benitez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Benitez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tong blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tong scores with a shoulder strike.
Benitez lands a nice uppercut.
Benitez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A right hand to the body from Benitez.
Tong lands a hook to the side of the head.
Benitez tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tong avoids it.
Tong lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Benitez backwards.
Benitez pushes Tong back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Benitez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benitez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Benitez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Benitez blocks an uppercut.
Benitez tries to stall but Tong uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A right handed body shot lands from Benitez.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tong doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Tong.
Tong scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Tong misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tong has a couple of punches blocked by Benitez.
Benitez blocking some punches.
Benitez tries a body shot but Tong blocks it.
Benitez works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Benitez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tong's elbow.
Benitez is trying to stall.
Tong blocking some punches.
Benitez has a couple of punches blocked by Tong.
Tong blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tong lands a shoulder strike.
Tong working aggressively here.
Benitez misses with a punch on the inside.
Tong lands with a short shot to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A body shot lands from Benitez.
Benitez misses with a body punch.
Benitez tries a body shot but Tong blocks it.
Tong misses with a hook from the clinch.
Benitez throws a head punch that misses.
Tong working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Tong lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Tong swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Gabriel Benitez will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Benitez tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Tong counters with a right hand to the body.
Gabriel Benitez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tong looks to throw the jab but Benitez is out of range.
Benitez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Benitez scores with a punch to the head.
Benitez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tong takes the fight into the clinch.
Benitez lands with a left to the head.
Benitez struggles to land a body shot inside as Tong controls his hands.
Tong misses with a hook from the clinch.
Benitez swings wildly with an uppercut but Tong uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tong working aggressively here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Tong.
Tong lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Benitez lands with a light punch inside.
A short right from Tong on the inside.
A short body shot lands from Benitez as the two fighters clinch.
Benitez lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Tong.
A short right from Benitez on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Benitez fails to land.
Benitez misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Benitez.
Tong misses with a punch on the inside.
Benitez scores with a shoulder strike.
Tong lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tong lands with a short shot to the head.
Tong throws a punch but it's blocked by Benitez.
A right handed body shot lands from Benitez.
Benitez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nice body punch from Benitez - that landed with a thud.
Benitez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Benitez lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Benitez is breathing heavily.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Benitez.
Tong doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Benitez throws a punch but it's blocked by Tong.
Tong working aggressively here.
Tong misses with a hook from the clinch.
Benitez scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Tong working aggressively here.
Benitez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Benitez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Benitez struggles to land a body shot inside as Tong controls his hands.
Benitez is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tong is defending well for now.
Benitez throws a head punch that misses.
Tong working aggressively here.
Tong lands with a short shot to the head.
Benitez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Benitez swings wildly with an uppercut but Tong uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tong blocking some punches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Benitez.
Benitez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tong fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Tong.
Tong blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tong swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benitez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tong lands with a short shot to the head.
Tong misses with a short punch on the inside.
Benitez is trying to maintain a safe position but Tong gets an underhook and turns Benitez into the cage.
Benitez blocks an uppercut.
Tong gets through Benitez's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Tong misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Benitez.
Benitez misses with a punch to the body.
Benitez tries to work over Tong's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Tong creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Benitez makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Benitez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Benitez has a couple of punches blocked by Tong.
Benitez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Benitez working aggressively here.
Gabriel Benitez seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Tong swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tong misses with a punch on the inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Benitez.
Tong lands with a short shot to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Tong.
Tong lands a left hand that snaps the head of Benitez backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Tong.
Benitez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Benitez tries to work over Tong's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short right from Tong on the inside.
Benitez working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Tong fails to land.
A short left from Tong.
Tong lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Benitez backwards.
Tong misses with a punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tong.
A nice right hand lands inside from Tong.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Benitez.
Tong makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Benitez struggles to land a body shot inside as Tong controls his hands.
Tong throws a punch but it's blocked by Benitez.
Benitez pushes Tong back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Tong doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A nice left hand lands by Tong.
Benitez misses with the head strike.
Benitez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tong tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tong blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tong scores with a shot to the side of Benitez's head.
Benitez blocking some punches.
Benitez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tong has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tong scores with a shot to the side of Benitez's head.
Tong fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Benitez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Benitez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tong misses with the head strike.
Tong throws a punch but it's blocked by Benitez.
Tong lands a nice uppercut.
Benitez tries to throw a body punch but Tong avoids it by throwing Benitez back against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Tong.
Benitez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Benitez lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Benitez blocking some punches.
Benitez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Benitez can't find room to land a body shot as Tong controls the action.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tong lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Tong lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Benitez backwards.
Tong lands an uppercut.
Benitez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tong scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Tong lands with a left to the head.
Tong lands a shoulder strike.
A short left from Tong.
Tong gets through Benitez's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Benitez misses with a body punch.
Still in the clinch, Tong scores with a nice short uppercut.
Tong blocking some punches.
Tong tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Benitez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tong tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Benitez.
Benitez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Benitez has a couple of punches blocked by Tong.
Benitez misses with some punches.
Benitez tries to throw a body punch but Tong avoids it by throwing Benitez back against the cage.
Benitez blocking some punches.
Tong swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tong throws a punch but it's blocked by Benitez.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Benitez takes a shot to the head.
Benitez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tong has a couple of punches blocked by Benitez.
Tong misses with the head strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Tong creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Benitez lands a shot to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tong.
Benitez misses with a punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ling Tong dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Tong gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Tong lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Tong throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jab by Benitez.
Benitez connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Benitez is looking to clinch.
Benitez ducks under a wild hook from Tong.
Benitez lands a nice shot that snaps Tong's head back.
Benitez uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Tong has time to react.
A leg kick checked by Tong.
Benitez tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Tong counters with a right hand to the body.
Benitez closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Nice defenses there by Tong.
Tong takes the fight into the clinch.
Tong scores with a shoulder strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Benitez trying to land knees to the body.
Benitez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Benitez struggles to land a body shot inside as Tong controls his hands.
A nice left hand lands by Tong.
Tong lands a shoulder strike.
Tong tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Benitez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Tong gets through Benitez's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tong blocks a body shot from Benitez.
A short left from Tong.
Tong lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Benitez blocking some punches.
Tong working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Tong tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tong blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tong misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tong gets through Benitez's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Benitez.
Tong working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Tong throws a punch but it's blocked by Benitez.
Tong lands with a short shot to the head.
Tong working aggressively here.
A short right from Tong on the inside.
Benitez takes a shot to the head.
Benitez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Benitez blocking some punches.
Tong misses with a short punch on the inside.
Benitez misses with a punch on the inside.
Benitez has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Tong swings wildly with an uppercut but Benitez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tong throws a punch but it's blocked by Benitez.
A short right from Tong on the inside.
Tong lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Benitez tries a body shot but Tong blocks it.
Benitez tries to work over Tong's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Benitez struggles to land a body shot inside as Tong controls his hands.
Benitez lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Tong throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Benitezs head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benitez tries to throw a body punch but Tong avoids it by throwing Benitez back against the cage.
Benitez tries to work over Tong's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Benitez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tong lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Benitez backwards.
Tong lands with a left to the head.
Tong scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Benitez tries to work over Tong's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Benitez cracks Tong with a nice body shot.
Tong makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Tong misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tong lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Benitez backwards.
Tong blocks an elbow strike.
Tong lands with a right to the head.
Benitez's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Tong scores with a shot to the side of Benitez's head.
Tong lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Tong tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tong lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Benitez backwards.
Tong blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tong pushes Benitez back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tong lands with a left to the head.
Benitez tries to land a knee to the head but Tong blocks with his arms.
Tong lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Benitez backwards.
Tong tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tong misses with the head strike.
Tong blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tong working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Tong makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Tong lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Benitez takes a shot to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tong tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tong lands with a left to the head.
Benitez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tong lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Benitez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tong's elbow.
Tong makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Tong throws a head punch that misses.
Tong lands with a light punch inside.
Tong working aggressively here.
Benitez misses with a punch to the body.
Benitez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short left from Tong.
Benitez blocks an uppercut.
Tong scores with a shoulder strike.
Benitez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Tong fails to land.
Benitez creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Benitez tries to throw a body punch but Tong avoids it by throwing Benitez back against the cage.
Tong blocks a body shot from Benitez.
Tong blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tong pushes Benitez back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Tong.
Benitez struggles to land a body shot inside as Tong controls his hands.
Tong scores with a nice hook to the head.
Tong pushes Benitez back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Benitez blocks an uppercut.
Benitez has a couple of punches blocked by Tong.
Benitez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tong misses with a punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Benitez scores with a hook to the body.
Tong lands with a left to the head.
Tong misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tong lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Benitez struggles to land a body shot inside as Tong controls his hands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tong.
Tong throws a punch but it's blocked by Benitez.
Tong managing to block the knees to the body from Benitez.
Tong working aggressively here.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Tong creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Benitez's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Tong working aggressively here.
Tong lands with a light punch inside.
A short right from Tong on the inside.
Tong working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Benitez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tong.
Benitez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Benitez struggles to land a body shot inside as Tong controls his hands.
Benitez swings wildly with an uppercut but Tong uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tong tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Benitez struggles to land a body shot inside as Tong controls his hands.
A short right from Tong.
A shot in the inside from Tong.
Benitez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tong softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Tong lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Tong.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ling Tong showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Tong 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 Elvis Blanc scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ling Tong!
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