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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dexter Fable (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chucho Benitez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fable comes to the cage accompanied by Dragonfly by Shaman's Harvest. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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164 lbs
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165 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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World class MT
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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
15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dexter Fable!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Chucho Benitez!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Benitez throws a leg kick
and Fable counters with a nice uppercut.
Nice sprawl there from Fable as Benitez shoots in.
Fable tries to close the distance and clinch up but Benitez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Fable lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Benitez shoots and misses
and Fable counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Fable on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Fable misses with a body shot.
Nice uppercut there from Benitez.
Fable lands a nice shot to the body.
Fable keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Benitez.
Fable throws a hook to the side of Benitez's head but Benitez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Fable uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Benitez.
Benitez takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Benitez does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Fable avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Benitez lands with a nice body kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Benitez, right into the meat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benitez decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Fable makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Fable.
Benitez is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Fable looking to control.
Fable knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Benitez on the ground.
Benitez wants to control from the top but Fable keeps moving.
Benitez thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Fable trying to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fable wants to stand and escape but Benitez is having none of it.
Benitez trying to control but Fable is working from the bottom.
Benitez slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Fable looking for a sweep. Not yet Fable, not yet.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Fable swinging wildly here.
Fable throws a right hand that misses
and Fable takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Dexter Fable seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Benitez looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Fable throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benitez lands a nice looking body kick.
Benitez throws a half hearted mid kick.
Fable takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A chopping leg kick lands by Benitez.
Benitez scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Benitez misses with an attempted mid kick.
Benitez moves out of range as Fable throws a body kick.
Fable just misses with a punch to the body.
Fable just misses with a punch to the body.
Fable lands a jab to Benitez's midsection.
Fable moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A combination from Fable does no damage.
Fable lands a nice looking kick to the body. Benitez takes a step back to recover.
Fable misses the body punch
and Benitez counters with a solid body kick.
Fable slips a jab from Benitez.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fable misses with a body kick.
Benitez throws a low kick but Fable avoids it.
Benitez shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Fable as he avoids it easily.
Dexter Fable has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chucho Benitez.
Fable loads up on a big right hand but Benitez slips the punch.
Benitez throws a front kick aimed at Fable's knee but Fable avoids it well.
Benitez fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Fable takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Dexter Fable is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fable throws a sloppy head kick
and Benitez counters with a nice leg kick.
Fable throws a good cross that connects.
Benitez shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Fable but Fable pushes him off and we're back to square one.
A jab from Fable misses.
Fable uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Benitez.
Benitez lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Fable takes a swing at Benitez's ribcage but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chucho Benitez dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Fable throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Benitez throws a leg kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Fable throws a shot from downtown. Benitez moves away and avoids it.
Fable connects with a body shot that sends Benitez's belly button to the back.
Fable is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Benitez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Benitez misses with a takedown attempt
and Fable counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Fable on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Benitez throws a leg kick
and Fable counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Fable throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Fable steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Benitez. That one must have hurt.
Fable throws a jab but it's blocked by Benitez.
Fable throws a chopping leg kick but Benitez manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Fable takes a swing at Benitez's ribcage but misses.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Fable crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Benitez - the referee stops the clock and Fable gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Benitez. Fable manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Benitez misses with a takedown attempt - Fable sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Fable tried to score with a low kick but Benitez checks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fable throws a series of punches but Benitez avoids them all with ease.
Benitez fails to land the takedown.
Dexter Fable has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chucho Benitez.
Fable turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Benitez takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Fable misses with an uppercut.
Fable swings for the body but Benitez moves out of range.
Fable swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Benitez.
Benitez is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Benitez throws a push kick but Fable slaps the foot to one side.
Fable misses with a straight right.
Fable swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fable checks the leg kick.
Benitez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benitez shoots in and drives through. Fable sprawls well.
Fable waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Benitez.
Fable moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Fable misses the jab.
Fable sizes up Benitez with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Fable tries to clinch up.
Fable uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Benitez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Fable.
A lazy body kick from Benitez
and Fable counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Benitez closes the distance and clinches up with Fable, looking for a takedown. Benitez pushes Fable against the cage but Fable circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Benitez shoots in for a takedown but Fable shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
No joy there for Fable, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Benitez checks a low kick from Fable.
Fable stuffs the takedown.
Fable lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fable fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Benitez, pushing him back against the cage.
Benitez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Benitez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fable lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Benitez.
Fable lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Benitez is breathing heavily.
Fable lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Fable digs a right hand underneath Benitez's ribcage. Benitez let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Fable lands a body shot.
Fable displaying some good clinch control by pressing Benitez up against the cage.
Fable gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Fable lands a right hand.
Fable tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Fable creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A right handed body shot lands from Fable.
Benitez dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Fable is leaning against Benitez and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fable lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Fable has a couple of punches blocked by Benitez.
Benitez tries to pull guard but Fable holds him up against the cage and eventually Benitez drops back down to his feet.
Fable has a couple of punches blocked by Benitez.
Fable is working Benitez over against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Fable.
Nice body punch from Fable.
Fable lands an uppercut.
Fable scores with a shoulder strike.
Benitez letting Fable take a breather here.
Benitez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fable lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Fable lands a shoulder strike.
Fable lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fable throws a head punch that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dexter Fable dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Benitez moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Fable misses with a body shot.
Benitez will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Fable connects with a looping right hand.
Fable scores with a hook.
Fable throws a sloppy head kick and Benitez moves out of range easily.
Fable throws the left hand but Benitez avoids the punch easily.
Fable lands with a straight right. Benitez didn't see that one coming.
Fable throws a head kick that misses
and Benitez counters with a leg kick.
Fable throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fable connects with a nice looking jab.
A jab from Fable does it's job there.
Fable takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Fable swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Benitez slips a jab from Fable.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fable misses with a wild body shot.
Benitez throws a lazy right hand but Fable sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Benitez slips a jab from Fable.
Benitez slips a jab from Fable.
Benitez misses the shot to the body.
Fable checks a leg kick.
Fable misses with a hook.
Fable scores with a shot to the body.
Benitez shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Fable defends it nicely.
A leg kick checked by Fable.
Benitez scores a takedown into full mount!
Fable is desperately trying to improve his position but Benitez has a good base and remains in mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benitez is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Fable to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Fable shrugs it off.
Benitez has hold of Fable's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Fable manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Fable on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Fable tries to get out of the position.
Benitez trying to control but Fable is having none of it.
Benitez might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Fable kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benitez avoids the attempt from Fable to control.
Benitez tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Fable tries to buck Benitez off but he can't manage it.
Benitez looking to control and managing it successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Benitez won't let Fable get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Fable is working to get back to half guard.
Benitez has hold of Fable's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Fable manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Benitez content just to control the position here.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Chucho Benitez.
I think Benitez has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chucho Benitez!
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energy
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FIGHT
RATING
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