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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gringo Gringo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sam Benton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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270 lbs
8 - 2 - 0 |
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185 cm
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265 lbs
9 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gringo Gringo!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sam Benton!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Robert Twigg and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab lands there for Gringo.
Benton throws a front kick that sends Gringo stumbling back into the cage.
Gringo fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Benton checks it well.
Gringo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Benton.
Gringo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Benton looks to land a combination but Gringo avoids it well.
Benton on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Benton throws a series of punches but Gringo avoids them all with ease.
Benton throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gringo.
Benton misses with a body kick.
Gringo Gringo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gringo drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Benton throws a body punch but Gringo moves out of range.
Gringo fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Benton looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Benton lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gringo circles away quickly and effectively.
Benton goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Benton walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Gringo fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gringo ducks under a wild hook from Benton.
Benton throws a big shot that misses.
Gringo stuns Benton with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gringo throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Benton counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
It looks like Gringo Gringo has been cut.
Gringo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Benton swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gringo scores with a jab to the jaw.
Benton changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gringo drives through and clinches with Benton against the cage.
Benton prevents Gringo from breaking the clinch.
Gringo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Benton works on Gringo's body with a couple of short punches.
Benton breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Benton throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Benton wants to slow Gringo down by chopping away at his legs.
Benton misses the jab.
Benton throws a solid leg kick but Gringo takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Benton.
Gringo throws a right and a left that Benton avoids nicely.
Benton bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Gringo's head.
Gringo slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Some wild striking there from Gringo.
Gringo tries to bum rush Benton with a series of wild strikes but Benton uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Benton scores with a crisp jab that stopped Gringo in his tracks.
Gringo moves out of range of the body kick from Benton.
Gringo throws a right hand that Benton ducks under and follows up with a left that Benton also avoids with ease.
Benton thows a body shot but no joy.
Gringo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Benton swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Benton tries a head kick but it misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gringo misses with a leg kick
and Benton counters with a nice uppercut.
Benton jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Gringo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Benton.
A nice inside leg kick there by Benton. That's going to slow Gringo down.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gringo takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Gringo is breathing heavily.
Benton changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Benton bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Gringo's head backwards.
Benton misses with a body shot.
Benton sends Gringo crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Benton is motioning to the referee to let Gringo up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Gringo is rocked!
Benton throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Benton throws the kick towards the body but Gringo avoids it.
Gringo takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Benton lands a nice hook to Gringo's body. Gringo takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Gringo tries to clinch but Benton is having none of it.
Benton drops Gringo with a left right combo! Benton follows him down to the ground into side control.
Oh Gringo is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Benton controls the position from side control.
Gringo seems to have got his legs back now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Gringo tries to bench press Benton off him but Benton keeps the position.
Who's going to make the next move?
The referee asks Benton politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Benton prefers to stall for the moment though.
Gringo is looking for a sweep.
Gringo is being controlled here.
Despite being in the dominant position, Sam Benton just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Benton looks to land a right hand but Gringo moved out of range.
Gringo throws a left and a right that both miss
and Benton cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benton throws a series of strikes that have Gringo backpedaling.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Gringo scores with a shoulder strike.
Benton displaying some good clinch control by pressing Gringo up against the cage.
Gringo lands a nice shot to the body.
Gringo throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Benton.
Gringo tries to throw a body punch but Benton avoids it by throwing Gringo back against the cage.
Gringo is trying to break the clinch but Benton has him pressed against the cage.
Gringo prevents Benton from breaking the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gringo.
Benton breaks the clinch.
Gringo throws a right hand that Benton ducks under and follows up with a left that Benton also avoids with ease.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gringo takes a jab right on the kisser.
Gringo swinging wilding here.
Gringo lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gringo fails in his attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sam Benton dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gringo Gringo's cut.
That's time! Gringo's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Good leg kick by Gringo there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Gringo lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Benton at a distance.
Benton throws a push kick but Gringo slaps the foot to one side.
Benton lands with a kick to the ribs.
Gringo avoids the body shot from Benton.
Benton throws a hook but Gringo avoids it easily.
Gringo swinging wilding here.
Benton has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Gringo swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Benton counters with a straight right hand.
Gringo Gringo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Benton dodges the punch combination from Gringo.
Nice combo by Benton! Oh, that's hurt him - Gringo falls to the canvas and Benton follows him into side control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Benton tries to move into full mount but can't pass Gringo's legs.
Benton controlling from side mount.
Gringo is looking to reverse the position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gringo seems a little lost for a moment, as Benton dominates the positioning.
Benton stands up and we're back to a striking position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benton throws a push kick but Gringo slaps the foot to one side.
Gringo swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Benton makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Gringo really felt that one!
Benton scores with a body shot.
Gringo misses with a combination
and Benton counters with a leg kick.
Benton lets loose with a powerful body kick. Gringo will feel that in the morning.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gringo needs to keep his hands up - Benton had a free shot at his head there.
Benton turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Benton cracks the inside of Gringo's front leg.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Benton, right into the meat.
Benton misses with a body kick.
Gringo checks a leg kick.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Benton.
Benton throws a series of punches but Gringo avoids them all with ease.
Gringo looks to land a right hand but Benton moved out of range.
Benton dodges the punch combination from Gringo.
Benton tries to bum rush Gringo with a series of wild strikes but Gringo uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benton throws a wild body kick that Gringo sees coming a mile off.
Benton takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Benton dodges the punch combination from Gringo.
A slow jab from Gringo misses its intended target.
Decent striking displayed by Benton there.
Gringo takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Benton wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Benton misses with a double jab.
Gringo takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Gringo misses with a few strikes there.
Benton fakes the leg kick and cracks Gringo in the body.
Gringo will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
The fighters circle momentarily. Benton darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Gringo moves forwards but Benton connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Benton bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Benton will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Benton connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Gringo blocks a low kick nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benton fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Benton misses with a combination
and Gringo counters with a straight right hand.
A punch combination from Benton misses.
Benton lands a nice looking body shot.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Benton in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Benton lands a glancing blow to the side of Gringo's head.
Benton misses the shot to the body.
Benton digs a good body shot into Gringo's ribs.
Benton pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Benton looks for the body kick but Gringo saw that one coming.
An inside leg kick lands from Benton.
Benton scores with a punch to the head.
A jab from Gringo does it's job there.
Benton thumps Gringo with a low kick.
Gringo misses with a double jab
and Benton counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Gringo moves out of range of the body kick from Benton.
Gringo misses with a series of wild punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gringo takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Benton misses with an uppercut.
Benton looks to score with a jab to the body but Gringo is just out of range.
Benton ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gringo moves away.
Benton misses with a body shot.
An inside leg kick from Benton misses.
Gringo chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Benton can pounce on him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gringo dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gringo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Benton, as that shot connected.
Gringo loads up on a big right hand but Benton slips the punch.
Gringo avoids a kick to the body.
Gringo misses with the combination.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gringo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Benton moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Benton clobbers Gringo with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Gringo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sam Benton showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Gringo Gringo's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Gringo swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Benton counters with a nice low kick that buckles Gringo's knee momentarily.
Gringo avoids the body shot from Benton.
Benton looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Benton scores with a nice strike.
A right-left combo lands from Gringo.
Gringo throws a nice looking combination but Benton bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Gringo looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Gringo scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Benton pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Benton throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Gringo throws a combination that misses
and Benton counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Benton misses with a low kick.
Benton has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Benton throws a leg kick but Gringo sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Gringo scores with a crisp jab that stopped Benton in his tracks.
Gringo lands a nice leg kick that just misses Benton's sensitive parts.
No joy there for Gringo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The fighters circling - Benton throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Benton throws a wild body kick that Gringo sees coming a mile off.
Benton thows a body shot but no joy.
Gringo attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Gringo lands a slapping body shot.
Benton takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benton looks to land a body kick but Gringo moved away.
Gringo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gringo throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Gringo looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Gringo misses with a jab, cross combination.
Gringo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Benton circles away quickly and effectively.
Gringo throws a nice looking combination but Benton bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Benton cracks the inside of Gringo's front leg.
Left hook, right uppercut from Gringo.
Gringo is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Gringo scores with a one two! Benton had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Benton misses with a body shot.
Benton throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Benton fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Gringo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Benton.
Gringo swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Benton counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Gringo slips a jab and a cross from Benton.
A cross from Gringo lands.
Good work by Gringo as he checks the leg kick.
Gringo throws a left and a right that both miss
and Benton counters with a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benton swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sam Benton seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Benton throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Benton lands with a nice combination. Gringo backs away looking to recover.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gringo walks into a jab.
Benton misses with a body kick.
Benton takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Gringo throws a right and a left that both miss.
Benton takes a swing at Gringo's ribcage but misses.
The fighters circling - Benton throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gringo lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Benton ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gringo moves away.
Gringo scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Gringo scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Benton rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gringo moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Benton throws a right hand that Gringo ducks under and follows up with a left that Gringo also avoids with ease.
Benton attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Gringo fails with an attempt to clinch.
Benton lands a head shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benton looks to score with a jab to the body but Gringo is just out of range.
Gringo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Benton circles away quickly and effectively.
Benton with a hook.
Benton slips a jab and a cross from Gringo.
Gringo works over Benton's head and body with a nice combination.
Gringo tries to clinch there but Benton circles away.
Gringo throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Benton counters with a left to the body.
A punch combination from Gringo misses.
Benton will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Benton fails to land with a series of punches.
Some wild striking there from Benton.
Benton throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Gringo misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Benton takes a swing at Gringo's ribcage but misses.
Gringo throws a series of punches but Benton moves out of range.
Benton misses the shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gringo moves in looking to clinch but Benton pushes him off.
Donk. Gringo catches Benton right on the button with a cross.
Benton takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Benton takes one to the chin there.
A combination from Benton does no damage.
Gringo misses with the combination.
Gringo slips a straight right by Benton.
A chopping leg kick lands by Benton.
Gringo scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Benton doesn't seem bothered though.
Benton takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
No joy there for Gringo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gringo thuds a left hand into Benton's body.
Gringo misses with a jab, cross combination.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gringo looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Gringo throws a series of strikes that have Benton backpedaling.
Gringo walks forward, straight into a front kick from Benton.
Gringo's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Gringo duly obliges.
Jab by Gringo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sam Benton really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gringo Gringo's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Gringo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gringo checks the leg kick.
Benton misses with a wild body shot.
Gringo moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Gringo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Benton.
Good shot there by Gringo.
Gringo throws a series of strikes that have Benton backpedaling.
Gringo checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Gringo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Benton.
Gringo connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Benton swats away the attempt to clinch by Gringo.
Gringo with a hook.
Benton throws a right and a left that both miss.
Gringo looks to score with a jab to the body but Benton is just out of range.
Benton takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Gringo avoids a kick to the body.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Benton.
Benton is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benton misses with a low kick as Gringo jumps back.
Gringo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gringo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Benton throws a front kick aimed at Gringo's knee but Gringo avoids it well.
Gringo lands a nice hook to Benton's body. Benton takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Benton showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gringo.
Gringo lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Benton misses with a body shot.
Gringo changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Gringo throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Benton walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Gringo checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Gringo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Benton moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Gringo blocks a head kick by Benton.
Benton takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Benton is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Gringo.
Gringo goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Gringo misses with a double jab.
Gringo works over Benton's head and body with a nice combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gringo pushes Benton up against the cage in a clinch.
Gringo scores with a shoulder strike.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Gringo.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gringo scores with a shoulder strike.
Gringo lands with a right to the head.
Gringo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gringo lands a left hand that snaps the head of Benton backwards.
Gringo lands a body punch.
Gringo has a couple of punches blocked by Benton.
Gringo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Benton backwards.
Benton blocks an uppercut.
Gringo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gringo scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Gringo throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Gringo is working the combinations to good effect here.
Gringo throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Gringo swinging wilding here.
Gringo misses with a double jab.
Benton missing with a left hand there. Gringo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gringo throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Benton counters with a good low kick that Gringo was not able to check.
A left and a right from Gringo both land. Nice combination.
A cross from Gringo lands.
Benton throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gringo.
Gringo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Benton circles away quickly and effectively.
Benton throws a right and a left that Gringo avoids nicely.
Gringo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A telegraphed right hand from Benton misses the target.
Benton misses with an uppercut.
Gringo scores with a three punch combo!
Benton circles away from the clinch attempt
and Benton connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd cheers as Gringo lands an impressive looking overhand right. Benton doesn't seem phased though.
Gringo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Benton moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Benton with a jab.
Benton misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benton moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Benton wants to slow Gringo down by chopping away at his legs.
Gringo misses with a combination
and Benton connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gringo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gringo lands with a nice combination. Benton backs away looking to recover.
Gringo displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Gringo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gringo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Benton circles away quickly and effectively.
Gringo's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Gringo duly obliges.
Gringo scores with a hook.
Gringo throws a right hand that Benton ducks under and follows up with a left that Benton also avoids with ease.
Gringo tries to clinch but Benton moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gringo misses with a few strikes there.
Gringo connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Benton slips a jab and a cross from Gringo.
Gringo scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Gringo checks a low kick from Benton.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gringo Gringo had his way with Sam Benton in that round.
The cut man is working on Gringo Gringo's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Gringo checks a leg kick.
Gringo fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Benton looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Benton avoids a punch combination nicely.
Benton misses with a jab, cross combination.
Gringo lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Gringo takes the fight into the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Gringo.
Benton blocks an uppercut.
Gringo misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gringo.
Benton breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Benton takes one to the chin there.
Gringo throws a leg kick but Benton moved away.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Benton.
Benton circles away from the clinch attempt.
Benton throws a low kick but it's checked well by Gringo.
Gringo throws a series of strikes that have Benton backpedaling.
Benton is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Benton is looking to land body kicks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A combination from Gringo does no damage.
Gringo moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A punch combination from Gringo misses.
Gringo closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Gringo avoids the body shot from Benton.
Gringo tries to clinch there but Benton circles away.
Benton uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Gringo has time to react.
Gringo moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Gringo lands with a hook. Benton tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Gringo throws a right and a left that Benton avoids nicely.
Gringo tries to bum rush Benton with a series of wild strikes but Benton uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Benton looks to throw the jab but Gringo is out of range.
Gringo lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Gringo misses with a few strikes there.
Benton misses with a body kick.
Benton takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Benton misses with a straight right.
Gringo throws a right and a left that Benton avoids nicely.
Gringo swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Benton makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Sam Benton is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gringo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Benton throws a half hearted mid kick.
A nice combination there by Gringo.
Gringo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Benton.
Gringo looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Benton lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gringo circles away quickly and effectively.
Benton thows a body shot but no joy.
Gringo displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Gringo wants to clinch up but Benton keeps it at a distance.
Benton misses with the combination.
Gringo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Benton moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Benton looks for the body kick but Gringo saw that one coming.
Gringo throws a nice looking combination but Benton bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Gringo connects with a crisp jab.
A clash of legs there as Benton blocks the low kick.
Benton misses with a wild combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gringo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Benton misses with a straight left.
Gringo checks the leg kick nicely there.
Benton cracks the inside of Gringo's front leg.
Benton connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Gringo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Benton moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Gringo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Benton misses with a series of wild punches.
Gringo looks to land a combination but Benton avoids it well.
Gringo throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Crunch! Benton slams his shin into Gringo's torso.
Gringo misses with a double jab
and Benton makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Benton lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Gringo avoids a kick to the body.
Gringo misses with a double jab
and Benton counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Gringo Gringo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benton works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Benton digs a good body shot into Gringo's ribs.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Benton, right into the meat.
Gringo takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Benton turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Benton pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Benton wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Benton throws a push kick but Gringo slaps the foot to one side.
Benton misses with the combination.
Benton lands a nice leg kick that just misses Gringo's sensitive parts.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Benton fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Benton lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Benton throws a nice inside leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Benton with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Benton throws a wild body kick that Gringo sees coming a mile off.
Benton works Gringo's body with a nice hook.
Benton connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sam Benton comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Benton 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 45:49
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 45:49
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 45:49
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sam Benton!
Sam Benton is the new heavyweight champion!
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