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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Lorenzo Benedetti (ranked 1301 p4p, 1139 weight class) and Mordecai Dabingyaba (ranked 81 p4p, 70 weight class). Benedetti's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Angel of Death. Dabingyaba has chosen Welcome To The Jungle as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 2, fighting out of Sydney, Lorenzo Benedetti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mordecai Dabingyaba!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Colin Fray and Micheangelo Fripello.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dabingyaba avoids the body shot from Benedetti.
Dabingyaba misses with a few strikes there.
Benedetti has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Far-Q Fight Club in the buildup to the fight.
A slapping leg kick lands for Benedetti.
Dabingyaba fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Benedetti misses with a looping left.
Dabingyaba throws a low kick, looking for Benedetti's leg but Benedetti calmly moves out of range.
Benedetti jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Dabingyaba fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Benedetti manages to avoid it.
Benedetti swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Benedetti moves out of range of the body kick.
Lorenzo Benedetti seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Benedetti looks to land a body kick but Dabingyaba moved away.
Benedetti swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Benedetti blocks the body kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Dabingyaba.
Benedetti throws a leg kick that misses.
Dabingyaba misses with a straight left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Benedetti misses with an uppercut. Dabingyaba saw that one coming.
Dabingyaba flicks out a counter leg kick but Benedetti steps away.
Dabingyaba scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Dabingyaba tests Benedetti's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Dabingyaba avoids the body shot from Benedetti.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Dabingyaba lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Benedetti has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Benedetti and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Benedetti on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Benedetti on the wrong end of a nice hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dabingyaba dips to his left and cracks Benedetti with an uppercut!
Dabingyaba misses with an uppercut.
A big right from Dabingyaba misses.
Benedetti throwing a counter right hand but Dabingyaba manages to avoid it.
Dabingyaba scoring well with a low kick there.
Dabingyaba has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Dabingyaba misses with the combination.
Benedetti buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Dabingyaba is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Benedetti tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Dabingyaba manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Dabingyaba takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Benedetti throws a sloppy head kick and Dabingyaba moves out of range easily.
Benedetti lands an overhand right.
Dabingyaba misses with a body shot.
As Dabingyaba backs away, Benedetti returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Benedetti moves out of range of the body kick from Dabingyaba.
Benedetti throws an overhand right that lands on Dabingyaba's shoulder, as Dabingyaba tries to avoid the shot.
A big right from Dabingyaba misses.
Benedetti misses with a double jab.
Benedetti displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dabingyaba throws out the jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Some bone on bone action there as Benedetti checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Dabingyaba slips under a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
That kick from Dabingyaba tenderised Benedetti's leg. Benedetti is trying to keep his angry face on.
Dabingyaba ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Benedetti moves away.
Dabingyaba moves away from the strike by Benedetti.
Dabingyaba scoring well with a low kick there.
Dabingyaba looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Dabingyaba throws a shot from downtown. Benedetti moves away and avoids it.
Dabingyaba throws a low kick but Benedetti moves out of range easily.
Benedetti ducks under a wild hook from Dabingyaba.
Benedetti tries to land a leg kick but Dabingyaba saw it coming and moves away.
A clash of legs there as Dabingyaba blocks the low kick.
Benedetti misses with a hook
and Dabingyaba counters with a nice uppercut.
Benedetti steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dabingyaba.
Dabingyaba misses with a body kick.
It looked like Benedetti wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Dabingyaba misses with a hook to the body
and Benedetti counters with a straight right hand.
Dabingyaba ducks right into an uppercut from Benedetti.
Benedetti ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Benedetti throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Dabingyaba misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Benedetti.
Dabingyaba cracks a nice hook into Benedetti's ribs.
Dabingyaba fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Benedetti manages to avoid it.
Benedetti was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Dabingyaba throws out a counter right but Benedetti avoids it with no problem.
Dabingyaba throws a low kick but Benedetti avoids it.
Benedetti gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Dabingyaba misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Benedetti fails to land.
Benedetti lands an uppercut.
Benedetti softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Benedetti blocking some punches.
Dabingyaba manages to break the clinch.
Benedetti tries to work over Dabingyaba's front leg with a kick but Dabingyaba checks it.
Benedetti tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Dabingyaba misses with a low kick.
It appears Benedetti was looking to counter with a kick there.
Benedetti moves out of range of the strikes.
Dabingyaba slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Dabingyaba misses the target.
Benedetti digs a good hook to Dabingyaba's body.
Benedetti keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Benedetti appears to be looking for a big counter.
A leg kick checked by Benedetti.
Dabingyaba scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Benedetti tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dabingyaba was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Benedetti swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Dabingyaba.
Benedetti tries a head kick but it misses.
Dabingyaba looks to throw the jab but Benedetti is out of range.
Dabingyaba stuns Benedetti with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Left hook, right uppercut from Benedetti.
Benedetti throws a nice looking combination but Dabingyaba bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Dabingyaba throws a body punch but Benedetti moves out of range.
Benedetti takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Dabingyaba misses with a body shot.
Nice shot lands for Dabingyaba.
Dabingyaba takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Dabingyaba looks to score with a jab to the body but Benedetti is just out of range.
Benedetti swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dabingyaba ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Benedetti avoids the body shot from Dabingyaba.
Dabingyaba throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Benedetti avoids a punch combination nicely.
It looked like Benedetti was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Mordecai Dabingyaba will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Dabingyaba tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Benedetti was well out of range. Poor timing from Dabingyaba.
Benedetti swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Dabingyaba blocks the body kick.
Dabingyaba misses with a few strikes there.
Benedetti is looking to counter punch.
Benedetti throws a jab when Dabingyaba was well out of range.
Benedetti digs a good hook to Dabingyaba's body.
Dabingyaba pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mordecai Dabingyaba seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Benedetti looks to score with a jab to the body but Dabingyaba is just out of range.
A slow jab from Dabingyaba misses its intended target.
Benedetti misses with a low kick.
Benedetti has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Dabingyaba.
Dabingyaba punishes Benedetti's body with a nice straight punch.
Dabingyaba uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Benedetti.
Benedetti throws a leg kick that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Benedetti missing with a left hand there. Dabingyaba was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Benedetti throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Benedetti checks the leg kick nicely there.
Dabingyaba throws a big shot that misses.
Benedetti looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Dabingyaba blocks a head kick by Benedetti.
Benedetti swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dabingyaba is looking to land body kicks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benedetti takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Benedetti connects with a solid leg kick.
Benedetti moves out of range of the leg kick from Dabingyaba.
Benedetti swings for the body but Dabingyaba moves out of range.
Dabingyaba throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Benedetti throws a combination. Dabingyaba tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Benedetti throws the kick towards the body but Dabingyaba avoids it.
Benedetti keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dabingyaba.
Dabingyaba throws a solid leg kick but Benedetti takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Dabingyaba.
Dabingyaba closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Dabingyaba tries to work over Benedetti's front leg with a kick but Benedetti checks it.
Dabingyaba lands a nice shot that snaps Benedetti's head back.
Dabingyaba takes one on the chin but seems OK.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Benedetti takes the fight into the clinch.
Dabingyaba works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Benedetti misses with a short punch on the inside.
Benedetti gets through Dabingyaba's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Dabingyaba struggles to land a body shot inside as Benedetti controls his hands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dabingyaba's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Benedetti breaks from the clinch.
Dabingyaba lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Benedetti has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Dabingyaba jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A good leg kick by Benedetti.
Benedetti scores with a leg kick.
Nice body punch from Benedetti.
Benedetti avoids a kick to the body.
Dabingyaba throws a push kick but Benedetti slaps the foot to one side.
Dabingyaba steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Benedetti.
Dabingyaba ducks under a wild hook from Benedetti.
Dabingyaba lands a nice leg kick that just misses Benedetti's sensitive parts.
Benedetti takes the fight into the clinch.
Dabingyaba is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Benedetti is keeping busy.
A head punch on the inside from Benedetti fails to land.
Dabingyaba tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Benedetti avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dabingyaba trying to land knees to the body.
Benedetti misses with a hook from the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Benedetti scores with a nice short uppercut.
Benedetti swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dabingyaba is trying to stall.
Benedetti lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Benedetti tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Benedetti swings wildly with an uppercut but Dabingyaba uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dabingyaba can't find room to land a body shot as Benedetti controls the action.
Dabingyaba blocks an uppercut.
Dabingyaba pushes off an throws an elbow but Benedetti leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Benedetti lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Benedetti avoiding damage as Dabingyaba throws knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Benedetti.
Dabingyaba throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Benedetti blocks it with crossed arms.
Benedetti lands with a light punch inside.
Benedetti escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Benedetti lands with a right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dabingyaba swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dabingyaba dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Benedetti takes a swing at Dabingyaba's ribcage but misses.
Benedetti moves away from the strike by Dabingyaba.
Benedetti fires out a quick counter leg kick but Dabingyaba just manages to avoid it.
Benedetti misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dabingyaba.
Dabingyaba doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Benedetti connects with a high kick.
Dabingyaba throws a hook but Benedetti avoids it easily.
Dabingyaba walks into a stiff left hand from Benedetti.
Dabingyaba throws a big shot that misses.
Dabingyaba looks to score with a jab to the body but Benedetti is just out of range.
Benedetti keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dabingyaba takes a swing at Benedetti's ribcage but misses.
Dabingyaba throws a looping overhand right but Benedetti ducks down to avoid it.
A chopping leg kick lands by Dabingyaba.
Benedetti uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dabingyaba.
Dabingyaba thuds a left hand into Benedetti's body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dabingyaba cracks Benedetti with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Dabingyaba throws a hook but Benedetti blocks it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Lorenzo Benedetti dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Benedetti blocks the body kick.
Dabingyaba tries to score with a low kick but Benedetti moves his leg out of the way.
Benedetti throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A looping hook to the body misses from Benedetti. Dabingyaba does a little dance to reset his feet.
Benedetti connects with a leg kick.
Benedetti misses with a low kick.
Benedetti scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
A shot in the inside from Benedetti.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dabingyaba.
Benedetti throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dabingyaba.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A short left from Benedetti.
Dabingyaba tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dabingyaba misses with a punch to the body.
Benedetti breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dabingyaba looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Benedetti looks to land a left hand but Dabingyaba moved out of range nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dabingyaba just misses with a punch to the body.
Benedetti keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dabingyaba.
Nice shot by Benedetti.
Dabingyaba connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Benedetti tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Dabingyaba is able to avoid easily.
Dabingyaba tries to land a body kick
and Benedetti counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Dabingyaba needs to keep his hands up - Benedetti had a free shot at his head there.
Dabingyaba thuds a left hand into Benedetti's body.
A head kick by Benedetti misses
and Dabingyaba counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Dabingyaba throws a quick inside leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Benedetti.
Benedetti missing with a left hand there. Dabingyaba was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Dabingyaba scores with a shot to the body.
Dabingyaba swinging wildly here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dabingyaba missing with a left hand there. Benedetti was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Benedetti throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Dabingyaba stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Dabingyaba defending well as Benedetti loads up on a big left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti moves in looking to clinch but Dabingyaba pushes him off.
Dabingyaba looks to throw the jab but Benedetti is out of range.
Benedetti thows a left - swing and a miss!
Benedetti bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Dabingyaba's head.
Dabingyaba looks to land a left hand but Benedetti moved out of range nicely.
Benedetti throws out a loose jab but Dabingyaba uses good head movement to avoid it.
A big left from Dabingyaba misses.
Dabingyaba attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Dabingyaba scores with a hook.
Benedetti misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dabingyaba.
Dabingyaba misses with a low kick.
Benedetti lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Benedetti just misses with a punch to the body.
Benedetti keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice shot by Benedetti.
Benedetti misses with a body kick.
Dabingyaba swings for the body but Benedetti moves out of range.
Benedetti scores with a hook to the body. Dabingyaba takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Dabingyaba takes a swing at Benedetti's ribcage but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti staying out of range there.
Dabingyaba takes a swing at Benedetti's ribcage but misses.
Dabingyaba takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Benedetti throws a looping overhand right but Dabingyaba ducks down to avoid it.
Dabingyaba's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Benedetti throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dabingyaba fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
It looked like Benedetti wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Dabingyaba throws a lazy right hand but Benedetti sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Benedetti half committed to a counter leg kick.
Benedetti throws a lazy right hand but Dabingyaba sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Dabingyaba throws a low kick but Benedetti avoids it.
A big right from Benedetti misses.
Benedetti backing away here, and Dabingyaba unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Dabingyaba on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Jab from Benedetti.
Dabingyaba looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Dabingyaba takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Benedetti tries to clinch up but Dabingyaba circles away and keeps his distance.
Dabingyaba appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Benedetti scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Dabingyaba throws a low kick but Benedetti moves out of range easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dabingyaba slips a straight right by Benedetti.
A nice side step and Dabingyaba releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice defenses there by Dabingyaba.
Dabingyaba takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Benedetti avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Benedetti moves into the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Benedetti.
Dabingyaba with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Benedetti misses with some punches.
Benedetti blocks a body shot from Dabingyaba.
Dabingyaba missing with knees to the body.
Benedetti misses with a punch on the inside.
Dabingyaba struggles to land a body shot inside as Benedetti controls his hands.
A short right from Benedetti.
A shot in the inside from Benedetti.
Benedetti lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dabingyaba tries a body shot but Benedetti blocks it.
Dabingyaba looking to throw knees to the head but Benedetti is blocking nicely.
Benedetti misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that's the end of the fight!
Lorenzo Benedetti showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Benedetti 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 Paul Gruel scores the fight 29:28
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 29:28
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lorenzo Benedetti!
An out of breath and clearly excited Lorenzo Benedetti thanked Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
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