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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Claudio Benedetti (ranked 3100 p4p, 17725 weight class) and Jacques Durand (ranked 404 p4p, 116 weight class). Benedetti's entrance music is Atrevete te. A fine choice. Durand has chosen Kaaris - S.E.V.R.A.N. as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Claudio Benedetti!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 54 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jacques Durand!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Percy O'Donnell and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Durand lands an overhand right.
Benedetti throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Benedetti swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Benedetti throws a poor cross that misses
and Durand counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Durand is looking to land body kicks.
Durand displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Benedetti throws out the jab.
Benedetti throws a lazy uppercut
and Durand counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Durand throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
An attempted straight right counter from Benedetti misses the target.
Durand throws a chopping leg kick but Benedetti manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Durand throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Benedetti on the side of the head.
Benedetti listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Benedetti swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Benedetti pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Durand lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Claudio Benedetti seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Durand misses with a wild body shot.
Benedetti was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Durand is looking to slow Benedetti down with leg kicks.
Nice shot lands for Benedetti.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Durand tries a head kick but it misses.
Benedetti fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Durand on the side of the head.
Durand tries to move into range but Benedetti moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Benedetti lands a nice looking body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benedetti keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Benedetti throws a nice inside leg kick.
Durand moves out of range as Benedetti strikes.
Durand slips a straight right by Benedetti.
Durand looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Durand throws a leg kick but Benedetti moved away.
Benedetti motions for Durand to come forward. Benedetti throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Durand looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Good shot there by Benedetti.
Benedetti misses with a straight left.
Benedetti misses with a hook
and Durand counters with a stiff right hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Durand. Benedetti does a little dance to reset his feet.
A jab from Benedetti misses.
Durand thinks about the counter body kick.
Benedetti takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Benedetti throws the left hand but Durand avoids the punch easily.
A nice side step and Durand releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Durand slips under a jab.
Durand throws the kick towards the body but Benedetti avoids it.
Benedetti throws an off balance right hand
and Benedetti takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Benedetti throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
We've been informed that Durand has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by Durand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Benedetti waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Durand.
Durand looks to land a right hand but Benedetti moved out of range.
A swing and a miss from Benedetti.
A slapping leg kick lands for Durand.
Benedetti scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A head kick misses from Durand.
Durand forces Benedetti back against the ropes and clinches.
A short left from Benedetti.
Benedetti softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Benedetti misses with a punch on the inside.
Durand comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
It looks like Claudio Benedetti has been cut.
Durand lands an elbow that stopped Benedetti in his tracks for a moment.
Benedetti lands a left hand that snaps the head of Durand backwards.
Durand wants to break the clinch but can't.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Benedetti misses with a punch on the inside.
Benedetti misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Benedetti.
Durand blocks an uppercut.
Durand blocking some punches.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Claudio Benedetti will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Claudio Benedetti's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Benedetti's corner calls for a 1-2. Benedetti obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Durand slips a jab from Benedetti.
Benedetti steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Durand.
Durand throws a leg kick but Benedetti checks it.
Benedetti lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Durand moves away from the strike by Benedetti.
Durand misses with a body shot.
Durand has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Benedetti missing with a left hand there. Durand was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Benedetti avoids the head kick by Durand.
A telegraphed right hand from Benedetti misses the target.
Durand blocks a jab.
Durand blocks a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Durand bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Claudio Benedetti is winning the standup battle so far.
Benedetti pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Benedetti throws a jab but it's blocked by Durand.
Durand lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Benedetti chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Durand can pounce on him.
Durand turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Benedetti throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Durand connects with a crisp jab.
Durand jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Durand ducks under a wild hook from Benedetti.
Benedetti throws a right hand that misses
and Durand counters with an inside leg kick.
Durand has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Benedetti finds it's way round the side to connect with Durand's head.
A telegraphed right hand from Benedetti misses the target.
Durand misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Benedetti.
Benedetti swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Durand wants to land a leg kick but Benedetti is out of range.
Benedetti jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Durand throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Benedetti sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Durand. That's going to slow Benedetti down.
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 shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Durand eats them both and turns towards Benedetti to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Benedetti throws a hook but Durand blocks it.
Durand was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Jab from Benedetti.
Benedetti moves out of range as Durand throws a body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Durand tries a low kick but Benedetti avoids it.
It looked like Benedetti was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Durand.
Donk. Benedetti catches Durand right on the button with a cross.
Benedetti looks to land a left hand but Durand moved out of range nicely.
Benedetti throws a hook to the side of Durand's head but Durand sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Durand looks for the body kick but Benedetti saw that one coming.
Benedetti was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Durand ducks under a wild hook from Benedetti.
Benedetti takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Benedetti moves out of range of the leg kick from Durand.
Benedetti misses with a straight left.
A jab lands there for Benedetti.
Durand closes the distance and pushes Benedetti back into the ropes.
Benedetti misses with a hook from the clinch.
Durand scores a nice knee to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Durand landing knees to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Durand breaks the clinch.
A jab from Durand finds it's way through Benedetti's defenses.
Benedetti throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Durand sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Benedetti misses with a looping left.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Claudio Benedetti will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Claudio Benedetti's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Benedetti throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Durand sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Durand looks to land a right hand but Benedetti moved out of range.
Durand ducks under a wild hook from Benedetti.
Benedetti jabs Durand to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Durand is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A big left from Benedetti misses.
Benedetti bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Benedetti misses with a straight right.
Durand slips a straight right by Benedetti.
Durand ducks under a wild hook from Benedetti.
It seemed like Durand was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Durand looks to score with a jab to the body but Benedetti is just out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Durand misses with a body kick.
Durand lands with a nice body punch.
Benedetti misses with a hook.
Benedetti looks to land a right hand but Durand moved out of range.
Durand closes the distance and pushes Benedetti back into the ropes.
Durand lands with a short shot to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benedetti swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Durand looking to throw knees to the head but Benedetti is blocking nicely.
Benedetti lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Benedetti working aggressively here.
Benedetti throws a punch but it's blocked by Durand.
Durand lands an elbow that stopped Benedetti in his tracks for a moment.
Durand landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Durand blocks an uppercut.
Durand takes a shot to the head.
Durand breaks from the clinch.
A jab from Benedetti misses.
A nice side step and Durand releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Durand staying out of range there.
Benedetti looks to land a left hand but Durand moved out of range nicely.
Durand pivots, looking for a leg kick but Benedetti is out of range and Durand settles back down.
Benedetti blocks a jab.
Benedetti throws a hook but Durand avoids it easily.
A nice leg kick from Durand, right into the meat of the thigh.
Benedetti missing with a left hand there. Durand was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Benedetti misses with a hook. Durand ducked under it nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Durand doesn't manage to clinch there - Benedetti circles away.
Benedetti is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Durand's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Durand fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Benedetti manages to avoid it.
Benedetti is looking to counter punch.
Benedetti throws a lazy uppercut
and Durand counters with a nice uppercut.
Benedetti on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Durand. Durand obviously looking to wear him down.
Durand ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Durand fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Benedetti manages to avoid it.
Benedetti moves out of range as Durand strikes.
Benedetti blocks the body kick.
Benedetti moves out of range as Durand throws a body kick.
Nice defenses there by Durand.
Durand keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Benedetti.
Benedetti misses with a straight left.
Durand fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Benedetti manages to avoid it.
Benedetti misses with a right hand
and Durand counters with a straight right hand.
Durand staying out of range there.
Benedetti throws an off balance right hand
and Durand makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jacques Durand really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Claudio Benedetti's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Durand loads up on a big right hand but Benedetti slips the punch.
Benedetti has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Benedetti there as he acknowledges the shot.
Benedetti throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Durand counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
A big right from Benedetti misses.
Durand follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Durand lands with a nice body kick.
Benedetti looks to land a right hand but Durand moved out of range.
Benedetti lands with a right hand.
Benedetti throws a shot from downtown. Durand moves away and avoids it.
Durand gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Durand makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Durand landing knees to the head.
Durand tries to land a knee to the head but Benedetti blocks with his arms.
Durand lands a knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A nice left hand lands by Durand.
Benedetti blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Durand lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Durand tries to land a knee to the head but Benedetti blocks with his arms.
Durand lands a left hand that snaps the head of Benedetti backwards.
Durand digs a right hand into Benedetti's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Benedetti's gas tank.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from Durand on the inside.
Durand lands an elbow just above Benedetti 's eye.
Durand crunches a lovely knee into Benedetti's ribcage.
Durand is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Durand landing knees to the body.
Durand cracks Benedetti with a nice body shot.
Durand lands a damaging elbow.
Durand comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Benedetti takes a knee right on the jaw!
A left hand lands to the body for Durand.
A knee to the head by Durand.
Benedetti is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Durand lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Oh Benedetti is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Benedetti misses with the head strike.
Durand breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Durand tries to clinch but Benedetti moves out of range.
Durand jabs Benedetti right on the nose. Benedetti blinks but takes it well.
Durand staying out of range there.
Benedetti backing away here, and Durand unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Benedetti seems to have got his legs back now.
Durand catches Benedetti with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
A cross from Durand lands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Benedetti misses with a lunging right hand
and Durand counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Durand.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Benedetti.
Durand manages to break the clinch.
Benedetti jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Durand throws a head kick that misses.
A swing and a miss from Benedetti.
Durand unleashes a big counter combination but Benedetti bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Durand misses with a body shot.
An attempted straight right counter from Benedetti misses the target.
Benedetti misses with a right hand
and Durand counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Durand connects with an inside leg kick.
Benedetti is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Durand.
Benedetti waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Durand.
Durand tries to counter by closing the distance.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Benedetti swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A big right from Durand misses.
Durand throws the left hand but Benedetti avoids the punch easily.
Benedetti avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jacques Durand dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Claudio Benedetti's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Benedetti misses with a straight left.
Durand swings for the body but Benedetti moves out of range.
A jab from Benedetti misses.
Durand dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Benedetti. That did some damage!
Benedetti throws a lazy uppercut
and Durand counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Benedetti waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Durand.
Benedetti throws a body punch but Durand moves out of range.
Durand shapes to counter with a head kick.
Benedetti circles away from the clinch attempt.
Benedetti is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Benedetti misses with a hook
and Durand counters with a good low kick that Benedetti was not able to check.
Durand throws a body kick that misses.
Benedetti lands with a nice body punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Durand misses with a body kick.
Benedetti throwing a counter right hand but Durand manages to avoid it.
Durand connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Durand throws a quick inside leg kick.
Durand uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Benedetti.
Durand misses with a kick to the body.
Benedetti moves out of range of the body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Benedetti.
Benedetti misses with an uppercut
and Benedetti takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Durand avoids a punch combination nicely.
Durand swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Benedetti with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Durand to score with a decent uppercut.
Benedetti swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Durand looks to land a body kick but Benedetti moved away.
Durand throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A jab from Benedetti does it's job there.
Nice jab there from Benedetti.
Benedetti throws a lazy uppercut
and Durand makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Benedetti takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Benedetti takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A big right from Benedetti misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Durand throws a sloppy head kick and Benedetti moves out of range easily.
Benedetti throws a hook but Durand avoids it easily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Durand throws a leg kick which misses Benedetti's front leg but catches the back leg as Benedetti tries to avoid it.
Benedetti throws a lazy uppercut
and Durand counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Some bone on bone action there as Benedetti checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Durand avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Durand wants to counter with a clinch but Benedetti pushes him away.
Benedetti throws a lazy right hand but Durand sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Durand slips a jab from Benedetti.
Benedetti pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Durand moves out of range as Benedetti strikes.
Benedetti stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Benedetti throws a jab but it's blocked by Durand.
Durand fakes the leg kick and cracks Benedetti in the body.
Benedetti has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Durand finds it's way round the side to connect with Benedetti's head.
Benedetti looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Durand tries to clinch there but Benedetti circles away.
Benedetti throwing a counter right hand but Durand manages to avoid it.
Benedetti throws a jab when Durand was well out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jacques Durand comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Durand has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 47:48
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 45:50
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 47:48
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jacques Durand!
Jacques Durand is the new light heavyweight champion!
An out of breath Jacques Durand thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
Claudio Benedetti was interviewed post fight and said '"te voy inyectar con la bacteria"'.
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