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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Danny Benton (ranked 1821 p4p, 3152 weight class) and Paulo Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Paulo Silva has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Excellent MT
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Danny Benton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Paulo Silva!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Daniel Franklin and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Benton is looking to clinch.
Danny Benton seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva throws a nice inside leg kick.
Benton clinches up against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Benton.
Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Silva blocks an uppercut.
With the fighters up against the cage, Silva throws an elbow but misses.
Silva blocks an uppercut.
Benton has a couple of punches blocked by Silva.
Benton swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Silva.
Benton has a couple of punches blocked by Silva.
Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Benton is defending well for now.
Silva tries to pull guard but Benton won't allow it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but Benton uses good head movement to avoid it.
Benton misses with a short punch on the inside.
Benton misses with the head strike.
Silva looking to slow down the pace here.
Benton swings wildly with an uppercut but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Benton.
Silva pushes off an throws an elbow but Benton leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Silva blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Benton.
Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Benton gets through Silva's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Silva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Benton wants to clinch
and Silva counters with a leg kick.
Benton clinches up against the cage.
Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Benton forces Silva back against the cage and clinches.
Benton fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Silva.
Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Benton misses with a hook from the clinch.
Silva pushes off an throws an elbow but Benton leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benton working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Benton has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Benton.
Silva wants to break the clinch but can't.
Silva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Benton has managed to clinch.
Benton misses with a punch on the inside.
Benton misses with the head strike.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Silva connects with a knee to the head.
Benton swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Benton misses with a short punch on the inside.
Benton working aggressively here.
Benton lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Benton fails to land.
Benton lands a nice uppercut.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Silva just misses with a elbow thrown towards Benton's brow.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Benton is blocking nicely.
Benton working aggressively here.
Silva wants to stall.
Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Benton's face.
It looks like Danny Benton has been cut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva is trying to force a seperation but Benton has the dominant position.
Silva lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Benton fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Benton on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Benton fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Benton working aggressively here.
Benton working aggressively here.
Benton avoids a wild elbow strike from Silva.
Benton lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Benton misses with a punch on the inside.
Benton working aggressively here.
Benton lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Benton fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Benton misses with a short punch on the inside.
Silva is trying to break the clinch but Benton is controlling him.
Benton managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.
Benton misses with some punches.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Benton is blocking nicely.
A head punch on the inside from Benton fails to land.
Benton lands a hook that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Benton swings wildly with an uppercut but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Benton throws a head punch that misses.
Silva creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Benton's defenses.
Benton tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva is trying to pull guard but Benton has him pressed against the cage.
Silva misses with an elbow over the top.
Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right from Benton on the inside.
Silva lands a hook that snaps the head of Benton backwards.
Silva's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Benton lands with a short shot to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Benton.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Danny Benton dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Danny Benton's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Benton tries to clinch up but Silva circles away and keeps his distance.
Silva unleashes a big counter combination but Benton bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Benton wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
Silva throws a low kick but Benton avoids it.
Benton closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Benton blocks with his arms.
A head punch on the inside from Benton fails to land.
Benton has a couple of punches blocked by Silva.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Benton.
Benton swings wildly with an uppercut but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Benton working aggressively here.
Benton misses with a punch on the inside.
Silva takes a shot to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Benton throws a head punch that misses.
Silva pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Benton throws a head punch that misses.
Benton throws a punch but it's blocked by Silva.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Silva blocking some punches.
Benton swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Silva leaning his opponent against the cage.
Benton working aggressively here.
Silva blocking some punches.
Silva wants to break the clinch but can't.
Benton misses with a short punch on the inside.
Benton avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Benton misses with a short punch on the inside.
Benton has Silva pressed against the cage, preventing Silva from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Silva pushes off an throws an elbow but Benton leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Benton swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Benton misses with the head strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benton working aggressively here.
Silva throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Benton misses with a short punch on the inside.
Silva is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Benton misses with a hook from the clinch.
Benton misses with some punches.
Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Benton is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silva can do to turn this around?
Benton misses with the head strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Silva just misses with a elbow thrown towards Benton's brow.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Benton is blocking nicely.
Benton misses with the head strike.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Silva breaks the clinch.
Benton clinches up with Silva and pushes him back against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silva tries to keep at a distance but Benton has taken the fight into the clinch.
Silva wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Silva misses with an elbow over the top.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Silva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Paulo Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Benton fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silva unleashes a big counter combination but Benton bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Silva looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Benton gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Benton tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Benton has a couple of punches blocked by Silva.
Benton swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Danny Benton has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Benton fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Silva blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Benton fails to land.
Silva has had enough of the clinch but Benton keeps him there for the moment.
Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Benton tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Benton working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Silva.
A short uppercut from Benton.
Benton misses with a punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Silva just misses with a elbow thrown towards Benton's brow.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva blocks an uppercut.
Benton throws a punch but it's blocked by Silva.
Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Silva has had enough of the clinch but Benton keeps him there for the moment.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Benton blocks with his arms.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Benton lands with a right to the head.
Benton misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Silva.
Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Silva breaks the clinch.
Benton looks to clinch
and Silva counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
The fight stays on the outside here - Benton looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Benton rushes Silva and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Danny Benton dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Danny Benton's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Benton.
Despite the aggression on Silva's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Danny Benton is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Silva 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 tries to close the distance and clinch but Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silva lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Benton tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.
Silva lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Benton wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
As Benton backs off Silva throws a huge counter combo but Benton manages to avoid it all.
Benton moves in looking to clinch but Silva pushes him off.
Benton tries to clinch up.
Benton tries to clinch up.
Silva with the inside leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Benton tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Despite the aggression on Silva's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Paulo Silva seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Benton moves out of range of the leg kick from Silva.
Silva throws a right and a left that Benton avoids nicely.
Benton tries to clinch but Silva moves out of range.
Benton wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
Silva throws a counter combo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva misses with a low kick.
Benton tries to clinch
and Silva makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Benton tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Benton avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Benton has taken the fight to the clinch.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Benton blocks it.
Silva's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
No joy there for Silva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Benton is looking to counter punch.
Benton doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.
A combination from Silva does no damage.
Benton gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Benton working aggressively here.
Silva has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Silva blocks an uppercut.
Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Benton is defending well for now.
Benton tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silva throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Silva throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Benton prevents Silva from breaking the clinch.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Benton blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Benton.
Benton lands with a left to the head.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Benton has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Benton blocks it.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva scores with a shoulder strike.
Silva looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Benton misses with a short punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Benton.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Benton blocks with his arms.
Benton blocks an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benton has a couple of punches blocked by Silva.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva has had enough of the clinch but Benton keeps him there for the moment.
Benton lands with a light punch inside.
Silva breaks from the clinch.
Benton tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Benton tries to clinch up.
Benton tries to clinch there but Silva circles away.
Benton is looking to clinch.
Silva is looking for the big counter here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Benton gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Paulo Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Benton tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Benton avoids it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Paulo Silva comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Benton has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Danny Benton!
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energy
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