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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Zack Travis (ranked 4231 p4p, 4660 weight class) and Peter Bennett (ranked 393 p4p, 408 weight class). Zack Travis has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin
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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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Zack Travis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Peter Bennett!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, William Gold and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Travis gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Bennett 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.
Travis plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
A slapping leg kick lands for Travis.
Travis throws a sloppy head kick and Bennett moves out of range easily.
Travis misses with a left hand
and Bennett counters with a one-two to the body.
Bennett lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Bennett.
It looks like Zack Travis has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bennett shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Travis eats them both and turns towards Bennett to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Travis looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bennett misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bennett closes the distance and scores with a big combo that sends Travis crashing to the mat! Travis uses the ropes to get back to his feet and beat the count. The referee looks concerned but he's going to allow it to continue!
Bennett misses with a two punch combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Travis finds it's way through Bennett's defenses.
Good work by Travis as he checks the leg kick.
Travis takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Travis is rocked!
Bennett misses with a two punch combination.
Bennett blocks a head kick by Travis.
Travis throws a right hand that Bennett ducks under and follows up with a left that Bennett also avoids with ease.
Travis misses with an uppercut. Bennett saw that one coming.
Bennett throws the kick towards the body but Travis avoids it.
Travis is looking for a counter combo.
Travis throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Travis looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Bennett tries to land a front kick but Travis steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Travis throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Travis explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bennett lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Travis circles away quickly and effectively.
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!
Bennett avoids the head kick by Travis.
No joy there for Travis, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Travis connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Travis pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bennett is looking for the big counter here.
Bennett's jab looks to have found its range, popping Travis under the eye.
Bennett throws a body punch but Travis moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Travis.
Bennett misses with a low kick.
Bennett has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Bennett lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Bennett darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Bennett's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Bennett duly obliges.
Bennett lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Oh Travis is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Travis throws a big shot that misses.
Travis seems to have got his legs back now.
Bennett lands a right and a left and another right! Travis goes down! Oh, he's in big, big trouble! 3,4,5,6,7,8... he's up to one knee... 9,10! He can't beat the count - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Peter Bennett!
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