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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Khamzat Du Plessis (ranked 3940 p4p, 25990 weight class) and Ragang Benson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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180 cm 18 180 0 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt Brawler Intelligent |
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BJJ Blue Belt Decent boxing Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Khamzat Du Plessis! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ragang Benson! The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Anni Minnemäki and Arvi Lind.
 The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Du Plessis feints and as Benson raises his hands in defense, Du Plessis changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard. Du Plessis controls the pace of the fight for a moment. Du Plessis wants to pass the guard but Benson is keeping the position. Du Plessis controls the pace of the fight for a moment. Du Plessis's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Du Plessis accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand. Du Plessis working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Benson's head. Du Plessis postures up and lands some nice ground and pound. Du Plessis is looking to stand up but Benson won't let him.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Du Plessis trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet. Benson looks winded! Du Plessis lands a couple of decent looking shots. Hammerfist, elbow! yells Du Plessis's corner. There ya go! There ya go! Du Plessis is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position. Du Plessis advances to half guard. Du Plessis is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Benson! Du Plessis looking to control and managing it successfully. Du Plessis dominating with strikes here.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. Du Plessis prevents Benson from getting the reversal. Du Plessis has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission. Du Plessis is landing with some decent strikes but Benson is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Du Plessis looking to isolate an arm here. Benson doesn't see it coming and as Du Plessis extends the arm, he's forced to tap out! Nice submission by Du Plessis!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Khamzat Du Plessis!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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