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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Matthieu Benoit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fukc Face (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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193 lbs
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198 lbs
5 - 0 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
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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
11 - 5 - 1, fighting out of New York, Matthieu Benoit!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Fukc Face!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Frank Dennis and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Face misses with a low kick as Benoit jumps back.
Benoit dips to his left and cracks Face with an uppercut!
Benoit blocks a head kick by Face.
Benoit instigates a clinch.
Benoit effectively controlling the action here.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Face just misses with a elbow thrown towards Benoit's brow.
Benoit wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Face has him pressed against the cage.
Benoit stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Face prevents Benoit from breaking the clinch.
Benoit's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
An inside leg kick from Benoit misses.
Benoit will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Benoit feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Face's calf.
Face pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Benoit shoots in but Face avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Face tries to score with a low kick but Benoit moves his leg out of the way.
A nice leg kick lands there from Face.
Benoit connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Benoit connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Face scores with a punch to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benoit checks a leg kick nicely.
Benoit throws a hook but Face blocks it.
Benoit looks to land a right hand but Face moved out of range.
Face lands a high kick!
Face slips under a jab from Benoit.
Face throws a hook to the side of Benoit's head but Benoit sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Face looks to land a body kick but Benoit moved away.
Face moves out of range of the strikes.
Face throws a head kick but Benoit moves out of range.
Benoit throws a body punch but Face moves out of range.
Benoit throws a lazy body kick
and Face counters with a nice leg kick.
Decent striking displayed by Benoit there.
Face throws a right and a left that both miss.
Benoit ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Face moves away.
Benoit scores with a jab to the jaw.
Face needs to keep his hands up - Benoit had a free shot at his head there.
Benoit is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Face.
Benoit cracks Face with an open hand slap.
Benoit looks to land a combination. Face sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benoit throws a jab but it's blocked by Face.
A swing and a miss from Benoit.
A jab from Benoit does it's job there.
Benoit misses with an uppercut.
Face takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Benoit throws a series of punches but Face moves out of range.
Face misses with a leg kick
and Benoit counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Face moves out of range of the body kick from Benoit.
Face throws a hook but Benoit avoids it easily.
Benoit lands the left hand.
Benoit connects with a good right hand that stumbles Face. Face circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Face throws a leg kick that is checked
and Benoit counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Face takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Benoit misses with a looping right.
Face shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A jab from Benoit misses.
Benoit checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Face ducks under a wild hook from Benoit.
Fukc Face is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Face rushes Benoit and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Face throws an elbow but it misses.
Face looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Face lands an elbow inside.
It looks like Matthieu Benoit has been cut.
A bit of stalling here from Benoit.
Benoit throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Benoit fails to land.
Benoit manages to break the clinch.
Benoit avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Face throws a solid leg kick but Benoit takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Face.
A low kick from Benoit misses
and Face makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Face throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Good leg kick by Benoit there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Benoit swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Face staying out of range there.
Face tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Face buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Benoit with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Benoit cracks Face with a right hand to the side of the head.
Benoit looks to land a right hand but Face moved out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benoit throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Benoit is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Benoit fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Face is out of range.
Benoit shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Face lands with a right hand.
Benoit tries to clinch but Face is having none of it.
Face throws a push kick but Benoit slaps the foot to one side.
Benoit lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Face slips under a jab from Benoit.
Benoit ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Face dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Benoit. That did some damage!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Benoit throws a body punch but Face moves out of range.
A big right from Benoit misses.
Benoit throws a looping overhand right but Face ducks down to avoid it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Benoit checks a low kick from Face.
Benoit pivots, looking for a leg kick but Face is out of range and Benoit settles back down.
Benoit throws a leg kick
and Face counters with a thumping low kick.
Face fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Benoit manages to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matthieu Benoit dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Matthieu Benoit's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Face throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Matthieu Benoit is winning the standup battle so far.
Face takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Face swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Benoit throws a shot from downtown. Face moves away and avoids it.
Face misses with the body kick
and Face takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Benoit avoids the head kick by Face.
Benoit takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Benoit throws a push kick but Face slaps the foot to one side.
Face on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Face throws a leg kick that is checked
and Benoit counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Benoit blocks a leg kick.
Face tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Benoit tries to clinch but Face is having none of it.
A decent looking cross lands there for Benoit.
Benoit swings for the body but Face moves out of range.
Benoit blocks a leg kick.
Face ducks under a wild hook from Benoit.
Face staying out of range there.
Face misses with a body punch
and Benoit counters with a right hand to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good work by Benoit as he checks the leg kick.
Face moves into the clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Benoit lands a shoulder strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Face just misses with a elbow thrown towards Benoit's brow.
Nice body punch from Benoit.
Benoit is struggling to control the position.
Benoit breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Benoit lunges at Face with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Face's hand.
Benoit scores with a decent looking hook.
Face takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Face ducks right into an uppercut from Benoit.
Benoit tries to land a front kick but Face steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Face has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Benoit jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Face has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Benoit.
Benoit lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A jab from Benoit does it's job there.
Face fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Benoit.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Good standup being displayed there by Benoit as he connects with a hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benoit throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Benoit connects with a nice looking jab.
Benoit bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Face's head backwards.
Benoit throws a nice looking combination but Face bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A jab from Benoit misses.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Face.
Face uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Benoit.
Face throws a front kick aimed at Benoit's knee but Benoit avoids it well.
The fighters circling - Face throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Face dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Benoit. That did some damage!
Face takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Face is breathing heavily.
Face has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Face there as he acknowledges the shot.
Benoit scores with a nice strike.
Face bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Benoit scores with a nice right hand.
An inside leg kick lands from Benoit.
Benoit lands a nice leg kick that just misses Face's sensitive parts.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benoit lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Face throws a sloppy head kick and Benoit moves out of range easily.
Benoit avoids the head kick by Face.
Face shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Face throws a body punch but Benoit moves out of range.
Face swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Benoit throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Benoit moves out of range of the leg kick from Face.
A bone on bone clash there as Benoit blocks the leg kick.
A jab from Benoit misses.
Face tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Benoit is able to avoid easily.
A big right from Benoit misses.
Benoit jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Benoit scores with a push kick.
Face steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Benoit.
Benoit connects with a right hand. Face shakes it off.
Benoit takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Face keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Face is predictable there
and Benoit counters with a stiff right hand.
Face walks into a jab.
Benoit misses with a straight right.
Benoit throws a lazy right hand but Face sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Benoit moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Benoit checks a low kick from Face.
Face avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Face uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Benoit.
A lazy body kick from Face
and Benoit counters with a slapping leg kick.
Face slips a straight right by Benoit.
Face defending well as Benoit loads up on a big left hand.
A nice leg kick lands there from Benoit.
Face looks for the body kick but Benoit saw that one coming.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Face blocks a jab.
Benoit throws the kick towards the body but Face avoids it.
Face keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Benoit.
Benoit instigates a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matthieu Benoit dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Matthieu Benoit's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Benoit scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Benoit throws a jab when Face was well out of range.
Benoit throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Benoit cracks the inside of Face's front leg.
Benoit fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Face looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Nice uppercut lands for Benoit. That snapped Face's head back.
Benoit tries to score a power double leg takedown but Face sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Benoit somewhat.
A punch lands to the side of Face 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Face throws a head kick that misses.
Face throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Face takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Benoit throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Benoit buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Benoit tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Face was well out of range. Poor timing from Benoit.
Face's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Benoit looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Benoit sizes up Face with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Face displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Benoit throws out the jab.
Benoit throws a hook but Face avoids it easily.
Benoit throws a half hearted mid kick.
Face throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Benoit.
Benoit scores with a jab to the jaw.
Benoit defending well as Face loads up on a big left hand.
Benoit bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Benoit scores with a jab to the body.
Face takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Benoit scores a takedown into full mount!
Benoit with good strikes from the mount here!
Benoit misses with a head shot.
Benoit with the ground and pound from mount.
Fukc Face has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benoit punching from mount but Face doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Benoit throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Benoit thowing shots but they're missing.
Benoit sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Benoit thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Benoit takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Benoit thowing shots but they're missing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benoit with good strikes from the mount here!
Face really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Benoit. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Benoit lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Face is squirming around, avoiding Benoit's attempts to control the action.
Benoit has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Face's face.
Face holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Benoit tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Matthieu Benoit is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benoit working the ground and pound effectively.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Face can do anything to dispel that myth.
Benoit controlling from the full mount.
Benoit is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Face to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Face shrugs it off.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Benoit content just to control the position here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Matthieu Benoit showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Benoit 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:25
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:26
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Matthieu Benoit!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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