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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kid Coke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Erik Bennett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart |
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Basic striking
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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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kid Coke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Erik Bennett!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Bruno Lombardi and David Schapiro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bennett closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Coke quickly recovers to half guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Coke trying to control here.
Bennett seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Bennett thows a huge punch but Coke dodges it nicely.
Bennett drops an elbow to the side of Coke's head.
Bennett thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Bennett looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Bennett throwing shots but Coke is blocking nicely.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Bennett scoring with strikes to the body and head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bennett misses with a head shot. Coke uses the momentum to regain guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Bennett accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bennett loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Bennett trying to move into half guard but instead Coke has managed to sweep!
Bennett wants to stand up but Coke is controlling him.
Bennett keeping moving, preventing Coke from controlling successfully.
Coke prevents Bennett from getting back to his feet.
Bennett managing to control the position.
Bennett keeping moving, preventing Coke from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bennett wants to stand up but Coke is controlling him.
We're going to have a standup here because Kid Coke wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Bennett throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kid Coke seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Coke throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A shot to the body from Bennett misses
and Coke counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Coke throws a series of punches but Bennett moves out of range.
Bennett takes a swing at Coke's ribcage but misses.
Coke throws a right and a left that both miss.
Coke throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bennett.
Coke misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A big right from Bennett misses.
Bennett dodges the punch combination from Coke.
Coke misses with the combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Coke uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bennett.
Coke throws a right hand that Bennett ducks under and follows up with a left that Bennett also avoids with ease.
Bennett misses with a body shot.
Bennett throws a hook to the side of Coke's head but Coke sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Coke lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Bennett gets a double leg takedown into Coke's guard.
Coke working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Bennett.
Coke keeping moving, preventing Bennett from controlling successfully.
Bennett must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Bennett distracts Coke with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Bennett with a flurry of punches that miss.
Bennett throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bennett stopping the sweep attempt from Coke.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Coke avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Coke is breathing heavily.
Bennett works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Bennett is trying to control the action in half guard but Coke is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Bennett is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Coke is not content to let Bennett control the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bennett trying to control from Coke's half guard. Coke has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Bennett trying to control but Coke is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Erik Bennett dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Coke fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bennett throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Coke counters with a left and a right that stings Bennett.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Coke!
Bennett misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Coke.
Bennett dodges the punch combination from Coke.
Sloppy strikes from Coke. Those never looked like landing.
Bennett looks to land a right hand but Coke moved out of range.
Coke throws a right and a left that Bennett avoids nicely.
Bennett misses with an uppercut. Coke saw that one coming.
Coke lunges at Bennett with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Bennett's hand.
Bennett avoids a punch combination nicely.
Coke moves out of range as Bennett strikes.
Coke swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bennett pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bennett throws a body punch but Coke moves out of range.
Bennett showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Coke.
A combination from Coke does no damage.
Sloppy strikes from Coke. Those never looked like landing.
Bennett takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Bennett thows a body shot but no joy.
Bennett misses with a body shot.
Bennett throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bennett throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Coke keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bennett throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Coke displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bennett throws out the jab.
Bennett throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Coke throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bennett dodges the punch combination from Coke.
Bennett thows a body shot but no joy.
Bennett swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bennett waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Coke.
Coke swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Coke rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bennett moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Coke slips a straight right by Bennett.
Kid Coke is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Coke moves out of range as Bennett strikes.
Nice jab there from Coke.
Bennett misses with an uppercut.
Coke throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bennett.
Bennett misses with an uppercut.
Coke misses with a double jab.
Kid Coke is winning the standup battle so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Coke looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A nice combination there by Coke.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bennett throws a lazy uppercut
and Coke counters with a nice uppercut.
Bennett misses with a left hand
and Coke counters with a two punch combo.
Coke misses with the combination.
Bennett misses with a body shot
letting Coke counter with a right hand.
Coke throws a nice looking combination but Bennett bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bennett scores a takedown into full mount!
Bennett is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Coke can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bennett scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Bennett dominating with strikes here.
Bennett lands a big elbow.
Coke is rocked!
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big strike lands for Bennett! That's really hurt Coke and he's turned his back - Bennett keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Bennett jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Erik Bennett!
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energy
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hype
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