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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Angel Face (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Massimo Benvenuti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Face comes to the cage accompanied by Tyga - Real Deal. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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194 lbs
11 - 2 - 0 |
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185 lbs
21 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
KO power |
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Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Angel Face!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Massimo Benvenuti!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Andrew Berry and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Benvenuti tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Face on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Benvenuti is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Face.
Benvenuti ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Face moves away.
Face is looking to counter punch.
Face looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Benvenuti needs to keep his hands up - Face had a free shot at his head there.
Benvenuti throws a hook but Face blocks it.
Benvenuti slips under a jab from Face.
Face tries to close the distance and clinch up but Benvenuti swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Face defending well as Benvenuti loads up on a big left hand.
Face was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Benvenuti tests Face's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Benvenuti cracks Face with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Benvenuti scores with a hook to the body. Face takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Face takes a shot to the body in his stride.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Face misses with a series of wild punches.
Massimo Benvenuti seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Face takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Benvenuti swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Face throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Benvenuti lands a jab to Face's midsection.
Face bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Face drops his hands momentarily and Benvenuti takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Benvenuti misses with a head kick.
And Face counters with a quick kick to the body but Benvenuti blocks it.
Face throws a hook but Benvenuti blocks it.
Benvenuti throws a nice outside leg kick.
Benvenuti throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Face throwing a counter right hand but Benvenuti manages to avoid it.
Face ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Face. Beautiful body shot.
Benvenuti staying out of range there.
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!
Face gets a clinch.
Benvenuti dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Benvenuti pushes off an throws an elbow but Face leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Face escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Benvenuti slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Face looks to score with a jab to the body but Benvenuti is just out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Benvenuti! But no joy.
Face tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A solid leg kick lands there for Face.
Benvenuti lands a leg kick that knocks Face off balance momentarily.
Face throws a big shot that misses.
Face is looking to clinch.
Benvenuti throws a looping overhand right but Face ducks down to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benvenuti digs a good body shot into Face's ribs.
Face scores with a jab to the jaw.
Benvenuti ducks under a wild hook from Face.
Oooooh!!! Benvenuti has knocked Face down with a huge combo! Benvenuti steps away and waves a wobbly Face back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Face is rocked!
Benvenuti throws a chopping leg kick but Face manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Oh Face is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Benvenuti throws a body shot but no joy.
Face seems to have got his legs back now.
Benvenuti throws a lazy right hand but Face sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Face is looking to counter punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Benvenuti feints and then cracks Face's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Face down.
Benvenuti looks to land a combination but Face avoids it well.
Face swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Benvenuti throws a series of punches but Face moves out of range.
No joy there for Benvenuti, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A jab from Benvenuti does it's job there.
Benvenuti throws an overhand right that lands on Face's shoulder, as Face tries to avoid the shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Face throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A nice side step and Benvenuti releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Benvenuti throws a body shot but no joy.
Benvenuti throws a poor cross that misses
and Face counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Benvenuti scoring well with a low kick there.
Benvenuti misses with a two punch combination.
Face is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Face misses the shot to the body.
Face just misses with a punch to the body.
Benvenuti avoids a punch combination nicely.
Benvenuti lands with a thumping leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Massimo Benvenuti dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Face finds himself stumbling back on wobbly legs after being clipped by a right hand. He's up against the cage, ducking and weaving under Benvenuti's strikes but an uppercut finds it's way through and Face falls! - He's completely out of it and the ref jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Massimo Benvenuti! Massimo Benvenuti retains his middleweight title!
An out of breath Massimo Benvenuti thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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