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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Itshak Rabinovitch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Massimo Benvenuti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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182 cm
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187 lbs
26 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
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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
12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Itshak Rabinovitch!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Massimo Benvenuti!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Andrew Berry and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Benvenuti stuns Rabinovitch with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A nice combination there by Benvenuti.
Benvenuti connects with a leg kick. Rabinovitch looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Rabinovitch looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Benvenuti moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Rabinovitch throws a sloppy head kick and Benvenuti moves out of range easily.
Rabinovitch throws a leg kick but Benvenuti moved away.
A head kick misses from Rabinovitch.
Rabinovitch lands with a cross.
Rabinovitch tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Benvenuti changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rabinovitch takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Rabinovitch throws a wild body kick that Benvenuti sees coming a mile off.
Benvenuti throws a leg kick which misses Rabinovitch's front leg but catches the back leg as Rabinovitch tries to avoid it.
Benvenuti defending well as Rabinovitch loads up on a big left hand.
Rabinovitch looks to throw the jab but Benvenuti is out of range.
Benvenuti lands a jab to the nose.
Rabinovitch missing with a left hand there. Benvenuti was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rabinovitch misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rabinovitch lands with a kick to the temple. Benvenuti shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Rabinovitch swinging wildly here.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benvenuti closes the distance and clinches.
Benvenuti lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Benvenuti blocks a body shot from Rabinovitch.
Benvenuti prevents Rabinovitch from breaking the clinch.
Rabinovitch with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Benvenuti blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Benvenuti gets through Rabinovitch's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Benvenuti breaks the clinch.
Rabinovitch throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rabinovitch throws a sloppy head kick
enabling Benvenuti to counter with a crisp jab.
Rabinovitch misses with a hook.
Benvenuti scores with a jab to the body.
Rabinovitch misses with an uppercut. Benvenuti saw that one coming.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Benvenuti.
Rabinovitch is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Benvenuti tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Rabinovitch manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Benvenuti connects with a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benvenuti lands a jab.
Benvenuti connects with a body shot.
Benvenuti fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Rabinovitch.
Nice shot lands for Benvenuti.
Benvenuti fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Benvenuti lands with a shot to the body.
An inside leg kick from Rabinovitch misses.
Benvenuti lands a leg kick that knocks Rabinovitch off balance momentarily.
Benvenuti cracks Rabinovitch with an open hand slap.
Rabinovitch throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A big right from Rabinovitch misses.
Benvenuti avoids the head kick by Rabinovitch.
Benvenuti thuds a left hand into Rabinovitch's body.
Benvenuti is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Rabinovitch rather than just go for the knockout.
Rabinovitch gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Benvenuti.
Benvenuti connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Rabinovitch loads up on a big right hand but Benvenuti slips the punch.
Benvenuti ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benvenuti feints and then cracks Rabinovitch's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Rabinovitch down.
Rabinovitch tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Rabinovitch misses with an uppercut. Benvenuti saw that one coming.
Benvenuti takes a kick to the side of the head.
Benvenuti takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Benvenuti tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rabinovitch was well out of range. Poor timing from Benvenuti.
Nice uppercut there from Benvenuti.
Benvenuti changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Benvenuti is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Rabinovitch had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Benvenuti lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Rabinovitch swings widly with a right hand
and Benvenuti connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
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!
Benvenuti throws a leg kick but Rabinovitch checks it.
Rabinovitch takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Benvenuti throws a looping overhand right but Rabinovitch ducks down to avoid it.
Benvenuti throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rabinovitch throws a sloppy head kick and Benvenuti moves out of range easily.
Benvenuti scores with a jab to the jaw.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Benvenuti lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Rabinovitch has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Rabinovitch and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Benvenuti just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromRabinovitch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rabinovitch takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Rabinovitch walks into a jab.
Benvenuti dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Rabinovitch. That did some damage!
Rabinovitch gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Benvenuti counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Rabinovitch is rocked!
Benvenuti plants his feet and throws a 3 punch combo. Miss, miss, boom! The third punch, a big right hook, connects right on the temple and drops Rabinovitch to the mat, unconscious! This fight is all over! Rabinovitch just couldn't keep out of the way of the whole flurry of punches!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Massimo Benvenuti! Massimo Benvenuti retains his middleweight title!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Massimo Benvenuti waved his t-shirt featuring Highland Clothing's logo in front of the cameras.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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