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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sao Alela (ranked 2075 p4p, 229 weight class) and Mario Benedetti (ranked 1334 p4p, 155 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Alela might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Ground Zero (MOP). Benedetti has chosen Bajafondo as his entrance music. Both these fighters are unbeaten, so somebody's 0 has got to go!Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Sao Alela!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Mario Benedetti!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Chris Downing and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Benedetti lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Alela circles away quickly and effectively.
Alela looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Benedetti lands a jab.
Benedetti throws out a loose jab but Alela uses good head movement to avoid it.
Alela lands the left hand.
Jab from Benedetti.
Alela throws a big shot that misses.
Benedetti swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Alela closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Benedetti digs a good hook to Alela's body.
Mario Benedetti seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Benedetti scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Benedetti steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Alela.
Alela lands a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Alela throws an off balance right hand
and Benedetti counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Alela misses with a wild body shot.
Benedetti lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Alela circles away quickly and effectively.
Alela steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Benedetti.
Alela on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Benedetti bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Alela's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alela misses with a wild combination.
Alela takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Alela misses with a hook
and Benedetti counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Benedetti lands an overhand right.
Alela throws a hook but Benedetti blocks it.
Benedetti rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Benedetti takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Benedetti throws a sloppy body shot
and Alela counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Alela takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Some bone on bone action there as Benedetti checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Benedetti looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Benedetti lands with an uppercut that bounces Alela off the cage and back into range.
Benedetti is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Alela had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Benedetti loads up on a big right hand but Alela slips the punch.
Alela moves away from the strike by Benedetti.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Benedetti scores with a crisp jab that stopped Alela in his tracks.
Alela throws a sloppy body shot
enabling Benedetti to counter with a crisp jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Benedetti misses with a hook. Alela ducked under it nicely.
Benedetti throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Alela.
A jab from Benedetti misses.
Benedetti throws an off balance right hand
and Alela counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Alela on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Alela defending well as Benedetti loads up on a big left hand.
Alela drops his hands momentarily and Benedetti takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Benedetti has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Alela throws an off balance right hand
enabling Benedetti to counter with a crisp jab.
Benedetti lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Benedetti throws a hook but Alela avoids it easily.
Benedetti swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Benedetti slips under a jab.
It seemed like Benedetti was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Benedetti chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Alela can pounce on him.
Alela thuds a left hand into Benedetti's body.
Alela misses with a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Benedetti throws a lazy uppercut
letting Alela counter with a right hand.
Alela misses with a jab, cross combination.
Benedetti jabs Alela right on the nose. Alela blinks but takes it well.
Benedetti throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Alela.
A little feinted left hand from Alela on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Benedetti misses the jab.
Benedetti uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Alela.
Benedetti appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Benedetti lands with a nice body punch.
A swing and a miss from Benedetti.
Benedetti wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Alela takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Alela looks to land a right hand but Benedetti moved out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Benedetti jabs Alela to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Benedetti throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Alela sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Benedetti scores with a jab to the head.
Benedetti pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
A jab from Benedetti misses.
Benedetti lands a nice shot that snaps Alela's head back.
Alela misses with a wild body shot.
Benedetti throws the left hand but Alela avoids the punch easily.
Alela uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Benedetti.
Benedetti keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Benedetti scores with a sloppy right hand. Alela should have avoided that one.
Alela defending well as Benedetti loads up on a big left hand.
Benedetti connects with a right hand. Alela shakes it off.
Benedetti takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Benedetti misses with an uppercut
enabling Alela to counter with a crisp jab.
Alela throws a hook but Benedetti avoids it easily.
Benedetti throws a right and a left that both miss.
Benedetti throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mario Benedetti dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Benedetti slips under a jab.
Benedetti ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Alela moves away.
Alela throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Benedetti might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Left hook, right uppercut from Alela.
Benedetti lands a right hook to the body.
Alela throws out a loose jab but Benedetti uses good head movement to avoid it.
Alela throws a jab but it's blocked by Benedetti.
Alela lands a glancing blow to the side of Benedetti's head.
Benedetti scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A swing and a miss from Alela.
Alela on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Benedetti scores with a hook to the body. Alela takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Benedetti lands a right hook to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Benedetti misses with a straight right.
Alela slips a straight right by Benedetti.
Alela looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Alela gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Benedetti.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benedetti thuds a left hand into Alela's body.
Benedetti getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Benedetti with a hook.
Alela avoids the body shot from Benedetti.
It looked like Alela was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Benedetti.
Benedetti steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Alela.
Nice defenses there by Benedetti.
Benedetti keeps the fight on the outside.
Benedetti looks to land a left hand but Alela moved out of range nicely.
Alela misses with an uppercut. Benedetti saw that one coming.
Benedetti punishes Alela's body with a nice straight punch.
Alela takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Benedetti misses with a series of wild punches.
Benedetti steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Alela.
Benedetti connects with a looping right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alela takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Alela takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Benedetti wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Benedetti throws a shot to the body.
Benedetti has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Alela walks into a stiff left hand from Benedetti.
Benedetti avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Alela tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Benedetti manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Benedetti now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Alela misses the jab.
Alela looks to throw the jab but Benedetti is out of range.
Benedetti swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Alela throws a hook but Benedetti avoids it easily.
Benedetti slips a jab from Alela.
Alela on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Alela misses with a hook. Benedetti ducked under it nicely.
Benedetti moves into range and connects with a jab.
Alela's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Benedetti connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Alela scrambles back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Alela moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Benedetti misses with a straight left.
Alela takes one on the button.
A swing and a miss from Alela.
Alela punishes Benedetti's body with a nice straight punch.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Alela might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Benedetti lands a slapping body shot.
Alela scores with a hook.
Alela looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Benedetti throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Benedetti ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Benedetti throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Alela takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Alela looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Benedetti loads up on a big right hand but Alela slips the punch.
Benedetti misses the jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Alela takes a shot to the body in his stride.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti misses the jab.
It looked like Alela wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Benedetti uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Alela.
Benedetti connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Alela momentarily.
Mario Benedetti seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Alela displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Benedetti throws out the jab.
Alela tried to score with a low kick but Benedetti checks it.
Alela slips a jab and a cross from Benedetti.
Benedetti throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Alela.
Alela bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
It looked like Alela was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Benedetti.
Benedetti scores with a jab. Alela acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Benedetti slips under a jab.
Benedetti's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Benedetti duly obliges.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Benedetti ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A jab from Alela misses.
Alela throws a hook but Benedetti avoids it easily.
Alela needs to keep his hands up - Benedetti had a free shot at his head there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mario Benedetti showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Alela gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Alela jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Benedetti defending well as Alela loads up on a big left hand.
Benedetti connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Alela's hands.
Alela has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Alela there as he acknowledges the shot.
Benedetti slips a jab from Alela.
Benedetti looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Jab, jab by Benedetti - just one landing.
Benedetti lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Alela at a distance.
A big right from Benedetti misses.
Benedetti connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Alela throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Alela wants to clinch.
Alela displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Benedetti throws out the jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benedetti tests Alela's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Alela takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Alela keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Alela throws a hook but Benedetti blocks it.
Benedetti lands a jab.
Alela misses with a looping right.
Benedetti misses with a wild body shot.
Benedetti ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Benedetti throws a hook but Alela blocks it.
An attempted straight right counter from Alela misses the target.
Benedetti scores with a decent looking hook.
Alela takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Alela walks into a jab.
Benedetti dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Benedetti moves away from the strike by Alela.
Sao Alela has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti throws a hook to the side of Alela's head but Alela sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Alela swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Alela misses with an uppercut
letting Benedetti counter with a right hand.
Benedetti connects with the punch.
Sloppy strikes from Benedetti. Those never looked like landing.
Alela throws a lazy right hand but Benedetti sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Benedetti slips a jab from Alela.
Alela darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A slow jab from Alela misses its intended target.
Benedetti scores with a jab. Alela acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Alela keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Benedetti.
Benedetti swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Alela.
Benedetti loads up on a big right hand but Alela slips the punch.
Alela appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Benedetti moves away from the strike by Alela.
Benedetti lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alela tries to work over Benedetti's front leg with a kick but Benedetti checks it.
The fighters circling - Alela throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Benedetti cracks Alela with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Benedetti blocks a jab.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Benedetti! But no joy.
Alela uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Benedetti.
Alela appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
A slow jab from Benedetti misses its intended target.
Benedetti avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Benedetti lands with a straight right. Alela didn't see that one coming.
Alela on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Benedetti misses the shot to the body.
Benedetti connects with a single shot there.
No joy there for Benedetti, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Good exchange - Benedetti coming out on top.
That kick from Alela tenderised Benedetti's leg. Benedetti is trying to keep his angry face on.
Benedetti misses the shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Alela.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Benedetti lands a nice hook to Alela's body. Alela takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Benedetti connects with the punch.
Alela throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Benedetti sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Benedetti with a nice cross.
Benedetti ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Benedetti looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Benedetti jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Alela doesn't manage to clinch there - Benedetti circles away.
Benedetti misses with the combination.
Alela feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Benedetti sizes up Alela with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Alela throws a shot from downtown. Benedetti moves away and avoids it.
Alela takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mario Benedetti comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Benedetti has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 27:30
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mario Benedetti!
Mario Benedetti managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Zenith Nutrition (160q/$100), into his post fight interview.
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energy
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hype
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