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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Henson Benderson (ranked 1887 p4p, 194 weight class) and Marious La De Hoya (ranked 800 p4p, 95 weight class). Benderson comes into the arena with The Time is Now blaring out of the sound system. La De Hoya has chosen Cocaine as his entrance music. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Henson Benderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Marious La De Hoya!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, James Atkins and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A nice inside leg kick there by La De Hoya. That's going to slow Benderson down.
Benderson moves out of range of the body kick from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
La De Hoya misses with a body kick.
Benderson thinks about countering with a body kick.
A decent looking body kick lands there for La De Hoya.
La De Hoya slips a straight right by Benderson.
La De Hoya scores with a jab. Benderson acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
La De Hoya throws a solid leg kick but Benderson takes the impact on his shin and smiles at La De Hoya.
Donk. La De Hoya catches Benderson right on the button with a cross.
La De Hoya ducks under a wild hook from Benderson.
La De Hoya throws a push kick but Benderson slaps the foot to one side.
A little feinted left hand from Benderson on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
La De Hoya uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Benderson.
La De Hoya fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A left lands for Benderson.
A leg kick checked by Benderson.
Benderson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Benderson looks to land a combination but La De Hoya avoids it well.
Benderson misses with a straight right.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from La De Hoya 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 Benderson has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Benderson and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benderson moves out of range of the strikes.
La De Hoya lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Benderson scores with a push kick.
La De Hoya looks to land a body kick but Benderson moved away.
Benderson misses with an uppercut. La De Hoya saw that one coming.
Nice body kick there by La De Hoya.
Benderson stuns La De Hoya with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
La De Hoya scoring well with a low kick there.
La De Hoya connects with a solid leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for La De Hoya.
Benderson throws a hook to the side of La De Hoya's head but La De Hoya sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
La De Hoya fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Benderson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
La De Hoya is looking to land body kicks.
La De Hoya throws a head kick that misses.
Benderson slips a straight right by La De Hoya.
This has been an exciting period of action!
La De Hoya blocks a head kick by Benderson.
Benderson is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
La De Hoya throws the kick towards the body but Benderson avoids it.
Benderson shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
La De Hoya lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Benderson at a distance.
Benderson throws the left hand but La De Hoya avoids the punch easily.
Benderson throws a big shot that misses.
Benderson scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Benderson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya slips a jab from Benderson.
Benderson moves out of range of the strikes.
Benderson throws a shot from downtown. La De Hoya moves away and avoids it.
La De Hoya throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
La De Hoya tried to score with a low kick but Benderson checks it.
La De Hoya takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
La De Hoya throws a hook to the side of Benderson's head but Benderson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
La De Hoya steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Benderson.
Benderson throws a lazy right hand but La De Hoya sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
La De Hoya wants to land a leg kick but Benderson is out of range.
Benderson is looking to land body kicks.
Benderson scores with a body shot.
La De Hoya throws a nice inside leg kick.
Marious La De Hoya seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
La De Hoya throws an overhand right that lands on Benderson's shoulder, as Benderson tries to avoid the shot.
Benderson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from La De Hoya.
A big left from Benderson misses.
La De Hoya steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Benderson seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
La De Hoya fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Benderson checks it well.
La De Hoya throws a leg kick
enabling Benderson to counter with a crisp jab.
La De Hoya scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
La De Hoya looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
An inside leg kick lands from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Benderson checks it well.
La De Hoya throws a front kick aimed at Benderson's knee but Benderson avoids it well.
Benderson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract La De Hoya.
Benderson cracks La De Hoya with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
La De Hoya throws an off balance right hand
and Benderson counters with a nice uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Benderson is looking to slow La De Hoya down with leg kicks.
That kick from La De Hoya tenderised Benderson's leg. Benderson is trying to keep his angry face on.
La De Hoya lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Benderson throws out a loose jab but La De Hoya uses good head movement to avoid it.
La De Hoya pulls out of a head kick attempt.
La De Hoya throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
La De Hoya cracks the inside of Benderson's front leg.
Benderson on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
La De Hoya's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Benderson connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! La De Hoya scrambles back to his feet.
Benderson wants to clinch up but La De Hoya keeps it at a distance.
Benderson tries to work over La De Hoya's front leg with a kick but La De Hoya checks it.
Benderson wants to slow La De Hoya down by chopping away at his legs.
Benderson throws a jab but it's blocked by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya chopping away at his opponent's legs.
La De Hoya throws a big shot that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marious La De Hoya dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
A shot to the body from Benderson misses
and La De Hoya counters with a leg kick.
La De Hoya lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Benderson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before La De Hoya can pounce on him.
La De Hoya uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Benderson.
Benderson fakes a jab and throws a low kick but La De Hoya checks it well.
La De Hoya appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
La De Hoya steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Benderson.
Benderson throws the left hand but La De Hoya avoids the punch easily.
A nice side step and La De Hoya releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
La De Hoya turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from La De Hoya, right into the meat.
Benderson throws a right hand that misses
and La De Hoya counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Benderson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
La De Hoya lands a leg kick that knocks Benderson off balance momentarily.
La De Hoya moves away from the strike by Benderson.
La De Hoya throws a chopping leg kick but Benderson manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
La De Hoya buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Benderson throws out a loose jab but La De Hoya uses good head movement to avoid it.
La De Hoya feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Benderson's calf.
That's one minute gone in the round.
La De Hoya ducks under a wild hook from Benderson.
Benderson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya scoring well with a low kick there.
La De Hoya misses with a leg kick.
A big left from Benderson misses.
La De Hoya connects with a leg kick. Benderson looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Benderson might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Benderson throws a nice inside leg kick.
Benderson misses with a left hand
and La De Hoya counters with an outside leg kick.
Benderson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before La De Hoya can pounce on him.
Benderson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
La De Hoya is looking to land body kicks.
Benderson misses with an uppercut
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Benderson connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Benderson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from La De Hoya.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
La De Hoya cracks the inside of Benderson's front leg.
Benderson scores with a jab to the jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Benderson has managed to clinch.
Benderson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and La De Hoya avoids it.
La De Hoya has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
La De Hoya lands a nice uppercut.
La De Hoya's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Benderson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Benderson throws a hook but La De Hoya blocks it.
La De Hoya lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
La De Hoya takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
La De Hoya staying out of range there.
La De Hoya scores with a leg kick.
La De Hoya is looking to score with low kicks.
La De Hoya slips under a jab from Benderson.
Benderson takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
La De Hoya blocks a leg kick.
La De Hoya swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
La De Hoya is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Benderson.
Benderson throws an off balance right hand
and La De Hoya counters with a leg kick.
La De Hoya tries a head kick but it misses.
Benderson moves to clinch but La De Hoya breaks away
and La De Hoya counters with a stiff right hand.
La De Hoya throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Benderson scores with a sloppy right hand. La De Hoya should have avoided that one.
La De Hoya ducks under a wild hook from Benderson.
La De Hoya throws a lazy right hand but Benderson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Benderson on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A telegraphed right hand from Benderson misses the target.
Benderson tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Benderson slips a jab from La De Hoya.
A little feinted left hand from Benderson on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
La De Hoya slips under a jab from Benderson.
La De Hoya throws a leg kick which misses Benderson's front leg but catches the back leg as Benderson tries to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benderson fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Benderson looks to land a right hand but La De Hoya moved out of range.
Benderson throws a good cross that connects.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts La De Hoya, as that shot connected.
Benderson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. La De Hoya sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Benderson tries to close the distance and clinch but La De Hoya swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
La De Hoya connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
La De Hoya misses with a body punch
letting Benderson counter with a right hand.
La De Hoya fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Benderson is looking to slow La De Hoya down with leg kicks.
Benderson walks into a straight right hand from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Benderson misses with a straight right.
La De Hoya does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
It looked like Benderson wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from La De Hoya, right into the meat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marious La De Hoya showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. And we move into the final round!
La De Hoya lands with a nice body kick.
Benderson paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Benderson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
La De Hoya pushes Benderson away with a front kick.
La De Hoya moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
La De Hoya throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
La De Hoya ducks under a wild hook from Benderson.
Marious La De Hoya seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A head kick misses from La De Hoya.
La De Hoya tries to work over Benderson's front leg with a kick but Benderson checks it.
Benderson finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Benderson throws a lazy right hand but La De Hoya sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
La De Hoya slips under a jab from Benderson.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for La De Hoya. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Benderson looks to land a combination but La De Hoya avoids it well.
Benderson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before La De Hoya can pounce on him.
Benderson wants to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benderson steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from La De Hoya. That one must have hurt.
Benderson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by La De Hoya. La De Hoya obviously looking to wear him down.
Nice defenses there by La De Hoya.
La De Hoya misses with an attempted mid kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for La De Hoya.
La De Hoya looks to land a body kick but Benderson moved away.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Benderson crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from La De Hoya - the referee stops the clock and Benderson gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says La De Hoya. Benderson manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
A big right from La De Hoya misses.
Benderson's legs have taken a beating and he's really slowing down as a result.
La De Hoya throws a big shot that misses.
Benderson seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
La De Hoya scores with a jab to the jaw.
Benderson throws a hook to the side of La De Hoya's head but La De Hoya sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A telegraphed right hand from Benderson misses the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
La De Hoya drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A slow jab from Benderson misses its intended target.
A head kick misses from Benderson.
La De Hoya lands a nice looking body kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
La De Hoya throws a quick inside leg kick.
La De Hoya dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Benderson. That did some damage!
Benderson slips under a jab.
Marious La De Hoya is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Benderson missing with a left hand there. La De Hoya was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
La De Hoya steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Benderson has managed to clinch.
Benderson dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
La De Hoya makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
La De Hoya doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benderson stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Benderson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
La De Hoya stalling.
La De Hoya avoiding damage as Benderson throws knees to the body.
Benderson slowing the pace effectively.
Benderson will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
La De Hoya lands a hook that snaps the head of Benderson backwards.
La De Hoya has a couple of punches blocked by Benderson.
Benderson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
La De Hoya scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Benderson misses with a knee to the head.
Benderson controlling the action here for a moment.
La De Hoya breaks from the clinch.
Henson Benderson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
La De Hoya connects with a leg kick. Benderson looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
La De Hoya buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Benderson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from La De Hoya - that will leave a mark!
And that's the end of the fight!
Marious La De Hoya comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got La De Hoya winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marious La De Hoya!
Marious La De Hoya decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
Henson Benderson was interviewed post fight and said 'Damn...'.
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