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The excitement is building for next weekend’s first ever Pay Per View for JAG Battle League who are stepping up to the big leagues now. There is two mouth watering events topping the bill with the 170lb and 185lb titles up for grabs. The headline event is the 170lb match between Benedetti and DIck with McConnell & Neuer duking it out for the 185lb belt.
Now let's get down to business!
Mario Benedetti Rick "The Prick" Dick
Record 14-2-0 (W-L-D) Record 12-2-0 (W-L-D)
These two animals are fairly evenly matched on paper with Benedetti having a slight advantage in boxing and MT and DIck is only slightly better at wrestling but there is not really much between them. Benedetti is the current belt holder in this class and has defended his title on two occasions since winning it back in August of this year. He is insanely flexible some of his opponents have said trying to hit him is like playing one of those ‘whack a mole’ games in the carnival with a blindfold and after drinking two bottles of whiskey! He is a strong stand up fighter and has a tendency to try to use his flexibility to dodge while taking considered potshots against his opponent he prefers to stay standing and likes to work the head and the body equally and of his fourteen wins he has won nine by way of T(KO)’s so he knows how to hit. Benedetti is not afraid of clinching either but prefers to stay at a distance.
The challenger to the throne is Rick the Prick who has 12 wins under his belt and only two losses. He has won 10 of the bouts by way of T(KO)’s and and therefore has a similar record to Benedetti in this regard. He is also known to be insanely flexible so should be interesting to see if these two warriors manage to hit each other at all on Saturday! While Rick the Prick has a similar TKO record to Benedetti they have a very different style of fighting with Rick preferring to take fights to the ground where he will tends to aim to move into better positions before pounding his opponent into oblivion.
The two different styles here should be interesting but I slightly fancy Benedetti to shade this one.
The next title fight to take place is the pairing of McConnell and Neuer who is taking a break from his professional soccer career to enter the octagon and see how he gets on.
Dalton "MC" McConnell Manuel Neuer
Record 10-3-0 (W-L-D) Record 11-4-0 (W-L-D)
Dalton is the current holder here when he unbelievably took the title from the previously unbeatable Phol Boxaaja who had a real hot streak until losing his title recently, and then McConnell piled the misery on him when taking the title back off him shortly after he won it back! MC is a simple man and just loves punching people constantly, he doesn’t care if it’s head’s or bodies he loves punching both equally! On paper these lads are even enough except in BJJ where Neuer is miles ahead with his black belt so MC will need to be careful if this fight goes to the floor. MC definitely will want to keep this fight standing and will need to be careful in the clinch (which he is a fan of) to make sure that Neuer doesn’t successfully take him to the floor where the fight could be over very quick!
Neuer is the exact counterfoil for MC in that he is so scared of standup you would swear he had a glass jaw! He is quick so expect him to rush MC and go for immediate takedown to end this fight quick or he is in trouble. He has not thrown and punches in anger in his previous bouts and has relied on his ability as a BJJ specialist to get him his wins with 100% of his wins by submission he really is an expert ending fights this way and expect more of the same on Saturday, I hope MC has been working on his Takedown defence!
If this fight drags on MC will win but I have a sneaking suspicion that Neuer might win this one in the first round!
Honourable mention of the night has to go to the best named fighter entering the octagon on Saturday from Keith Flotence's stable and fights under the name: "A Mixed Martial Artist Fighter That Competes in MMA", can see commentars having some difficulty with that one!
Setanta King
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