This is the UFC 188 undercard blog for the UFC 188 event at the Arena Ciudad de Mexico in Mexico City on Saturday night.
There will be six fights on the UFC 188 undercard. Chico Camus vs. Henry Cejudo, Efrain Escudero vs. Drew Dober, Alejandro Perez vs. Patrick Williams, Francisco Trevino vs. Johnny Case, Augusto Montano vs. Cathal Pendred, and Gabriel Benitez vs. Clay Collard will be featured.
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Gabriel Benitez vs. Clay Collard
Round 1: Mario Yamasaki is your referee for the first fight of UFC 188. Tijuana’s Benitez got a huge pop when he came out. Southpaw Benitz catches Collard right off the bat and drops him! But Collard is tough, he recovers. Low kick from Benitez again brings Collard down. But he bounces back up and swings again. Great start for the Mexican. Some redness on Collard’s chest and around his ribs already. Nice one-two combo followed up by leg kick from Collard. Benitez returns a leg kick right after he changed his stance. Good kick to the body from Benitez, as he continues to lay waste to Collard’s rib cage; now Collard fires a big flurry and blasts Benitez on the cage. Dirty boxing, and oops — big groin shot halts action. Collard came in low, and Benitez is walking it off. BAck at it. Nice counter from Benitez, and he does an inside leg kick on the break. Now Benitez snatches a standing guillotine, and it’s close! But Collard slips out, and now he’s got Benitez’s back. Whoa. Now Collard is going for a rear naked choke of his own, while Benitez (perhaps tired from the adrenaline on that attempt) is fending. Benitez just crawled out, but Collard hanging on. Benitez lands a big elbow to Collard’s face. Now Benitez stands up, and Collard snatches him on the fence, and they toil there. Huge suplex from Collard, and Benitez whiplashes off canvas. Now Benitez gets up, and shoves Collard to the fence. Whoa. They clinch on fence, and exchange knees in close. Round ends. MMA Fighting scores R1 for Benitez, 10-9.
Round 2: Crazy first round. Collard to middle, and he dances. Now he circles, as Benitez waves a high kick by his chin. Collard comes in and Benitez lands a nice counter. Inside leg kick again buckles Collard momentarily. Collard having all kinds of trouble timing out his punches. Benitez is the faster fighter so far. Leg kick now from Collard lands, and Benitez rolls out. Body shot from Collard. Big overhand right misses from Benitez, and now he buckles Collard yet again with an inside leg kick. As Collard comes rushing in, Benitez slams another inside kick home. Great game plan by the underdog. He tries the inside leg kick again, but Collard shoots in and takes Benitez down. Knee to the body on the fence, and Benitez gets right back up. Collard with his hands pretty low. Kick to the body hurts Collard, and as Benitez comes in to finish he gets taken down. Collard is on top, but he’s hurt. They get back to their feet. Left hand from Collard lands, and then he eats a low kick. Collard throwing up top, but it’s Benitez who’s the aggressor. Solid left from the pocket from Collard. Tough kid. Overhand left from Collard, and now some blood over Collard’s eye. Leg kicks from Benitez. Looks like the altitude is play hell on Collard’s cardio here. He’s huffing. Might have a rib injury. Round ends. MMA Fighting scores R2 for Benitez, 10-9 (20-18 overall)
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Augusto Montano vs. Cathal Pendred
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Alejandro Perez vs. Patrick Williams
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Efrain Escudero vs. Drew Dober
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Chico Camus vs. Henry Cejudo
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