Plant vs Benavidez

MMA Fighting has David Benavidez vs. Caleb Plant live round-by-round updates for one of the most anticipated boxing fights of the year at the MGM Grand ...

Benavidez with a power left to the body, then the head. Plant goes to the body and backs Benavidez up with a straight left. Left to the body for Benavidez. Plant closes the round with a left hook. Benavidez continuing to throw as Plant goes for a tie-up. Plant tries to tie Benavidez up, but he eats a right hand and looks a little shaky. Benavidez goes to the body looking to set up a bomb. Benavidez fires to the body, then follows with a jab. Benavidez with a glancing right to the body. Round 3: Plant aggressive opening the round with a left hand that lands. He follows with a hard left, but Plant counters to the body and backs out of there. Plant goes to the body and scores.

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Plant lands to the body and Benavidez misses wildly. Plant lands to the body and Benavidez responds with a left hook to the side of the head. Benavidez lands a double left hook and a body punch. A combination from Benavidez lands and Plant takes it well. Body shot from Benavidez and Plant circles away. Benavidez shreds Plant with a left hook on the inside and rocks him badly! Round Ten: Plant is trying to fight Benavidez off but the Monster is in pursuit. Plant with a beautiful combination to close the round. Benavidez lands an uppercut and tears into Plant with a right hook. Big combination from Benavidez hurts Plant and they go to war to the end! In one of the more highly anticipated fights of the year, Benavidez and Plant delivered on their promise to put on a show. Eventually, Benavidez caught up to his rival and blistered Plant with his trademark barrage of power punches.

The time has come, one of the most anticipated fights has arrived and promises fireworks.

Benavidez with a left hand that went in, but not full on, as Plant side-stepped. From the start Plant looks to land that dangerous right hand. Benavidez comes in with hooks to the chin to avoid Plant's lateral displacements. There is a clinch, Benavidez goes for pressure to spoil Plant's work. The work continues in the centre of the ring. Plant doesn't shy away from the attack, Benavidez throws everything he's got, but there's a clinch. Benavidez seeks to hurt, takes Plant into the ropes, but misses. Benavidez lets his guard down and begs Plant for more punches, he's shifting the balance in his favour now that Plant has no legs left. He's hurt, the ref takes him to the doctor. Plant comes out for the kill or be killed and Benavidez has not stopped throwing punches to demolish someone as tough as the former champion. Jab, hook, Benavidez aims only to the head. Benavidez keeps dropping bombs and it's too much punishment for Plant, but he stays on his feet.

David Benavidez and Caleb Plant are powerhouses in the super middleweight division. Former champions, both men have longed to face one another, ...

GMT ET - Main event: 12 a.m. - Start time: 9 p.m. A former WBC super middleweight champion, Benavidez has beaten the likes of Dirrell, Roamer Alexis Angulo, and David Lemieux. However, at 26-0 with 23 wins via knockout, Benavidez feels like he is just getting started. I’m hitting harder, and I think it happened at the perfect time. [World-class boxing coaches make their picks for Tank Davis vs. David Benavidez and Caleb Plant are powerhouses in the super middleweight division. You’ll have to tune in on March 25 to find out for sure.” Plant thrives under pressure and will look to prove doubters and sportsbooks wrong. Since then, he's performed a deadly Knockout of the Year candidate against Anthony Dirrell.

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Although the commentators believed at times Plant was taking it too far. And in the end Plant somehow would last the distance, taking the fight to the judges’ scorecards — with Benavidez the worthy winner. In the end though, there could only be one winner. Round eight though was when the fight really started to turn in Benavidez’s favour — and when the crowd started to turn on referee Bayless. “That’s what everybody wants to see in September. The fight started to open up more in the third round for Benavidez, who became more active with a few hooks to the body as he drew closer to Plant.