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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Bruce White Jr (ranked 346 p4p, 576 weight class) and Lorenzo Benedetti (ranked 50 p4p, 63 weight class). Benedetti is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Gloom, Doom, Heartache & Whiskey - Viking Skull. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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Excellent boxer
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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 16 - 6 - 1, fighting out of New York, Bruce White Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 7 - 4, fighting out of Sydney, Lorenzo Benedetti!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Shigeki Sano and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
White Jr misses with a right hand
and Benedetti counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Benedetti throws out a loose jab but White Jr uses good head movement to avoid it.
White Jr drives through and clinches with Benedetti against the cage.
White Jr definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Benedetti works on White Jr's body with a couple of short punches.
Benedetti told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Benedetti blocks an uppercut.
White Jr misses with the head strike.
Benedetti breaks the clinch.
White Jr jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Benedetti loads up on a big right hand but White Jr slips the punch.
White Jr ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Benedetti moves away.
White Jr misses with an uppercut
and Benedetti counters with a lovely straight right hand!
White Jr darts in trying to clinch
and Benedetti counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Benedetti with a jab.
A jab from Benedetti misses.
Benedetti looks to land a right hand but White Jr moved out of range.
Benedetti drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Benedetti lands a nice looking body shot.
White Jr ducks under a wild hook from Benedetti.
White Jr throwing a counter right hand but Benedetti manages to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benedetti throws a hook to the side of White Jr's head but White Jr sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
White Jr connects with a crisp jab.
Benedetti ducks under a wild hook from White Jr.
White Jr throws the left hand but Benedetti avoids the punch easily.
Benedetti slips a straight right by White Jr.
Benedetti ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Benedetti connects with a jab.
White Jr throws a looping overhand right but Benedetti ducks down to avoid it.
Benedetti on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Benedetti with a jab.
White Jr is looking to clinch.
White Jr misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Benedetti.
White Jr fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Benedetti manages to avoid it.
White Jr lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
White Jr clinches up against the cage.
White Jr tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
White Jr misses with a shot to the kidneys.
This has been an exciting period of action!
White Jr blocks an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti misses with a body punch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Benedetti just misses with a elbow thrown towards White Jr's brow.
Benedetti scores a nice knee to the body.
Benedetti swings wildly with an uppercut but White Jr uses good head movement to avoid it.
Benedetti's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
White Jr is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Benedetti.
Benedetti throws out a counter right but White Jr avoids it with no problem.
White Jr misses with an uppercut
and Benedetti counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Bruce White Jr seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
White Jr misses with an uppercut
letting Benedetti counter with a right hand.
White Jr misses the jab.
White Jr swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
White Jr swings widly with a right hand
and Benedetti counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
White Jr throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
White Jr tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Benedetti was well out of range. Poor timing from White Jr.
White Jr throws an off balance right hand
and Benedetti counters with an outside leg kick.
White Jr throws a big shot that misses.
Nice defenses there by White Jr.
White Jr throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Benedetti cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Benedetti is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! White Jr had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
The fighters circling - Benedetti throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
White Jr swings away with a body shot that misses
and Benedetti counters with a nice uppercut.
Benedetti with a nice calf kick.
Benedetti throws a leg kick but White Jr moved away.
A big right from White Jr misses.
White Jr takes a swing at Benedetti's ribcage but misses.
White Jr ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
White Jr lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Benedetti at a distance.
White Jr slips under a jab from Benedetti.
White Jr missing with a left hand there. Benedetti was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Benedetti swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Benedetti moves into range and connects with a jab.
Donk. Benedetti catches White Jr right on the button with a cross.
White Jr is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Benedetti.
Benedetti defending well as White Jr loads up on a big left hand.
Benedetti looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
White Jr tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A lazy left from Benedetti finds it's target.
Benedetti slips under a jab.
Benedetti looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Benedetti keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Benedetti steps to the side to avoid the strikes from White Jr.
Benedetti misses with an attempted mid kick.
That kick from Benedetti tenderised White Jr's leg. White Jr is trying to keep his angry face on.
Benedetti lands with a hook. White Jr tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
White Jr misses with a body shot.
White Jr fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Benedetti manages to avoid it.
White Jr tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Benedetti was well out of range. Poor timing from White Jr.
White Jr throws a hook but Benedetti blocks it.
White Jr walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Benedetti bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of White Jr's head.
White Jr takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Benedetti with the inside leg kick.
White Jr lands a glancing blow to the side of Benedetti's head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
White Jr misses with a hook
and Benedetti counters with a good low kick that White Jr was not able to check.
White Jr throws a big shot that misses.
White Jr ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Benedetti moves away.
Benedetti doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
White Jr takes a swing at Benedetti's ribcage but misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Lorenzo Benedetti dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts White Jr, as that shot connected.
White Jr misses with a hook
and Benedetti counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Nice cross by Benedetti.
White Jr bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Benedetti lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Benedetti keeps the fight on the outside.
Lorenzo Benedetti seems to be getting the better of the standup.
White Jr misses the shot to the body.
White Jr throws an off balance right hand
and Benedetti counters with a straight right hand.
White Jr misses with a body shot.
Benedetti slips a straight right by White Jr.
Benedetti steps to the side to avoid the strikes from White Jr.
Jab from Benedetti.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
White Jr steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Benedetti.
Benedetti has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
White Jr misses with a wild body shot.
White Jr misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Benedetti.
White Jr misses with a wild body shot.
White Jr throws a jab when Benedetti was well out of range.
White Jr swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
White Jr staying out of range there.
Benedetti wants to slow White Jr down by chopping away at his legs.
Benedetti throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from White Jr. Benedetti does a little dance to reset his feet.
White Jr moves into the clinch successfully.
Benedetti softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
White Jr is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
White Jr misses with a body punch.
Benedetti pushes White Jr back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Benedetti lands a right hand.
White Jr lands a right hand.
Benedetti breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Benedetti connects with a leg kick.
White Jr throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
White Jr throws a looping overhand right but Benedetti ducks down to avoid it.
Benedetti throws a half hearted mid kick.
White Jr throws a jab but it's blocked by Benedetti.
White Jr missing with a left hand there. Benedetti was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A slow jab from White Jr misses its intended target.
White Jr connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
White Jr misses with a straight right.
Benedetti thows a body kick. White Jr tries to catch it but that hurt him.
White Jr ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Benedetti moves away.
Benedetti takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
White Jr 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.
White Jr takes a shot to the body in his stride.
White Jr misses with a hook
and Benedetti counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
White Jr misses the jab.
Benedetti swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Benedetti throws out a loose jab but White Jr uses good head movement to avoid it.
White Jr wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A looping hook to the body misses from White Jr. Benedetti does a little dance to reset his feet.
Benedetti looks to throw the jab but White Jr is out of range.
White Jr misses with a lunging right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
The fighters circle momentarily. Benedetti darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
White Jr looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
White Jr throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A swing and a miss from Benedetti.
White Jr takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A leg kick checked by White Jr.
Benedetti lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
White Jr lands with a cross.
White Jr misses with a body shot.
White Jr listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
White Jr misses with a series of wild punches.
White Jr fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Benedetti manages to avoid it.
White Jr misses with a lunging right hand
and Benedetti counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. White Jr is lucky that one didn't land flush.
White Jr doesn't manage to clinch there - Benedetti circles away.
White Jr moves into range and connects with a jab.
Benedetti misses with an uppercut.
White Jr misses with a left hand
and Benedetti connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Benedetti lands a slapping body shot.
Benedetti's corner calls for a 1-2. Benedetti obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
White Jr takes a swing at Benedetti's ribcage but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
White Jr lands a jab to Benedetti's midsection.
A telegraphed right hand from Benedetti misses the target.
Benedetti lands with a thumping leg kick.
White Jr misses with a left hand
and Benedetti counters with a straight right hand.
White Jr slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Benedetti's hands are dropping dangerously low here and White Jr connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Benedetti scrambles back to his feet.
White Jr looks to land a left hand but Benedetti moved out of range nicely.
It seemed like Benedetti was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Benedetti lands a jab to White Jr's midsection.
White Jr throws a looping overhand right but Benedetti ducks down to avoid it.
Benedetti feints a counter leg kick.
White Jr doesn't manage to clinch there - Benedetti circles away.
Benedetti throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
White Jr fails in his attempt to clinch.
Benedetti swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
White Jr misses with a shot to the body
and Benedetti cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
White Jr changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
White Jr loads up on a big right hand but Benedetti slips the punch.
Benedetti throws a leg kick which misses White Jr's front leg but catches the back leg as White Jr tries to avoid it.
White Jr misses the shot to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Lorenzo Benedetti will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
White Jr throws a jab but it's blocked by Benedetti.
Benedetti throws a low kick but White Jr avoids it.
White Jr takes a swing at Benedetti's ribcage but misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Benedetti! But no joy.
Benedetti uses good head movement to avoid the hook from White Jr.
Benedetti throws a leg kick that misses.
It looked like White Jr wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
White Jr slips under a jab.
White Jr swings for the body but Benedetti moves out of range.
White Jr fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Benedetti manages to avoid it.
Benedetti keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from White Jr.
White Jr throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Benedetti counters with a nice low kick that buckles White Jr's knee momentarily.
Benedetti swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
White Jr throws a shot from downtown. Benedetti moves away and avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Benedetti on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Benedetti moves out of range as White Jr strikes.
White Jr is looking to clinch but Benedetti is avoiding it.
White Jr avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
White Jr avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benedetti cracks White Jr with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Benedetti ducks under a wild hook from White Jr.
White Jr throws the left hand but Benedetti avoids the punch easily.
Benedetti misses with the combination.
White Jr throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A countering left hand to the body from Benedetti misses.
Benedetti connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
White Jr takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
White Jr throws an overhand right that lands on Benedetti's shoulder, as Benedetti tries to avoid the shot.
Benedetti bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps White Jr's head backwards.
Benedetti lands a nice looking body shot.
White Jr doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Benedetti lands a jab.
A punch lands to the side of White Jr 's head but he takes it in his stride.
This has been an exciting period of action!
White Jr avoids the body shot from Benedetti.
White Jr connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Benedetti's hands.
Lorenzo Benedetti is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti misses with a body shot.
Benedetti fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
White Jr throws a shot from downtown. Benedetti moves away and avoids it.
White Jr shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
White Jr misses the body punch
and Benedetti cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Benedetti scores with a crisp jab that stopped White Jr in his tracks.
White Jr ducks under a wild hook from Benedetti.
Benedetti throws a hook but White Jr blocks it.
Benedetti scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Benedetti takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
White Jr tries to clinch but Benedetti moves out of range.
White Jr is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Benedetti.
A looping hook to the body misses from White Jr. Benedetti does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bruce White Jr has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
White Jr takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Benedetti misses with a right hand
and White Jr counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Benedetti lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Benedetti fails to land.
White Jr lands a body punch.
Benedetti lands a nice uppercut.
White Jr lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Benedetti blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Benedetti pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
White Jr jabs Benedetti right on the nose. Benedetti blinks but takes it well.
The fighters circling - Benedetti throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Benedetti scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Benedetti takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Benedetti has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Benedetti there as he acknowledges the shot.
Benedetti throws a head kick but White Jr moves out of range.
White Jr lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
White Jr 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.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti thumps White Jr with a low kick.
White Jr checks a low kick from Benedetti.
White Jr tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Benedetti steps to the side to avoid the strikes from White Jr.
Benedetti misses with a body shot.
White Jr closes the distance but Benedetti moves to the side
and Benedetti counters with a left to the body.
Benedetti uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by White Jr.
White Jr backing away here, and Benedetti unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Benedetti connects with an inside leg kick.
Benedetti dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on White Jr. That did some damage!
White Jr waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Benedetti.
Nice defenses there by Benedetti.
Benedetti appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Benedetti.
Nice cross by Benedetti.
Benedetti lands a jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
White Jr darts in trying to clinch
and Benedetti counters with a lovely shot to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Lorenzo Benedetti comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Benedetti 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 Shirou Masuda scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lorenzo Benedetti!
Lorenzo Benedetti thanked the fans post fight for their support.
Bruce White Jr was interviewed post fight and said 'I'll be back, hell of a fight '.
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