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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Adam Baum (ranked 2150 p4p, 1874 weight class) and Benson Whyte Jr (ranked 239 p4p, 217 weight class). Baum comes to the cage accompanied by My Dick - Mickey Avalon. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Adam Baum!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Benson Whyte Jr!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Anthony Taglia and Dean Styles.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Whyte Jr swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Baum.
Baum takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Whyte Jr keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Baum.
Baum moves into range and connects with a jab.
Sloppy strikes from Baum. Those never looked like landing.
Baum has been working on his boxing with his coaches at War Hound MMA in the buildup to the fight.
Whyte Jr lands a nice looking body shot.
Whyte Jr thumps Baum with a low kick.
Baum takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Baum misses with an uppercut
and Whyte Jr counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Baum throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Baum looks to land a left hand but Whyte Jr moved out of range nicely.
Whyte Jr thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Baum if he has to take too many more of those.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Whyte Jr throws a shot from downtown. Baum moves away and avoids it.
Whyte Jr connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Whyte Jr dodges the punch combination from Baum.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Whyte Jr swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Whyte Jr bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Baum's head.
Baum takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Baum scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A slapping leg kick lands for Whyte Jr.
The fighters circling - Whyte Jr throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Benson Whyte Jr seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Whyte Jr throws a quick inside leg kick.
Baum throws a combination that misses
and Whyte Jr counters with a good, hard body kick but Baum shrugs it off.
Whyte Jr lands a lovely overhand right.
Whyte Jr paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Whyte Jr lands a right hook to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Whyte Jr connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Decent striking displayed by Baum there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jab by Whyte Jr.
Whyte Jr staying out of range there.
Baum throws a jab but it's blocked by Whyte Jr.
Baum swings widly with a right hand
and Whyte Jr cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Whyte Jr fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Baum manages to avoid it.
An attempted straight right counter from Baum misses the target.
Baum loads up on a big right hand but Whyte Jr slips the punch.
Baum takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Baum gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Whyte Jr.
Whyte Jr lands with a right hand.
Whyte Jr catches Baum with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
A decent looking cross lands there for Whyte Jr.
Whyte Jr delivers a nice body kick.
Baum takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Whyte Jr punishes Baum's body with a nice straight punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baum slips a straight right by Whyte Jr.
Whyte Jr fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Baum manages to avoid it.
Whyte Jr uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Baum.
It seemed like Whyte Jr was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
An inside leg kick lands from Whyte Jr.
Baum displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Whyte Jr throws out the jab.
Whyte Jr scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Baum doesn't seem bothered though.
Whyte Jr connects with a solid leg kick.
Whyte Jr lunges at Baum with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Baum's hand.
Baum takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Whyte Jr getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Whyte Jr lands a body shot.
Nice straight punches there by Baum. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Baum.
Whyte Jr's jab looks to have found its range, popping Baum under the eye.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
A swing and a miss from Whyte Jr.
Baum misses with a right hand
and Whyte Jr counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Whyte Jr lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Whyte Jr cracks Baum with an open hand slap.
Whyte Jr with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Good standup being displayed there by Whyte Jr as he connects with a hook.
Whyte Jr uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Baum.
Whyte Jr fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Whyte Jr dodges the punch combination from Baum.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Whyte Jr misses the shot to the body.
Whyte Jr bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Whyte Jr lands a nice shot that snaps Baum's head back.
Whyte Jr is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Benson Whyte Jr dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Whyte Jr moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Whyte Jr works Baum's body with a nice hook.
Baum blocks a jab.
Baum misses with a lunging right hand
and Whyte Jr counters with a left to the body.
Baum jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Baum misses with a double jab
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Whyte Jr staying out of range there.
Whyte Jr shapes to counter with a head kick.
Baum walks into a left hand.
Baum keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Baum connects with the punch.
Whyte Jr scores with a shot to the body.
Whyte Jr lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Whyte Jr takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Whyte Jr looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Whyte Jr with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Baum takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Baum moves forwards but Whyte Jr connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Baum misses with the combination.
Whyte Jr jabs Baum right on the nose. Baum blinks but takes it well.
Baum looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Whyte Jr scores with a jab. Baum acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Baum is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Baum is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Whyte Jr.
Whyte Jr with the inside leg kick.
Baum throws a hook to the side of Whyte Jr's head but Whyte Jr sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Baum is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Whyte Jr tries to move into range but Baum moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baum throws an off balance right hand
and Whyte Jr counters with a right hand to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Baum walks into a stiff left hand from Whyte Jr.
Whyte Jr looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Whyte Jr lands the left hand.
Whyte Jr throws a shot from downtown. Baum moves away and avoids it.
Baum swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Whyte Jr with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Whyte Jr moves out of range of the strikes.
Baum throws out a loose jab but Whyte Jr uses good head movement to avoid it.
Baum misses with a lunging right hand
letting Whyte Jr counter with a right hand.
Whyte Jr scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Whyte Jr tests Baum's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Baum throws a right hand that misses
and Whyte Jr counters with a nice body kick.
Baum takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whyte Jr misses with a looping left.
Baum was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Whyte Jr.
Baum throws a jab but it's blocked by Whyte Jr.
Baum displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Whyte Jr throws out the jab.
Adam Baum is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Whyte Jr moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Whyte Jr.
Nice uppercut there from Whyte Jr.
Baum will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Whyte Jr scores with a decent looking hook.
A slow jab from Baum misses its intended target.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Whyte Jr.
A good leg kick by Whyte Jr.
An inside leg kick lands from Whyte Jr.
Whyte Jr avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Whyte Jr connects with a nice looking jab.
Baum on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Baum throws a right hand that misses
and Whyte Jr finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Whyte Jr wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Whyte Jr throws a shot from downtown. Baum moves away and avoids it.
A jab lands there for Whyte Jr.
A slapping body kick lands there for Whyte Jr.
Whyte Jr has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Baum throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Whyte Jr counters with a nice low kick that buckles Baum's knee momentarily.
Baum misses with an uppercut
and Whyte Jr counters with a nice leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Baum throws a shot from downtown. Whyte Jr moves away and avoids it.
Whyte Jr scores with a shot to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Benson Whyte Jr showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Whyte Jr scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Baum throws a poor cross that misses
and Whyte Jr makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Baum loads up on a big right hand but Whyte Jr slips the punch.
Whyte Jr thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Baum if he has to take too many more of those.
Whyte Jr throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Baum slips under a jab.
Baum drops his hands momentarily and Whyte Jr takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Whyte Jr lands a right hook to the body.
Whyte Jr slips a straight right by Baum.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Baum will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Whyte Jr uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Baum.
Whyte Jr connects with a body shot.
Baum misses with a straight right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baum misses with the combination.
Whyte Jr lands a slapping body shot.
Whyte Jr with a nice calf kick.
Baum misses with a lunging right hand
and Whyte Jr counters with an outside leg kick.
Whyte Jr buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Baum walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Baum lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Whyte Jr backs up against the cage.
Whyte Jr buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Baum takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Benson Whyte Jr seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Whyte Jr moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Whyte Jr turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Baum looks to land a combination but Whyte Jr avoids it well.
Whyte Jr looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Whyte Jr uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Whyte Jr lands a glancing blow to the side of Baum's head.
Whyte Jr dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Whyte Jr scores with a spinning back kick!
Whyte Jr lets loose with a powerful body kick. Baum will feel that in the morning.
Whyte Jr lands a head kick. Baum smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Whyte Jr fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Baum looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Baum drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Baum throws a hook to the side of Whyte Jr's head but Whyte Jr sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Good exchange - Whyte Jr coming out on top.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whyte Jr lands with a nice body kick.
Whyte Jr throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Baum throws a right and a left that Whyte Jr avoids nicely.
A little jabbing left from Whyte Jr on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Baum takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Whyte Jr scores with a nice strike.
Whyte Jr fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Baum throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Whyte Jr.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Whyte Jr! But no joy.
Baum waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Whyte Jr.
Whyte Jr scores with a hook to the body. Baum takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Whyte Jr takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Whyte Jr lands a nice leg kick that just misses Baum's sensitive parts.
Baum throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Whyte Jr counters with a two punch combo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Whyte Jr - that will leave a mark!
Whyte Jr comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Whyte Jr bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Baum's head.
Whyte Jr explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Baum takes one to the side of the head.
Nice uppercut there from Whyte Jr.
Baum sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Adam Baum has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Whyte Jr moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Baum throws a poor cross that misses
letting Whyte Jr counter with a right hand.
Baum throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Whyte Jr.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Whyte Jr lands a jab.
Whyte Jr lands with a right hand.
And that's the end of the fight!
Benson Whyte Jr comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Whyte Jr has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Jonathan Paton scores the fight 27:30
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Benson Whyte Jr!
A less than humble Benson Whyte Jr misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
Adam Baum was interviewed post fight and said 'Man, fuck it. I'll be back'.
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