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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Benson Whyte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jansen Verhoeven (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Whyte comes to the ring accompanied by Bob Marley - Jammin. Jansen Verhoeven told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Benson Whyte!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Jansen Verhoeven!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Verhoeven throws a body punch but Whyte moves out of range.
Whyte dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Verhoeven. That did some damage!
Verhoeven takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Whyte blocks a low kick nicely.
Whyte listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Verhoeven throws a shot from downtown. Whyte moves away and avoids it.
Whyte turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Whyte scores with a head kick.
Verhoeven misses with a two punch combination.
Whyte throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Verhoeven on the side of the head.
Whyte blocks a head kick by Verhoeven.
Benson Whyte seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Whyte throws a hook to the side of Verhoeven's head but Verhoeven sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Whyte throws a hook but Verhoeven blocks it.
Whyte misses with an uppercut.
A countering left hand to the body from Verhoeven misses.
Verhoeven thows a leg kick but Whyte checks it
and Whyte counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Whyte lands a nice leg kick that just misses Verhoeven's sensitive parts.
Whyte takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Whyte tries to clinch but Verhoeven moves out of range.
Whyte throws a sloppy head kick and Verhoeven moves out of range easily.
Verhoeven slips a straight right by Whyte.
Verhoeven lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Verhoeven checks the leg kick nicely there.
Whyte backing away here, and Verhoeven unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Verhoeven takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Whyte wants to clinch
and Verhoeven counters with an outside leg kick.
Verhoeven tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Verhoeven slips a jab from Whyte.
Whyte backing away here, and Verhoeven unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Verhoeven looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Whyte throws a half hearted mid kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Verhoeven loads up on a big right hand but Whyte slips the punch.
Donk. Verhoeven catches Whyte right on the button with a cross.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Verhoeven takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A shot to the liver by Verhoeven. Beautiful body shot.
Verhoeven comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Whyte does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Verhoeven is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Whyte rather than just go for the knockout.
Whyte throws a lazy uppercut
letting Verhoeven counter with a right hand.
Whyte misses with a kick to the body.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Verhoeven. Whyte shrugs it off though.
Verhoeven avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Whyte misses with a hook.
Verhoeven takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Verhoeven defending well as Whyte loads up on a big left hand.
Verhoeven throws a leg kick but Whyte moved away.
Whyte getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Some bone on bone action there as Whyte checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Whyte lunges at Verhoeven with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Verhoeven's hand.
Whyte throws a looping overhand right but Verhoeven ducks down to avoid it.
Verhoeven throws a poor cross that misses
and Whyte cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Whyte throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Verhoeven tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Benson Whyte dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Whyte misses with a left hand
letting Verhoeven counter with a right hand.
Verhoeven fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Whyte is out of range.
Whyte dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Verhoeven. That did some damage!
Whyte misses with a hook
and Verhoeven counters with a leg kick.
Whyte defending well as Verhoeven loads up on a big left hand.
Whyte throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A jab lands there for Whyte.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Verhoeven misses with a low kick as Whyte jumps back.
Whyte has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Verhoeven finds it's way round the side to connect with Whyte's head.
It looks like Benson Whyte has been cut.
Verhoeven with a body punch. A glancing blow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Whyte slips under a jab.
Verhoeven uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Whyte.
Verhoeven let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Verhoeven misses with a head kick.
Verhoeven on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Whyte is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Verhoeven takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Whyte looks to land a right hand but Verhoeven moved out of range.
Verhoeven thows a leg kick but Whyte checks it
and Whyte cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Whyte misses with a hook. Verhoeven ducked under it nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Verhoeven throws a poor cross that misses
and Whyte counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Verhoeven defending well as Whyte loads up on a big left hand.
Verhoeven throws out a leg kick but Whyte moves out of range and Verhoeven only half commits.
Whyte jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Whyte ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Verhoeven moves away.
Verhoeven throws an off balance right hand
and Whyte counters with a nice kick to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Verhoeven throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Whyte seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Verhoeven moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Whyte lunges at Verhoeven with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Verhoeven's hand.
Verhoeven keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whyte lands with an overhand left.
Whyte connects with a crisp jab.
Verhoeven throws a body punch but Whyte moves out of range.
Whyte throws a counter high kick but Verhoeven was just alert enough to avoid it.
Whyte lands an overhand right.
Verhoeven tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Whyte is able to avoid easily.
Whyte is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Verhoeven can do to turn this around?
Verhoeven takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Verhoeven throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Verhoeven takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Verhoeven with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Whyte to score with a decent uppercut.
Whyte uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Verhoeven.
Whyte swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Whyte as he connects with a hook.
Whyte with a nice cross.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Verhoeven takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A swing and a miss from Whyte.
Whyte throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Verhoeven appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Whyte rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Verhoeven cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Whyte lands a really nice looking cross but Verhoeven seems unphased.
Whyte throws a hook to the side of Verhoeven's head but Verhoeven sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Verhoeven throws a body shot but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Benson Whyte dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Benson Whyte's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Verhoeven misses with a left hand
and Whyte counters with a left to the body.
A big left from Whyte misses.
Verhoeven throws a leg kick but Whyte sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Whyte misses with a head kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Whyte.
Verhoeven ducks under a wild hook from Whyte.
Whyte is looking to score with low kicks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Verhoeven jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Whyte moves out of range of the body kick.
Whyte throws a body shot but no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Whyte misses the shot to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Verhoeven! But no joy.
Verhoeven misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Verhoeven takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Whyte bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Verhoeven's head.
Whyte throws an overhand right that lands on Verhoeven's shoulder, as Verhoeven tries to avoid the shot.
Whyte thumps Verhoeven with a low kick.
A slow jab from Whyte misses its intended target.
Verhoeven appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Verhoeven swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Whyte counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Verhoeven thows a left - swing and a miss!
A low kick from Verhoeven misses
and Whyte cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Verhoeven throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Whyte tries to land a front kick but Verhoeven steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Verhoeven throws a leg kick
and Whyte counters with a nice uppercut.
Whyte connects with a crisp jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Verhoeven, right into the meat.
Benson Whyte is winning the standup battle so far.
Verhoeven blocks the body kick.
Verhoeven is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Verhoeven lands a leg kick that knocks Whyte off balance momentarily.
Whyte throws a head kick that misses.
Verhoeven throws a body shot but no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whyte tries to land a leg kick but Verhoeven saw it coming and moves away.
Whyte lets loose with a powerful body kick. Verhoeven will feel that in the morning.
Whyte lands with a straight right. Verhoeven didn't see that one coming.
Verhoeven throws an overhand right that lands on Whyte's shoulder, as Whyte tries to avoid the shot.
Verhoeven's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Whyte throws a low kick but Verhoeven avoids it.
Verhoeven takes one to the side of the head.
Whyte slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Verhoeven misses with a body shot.
Verhoeven throws a sloppy body shot
and Whyte counters with a big head kick but Verhoeven shrugs it off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whyte shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Verhoeven feints a counter leg kick.
Whyte misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Verhoeven.
Whyte throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Whyte looks to throw the jab but Verhoeven is out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Verhoeven.
Whyte misses with a lunging right hand
and Whyte takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Whyte walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Verhoeven lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Whyte tries to close the distance and clinch but Verhoeven swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Benson Whyte clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Benson Whyte's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Whyte rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Verhoeven counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Verhoeven fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Verhoeven has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A looping hook to the body misses from Verhoeven. Whyte does a little dance to reset his feet.
Whyte throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Verhoeven to counter with a crisp jab.
Verhoeven misses with a wild body shot.
Verhoeven uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Whyte.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Whyte ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Verhoeven moves away.
Verhoeven feints a counter leg kick.
Verhoeven keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Whyte.
Verhoeven throws a leg kick that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Whyte throws a head kick that misses.
Whyte misses with a low kick.
Verhoeven avoids a kick to the body.
Whyte misses with an uppercut.
Verhoeven takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Whyte on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Verhoeven scores with a nice head shot.
Whyte throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Whyte throws a hook but Verhoeven blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Verhoeven feints and then cracks Whyte's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Whyte down.
Whyte scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A solid leg kick lands there for Verhoeven.
Verhoeven misses with an uppercut.
A little feinted left hand from Whyte on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Verhoeven tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
No joy there for Verhoeven, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Whyte misses with a jab to the body
and Verhoeven counters with a crisp one two that drops Whyte! Verhoeven thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Whyte to his feet! Whyte is in big trouble!
Whyte lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Whyte looks to land a body kick but Verhoeven moved away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Verhoeven steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Whyte.
Verhoeven doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Verhoeven uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Whyte.
Verhoeven feints a counter leg kick.
A lazy left from Whyte finds it's target.
Verhoeven throws a solid leg kick but Whyte takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Verhoeven.
Whyte thows a body kick. Verhoeven tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Whyte takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Whyte on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Good leg kick by Verhoeven there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Verhoeven uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Whyte.
Whyte tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Verhoeven was well out of range. Poor timing from Whyte.
Verhoeven ducks under a wild hook from Whyte.
Whyte jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
A low kick from Whyte misses
and Verhoeven counters with an outside leg kick.
Whyte looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
It seemed like Verhoeven was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Whyte lands a jab to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Whyte misses with a straight right.
Verhoeven throws a body punch but Whyte moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jansen Verhoeven dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Benson Whyte's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Whyte misses with a hook
and Verhoeven counters with a nice leg kick.
Verhoeven moves out of range as Whyte strikes.
Whyte wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Whyte uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Verhoeven.
Verhoeven fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Whyte checks it well.
Verhoeven misses with a straight right.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Whyte stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Verhoeven gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Whyte connects with a crisp jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Verhoeven feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Whyte's calf.
Whyte throws a head kick that half lands.
Verhoeven misses with a body kick.
Whyte is looking to land body kicks.
Whyte pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Verhoeven swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Verhoeven looks to score with a jab to the body but Whyte is just out of range.
Whyte chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Whyte fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Whyte throws an overhand right that lands on Verhoeven's shoulder, as Verhoeven tries to avoid the shot.
Jansen Verhoeven has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whyte lands a really nice looking cross but Verhoeven seems unphased.
Verhoeven moves out of range of the body kick from Whyte.
Whyte blocks a low kick nicely.
Whyte looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Verhoeven cracks Whyte with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Verhoeven takes a head kick and keeps coming.
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!
Verhoeven throws a sloppy body shot
enabling Whyte to counter with a crisp jab.
Whyte scores with a head kick. Verhoeven tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Verhoeven throws a leg kick
and Whyte counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whyte throws a right hand that misses
enabling Verhoeven to counter with a crisp jab.
Whyte darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Verhoeven tried to score with a low kick but Whyte checks it.
It looked like Whyte was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Verhoeven.
Verhoeven connects with a single shot there.
Benson Whyte is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Nice defenses there by Verhoeven.
Verhoeven displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Whyte throws out the jab.
Verhoeven throws out a counter right but Whyte avoids it with no problem.
Whyte throws a big shot that misses.
Verhoeven looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Whyte throws a hook but Verhoeven blocks it.
Whyte keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whyte just misses with a punch to the body.
Verhoeven feints a counter leg kick.
Verhoeven displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Whyte throws out the jab.
Verhoeven throws an off balance right hand
and Whyte counters with a thumping low kick.
Whyte throws a nice inside leg kick.
Whyte pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Whyte tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Verhoeven looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Whyte takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
And that's the end of the fight!
Benson Whyte showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Whyte has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 49:46
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 49:46
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 49:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Benson Whyte!
Benson Whyte retains his middleweight title!
Benson Whyte was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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