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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Benson Whyte (ranked 220 p4p, 34 weight class) and Soylent Green (ranked 407 p4p, 55 weight class). Whyte comes to the cage accompanied by Bob Marley - Jammin. The crowd seem to be enjoying Green's choice of entrance music: Crazy guy gets crazy!. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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184 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Benson Whyte!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Soylent Green!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Saam Ante and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Green scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Whyte has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Forest Hill Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Whyte connects with a looping right hand.
It looks like Soylent Green has been cut.
Green throws a nice inside leg kick.
Whyte takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Green buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Green throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Whyte on the side of the head.
Whyte is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Whyte takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Whyte throws a right hand that misses
and Green cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Green throws a good cross that connects.
Green throws out a loose jab but Whyte uses good head movement to avoid it.
Green scores with a head kick. Whyte tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Green misses with a looping right.
The fighters circle momentarily. Whyte darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Whyte stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Green.
Whyte throws a sloppy head kick and Green moves out of range easily.
Green bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Whyte's head backwards.
Whyte connects with an inside leg kick.
Green looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Whyte quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Green throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Whyte counters with a slapping leg kick.
Green scores with a jab. Whyte acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
A low kick from Green misses
and Whyte counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Whyte avoids the body shot from Green.
Nice body kick from Green.
Green throws a shot from downtown. Whyte moves away and avoids it.
Whyte is looking to counter punch.
Soylent Green seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Green pivots, looking for a leg kick but Whyte is out of range and Green settles back down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Green swings and misses with a hook to the body.
It looked like Whyte wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Whyte throws a lazy body kick
and Green holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Whyte with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Whyte blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Green lands a right hand.
Green has a couple of punches blocked by Whyte.
Whyte scores with a shot to the side of Green's head.
Whyte throws a punch but it's blocked by Green.
Whyte breaks the clinch.
Green misses with a hook
and Whyte counters with a left to the body.
Whyte keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Green.
An attempted straight right counter from Whyte misses the target.
Green misses with a looping left.
A looping hook to the body misses from Whyte. Green does a little dance to reset his feet.
Green feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Whyte's calf.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as Whyte blocks the leg kick.
Whyte on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Green connects with a single shot there.
Green closes the distance looking to clinch
letting Whyte counter with a right hand.
Green throws a body shot but no joy.
Green throws an overhand right that lands on Whyte's shoulder, as Whyte tries to avoid the shot.
A lazy left from Green finds it's target.
Whyte lands a body shot.
Green throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Green scores with a jab to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Green works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Whyte throws an overhand right that lands on Green's shoulder, as Green tries to avoid the shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Whyte scores with a jab to the body.
Whyte throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Whyte will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Green sizes up Whyte with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Whyte throws a jab when Green was well out of range.
Green tries to clinch but Whyte moves out of range.
Green misses with an uppercut.
Whyte keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Good leg kick by Green there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Green tries to land a leg kick but Whyte saw it coming and moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Soylent Green dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Soylent Green's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Some wild striking there from Green.
An attempted straight right counter from Whyte misses the target.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Green in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Whyte keeps the fight on the outside.
Whyte scores with a punch to the head.
Whyte gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Green.
Green scores with a spinning back kick!
A telegraphed right hand from Whyte misses the target.
Green misses with a wild combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Whyte ducks under a wild hook from Green.
A little feinted left hand from Whyte on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Green takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Soylent Green seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Whyte moves out of range as Green throws a body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Whyte misses with an uppercut. Green saw that one coming.
Green fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Whyte manages to avoid it.
As Green backs away, Whyte returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Green throws a right hand that Whyte ducks under and follows up with a left that Whyte also avoids with ease.
Green throws a low kick but Whyte avoids it.
Whyte keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Whyte appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Green keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Whyte.
Green tries a quick counter leg kick but Whyte is wise to it.
A jab from Green does it's job there.
Green throws a right hand that misses
and Whyte counters with a nice body shot.
Green swings widly with a right hand
and Whyte counters with a straight right hand.
Whyte gets tackled into the cage by Green. Green maintains the clinch.
Green throws a punch but it's blocked by Whyte.
Green swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Green blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whyte lands a hook that snaps the head of Green backwards.
Whyte throws a head punch that misses.
Whyte tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Green misses with some punches.
Green lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Whyte misses with a punch on the inside.
Whyte misses with a punch to the body.
Whyte scores with a shot to the side of Green's head.
Green has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Whyte seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Green can turn it around.
Green tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Green misses with some punches.
Whyte tries to land knees in the clinch but Green avoids the damage to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Whyte.
Green blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Green has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Whyte tries a knee to the head but Green blocks it.
Whyte misses with a knee strike.
Green lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Whyte backwards.
Whyte tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Green avoids it.
Whyte tries a body shot but Green blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whyte throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Whyte.
Whyte scores with a shoulder strike.
Green lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Whyte tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Green avoids it.
Green throws a punch but it's blocked by Whyte.
Whyte is trying to break free.
Green lands with a short shot to the head.
Whyte pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Green jabs Whyte right on the nose. Whyte blinks but takes it well.
Green wants to slow Whyte down by chopping away at his legs.
Whyte takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Green clobbers Whyte with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Green ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Green throws a head kick but Whyte moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Green thows a leg kick but Whyte checks it
and Whyte counters with a low kick, right behind Green 's knee.
Green throws a sloppy head kick and Whyte moves out of range easily.
A big right from Green misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Whyte misses the target.
Green throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Nice defenses there by Green.
Green misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Whyte.
Green looks to throw the jab but Whyte is out of range.
Whyte throws a low kick but Green avoids it.
Green works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Green thows a leg kick but Whyte checks it
and Whyte counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That has opened up Soylent Green's cut even more.
Green misses with a jab to the body
and Whyte counters with a big right hand! Oh Green is in trouble here! Whyte follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Benson Whyte!
Benson Whyte retains his welterweight 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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