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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Benson Whyte (ranked 41 p4p, 7 weight class) and Avraam Papadopoulos (ranked 9 p4p, 1 weight class). Whyte comes to the cage accompanied by Bob Marley - Jammin. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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176 lbs
33 - 10 - 0 |
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181 lbs
21 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
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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
33 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Benson Whyte!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Avraam Papadopoulos!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Donald Grub and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Whyte lands a nice leg kick that just misses Papadopoulos's sensitive parts.
Donk. Whyte catches Papadopoulos right on the button with a cross.
Whyte misses with a body shot.
Whyte misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Papadopoulos takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Whyte dodges the punch combination from Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos connects with a leg kick. Whyte looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Whyte moves in looking to clinch but Papadopoulos pushes him off.
Whyte throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Whyte throws a low kick but Papadopoulos moves out of range easily.
Whyte throws a hook to the side of Papadopoulos's head but Papadopoulos sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A little jabbing left from Papadopoulos on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Papadopoulos misses with a straight right.
Papadopoulos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Papadopoulos throws a body shot but no joy.
An inside leg kick lands from Whyte.
Whyte misses with a straight left.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Whyte with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Whyte blocks a jab.
Papadopoulos feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Whyte's calf.
Papadopoulos lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Papadopoulos throws a body shot but no joy.
A slow jab from Papadopoulos misses its intended target.
Whyte gets a clinch.
Papadopoulos misses with a hook to the ribs.
A nice left hand lands by Whyte.
Whyte lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
It looks like Avraam Papadopoulos has been cut.
Whyte blocking some punches.
Papadopoulos lands a body shot.
Whyte tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Papadopoulos's elbow.
Papadopoulos doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Whyte lands with a light punch inside.
Papadopoulos fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Papadopoulos stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Papadopoulos tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Whyte misses with a short punch on the inside.
Whyte tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Papadopoulos misses with a punch to the body.
Papadopoulos can't find room to land a body shot as Whyte controls the action.
Whyte lands a shoulder strike.
Papadopoulos makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Papadopoulos doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Whyte blocks a body shot from Papadopoulos.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Papadopoulos doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Papadopoulos prevents a body shot from Whyte.
Papadopoulos lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Papadopoulos lands a body punch.
Whyte lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Papadopoulos goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Papadopoulos lands a left hand that snaps the head of Whyte backwards.
Papadopoulos lands with a right to the head.
Papadopoulos lands a body shot.
Whyte tries to throw a body punch but Papadopoulos avoids it by throwing Whyte back against the cage.
Papadopoulos tries a body shot but Whyte blocks it.
Whyte misses with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Whyte.
Papadopoulos tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Whyte's elbow.
Whyte misses with a punch to the body.
Whyte swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Papadopoulos swings wildly with an uppercut but Whyte uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right from Whyte.
Whyte prevents a body shot from Papadopoulos.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Papadopoulos.
Whyte misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Whyte fails to land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Papadopoulos.
Whyte lands with a light punch inside.
Whyte misses with some punches.
A short right from Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos lands a left hand that snaps the head of Whyte backwards.
Papadopoulos misses with a hook from the clinch.
Whyte tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Papadopoulos misses with some punches.
Whyte lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Whyte scores a nice knee to the body.
Papadopoulos lands a left hand.
Papadopoulos struggles to land a body shot inside as Whyte controls his hands.
Whyte throws a punch but it's blocked by Papadopoulos.
Whyte misses with a short punch on the inside.
Whyte escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
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!
Whyte misses with a hook. Papadopoulos ducked under it nicely.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Papadopoulos! But no joy.
Papadopoulos takes a swing at Whyte's ribcage but misses.
A nice leg kick lands there from Whyte.
Papadopoulos goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Whyte lands a right hook to the body.
Whyte jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Papadopoulos just misses with a punch to the body.
Papadopoulos throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A counter left hand to the body from Whyte misses its target.
Whyte blocks a jab.
Papadopoulos fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Whyte manages to avoid it.
A cross from Papadopoulos lands.
Whyte looks to land a left hand but Papadopoulos moved out of range nicely.
Whyte has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Whyte.
Papadopoulos throws out a counter right but Whyte avoids it with no problem.
Whyte loads up on a big right hand but Papadopoulos slips the punch.
Papadopoulos takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Papadopoulos takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Papadopoulos is looking to land body kicks.
Whyte closes the distance and clinches.
Whyte blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Papadopoulos scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Papadopoulos blocking some punches.
Papadopoulos has a couple of punches blocked by Whyte.
Papadopoulos goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Whyte can't find room to land a body shot as Papadopoulos controls the action.
Papadopoulos tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Benson Whyte will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Avraam Papadopoulos's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Whyte jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Papadopoulos lands a head kick!
Whyte tried to score with a low kick but Papadopoulos checks it.
Whyte looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Papadopoulos ducks under a wild hook from Whyte.
Whyte takes a kick to the side of the head.
Papadopoulos lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Papadopoulos misses the jab.
Whyte tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A punch lands to the side of Papadopoulos 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Whyte throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Papadopoulos 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.
Whyte misses the shot to the body.
A big left from Whyte misses.
Papadopoulos scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A big right from Papadopoulos misses.
Papadopoulos throws a shot from downtown. Whyte moves away and avoids it.
Papadopoulos throws a looping overhand right but Whyte ducks down to avoid it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Whyte throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Papadopoulos looks to land a left hand but Whyte moved out of range nicely.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Papadopoulos lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Whyte has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Whyte and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Benson Whyte is winning the standup battle so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Papadopoulos finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Whyte checks a leg kick.
Papadopoulos moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Papadopoulos throws a nice outside leg kick.
Whyte fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Papadopoulos checks it well.
Whyte fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Papadopoulos has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
An inside leg kick from Papadopoulos misses.
Whyte misses with an uppercut.
A big right from Whyte misses.
Papadopoulos throws a big shot that misses.
Nice defenses there by Whyte.
Whyte throws a low kick but it's checked well by Papadopoulos.
Whyte moves out of range of the strikes.
Some bone on bone action there as Whyte checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Papadopoulos scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Whyte doesn't seem bothered though.
Papadopoulos misses with an attempted mid kick.
Papadopoulos thows a left - swing and a miss!
Papadopoulos attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A little feinted left hand from Whyte on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Papadopoulos. Whyte does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whyte throws a hook to the side of Papadopoulos's head but Papadopoulos sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Whyte to score with a decent uppercut.
Papadopoulos connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Papadopoulos takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A good leg kick by Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos throws a hook but Whyte avoids it easily.
A slow jab from Whyte misses its intended target.
Papadopoulos ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Whyte moves away.
Papadopoulos circles away from the clinch attempt.
Whyte misses with a hook
and Papadopoulos counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Papadopoulos connects with a solid leg kick.
Whyte ducks under a wild hook from Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos throws a shot from downtown. Whyte moves away and avoids it.
Whyte checks a leg kick.
Papadopoulos misses with a two punch combination.
Whyte lands a head kick!
Whyte swings widly with a right hand
and Papadopoulos connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A chopping leg kick lands by Papadopoulos.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whyte takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A swing and a miss from Whyte.
And Papadopoulos responds with a good body kick, but Whyte manages to step out the way in time.
Whyte tries to clinch but Papadopoulos moves out of range.
Jab from Papadopoulos.
Whyte tries to land a leg kick but Papadopoulos saw it coming and moves away.
Whyte jabs Papadopoulos to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Whyte throws a jab when Papadopoulos was well out of range.
Papadopoulos thumps Whyte with a low kick.
Whyte slips a jab and a cross from Papadopoulos.
Whyte tries to clinch there but Papadopoulos circles away.
Whyte misses with a kick to the body.
Whyte lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Whyte lands a nice hook to Papadopoulos's body. Papadopoulos takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Papadopoulos throws a sloppy head kick and Whyte moves out of range easily.
Whyte misses with a straight left.
Whyte throws a leg kick but Papadopoulos checks it.
Papadopoulos wants to slow Whyte down by chopping away at his legs.
Papadopoulos checks a leg kick nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Papadopoulos fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Whyte is out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Whyte on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Papadopoulos chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Whyte can pounce on him.
Papadopoulos looks to throw the jab but Whyte is out of range.
Whyte walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Papadopoulos checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Papadopoulos throws a low kick but it's checked well by Whyte.
Whyte is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Papadopoulos scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Papadopoulos scores with a punch to the head.
Whyte moves out of range of the strikes.
Whyte scores with a jab.
A slow jab from Papadopoulos misses its intended target.
Papadopoulos loads up on a big right hand but Whyte slips the punch.
Whyte connects with the punch.
Papadopoulos throws a nice outside leg kick.
Papadopoulos fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Whyte is out of range.
Papadopoulos ducks under a wild hook from Whyte.
Papadopoulos pivots, looking for a leg kick but Whyte is out of range and Papadopoulos settles back down.
Papadopoulos looks to land a right hand but Whyte moved out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Whyte moves away from the strike by Papadopoulos.
Whyte is looking to counter punch.
Papadopoulos moves out of range of the leg kick from Whyte.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Avraam Papadopoulos showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Avraam Papadopoulos's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Whyte throws a lazy uppercut
and Papadopoulos counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Whyte misses with a wild body shot.
Whyte darts in and clinches Papadopoulos up against the cage.
Whyte breaks from the clinch.
Papadopoulos throws a push kick but Whyte slaps the foot to one side.
Whyte throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Papadopoulos scores with a sloppy right hand. Whyte should have avoided that one.
Whyte just misses with a punch to the body.
Papadopoulos throws a low kick but it's checked well by Whyte.
Papadopoulos throws a nice inside leg kick.
Papadopoulos scores with a nice strike.
Whyte looks to score with a jab to the body but Papadopoulos is just out of range.
Whyte tries to clinch up but Papadopoulos circles away and keeps his distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Whyte throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Whyte thuds a left hand into Papadopoulos's body.
Whyte lands a really nice looking cross but Papadopoulos seems unphased.
Papadopoulos lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Whyte misses with an attempted mid kick.
Whyte keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Papadopoulos.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Papadopoulos pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Whyte throws an off balance right hand
and Papadopoulos counters with a nice uppercut.
Whyte darts in and clinches Papadopoulos up against the cage.
Whyte misses with a hook to the ribs.
Papadopoulos presses Whyte against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Papadopoulos goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Benson Whyte has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Whyte has a couple of punches blocked by Papadopoulos.
Whyte pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Whyte tries to clinch up but Papadopoulos circles away and keeps his distance.
Papadopoulos only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Whyte tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Papadopoulos was well out of range. Poor timing from Whyte.
Whyte tries a low kick but Papadopoulos avoids it.
Papadopoulos looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Papadopoulos throws a sloppy head kick and Whyte moves out of range easily.
Papadopoulos is looking to land body kicks.
Papadopoulos takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Whyte throws a nice outside leg kick.
Papadopoulos dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice shot by Papadopoulos.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whyte lands a jab.
Papadopoulos lands a lovely overhand right.
Papadopoulos misses with a two punch combination.
Whyte moves away from the strike by Papadopoulos.
Whyte with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Papadopoulos to score with a decent uppercut.
A solid leg kick lands there for Whyte.
Papadopoulos lands with a nice body kick.
Whyte moves out of range as Papadopoulos strikes.
Papadopoulos throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Papadopoulos swings and misses with a hook to the body.
It looked like Whyte wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Papadopoulos lands with an overhand left.
Whyte pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Whyte throws a leg kick but Papadopoulos sees it coming and moves out of range.
Whyte takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Whyte loads up on a big right hand but Papadopoulos slips the punch.
Whyte checks a leg kick.
Whyte takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whyte throws a lazy right hand but Papadopoulos sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
It seemed like Papadopoulos was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Papadopoulos checks the leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Papadopoulos misses the target.
Whyte lands a really nice looking cross but Papadopoulos seems unphased.
Whyte moves into the clinch successfully.
Papadopoulos blocking some punches.
Papadopoulos working aggressively here.
Whyte scores with a shot to the side of Papadopoulos's head.
Papadopoulos lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Whyte.
Papadopoulos can't find room to land a body shot as Whyte controls the action.
Papadopoulos can't find room to land a body shot as Whyte controls the action.
A nice left hand lands by Papadopoulos.
A short right from Papadopoulos on the inside.
Papadopoulos pushes Whyte back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Whyte has a couple of punches blocked by Papadopoulos.
Whyte lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Whyte misses with a punch on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Papadopoulos lands a body punch in the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Papadopoulos lands a body punch in the clinch.
Papadopoulos misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Papadopoulos lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Whyte backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Whyte struggles to land a body shot inside as Papadopoulos controls his hands.
Whyte breaks from the clinch.
Whyte misses with a hook.
Papadopoulos fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Whyte on the side of the head.
Whyte throws an overhand right that lands on Papadopoulos's shoulder, as Papadopoulos tries to avoid the shot.
Papadopoulos feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Whyte's calf.
Whyte takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Papadopoulos lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Whyte at a distance.
Whyte drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Papadopoulos connects with a high kick.
Whyte throws a nice outside leg kick.
A big left from Papadopoulos misses.
A slapping leg kick lands for Whyte.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Avraam Papadopoulos really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Avraam Papadopoulos's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Jab, jab by Papadopoulos - just one landing.
Papadopoulos connects with a leg kick. Whyte looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Papadopoulos misses with a wild body shot.
Whyte tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Papadopoulos wants to slow Whyte down by chopping away at his legs.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Papadopoulos lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Whyte has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Whyte and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Whyte throws a solid leg kick but Papadopoulos takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Whyte.
Whyte avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Whyte checks a leg kick.
Whyte uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Papadopoulos.
Whyte connects with a solid leg kick.
Papadopoulos throws a lazy right hand but Whyte sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A quick step to the side and Whyte tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Papadopoulos misses with a head kick.
Papadopoulos throws a hook but Whyte blocks it.
Papadopoulos with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Papadopoulos misses with a few strikes there.
Whyte just misses with a punch to the body.
Papadopoulos scores with a kick to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Papadopoulos with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Whyte to score with a decent uppercut.
Papadopoulos takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Whyte misses with a straight right.
Papadopoulos checks a leg kick.
Papadopoulos uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Whyte.
Papadopoulos thows a left - swing and a miss!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Whyte doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Papadopoulos walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Whyte checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Whyte checks the leg kick nicely there.
Whyte keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Papadopoulos.
A jab from Papadopoulos misses.
Papadopoulos throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Whyte misses with a low kick.
Nice cross by Whyte.
Papadopoulos tries a low kick but Whyte avoids it.
Whyte swings for the body but Papadopoulos moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whyte throws out a loose jab but Papadopoulos uses good head movement to avoid it.
Whyte blocks a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Papadopoulos closes the distance and clinches.
Whyte tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Whyte goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A hook to the body from Whyte.
Whyte lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Papadopoulos blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Whyte pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Papadopoulos avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Papadopoulos pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Whyte misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Whyte tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Papadopoulos was well out of range. Poor timing from Whyte.
Whyte misses with a looping left.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Papadopoulos.
Whyte looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Papadopoulos on the wrong end of a nice jab.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whyte prevents a body shot from Papadopoulos.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Whyte blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Papadopoulos tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Whyte's elbow.
Whyte lands a body shot.
Papadopoulos is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Papadopoulos's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Whyte lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Papadopoulos blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Papadopoulos takes a shot to the head.
Whyte looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Papadopoulos.
Whyte lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Papadopoulos.
Whyte lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Whyte is working Papadopoulos over against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Whyte.
Papadopoulos misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Whyte breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Papadopoulos takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Papadopoulos keeps the fight on the outside.
Whyte moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Papadopoulos works the jab nicely.
Papadopoulos thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Whyte if he has to take too many more of those.
Whyte checks the leg kick nicely there.
Papadopoulos shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Papadopoulos moves forwards but Whyte connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Whyte is looking to clinch.
Papadopoulos throws an overhand right that lands on Whyte's shoulder, as Whyte tries to avoid the shot.
Whyte slips a straight right by Papadopoulos.
Whyte lands a nice shot to the body.
Whyte ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Whyte sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Whyte drives through and clinches with Papadopoulos against the cage.
Papadopoulos goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Papadopoulos working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Whyte makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Benson Whyte will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Avraam Papadopoulos's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Papadopoulos tries a low kick but Whyte avoids it.
A telegraphed right hand from Papadopoulos misses the target.
Papadopoulos pushes Whyte up against the cage in a clinch.
Papadopoulos struggles to land a body shot inside as Whyte controls his hands.
Papadopoulos misses with a short punch on the inside.
Papadopoulos tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Whyte's elbow.
Papadopoulos doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Whyte tries to work over Papadopoulos's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Papadopoulos tries to throw a body punch but Whyte avoids it by throwing Papadopoulos back against the cage.
Papadopoulos misses with the head strike.
Papadopoulos misses with a body punch.
Whyte works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Papadopoulos.
Whyte with an attempt at a knee that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Papadopoulos.
Whyte lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Papadopoulos can't find room to land a body shot as Whyte controls the action.
Whyte gets through Papadopoulos's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Whyte can't find room to land a body shot as Papadopoulos controls the action.
Whyte tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Whyte fails to land.
Whyte using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Papadopoulos has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Whyte blocks a body shot from Papadopoulos.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Whyte.
Whyte blocks a body shot from Papadopoulos.
Whyte lands with a light punch inside.
Whyte blocks a body shot from Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos lands a body shot in the clinch.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Papadopoulos misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right from Papadopoulos on the inside.
Papadopoulos tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Whyte's elbow.
Papadopoulos cracks Whyte with a nice body shot.
Papadopoulos blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Papadopoulos lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Papadopoulos misses with a body punch.
Whyte lands a left hand that snaps the head of Papadopoulos backwards.
Whyte tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Papadopoulos's elbow.
Papadopoulos misses with a punch to the body.
Papadopoulos lands a body punch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Papadopoulos.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos has Whyte pressed against the cage, preventing Whyte from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Papadopoulos gets through Whyte's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
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!
Whyte misses with the head strike.
Papadopoulos lands with a short shot to the head.
Whyte lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Papadopoulos misses with a hook to the ribs.
Whyte's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A right hook to the body lands for Whyte.
Papadopoulos tries a body shot but Whyte blocks it.
Papadopoulos misses with a punch to the body.
Papadopoulos tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Papadopoulos scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Whyte goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Papadopoulos blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Whyte blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Papadopoulos goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Papadopoulos tries to throw a body punch but Whyte avoids it by throwing Papadopoulos back against the cage.
Whyte lands a left hand that snaps the head of Papadopoulos backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Whyte fails to land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Papadopoulos working aggressively here.
Papadopoulos blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Papadopoulos can't find room to land a body shot as Whyte controls the action.
A short right from Whyte on the inside.
Whyte prevents a body shot from Papadopoulos.
Whyte misses with a short punch on the inside.
Whyte lands a body punch.
Papadopoulos lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A head punch on the inside from Whyte fails to land.
Whyte lands a right hand.
Papadopoulos can't find room to land a body shot as Whyte controls the action.
Whyte has a couple of punches blocked by Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Whyte has a couple of punches blocked by Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Papadopoulos tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Papadopoulos fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Papadopoulos blocking some punches.
A right hand to the body from Whyte.
Whyte blocks a body shot from Papadopoulos.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whyte lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Whyte blocks a body shot from Papadopoulos.
Whyte blocking some punches.
Papadopoulos swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A nice left hand lands by Papadopoulos.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Whyte breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Whyte throws a lazy head kick
and Papadopoulos counters with a nice low kick that buckles Whyte's knee momentarily.
Whyte looks to score with a jab to the body but Papadopoulos is just out of range.
Papadopoulos throws a leg kick
and Whyte counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Papadopoulos keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Papadopoulos tries to counter by closing the distance.
Nice shot by Whyte.
A decent looking cross lands there for Whyte.
Papadopoulos ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Papadopoulos was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
A jab from Whyte misses.
Whyte slips a jab from Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Papadopoulos walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Whyte checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Papadopoulos ducks under a wild hook from Whyte.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Avraam Papadopoulos.
I think Papadopoulos has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 47:48
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 48:47
Judge William Gold scores the fight 47:48
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Avraam Papadopoulos!
Avraam Papadopoulos is the new welterweight champion!
After winning the bout, Avraam Papadopoulos thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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