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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Orlando Diggs (ranked 67 p4p, 11 weight class) and Benson Whyte (ranked 98 p4p, 15 weight class). Diggs comes to the cage accompanied by HARDAWAY. Whyte has chosen Bob Marley - Jammin as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
42 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Orlando Diggs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
33 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Benson Whyte!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Sam Margolis and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Whyte moves out of range as Diggs strikes.
Diggs misses with a low kick.
Diggs definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Diggs misses with a kick to the body.
Diggs misses with a leg kick
and Whyte counters with a leg kick.
Whyte showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Diggs.
Whyte throws a big shot that misses.
Diggs motions for Whyte to come forward. Diggs throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Diggs scoring well with a low kick there.
Diggs slips a jab from Whyte.
Whyte walks into a stiff left hand from Diggs.
Diggs tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Whyte slips a jab and a cross from Diggs.
Whyte takes a swing at Diggs's ribcage but misses.
Whyte waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Diggs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Whyte fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Whyte scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Diggs circles away from the clinch attempt.
Whyte throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Diggs lands a right hook to the body.
Diggs throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Diggs throws a leg kick but Whyte sees it coming and moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Whyte misses with a hook
and Diggs counters with a nice leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Diggs. That's going to slow Whyte down.
Diggs tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Whyte looks to score with a jab to the body but Diggs is just out of range.
Whyte looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Diggs lands a nice hook to Whyte's body. Whyte takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Nice body punch from Whyte.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Diggs just misses with a punch to the body.
Whyte ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Whyte cracks a nice hook into Diggs's ribs.
Diggs moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Diggs 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 appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Diggs keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Diggs throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Diggs lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diggs throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Whyte misses with a body kick.
Whyte keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Diggs.
Diggs delivers a nice body kick.
A slow jab from Whyte misses its intended target.
Whyte throws a looping overhand right but Diggs ducks down to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whyte moves in looking to clinch but Diggs pushes him off.
Whyte connects with a solid leg kick.
Diggs steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Whyte.
Whyte misses with a leg kick
and Diggs counters with a straight right hand.
Whyte misses with a body kick.
A big left from Whyte misses.
Diggs is looking to wear down Whyte with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
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.
Diggs throws the kick towards the body but Whyte avoids it.
Whyte pushes Diggs up against the cage in a clinch.
Whyte blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Whyte has a couple of punches blocked by Diggs.
Diggs misses with a hook from the clinch.
Diggs is working Whyte over against the cage.
Whyte misses with some punches.
Diggs breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Whyte scores with a nice strike.
Diggs misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Whyte.
Whyte tries a head kick but it misses.
Whyte moves into the clinch successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diggs scores with a hook to the body.
Diggs blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Diggs.
Whyte goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Whyte can't find room to land a body shot as Diggs controls the action.
Whyte fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Diggs pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Whyte misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
It looked like Diggs wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Diggs chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Whyte throws a big shot that misses.
Diggs keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Whyte takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Diggs misses with a looping right.
Whyte is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Diggs.
Diggs appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Diggs misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Whyte.
Diggs throws a leg kick but Whyte checks it.
Diggs throws a low kick but it's checked well by Whyte.
Diggs waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Whyte.
Whyte clinches with his opponent.
Whyte tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diggs goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Whyte lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Diggs working aggressively here.
Whyte lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Diggs misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Whyte lands a left hand that snaps the head of Diggs backwards.
Diggs working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Diggs scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Whyte goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Whyte blocking some punches.
Diggs tries to throw a body punch but Whyte avoids it by throwing Diggs back against the cage.
Whyte tries a knee to the head but Diggs blocks it.
A right handed body shot lands from Whyte.
Diggs lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Diggs lands with a left to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Whyte cracks Diggs with a nice body shot.
Whyte softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Whyte.
Whyte blocks an elbow strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Diggs creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
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 Orlando Diggs will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Whyte avoids the head kick by Diggs.
Whyte scores with a nice head shot.
Whyte lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Diggs keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Diggs lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Whyte throws a jab when Diggs was well out of range.
Whyte throws the left hand but Diggs avoids the punch easily.
Whyte slips under a jab.
Whyte checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Diggs lands a jab to Whyte's midsection.
Whyte keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Diggs.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Whyte.
Whyte misses with a wild body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Whyte misses the jab.
Diggs blocks a jab.
A jab from Whyte finds it's way through Diggs's defenses.
Diggs pivots, looking for a leg kick but Whyte is out of range and Diggs settles back down.
Whyte thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Diggs if he has to take too many more of those.
Orlando Diggs is winning the standup battle so far.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diggs ducks under a wild hook from Whyte.
Diggs just misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diggs catches Whyte with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Diggs moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Whyte tries to clinch but Diggs moves out of range.
Diggs doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Whyte misses with a head kick.
Whyte fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Diggs has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Nice body kick from Diggs.
Diggs lands a jab to Whyte's midsection.
Diggs checks a leg kick nicely.
Diggs feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Whytes jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Whyte misses with a looping left.
Diggs throws a hook but Whyte avoids it easily.
Whyte works the jab nicely.
Whyte throws a looping overhand right but Diggs ducks down to avoid it.
Whyte throws a chopping leg kick but Diggs manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Diggs lands a nice shot that snaps Whyte's head back.
Whyte pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Whyte getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Whyte.
Diggs looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Diggs feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Whytes jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Diggs lands a glancing blow to the side of Whyte's head.
Whyte dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Diggs. That did some damage!
Diggs lands with a kick to the ribs.
Whyte takes a kick to the side of the head.
Diggs scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Diggs slips a straight right by Whyte.
Diggs throws a half hearted mid kick.
Diggs slips under a jab from Whyte.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Diggs 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 misses with an uppercut.
Whyte throws a lazy right hand but Diggs sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Diggs swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A looping hook to the body misses from Diggs. Whyte does a little dance to reset his feet.
Diggs is looking to score with low kicks.
Diggs throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jab, jab by Whyte - just one landing.
Diggs defending well as Whyte loads up on a big left hand.
Diggs throwing a counter right hand but Whyte manages to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whyte throws a leg kick which misses Diggs's front leg but catches the back leg as Diggs tries to avoid it.
Diggs throws a jab but it's blocked by Whyte.
Diggs moves out of range of the body kick from Whyte.
Whyte keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Diggs looks to land a right hand but Whyte moved out of range.
Whyte tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Diggs avoids a kick to the body.
Diggs lands a slapping body shot.
Diggs lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Whyte wants to slow Diggs down by chopping away at his legs.
Diggs looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Diggs rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Whyte counters with a solid body kick.
Whyte takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Diggs attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Whyte throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Diggs on the side of the head.
Whyte has taken the fight to the clinch.
Diggs lands a body shot in the clinch.
Benson Whyte seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A short uppercut from Diggs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diggs doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whyte tries a knee to the head but Diggs blocks it.
Whyte swings wildly with an uppercut but Diggs uses good head movement to avoid it.
Whyte lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
It looks like Orlando Diggs has been cut.
Whyte working aggressively here.
Diggs works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Whyte can't find room to land a body shot as Diggs controls the action.
Diggs working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Knees in the clinch landing for Whyte.
Diggs working aggressively here.
Whyte misses with a short punch on the inside.
Whyte tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Whyte tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Whyte blocks a body shot from Diggs.
Whyte lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Whyte blocking some punches.
Diggs misses with a punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Whyte - that landed with a thud.
Diggs lands with a left to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Benson Whyte will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Orlando Diggs's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Whyte feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Diggss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Whyte steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Diggs.
Diggs throws a nice head kick!
Diggs takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Whyte moves out of range as Diggs strikes.
Whyte cracks a nice hook into Diggs's ribs.
Diggs moves out of range of the body kick.
Diggs misses with a head kick.
Whyte swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Diggs throws a sloppy head kick and Whyte moves out of range easily.
Diggs is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Whyte.
Diggs jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Whyte rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Diggs counter with a right hand.
Whyte lands with a right hand.
Whyte displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Diggs throws out the jab.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Diggs, right into the meat.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Whyte throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Whyte misses with a wild body shot.
Diggs throwing a counter right hand but Whyte manages to avoid it.
A slow jab from Diggs misses its intended target.
Whyte is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diggs with a hook.
Diggs attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Diggs moves out of range of the body kick from Whyte.
Diggs's corner calls for a 1-2. Diggs obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Diggs displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Whyte throws out the jab.
As Whyte looks to move away, Diggs throws a big counter combo but Whyte just gets out of the way.
Whyte buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Whyte's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Diggs throws a jab when Whyte was well out of range.
Whyte fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Diggs is out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Whyte looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Diggs connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Whyte on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Whyte misses with an attempted mid kick.
Diggs looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Whyte waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Diggs.
Diggs misses with a leg kick.
Whyte looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Nice shot lands for Diggs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diggs uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Whyte.
Whyte looks to land a right hand but Diggs moved out of range.
A leg kick checked by Diggs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diggs just misses with a punch to the body.
Diggs swings widly with a right hand
and Whyte counters with a right hand to the body.
Whyte checks the leg kick.
Whyte looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Nice defenses there by Whyte.
Whyte misses with an uppercut.
Diggs is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
A big right from Whyte misses.
Diggs keeps Whyte at a distance using the push kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Diggs.
Whyte only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Diggs misses the jab.
Whyte throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Diggs lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Diggs throws a left and a right that both miss
and Whyte counters with a leg kick.
Whyte connects with a single shot there.
Diggs comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Diggs misses with a wild body shot.
Whyte counters with a body kick.
Diggs misses with a low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diggs uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Whyte.
Diggs displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Whyte throws out the jab.
Diggs misses with a low kick.
Whyte throws a sloppy head kick and Diggs moves out of range easily.
Diggs tried to score with a low kick but Whyte checks it.
Diggs scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Diggs cracks Whyte with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Diggs displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Whyte tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Diggs manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A head kick misses from Whyte.
Whyte has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Diggs finds it's way round the side to connect with Whyte's head.
An inside leg kick from Diggs misses.
Whyte is looking to slow Diggs down with leg kicks.
Diggs throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Diggs moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Diggs punishes Whyte's body with a nice straight punch.
Diggs drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diggs wants to land a leg kick but Whyte is out of range.
Whyte takes a swing at Diggs's ribcage but misses.
Whyte throws a hook to the side of Diggs's head but Diggs sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Whyte ducks under a wild hook from Diggs.
Whyte takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Diggs misses with an attempted mid kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Whyte.
Diggs moves away from the strike by Whyte.
Diggs with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Whyte to score with a decent uppercut.
Jab by Whyte.
Whyte tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Diggs throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Diggs throws a body kick that misses.
Whyte dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Diggs. That did some damage!
Diggs throws a solid leg kick but Whyte takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Diggs.
Whyte motions for Diggs to come forward. Whyte throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Whyte throws a big shot that misses.
Whyte lands with a shot to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Orlando Diggs.
I think Diggs has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:28
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Gold scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Orlando Diggs!
A victorious Orlando Diggs thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
The defeated Benson Whyte had this to say: 'Man what a bad streak of luck. I can't catch a break lately can I? I'll be back'.
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