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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Elgin Turner (ranked 216 p4p, 34 weight class) and Benson Whyte (ranked 210 p4p, 33 weight class). Turner comes to the cage accompanied by Wu-Tang Clan - Da Mystery Of Chessboxin'. Whyte is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Bob Marley - Jammin. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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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
21 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Elgin Turner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
33 - 12 - 0, fighting out of London, Benson Whyte!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Phil Schofield and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Turner moves out of range of the body kick from Whyte.
Whyte stuffs the takedown.
Whyte blocks a jab.
Turner misses with an uppercut. Whyte saw that one coming.
Turner fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Whyte on the side of the head.
Whyte throws a hook but Turner avoids it easily.
Whyte throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Turner sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Turner just misses with a punch to the body.
Whyte looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Turner looks to throw the jab but Whyte is out of range.
Whyte takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Whyte tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Whyte throws a leg kick but Turner sees it coming and moves out of range.
Whyte slips a jab from Turner.
Turner swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Whyte throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Whyte misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Turner misses with a wild body shot.
Turner has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Whyte.
Whyte swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Turner misses the shot to the body.
Elgin Turner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Whyte feints and then cracks Turner's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Turner down.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Whyte throws a hook but Turner avoids it easily.
Turner appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Turner thuds a left hand into Whyte's body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Whyte lands a lovely overhand right.
Turner connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Whyte's hands.
Turner has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Whyte lands a jab to the head.
Whyte scores with a nice right hand.
Turner swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Turner throws a body shot but no joy.
Whyte swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Turner fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Whyte manages to avoid it.
Whyte flicks out a counter leg kick but Turner steps away.
Whyte scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Turner is looking to wear down Whyte with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Whyte throws a nice inside leg kick.
Turner falls off balance throwing a combination
and Whyte counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A swing and a miss from Turner.
Whyte now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Whyte is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Turner.
A looping hook to the body misses from Turner. Whyte does a little dance to reset his feet.
Turner misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Turner keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Whyte.
Whyte bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Whyte misses with a head kick.
Whyte misses with an uppercut.
Turner throws a hook but Whyte blocks it.
Turner moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Benson Whyte is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Whyte tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turner throws a body punch but Whyte moves out of range.
Turner looks to score with a jab to the body but Whyte is just out of range.
Whyte has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Whyte keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Turner throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Whyte wants to clinch up but Turner keeps it at a distance.
Whyte needs to keep his hands up - Turner had a free shot at his head there.
Whyte misses with a hook.
Whyte steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Turner.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Turner gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Whyte scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Turner tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Whyte paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Whyte throws a leg kick but Turner moved away.
Turner lands a lovely overhand right.
Whyte scores with a kick to the midsection.
Whyte avoids the body shot from Turner.
Turner lands a lovely overhand right.
Whyte missing with a left hand there. Turner was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A jab from Turner misses.
Whyte misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Turner.
Turner cracks Whyte with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turner fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Whyte manages to avoid it.
Turner throws a hook but Whyte avoids it easily.
Turner connects with the punch.
Whyte scores with a jab to the body.
Whyte uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Turner.
Turner throws a hook to the side of Whyte's head but Whyte sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Turner lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Turner throws a body shot but no joy.
Turner throws a hook but Whyte avoids it easily.
Turner swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Whyte throws a nice outside leg kick.
Turner lands a two punch combo.
Turner throws a leg kick that misses.
Whyte slips under a jab from Turner.
A big left from Turner misses.
Turner bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Whyte throws a leg kick but Turner sees it coming and moves out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Turner throws the left hand but Whyte avoids the punch easily.
Whyte connects with a looping right hand.
Whyte lands the left hand.
Turner throws a sloppy body shot
and Whyte connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Whyte throws an overhand right that lands on Turner's shoulder, as Turner tries to avoid the shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whyte misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Turner.
Turner fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Whyte tries to clinch but Turner is having none of it.
Whyte moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Turner looks to score with a jab to the body but Whyte is just out of range.
Turner is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Turner swings widly with a right hand
letting Whyte counter with a right hand.
Whyte throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Turner sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Whyte lands a slapping body shot.
Whyte slips under a jab.
Turner throws a solid leg kick but Whyte takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Turner.
Whyte scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Turner throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Turner lands a slapping body shot.
Turner ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Turner tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Whyte was well out of range. Poor timing from Turner.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Whyte misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Turner.
Whyte scores with a head kick.
Whyte connects with a leg kick. Turner looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Whyte tries to work over Turner's front leg with a kick but Turner checks it.
Turner fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Jab from Turner.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Benson Whyte will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Turner takes a jab right on the kisser.
Turner drives through with a takedown into guard.
Turner pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Whyte is keeping the position for now.
Turner showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Whyte is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Turner looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Turner tries to free his leg and advance position but Whyte is retaining full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Whyte pulls Turner in close to his closed guard and prevents Turner from doing any damage or advancing position.
Turner slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Whyte is pulling down on Turner's head to control his posture.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Whyte tries to clinch up but Turner circles away and keeps his distance.
Whyte is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Turner scores with a punch to the head.
Turner cracks Whyte with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Whyte scores with a jab to the jaw.
Whyte misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Turner.
Good leg kick by Whyte there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Turner punishes Whyte's body with a nice straight punch.
Whyte uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Turner.
Whyte looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Whyte misses with a body shot.
Some wild striking there from Turner.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whyte throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Whyte is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Turner misses with a body shot.
Whyte throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Turner misses with a straight left.
Whyte throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Turner.
Turner uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Turner throws a hook but Whyte blocks it.
Turner pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Whyte looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Turner drops down looking for a counter takedown but Whyte sprawls and moves away.
Turner looks to score with a jab to the body but Whyte is just out of range.
Turner keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice jab there from Turner.
Whyte ducks under a wild hook from Turner.
Whyte scores with a shot to the body.
Turner misses the shot to the body.
Whyte counters with a body kick.
Turner misses the shot to the body.
Nice defenses there by Turner.
Turner throws out a loose jab but Whyte uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whyte bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Turner lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Whyte circles away quickly and effectively.
Nice uppercut lands for Turner. That snapped Whyte's head back.
Turner displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Whyte throws out the jab.
Turner throws a hook to the side of Whyte's head but Whyte sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Whyte takes one on the button.
Turner gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Turner throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Turner gets tackled into the cage by Whyte. Whyte maintains the clinch.
Turner is looking to take this one to the mat.
Whyte tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Turner has a couple of punches blocked by Whyte.
Whyte lands with a left to the head.
Turner pushes Whyte back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Turner goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Turner blocks a body shot from Whyte.
Turner misses with a short punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Whyte.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Turner gets through Whyte's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Turner managing to block the knees to the body from Whyte.
Whyte scores with a shot to the side of Turner's head.
Turner blocks an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whyte pushes Turner back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Whyte blocks a body shot from Turner.
Turner stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Whyte working aggressively here.
Turner pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Turner bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Whyte's head backwards.
Whyte throws a body shot but no joy.
Whyte looks to land a left hand but Turner moved out of range nicely.
Turner on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Whyte. Whyte obviously looking to wear him down.
Whyte takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Elgin Turner is winning the standup battle so far.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Whyte, right into the meat.
Whyte has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Whyte staying out of range there.
Turner blocks a head kick by Whyte.
Whyte throws a hook but Turner blocks it.
Turner tries to clinch but Whyte moves out of range.
Whyte slips under a jab from Turner.
Nice defenses there by Whyte.
A slow jab from Turner misses its intended target.
Whyte now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Turner is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Turner just misses with a punch to the body.
Turner throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Whyte tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Turner is in Whyte's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Elgin Turner will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Whyte smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Turner throws a hook to the side of Whyte's head but Whyte sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Whyte waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Turner.
Turner keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Turner 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 scores with a hook.
Turner keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Turner looks to land a left hand but Whyte moved out of range nicely.
Turner uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Whyte.
Turner tries to counter with a takedown but Whyte is quick to defend against it.
Whyte throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Whyte uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Turner.
Whyte takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A head kick misses from Whyte.
Turner takes a swing at Whyte's ribcage but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Turner checks a leg kick.
The fighters circling - Turner throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Whyte takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Turner lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Whyte looks to land a right hand but Turner moved out of range.
Whyte misses with a straight left.
A big right from Whyte misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Whyte throws a body punch but Turner moves out of range.
Turner misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Whyte.
Turner fails to land with a series of punches.
Jab by Turner.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Turner here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
A slow jab from Turner misses its intended target.
Turner walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
The fighters circling - Whyte throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Whyte is looking to slow Turner down with leg kicks.
Turner throws a looping overhand right but Whyte ducks down to avoid it.
Whyte takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Whyte lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Whyte defending well as Turner loads up on a big left hand.
Turner bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Whyte's head backwards.
Turner takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Whyte throws out a loose jab but Turner uses good head movement to avoid it.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Whyte.
Whyte scores with a kick to the body.
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 swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jab, jab by Whyte - just one landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turner scores with a nice strike.
Whyte gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Turner.
Whyte throws a leg kick but Turner checks it.
Whyte walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Turner checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Whyte.
An inside leg kick from Whyte misses.
Turner throws a leg kick but Whyte sees it coming and moves out of range.
Whyte slips under a jab.
Whyte pivots, looking for a leg kick but Turner is out of range and Whyte settles back down.
Whyte throws a leg kick but Turner moved away.
A telegraphed right hand from Whyte misses the target.
Turner slips under a jab.
Turner cracks Whyte with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Turner shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Whyte eats them both and turns towards Turner to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Whyte scores with a jab to the jaw.
The fighters circle momentarily. Turner darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Turner throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Whyte stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Turner misses with a straight left.
Whyte throws a nice inside leg kick.
Turner feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Whytes jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Turner misses.
Whyte misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Turner moves into the clinch.
Whyte gets through Turner's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Whyte lands a body shot.
Turner is trying to break the clinch but Whyte is controlling him.
Whyte scores with a knee to the head.
A short right from Whyte on the inside.
A short right from Turner on the inside.
Whyte working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Turner misses with a punch on the inside.
A short left from Whyte.
Turner working hard to break the clinch.
Turner misses with a punch on the inside.
Turner tries to work over Whyte's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Turner on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Turner tries to throw a body punch but Whyte avoids it by throwing Turner back against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Whyte lands a body shot in the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A nice right hand lands inside from Whyte.
Turner is trying to push Whyte away but Whyte has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whyte lands a shoulder strike.
Turner lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Whyte backwards.
Whyte misses with some punches.
A body shot lands from Whyte.
A short right from Whyte.
Whyte's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Nice body punch from Whyte - that landed with a thud.
Still in the clinch, Whyte scores with a nice short uppercut.
Whyte misses with some punches.
Turner misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Turner.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Whyte creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Whyte misses with a punch on the inside.
Turner has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Whyte avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Whyte with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Benson Whyte seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Whyte working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Whyte lands a nice uppercut.
Turner lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Turner lands with a short shot to the head.
Whyte lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Turner is rocked!
Whyte lands with a light punch inside.
And that's the end of the fight!
Benson Whyte comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Whyte 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 28:29
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 29:28
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Benson Whyte!
Benson Whyte bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
In defeat, Elgin Turner stepped up to the mic, saying 'Wu Tang fuh eva!'.
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