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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Avraam Papadopoulos (ranked 32 p4p, 5 weight class) and Benson Whyte (ranked 160 p4p, 24 weight class). Whyte has chosen Bob Marley - Jammin as his entrance music. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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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
23 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Avraam Papadopoulos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
34 - 12 - 0, fighting out of London, Benson Whyte!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, James Glass and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Papadopoulos is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Whyte.
Whyte dips to his left and cracks Papadopoulos with an uppercut!
Papadopoulos takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Papadopoulos takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Papadopoulos connects with a nice looking jab.
Whyte tries to clinch but Papadopoulos moves out of range.
Whyte misses with a head kick.
Papadopoulos throws a combination. Whyte tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Whyte misses with a low kick.
Papadopoulos uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Whyte.
Papadopoulos is looking to slow Whyte down with leg kicks.
Papadopoulos staying out of range there.
Whyte looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Whyte slips a straight right by Papadopoulos.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Papadopoulos fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Whyte looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Papadopoulos ducks right into an uppercut from Whyte.
A thudding body kick lands there by Whyte!
Whyte scores with a jab to the body.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Whyte displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Papadopoulos throws out the jab.
Whyte tries to work over Papadopoulos's front leg with a kick but Papadopoulos checks it.
Papadopoulos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Whyte wants to clinch up but Papadopoulos keeps it at a distance.
Whyte throws a lazy uppercut
and Papadopoulos counters with an outside leg kick.
Papadopoulos tries to move into range but Whyte moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Whyte misses with a looping left.
The fighters circling - Papadopoulos throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Whyte throws out a counter right but Papadopoulos avoids it with no problem.
Papadopoulos 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 throws a hook to the side of Papadopoulos's head but Papadopoulos sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Whyte ducks under a wild hook from Papadopoulos.
Whyte looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Papadopoulos takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Whyte wants to land a leg kick but Papadopoulos is out of range.
Papadopoulos is looking to chop away at Whyte's legs.
Papadopoulos moves in looking to clinch but Whyte pushes him off.
Papadopoulos looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Whyte flicks out a counter leg kick but Papadopoulos steps away.
Papadopoulos misses with an uppercut.
Papadopoulos takes a jab right on the kisser.
Papadopoulos misses with a wild body shot.
Papadopoulos gets tackled into the cage by Whyte. Whyte maintains the clinch.
Nice body punch from Papadopoulos - that landed with a thud.
A short body shot lands from Papadopoulos as the two fighters clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Whyte misses with a punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Whyte.
Papadopoulos blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Papadopoulos lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Whyte.
Papadopoulos makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Whyte has a couple of punches blocked by Papadopoulos.
Whyte throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Papadopoulos blocks it with crossed arms.
Whyte misses with a punch to the body.
Papadopoulos misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Papadopoulos doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Whyte prevents a body shot from Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos scores with a shoulder strike.
Papadopoulos lands a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Whyte.
Whyte scores with a shoulder strike.
Papadopoulos misses with a punch on the inside.
Whyte throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Papadopoulos blocks it with crossed arms.
A short body shot lands from Whyte as the two fighters clinch.
Whyte misses with some punches.
Papadopoulos struggles to land a body shot inside as Whyte controls his hands.
Papadopoulos tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Whyte tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Papadopoulos blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Papadopoulos working aggressively here.
Whyte lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Papadopoulos blocks an uppercut.
Papadopoulos misses with a body punch.
Whyte cracks Papadopoulos with a nice body shot.
Whyte misses with a body punch.
Whyte fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Papadopoulos tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Whyte's elbow.
Whyte lands a body shot.
Whyte works on Papadopoulos's body with a couple of short punches.
Good body shot from Whyte.
Papadopoulos is breathing heavily.
Papadopoulos lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Papadopoulos blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Whyte swings wildly with an uppercut but Papadopoulos uses good head movement to avoid it.
Whyte scores with a shot to the side of Papadopoulos's head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Papadopoulos creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Papadopoulos lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Papadopoulos is working Whyte over against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Whyte struggles to land a body shot inside as Papadopoulos controls his hands.
Whyte with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Whyte misses with some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whyte lands a left hand that snaps the head of Papadopoulos backwards.
Papadopoulos misses with a punch to the body.
Whyte lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Papadopoulos misses with a punch on the inside.
Whyte working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Papadopoulos blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Papadopoulos.
Whyte lands a hook to the side of the head.
Whyte swings wildly with an uppercut but Papadopoulos uses good head movement to avoid it.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Whyte.
Papadopoulos digs a right hand underneath Whyte's ribcage. Whyte let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Papadopoulos lands a nice shot to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos lands a nice uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Papadopoulos creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Whyte working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Whyte.
A nice left hand lands by Whyte.
Papadopoulos goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Whyte prevents a body shot from Papadopoulos.
Whyte softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Benson Whyte dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Whyte loads up on a big right hand but Papadopoulos slips the punch.
Papadopoulos blocks a jab.
Papadopoulos walks forward, straight into a front kick from Whyte.
Whyte is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Whyte tries a head kick but it misses.
Whyte throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Benson Whyte seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Papadopoulos throws a low kick but Whyte avoids it.
Whyte connects with a right hand. Papadopoulos shakes it off.
Whyte does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Whyte throws a looping overhand right but Papadopoulos ducks down to avoid it.
Papadopoulos swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Papadopoulos moves out of range as Whyte strikes.
Whyte takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Papadopoulos tries a low kick but Whyte avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Papadopoulos instigates a clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Whyte.
Papadopoulos swings wildly with an uppercut but Whyte uses good head movement to avoid it.
Papadopoulos tries to work over Whyte's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Whyte working aggressively here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Papadopoulos struggles to land a body shot inside as Whyte controls his hands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Papadopoulos throws a punch but it's blocked by Whyte.
Papadopoulos misses with a body punch.
Papadopoulos misses with a punch to the body.
Whyte working aggressively here.
A hook to the body from Whyte.
Papadopoulos misses with a punch on the inside.
Papadopoulos works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Whyte lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
It looks like Avraam Papadopoulos has been cut.
Papadopoulos lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Whyte backwards.
Papadopoulos tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Papadopoulos misses with a punch on the inside.
Benson Whyte seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Papadopoulos tries a body shot but Whyte blocks it.
Papadopoulos tries to throw a body punch but Whyte avoids it by throwing Papadopoulos back against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Whyte.
Papadopoulos cracks Whyte with a nice body shot.
Papadopoulos misses with a hook to the ribs.
Papadopoulos can't find room to land a body shot as Whyte controls the action.
Papadopoulos misses with a short punch on the inside.
Whyte tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Papadopoulos lands a right hand.
Papadopoulos has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Whyte swings wildly with an uppercut but Papadopoulos uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Papadopoulos lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Whyte misses with the head strike.
Whyte lands a nice shot to the body.
Whyte throws a head punch that misses.
Papadopoulos lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Whyte lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Whyte.
Whyte misses with a short punch on the inside.
Papadopoulos can't find room to land a body shot as Whyte controls the action.
Papadopoulos misses with a shot to the kidneys.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Whyte scores with a shoulder strike.
Papadopoulos lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Whyte backwards.
Papadopoulos scores with a shoulder strike.
Papadopoulos misses with a hook to the ribs.
A body shot lands from Papadopoulos.
Whyte working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Whyte lands a good knee to the midsection. Papadopoulos won't want to take too many of those.
Whyte throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Papadopoulos lands with a left to the head.
Papadopoulos blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Whyte.
Papadopoulos misses with a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Papadopoulos.
Whyte tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Whyte using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Papadopoulos has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Whyte tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Whyte misses with a punch to the body.
Whyte misses with a punch to the body.
Whyte misses with some punches.
Papadopoulos throws a punch but it's blocked by Whyte.
Papadopoulos tries to throw a body punch but Whyte avoids it by throwing Papadopoulos back against the cage.
Whyte scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Papadopoulos lands a hook that snaps the head of Whyte backwards.
Papadopoulos struggles to land a body shot inside as Whyte controls his hands.
Whyte swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Whyte tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Whyte prevents a body shot from Papadopoulos.
Whyte working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Whyte tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Papadopoulos misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Whyte takes a shot to the head.
Papadopoulos tries to work over Whyte's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Whyte lands a body shot in the clinch.
Papadopoulos digs a right hand into Whyte's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Whyte's gas tank.
Papadopoulos scores with a nice hook to the head.
Papadopoulos stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Papadopoulos misses with a hook to the ribs.
Papadopoulos misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Papadopoulos can't find room to land a body shot as Whyte controls the action.
Papadopoulos throws a head punch that misses.
Papadopoulos lands a body punch.
A short uppercut from Whyte.
Whyte misses with a short punch on the inside.
Papadopoulos tries to throw a body punch but Whyte avoids it by throwing Papadopoulos back against the cage.
Papadopoulos lands with a right to the head.
Papadopoulos tries to work over Whyte's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Whyte tries to land a knee to the head but Papadopoulos blocks with his arms.
Papadopoulos is working Whyte over against the cage.
Whyte is breathing heavily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Whyte misses with the head strike.
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 Avraam Papadopoulos's cut.
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 takes a jab right on the kisser.
Whyte slips a jab from Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos connects with a right hand. Whyte shakes it off.
Papadopoulos looks to throw the jab but Whyte is out of range.
Whyte throws a fast counter high kick but Papadopoulos manages to duck under it in time.
Papadopoulos displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Whyte throws out the jab.
Papadopoulos connects with an inside leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos is looking to chop away at Whyte's legs.
Whyte misses with a body shot.
Whyte lands with a right hand.
Papadopoulos lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Whyte throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Whyte checks a leg kick.
A nice side step and Whyte releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Whyte takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Whyte misses with a hook.
A clash of legs there as Whyte blocks the low kick.
Papadopoulos walks forward, straight into a front kick from Whyte.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Papadopoulos scores with a decent looking hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Whyte throws a head kick that Papadopoulos semi-blocks.
Whyte looks to score with a jab to the body but Papadopoulos is just out of range.
Papadopoulos will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Whyte slips under a jab.
Papadopoulos avoids the head kick by Whyte.
Whyte scores with the left hand. Papadopoulos knows he should have avoided that one.
Papadopoulos clinches with his opponent.
Papadopoulos throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A head punch on the inside from Whyte fails to land.
Papadopoulos misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short right from Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos lands a shoulder strike.
Whyte blocks a body shot from Papadopoulos.
Whyte tries to land a knee to the head but Papadopoulos blocks with his arms.
Whyte takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Whyte misses with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Whyte creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Whyte creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Whyte.
Whyte scores with a shoulder strike.
Whyte blocking some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Papadopoulos throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Whyte misses with a hook to the ribs.
Papadopoulos misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Papadopoulos tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Whyte's elbow.
Papadopoulos is leaning against Whyte and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Papadopoulos lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Papadopoulos struggles to land a body shot inside as Whyte controls his hands.
Papadopoulos lands a body punch.
A hook to the body from Papadopoulos.
A short right from Papadopoulos on the inside.
Whyte blocks a body shot from Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Whyte backwards.
Papadopoulos tries a body shot but Whyte blocks it.
Whyte has a couple of punches blocked by Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Whytes head.
Whyte misses with a short punch on the inside.
Whyte lands a right hand.
Papadopoulos scores with a shot to the side of Whyte's head.
Whyte misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Papadopoulos lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Whyte backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Papadopoulos misses with a body punch.
Papadopoulos throws a head punch that misses.
Whyte lands a nice uppercut.
Papadopoulos takes a shot to the head.
Whyte blocks a body shot from Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos tries to throw a body punch but Whyte avoids it by throwing Papadopoulos back against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Whyte as the two fighters clinch.
Whyte throws a head punch that misses.
Whyte tries a body shot but Papadopoulos blocks it.
Papadopoulos cracks Whyte with a nice body shot.
Whyte fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Papadopoulos scores with a shoulder strike.
Whyte tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Papadopoulos tries a body shot but Whyte blocks it.
Papadopoulos is working Whyte over against the cage.
Papadopoulos doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Whyte misses with some punches.
Whyte looking to throw knees to the head but Papadopoulos is blocking nicely.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Papadopoulos.
A short left from Papadopoulos.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Papadopoulos digs a right hand into Whyte's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Whyte's gas tank.
Papadopoulos tries to work over Whyte's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short uppercut from Papadopoulos.
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 prevents a body shot from Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos tries to throw a body punch but Whyte avoids it by throwing Papadopoulos back against the cage.
Papadopoulos lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Papadopoulos blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Avraam Papadopoulos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A short body shot lands from Papadopoulos as the two fighters clinch.
Whyte tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right from Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos presses Whyte against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Whyte fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Whyte.
Whyte misses with a punch on the inside.
Whyte misses with some punches.
Whyte misses with a knee to the head.
Whyte fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Papadopoulos blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A short body shot lands from Papadopoulos as the two fighters clinch.
Papadopoulos lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Avraam Papadopoulos showed his dominance in that final round.
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 Phil Schofield scores the fight 29:29
Judge James Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Benson Whyte!
A less than humble Benson Whyte misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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