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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rafael Hayes (ranked 5280 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thizzelle Washington (ranked 4003 p4p, 0 weight class). Thizzelle Washington has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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279 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
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190 cm
25
218 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rafael Hayes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thizzelle Washington!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Frank Dennis and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hayes wants to clinch up but Washington keeps it at a distance.
Washington keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Nice sprawl there from Washington as Hayes shoots in.
Washington paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
It looks like Rafael Hayes has been cut.
Washington bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Hayes closes the distance and clinches up with Washington, looking for a takedown. Hayes pushes Washington against the cage but Washington circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Washington is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rafael Hayes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hayes shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Washington but Washington pushes him off and we're back to square one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Washington tries to work over Hayes's front leg with a kick but Hayes checks it.
Washington stuns Hayes with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Hayes gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Washington counters with a stiff right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hayes uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Washington.
Washington has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Hayes is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Washington throws an off balance right hand
and Hayes counters with a right hand to the body.
Thizzelle Washington seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Washington pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hayes went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Hayes closes this distance looking for a takedown but Washington circles away.
Washington misses with the combination.
Hayes attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Hayes slips under a jab.
Washington looks to land a right hand but Hayes moved out of range.
Hayes went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Hayes moves into range and clinches up with Washington.
Hayes lands a right hand that snaps the head of Washington backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Washington tries to break free but Hayes pushes him back against the cage.
Washington looks winded!
Hayes pushes off an throws an elbow but Washington leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hayes fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Washington is trying to break the clinch but Hayes is controlling him.
Washington tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hayes with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Washington slows down the pace here.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hayes just misses with a elbow thrown towards Washington's brow.
Washington slowing the pace effectively.
Hayes breaks the clinch.
Hayes checks a low kick from Washington.
Hayes was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Hayes shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hayes looks for a takedown but Washington sprawls well.
Washington feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Hayess jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Hayes throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Washington was covering up waiting for the punch and Hayes finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Hayes tries to stand but Washington is controlling from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Washington working a defensive guard but Hayes manages to pass into side control anyway.
Hayes advances to mount.
Hayes stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.
Washington throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A big right from Washington misses.
Hayes seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A bone on bone clash there as Hayes blocks the leg kick.
Hayes went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Hayes avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Washington scores with a nice strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thizzelle Washington dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rafael Hayes's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Hayes pushes Washington up against the cage in a clinch.
Washington misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hayes working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Hayes pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hayes escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Washington wants to clinch.
It looked like Hayes was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Washington.
Washington tries to sprawl but Hayes drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Washington really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Hayes. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hayes working Washington over with strikes.
Hayes wants to work for an arm triangle but Washington is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Washington is trying to get back to full guard.
Washington is breathing heavily.
Hayes is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Hayes gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Hayes looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Washington looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Hayes shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Washington counters with a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Washington.
Hayes shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Washington counters with a stiff right hand.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rafael Hayes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Washington swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hayes thinks about countering with a body kick.
Horrible takedown attempt by Hayes or perhaps it was just good defense by Washington, which made it look bad.
Washington swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Washington throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
As Washington looks to move away, Hayes throws a big counter combo but Washington just gets out of the way.
Hayes shoots in and gets a takedown into Washington's guard.
Washington is wriggling around but Hayes manages to pass to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hayes is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Washington sees it coming and defends easily.
Hayes wants to stand but Washington has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Hayes is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Washington has managed to free his arm - good work.
Washington is trying to stand back up but Hayes is controlling him
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hayes is looking to take a break and control but Washington is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Hayes has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Washington defend it? Hayes steps over the head and cranks it - Washington is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Hayes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:15 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Rafael Hayes!
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energy
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RATING
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