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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Xavier Washington (ranked 2273 p4p, 1794 weight class) and Deividas Vilkas (ranked 279 p4p, 220 weight class). Vilkas has chosen Fortunate Son as his entrance music. Xavier Washington has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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10 - 9 - 1 |
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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World class MT
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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 10 - 9 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Xavier Washington!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Deividas Vilkas!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Sam Margolis and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vilkas misses with a jab to the body
and Washington makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Vilkas on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Vilkas wants to clinch but Washington slips to the side
and Washington counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Vilkas looks winded!
The fighters circling - Washington throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Vilkas takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Washington misses with a hook. Vilkas ducked under it nicely.
Washington throws a head kick that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Washington gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Vilkas.
Vilkas takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Vilkas is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Washington with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vilkas rushes Washington and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
I was talking to Washington's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Washington goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Vilkas blocks an uppercut.
Washington lands with a light punch inside.
Washington lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Vilkas tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Washington avoids it.
Still in the clinch, Vilkas scores with a nice short uppercut.
Washington throws a head punch that misses.
Vilkas tries to land knees in the clinch but Washington avoids the damage to the body.
Vilkas scores with a shoulder strike.
Washington prevents a body shot from Vilkas.
Washington misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Washington goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Vilkas lands with a short shot to the head.
Washington misses with a body punch.
Washington misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Washington misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Vilkas gets through Washington's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vilkas prevents Washington from breaking the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Vilkas fails to land.
A shot in the inside from Washington.
Washington throws a punch but it's blocked by Vilkas.
Vilkas lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Washington misses with a body punch.
Vilkas fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Vilkas tries to throw a body punch but Washington avoids it by throwing Vilkas back against the cage.
Washington misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Vilkas swings wildly with an uppercut but Washington uses good head movement to avoid it.
Washington misses with a punch on the inside.
Vilkas working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Vilkas misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Washington.
Vilkas blocks a body shot from Washington.
Washington swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Vilkas misses with a knee to the head.
Washington blocking some punches.
Vilkas with a knee to the head.
It looks like Xavier Washington has been cut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Washington misses with a hook to the ribs.
Washington tries a body shot but Vilkas blocks it.
Washington lands with a light punch inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Washington.
Vilkas lands a hook to the side of the head.
Washington has had enough of the clinch but Vilkas keeps him there for the moment.
Vilkas working aggressively here.
Vilkas blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Vilkas misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Washington.
Vilkas blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Vilkas lands a left hand that snaps the head of Washington backwards.
Vilkas lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Vilkas crunches a lovely knee into Washington's ribcage.
Washington takes a knee to the side of the body.
Vilkas lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Vilkas struggles to land a body shot inside as Washington controls his hands.
Vilkas unloads a knee to the mid-section. Washington lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Washington managing to block the knees to the body from Vilkas.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Washington blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Vilkas misses with a hook from the clinch.
Vilkas lands with a light punch inside.
Vilkas doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Vilkas makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Washington takes a shot to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Vilkas.
Vilkas misses with a knee strike.
A short right from Vilkas.
Washington blocks a body shot from Vilkas.
Washington goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Washington misses with a hook from the clinch.
Vilkas presses Washington against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Washington misses with a hook to the ribs.
A right handed body shot lands from Vilkas.
Vilkas misses with some punches.
Vilkas softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Washington tries a body shot but Vilkas blocks it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Deividas Vilkas dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Xavier Washington's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Vilkas sends Washington crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Vilkas is motioning to the referee to let Washington up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Vilkas lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Washington takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Vilkas lands a jab.
Deividas Vilkas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vilkas feints a jab and as Washington dips his head, Vilkas unleashes a brutal head kick that catches Washington right on the jaw! Timbeeer! Washington falls backwards in slow motion, only propped up by the cage! Vilkas smiles a psychotic smile as he stares down his unconscious opponent. That is a scary man.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Deividas Vilkas!
A relieved looking Deividas Vilkas thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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