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Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Avon Barksdale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ruben Wiki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barksdale's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Three Six Mafia - Its A Fight . Wiki comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Reuben James kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Avon Barksdale could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Ruben Wiki's chin.
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185 lbs
19 - 13 - 1 |
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182 lbs
30 - 18 - 1 |
World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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Good gas tank
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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
19 - 13 - 1, fighting out of New York, Avon Barksdale!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
30 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Ruben Wiki!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Daniel Bishop and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice straight punches there by Barksdale. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Barksdale.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Wiki.
Barksdale throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Barksdale 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.
Wiki scores with a leg kick.
A left lands for Barksdale.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A low kick from Barksdale is predictable there
and Wiki counters by clinching up.
Barksdale throws an elbow but it misses.
A body shot lands from Barksdale.
Wiki misses with a knee to the head.
Wiki lands an elbow inside.
Wiki blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Barksdale using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Barksdale throws a head punch that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Barksdale just misses with a elbow thrown towards Wiki's brow.
Wiki leaning against his opponent.
Barksdale trying to land knees to the body.
Barksdale lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Wiki obliges.
We've been informed that Wiki has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Come on Wiki - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wiki dodges an elbow strike from Barksdale.
Barksdale blocks the elbow strike.
Wiki tries to stall but Barksdale uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Wiki lands a damaging elbow.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Barksdale just misses with a elbow thrown towards Wiki's brow.
Still in the clinch, Wiki scores with a nice short uppercut.
Barksdale lands an elbow inside.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Wiki lands a knee to the head.
Barksdale dodges an elbow strike from Wiki.
Wiki wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Wiki utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Wiki trying to stall but Barksdale improves his position.
Wiki putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Barksdale in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barksdale lands a left hand.
Barksdale misses with an elbow over the top.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wiki unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Barksdale is breathing heavily.
Barksdale throws an elbow that misses.
Barksdale managing to block the knees to the body from Wiki.
Wiki avoids the elbow strike from Barksdale, against the ropes.
Wiki avoids a wild elbow strike from Barksdale.
Barksdale misses with an elbow over the top.
Barksdale wants to stall.
Wiki connects with a nasty looking knee right to Barksdale's face.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Barksdale creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Wiki displaying some good clinch control by pressing Barksdale up against the ropes.
Wiki managing to block the knees to the body from Barksdale.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Barksdale creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A head punch on the inside from Barksdale fails to land.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Barksdale throws an elbow but misses.
Barksdale lands an elbow just above Wiki 's eye.
Wiki blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Ruben Wiki will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Wiki with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Wiki walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Barksdale checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Barksdale misses with a two punch combination.
Barksdale slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Barksdale has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Wiki finds it's way round the side to connect with Barksdale's head.
Wiki cracks Barksdale with a right hand to the side of the head.
Barksdale throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Wiki.
Avon Barksdale seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barksdale moves into the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Barksdale looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Barksdale swings wildly with an uppercut but Wiki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Barksdale lands an elbow that stopped Wiki in his tracks for a moment.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wiki using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Barksdale has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Barksdale misses with an elbow over the top.
Barksdale throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Wiki taking a breather.
Wiki blocks the elbow strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wiki takes an elbow to the temple.
Wiki scores a nice knee to the body.
Barksdale takes an elbow to the forehead.
Barksdale misses with an elbow over the top.
Wiki trying to stall but Barksdale improves his position.
Barksdale looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Barksdale creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Barksdale landing knees to the head.
Wiki comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wiki lands an elbow inside that Barksdale shrugs off.
Barksdale misses with an elbow over the top.
Wiki avoids a wild elbow strike from Barksdale.
Wiki unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Barksdale misses with a body punch.
Wiki avoiding damage as Barksdale throws knees to the body.
Wiki misses with an elbow strike.
Wiki lands an elbow inside.
Barksdale misses with an elbow strike.
Wiki connects with a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wiki lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Barksdale is rocked!
Wiki content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Oh Barksdale is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Barksdale creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Barksdale seems to have got his legs back now.
Barksdale letting Wiki take a breather here.
Barksdale avoids a wild elbow strike from Wiki.
Barksdale lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Wiki lands an elbow just above Barksdale 's eye.
Wiki lands an elbow just above Barksdale 's eye.
Wiki landing knees to the head.
Wiki tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wiki blocks an elbow strike from Barksdale.
Barksdale managing to block the knees to the body from Wiki.
Avon Barksdale has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wiki looking to throw knees to the head but Barksdale is blocking nicely.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Barksdale.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Barksdale tries to land a knee to the head but Wiki blocks with his arms.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Wiki creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Barksdale managing to block the knees to the body from Wiki.
Barksdale throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ruben Wiki showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Wiki throws a looping overhand right but Barksdale ducks down to avoid it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Barksdale.
Barksdale throws a sloppy head kick and Wiki moves out of range easily.
Barksdale is looking to clinch but Wiki is avoiding it.
Wiki throws a nice looking combination but Barksdale bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Barksdale keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wiki.
An inside leg kick from Wiki misses.
Wiki uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Barksdale.
Wiki connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Wiki pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Barksdale rushes Wiki and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Wiki blocks an elbow strike.
Wiki misses with an elbow strike.
Wiki throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Barksdale blocks it with crossed arms.
Knees in the clinch landing for Wiki.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barksdale throws an elbow but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wiki is pushing Barksdale up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Wiki dodges an elbow strike from Barksdale.
Barksdale misses with a punch on the inside.
Wiki cracks Barksdale with a nice body shot.
Barksdale creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Wiki's defenses.
Wiki dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
Wiki looking to throw knees to the head but Barksdale is blocking nicely.
Barksdale tries to land knees in the clinch but Wiki avoids the damage to the body.
Barksdale dodges an elbow strike from Wiki.
Wiki tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Barksdale misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wiki.
Wiki avoids a wild elbow strike from Barksdale.
Barksdale fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wiki gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Barksdale creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Barksdale taking a breather.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Barksdale throws an elbow but misses.
Wiki just leaning against Barksdale, taking a breather.
Wiki breaks from the clinch.
Wiki lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Barksdale at a distance.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wiki looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Good leg kick by Wiki there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Barksdale throws a leg kick that is checked
and Wiki connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wiki fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Barksdale has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Barksdale misses with a low kick.
Barksdale on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Barksdale misses with a double jab
and Wiki counters with a nice body kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wiki fakes the leg kick and cracks Barksdale in the body.
Wiki lands a nice looking kick to the body. Barksdale takes a step back to recover.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ruben Wiki comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Wiki has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Gold scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ruben Wiki!
Ruben Wiki gave a mention to TFP Graphics - Pit Inc in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).
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