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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jon Bilashki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arvydas Sabonis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bilashki comes to the cage accompanied by The Warriors of Skyrim. Sabonis has chosen James Brown - Superbad as his entrance music. Jon Bilashki has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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300 lbs
13 - 21 - 1 |
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210 cm
38
289 lbs
39 - 25 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Great elbows
Very quick |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 21 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Jon Bilashki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
39 - 25 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Arvydas Sabonis!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Tarja Halkonen and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice body kick there by Sabonis.
Sabonis throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Sabonis lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Bilashki at a distance.
Good leg kick by Sabonis there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Sabonis keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Bilashki tries to close the distance and clinch but Sabonis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bilashki tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Sabonis misses with the combination.
Sabonis moves into the clinch successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bilashki slows down the pace here.
Sabonis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bilashki tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sabonis tries to keep at a distance but Bilashki has taken the fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bilashki pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A good leg kick by Sabonis.
Sabonis moves out of range of the body kick from Bilashki.
Sabonis connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Bilashki moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
An inside leg kick lands from Sabonis.
Bilashki is looking to clinch.
Sabonis tries to keep at a distance but Bilashki has taken the fight into the clinch.
Bilashki pulls Sabonis into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sabonis tries to free his leg and advance position but Bilashki is retaining full guard.
Sabonis is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Bilashki trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sabonis stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Sabonis feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Bilashki's calf.
Bilashki throws a leg kick
and Sabonis counters with a good low kick that Bilashki was not able to check.
Sabonis has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Bilashki.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sabonis pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bilashki throws the kick towards the body but Sabonis avoids it.
Bilashki is looking to clinch but Sabonis is avoiding it.
Sabonis getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Bilashki 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.
Sabonis looks to land a left hand but Bilashki moved out of range nicely.
Bilashki appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Sabonis with a jab.
Bilashki looks for the body kick but Sabonis saw that one coming.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Sabonis, right into the meat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sabonis feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Bilashki's calf.
Sabonis fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Sabonis fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
The crowd cheers as Sabonis lands an impressive looking overhand right. Bilashki doesn't seem phased though.
Sabonis connects with the punch.
A punch combination from Sabonis misses.
Sabonis misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sabonis has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Sabonis moves out of range as Bilashki throws a body kick.
Sabonis circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bilashki on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A big head kick from Sabonis and Bilashki is sent sprawling to the canvas!
Bilashki is rocked!
Bilashki will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sabonis won't allow Bilashki to get back to his feet.
Oh Bilashki is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sabonis sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Bilashki seems to have got his legs back now.
Sabonis passes into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sabonis tries to pass to full mount but Bilashki defends it.
Bilashki is trying to stand back up but Sabonis is controlling him
Sabonis is thwarting Bilashki's attempts to control the position.
Bilashki looks like he's trying to stand up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arvydas Sabonis dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Sabonis lands a nice hook to Bilashki's body. Bilashki takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Sabonis lands with a cross.
Bilashki tries to clinch
and Sabonis counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Sabonis cracks Bilashki with a good jab.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Sabonis - that will leave a mark!
A nice leg kick lands there from Sabonis.
Bilashki is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Bilashki takes a swing at Sabonis's ribcage but misses.
Bilashki walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Sabonis throws a right hand that Bilashki ducks under and follows up with a left that Bilashki also avoids with ease.
Sabonis throws a head kick but Bilashki moves out of range.
Sabonis fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Bilashki, pushing him back against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sabonis prevents Bilashki from breaking the clinch.
Sabonis tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sabonis is working Bilashki over against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bilashki misses with an elbow over the top.
Bilashki trying to land knees to the body.
Sabonis stalling the fight.
Sabonis works on Bilashki's body with a couple of short punches.
Bilashki is trying to push Sabonis away but Sabonis has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Sabonis has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bilashki fails to pull guard.
Bilashki is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bilashki tries to throw a body punch but Sabonis avoids it by throwing Bilashki back against the cage.
Sabonis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sabonis slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Sabonis scores with a jab. Bilashki acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Bilashki lands the left hand.
Sabonis stuffs the takedown.
Sabonis lands a brutal head kick. Bilashki looks out on his feet and Sabonis throws more strikes until the ref is forced to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick and Punches). Arvydas Sabonis!
After the fight, Arvydas Sabonis was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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hype
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