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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Vilkas Nuutti (ranked 6545 p4p, 621 weight class) and Steven Fillbanks (ranked 4772 p4p, 513 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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182 cm
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188 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
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185 cm
20
185 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Big heart |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Vilkas Nuutti! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Steven Fillbanks! The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Sam Margolis and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Both fighters circling a little - Nuutti finishes the exchange with a kick to the body. Fillbanks walks into a jab. Nuutti moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot. Nuutti throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Nuutti digs a good hook to Fillbanks's body.
Nuutti scores with a jab to the body. Fillbanks shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it. Fillbanks showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Nuutti.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Fillbanks avoids the body shot from Nuutti.
Fillbanks with the counter takedown but Nuutti avoids it easily. Fillbanks walks into a jab. Nuutti wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection. Vilkas Nuutti seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round. Nuutti moves into range and lands a nice leg kick. Nuutti has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Blackscar Fitness in the buildup to the fight. Nuutti throws a head kick that half lands.
Donk. Nuutti catches Fillbanks right on the button with a cross. Nuutti looks to score with a jab to the body but Fillbanks is just out of range. Fillbanks changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt. Nuutti is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Fillbanks. Fillbanks changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt. Nuutti works over Fillbanks's head and body with a nice combination. Nuutti lands a jab to Fillbanks's midsection. Fillbanks looks winded! This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Nuutti. Nuutti ducks down and throws a hook to the body. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Nuutti misses the shot to the body. Fillbanks tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away. Fillbanks doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Nuutti throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Fillbanks on the side of the head. Nuutti scores with a jab to the body. Nuutti connects with a single shot there. Nuutti throws a nasty head kick that just misses. He throws another kick to the head of his opponent and almost takes it off! Fillbanks crumples to the floor and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Vilkas Nuutti! During a confident post fight interview, Vilkas Nuutti thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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G |
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
56% |
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