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Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Dre Pitbull (ranked 6438 p4p, 460 weight class) and Dhabu Vihdonic (ranked 6029 p4p, 452 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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191 cm
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255 lbs
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198 cm
19
260 lbs
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Excellent boxer
Big right hand
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Great elbows
Powerful
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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
1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dre Pitbull! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Dhabu Vihdonic! The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Luis Engracia and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Pitbull lands a jab to the nose.
It looks like Dhabu Vihdonic has been cut. Vihdonic wants to slow Pitbull down by chopping away at his legs. Vihdonic throws a leg kick but Pitbull sees it coming and moves out of range. Pitbull ducks right into an uppercut from Vihdonic. Pitbull seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym. Nice straight punches there by Pitbull. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Pitbull. Pitbull misses with a looping right. Pitbull slips a straight right by Vihdonic. A little feinted left hand from Pitbull on the counter but he doesn't commit to it. Pitbull blocks a head kick by Vihdonic.
Vihdonic lands with a cross. Pitbull throws an overhand right that lands on Vihdonic's shoulder, as Vihdonic tries to avoid the shot. Vihdonic throws out a counter right but Pitbull avoids it with no problem. Vihdonic takes a swing at Pitbull's ribcage but misses. Vihdonic misses with a hook. Vihdonic wants to clinch. Pitbull slips a straight right by Vihdonic. Vihdonic throws a hook to the side of Pitbull's head but Pitbull sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully. Pitbull looks to score with a jab to the body but Vihdonic is just out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round. Vihdonic will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Pitbull loads up on a big right hand but Vihdonic slips the punch. Nice defenses there by Vihdonic. Vihdonic tries to clinch but Pitbull moves out of range. Vihdonic gets in close and instigates a clinch. Vihdonic doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Vihdonic goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Vihdonic goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pitbull takes an elbow to the forehead.
It looks like Dre Pitbull has been cut. Pitbull working hard to break the clinch. Vihdonic tries to work over Pitbull's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Vihdonic lands a nice elbow. Pitbull prevents a body shot from Vihdonic. Pitbull blocks an uppercut.
Vihdonic lands a shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Pitbull escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Vihdonic misses with the combination.
Vihdonic scores with a nice strike. Vihdonic fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pitbull manages to avoid it. It looked like Pitbull was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Vihdonic. A slow jab from Vihdonic misses its intended target. Vihdonic ducks under a wild hook from Pitbull. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Vihdonic lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw. Pitbull chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Vihdonic can pounce on him.
A looping hook to the body misses from Vihdonic. Pitbull does a little dance to reset his feet. Vihdonic thows a left - swing and a miss! Pitbull misses with a few strikes there.
Pitbull throws a hook but Vihdonic avoids it easily. Vihdonic throws a counter combo. Vihdonic closes the distance and lands a one-two. Pitbull throws a jab but it's blocked by Vihdonic. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dhabu Vihdonic dominated that round. Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval. That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Vihdonic cracks Pitbull with a perfect right hand that drops him to the mat! Pitbull is sitting up but I can't see if he's OK from my position. The referee's count has reached 5,6,7 and Pitbull is still not up. Can he make it? 8,9, he's up! Wow, he cut that one a bit fine! Vihdonic moves into range and connects with a jab.
Pitbull is rocked! Pitbull throws a right hand that Vihdonic ducks under and follows up with a left that Vihdonic also avoids with ease. Oh Pitbull is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Vihdonic throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pitbull seems to have got his legs back now. Vihdonic tries to clinch but Pitbull is having none of it. Pitbull takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Vihdonic has been the more effective fighter overall so far. Vihdonic fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Vihdonic moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot. Pitbull tests Vihdonic's chin there with a solid looking shot. Vihdonic scores with a big combo that sends Pitbull crashing to the mat! He's still conscious but the referee has seen enough as Pitbull flops around uncontrollably and he's called an end to the fight! Vihdonic jumps onto the ropes and throws his mouthpiece into the crowd. Gross.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dhabu Vihdonic! Dhabu Vihdonic decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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