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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Xavier Washington (ranked 1964 p4p, 1921 weight class) and Patrick Kearney (ranked 254 p4p, 247 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Decent wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
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 5 - 4 - 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 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Patrick Kearney!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, William Gold and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big right from Washington misses.
Kearney missing with a left hand there. Washington was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Washington appears to be looking for a big counter.
Kearney staying out of range there.
Washington cracks Kearney with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Kearney looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Washington finish him?
Washington throws out a loose jab but Kearney uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kearney throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kearney throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Washington sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Washington slips under a jab.
Washington goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Washington throws a shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kearney lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Kearney blocks a head kick by Washington.
Kearney scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Kearney throws a series of punches but Washington avoids them all with ease.
Washington was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Washington dodges the punch combination from Kearney.
A big right from Kearney misses.
Washington sends Kearney crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Washington is motioning to the referee to let Kearney up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
It looks like Patrick Kearney has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Washington doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kearney throws a shot from downtown. Washington moves away and avoids it.
Washington is looking to counter punch.
Kearney uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Washington has time to react.
Washington throws a hook but Kearney blocks it.
Washington connects with a body shot.
Washington looks to score with a jab to the body but Kearney is just out of range.
Nice defenses there by Washington.
Kearney has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Kearney is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Washington.
A slow jab from Kearney misses its intended target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kearney slips a jab from Washington.
Kearney misses with a looping left.
Washington lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Kearney throws a hook but Washington avoids it easily.
Kearney walks into a jab.
Kearney throws a body shot but no joy.
Washington throws a big counter combination but Kearney scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Kearney connects with a good right hand that stumbles Washington. Washington circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Washington misses with a series of wild punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kearney pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
It looked like Washington was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Kearney is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Washington slips under a jab from Kearney.
Patrick Kearney seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kearney connects with the punch.
Nice straight punches there by Kearney. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Kearney.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kearney gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Kearney misses with an uppercut. Washington saw that one coming.
Washington thinks about countering with a body kick.
Kearney swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Washington counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Washington ducks under a wild hook from Kearney.
Washington works Kearney's body with a nice hook.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Xavier Washington dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Patrick Kearney's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Washington keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kearney.
Kearney throws a jab but it's blocked by Washington.
Washington thinks about countering with a body kick.
Kearney throws a lazy uppercut
and Washington counters with a nice uppercut.
Kearney throws out a powerful jab.
Kearney dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kearney misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Washington.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Washington swinging wildly here.
Kearney ducks under a wild hook from Washington.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kearney throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Washington.
Washington is looking for a counter combo.
Washington throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kearney is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Washington.
Washington takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Kearney comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Washington lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Washington drops his hands momentarily and Kearney takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Kearney's jab looks to have found its range, popping Washington under the eye.
Nice defenses there by Washington.
Washington is looking for a counter combo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kearney throws a poor cross that misses
and Washington counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Washington cracks Kearney with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Washington looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Kearney throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Washington seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Sloppy strikes from Kearney. Those never looked like landing.
Washington swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Xavier Washington is winning the standup battle so far.
Sloppy strikes from Kearney. Those never looked like landing.
Kearney throws a hook to the side of Washington's head but Washington sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kearney throws the left hand but Washington avoids the punch easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Washington misses with a body punch
and Washington takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Washington throws a shot from downtown. Kearney moves away and avoids it.
Kearney misses with a looping right.
It looked like Washington wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Kearney misses with a wild combination.
Washington went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Washington tries to land a front kick but Kearney steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Kearney keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Washington.
A little jabbing left from Kearney on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Washington cracks Kearney with an open hand slap.
Washington misses with a straight right.
Kearney unleashes a big counter combination but Washington bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Washington ducks under a wild hook from Kearney.
Washington looks to throw the jab but Kearney is out of range.
Washington misses with a body kick.
Kearney looks to score with a jab to the body but Washington is just out of range.
Washington slips under a jab from Kearney.
Washington lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kearney circles away quickly and effectively.
Kearney looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Kearney swings widly with a right hand
and Washington counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Kearney thinking.
Washington misses with a hook.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Patrick Kearney will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Patrick Kearney's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
A telegraphed right hand from Washington misses the target.
Kearney throws a combination that misses
and Washington counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Washington slips a straight right by Kearney.
Kearney swings for the body but Washington moves out of range.
Kearney misses with an uppercut
and Washington counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
A jab from Washington misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Washington misses with the body kick
and Kearney counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kearney steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Washington.
Kearney takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kearney fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Washington cracks a nice hook into Kearney's ribs.
Kearney is sent reeling backwards by a solid uppercut. He barely regains his balance and Washington moves in for the kill throwing a continuous barrage of punches that force the ref to step in.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:17 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Xavier Washington!
Xavier Washington seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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