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Jimmy Crute Scores Massive Knockout Of Modestas Bukauskas – UFC Fight Island 6 Highlights

CruteImproving to 4-1 in the UFC tonight, Australian upstart, Jimmy ‘The Brute’ Crute scored a massive opening round knockout win over former Cage Warriors light heavyweight champion, ‘The Baltic Gladiator’ Modestas Bukauskas. The 24-year-old division prospect got the Lithuanian born striker’s attention in the opening couple of exchanges, clipping the recent July feature to counter […]

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Improving to 4-1 in the UFC tonight, Australian upstart, Jimmy ‘The Brute’ Crute scored a massive opening round knockout win over former Cage Warriors light heavyweight champion, ‘The Baltic Gladiator’ Modestas Bukauskas.

The 24-year-old division prospect got the Lithuanian born striker’s attention in the opening couple of exchanges, clipping the recent July feature to counter leg kicks. Now sitting at 12-1 as a professional, the Dana White‘s Contender Series product can now add Bukauskas to a winning résumé which includes other Octagon victories over Michal Oleksiejczuk, veteran, Sam Alvey, and Scottish submission threat, Paul ‘The Bearjew’ Craig.

Catching Bukauskas off another counter just over the two-minute mark, Crute fired off a massive overhand right, dropping the former Cage Warriors gold holder, before following up with another knockdown, forcing the issue. Following the win, Crute called for a pairing with former Fight Nights Global 205-pound best, Nikita Krylov next.

Below, check out Crute’s shocking victory over Bukauskas.

Jimmy Crute Pummels Modestas Bukauskas – UFC Fight Island 6 Results

CruteNext up on the UFC Fight Island 6 main card is a light heavyweight encounter between Jimmy Crute and Modestas Bukauskas. Round 1: Crute advances forward early on. Bukauskas lands a leg kick as Crute goes for the takedown. Bukauskas defends but is clinched up against the fence. Fight is momentarily stopped after an accidental […]

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Next up on the UFC Fight Island 6 main card is a light heavyweight encounter between Jimmy Crute and Modestas Bukauskas.

Round 1: Crute advances forward early on. Bukauskas lands a leg kick as Crute goes for the takedown. Bukauskas defends but is clinched up against the fence. Fight is momentarily stopped after an accidental knee to the groin of Bukauskas. The fight resumes and Crute lands two big leg kicks. He follows it up with a huge right but Bukauskas eats it. Crute drops Bukauskas as the latter attempts a kick. Bukauskas gets up quicklybut Crute drops him again as the referee stops the fight.

Official result:

VIDEO | Modestas Bukauskas Predicts Second Round KO Win Against Jimmy Crute

Modestas BukauskasModestas Bukauskas (11-2) chats to Jordan Ellis ahead of his fight against Jimmy Crute (7-1) in Abu Dhabi on October 17. 🔴 SUBSCRIBE to our channel here : https://bit.ly/3dDyGSv 🔴 VISIT LowKickMMA website here : https://bit.ly/2RQkXyX

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Modestas Bukauskas (11-2) chats to Jordan Ellis ahead of his fight against Jimmy Crute (7-1) in Abu Dhabi on October 17.

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EXCLUSIVE | Modestas Bukauskas Wants To Prove He’s ‘The Next Big Thing’

Modestas BukauskasUFC newcomer Modestas Bukauskas is determined to show the world he has what it takes to be one of the best in his promotional debut. Bukauskas faces off against Brazilian submission specialist Vinicius Moreira in the second of four events scheduled to take place on ‘Fight Island’ in Abu Dhabi on July 15 – the […]

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UFC newcomer Modestas Bukauskas is determined to show the world he has what it takes to be one of the best in his promotional debut. Bukauskas faces off against Brazilian submission specialist Vinicius Moreira in the second of four events scheduled to take place on ‘Fight Island’ in Abu Dhabi on July 15 – the card will be headlined by Calvin Kattar vs. Dan Ige.

The former Cage Warriors light-heavyweight champion signed for the UFC in January but due to the ongoing global pandemic has been forced to wait for his debut fight. Bukauskas and Moreira were supposed to fight in May, but those plans fell through, he explained while speaking exclusively to LowKickMMA.

“They got me a fight booked actually for May 16th, which was supposed to be in San Diego – that I was very looking forward to. As I signed the contract that’s when the COVID stuff started happening. So, all the excitement my fight was going to get announced and then the next thing you know the whole world shuts down.”

The London based Lithuanian fighter is very aware of the grappling threat posed by Moreira but is confident he’ll be able to keep the fight standing and show the world he is “the next big thing”.

“From what I’ve seen he’s a very extensive and good grappler,” Bukauskas said.  “He takes his guys down to the floor and he really just suffocates them on the floor. So, he’s a very good jiu-jitsu guy and he’s very good at his craft and he’s very good at closing distance and getting in on his opponents. One area he’s lacking and of course he’s gonna be working on it, as anyone would do is in the striking department which is where I see being my main strength or my main attribute against him. Not only that. I’m going to stop the takedowns. I’m going to fire at will with my striking and suffocate him from stand-up so he can’t enforce any of his game. All respect to him but at the end of the day this is my time, this is me now coming up. I’m going to go out there and show them why I’m the next big thing.

Moreira comes into this fight on the back of three consecutive first-round defeats. The Brazilian is surely fighting for his UFC future on July 15 and Bukauskas is expecting the best version of Moreira but that will only bring out a better version of himself, he explained.

“I expect him to be coming out all guns blazing because it is the last fight on his contract. He wasn’t able to take the guys down in his last fights. Who knows what would’ve happened if he had managed to get them down and control those guys in those fights. Obviously, he hasn’t been able to so that’s going to be my goal in my fight to make sure he’s not able to do that. I feel like there’s no pressure. I know I’m better. I know I’ve got the skillset to go and beat him. All I’ve gotta do now is relax and go do the job.”

Do you think Modestas Bukauskas can be a future star at light-heavyweight?