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Once named “The Sexiest Doctor Alive” by People Magazine, Dr. Mike Varshavski made his skilled boxing debut on the undercard of Saturday night time’s Jake Paul vs. Anderson Silva pay-per-view. Unfortunately for Varshavski, his expertise have been less than the duty as he was battered throughout 4 rounds earlier than dropping a unanimous resolution to blended martial arts veteran Chris Avila.
Varshavski tried to work behind the jab from the opening bell, sometimes working to combine in a physique shot or proper hand. Varshavski did not sit down on his punches and the dearth of energy allowed Avila to stroll ahead and let his arms go with out a lot concern.
Avila, who has fought in each the UFC and Bellator MMA in his MMA profession, discovered early success with looping proper arms across the guard of Varshavksi. Those proper arms piled up by means of the struggle, bloodying Varshavski’s nostril and rocking him across the ring.
The overhand proper virtually put Varshavski down within the fourth spherical, however the physician did rating one thing of an ethical victory by making it to the scorecards in opposition to a longtime fight athlete and teammate of Nate Diaz.
After 4 rounds of motion, the three official scorecards learn 40-36, all for Avila, who improves to 2-1 as a boxer.
“Props to Dr. Mike for taking the struggle,” Avila mentioned. “No unhealthy no matter in direction of him. I’m pleased to get the win. I’d have preferred to get the end nevertheless it was a four-round struggle.”
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