Douglas Ma'afu Hawke, better known as Doug "Vicious" Viney (born 20 November 1976) is a Tongan-New Zealander

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and

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. He is the K-1 World GP 2007 in Las Vegas champion, who also represented

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as a super heavyweight boxer under the name of Ma'afu Hawke at

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Biography and career

Viney made his

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debut on 21 July 2001 at the '' K-1 New Zealand Grand Prix 2001''. He knocked out Dion Crouch and Auckland Aumitagi in the quarter and semi-finals, respectively, before going on to face Rony Sefo in the final, who he defeated via decision. He then went on to the '' K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 Preliminary Melbourne'' in February 2002, where he was defeated in the semi-finals by Andrew Peck after beating Chris Chrisopoulides in the quarters. In November 2002, he again entered the New Zealand Grand Prix at '' K-1 New Zealand 2002'' where he reached the final only to be defeated by

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. He then went on to lose his next two fights after this also, and then switched to the sport of

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. In the summer of 2004, he represented

as a super heavyweight boxer under the name of Ma'afu Hawke at

. After the Olympics, he made his

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debut on 3 September 2005 by defeating Junior Pati by decision. He returned to

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in 2006, winning his first three fights, including a decision win over Peter Graham. On 4 May 2007, he took part in the eight-man tournament at '' K-1 Fighting Network Romania 2007'' and was defeated in the quarter-finals by Brecht Wallis. Three months later, on 11 August, he was reserve fighter at the '' K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 in Las Vegas''. After defeating Mahmoud Fawzy in the reserve match, he was called in to the semi-finals to face Aleksandr Pitchkounov after Rick Cheek pulled out of the tournament with an injury. He was able to defeat Aleksandr Pitchkounov, and then went on to beat

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in the final. After winning the Las Vegas Grand Prix, he was given a place in the last 16 of the 2007

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. He was knocked out in round 2 by

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at the ''

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''. He then returned in 2008 at the '' K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Amsterdam'' where he rematched

in the semi-finals. Samedov was able to take his revenge, winning by decision and knocking Viney out of the tournament.

Kickboxing record

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Mixed martial arts record

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Boxing record

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, align=left, Pro debut.

Titles

*2007 K-1 World Grand Prix Las Vegas 8 man Champion *2006 Kings of Oceania Champion *2004 Athens Summer Olympian *2004 Oceania Amateur Heavyweight Boxing Champion *2001 K-1 New Zealand 8 man Champion

References

External links

*
Doug Viney's profile at Official K-1 Website
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