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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ronnie Barnhardt (ranked 2299 p4p, 286 weight class) and Heikki Viitta (ranked 2203 p4p, 273 weight class). Barnhardt comes to the cage accompanied by James Brown, living in America . Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ronnie Barnhardt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Heikki Viitta!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Micheangelo Fripello and Chris Saunders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No joy there for Barnhardt, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Barnhardt wants to clinch.
Viitta misses with a body shot.
We've been informed that Viitta has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Barnhardt doesn't manage to clinch there - Viitta circles away.
Viitta lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Viitta misses with a head kick.
Viitta is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Viitta will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Barnhardt misses with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Viitta lands with a thumping leg kick.
Viitta stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Barnhardt throws a right and a left that both miss.
Barnhardt misses with a head kick.
Viitta checks the leg kick nicely there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Viitta. Barnhardt does a little dance to reset his feet.
Barnhardt appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
We've been told by Barnhardt's head coaches at Crapollas Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnhardt pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A right-left combo lands from Viitta.
Viitta scores with a jab to the head.
Viitta tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Barnhardt is able to avoid easily.
Viitta throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
As Viitta backs away, Barnhardt returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Viitta scores with a jab to the jaw.
Barnhardt rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Viitta moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Viitta scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Viitta scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Barnhardt doesn't seem bothered though.
Barnhardt takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Viitta lands with a good body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barnhardt scores with a punch to the head.
Viitta lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Viitta wants to land a leg kick but Barnhardt is out of range.
Viitta lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Viitta thuds his right hand into Barnhardt's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Barnhardt tries to clinch up but Viitta circles away and keeps his distance.
Viitta throws a body shot but no joy.
Viitta is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Viitta cracks Barnhardt with an open hand slap.
Viitta with a nice cross.
Barnhardt tries a head kick but it misses.
Barnhardt throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice cross by Viitta.
Viitta takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Viitta throws a series of punches but Barnhardt moves out of range.
Barnhardt lands the left hand.
Barnhardt takes a kick to the side of the head.
Viitta lands the left hand.
Barnhardt moves in looking to clinch but Viitta pushes him off.
Viitta misses with a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnhardt looks to score with a jab to the body but Viitta is just out of range.
Viitta lands with a right hand.
Viitta's jab looks to have found its range, popping Barnhardt under the eye.
A jab from Barnhardt misses.
Viitta scores with a crisp jab that stopped Barnhardt in his tracks.
Viitta moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Viitta has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Barnhardt tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Viitta counters with a straight right hand.
Viitta is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Barnhardt had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Viitta throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Barnhardt stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Barnhardt throws a head kick that misses.
Barnhardt misses the shot to the body.
Barnhardt tries to move into range but Viitta moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Viitta uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barnhardt lands with a good body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barnhardt doesn't manage to clinch there - Viitta circles away.
Viitta lands with an overhand left.
Viitta with a hook.
Viitta misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Barnhardt appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Barnhardt looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Barnhardt takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Barnhardt.
Barnhardt throws a lazy head kick
and Viitta connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Viitta paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Viitta lands a lovely overhand right.
Nice uppercut there from Viitta.
Viitta lands with a hook. Barnhardt tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Barnhardt tries a head kick but it misses.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Viitta, as that shot connected.
Barnhardt walks into a jab.
Viitta blocks a head kick by Barnhardt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Heikki Viitta dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Viitta stuns Barnhardt with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Barnhardt needs to keep his hands up - Viitta had a free shot at his head there.
Barnhardt fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Viitta manages to avoid it.
Viitta lands with a cross.
Nice straight punches there by Viitta. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Viitta.
Barnhardt moves out of range of the leg kick from Viitta.
Viitta has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Viitta scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Viitta does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Viitta scores with a jab to the head.
Barnhardt takes one on the button.
Viitta lands an overhand right.
Viitta lands a head kick!
Barnhardt is looking to wear down Viitta with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Barnhardt throws a head kick that misses.
A little jabbing left from Viitta on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Viitta finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Viitta scores with the left hand. Barnhardt knows he should have avoided that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnhardt throws a body kick that misses.
Viitta throws a head kick that Barnhardt semi-blocks.
Barnhardt has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Barnhardt there as he acknowledges the shot.
Barnhardt throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The crowd cheers as Viitta lands an impressive looking overhand right. Barnhardt doesn't seem phased though.
Barnhardt fails with an attempt to clinch.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Barnhardt might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Viitta turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Barnhardt scores with a punch to the head.
Barnhardt throws a body punch but Viitta moves out of range.
A jab lands there for Viitta.
Barnhardt throws a lazy right hand but Viitta sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Viitta lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Viitta connects with a good right hand that stumbles Barnhardt. Barnhardt circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barnhardt throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A head kick from Viitta lands but Barnhardt takes it in his stride.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnhardt throws a big shot that misses.
Viitta swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Viitta lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Viitta.
Viitta blocks a head kick by Barnhardt.
Barnhardt fails in his attempt to clinch.
Viitta lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Viitta.
Sloppy strikes from Barnhardt. Those never looked like landing.
Nice cross by Viitta.
Nice shot lands for Viitta.
Viitta paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Barnhardt tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Viitta was well out of range. Poor timing from Barnhardt.
Barnhardt takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Ronnie Barnhardt is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Barnhardt misses with a series of wild punches.
Barnhardt swinging wildly here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Viitta swats away the attempt to clinch by Barnhardt.
Barnhardt misses with a head kick.
Barnhardt throws a lazy right hand but Viitta sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Viitta connects with a single shot there.
Barnhardt takes one on the button.
Viitta lands an overhand right.
Viitta scores with a jab to the body.
Barnhardt scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Barnhardt looks for the body kick but Viitta saw that one coming.
Heikki Viitta seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Viitta throws a body shot but no joy.
Barnhardt fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Viitta has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Viitta lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Jab by Viitta.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Viitta jabs Barnhardt right on the nose. Barnhardt blinks but takes it well.
Viitta gets tackled into the cage by Barnhardt. Barnhardt maintains the clinch.
Barnhardt fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Viitta working aggressively here.
Viitta makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Barnhardt misses with a punch to the body.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Barnhardt trying to control the position but instead, Viitta has worked for underhooks and has pushed Barnhardt into the cage.
Barnhardt gets through Viitta's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Viitta misses with a short punch on the inside.
Barnhardt misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Viitta throws a punch but it's blocked by Barnhardt.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Barnhardt.
Barnhardt tries to work over Viitta's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Viitta works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Viitta throws a head punch that misses.
Viitta throws a punch but it's blocked by Barnhardt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Heikki Viitta showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Viitta fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Barnhardt manages to avoid it.
Viitta misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Viitta.
Decent striking displayed by Viitta there.
Viitta cracks Barnhardt with a right hand to the side of the head.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Viitta, right into the meat.
Barnhardt moves forwards but Viitta connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Viitta misses with a head kick.
Barnhardt just misses with a punch to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Viitta. Those never looked like landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barnhardt lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Viitta tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Viitta uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Barnhardt has time to react.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Viitta lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Barnhardt throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Viitta connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Barnhardt checks a leg kick.
Viitta avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Barnhardt takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Barnhardt on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Barnhardt fails with an attempt to clinch.
Barnhardt takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Barnhardt gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Viitta makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Barnhardt ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Viitta connects with the punch.
Viitta avoids the head kick by Barnhardt.
Barnhardt throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Viitta thuds his right hand into Barnhardt's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Viitta avoids the head kick by Barnhardt.
Viitta throws a fast counter high kick but Barnhardt manages to duck under it in time.
Heikki Viitta is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnhardt on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Heikki Viitta seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Viitta avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Viitta throws a big counter head kick but Barnhardt avoids it with no problem.
Barnhardt takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Viitta throws a head kick that Barnhardt semi-blocks.
Viitta circles away from the clinch attempt.
Viitta throws a good cross that connects.
Barnhardt misses with a body kick.
Viitta lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Viitta connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Barnhardt momentarily.
Barnhardt takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A nice combination there by Viitta.
Barnhardt tries a head kick but it misses.
Barnhardt drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Viitta misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barnhardt tries to clinch up.
A head kick misses from Barnhardt.
Viitta connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Barnhardt's hands.
Viitta moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Barnhardt instigates a clinch.
Barnhardt stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Barnhardt blocks an uppercut.
Barnhardt tries to throw a body punch but Viitta avoids it by throwing Barnhardt back against the cage.
Barnhardt misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Barnhardt obliges.
Viitta tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Viitta lands with a light punch inside.
Barnhardt misses with a hook to the ribs.
Viitta misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Viitta doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Barnhardt digs a right hand into Viitta's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Viitta's gas tank.
Viitta blocking some punches.
Ronnie Barnhardt has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Viitta fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Barnhardt misses with a knee strike.
Viitta fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Barnhardt lands a hook to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Viitta scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Barnhardt misses with a punch to the body.
Barnhardt breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Viitta tests Barnhardt's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A lazy left from Viitta finds it's target.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A looping hook to the body misses from Viitta. Barnhardt does a little dance to reset his feet.
Viitta lands with a straight right. Barnhardt didn't see that one coming.
And that's the end of the fight!
Heikki Viitta comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Viitta winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight 27:30
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Heikki Viitta!
Our winner, Heikki Viitta, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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