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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Viiksi Tolonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fjodor Fedja (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tolonen comes to the cage accompanied by Kid Rock - American Bad Ass. Fedja comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Oy, to ne vecher kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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212 lbs
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215 lbs
7 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Great low kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Viiksi Tolonen!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Fjodor Fedja!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Anni Minnemäki and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fedja changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A leg kick checked by Fedja.
Fedja misses with a looping left.
Fedja throws a series of punches but Tolonen avoids them all with ease.
Tolonen on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Tolonen throws a head kick but Fedja moves out of range.
Fedja clobbers Tolonen with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Fedja avoids the head kick by Tolonen.
Fedja connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Tolonen throws a low kick but it's checked well by Fedja.
Fedja digs a good body shot into Tolonen's ribs.
Fedja throws a hook but Tolonen avoids it easily.
Fedja with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Tolonen misses with a body kick.
Fedja connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Fedja connects with a single shot there.
Fedja swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Tolonen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tolonen lands a nice looking body kick.
A head kick misses from Tolonen.
Tolonen misses with the combination.
Tolonen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tolonen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tolonen walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Fedja checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Fedja cracks Tolonen with a right hand to the side of the head.
Fedja digs a good body shot into Tolonen's ribs.
Fedja misses the jab.
Fedja fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Fedja stuns Tolonen with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Tolonen.
Tolonen fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Fedja checks it well.
Fedja throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tolonen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tolonen fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Fedja is out of range.
A head kick from Tolonen lands but Fedja takes it in his stride.
Fedja misses with a looping left.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Fedja, as that shot connected.
Fedja connects with a single shot there.
Fedja throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Fedja blocks a low kick nicely.
Tolonen tries to work over Fedja's front leg with a kick but Fedja checks it.
Tolonen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Fedja. That did some damage!
Tolonen ducks under a wild hook from Fedja.
Fedja throws a hook but Tolonen blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tolonen takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Fedja is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Tolonen had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Tolonen attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Tolonen feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Fedja's calf.
Fedja dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tolonen slips under a jab from Fedja.
Fedja will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Tolonen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Fedja on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Tolonen. Tolonen obviously looking to wear him down.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fedja lands a nice looking body shot.
Tolonen fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Tolonen.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Tolonen.
A nice leg kick lands there from Tolonen.
Tolonen tried to score with a low kick but Fedja checks it.
A thudding body kick lands there by Tolonen!
Fedja sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Fedja looks gassed!
Tolonen cracks the inside of Fedja's front leg.
Fedja chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Tolonen can pounce on him.
Tolonen throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tolonen scores with a kick to the body.
Fedja throws a body punch but Tolonen moves out of range.
Tolonen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Fedja moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Fedja swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Fedja moves out of range of the body kick from Tolonen.
Tolonen thumps Fedja with a low kick.
Fedja sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Tolonen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nice defenses there by Tolonen.
Fedja steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tolonen.
Fedja keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Fedja jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Tolonen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Fedja.
A bone on bone clash there as Fedja blocks the leg kick.
Tolonen throws a body punch but Fedja moves out of range.
Viiksi Tolonen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tolonen misses with a series of wild punches.
Tolonen scores with a leg kick.
Tolonen throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tolonen misses with a body kick.
Fedja takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Tolonen scores with a leg kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Tolonen looks for the body kick but Fedja saw that one coming.
Tolonen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tolonen attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Tolonen throws a nice head kick!
Tolonen throws a low kick but Fedja avoids it.
Tolonen misses with a straight right.
Tolonen misses with a low kick.
Tolonen moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Fedja tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Tolonen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Fedja throws out the jab.
Tolonen misses with a body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fedja rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tolonen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tolonen plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Fedja takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A head kick misses from Tolonen.
A shot to de liver by Tolonen. Beautiful body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Viiksi Tolonen dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Tolonen walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Tolonen moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Fedja on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Tolonen. Tolonen obviously looking to wear him down.
Tolonen moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Tolonen throws a head kick but Fedja moves out of range.
Tolonen lands a nice leg kick that just misses Fedja's sensitive parts.
Tolonen staying out of range there.
Tolonen lands with a right hand.
Tolonen bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Tolonen throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Tolonen turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Fedja slips a jab and a cross from Tolonen.
Tolonen is looking to chop away at Fedja's legs.
Fedja throws a big shot that misses.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Tolonen, right into the meat.
Tolonen takes a shot to the body in his stride.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Fedja checks a leg kick.
Fedja is breathing heavily.
Tolonen lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Tolonen throws a combination that misses
and Tolonen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tolonen lands with a kick to the temple. Fedja shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
A nice inside leg kick there by Tolonen. That's going to slow Fedja down.
Fedja takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Tolonen, right into the meat.
Fedja throws a jab when Tolonen was well out of range.
Fedja swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tolonen throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Fedja's head.
Fedja takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Tolonen with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Fedja has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Tolonen.
Tolonen tries to work over Fedja's front leg with a kick but Fedja checks it.
Tolonen scores with a decent looking hook.
Fedja ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tolonen lands a nice looking body kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tolonen lands with a kick to the ribs.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Fedja might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Tolonen has got the better of the exchanges.
Tolonen looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Viiksi Tolonen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tolonen turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Tolonen with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Tolonen throws a head kick but Fedja moves out of range.
Tolonen misses with a wild body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tolonen throws a wild body kick that Fedja sees coming a mile off.
Tolonen digs a good body shot into Fedja's ribs.
A punch combination from Tolonen misses.
Fedja ducks under a wild hook from Tolonen.
Tolonen throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Fedja.
Tolonen lands a nice leg kick that just misses Fedja's sensitive parts.
Fedja avoids the head kick by Tolonen.
Tolonen lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Tolonen.
Tolonen throws a sloppy head kick and Fedja moves out of range easily.
Tolonen buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Tolonen scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Tolonen.
Tolonen buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Tolonen connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Fedja momentarily.
Tolonen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A right-left combo lands from Tolonen.
Donk. Tolonen catches Fedja right on the button with a cross.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tolonen thuds his shin into the meat of Fedja's side.
Fedja has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Tolonen.
Tolonen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Fedja. That did some damage!
Tolonen fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Fedja.
Fedja has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Tolonen.
Fedja stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Tolonen.
Tolonen scores with a leg kick.
Tolonen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fedja's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Tolonen scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Fedja doesn't seem bothered though.
Tolonen misses with an attempted mid kick.
Tolonen ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Tolonen delivers a nice body kick.
Tolonen feints and then cracks Fedja's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Fedja down.
Tolonen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Tolonen scores with a leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fedja on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fedja on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Fedja thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tolonen lets loose with a powerful body kick. Fedja will feel that in the morning.
Tolonen throws a head kick that misses.
Tolonen looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Tolonen plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Tolonen misses with a head kick.
Tolonen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Fedja can do to turn this around?
Tolonen lands with a kick to the temple. Fedja shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Tolonen throws a body kick that misses.
Fedja sizes up Tolonen with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Tolonen misses with a low kick as Fedja jumps back.
Fedja lands with a nice body punch.
Tolonen throws a half hearted mid kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Some bone on bone action there as Fedja checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Tolonen feints and then cracks Fedja's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Fedja down.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tolonen. Fedja does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tolonen finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Viiksi Tolonen dominated that second round.
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.
Fedja misses with a two punch combination.
Tolonen swinging wildly here.
Fedja lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Viiksi Tolonen is winning the standup battle so far.
Tolonen misses with a body kick.
Fedja throws a series of punches but Tolonen avoids them all with ease.
Fedja misses the jab.
Fedja avoids a kick to the body.
Tolonen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fedja moves away.
Fedja throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A big left from Fedja misses.
Fedja lands a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big right from Fedja misses.
Fedja avoids the head kick by Tolonen.
Fedja chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Tolonen can pounce on him.
Fedja cracks a nice hook into Tolonen's ribs.
Tolonen tries to move into range but Fedja moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fedja connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Fedja bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Tolonen's head backwards.
Tolonen feints and then cracks Fedja's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Fedja down.
Fedja throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tolonen is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Fedja.
Fedja bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Tolonen's head.
Fedja swinging wildly here.
Tolonen throws a body kick that misses.
Tolonen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Fedja.
Fedja missing with a left hand there. Tolonen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Fedja pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tolonen goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A nice inside leg kick there by Tolonen. That's going to slow Fedja down.
Fedja throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tolonen falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling Fedja to counter with a crisp jab.
Fedja throws a lazy right hand but Tolonen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fedja misses with a wild body shot.
Tolonen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tolonen turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Tolonen throws a lazy right hand but Fedja sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Fedja misses with a combination
and Tolonen counters with an inside leg kick.
Fedja takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A solid leg kick lands there for Tolonen.
Nice jab there from Tolonen.
Tolonen looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Tolonen tries a head kick but it misses.
Fedja tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tolonen was well out of range. Poor timing from Fedja.
Fedja dips to his left and cracks Tolonen with an uppercut!
Fedja throws an overhand right that lands on Tolonen's shoulder, as Tolonen tries to avoid the shot.
Fedja scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Fedja rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tolonen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jab from Tolonen.
Fedja fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tolonen manages to avoid it.
Tolonen blocks a jab.
Tolonen throws a series of punches but Fedja moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tolonen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Fedja throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tolonen cracks the inside of Fedja's front leg.
Fedja misses with a few strikes there.
Fedja falls off balance throwing a combination
and Tolonen counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Tolonen!
Tolonen throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Fedja counters with a nice uppercut.
Fedja throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tolonen misses with a body kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Tolonen.
Tolonen is looking to chop away at Fedja's legs.
Fedja misses with a straight right.
Fedja takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Fedja takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Tolonen throws a sloppy head kick and Fedja moves out of range easily.
Fedja scores with a nice head shot.
Tolonen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Fedja.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tolonen moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Fedja takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Nice body kick from Tolonen.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tolonen is looking to slow Fedja down with leg kicks.
Tolonen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fedja.
Tolonen lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Tolonen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Tolonen lands with a slapping head kick.
Tolonen misses with a low kick as Fedja jumps back.
Fedja scores with a hook.
Tolonen throws a head kick but Fedja moves out of range.
Tolonen throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Fedja throws a hook but Tolonen blocks it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tolonen throws a big shot that misses.
Good work by Fedja as he checks the leg kick.
Fedja misses with a looping right.
Tolonen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Viiksi Tolonen clearly takes that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Fedja on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Fedja avoids the head kick by Tolonen.
Fedja on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Tolonen. Tolonen obviously looking to wear him down.
Tolonen throws a sloppy head kick and Fedja moves out of range easily.
Tolonen swings for the body but Fedja moves out of range.
Tolonen looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Tolonen tries a low kick but Fedja avoids it.
Tolonen throws and low kick but Fedja moves out of range easily.
Danga de danga de dang - Fedja scores with a four punch combination!
Fedja lands with a nice combination. Tolonen backs away looking to recover.
Tolonen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Fedja.
Tolonen slips a jab from Fedja.
Tolonen tries to move into range but Fedja moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Tolonen throws a right hand that Fedja ducks under and follows up with a left that Fedja also avoids with ease.
Tolonen jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
A head kick misses from Tolonen.
Fedja looks to land a right hand but Tolonen moved out of range.
Good standup being displayed there by Tolonen as he connects with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tolonen has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Tolonen throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Fedja's head.
Fedja uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Fedja swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Fedja throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Tolonen stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Tolonen throws a front kick aimed at Fedja's knee but Fedja avoids it well.
Fedja misses with a hook.
A nice leg kick lands there from Tolonen.
Fedja throws a shot to the body.
Tolonen misses with a hook.
Tolonen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Tolonen looks for the body kick but Fedja saw that one coming.
Fedja throws a good cross that connects.
Fedja ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Tolonen misses with a low kick.
Tolonen looks to throw the jab but Fedja is out of range.
Tolonen walks into a left hand.
Fedja throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Tolonen stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tolonen throws a leg kick but Fedja sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Jab by Fedja.
Tolonen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tolonen slips a jab and a cross from Fedja.
Tolonen throws a leg kick but Fedja sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Tolonen takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Tolonen 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.
Tolonen takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Fedja lands a nice hook to Tolonen's body. Tolonen takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Tolonen walks into a left hand.
Fedja thuds a left hand into Tolonen's body.
Tolonen tries a head kick but it misses.
Tolonen wants to slow Fedja down by chopping away at his legs.
Fedja misses with a looping right.
Tolonen throws an overhand right that lands on Fedja's shoulder, as Fedja tries to avoid the shot.
Fedja throws a nice looking combination but Tolonen bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Tolonen throws a sloppy body shot
enabling Fedja to counter with a crisp jab.
Tolonen wants to slow Fedja down by chopping away at his legs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tolonen moves away from the strike by Fedja.
Tolonen moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Fedja swinging wildly here.
Tolonen throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Fedja counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Tolonen takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Fedja looks to score with a jab to the body but Tolonen is just out of range.
Tolonen finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Tolonen on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Fedja swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Fedja works Tolonen's body with a nice hook.
Fedja cracks Tolonen with a good jab.
Fedja scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Tolonen takes one to the chin there.
Fedja blocks a jab.
Fedja checks a leg kick.
Fedja scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Tolonen doesn't seem bothered though.
A good leg kick by Tolonen.
Tolonen throws a head kick that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Fedja checks a leg kick.
Tolonen is looking to land body kicks.
A jab from Fedja finds it's way through Tolonen's defenses.
Fedja lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tolonen circles away quickly and effectively.
Fedja uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tolonen.
Tolonen tries a head kick but it misses.
Tolonen walks into a straight right hand from Fedja.
Fedja connects with a nice looking jab.
Tolonen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Fedja.
Fedja checks a leg kick.
Fedja scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Tolonen looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Tolonen swings for the body but Fedja moves out of range.
Fedja misses with a combination
enabling Tolonen to counter with a crisp jab.
Fedja misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tolonen.
Fedja misses with an uppercut.
Tolonen finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fjodor Fedja dominated that fourth round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Fedja connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Fedja slips under a jab.
Fedja checks the leg kick.
A slow jab from Fedja misses its intended target.
Fedja dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Fedja avoids the head kick by Tolonen.
A big left from Tolonen misses.
Tolonen misses with a low kick.
Tolonen pivots, looking for a leg kick but Fedja is out of range and Tolonen settles back down.
Fedja misses the jab.
Fedja connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Tolonen throws a nice inside leg kick.
Tolonen tries to land a front kick but Fedja steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tolonen lands a nice looking kick to the body. Fedja takes a step back to recover.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Fedja checks a leg kick.
Tolonen slips a jab and a cross from Fedja.
Fedja cracks Tolonen with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Fedja scores with a jab to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fedja scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Fedja misses with an uppercut.
Tolonen misses with an uppercut. Fedja saw that one coming.
Fedja misses with a straight left.
Tolonen thumps Fedja with a low kick.
Fedja checks a leg kick.
Fedja misses with an uppercut. Tolonen saw that one coming.
Fedja scores with a punch to the head.
Tolonen pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Nice shot by Fedja.
Fedja scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Tolonen motions for Fedja to come forward. Tolonen throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
The fighters circling - Fedja throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Fedja blocks a head kick by Tolonen.
Tolonen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Fedja swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tolonen tries to work over Fedja's front leg with a kick but Fedja checks it.
Tolonen swings for the body but Fedja moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tolonen throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A jab from Fedja misses.
Tolonen looks for the body kick but Fedja saw that one coming.
Fedja misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tolonen misses with a low kick.
Fedja tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tolonen was well out of range. Poor timing from Fedja.
Fedja throws out a loose jab but Tolonen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice straight punches there by Fedja. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Fedja.
Tolonen just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice straight punches there by Fedja. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Fedja.
Fedja lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Tolonen misses with a few strikes there.
Tolonen lands with a thumping leg kick.
Tolonen misses with a kick to the body.
Fedja throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A clash of legs there as Fedja blocks the low kick.
Fedja uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tolonen.
Tolonen tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Fedja misses.
Tolonen throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Fedja checks a leg kick.
Fedja will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Tolonen is looking to score with low kicks.
Tolonen lands a nice leg kick that just misses Fedja's sensitive parts.
Tolonen tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Fedja is able to avoid easily.
Tolonen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tolonen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tolonen throws a low kick but it's checked well by Fedja.
Good leg kick by Tolonen there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Fedja throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tolonen throws a combination that misses
and Fedja counters with a nice uppercut.
Tolonen with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Tolonen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Tolonen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Fedja throws a nice looking combination but Tolonen bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Viiksi Tolonen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fedja drops his hands momentarily and Tolonen takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Tolonen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Fedja throws out the jab.
Tolonen on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Fedja checks a leg kick nicely.
A bone on bone clash there as Fedja blocks the leg kick.
Fedja scores with a crisp jab that stopped Tolonen in his tracks.
Tolonen looks to land a body kick but Fedja moved away.
Tolonen throws a sloppy body shot
and Fedja connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A head kick from Tolonen lands but Fedja takes it in his stride.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
A solid leg kick lands there for Tolonen.
Fedja dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A good leg kick by Tolonen.
Fedja lands a head shot.
Fedja pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tolonen misses with a leg kick
and Fedja counters with a two punch combo.
Fedja swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Tolonen.
Tolonen throws a quick inside leg kick.
Fjodor Fedja has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tolonen attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Fjodor Fedja.
Well Tolonen has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 48:46
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 48:46
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 49:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Viiksi Tolonen!
Viiksi Tolonen retains his light heavyweight title!
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