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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Seventies Blackman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kaarlo Vihtala (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vihtala comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Pohjois-Karjala kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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289 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Seventies Blackman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kaarlo Vihtala!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Johanna Lukiainen and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vihtala clinches.
Blackman tries to circle away but Vihtala has him pinned against the cage.
Blackman looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Vihtala connects with a knee to the head.
It looks like Seventies Blackman has been cut.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Vihtala tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Vihtala stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Blackman is trying to break the clinch but Vihtala is controlling him.
Vihtala is pushing Blackman up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Vihtala with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Blackman creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Blackman can't break the clinch.
Vihtala keeps control of Blackman as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Vihtala presses Blackman against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Vihtala using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Blackman wants to break the clinch but can't.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Vihtala.
Blackman is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vihtala works on Blackman's body with a couple of short punches.
Vihtala lands a body punch in the clinch.
Vihtala scores a nice knee to the body.
Vihtala manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Vihtala creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Blackman takes a knee right on the jaw!
A bit of stalling here from Vihtala.
Vihtala scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Vihtala landing knees to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vihtala lands a hook that snaps the head of Blackman backwards.
Vihtala scores with a knee to the head.
Vihtala crunches a lovely knee into Blackman's ribcage.
Vihtala scores with a shot to the side of Blackman's head.
Vihtala scores with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Vihtala.
Vihtala lands a knee to the body.
Vihtala lands a knee to the body.
Vihtala utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Knees in the clinch landing for Vihtala.
Vihtala is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Blackman breaks from the clinch.
Vihtala sizes up Blackman with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Blackman scores with a hook to the body. Vihtala takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Vihtala lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Blackman takes one on the button.
Nice defenses there by Vihtala.
Blackman works over Vihtala's head and body with a nice combination.
Blackman walks forward, straight into a front kick from Vihtala.
Blackman misses with a two punch combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vihtala scores with a jab to the head.
Vihtala connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Blackman takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
A left lands for Vihtala.
Blackman thows a left - swing and a miss!
Blackman swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Blackman misses with a wild combination.
Vihtala closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Vihtala utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Vihtala lands a body punch in the clinch.
Vihtala slows down the pace here.
Blackman takes a knee to the side of the body.
Vihtala unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Vihtala landing knees to the body.
Vihtala scores with a knee to the head.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vihtala landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Vihtala scores with a shoulder strike.
Blackman is trying to break the clinch but Vihtala has him pressed against the cage.
Knees to the body from Vihtala.
Vihtala lands a body shot.
A knee to the head by Vihtala.
Vihtala cracks Blackman with a nice body shot.
Knees in the clinch landing for Vihtala.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Blackman doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Blackman is trying to force a seperation but Vihtala has the dominant position.
A knee to the head by Vihtala.
Blackman gets through Vihtala's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The referee is keeping an eye on Vihtala - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Vihtala using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Blackman has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Blackman blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Blackman tries to break free but Vihtala pushes him back against the cage.
Vihtala works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Vihtala missing with knees to the body.
Blackman can't break the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blackman misses with a short punch on the inside.
Blackman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Vihtala avoids it.
Blackman lands a right hand that snaps the head of Vihtala backwards.
Vihtala prevents Blackman from breaking the clinch.
Blackman has a couple of punches blocked by Vihtala.
Blackman lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Blackman working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Vihtala connects with a knee to the head.
Blackman wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Vihtala lands a knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vihtala keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Blackman's efforts to push away.
Vihtala presses Blackman against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Blackman fails to land.
Vihtala taking a breather.
Blackman tries to break the clinch but Vihtala is controlling the position.
Blackman wants to get back to striking at distance but Vihtala won't allow it.
Vihtala putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Blackman in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Vihtala connects with a nasty looking knee right to Blackman's face.
Vihtala pushes Blackman back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Blackman's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Blackman throws a jab but it's blocked by Vihtala.
Vihtala tests Blackman's chin there with a solid looking shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kaarlo Vihtala dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Seventies Blackman's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Blackman misses with a straight left.
Vihtala has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Blackman throws a body punch but Vihtala moves out of range.
Blackman throws a series of punches but Vihtala moves out of range.
Blackman looks to land a combination. Vihtala sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
It looks like Kaarlo Vihtala has been cut.
Blackman misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Vihtala.
Vihtala lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Vihtala blocks a jab.
Vihtala uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Vihtala has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Blackman misses with a hook. Vihtala ducked under it nicely.
Vihtala slips a jab and a cross from Blackman.
Blackman lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Vihtala scores with a three punch combo!
A looping hook to the body misses from Blackman. Vihtala does a little dance to reset his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Blackman on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Blackman swings for the body but Vihtala moves out of range.
Blackman misses with a double jab
and Vihtala counters with a slapping leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vihtala lands a nice leg kick that just misses Blackman's sensitive parts.
Vihtala scoring well with a low kick there.
Seventies Blackman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vihtala ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A punch lands to the side of Blackman 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Blackman takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Jab from Vihtala.
Vihtala thows a body kick. Blackman tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Vihtala lands a nice shot to the body.
Vihtala lands with a cross.
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!
Vihtala scores with a head kick.
Blackman on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Vihtala connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Vihtala throws a leg kick which misses Blackman's front leg but catches the back leg as Blackman tries to avoid it.
Vihtala is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Vihtala darts in and clinches Blackman up against the cage.
Blackman has had enough of the clinch but Vihtala keeps him there for the moment.
Blackman is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Vihtala's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Vihtala unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A knee to the head by Vihtala.
Vihtala using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Blackman takes a knee right on the jaw!
Vihtala lands a shoulder strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Vihtala.
Vihtala is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Vihtala connects with a nasty looking knee right to Blackman's face.
Vihtala crunches a lovely knee into Blackman's ribcage.
Blackman lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Vihtala backwards.
Vihtala scores with a knee to the head.
Vihtala connects with a nasty looking knee right to Blackman's face.
Blackman's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Blackman misses with a combination
and Vihtala makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Blackman looks to land a left hand but Vihtala moved out of range nicely.
Blackman looks to land a combination. Vihtala sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Blackman throws a combination that misses
and Vihtala counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Vihtala fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Vihtala with a hook.
Vihtala pushes Blackman up against the cage in a clinch.
Vihtala unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Blackman is looking to break free of the clinch but Vihtala has double underhooks.
Vihtala connects with a knee to the head.
Vihtala connects with a knee to the head.
Blackman wants to break free but Vihtala has control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vihtala lands with a right to the head.
A knee to the head by Vihtala.
Blackman working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Blackman breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Seventies Blackman is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Vihtala throws a nice outside leg kick.
Blackman misses with a double jab.
Vihtala takes the fight into the clinch.
Vihtala lands a nice knee to the body.
Vihtala connects with a knee to the head.
Blackman breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A telegraphed right hand from Blackman misses the target.
Blackman throws a lazy right hand but Vihtala sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A chopping leg kick lands by Vihtala.
Blackman jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Vihtala has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Blackman takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Vihtala throws a shot to the body.
Vihtala has closed the distance and engaged Blackman in a clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vihtala prevents Blackman from breaking the clinch.
Blackman is trying to break the clinch but Vihtala has him pressed against the cage.
Vihtala lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Vihtala lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Blackman can't break the clinch.
Blackman misses with a hook from the clinch.
Blackman fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Blackman takes a knee right on the jaw!
Vihtala with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Vihtala lands a shot to the body.
Vihtala crunches a lovely knee into Blackman's ribcage.
A right handed body shot lands from Vihtala.
Vihtala is trying to stall.
Blackman is looking to break free of the clinch but Vihtala has double underhooks.
Vihtala lands a hook to the side of the head.
Blackman is trying to break the clinch but Vihtala has him pressed against the cage.
Vihtala scores with a knee to the head.
Vihtala misses with a body punch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Blackman misses with a punch on the inside.
Vihtala has Blackman pressed against the cage, preventing Blackman from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Vihtala misses with a knee strike.
Blackman wants to get back to striking at distance but Vihtala won't allow it.
Vihtala misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Blackman wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kaarlo Vihtala showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Blackman misses with a straight left.
Blackman cracks Vihtala with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Blackman missing with a left hand there. Vihtala was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Vihtala takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Blackman pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Vihtala displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Blackman jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Vihtala misses with a wild body shot.
Blackman scores with a nice strike.
Vihtala keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Blackman.
Vihtala slips under a jab from Blackman.
Blackman misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Vihtala counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Vihtala gets a clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Vihtala connects with a nasty looking knee right to Blackman's face.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vihtala has Blackman pressed against the cage, preventing Blackman from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Nice body punch from Vihtala - that landed with a thud.
Vihtala keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Blackman's efforts to push away.
Kaarlo Vihtala seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Vihtala taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vihtala pushes Blackman back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Vihtala works on Blackman's body with a couple of short punches.
Knees to the body from Vihtala.
Blackman is trying to force a seperation but Vihtala has the dominant position.
Vihtala lands a right hand.
Blackman's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Vihtala uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Blackman.
A jab from Blackman misses.
The fighters circling - Blackman throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Vihtala misses with a body shot.
The fighters circling - Blackman throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kaarlo Vihtala seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Blackman misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Vihtala counters with a nice low kick that buckles Blackman's knee momentarily.
Danga de danga de dang - Vihtala scores with a four punch combination!
Blackman lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Vihtala stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Blackman throws a left and a right that both miss
and Vihtala counters with a left to the body.
Blackman gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Vihtala.
Vihtala dips to his left and cracks Blackman with an uppercut!
Blackman misses the body punch
and Vihtala counters with a slapping leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blackman misses with a double jab
and Vihtala counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Blackman misses with a double jab
and Vihtala counters with a body kick that stops Blackman in his tracks momentarily.
Vihtala moves into range and clinches up with Blackman.
Vihtala lands a knee to the body.
Vihtala lands a body shot in the clinch.
Blackman has had enough of the clinch but Vihtala keeps him there for the moment.
Vihtala lands a knee to the head.
Vihtala lands a body shot.
Vihtala lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A short right from Blackman on the inside.
Blackman looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Vihtala with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Vihtala landing knees to the body.
Vihtala keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Blackman's efforts to push away.
Blackman looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Vihtala landing knees to the head.
Vihtala is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Blackman gets through Vihtala's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Blackman working hard to break the clinch.
Kaarlo Vihtala is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vihtala keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Blackman's efforts to push away.
Vihtala lands a shot to the body.
Blackman misses with some punches.
Blackman working hard to break the clinch.
Blackman looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Blackman wants to break free but Vihtala has control.
Blackman is trying to break free.
Blackman is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A short right from Vihtala.
Blackman misses with a short punch on the inside.
Vihtala will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Blackman up against the cage.
Blackman tries to break free but Vihtala pushes him back against the cage.
Blackman wants to break the clinch but can't.
Vihtala prevents Blackman from breaking the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Vihtala connects with a knee to the head.
Blackman wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Blackman is trying to break the clinch but Vihtala has him pressed against the cage.
Blackman looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Vihtala has Blackman pressed against the cage, preventing Blackman from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Vihtala works on Blackman's body with a couple of short punches.
Blackman has a couple of punches blocked by Vihtala.
Blackman tries to break free but Vihtala pushes him back against the cage.
Blackman working aggressively here.
Blackman has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Seventies Blackman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Blackman.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Vihtala.
Vihtala lands with a left to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Vihtala prevents Blackman from breaking the clinch.
Blackman has a couple of punches blocked by Vihtala.
Blackman takes a knee to the side of the body.
Blackman lands a shoulder strike.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kaarlo Vihtala comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Vihtala has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 26:30
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 26:30
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kaarlo Vihtala!
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