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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kaarlo Vihtala (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gorgin Golzar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vihtala comes to the cage accompanied by Pohjois-Karjala. Golzar comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Ey Iran (Remix) kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Gorgin Golzar has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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289 lbs
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274 lbs
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Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
KO power |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
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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
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kaarlo Vihtala!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Gorgin Golzar!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vihtala avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Golzar lands the left hand.
It looks like Kaarlo Vihtala has been cut.
Golzar throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Golzar lands a big right hand that sends Vihtala crashing to the mat! Golzar stays standing though and waves Vihtala back to his feet!
Vihtala is rocked!
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!
Golzar throws a hook but Vihtala blocks it.
Oh Vihtala is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Vihtala thows a body shot but no joy.
Vihtala seems to have got his legs back now.
Golzar thows a left - swing and a miss!
Golzar throws a lazy right hand but Vihtala sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Both fighters circling a little - Vihtala finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Good work by Golzar as he checks the leg kick.
Vihtala keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Golzar.
Vihtala tries to close the distance and clinch but Golzar swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Golzar cracks Vihtala with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Vihtala looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Golzar finish him?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Golzar throws a lazy right hand but Vihtala sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Golzar looks to land a left hand but Vihtala moved out of range nicely.
Vihtala scores with a leg kick.
Kaarlo Vihtala is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Vihtala throws the kick towards the body but Golzar avoids it.
Golzar takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Vihtala moves out of range of the strikes.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Vihtala, right into the meat.
Golzar takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Golzar looks gassed!
Good shot there by Vihtala.
It looks like Gorgin Golzar has been cut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vihtala lands with a shot to the body.
Vihtala feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Golzar's calf.
Vihtala comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A slapping body kick lands there for Vihtala.
Golzar takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Vihtala changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Vihtala cracks Golzar with a good jab.
Vihtala throws a head kick that Golzar semi-blocks.
Vihtala scores with a jab. Golzar acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Golzar tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Vihtala is looking to wear down Golzar with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vihtala lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Vihtala thows a body shot but no joy.
Vihtala throws a head kick that misses.
Vihtala works Golzar's body with a nice hook.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Golzar crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Vihtala - the referee stops the clock and Golzar gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Vihtala. Golzar manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
A decent looking cross lands there for Vihtala.
Vihtala gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Vihtala lands a knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vihtala lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Vihtala takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Golzar blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Golzar breaks from the clinch.
Golzar throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Golzar looks to land a right hand but Vihtala moved out of range.
Vihtala staying out of range there.
Golzar thows a left - swing and a miss!
Vihtala scores with a kick to the midsection.
Golzar on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Vihtala. Vihtala obviously looking to wear him down.
Vihtala lands a right hook to the body.
Decent striking displayed by Vihtala there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Vihtala uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Golzar.
Golzar misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Vihtala counters with a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kaarlo Vihtala dominated that round.
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.
Vihtala dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Golzar. That did some damage!
Golzar misses with a double jab
and Vihtala counters with a head kick. That will keep Golzar thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Golzar throws a lazy right hand but Vihtala sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Vihtala moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Vihtala, right into the meat.
Vihtala scoring well with a low kick there.
Vihtala fakes the leg kick and cracks Golzar in the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head kick from Vihtala lands but Golzar takes it in his stride.
Golzar is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Vihtala throws a nice outside leg kick.
Golzar is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Golzar on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Kaarlo Vihtala is winning the standup battle so far.
A looping hook to the body misses from Vihtala. Golzar does a little dance to reset his feet.
Vihtala lands with a good body shot.
Vihtala is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Golzar can do to turn this around?
Vihtala bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Vihtala connects with a crisp jab.
Vihtala scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Vihtala scores with a jab to the jaw.
Golzar takes one on the button.
Vihtala throws a sloppy head kick and Golzar moves out of range easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Golzar throws a lazy right hand but Vihtala sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Vihtala lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Vihtala lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Vihtala throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Golzar's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vihtala throws a leg kick which misses Golzar's front leg but catches the back leg as Golzar tries to avoid it.
Vihtala lands a nice looking kick to the body. Golzar takes a step back to recover.
Vihtala connects with a solid leg kick.
Golzar has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Vihtala.
Vihtala connects with a solid leg kick.
Golzar tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Golzar takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Vihtala fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Golzar.
A nice inside leg kick there by Vihtala. That's going to slow Golzar down.
Vihtala works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Golzar walks forward, straight into a front kick from Vihtala.
Vihtala lands a lovely overhand right.
A solid leg kick lands there for Vihtala.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Vihtala, right into the meat.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Vihtala scores with a leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vihtala scores with the left hand. Golzar knows he should have avoided that one.
Vihtala throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Vihtala throws a quick inside leg kick.
Vihtala throws a head kick that Golzar semi-blocks.
Vihtala turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Vihtala lands a nice shot that snaps Golzar's head back.
Vihtala lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Vihtala with a nice cross.
Vihtala is looking to slow Golzar down with leg kicks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kaarlo Vihtala dominated that second round.
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!
Golzar walks into a jab.
A big left from Vihtala misses.
Golzar throws an overhand right that lands on Vihtala's shoulder, as Vihtala tries to avoid the shot.
Vihtala throws a leg kick but Golzar sees it coming and moves out of range.
Golzar misses with an uppercut.
Golzar misses with a double jab
letting Vihtala counter with a right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vihtala cracks Golzar with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Vihtala throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Golzar takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Vihtala scores with a jab to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vihtala throws a shot from downtown. Golzar moves away and avoids it.
Golzar misses the jab.
Golzar stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Vihtala.
Golzar waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Vihtala.
Vihtala fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Golzar checks it well.
Vihtala slips under a jab.
Vihtala throws a hook to the side of Golzar's head but Golzar sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Vihtala looks to score with a jab to the body but Golzar is just out of range.
Golzar takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Kaarlo Vihtala is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Golzar misses with a straight left.
Golzar takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Vihtala cracks the inside of Golzar's front leg.
Vihtala scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Vihtala buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Golzar takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Golzar throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Vihtala moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vihtala connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Vihtala is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
A punch lands to the side of Golzar 's head but he takes it in his stride.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vihtala scores with a spinning back kick!
Good shot there by Vihtala.
Vihtala thumps Golzar with a low kick.
Golzar looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Vihtala feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Golzar's calf.
Golzar ducks right into an uppercut from Vihtala.
Vihtala throws a nice outside leg kick.
Golzar takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Golzar waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Vihtala.
Vihtala throws the kick towards the body but Golzar avoids it.
Gorgin Golzar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vihtala tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Vihtala dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Golzar. That did some damage!
The fighters circling - Golzar throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Vihtala lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Golzar tries for a takedown but Vihtala circles away easily
and Vihtala counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Vihtala turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Golzar throws the left hand but Vihtala avoids the punch easily.
Golzar throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Vihtala sees it coming and avoids it easily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kaarlo Vihtala showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Vihtala 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:25
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:25
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kaarlo Vihtala!
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