PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ernesti Vihervaara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aleksi Borga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vihervaara's entrance music is Headhunterz - Last Of Mohicanz. A fine choice. Borga is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by People In Planes - Last Man Standing. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Aleksi Borga enters the cage!

Vihervaara
vs
Borga

190 cm
27
248 lbs
20 - 6 - 0

193 cm
27
277 lbs
22 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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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 20 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ernesti Vihervaara!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Aleksi Borga!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vihervaara just misses with a punch to the body.
Vihervaara doesn't manage to clinch there - Borga circles away.
Vihervaara tries to clinch up but Borga circles away and keeps his distance.
Borga cracks the inside of Vihervaara's front leg.
Vihervaara takes a jab right on the kisser.
Borga scores with a jab to the jaw.
Borga catches Vihervaara with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
A combination from Borga does no damage.
Vihervaara tries to clinch up but Borga circles away and keeps his distance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vihervaara drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Borga throws a good cross that connects.
Vihervaara steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Borga.
Borga scores with a jab. Vihervaara acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Borga lands a jab to the nose.
Borga misses with a looping left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Borga throws a right hand that Vihervaara ducks under and follows up with a left that Vihervaara also avoids with ease.
A nice leg kick lands there from Borga.
Aleksi Borga is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A head kick misses from Vihervaara.
Borga cracks the inside of Vihervaara's front leg.
Vihervaara moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Vihervaara lunges at Borga with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Borga's hand.

It looks like Aleksi Borga has been cut.
A left lands for Borga.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Borga lands a glancing blow to the side of Vihervaara's head.
Vihervaara fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Borga is out of range.
Vihervaara moves out of range of the strikes.
Vihervaara throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nice shot by Borga.
Vihervaara scores with a jab to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Borga lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Vihervaara throws a jab but it's blocked by Borga.
Vihervaara keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Aleksi Borga seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vihervaara tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Borga is able to avoid easily.
Borga connects with a solid leg kick.
Borga keeps the fight on the outside.
Vihervaara shoots in but Borga avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Vihervaara tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Borga was well out of range. Poor timing from Vihervaara.
Vihervaara jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Vihervaara on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Vihervaara fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Borga manages to avoid it.
Vihervaara takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vihervaara is looking to land body kicks.
A looping hook to the body misses from Vihervaara. Borga does a little dance to reset his feet.
Borga jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Vihervaara moves out of range of the strikes.
Vihervaara is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Borga.
Borga throws a looping overhand right but Vihervaara ducks down to avoid it.
Borga tries to land a front kick but Vihervaara steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Vihervaara on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Good exchange - Borga coming out on top.
Borga is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Vihervaara had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Borga throws a body kick that misses.
Borga misses with a looping left.
Borga lands a nice leg kick that just misses Vihervaara's sensitive parts.
Borga throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Borga connects with a looping right hand.
Borga is looking to land body kicks.
Borga thuds his right hand into Vihervaara's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Vihervaara takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Borga moves into range and connects with a jab.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Vihervaara.
Borga throws a leg kick which misses Vihervaara's front leg but catches the back leg as Vihervaara tries to avoid it.
Borga jabs at Vihervaara's body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Borga lands a slapping body shot.
Borga scores with a jab. Vihervaara acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Vihervaara pivots, looking for a leg kick but Borga is out of range and Vihervaara settles back down.
Vihervaara closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aleksi Borga dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Aleksi Borga's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Vihervaara on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Vihervaara closes this distance looking for a takedown but Borga circles away.
Vihervaara takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Borga connects with a body shot.
Borga goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Borga lands with a shot to the body.
Borga scores with a jab.

Vihervaara is rocked!
Borga lands a jab.
Oh Vihervaara is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Vihervaara walks straight into a right hand from Borga - that's dropped him! Borga jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Vihervaara from any more punishment! Vihervaara complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Aleksi Borga!
Aleksi Borga decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.