PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matt Zwart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kaarlo Vihtala (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vihtala has chosen Pohjois-Karjala as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Zwart
vs
Vihtala

200 cm
29
271 lbs
15 - 5 - 1

202 cm
28
286 lbs
17 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Perkele!

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 15 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Matt Zwart!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kaarlo Vihtala!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Roosa Järviläinen and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zwart connects with an inside leg kick.
Zwart tries to clinch there but Vihtala circles away.
Zwart lands a nice shot to the body.
Vihtala stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Zwart.
Vihtala cracks Zwart with a good jab.
Zwart throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Zwart misses with a low kick.
Matt Zwart seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vihtala thows a body shot but no joy.
Zwart scoring well with a low kick there.
Vihtala ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Zwart moves away.
Zwart lands with a thumping 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!
Zwart bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Zwart tries to move into range but Vihtala moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Some bone on bone action there as Vihtala checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A clash of legs there as Vihtala blocks the low kick.
Vihtala chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Zwart can pounce on him.

Zwart gets tackled into the cage by Vihtala. Vihtala maintains the clinch.
Zwart with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vihtala tries to land a knee to the head but Zwart blocks with his arms.
Zwart tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Vihtala lands a body shot in the clinch.
Vihtala blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Vihtala misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Zwart misses with a knee strike.
Knees to the body from Vihtala.
Zwart is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zwart trying to land knees to the body.
Vihtala stalling against the cage.
Vihtala lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Vihtala lands a hook to the side of the head.
Vihtala lands a good knee to the midsection. Zwart won't want to take too many of those.

Vihtala jumps guard and drags Zwart to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Vihtala working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Zwart doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Vihtala is tightening it up a little... Zwart has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Zwart reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Zwart taps out! Nice BJJ there by Vihtala!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Kaarlo Vihtala!
During a confident post fight interview, Kaarlo Vihtala thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.