PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Silva Zoldyck (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Murheellinen Vilkuttaja (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zoldyck comes to the cage accompanied by You've Seen The Butcher by Deftones. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Zoldyck
vs
Vilkuttaja

190 cm
22
205 lbs
10 - 0 - 0

192 cm
21
209 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Unity Clothing
Arcticus University: London

Perkele!

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 10 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Silva Zoldyck!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Murheellinen Vilkuttaja!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Lou da Vinci and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vilkuttaja uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Zoldyck.
Zoldyck misses the jab.
Vilkuttaja is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Vilkuttaja defending well as Zoldyck loads up on a big left hand.
Vilkuttaja throws a lazy right hand but Zoldyck sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Zoldyck looks to throw a body kick
and Vilkuttaja counters with a straight right hand.
Vilkuttaja is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Zoldyck.
A jab from Zoldyck misses.
Zoldyck jabs Vilkuttaja to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Vilkuttaja tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Vilkuttaja keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Zoldyck.
Zoldyck lands with a nice body punch.
The fighters circling - Zoldyck throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Vilkuttaja tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Zoldyck was well out of range. Poor timing from Vilkuttaja.
Zoldyck misses with an uppercut
and Vilkuttaja connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Vilkuttaja fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Zoldyck manages to avoid it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zoldyck cracks Vilkuttaja with an open hand slap.
Vilkuttaja dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vilkuttaja misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Zoldyck on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Vilkuttaja throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Zoldyck misses the target.
A bone on bone clash there as Vilkuttaja blocks the leg kick.
Vilkuttaja blocks a jab.
Vilkuttaja walks into a left hand.
Vilkuttaja moves out of range of the strikes.
Vilkuttaja ducks under a wild hook from Zoldyck.
Vilkuttaja throws out a counter right but Zoldyck avoids it with no problem.
Zoldyck moves away from the strike by Vilkuttaja.
Vilkuttaja misses with a right hand
enabling Zoldyck to counter with a crisp jab.
Vilkuttaja 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.
Zoldyck ducks under a wild hook from Vilkuttaja.
Zoldyck scores with a crisp jab that stopped Vilkuttaja in his tracks.
Vilkuttaja takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vilkuttaja throws a good cross that connects.
Zoldyck uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Vilkuttaja.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Vilkuttaja lands an impressive looking overhand right. Zoldyck doesn't seem phased though.
Vilkuttaja takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Vilkuttaja connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Zoldyck momentarily.
Zoldyck connects with a solid leg kick.
Vilkuttaja has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
No joy there for Vilkuttaja, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A low kick from Vilkuttaja misses
and Zoldyck counters with a stiff right hand.
Vilkuttaja looks to score with a jab to the body but Zoldyck is just out of range.
Zoldyck fires out a quick counter leg kick but Vilkuttaja just manages to avoid it.
Vilkuttaja checks a low kick from Zoldyck.
Zoldyck closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Vilkuttaja throws a good cross that connects.
Zoldyck goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Vilkuttaja swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Zoldyck throws a body shot but no joy.
Zoldyck misses with a wild combination.
Zoldyck throws an off balance right hand
and Vilkuttaja counters with a two punch combo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vilkuttaja misses with a looping right.
A jab from Vilkuttaja misses.
Vilkuttaja throws the left hand but Zoldyck avoids the punch easily.
A big left from Vilkuttaja misses.
Zoldyck dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A swing and a miss from Vilkuttaja.
Vilkuttaja thows a left - swing and a miss!
Zoldyck is looking for a counter combo.
Zoldyck uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Vilkuttaja.
Zoldyck misses with a shot to the body
and Vilkuttaja counters with a stiff right hand.
A leg kick checked by Vilkuttaja.
Vilkuttaja missing with a left hand there. Zoldyck was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Vilkuttaja lands with a right hand.
Zoldyck throws a nice outside leg kick.
Zoldyck connects with a nice looking jab.
Some wild striking there from Zoldyck.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vilkuttaja lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Vilkuttaja is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Zoldyck had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vilkuttaja throws a sloppy body shot
enabling Zoldyck to counter with a crisp jab.
Zoldyck lands a glancing blow to the side of Vilkuttaja's head.
Vilkuttaja throws a body punch but Zoldyck moves out of range.
Zoldyck misses with a two punch combination.
Vilkuttaja throws a body punch but Zoldyck moves out of range.
The crowd cheers as Zoldyck lands an impressive looking overhand right. Vilkuttaja doesn't seem phased though.
Vilkuttaja takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Vilkuttaja ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Vilkuttaja waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Zoldyck.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Vilkuttaja misses with a body shot.
Vilkuttaja swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Zoldyck moves out of range of the strikes.
Zoldyck was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Vilkuttaja lands a nice shot that snaps Zoldyck's head back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Silva Zoldyck will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Zoldyck uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Vilkuttaja has time to react.
A punch lands to the side of Zoldyck 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Zoldyck lands a slapping body shot.
Zoldyck scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Vilkuttaja's jab looks to have found its range, popping Zoldyck under the eye.
Zoldyck moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Vilkuttaja lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Nice defenses there by Zoldyck.
Zoldyck avoids the body shot from Vilkuttaja.
Zoldyck throwing a counter right hand but Vilkuttaja manages to avoid it.
Zoldyck uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Vilkuttaja.
Zoldyck misses the shot to the body.
Vilkuttaja let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Zoldyck lands a head kick!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vilkuttaja dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Silva Zoldyck is winning the standup battle so far.
Vilkuttaja throws a jab when Zoldyck was well out of range.
Vilkuttaja punishes Zoldyck's body with a nice straight punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vilkuttaja misses with a lunging right hand
and Zoldyck counters with an outside leg kick.
Vilkuttaja walks into a jab.
A big right from Vilkuttaja misses.
Zoldyck uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Vilkuttaja.
Vilkuttaja fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Zoldyck.
Vilkuttaja scores with a hook to the body. Zoldyck takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Zoldyck throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Vilkuttaja counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Zoldyck pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Zoldyck lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Vilkuttaja misses with an uppercut
and Zoldyck finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Vilkuttaja jabs Zoldyck to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Vilkuttaja moves out of range as Zoldyck strikes.
Vilkuttaja takes a shot right to the bread basket.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Vilkuttaja connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Zoldyck fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Vilkuttaja is out of range.
A low kick from Vilkuttaja is predictable there
and Zoldyck counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Vilkuttaja.
Zoldyck lands a nice shot to the body.
Zoldyck defending well as Vilkuttaja loads up on a big left hand.
Zoldyck avoids the body shot from Vilkuttaja.
Zoldyck is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Vilkuttaja.
Zoldyck uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Vilkuttaja.
Vilkuttaja closes the distance but Zoldyck moves to the side
and Zoldyck counters with a straight right hand.
Zoldyck on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Zoldyck throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Vilkuttaja misses the jab.
Zoldyck scores with the left hand. Vilkuttaja knows he should have avoided that one.
Vilkuttaja misses with an uppercut. Zoldyck saw that one coming.
It looked like Zoldyck wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Zoldyck missing with a left hand there. Vilkuttaja was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Zoldyck takes a shot right to the bread basket.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zoldyck cracks Vilkuttaja with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Vilkuttaja throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Zoldyck sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Vilkuttaja ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Zoldyck takes a swing at Vilkuttaja's ribcage but misses.
Vilkuttaja misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Zoldyck.
Vilkuttaja connects with a looping right hand.
Zoldyck ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Vilkuttaja moves away.
Zoldyck connects with a body shot that sends Vilkuttaja's belly button to the back.
Vilkuttaja takes a jab right on the kisser.
Vilkuttaja lands a jab.
A punch lands to the side of Zoldyck 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Vilkuttaja lands a glancing blow to the side of Zoldyck's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vilkuttaja staying out of range there.
Vilkuttaja gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zoldyck bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Zoldyck feinted there with a counter leg kick.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Zoldyck throws an overhand right that lands on Vilkuttaja's shoulder, as Vilkuttaja tries to avoid the shot.
A punch combination from Vilkuttaja misses.
Zoldyck closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Vilkuttaja missing with a left hand there. Zoldyck was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Zoldyck throws a jab when Vilkuttaja was well out of range.
Zoldyck uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Vilkuttaja.
Zoldyck throws a jab but it's blocked by Vilkuttaja.
It seemed like Vilkuttaja was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Vilkuttaja moves out of range of the body kick.
Vilkuttaja throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Zoldyck sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Vilkuttaja has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Vilkuttaja swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A looping hook to the body misses from Vilkuttaja. Zoldyck does a little dance to reset his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Vilkuttaja slips under a jab from Zoldyck.
Zoldyck swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Vilkuttaja swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Zoldyck.
Zoldyck moves out of range as Vilkuttaja strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Murheellinen Vilkuttaja will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Zoldyck lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Nice defenses there by Vilkuttaja.
Vilkuttaja keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Zoldyck.
A telegraphed right hand from Vilkuttaja misses the target.

Zoldyck tries to keep at a distance but Vilkuttaja has taken the fight into the clinch.
Zoldyck misses with a hook to the ribs.
Zoldyck lands a right hand that snaps the head of Vilkuttaja backwards.
Zoldyck can't find room to land a body shot as Vilkuttaja controls the action.
Zoldyck tries to work over Vilkuttaja's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Zoldyck lands with a short shot to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Vilkuttaja creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Zoldyck breaks the clinch.
Vilkuttaja misses the shot to the body.
Zoldyck tries to land a body kick
and Vilkuttaja counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Zoldyck connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zoldyck misses with a looping right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vilkuttaja loads up on a big right hand but Zoldyck slips the punch.
Zoldyck swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Zoldyck jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Vilkuttaja throws a body shot but no joy.
A nice leg kick lands there from Zoldyck.
Nice cross by Vilkuttaja.
Vilkuttaja moves out of range as Zoldyck throws a body kick.
Vilkuttaja appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Nice shot by Zoldyck.
Zoldyck slips a straight right by Vilkuttaja.
Vilkuttaja swings for the body but Zoldyck moves out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Zoldyck on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Zoldyck lands a nice leg kick that just misses Vilkuttaja's sensitive parts.

Vilkuttaja has Zoldyck up against the cage in a clinch.
Zoldyck throws a head punch that misses.
Vilkuttaja blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Vilkuttaja works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vilkuttaja presses Zoldyck against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Vilkuttaja is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Vilkuttaja throws a head punch that misses.
Vilkuttaja lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Zoldyck backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vilkuttaja swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Zoldyck's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Vilkuttaja misses with the head strike.
Vilkuttaja misses with a punch on the inside.
Vilkuttaja lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Vilkuttaja misses with a punch on the inside.
Vilkuttaja has a couple of punches blocked by Zoldyck.
Zoldyck looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Still in the clinch, Vilkuttaja scores with a nice short uppercut.
Vilkuttaja prevents a body shot from Zoldyck.
Vilkuttaja fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Zoldyck doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vilkuttaja swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Zoldyck working aggressively here.
Vilkuttaja misses with a hook from the clinch.
Vilkuttaja lands a hook to the side of the head.
Vilkuttaja swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Zoldyck lands with a right to the head.

Zoldyck manages to break the clinch.
Vilkuttaja pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A quick step to the side and Zoldyck tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Vilkuttaja takes a swing at Zoldyck's ribcage but misses.
Zoldyck takes one to the side of the head.
Zoldyck misses with a leg kick
and Zoldyck takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Zoldyck ducks under a wild hook from Vilkuttaja.
Vilkuttaja throws a shot from downtown. Zoldyck moves away and avoids it.
Zoldyck feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Zoldyck thuds his shin into the meat of Vilkuttaja's side.
Zoldyck throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vilkuttaja throws a lazy uppercut
and Zoldyck counters with a lovely straight right hand!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zoldyck throws a low kick but Vilkuttaja avoids it.
Vilkuttaja throws a hook to the side of Zoldyck's head but Zoldyck sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A jab from Vilkuttaja misses.
Zoldyck misses with a low kick.
Vilkuttaja throws a body punch but Zoldyck moves out of range.
Zoldyck clobbers Vilkuttaja with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Vilkuttaja swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Vilkuttaja just misses with a punch to the body.
Zoldyck is looking to counter punch.
Zoldyck staying out of range there.
Zoldyck cracks the inside of Vilkuttaja's front leg.
Vilkuttaja lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Zoldyck throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Vilkuttaja takes one to the chin there.
Vilkuttaja misses with a lunging right hand
and Zoldyck counters with a lovely shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close third round but Murheellinen Vilkuttaja just about did enough to take it.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Vilkuttaja scores with a nice right hand.
Vilkuttaja throws a poor cross that misses
and Zoldyck counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Vilkuttaja tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Zoldyck was well out of range. Poor timing from Vilkuttaja.
Vilkuttaja is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Zoldyck.
Vilkuttaja looks to score with a jab to the body but Zoldyck is just out of range.
Zoldyck takes one to the chin there.
Vilkuttaja keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Zoldyck lands with a nice body punch.
Zoldyck lands with a kick to the temple. Vilkuttaja shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Zoldyck throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zoldyck swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Vilkuttaja. Zoldyck does a little dance to reset his feet.
Vilkuttaja throws a hook but Zoldyck avoids it easily.
Vilkuttaja waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Zoldyck.
Zoldyck throws the left hand but Vilkuttaja avoids the punch easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vilkuttaja connects with a good right hand that stumbles Zoldyck. Zoldyck circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Zoldyck walks into a straight right hand from Vilkuttaja.
A looping hook to the body misses from Vilkuttaja. Zoldyck does a little dance to reset his feet.
Vilkuttaja misses with a body punch
and Zoldyck counters with an inside leg kick.
Zoldyck defending well as Vilkuttaja loads up on a big left hand.
Zoldyck went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Zoldyck lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Vilkuttaja at a distance.
Vilkuttaja's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Zoldyck punishes Vilkuttaja's body with a nice straight punch.
Vilkuttaja misses the shot to the body.
Vilkuttaja misses with a looping right.
Zoldyck half committed to a counter leg kick.
Zoldyck lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Zoldyck scores with a punch to the head.
Zoldyck avoids the body shot from Vilkuttaja.
Vilkuttaja lands an overhand right.

Zoldyck tries to keep at a distance but Vilkuttaja has taken the fight into the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vilkuttaja gets through Zoldyck's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Zoldyck.
Zoldyck tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Zoldyck throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Vilkuttajas head.
Zoldyck lands a hook to the side of the head.
Zoldyck misses with a short punch on the inside.
Zoldyck lands with a right to the head.
Vilkuttaja softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Zoldyck doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Zoldyck working aggressively here.
I was talking to Zoldyck's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Zoldyck softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Vilkuttaja blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Zoldyck tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Zoldyck misses with the head strike.
Vilkuttaja stalling against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Zoldyck fails to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zoldyck misses with some punches.
Murheellinen Vilkuttaja seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Zoldyck as Vilkuttaja tries to tie him up.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Zoldyck.
Zoldyck throws a head punch that misses.
Vilkuttaja works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Vilkuttaja lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Vilkuttaja misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Zoldyck working aggressively here.
Vilkuttaja working aggressively here.
Zoldyck lands a right hand.
Vilkuttaja lands a nice shot to the body.
Vilkuttaja misses with a punch on the inside.
Zoldyck misses with a body punch.
Vilkuttaja tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Vilkuttaja.
Zoldyck lands a hook that snaps the head of Vilkuttaja backwards.
Vilkuttaja lands with a short shot to the head.
Zoldyck lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Vilkuttaja.
Zoldyck tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Vilkuttaja is trying to stall.
Zoldyck has a couple of punches blocked by Vilkuttaja.
Vilkuttaja throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vilkuttaja throws a punch but it's blocked by Zoldyck.
Zoldyck has a couple of punches blocked by Vilkuttaja.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Zoldyck creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Zoldyck takes a shot to the head.
Vilkuttaja lands a body punch.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Vilkuttaja throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Zoldycks head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close fourth round but I would say that Silva Zoldyck will probably get the nod.
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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Vilkuttaja jabbing away but nothing is landing.
As Vilkuttaja looks to move away, Zoldyck throws a big counter combo but Vilkuttaja just gets out of the way.
Zoldyck tries to land a body kick
and Vilkuttaja counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Zoldyck misses with a hook.
Vilkuttaja throws a big shot that misses.
Vilkuttaja misses with a hook to the body
and Zoldyck counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A jab from Vilkuttaja misses.
Vilkuttaja throws a body punch but Zoldyck moves out of range.
Zoldyck's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Vilkuttaja connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Zoldyck scrambles back to his feet.
A jab from Vilkuttaja misses.
Zoldyck is looking to score with low kicks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vilkuttaja fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Vilkuttaja wants to clinch up but Zoldyck keeps it at a distance.
As Vilkuttaja backs away, Zoldyck returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Zoldyck uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Vilkuttaja.
No joy there for Vilkuttaja, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Vilkuttaja ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Zoldyck moves away.
Zoldyck swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Zoldyck. Beautiful body shot.
Zoldyck ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Vilkuttaja is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Decent striking displayed by Vilkuttaja there.
Zoldyck lands an overhand right.
Zoldyck moves out of range of the strikes.

Vilkuttaja clinches.
Vilkuttaja digs a right hand into Zoldyck's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Zoldyck's gas tank.
Vilkuttaja misses with a hook to the ribs.
Vilkuttaja tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Zoldyck's elbow.
Vilkuttaja misses with some punches.
Vilkuttaja avoiding damage.
Zoldyck tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Zoldyck lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Zoldyck goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vilkuttaja leaning against his opponent.
Zoldyck blocks an uppercut.
Zoldyck tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Vilkuttaja trying to stall but Zoldyck improves his position.
Vilkuttaja tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Zoldyck lands with a light punch inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice body punch from Vilkuttaja - that landed with a thud.
Vilkuttaja makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Zoldyck tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Zoldyck misses with a short punch on the inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Vilkuttaja.
Zoldyck misses with the head strike.
Vilkuttaja lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Zoldyck or not.
Vilkuttaja throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Zoldyck.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vilkuttaja swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Zoldyck lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Zoldyck misses with a punch to the body.
Zoldyck is trying to break the clinch but Vilkuttaja is controlling him.
Zoldyck tries to break the clinch but Vilkuttaja is controlling the position.
Vilkuttaja lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Vilkuttaja scores with a hook to the body.

Zoldyck's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Vilkuttaja throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Zoldyck counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Vilkuttaja lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Zoldyck throws a looping overhand right but Vilkuttaja ducks down to avoid it.
Nice body punch from Vilkuttaja.
Vilkuttaja swings and misses with a hook to the body.
It looked like Zoldyck wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Vilkuttaja paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Zoldyck looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vilkuttaja fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Zoldyck manages to avoid it.
Zoldyck swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Zoldyck throws a low kick but Vilkuttaja moves out of range easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zoldyck fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Vilkuttaja manages to avoid it.
Vilkuttaja loads up on a big right hand but Zoldyck slips the punch.
Zoldyck keeps the fight on the outside.
Zoldyck was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Vilkuttaja lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Vilkuttaja throws a shot to the body.
Zoldyck takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Vilkuttaja misses the shot to the body.
Zoldyck throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Zoldyck takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Vilkuttaja throws a looping overhand right but Zoldyck ducks down to avoid it.
Zoldyck circles away from the clinch attempt
and Zoldyck counters with a lovely shot to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Murheellinen Vilkuttaja comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Vilkuttaja has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Anthony Taglia scores the fight 47:48
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 49:46
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 47:48

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Murheellinen Vilkuttaja!
Murheellinen Vilkuttaja is the new light heavyweight champion!
An out of breath Murheellinen Vilkuttaja thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.