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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tony Viikinki (ranked 585 p4p, 1005 weight class) and Billy Blank (ranked 67 p4p, 118 weight class). Billy Blank will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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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 24 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tony Viikinki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Billy Blank!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shirou Masuda and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blank connects with a good right hand that stumbles Viikinki. Viikinki circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A cross from Viikinki lands.
Viikinki throws a leg kick but Blank sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Viikinki throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
enabling Blank to counter with a crisp jab.
Blank looks to throw the jab but Viikinki is out of range.
Blank scores with a shot to the body.
Blank fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Blank misses with a looping left.
Viikinki loads up on a big right hand but Blank slips the punch.
Viikinki connects with an inside leg kick.
Blank comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Viikinki misses with an uppercut. Blank saw that one coming.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A clash of legs there as Blank blocks the low kick.
Viikinki buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Blank on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Blank misses the shot to the body.
Viikinki swings for the body but Blank moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Viikinki throws an off balance right hand
and Blank counters with a stiff right hand.
Viikinki throws a hook but Blank blocks it.
Blank is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Viikinki scores with a punch to the head.
Viikinki throws a body shot but no joy.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Blank has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Viikinki pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Viikinki misses the shot to the body.
Blank is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Viikinki.
Blank throws a jab but it's blocked by Viikinki.
Nice shot by Blank.
Viikinki takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Blank looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Viikinki takes a jab right on the kisser.
Viikinki throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
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!
Viikinki throws a big shot that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blank throws a hook to the side of Viikinki's head but Viikinki sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Blank gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Viikinki.
Viikinki steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Blank.
Blank jabs at Viikinki's body.
Blank takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Blank misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Viikinki.
Blank chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Viikinki can pounce on him.
Blank stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Viikinki.
Viikinki pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Viikinki throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Blank.
Viikinki fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Blank manages to avoid it.
Viikinki throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Blank is looking for the big counter here.
Blank throws a hook to the side of Viikinki's head but Viikinki sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Blank misses the jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Viikinki misses with an uppercut.
Viikinki misses with a right hand
and Blank cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Viikinki thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Blank if he has to take too many more of those.
Viikinki throws a lazy right hand but Blank sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Viikinki sets himself, and Blank steps forward looking for the clinch! Viikinki avoids it this time.
Viikinki connects with a leg kick.
Viikinki connects with a body shot that sends Blank's belly button to the back.
Blank blocks the body kick.
A big right from Blank misses.
A combination from Blank does no damage.
A little feinted left hand from Viikinki on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Blank checks a low kick from Viikinki.
Blank let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Viikinki pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Blank throws a hook to the side of Viikinki's head but Viikinki sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A jab from Blank does it's job there.
Viikinki turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Viikinki thows a leg kick but Blank checks it
and Viikinki takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Viikinki looks to score with a jab to the body but Blank is just out of range.
Viikinki digs a good hook to Blank's body.
Viikinki just misses with a punch to the body.
Blank stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Viikinki.
Viikinki slips a straight right by Blank.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Viikinki.
Viikinki looks for the body kick but Blank saw that one coming.
Blank is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Viikinki had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Blank digs a good body shot into Viikinki's ribs.
Nice body punch from Blank.
Viikinki throws a low kick but Blank moves out of range easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Blank connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Blank closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Viikinki misses the body punch
and Blank holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Billy Blank will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Blank keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Viikinki.
Tony Viikinki is winning the standup battle so far.
Viikinki throws a push kick but Blank slaps the foot to one side.
Viikinki looks to score with a jab to the body but Blank is just out of range.
A big left from Blank misses.
Blank throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Viikinki goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Blank missing with a left hand there. Viikinki was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sloppy strikes from Viikinki. Those never looked like landing.
Blank slips under a jab.
Blank lands with a nice combination. Viikinki backs away looking to recover.
A punch lands to the side of Viikinki 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Blank throws a body punch but Viikinki moves out of range.
Viikinki misses with a straight left.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Viikinki swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Viikinki throws a low kick, looking for Blank's leg but Blank calmly moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blank throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Blank throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Viikinki feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Viikinki throws a series of punches but Blank moves out of range.
You can see that Blank has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
Viikinki fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Blank manages to avoid it.
Blank steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Viikinki.
Blank throws a looping overhand right but Viikinki ducks down to avoid it.
Blank throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Viikinki swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Viikinki throws a sloppy head kick and Blank moves out of range easily.
Viikinki throws out a leg kick but Blank moves out of range and Viikinki only half commits.
Viikinki lands with a shot to the body.
Blank looks to throw the jab but Viikinki is out of range.
Tony Viikinki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Viikinki misses with a wild combination.
A nice side step and Blank releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Viikinki connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Viikinki throws a shot from downtown. Blank moves away and avoids it.
Viikinki blocks a jab.
Viikinki throws a head kick but Blank moves out of range.
Blank throws a hook but Viikinki blocks it.
Viikinki slips a straight right by Blank.
Blank throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Viikinki lands a big head kick that sends Blank tumbling to the mat! Viikinki takes a step backwards and waves Blank back to his feet - he wants the finish!
It looks like Billy Blank has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A cross from Viikinki lands.
Viikinki blocks a jab.
Viikinki bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Viikinki throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Blank misses with a straight left.
Viikinki throws a body kick that misses
and Blank counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Viikinki jabs Blank to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Viikinki dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Blank. That did some damage!
Blank on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Viikinki. Viikinki obviously looking to wear him down.
Viikinki throws an off balance right hand
and Viikinki takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Viikinki fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Blank manages to avoid it.
Viikinki feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Blanks jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Viikinki misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Blank.
Blank misses with a series of wild punches.
A big left from Blank misses.
Viikinki misses with a jab to the body
and Blank counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Viikinki avoids the body shot from Blank.
Viikinki throws a big counter combination but Blank scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Viikinki uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Blank.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Viikinki throws a lazy uppercut
and Blank moves into the clinch.
I was talking to Viikinki's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Viikinki prevents Blank from breaking the clinch.
Blank breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The fighters circling - Blank throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Viikinki punishes Blank's body with a nice straight punch.
Blank is breathing heavily.
Viikinki looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Blank's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Viikinki darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
The fighters circling - Viikinki throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Viikinki slips under a jab from Blank.
Viikinki misses with a shot to the body
and Blank counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Viikinki ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Blank moves away.
Blank digs a good hook to Viikinki's body.
Viikinki keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Viikinki closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tony Viikinki dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Billy Blank's cut.
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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Viikinki connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Viikinki rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Blank counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Viikinki moves out of range as Blank strikes.
Blank slips under a jab.
Blank is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Viikinki fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A swing and a miss from Viikinki.
Blank uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Viikinki.
Viikinki connects with a nice looking jab.
Viikinki pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Viikinki tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blank throws the left hand but Viikinki avoids the punch easily.
Viikinki lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Blank scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Blank takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Viikinki throws a jab but it's blocked by Blank.
Blank is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Viikinki with a body shot.
Blank jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Viikinki throws a head kick that Blank semi-blocks.
Blank 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.
Blank throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Blank uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Viikinki.
Viikinki staying out of range there.
Viikinki swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Viikinki's corner calls for a 1-2. Viikinki obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Viikinki jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A low kick from Viikinki is predictable there
and Blank cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Blank avoids the body shot from Viikinki.
Blank looks to score with a jab to the body but Viikinki is just out of range.
Viikinki misses with a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A low kick lands for Viikinki.
Blank looks to land a combination but Viikinki avoids it well.
Blank takes one to the chin there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Blank slips under a jab.
Blank throws an overhand right that lands on Viikinki's shoulder, as Viikinki tries to avoid the shot.
Viikinki slips a jab and a cross from Blank.
Blank avoids the body shot from Viikinki.
Viikinki throws a solid leg kick but Blank takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Viikinki.
Blank tries to counter with a clinch but Viikinki shakes him off and moves away.
A good leg kick by Viikinki.
Blank loads up on a big right hand but Viikinki slips the punch.
A counter left hand to the body from Viikinki misses its target.
Blank pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Viikinki misses with a jab, cross combination.
Viikinki keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Viikinki throws out a powerful jab.
Viikinki connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Blank throws a big shot that misses.
Viikinki moves away from the strike by Blank.
A big left from Blank misses.
Viikinki thumps Blank with a low kick.
Viikinki takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Viikinki with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Blank slips under a jab.
Viikinki throws a body shot but no joy.
Blank looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Viikinki looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Blank ducks under a wild hook from Viikinki.
Viikinki throws a nice outside leg kick.
Viikinki fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Viikinki throws a shot from downtown. Blank moves away and avoids it.
Viikinki takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Viikinki takes a swing at Blank's ribcage but misses.
Blank throws out a counter right but Viikinki avoids it with no problem.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice jab there from Blank.
Viikinki misses with a shot to the body
and Blank counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Blank misses with a two punch combination.
Blank throws a jab when Viikinki was well out of range.
Viikinki seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Viikinki avoids a punch combination nicely.
Blank on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Viikinki connects with a leg kick.
Nice body kick from Viikinki.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tony Viikinki showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Viikinki has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Ren Mimura scores the fight 29:28
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:28
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tony Viikinki!
After the fight, Tony Viikinki was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
Billy Blank spoke after the fight, saying 'I lost focus and i paid for it. it was a great fight and i am coming back much better.'.
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