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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Viljo Laine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paolo Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Viljo Laine could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Paolo Souza's chin.
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240 lbs
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193 cm
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265 lbs
10 - 6 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
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Decent boxing
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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 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Viljo Laine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Paolo Souza!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Leandro Rodrigues and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Laine lands a head shot.
Laine keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Laine keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Souza.
Laine ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Laine keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Souza.
Souza rushes Laine and presses him up against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Souza fails to land.
Souza tries to throw a body punch but Laine avoids it by throwing Souza back against the cage.
Laine scores with a shot to the side of Souza's head.
Souza misses with some punches.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Laine digs a right hand underneath Souza's ribcage. Souza let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Laine.
Laine scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Souza misses with a punch to the body.
Souza lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Laine or not.
Laine blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Laine pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Viljo Laine seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Souza moves away from the strike by Laine.
Souza lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Souza feints and as Laine raises his hands in defense, Souza changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Souza chips away with some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza is looking to work some ground and pound but Laine has wrist control.
Laine is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Laine manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Laine content just to control the position here.
Souza manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Souza has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Laine is controlling the pace.
Souza wants to get back to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laine takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Souza avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Laine.
Laine looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Laine wants to get back to his feet.
Souza is trying to get back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Souza shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Laine sprawls well. Laine wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Souza gets slowly back to his feet.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Laine lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Souza has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Souza and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Souza shoots in and drives through. Laine sprawls well.
Souza misses with a body shot.
Laine fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Souza looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A jab from Laine finds it's way through Souza's defenses.
Souza throws a hook but Laine blocks it.
Laine throws a hook to the side of Souza's head but Souza sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Souza tries to close the distance and clinch but Laine swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Souza looks to throw the jab but Laine is out of range.
Laine ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Souza misses with an attempted mid kick.
Laine lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Laine connects with a crisp jab.
Souza jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Laine swats away the attempt to clinch by Souza.
The fight stays on the outside here - Souza looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Souza closes the distance and clinches up with Laine, looking for a takedown. Souza pushes Laine against the cage but Laine circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Viljo Laine has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paolo Souza.
Laine with a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Viljo Laine dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Laine connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Laine pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Souza tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Laine was well out of range. Poor timing from Souza.
Souza moves out of range as Laine strikes.
Laine moves out of range as Souza strikes.
Laine lands a head shot.
Laine throws a jab but it's blocked by Souza.
Laine connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Souza misses with a hook to the body
letting Laine counter with a right hand.
Souza shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Souza was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Laine really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
A nice elbow there by Souza.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee warns Laine that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Laine slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Souza throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Ground and pound from Souza.
The fighters are battling for position here. Laine manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Laine is looking to stand up but Souza isn't so interested in that idea.
Laine bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Souza's guard.
Laine wants to stand but Souza has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Laine wants to pass the guard but Souza is keeping the position.
Souza wants to sweep here but Laine controlling him for the moment.
Laine wants to stand but Souza has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laine trying to control the position from guard on top but Souza is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Laine wants to stand but Souza has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Laine stands up from Souza's guard - Laine perhaps looking for a knockout.
Souza will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laine scores with a punch to the head.
Souza dives in and grabs Laine's left leg, looking for a takedown. Laine pushes down on Souza's head and hops out.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Souza.
Souza working the head and body with strikes.
Souza trying to control the action but Laine is working from the bottom.
Laine gets back to half guard.
Laine is looking to improve his position.
Laine is working hard here to advance position.
Laine pushes Souza off and gets back to his feet.
Laine moves out of range as Souza strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laine dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Laine stuffs the takedown attempt from Souza. Souza gets slowly back to his feet.
Viljo Laine has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paolo Souza.
Souza avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nice uppercut lands for Laine. That snapped Souza's head back.
Laine looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Laine jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Laine scores with a shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Laine getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Souza is trying hard to land a takedown here. Laine sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Souza looks to score with a jab to the body but Laine is just out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Viljo Laine will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Souza is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Laine scores with a hook.
Laine slips a straight right by Souza.
Laine fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Souza manages to avoid it.
Souza swinging wildly here.
Souza takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Laine connects with a jab.
Laine scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Souza swings for the body but Laine moves out of range.
Laine slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza slips under a jab from Laine.
Laine throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Laine slips under a jab from Souza.
Souza throws an overhand right that lands on Laine's shoulder, as Laine tries to avoid the shot.
Laine with a hook.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Souza is defended easily by Laine.
Souza chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Laine can pounce on him.
Laine slips a jab from Souza.
Souza fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Souza doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Laine counters with a straight right hand.
Viljo Laine has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paolo Souza.
Souza takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laine with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Laine fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Laine lands a really nice looking cross but Souza seems unphased.
Laine connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Souza's hands.
Souza throws a lazy right hand but Laine sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Laine cracks Souza with an open hand slap.
Souza has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Souza throws a hook but Laine avoids it easily.
Souza slips under a jab from Laine.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Souza.
Laine keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Souza.
Viljo Laine is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Souza fails with an attempt to clinch.
Viljo Laine is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Laine scores with a three punch combo!
Souza shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A cross from Laine lands.
A bone on bone clash there as Souza blocks the leg kick.
Souza misses with a hook. Laine ducked under it nicely.
Viljo Laine is winning the standup battle so far.
Laine connects with a body shot.
Laine connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Laine with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Laine connects with a nice looking jab.
Laine listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Paolo Souza has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laine uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Souza has time to react.
Laine scores with a nice head shot.
Souza defending well as Laine loads up on a big left hand.
Laine ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Laine jabs Souza right on the nose. Souza blinks but takes it well.
Souza misses with a takedown
and Laine counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Souza thinking.
Laine lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Souza at a distance.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Souza shoots for a takedown but Laine saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Laine dips to his left and cracks Souza with an uppercut!
Laine uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Souza has time to react.
Laine scores with a body shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Viljo Laine showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Laine, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Edson Gomes scores the fight 29:27
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:26
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Viljo Laine!
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