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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between David Reese (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ernesti Vihervaara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Reese comes to the cage accompanied by Ari Gold - Let's Hug It Out, BITCH. Vihervaara has chosen I Am The Devil as his entrance music. David Reese has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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265 lbs
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, David Reese!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ernesti Vihervaara!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Sergei Dronov and Dmitry Maklakov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vihervaara throws a sloppy head kick and Reese moves out of range easily.
Reese lands the left hand.
Reese throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Vihervaara blocks the body kick.
Reese ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Vihervaara moves away.
Reese throws a body kick that misses.
Vihervaara throws the kick towards the body but Reese avoids it.
Reese moves out of range of the strikes.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Reese, as that shot connected.
Vihervaara turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Reese lands with an overhand left.
Vihervaara is looking to land body kicks.
Reese misses with a body kick.
Reese looks to land a left hand but Vihervaara moved out of range nicely.
Vihervaara gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Reese wants to break the clinch but can't.
A shot in the inside from Vihervaara.
Good body shot from Vihervaara.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vihervaara tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Reese's elbow.
Vihervaara has a couple of punches blocked by Reese.
Vihervaara lands a nice shot to the body.
Reese blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Vihervaara lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reese misses with a hook to the ribs.
Vihervaara with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Vihervaara trying to land knees to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Reese.
Reese keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Vihervaara's efforts to push away.
Vihervaara tries to work over Reese's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Vihervaara lands a nice shot to the body.
Vihervaara gets through Reese's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Vihervaara lands a shoulder strike.
Vihervaara missing with knees to the body.
A hook to the body from Reese.
Reese tries a body shot but Vihervaara blocks it.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Vihervaara.
Vihervaara tries a knee to the head but Reese blocks it.
Vihervaara lands a left hand that snaps the head of Reese backwards.
Still in the clinch, Vihervaara scores with a nice short uppercut.
Vihervaara pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Reese is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Vihervaara looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Reese fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Vihervaara, right into the meat.
Reese is breathing heavily.
Nice cross by Vihervaara.
Reese throws a half hearted mid kick.
Reese moves out of range as Vihervaara throws a body kick.
Vihervaara misses with a wild body shot.
Vihervaara moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vihervaara has managed to clinch.
Vihervaara throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Reeses head.
Vihervaara missing with knees to the body.
Vihervaara creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Reese blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Reese is trying to break the clinch but Vihervaara is controlling him.
Reese tries to throw a body punch but Vihervaara avoids it by throwing Reese back against the cage.
Reese throws a punch but it's blocked by Vihervaara.
Vihervaara lands a left hand.
Vihervaara tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Reese avoids it.
Reese goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Vihervaara crunches a lovely knee into Reese's ribcage.
Vihervaara tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Reese breaks from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reese defending well as Vihervaara loads up on a big left hand.
Reese throws a nice looking combination but Vihervaara bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Vihervaara tries to clinch up but Reese circles away and keeps his distance.
Reese walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Vihervaara checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Reese's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Vihervaara connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Reese scrambles back to his feet.
Reese looks to land a right hand but Vihervaara moved out of range.
Reese connects with a single shot there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Reese. Vihervaara does a little dance to reset his feet.
Vihervaara looks to land a right hand but Reese moved out of range.
Reese misses with a body shot.
Reese with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Vihervaara takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Reese circles away from the clinch attempt.
Reese misses with an attempted mid kick.
Vihervaara steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Reese.
Reese fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Reese misses the shot to the body.
Reese throws a looping overhand right but Vihervaara ducks down to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reese is looking to land body kicks.
Vihervaara misses with a body shot
and Reese counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Vihervaara walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Vihervaara darts in and clinches Reese up against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Reese managing to block the knees to the body from Vihervaara.
Vihervaara crunches a lovely knee into Reese's ribcage.
Reese takes an elbow to the forehead.
It looks like David Reese has been cut.
Vihervaara landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Vihervaara creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Reese's defenses.
Reese takes an elbow to the forehead.
Vihervaara looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Vihervaara scores with a knee to the head.
Reese blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Vihervaara lands a good knee to the midsection. Reese won't want to take too many of those.
Reese is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Vihervaara creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Reese's defenses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice body punch from Vihervaara.
Vihervaara throws a knee to the head but misses.
Vihervaara presses Reese against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Vihervaara lands an uppercut.
Vihervaara lands a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ernesti Vihervaara dominated that round.
The cut man is working on David Reese's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Vihervaara jabs at Reese's body.
Vihervaara moves into range and clinches up with Reese.
Reese managing to block the knees to the body from Vihervaara.
Vihervaara pushes Reese back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Vihervaara lands an elbow that stopped Reese in his tracks for a moment.
Vihervaara lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Vihervaara working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Reese can't break the clinch.
Vihervaara lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Vihervaara working Reese over with knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Vihervaara.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vihervaara scores a nice knee to the body.
Vihervaara tries to land knees in the clinch but Reese avoids the damage to the body.
Vihervaara tries to land knees in the clinch but Reese avoids the damage to the body.
Vihervaara lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Vihervaara scores with a shoulder strike.
Vihervaara is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Reese is defending well for now.
Vihervaara unloads a knee to the mid-section. Reese lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Vihervaara working Reese over with knees to the body.
Vihervaara throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Reeses head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Vihervaara throws an elbow but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Vihervaara throws an elbow but misses.
Vihervaara lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Vihervaara lands a body punch.
Reese managing to block the knees to the body from Vihervaara.
Vihervaara landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Vihervaara lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Reese blocking some punches.
Vihervaara scores a nice knee to the body.
Vihervaara lands with a light punch inside.
Vihervaara creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Reese's defenses.
Vihervaara doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Reese takes an elbow to the forehead.
Vihervaara lands a good knee to the midsection. Reese won't want to take too many of those.
Vihervaara lands a body shot.
Vihervaara working Reese over with knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vihervaara prevents Reese from breaking the clinch.
Vihervaara throws a knee to the head but misses.
A shot in the inside from Vihervaara.
Vihervaara throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Reeses head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reese takes an elbow to the forehead.
Knees in the clinch landing for Vihervaara.
Vihervaara pushes off an throws an elbow but Reese leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Vihervaara lands a nice elbow.
Vihervaara tries a knee to the head but Reese blocks it.
Vihervaara lands a shot to the body.
Ernesti Vihervaara seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Vihervaara lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Vihervaara manages to break the clinch.
David Reese is winning the standup battle so far.
Vihervaara moves into range and connects with a jab.
A chopping leg kick lands by Vihervaara.
Vihervaara punishes Reese's body with a nice straight punch.
Vihervaara thuds his right hand into Reese's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Vihervaara uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Vihervaara dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Reese. That did some damage!
Vihervaara looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Good leg kick by Vihervaara there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Vihervaara scores with a sloppy right hand. Reese should have avoided that one.
Vihervaara fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Reese has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Vihervaara has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vihervaara connects with a crisp jab.
Vihervaara has taken the fight to the clinch.
Vihervaara with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nice body punch from Vihervaara - that landed with a thud.
Reese is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Reese blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Reese on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Reese blocks an elbow strike.
Vihervaara scores a nice knee to the body.
Reese is looking to control Vihervaara's arms but Vihervaara gets an underhook and turns him. Now Reese has his back to the cage.
Reese managing to block the knees to the body from Vihervaara.
Vihervaara lands with a light punch inside.
Vihervaara landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Reese managing to block the knees to the body from Vihervaara.
Vihervaara comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Reese takes an elbow to the forehead.
Vihervaara lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Reese takes a knee right on the jaw!
Vihervaara tries a knee to the head but Reese blocks it.
Vihervaara unloads a knee to the mid-section. Reese lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vihervaara is working Reese over against the cage.
Vihervaara lands an elbow inside that Reese shrugs off.
Vihervaara using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vihervaara works on Reese's body with a couple of short punches.
Reese on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Vihervaara scores with a shoulder strike.
Vihervaara lands a hook to the side of the head.
Vihervaara with a knee to the head.
Reese digs a right hand into Vihervaara's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Vihervaara's gas tank.
Vihervaara lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Reese or not.
Knees to the body from Vihervaara.
Vihervaara lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Vihervaara using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Reese has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Vihervaara lands a nice elbow.
Vihervaara throws an elbow but it misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Vihervaara creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Vihervaara.
Vihervaara scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Vihervaara has Reese pressed against the cage, preventing Reese from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ernesti Vihervaara showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on David Reese's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Reese jabs Vihervaara to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Reese on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Vihervaara. Vihervaara obviously looking to wear him down.
Vihervaara tries to clinch up but Reese circles away and keeps his distance.
Jab from Vihervaara.
Vihervaara ducks under a wild hook from Reese.
Vihervaara throws a body kick that misses.
Reese looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Reese looks to score with a jab to the body but Vihervaara is just out of range.
Vihervaara lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Reese throws a nice inside leg kick.
Reese avoids the body shot from Vihervaara.
Reese stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Vihervaara.
Vihervaara explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Good leg kick by Vihervaara there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vihervaara throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Vihervaara cracks Reese with an open hand slap.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Vihervaara moves into range and connects with a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vihervaara scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Nice uppercut lands for Vihervaara. That snapped Reese's head back.
Vihervaara moves in looking to clinch but Reese pushes him off.
Vihervaara clobbers Reese with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Vihervaara throws a push kick but Reese slaps the foot to one side.
Reese tries to work over Vihervaara's front leg with a kick but Vihervaara checks it.
Vihervaara throws a combination that misses
and Reese counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Vihervaara lands a nice hook to Reese's body. Reese takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Vihervaara lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Reese on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Vihervaara. Vihervaara obviously looking to wear him down.
A nice inside leg kick there by Vihervaara. That's going to slow Reese down.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Vihervaara, right into the meat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vihervaara fails in his attempt to clinch.
Reese takes a jab right on the kisser.
Vihervaara comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Reese looks to score with a jab to the body but Vihervaara is just out of range.
Reese on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Vihervaara. Vihervaara obviously looking to wear him down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vihervaara clinches with his opponent.
Vihervaara lands an elbow just above Reese 's eye.
Reese goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Vihervaara throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Reese blocks an uppercut.
Vihervaara scores with a shot to the side of Reese's head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Vihervaara.
Reese on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Reese takes a shot to the head.
A shot in the inside from Vihervaara.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Vihervaara.
Reese is rocked!
A left hand lands to the body for Vihervaara.
Vihervaara drags the fight down to the ground.
Vihervaara is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Reese defends well.
Vihervaara wriggles free and stands up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reese walks into a straight right hand from Vihervaara.
Vihervaara misses with a low kick.
Vihervaara ducks under a wild hook from Reese.
A shot to the body from Reese misses
and Vihervaara counters with a slapping leg kick.
Vihervaara throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Vihervaara with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Vihervaara jabs Reese to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Vihervaara connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Reese momentarily.
Reese takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Jab by Vihervaara.
Ernesti Vihervaara seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vihervaara scores with a jab to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vihervaara is looking to slow Reese down with leg kicks.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vihervaara throws the kick towards the body but Reese avoids it.
Vihervaara scores with the left hand. Reese knows he should have avoided that one.
Vihervaara tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Vihervaara connects with a single shot there.
Vihervaara tries to clinch up but Reese circles away and keeps his distance.
Reese misses with a body shot.
Vihervaara fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Reese manages to avoid it.
Reese misses with a body shot
and Vihervaara counters with an outside leg kick.
Reese takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Vihervaara drives through and clinches with Reese against the cage.
Reese is trying to stall.
Vihervaara lands with a right to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vihervaara.
Reese trying to stall but Vihervaara improves his position.
Vihervaara lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Vihervaara works on Reese's body with a couple of short punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ernesti Vihervaara really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on David Reese's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Vihervaara lands a nice leg kick that just misses Reese's sensitive parts.
Vihervaara instigates a clinch.
Vihervaara utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Vihervaara lands an uppercut.
Vihervaara tries to land knees in the clinch but Reese avoids the damage to the body.
Vihervaara lands a nice shot to the body.
Vihervaara lands a body shot in the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Reese blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Vihervaara with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Reese blocking some punches.
Reese avoiding damage as Vihervaara throws knees to the body.
Vihervaara cracks Reese with a nice body shot.
Reese tries to work over Vihervaara's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Vihervaara using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Reese has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Vihervaara tries a knee to the head but Reese blocks it.
Nice body punch from Reese.
Reese managing to block the knees to the body from Vihervaara.
Reese can't break the clinch.
Vihervaara is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Reese is defending well for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vihervaara manages to break the clinch.
Vihervaara keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Reese.
Vihervaara scores with a hook.
Vihervaara uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Reese has time to react.
Vihervaara throws a body punch but Reese moves out of range.
Vihervaara looks to score with a jab to the body but Reese is just out of range.
Reese looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Reese misses with a straight left.
Vihervaara scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Vihervaara closes the distance but Reese moves to the side
and Reese counters with a body kick that stops Vihervaara in his tracks momentarily.
Reese throws a quick inside leg kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Reese 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 Vihervaara has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Vihervaara and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Reese throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Vihervaara.
Vihervaara throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Reese tries to land a front kick but Vihervaara steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Reese takes a swing at Vihervaara's ribcage but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vihervaara misses with a low kick as Reese jumps back.
Vihervaara moves out of range as Reese strikes.
Vihervaara scores with a nice head shot.
Vihervaara feints and then cracks Reese's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Reese down.
Vihervaara lands a nice leg kick that just misses Reese's sensitive parts.
Nice cross by Vihervaara.
Vihervaara on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Reese. Reese obviously looking to wear him down.
Reese waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Vihervaara.
Reese pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Reese takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Vihervaara lands a jab-cross combination.
Vihervaara fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Reese keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A lazy body kick from Reese
and Vihervaara counters with an outside leg kick.
Reese has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Vihervaara.
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!
Reese thows a body shot but no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vihervaara lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Vihervaara connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Vihervaara lets loose with a powerful body kick. Reese will feel that in the morning.
Vihervaara connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Reese's hands.
Vihervaara delivers a nice body kick.
Vihervaara misses with a kick to the body.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Reese crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Vihervaara - the referee stops the clock and Reese gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Vihervaara. Reese manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
The fight stays on the outside here - Vihervaara looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Vihervaara moves into range and connects with a jab.
Vihervaara connects with an inside leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vihervaara misses with the body kick
and Reese counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Vihervaara displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Vihervaara with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A nice inside leg kick there by Vihervaara. That's going to slow Reese down.
Vihervaara works over Reese's head and body with a nice combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vihervaara lands with a good body shot.
Vihervaara scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Vihervaara lands with a thumping leg kick.
Vihervaara misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nice body punch from Vihervaara.
Vihervaara throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Vihervaara misses with a double jab.
Reese tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Reese blocks a head kick by Vihervaara.
A slow jab from Vihervaara misses its intended target.
Vihervaara chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Vihervaara lands with a shot to the body.
Vihervaara goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Reese takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Reese will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Vihervaara moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Vihervaara instigates a clinch.
Reese blocks an elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ernesti Vihervaara dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on David Reese'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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Reese moves out of range of the body kick.
Vihervaara drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Vihervaara lands a nice looking body shot.
Reese tries a head kick but it misses.
Reese blocks a head kick by Vihervaara.
Vihervaara tries to close the distance and clinch but Reese swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Reese slips under a jab.
Vihervaara moves into the clinch.
Vihervaara tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Vihervaara lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Reese or not.
Vihervaara lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Vihervaara lands an elbow inside.
Vihervaara lands a damaging elbow.
Vihervaara breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Reese takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Vihervaara moves into the clinch.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Reese working hard to break the clinch.
Vihervaara missing with knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short left from Vihervaara.
Reese blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Vihervaara is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Reese is defending well for now.
Vihervaara utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Reese takes an elbow to the temple.
Vihervaara lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Oh Reese is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Vihervaara cracks Reese with a nice body shot.
Reese seems to have got his legs back now.
Vihervaara is leaning against Reese and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Vihervaara just misses with a elbow thrown towards Reese's brow.
Vihervaara pushes Reese back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Vihervaara lands a body punch in the clinch.
Vihervaara breaks the clinch.
Vihervaara thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Reese if he has to take too many more of those.
A solid body kick from Vihervaara.
A low kick from Reese is predictable there
and Vihervaara counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Vihervaara connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Reese swings away with a body shot that misses
and Vihervaara counters with a leg kick.
Ernesti Vihervaara is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reese tries to keep at a distance but Vihervaara has taken the fight into the clinch.
Vihervaara gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nice elbow from Vihervaara.
Vihervaara tries to land knees in the clinch but Reese avoids the damage to the body.
Reese takes a knee to the side of the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vihervaara makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Vihervaara lands a damaging elbow.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Vihervaara obliges.
Reese avoids the elbow strike from Vihervaara, against the cage.
Reese blocks an elbow strike from Vihervaara.
A short left from Vihervaara.
Reese looking to slow down the pace here.
Vihervaara lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vihervaara lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Reese swings wildly with an uppercut but Vihervaara uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vihervaara throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Reese blocks it with crossed arms.
Reese blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Reese avoids a wild elbow strike from Vihervaara.
David Reese has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Knees in the clinch landing for Vihervaara.
Vihervaara lands a left hand.
Vihervaara blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Vihervaara lands a body punch.
Vihervaara is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Vihervaara lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Reese.
Vihervaara throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Reese blocks it with crossed arms.
Vihervaara lands a right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vihervaara lands a shoulder strike.
Reese breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nice body kick there by Vihervaara.
Good leg kick by Vihervaara there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Vihervaara throws a good cross that connects.
Vihervaara changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Reese takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Vihervaara fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Vihervaara connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Vihervaara connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Vihervaara throws a leg kick which misses Reese's front leg but catches the back leg as Reese tries to avoid it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A slapping leg kick lands for Vihervaara.
Vihervaara uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Reese has time to react.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vihervaara with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Vihervaara tests Reese's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Vihervaara lands a head kick!
And that's the end of the fight!
Ernesti Vihervaara comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Vihervaara has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 41:50
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 41:50
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 41:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ernesti Vihervaara!
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