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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vihtori Lettunen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Toivo Haapasalo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Haapasalo has chosen Motorhead - Killed By Death as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!
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212 lbs
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218 lbs
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Powerful takedowns
Great low kicks
Insanely flexible |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Vihtori Lettunen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Toivo Haapasalo!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Marco Blurström and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Haapasalo looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A big right from Lettunen misses.
Haapasalo tries to land a leg kick but Lettunen saw it coming and moves away.
Lettunen is looking to slow Haapasalo down with leg kicks.
Lettunen buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Lettunen throws a quick inside leg kick.
Lettunen darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Haapasalo throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Lettunen is looking to slow Haapasalo down with leg kicks.
Haapasalo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Haapasalo lands a nice hook to Lettunen's body. Lettunen takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Haapasalo misses the shot to the body.
Haapasalo thows a body shot but no joy.
Lettunen throws a lazy body kick
and Haapasalo counters with a stiff right hand.
Lettunen with a nice cross.
Lettunen connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Haapasalo stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Lettunen.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lettunen misses with a low kick.
Lettunen changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Haapasalo looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Haapasalo is trying to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lettunen thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Lettunen misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Lettunen tries to move to mount but Haapasalo blocks the move with his legs.
Lettunen working the body and head with strikes.
Haapasalo prevents Lettunen from improving position.
Sloppy strikes there by Lettunen.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lettunen in side control, throwing shots but Haapasalo defends.
Lettunen working the body and head with strikes.
Lettunen misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Haapasalo tries to improve position but can't.
Haapasalo looks to move to half guard but instead Lettunen has passed into mount! Damn!
Lettunen landing punches.
Lettunen breaks from Haapasalo's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lettunen with shots to the head and body - Haapasalo looks very uncomfortable down there.
Lettunen scores with a couple of good head shots there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lettunen working the ground and pound effectively.
Haapasalo is squirming around, avoiding Lettunen's attempts to control the action.
Lettunen working the ground and pound effectively.
Lettunen scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Haapasalo?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haapasalo is trying to escape the mount.
Lettunen breaks from Haapasalo's wrist control and lands an elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The referee warns Haapasalo that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Lettunen is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Haapasalo to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Haapasalo shrugs it off.
Haapasalo is looking to improve his position but Lettunen isn't that keen on the idea.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lettunen punishing his opponent with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vihtori Lettunen dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Lettunen avoids the body shot from Haapasalo.
Lettunen shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Haapasalo as he avoids it easily.
Lettunen throws a jab when Haapasalo was well out of range.
Haapasalo thows a leg kick but Lettunen checks it
and Lettunen makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Lettunen takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Lettunen connects with a leg kick. Haapasalo looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Haapasalo misses with a body punch
and Lettunen counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Lettunen, right into the meat.
Lettunen throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Haapasalo throws a hook to the side of Lettunen's head but Lettunen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lettunen takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Lettunen scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Haapasalo connects with a jab.
Nice body kick from Lettunen.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lettunen blocks a jab.
Haapasalo misses with a double jab
and Lettunen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Haapasalo swings widly with a right hand
and Lettunen counters with a body kick.
Haapasalo is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Haapasalo on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Haapasalo walks into a stiff left hand from Lettunen.
Lettunen lands a head kick. Haapasalo smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Haapasalo misses with an uppercut
and Lettunen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Haapasalo's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Lettunen is looking to land body kicks.
Haapasalo misses with a leg kick
and Lettunen counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Haapasalo throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Haapasalo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Haapasalo rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Lettunen counters with a low kick, right behind Haapasalo 's knee.
Lettunen lands a nice looking kick to the body. Haapasalo takes a step back to recover.
Lettunen is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Vihtori Lettunen is winning the standup battle so far.
Lettunen clinches.
Lettunen lands a body shot in the clinch.
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!
Lettunen scores with a nice hook to the head.
Lettunen pulls guard successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lettunen manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Haapasalo manages to get himself to full guard.
Lettunen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Haapasalo can do to turn this around?
Haapasalo can't keep his opponent in guard - Lettunen advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lettunen is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Lettunen putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Vihtori Lettunen overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Lettunen cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Lettunen with a couple of short strikes.
BOOM! Lettunen connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Lettunen with the ground and pound from mount.
Whack. That's a big, big shot from Lettunen! Haapasalo is out cold! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:01 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Vihtori Lettunen!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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