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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Viljo Laine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Evander Holyshit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Evander Holyshit was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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240 lbs
12 - 3 - 1 |
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196 cm
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270 lbs
9 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
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Good low kicks
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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
12 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Viljo Laine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Evander Holyshit!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Holyshit moves away from the strike by Laine.
Holyshit lands with a cross.
Laine uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Holyshit.
Laine misses with a leg kick
and Holyshit counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Laine misses with a shot to the body
and Holyshit counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Laine thinking.
Holyshit moves into range and connects with a jab.
Laine misses with a hook
and Holyshit counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Holyshit keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Holyshit throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Holyshit swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Laine throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Laine closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Laine misses with a hook. Holyshit ducked under it nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Holyshit misses with a body shot.
Holyshit throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Laine sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Laine throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Holyshit on the side of the head.
Holyshit has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
It looks like Evander Holyshit has been cut.
Laine thuds his right hand into Holyshit's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Holyshit throws a lazy right hand but Laine sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Holyshit misses with a left hand
and Laine cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Holyshit takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Holyshit ducks under a wild hook from Laine.
Holyshit tries a head kick but it misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holyshit misses with a body punch
and Laine counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Laine lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Holyshit at a distance.
Holyshit looks gassed!
Laine throws a sloppy body shot
and Holyshit counters with a nice low kick that buckles Laine's knee momentarily.
Holyshit tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Laine paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Holyshit misses the jab.
Laine scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Laine throws a right hand that misses
and Holyshit counters with a stiff right hand.
A cross from Laine lands.
A low kick from Laine is predictable there
and Holyshit counters with a solid body kick.
Holyshit throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laine tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Holyshit takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Holyshit darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Holyshit avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Holyshit scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A low kick from Holyshit misses
and Laine finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Laine throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Laine cracks Holyshit with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Holyshit uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Laine.
Holyshit takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laine misses with a hook
and Holyshit counters with a nice uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Holyshit misses with a straight left.
Laine throws a front kick aimed at Holyshit's knee but Holyshit avoids it well.
Holyshit slips a jab from Laine.
Holyshit is looking to chop away at Laine's legs.
Holyshit misses with a right hand
and Laine counters with a right hand to the body.
Laine wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Holyshit misses with a kick to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Holyshit uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Laine.
Holyshit scores with a nice body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Viljo Laine dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Evander Holyshit's cut.
That's time! Laine's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Laine dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Laine misses with a hook to the body
and Holyshit counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Laine thows a left - swing and a miss!
Laine throws a head kick that Holyshit semi-blocks.
Laine bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Holyshit's head backwards.
Holyshit uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Laine.
Laine throws a shot to the body.
Jab from Holyshit.
A jab from Laine finds it's way through Holyshit's defenses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Holyshit tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Laine scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Laine avoids the body shot from Holyshit.
Holyshit misses with a straight right.
Laine throws a lazy body kick
and Holyshit counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Laine swings for the body but Holyshit moves out of range.
Laine swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Holyshit swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Holyshit rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Laine counters with a straight right hand.
Holyshit takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A big right from Holyshit misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holyshit throws a poor cross that misses
and Laine counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Holyshit is breathing heavily.
Holyshit misses with a leg kick
letting Laine counter with a right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Laine throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Holyshit misses with a left hand
and Laine counters with a left to the body.
Laine misses with a hook.
Laine scoring well with a low kick there.
Laine throws a nice inside leg kick.
Laine jabs Holyshit to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Holyshit gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Laine.
Laine lands a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laine thows a body shot but no joy.
Laine throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Holyshit pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Laine thows a body shot but no joy.
Laine cracks Holyshit with a right hand to the side of the head.
Holyshit has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Holyshit there as he acknowledges the shot.
Laine scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Holyshit doesn't seem bothered though.
A big left from Laine misses.
Laine is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Holyshit can do to turn this around?
Holyshit takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body kick there by Laine.
Laine throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Holyshit.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jab, jab by Laine - just one landing.
Holyshit takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Laine throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Laine lands a jab to the nose.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Laine here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Laine lands a nice looking kick to the body. Holyshit takes a step back to recover.
Holyshit keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Laine tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Holyshit was well out of range. Poor timing from Laine.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Viljo Laine dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Evander Holyshit's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Laine connects with a looping right hand.
Laine cracks a nice hook into Holyshit's ribs.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Holyshit might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Laine has got the better of the exchanges.
No joy there for Laine, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Laine rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Holyshit counters with a stiff right hand.
Laine throws an off balance right hand
and Holyshit counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Laine tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Holyshit is able to avoid easily.
Holyshit gets tackled into the cage by Laine. Laine maintains the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Laine fails to land.
Holyshit works on Laine's body with a couple of short punches.
Holyshit lands with a left to the head.
Holyshit digs a right hand underneath Laine's ribcage. Laine let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Holyshit.
Holyshit lands a right hand that snaps the head of Laine backwards.
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!
A head punch on the inside from Laine fails to land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Holyshit taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Laine misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Laine lands a hook that snaps the head of Holyshit backwards.
Holyshit pushes Laine back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Holyshit lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Laine.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Holyshit scores with a hook to the body.
Holyshit lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Laine.
A short body shot lands from Holyshit as the two fighters clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Holyshit.
A hook to the body from Holyshit.
Holyshit tries to land knees in the clinch but Laine avoids the damage to the body.
Holyshit escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Laine lands with a right hand.
Laine swings away with a body shot that misses
and Holyshit counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Holyshit lands a right hook to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Holyshit throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Evander Holyshit has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Holyshit misses.
Laine on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Laine misses with an uppercut
and Holyshit makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
A slapping leg kick lands for Holyshit.
Laine misses the shot to the body.
Holyshit throws a jab when Laine was well out of range.
Nice defenses there by Laine.
Holyshit throws a left and a right that both miss
and Holyshit takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A big right from Holyshit misses.
Viljo Laine is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laine lands with a good body shot.
Laine misses with a wild body shot.
Holyshit misses with a body kick.
Laine misses with an uppercut.
Holyshit connects with a single shot there.
Laine lands with a right hand.
Holyshit keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Holyshit thows a body shot but no joy.
Holyshit connects with a high kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holyshit misses with a body shot.
Holyshit swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Viljo Laine is winning the standup battle so far.
Holyshit misses with a left hand
enabling Laine to counter with a crisp jab.
Laine throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Laine misses with a kick to the body.
Holyshit's corner calls for a 1-2. Holyshit obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Holyshit throws a leg kick but Laine sees it coming and moves out of range.
Holyshit misses with a combination
and Laine connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
And that's the end of the fight!
Evander Holyshit comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Laine 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Viljo Laine!
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