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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alexi Taiga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nahka Vitonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Taiga comes to the cage accompanied by Through Gardens Of Grief, At The Gates. Vitonen has chosen Klamydia - Junttihinttirunkkari as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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262 lbs
19 - 8 - 1 |
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197 cm
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270 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
KO power |
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BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Powerful |
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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
19 - 8 - 1, fighting out of New York, Alexi Taiga!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nahka Vitonen!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Joseph Jones and Columbo Gatti.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taiga throws a front kick aimed at Vitonen's knee but Vitonen avoids it well.
Vitonen circles away from the clinch attempt
and Vitonen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Taiga tries to clinch
and Vitonen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Vitonen scores with a hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Vitonen throws a series of punches but Taiga moves out of range.
Vitonen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Taiga moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Taiga pushes Vitonen up against the cage in a clinch.
Taiga throws an elbow that misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Taiga doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vitonen is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Taiga throws an elbow but misses.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Vitonen takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Taiga misses with an elbow over the top.
Nice elbow from Taiga.
It looks like Nahka Vitonen has been cut.
Taiga lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Taiga misses with some punches.
Taiga leaning his opponent against the cage.
Taiga throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Taiga is trying to stall.
Vitonen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Vitonen is trying to break the clinch but Taiga is controlling him.
Taiga comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
With the fighters up against the cage, Taiga throws an elbow but misses.
Vitonen taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Vitonen takes an elbow to the temple.
Taiga pushes off an throws an elbow but Vitonen leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Taiga lands a nice elbow.
Vitonen avoids a wild elbow strike from Taiga.
Taiga throws a head punch that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taiga throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Taiga pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Taiga lands a left hand.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Taiga as Vitonen tries to tie him up.
Vitonen is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Taiga prevents Vitonen from breaking the clinch.
Vitonen has had enough of the clinch but Taiga keeps him there for the moment.
Taiga pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Taiga gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Taiga.
Taiga prevents a body shot from Vitonen.
Taiga lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Taiga with a knee to the head.
Taiga tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Vitonen blocks an elbow strike from Taiga.
Taiga lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Vitonen blocks a body shot from Taiga.
Taiga misses with a short punch on the inside.
Vitonen wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vitonen blocks an elbow strike from Taiga.
Vitonen avoids the elbow strike from Taiga, against the cage.
Vitonen avoids the elbow strike from Taiga, against the cage.
Taiga swings wildly with an uppercut but Vitonen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Taiga throws an elbow but it misses.
Taiga creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Vitonen is trying to force a seperation but Taiga has the dominant position.
Taiga pushes off an throws an elbow but Vitonen leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Taiga throws an elbow but it misses.
Vitonen looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Taiga misses with the head strike.
Vitonen takes an elbow to the forehead.
Taiga misses with the head strike.
Taiga misses with a hook from the clinch.
Vitonen is trying to push Taiga away but Taiga has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Taiga lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Vitonen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Vitonen throws a body kick the misses
and Taiga counters by moving into the clinch.
Taiga looks to throw an elbow but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Vitonen looking to slow down the pace here.
Vitonen tries to break free but Taiga pushes him back against the cage.
A short left from Taiga.
Vitonen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Vitonen is trying to break the clinch but Taiga is controlling him.
Vitonen slowing the pace effectively.
Taiga working aggressively here.
Taiga prevents Vitonen from breaking the clinch.
Taiga swings wildly with an uppercut but Vitonen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vitonen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Vitonen scores with a nice hook to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Vitonen fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Vitonen.
Taiga swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Vitonen is trying to push Taiga away but Taiga has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
With the fighters up against the cage, Taiga throws an elbow but misses.
Taiga throws an elbow but it misses.
Vitonen is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Taiga swings wildly with an uppercut but Vitonen uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nahka Vitonen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nahka Vitonen's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Vitonen throws an off balance right hand
and Taiga makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Taiga looks to clinch
and Vitonen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Vitonen sends Taiga crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Vitonen is motioning to the referee to let Taiga up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Taiga is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vitonen misses with a wild combination.
Vitonen attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Vitonen misses with a hook
and Taiga holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Vitonen takes an elbow to the temple.
Taiga tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Vitonen blocks an elbow strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vitonen takes an elbow to the temple.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Taiga.
Taiga tries a body shot but Vitonen blocks it.
Taiga taking a breather.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Taiga just misses with a elbow thrown towards Vitonen's brow.
Taiga misses with some punches.
Vitonen content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Taiga is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Vitonen is defending well for now.
Taiga is working Vitonen over against the cage.
Taiga lands a right hand.
Taiga wants to stall.
Taiga lands an elbow that stopped Vitonen in his tracks for a moment.
Taiga has Vitonen pressed against the cage, preventing Vitonen from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Taiga throws a punch but it's blocked by Vitonen.
Taiga scores with a nice hook to the head.
Taiga working aggressively here.
Taiga tries to stall but Vitonen uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Vitonen blocks an elbow strike.
Taiga lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Taiga keeps control of Vitonen as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taiga creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Vitonen's defenses.
Taiga scores with a shoulder strike.
Taiga tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Taiga looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Taiga misses with an elbow strike.
Taiga scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short right from Taiga on the inside.
Taiga misses with a hook from the clinch.
Taiga working aggressively here.
Taiga manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Taiga has a couple of punches blocked by Vitonen.
Taiga swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A frustrated look appears on Vitonen's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Vitonen tries to stall but Taiga uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Vitonen blocks an elbow strike.
Vitonen looking to slow down the pace here.
Vitonen wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Taiga has him pressed against the cage.
Taiga keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Vitonen's efforts to push away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vitonen lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Taiga backwards.
Vitonen dodges an elbow strike from Taiga.
Vitonen wants to break free but Taiga has control.
Taiga misses with some punches.
Taiga has Vitonen pressed against the cage, preventing Vitonen from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Taiga misses with the head strike.
Vitonen has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Taiga tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Taiga creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Taiga misses with an elbow strike.
Alexi Taiga has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Vitonen breaks from the clinch.
Taiga tries to clinch but fails miserably
letting Vitonen counter with a right hand.
Taiga throws a jab when Vitonen was well out of range.
Taiga tries to clinch but Vitonen moves away
and Vitonen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Taiga closes the distance but Vitonen moves to the side
and Vitonen counters with a nice right hand that sends Taiga toppling to the canvas! Taiga scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Vitonen finish him?!
Oh Taiga is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Taiga moves away from the strike by Vitonen.
Taiga seems to have got his legs back now.
Taiga tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Vitonen counters with a crisp right hand that drops Taiga! Vitonen lets Taiga back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Taiga is rocked!
Vitonen gets tackled into the cage by Taiga. Taiga maintains the clinch.
Taiga throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Taiga throws an elbow that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Taiga fails to land.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Taiga tries a knee to the head but Vitonen blocks it.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Vitonen lands with a light punch inside.
Vitonen manages to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nahka Vitonen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Nahka Vitonen's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Vitonen takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Taiga tries to clinch up
and Vitonen counters with a nice body shot.
Vitonen lands a big uppercut and Taiga crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Taiga looks OK. Vitonen waves Taiga back to his feet!
Oh Taiga is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vitonen misses with a leg kick
and Taiga makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Taiga seems to have got his legs back now.
Vitonen throws a shot from downtown. Taiga moves away and avoids it.
Vitonen feints with a left and delivers a massive head kick! Taiga collapses like a ragdoll! Game over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Nahka Vitonen!
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