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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aleksi Vihtala (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Davor Langerholc (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Langerholc has chosen Hypocrisy - Reincarnation as his entrance music. Both these fighters are unbeaten, so somebody's 0 has got to go!Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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208 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
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Good low kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Aleksi Vihtala!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Davor Langerholc!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Anni Minnemäki and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vihtala takes a swing at Langerholc's ribcage but misses.
A head kick by Vihtala misses
and Langerholc counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Vihtala!
Langerholc working the ground and pound effectively.
Vihtala wants to hold on but Langerholc pushes him away.
Vihtala tries to reverse the position but Langerholc maintains control.
Langerholc lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Langerholc prevents Vihtala from getting the reversal.
Vihtala manages to control the position for a moment.
Vihtala gets back to half guard.
Vihtala keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vihtala wants to get back to full guard.
Langerholc trying to control from half guard but Vihtala is working away.
Vihtala looking for submissions off his back.
Vihtala gets full guard.
Langerholc won't allow Vihtala to sweep him here.
Langerholc postures up.
Vihtala working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Langerholc doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Langerholc manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vihtala had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Langerholc defends it easily.
Langerholc seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Vihtala is trying to keep Langerholc in close.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Langerholc content to stall in guard here.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Davor Langerholc wasn't active enough on the ground.
Vihtala lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Langerholc misses with a takedown
and Vihtala counters with a low kick, right behind Langerholc 's knee.
Aleksi Vihtala seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vihtala misses the jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vihtala displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Langerholc.
Vihtala tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A head kick by Vihtala misses
and Langerholc decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Vihtala's guard.
Vihtala controls Langerholc momentarily but Langerholc frees himself.
Langerholc engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vihtala is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Davor Langerholc will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Vihtala throws a leg kick that misses.
Vihtala throws a good cross that connects.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Vihtala.
Vihtala throws a leg kick
and Langerholc counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Vihtala's guard now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Vihtala looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Vihtala is trying to control the position but Langerholc postures up.
Langerholc advances position into side control!
Vihtala is trying to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vihtala is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Vihtala tries to buck Langerholc off but Langerholc is having none of it.
Vihtala is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Langerholc working the head and body with strikes.
Langerholc is trying to control the action in half guard but Vihtala is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Vihtala is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Langerholc is keen to just control but Vihtala is a slippery customer.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Langerholc thows a huge punch but Vihtala dodges it nicely.
Langerholc trying to control from half guard but Vihtala is working away.
Vihtala moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Vihtala pulls Langerholc in to control the position.
Vihtala working a defensive guard here.
Vihtala working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Langerholc doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Langerholc manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Vihtala looking for a guillotine here but Langerholc defends easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vihtala has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Langerholc should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Vihtala has tightened it up now! Langerholc should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Aleksi Vihtala!
Aleksi Vihtala retains his light heavyweight title!
A relieved looking Aleksi Vihtala thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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hype
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pop
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