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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Juhani Vihervuori (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Lemieux (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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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184 lbs
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172 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Juhani Vihervuori!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
28 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, David Lemieux!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Anni Minnemäki and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lemieux throws an off balance right hand
and Vihervuori counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Lemieux rushes Vihervuori and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Vihervuori lands a hook to the side of the head.
Vihervuori lands a left hand that snaps the head of Lemieux backwards.
Lemieux tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Vihervuori swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lemieux tries a body shot but Vihervuori blocks it.
Vihervuori tries to pull guard but Lemieux won't allow it.
Lemieux is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Lemieux tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Vihervuori lands a left hand.
Vihervuori tries a body shot but Lemieux blocks it.
Lemieux struggles to land a body shot inside as Vihervuori controls his hands.
Lemieux is working Vihervuori over against the cage.
Vihervuori doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Vihervuori tries to throw a body punch but Lemieux avoids it by throwing Vihervuori back against the cage.
Vihervuori lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Lemieux or not.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lemieux lands with a short shot to the head.
Vihervuori lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Vihervuori misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lemieux misses with a body punch.
Lemieux swings wildly with an uppercut but Vihervuori uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lemieux goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Vihervuori struggles to land a body shot inside as Lemieux controls his hands.
Vihervuori goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Vihervuori goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Lemieux misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lemieux prevents a body shot from Vihervuori.
A head punch on the inside from Lemieux fails to land.
Lemieux throws a head punch that misses.
Lemieux blocks a body shot from Vihervuori.
Vihervuori lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Nice body punch from Lemieux - that landed with a thud.
Lemieux misses with a punch to the body.
Lemieux can't find room to land a body shot as Vihervuori controls the action.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lemieux misses with a punch to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The referee is keeping an eye on Vihervuori - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Lemieux struggles to land a body shot inside as Vihervuori controls his hands.
Vihervuori taking a breather.
Vihervuori is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Lemieux is keeping busy.
Lemieux lands with a light punch inside.
Lemieux lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Vihervuori or not.
Vihervuori is stalling here.
Lemieux misses with a hook from the clinch.
Vihervuori lands with a light punch inside.
Lemieux misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lemieux scores with a shot to the side of Vihervuori's head.
Vihervuori scores with a nice hook to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Lemieux.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lemieux can't find room to land a body shot as Vihervuori controls the action.
Lemieux misses with a punch on the inside.
Vihervuori lands a body shot.
Lemieux blocks a body shot from Vihervuori.
A bit of stalling here from Vihervuori.
Vihervuori tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Vihervuori gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Lemieux regains guard.
Vihervuori tries to free his leg and advance position but Lemieux is retaining full guard.
Lemieux seems keen to control Vihervuori's posture.
Vihervuori wants to pass the guard but Lemieux is keeping the position.
Vihervuori trying to control but Lemieux is working from the bottom.
Lemieux keeping full guard, as Vihervuori tries to pass.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vihervuori throws a big right hand that misses.
Vihervuori trying to control the position from guard on top but Lemieux is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lemieux is trying to control the position from the bottom.
This has been an exciting period of action!
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Vihervuori misses with a wild body shot.
Vihervuori is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lemieux throws a shot from downtown. Vihervuori moves away and avoids it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lemieux uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Vihervuori.
Vihervuori misses the jab.
Lemieux jabbing away but nothing is landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Juhani Vihervuori dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
A chopping leg kick lands by Lemieux.
A cross from Lemieux lands.
Vihervuori misses with a hook to the body
enabling Lemieux to counter with a crisp jab.
Lemieux misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Vihervuori.
Vihervuori just misses with a punch to the body.
Vihervuori tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Lemieux manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Vihervuori is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Vihervuori slips a straight right by Lemieux.
David Lemieux seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vihervuori swings for the body but Lemieux moves out of range.
Lemieux feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Vihervuori's calf.
Vihervuori misses with a straight right.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lemieux tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lemieux thows a body shot but no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lemieux lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Lemieux tries to clinch there but Vihervuori circles away.
Vihervuori shoots in for a takedown but Lemieux shows good takedown defense.
Lemieux misses with a wild body shot.
Vihervuori lands a nice shot to the body.
The fighters circling - Lemieux throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Vihervuori scores with a nice strike.
Lemieux stuffs the takedown.
Lemieux throws out a leg kick but Vihervuori moves out of range and Lemieux only half commits.
Vihervuori ducks under a wild hook from Lemieux.
Vihervuori throws a right and a left that Lemieux avoids nicely.
Good leg kick by Lemieux there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vihervuori throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lemieux blocks a jab.
Lemieux tries to clinch but Vihervuori moves away
and Vihervuori holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Lemieux has a couple of punches blocked by Vihervuori.
Vihervuori lands with a light punch inside.
Lemieux lands a left hand.
Vihervuori tries a body shot but Lemieux blocks it.
Vihervuori trying to stall but Lemieux improves his position.
Vihervuori blocks an uppercut.
Vihervuori misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Still in the clinch, Lemieux scores with a nice short uppercut.
A right hand to the body from Lemieux.
Lemieux scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Vihervuori just leaning against Lemieux, taking a breather.
Vihervuori lands an uppercut.
Vihervuori blocks a body shot from Lemieux.
Lemieux blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lemieux working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Vihervuori fails to land.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Lemieux.
Nice body punch from Lemieux.
Lemieux tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Vihervuori's elbow.
Lemieux tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Vihervuori's elbow.
Vihervuori misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Vihervuori tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Lemieux misses with some punches.
Vihervuori will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Lemieux up against the cage.
Lemieux fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lemieux is leaning against Vihervuori and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Vihervuori misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lemieux is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
A head punch on the inside from Vihervuori fails to land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lemieux leaning against his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lemieux blocks an uppercut.
Lemieux blocks a body shot from Vihervuori.
Vihervuori will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Lemieux up against the cage.
Lemieux stalling the fight.
Vihervuori misses with a body punch.
Vihervuori lands a nice shot to the body.
Lemieux prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Juhani Vihervuori. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lemieux gets through Vihervuori's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Lemieux misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Vihervuori pushes Lemieux back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Vihervuori lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Lemieux or not.
Vihervuori blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lemieux lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lemieux struggles to land a body shot inside as Vihervuori controls his hands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
David Lemieux showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Lemieux moves out of range as Vihervuori strikes.
Vihervuori swats away the attempt to clinch by Lemieux.
Vihervuori lands a body shot.
Vihervuori bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
David Lemieux seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Lemieux moves in looking to clinch but Vihervuori pushes him off.
Lemieux displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Vihervuori.
Lemieux fails in his attempt to clinch.
Lemieux throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Vihervuori shoots in for a takedown but Lemieux shows good takedown defense.
Vihervuori looks to land a left hand but Lemieux moved out of range nicely.
Lemieux uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vihervuori fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Lemieux avoids it really well and circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Juhani Vihervuori. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lemieux wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Lemieux moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Lemieux lunges at Vihervuori with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Vihervuori's hand.
Vihervuori throws a hook to the side of Lemieux's head but Lemieux sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Vihervuori does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Vihervuori checks a leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Lemieux.
Vihervuori tried to score with a low kick but Lemieux checks it.
Vihervuori is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Lemieux takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vihervuori avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Vihervuori just misses with a punch to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lemieux throws the left hand but Vihervuori avoids the punch easily.
Vihervuori tries to clinch but Lemieux is having none of it.
Lemieux tries to clinch there but Vihervuori circles away.
Lemieux rushes Vihervuori and presses him up against the cage.
Lemieux misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lemieux misses with a hook to the ribs.
Vihervuori slows down the pace here.
Lemieux tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Vihervuori tries a body shot but Lemieux blocks it.
Vihervuori can't find room to land a body shot as Lemieux controls the action.
Vihervuori trying to stall but Lemieux improves his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lemieux misses with a body punch.
Vihervuori has a couple of punches blocked by Lemieux.
Lemieux tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Vihervuori's elbow.
Lemieux lands a nice uppercut.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Lemieux.
Lemieux misses with a punch to the body.
Vihervuori tries to work over Lemieux's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lemieux has a couple of punches blocked by Vihervuori.
Vihervuori has a couple of punches blocked by Lemieux.
Vihervuori misses with a hook to the ribs.
Vihervuori jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Lemieux walks away with a smile on his face. Vihervuori gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Vihervuori is defended easily by Lemieux.
Lemieux throws a nice outside leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lemieux throws a big shot that misses.
Vihervuori takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Vihervuori looks for a takedown but Lemieux sprawls well.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lemieux lands with an overhand left.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lemieux misses with an uppercut.
Vihervuori tries for a takedown but Lemieux sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Lemieux is looking to clinch but Vihervuori is avoiding it.
Vihervuori scores with a leg kick.
Lemieux throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
David Lemieux is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vihervuori keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lemieux.
Lemieux will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Lemieux's corner calls for a 1-2. Lemieux obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
David Lemieux comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Lemieux has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... David Lemieux!
A relieved looking David Lemieux 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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