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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Viktor Hartikainen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Julius Africanus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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274 lbs
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285 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
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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
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Viktor Hartikainen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Julius Africanus!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Alan Glass and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Africanus gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Hartikainen.
It looks like Julius Africanus has been cut.
A cross from Hartikainen lands.
Africanus misses with a lunging right hand
and Hartikainen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hartikainen tries a low kick but Africanus avoids it.
A punch combination from Hartikainen misses.
Hartikainen misses with a straight right.
Africanus swings for the body but Hartikainen moves out of range.
Hartikainen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Africanus fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hartikainen manages to avoid it.
Hartikainen stuffs the takedown.
Africanus throws a body punch but Hartikainen moves out of range.
Africanus wants to clinch.
A jab lands there for Hartikainen.
A telegraphed right hand from Hartikainen misses the target.
Hartikainen pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Africanus back to the cage. Hartikainen follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Hartikainen lands a big right hand that sends Africanus crashing to the mat! Hartikainen stays standing though and waves Africanus back to his feet!
Hartikainen misses with an uppercut. Africanus saw that one coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hartikainen moves out of range of the strikes.
Nice jab there from Hartikainen.
Hartikainen checks the leg kick.
Hartikainen scores with a jab.
Africanus is rocked!
Africanus connects with a body shot that sends Hartikainen's belly button to the back.
Africanus throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hartikainen lands a jab to Africanus's midsection.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hartikainen throws a jab when Africanus was well out of range.
Africanus misses the shot to the body.
Africanus takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Africanus uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hartikainen.
Hartikainen looks for the body kick but Africanus saw that one coming.
Africanus ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hartikainen moves away.
Hartikainen works the jab nicely.
Crunch! Africanus slams his shin into Hartikainen's torso.
Africanus misses the jab.
Hartikainen scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Africanus throws a chopping leg kick but Hartikainen manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Hartikainen lands a left and a right that send Africanus crashing to the mat, dazed. Hartikainen thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Africanus is still on wobbly legs! Can Hartikainen finish him?
Hartikainen throws a looping overhand right but Africanus ducks down to avoid it.
Hartikainen is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Africanus misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hartikainen.
Africanus seems to have recovered his senses.
Hartikainen missing with a left hand there. Africanus was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Africanus throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Africanus is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Hartikainen rather than just go for the knockout.
Hartikainen is breathing heavily.
Africanus changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Hartikainen tries to avoid it but Africanus manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Hartikainen to the ground. Hartikainen escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Hartikainen swings for the body but Africanus moves out of range.
Africanus checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Hartikainen avoids the head kick by Africanus.
Africanus scores with a nice strike.
Africanus misses with a wild body shot.
Hartikainen throws a series of punches but Africanus avoids them all with ease.
Hartikainen misses with a two punch combination.
Africanus tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hartikainen was well out of range. Poor timing from Africanus.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Africanus moves to clinch but Hartikainen breaks away
and Hartikainen counters with a nice body shot.
Africanus misses the shot to the body.
Hartikainen works over Africanus's head and body with a nice combination.
That has opened up Julius Africanus's cut even more.
Good exchange - Hartikainen coming out on top.
Africanus misses with a low kick.
Africanus misses with a wild body shot.
Viktor Hartikainen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Africanus getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Hartikainen throws a jab but it's blocked by Africanus.
Hartikainen swats away the attempt to clinch by Africanus.
Hartikainen misses with a hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Africanus ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hartikainen checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Africanus throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Africanus avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jab by Hartikainen.
Africanus lands with a cross.
Africanus on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Africanus is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hartikainen.
Hartikainen scores with a hook.
Hartikainen is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Hartikainen drops Africanus with a beautiful combination! Africanus stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Hartikainen is looking for the KO!
Africanus wants to slow Hartikainen down by chopping away at his legs.
Africanus throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hartikainen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hartikainen throws a big shot that misses.
Hartikainen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Africanus.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Africanus fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hartikainen manages to avoid it.
Africanus throws a lazy uppercut
and Hartikainen counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Hartikainen looks to score with a jab to the body but Africanus is just out of range.
Hartikainen on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Viktor Hartikainen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Julius Africanus's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Africanus tries to clinch but Hartikainen is having none of it.
No joy there for Hartikainen, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Africanus blocks a jab.
Hartikainen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hartikainen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Africanus can do to turn this around?
Hartikainen digs a good body shot into Africanus's ribs.
A leg kick checked by Hartikainen.
Viktor Hartikainen is winning the standup battle so far.
Africanus slips under a jab.
Africanus gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Hartikainen.
Africanus misses with a wild body shot.
Hartikainen ducks under a wild hook from Africanus.
Africanus misses with a wild body shot.
Hartikainen throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Africanus on the side of the head.
Hartikainen cracks Africanus with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Africanus just misses with a punch to the body.
Hartikainen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hartikainen cracks Africanus with a right hand to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Africanus pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Hartikainen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Africanus misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hartikainen.
Africanus fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hartikainen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hartikainen misses with a few strikes there.
Hartikainen misses with an uppercut
letting Africanus counter with a right hand.
Africanus scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Hartikainen goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Africanus throws an overhand right that lands on Hartikainen's shoulder, as Hartikainen tries to avoid the shot.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Africanus might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Hartikainen has got the better of the exchanges.
Hartikainen takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Africanus lands with a slapping head kick.
Africanus shoots in for a takedown but Hartikainen shows good takedown defense.
Africanus fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hartikainen manages to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Africanus swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hartikainen lands a head shot.
Africanus slips a jab from Hartikainen.
Hartikainen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Africanus circles away quickly and effectively.
Hartikainen darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Hartikainen throws a right and a left that both miss.
Africanus throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Africanus uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hartikainen.
A looping hook to the body misses from Africanus. Hartikainen does a little dance to reset his feet.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Hartikainen checks a leg kick.
Hartikainen smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Africanus throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Africanus misses with a hook. Hartikainen ducked under it nicely.
Africanus fails with the takedown
and Hartikainen counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Africanus thinking.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Africanus tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Hartikainen is able to avoid easily.
Hartikainen stuffs the takedown attempt from Africanus. Africanus gets slowly back to his feet.
Viktor Hartikainen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Julius Africanus.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Jab, jab by Hartikainen - just one landing.
Hartikainen fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Hartikainen keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Africanus takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Africanus misses the shot to the body.
Hartikainen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hartikainen avoids the body shot from Africanus.
Africanus closes the distance and clinches.
Hartikainen misses with a punch to the body.
Africanus trying to control the position but instead, Hartikainen has worked for underhooks and has pushed Africanus into the cage.
Hartikainen lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Africanus backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Africanus fails to pull guard.
Hartikainen wants to get back to striking at distance but Africanus won't allow it.
Hartikainen lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Hartikainen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short right from Hartikainen on the inside.
Hartikainen wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hartikainen scores with a shoulder strike.
Hartikainen wants to get back to striking at distance but Africanus won't allow it.
Africanus with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Africanus can't find room to land a body shot as Hartikainen controls the action.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Africanus takes a shot to the head.
A short right from Hartikainen on the inside.
Hartikainen is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hartikainen scores with a nice hook to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Viktor Hartikainen dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Julius Africanus's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Hartikainen cracks Africanus with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Africanus throws out a leg kick but Hartikainen moves out of range and Africanus only half commits.
Africanus looks to score with a jab to the body but Hartikainen is just out of range.
Hartikainen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hartikainen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Africanus manages to avoid it.
Africanus fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hartikainen manages to avoid it.
Africanus defending well as Hartikainen loads up on a big left hand.
Hartikainen avoids the body shot from Africanus.
Jab, jab by Hartikainen - just one landing.
Donk. Hartikainen catches Africanus right on the button with a cross.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Africanus shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Hartikainen pinned against the cage. Hartikainen gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Africanus just misses with a punch to the body.
Africanus takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Africanus tries to clinch up.
Africanus has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Hartikainen stalks Africanus and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Africanus's face. Africanus staggers backwards, shaken.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Africanus tries to clinch but Hartikainen is having none of it.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Hartikainen, as that shot connected.
Hartikainen gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Africanus to score an easy takedown into full guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Hartikainen wants to stand and escape but Africanus is having none of it.
Hartikainen working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Africanus.
Hartikainen is pulling down on Africanus's head. It's preventing any offense from Africanus, at least for the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hartikainen is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Africanus is controlling him.
Africanus distracts Hartikainen with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Africanus has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Africanus working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Africanus prevents Hartikainen from getting back to his feet.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Africanus's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Hartikainen is trying to hold Africanus in close to prevent damage but Africanus has managed to pass into half guard.
Africanus scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hartikainen keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Hartikainen is looking to improve his position.
Hartikainen is trying to escape back to his feet but Africanus uses the scramble to pass into side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hartikainen takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Hartikainen is trying to get back to half guard.
You can see the frustration on Hartikainen's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Hartikainen manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Julius Africanus has got the better of the ground game so far.
Africanus lands strikes from half guard.
Hartikainen wants to control but Africanus is keeping busy.
Africanus lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Africanus slips a nice elbow through Hartikainen's hands, connecting with Hartikainen's forehead.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Africanus working over Hartikainen with some ground and pound. Hartikainen looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Hartikainen has hold of Africanus's hands but Africanus slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Hartikainen tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Africanus has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Viktor Hartikainen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Africanus has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Hartikainen's face.
Africanus cracks Hartikainen with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Africanus lands a heavy elbow.
Africanus loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Hartikainen scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Africanus land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Africanus stands and salutes the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Julius Africanus!
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