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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kaarlo Vihtala (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sergio Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vihtala comes into the arena with Pohjois-Karjala blaring out of the sound system. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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286 lbs
31 - 15 - 0 |
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243 lbs
17 - 11 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
Granite chin |
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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
31 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kaarlo Vihtala!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sergio Souza!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Arvi Lind and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vihtala attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Vihtala takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Souza moves in looking to clinch but Vihtala pushes him off.
Vihtala misses the shot to the body.
Souza looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Souza lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Vihtala at a distance.
Vihtala misses with a wild body shot.
Souza lands a jab to Vihtala's midsection.
Souza cracks Vihtala with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A jab from Souza does it's job there.
Souza connects with a looping right hand.
Vihtala throws the left hand but Souza avoids the punch easily.
Vihtala digs a good hook to Souza's body.
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!
Vihtala takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Souza moves out of range as Vihtala strikes.
Vihtala on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Vihtala struggles to land a body shot inside as Souza controls his hands.
Souza lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
The referee is keeping an eye on Vihtala - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Souza lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Souza blocking some punches.
Souza working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Vihtala makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Souza.
A head punch on the inside from Vihtala fails to land.
Vihtala doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
I was talking to Vihtala's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Still in the clinch, Souza scores with a nice short uppercut.
Souza misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Souza lands a body shot in the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Souza misses with a short punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Souza.
It looks like Kaarlo Vihtala has been cut.
Vihtala tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Souza's elbow.
Souza fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Vihtala tries to throw a body punch but Souza avoids it by throwing Vihtala back against the cage.
Vihtala misses with a hook from the clinch.
Vihtala blocks a body shot from Souza.
Vihtala tries to stall but Souza uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Vihtala doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Souza keeps control of Vihtala as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Souza scores with a shot to the side of Vihtala's head.
Vihtala misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right from Souza on the inside.
Souza lands a body shot.
Souza working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Vihtala working some nice short punches in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Souza lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Vihtala blocks an uppercut.
Souza misses with a short punch on the inside.
Souza swings wildly with an uppercut but Vihtala uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vihtala lands a body punch in the clinch.
Souza prevents a body shot from Vihtala.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Souza.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Souza lands with a light punch inside.
Vihtala misses with a hook to the ribs.
Souza doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Vihtala looking to slow down the pace here.
Souza blocks a body shot from Vihtala.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Souza creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Souza misses with the head strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Souza blocks an uppercut.
Souza throws a punch but it's blocked by Vihtala.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Souza.
Vihtala scores with an uppercut up the middle.
It looks like Sergio Souza has been cut.
Vihtala working aggressively here.
Vihtala blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short uppercut from Vihtala.
Souza misses with a short punch on the inside.
Souza blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Souza pushes Vihtala back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Souza prevents a body shot from Vihtala.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Souza as Vihtala tries to tie him up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A right handed body shot lands from Souza.
Vihtala blocks a body shot from Souza.
Vihtala taking a breather.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sergio Souza dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!
Souza thuds his right hand into Vihtala's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Souza on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Vihtala. Vihtala obviously looking to wear him down.
Souza moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Souza. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Vihtala keeps the fight on the outside.
Vihtala has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Vihtala there as he acknowledges the shot.
Souza tries to clinch there but Vihtala circles away.
Vihtala takes the fight into the clinch.
Vihtala slows down the pace here.
Vihtala tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Souza's elbow.
Souza misses with the head strike.
Vihtala scores with a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Souza tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Vihtala prevents a body shot from Souza.
Vihtala misses with the head strike.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Souza fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Souza lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Souza tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Vihtala lands with a right to the head.
A hook to the body from Souza.
Vihtala has Souza pushed against the cage.
Souza misses with a punch on the inside.
Vihtala blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Souza lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Vihtala backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vihtala misses with the head strike.
Souza throws a head punch that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Souza.
Souza lands with a light punch inside.
Vihtala blocks an uppercut.
Souza throws a head punch that misses.
Souza fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Souza lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Vihtala backwards.
Souza lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Vihtala to his knees! Souza keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sergio Souza!
After winning the bout, Sergio Souza thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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hype
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