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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Svork Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mika Karalahti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Karalahti has chosen Ensiferum - Into Battle as his entrance music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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214 lbs
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212 lbs
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Good wrestling
Good knees
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Svork Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mika Karalahti!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, John Roberts and Lou da Vinci.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Karalahti blocks it with crossed arms.
We've been hearing reports that Silva has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Silva blocking some punches.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Come on Silva - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Silva lands a nice knee to the body.
Karalahti lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Karalahti blocks with his arms.
Karalahti doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Karalahti gets underhooks to prevent Silva's takedown attempt.
Silva has Karalahti pressed against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karalahti is struggling to control the position.
Karalahti avoiding damage.
Karalahti receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Karalahti stalling in the clinch but Silva improves position.
A short right from Karalahti on the inside.
Karalahti misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Karalahti is defending well for now.
Karalahti on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Karalahti misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Karalahti lands a shoulder strike.
Karalahti is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva working hard to break the clinch.
Karalahti struggles to land a body shot inside as Silva controls his hands.
Karalahti lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Karalahti blocks it.
A nice left hand lands by Karalahti.
Karalahti tries to work over Silva's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Silva's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Silva stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Karalahti blocks with his arms.
Silva is pushing Karalahti up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karalahti gets through Silva's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Karalahti wants to break free but Silva has control.
A bit of stalling here from Silva.
Karalahti struggles to land a body shot inside as Silva controls his hands.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Karalahti.
A short right from Karalahti.
Silva has Karalahti pressed against the cage, preventing Karalahti from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Silva blocking some punches.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Karalahti stalling the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karalahti misses with a hook from the clinch.
Silva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Karalahti attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Karalahti lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Good standup being displayed there by Karalahti as he connects with a hook.
Karalahti keeps the fight on the outside.
Karalahti avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Silva has a takedown stuffed.
Mika Karalahti is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Silva moves out of range of the body kick.
Karalahti lands with an uppercut that bounces Silva off the cage and back into range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Karalahti is looking to score with low kicks.
Karalahti takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mika Karalahti dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Silva checks a leg kick.
Silva walks into a stiff left hand from Karalahti.
It looks like Svork Silva has been cut.
Karalahti lands an overhand right.
Karalahti is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Silva is looking to clinch.
Svork Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva tries to clinch there but Karalahti circles away.
Silva instigates a clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Silva.
Silva looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Karalahti throws a head punch that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva trying to stall but Karalahti improves his position.
Karalahti is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Karalahti misses with a hook from the clinch.
Stalling in the clinch from Karalahti.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Karalahti.
Karalahti scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Karalahti can't find room to land a body shot as Silva controls the action.
Karalahti on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Karalahti has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Karalahti tries to break the clinch but Silva is controlling the position.
A short uppercut from Karalahti.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Karalahti tries to throw a body punch but Silva avoids it by throwing Karalahti back against the cage.
Karalahti tries to stall but Silva uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Karalahti managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.
Silva looking to slow down the pace here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karalahti misses with a punch on the inside.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silva is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A short uppercut from Karalahti.
Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Karalahti is defending well for now.
Karalahti misses with a hook from the clinch.
Silva stalling in the clinch but Karalahti improves position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A bit of stalling here from Karalahti.
Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Karalahti is defending well for now.
Silva looking to stall.
Silva can't break the clinch.
Karalahti misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short left from Karalahti.
Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Karalahti avoids it.
Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Silva takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
A nice inside leg kick there by Karalahti. That's going to slow Silva down.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karalahti swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silva tries to clinch but Karalahti is having none of it.
Karalahti tries to score with a low kick but Silva moves his leg out of the way.
Silva wants to clinch but Karalahti slips to the side
and Karalahti counters with a straight right hand.
Silva 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.
Karalahti misses with a body shot.
Silva takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Karalahti has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Karalahti.
Silva is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Karalahti throws a leg kick which misses Silva's front leg but catches the back leg as Silva tries to avoid it.
Oh Silva is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Karalahti keeps the fight on the outside.
Silva seems to have got his legs back now.
Karalahti cracks Silva with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mika Karalahti showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Svork Silva's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Karalahti is stalking Silva. Silva circles to his left. Keeps circling left. Bam! Straight right from Karalahti, and it's lights out! Silva really payed the price for that rookie mistake.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Mika Karalahti!
An out of breath Mika Karalahti thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
Svork Silva spoke after the fight, saying 'I'm still a contender, I'm still a threat to the light heavyweight and middleweight divisions and ill be back after some regrouping!!!'.
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