ILTAHLEHTI Presents: Now Let's Hit Hard! - Mika Mielonen vs. Gunnar Kolbeinn Kristinsson RBR

Acquitted himself well here; the drawn card might have actually been the best one from the official judges.

 

I think main event next.

It's only five until nine at night in Helsinki, though.

 

Ah, nope, that was the first of two 6-rounder co-features (the deep undercard was all 4-rounders)

 

Samuli Kärkkäinen vs. Stefan Mihailov, 6 rounds @ heavyweight

 

I first saw Kärkkäinen when he fought Elia Juusti on the Helenius vs. Mielonen undercard and...needless to say I wasn't impressed, although he appears to be quite popular domestically for some reason.

 

10-9 Kärkkäinen, rattling plenty of southpaw jabs off the square forehead of the chunky Serb (who's probably a natural light heavy despite having always competed at CW/HW)

 

Mihailov looks like if you crossed Eric Da Re as Leo Johnson in Twin Peaks with Vincent D'Onofrio as Edgar the Bugman in Men In Black.

 

Bad show there... Mihailov's gum shield came out and he popped it back in himself, then Kärkkäinen forked a jab into his face before his glove was even lowered.

I now want to see this guy KTFO after boring me on two separate occasions and displaying poor sportsmanship to boot.

 

Kärkkäinen toying with Mihailov, landing southpaw jabs and 1-2s and turning him. Another foul, hitting Mihailov in the back of the head while he's spun around.

40-36 Douchebag

 

To be clear: that's their appearances after they became an oatmeal-spitting vegetable and alien parasite host, respectively.

 

Kärkkäinen kinda sorta pushing for a stoppage in the 5th, starting to land looping rights and body combos. Mihailov keeps losing his gum shield.

 

Kärkkäinen looks ready to keel over from playing whack-a-mole with Mihailov for the whole five rounds so far, standing in his corner taking deep heaving breaths and blowing snot rockets. Gross.

 

Mihailov down, ruled a slip.

Kärkkäinen is targeting spots around both eyes where Mihailov is busted up and bleeding. Doesn't get the stoppage.

60-54 "Lalonde" (that's his actual ring moniker...maybe mild resemblance to Donny, but what a random name to hijack...especially as the Canadian wasn't a southpaw or stylistically anything like this jamoke)