There are two fighters from Allstars Training Center competing at UFC 192, as Alexander Gustafsson‘s frequent training partner Viktor Pesta will step into the Octagon in Houston on October 3rd. MMAViking.com got some insight into his camp in Stockholm and capture the action on film. Check out some photos and video of the heavyweight out
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Demian Maia takes a short break from his seminar at the new SPR – Athlete Factory in Stockholm to talk to mmaViking.com about his love for the Nordic countries, his next bout and more. The welterweight says that his visits to the Nordic countries started in 2004, and has now visited Sweden several times and Finland over
Cage 31 goes down September 19th at Helsinkiäs Kulttuuritalolla. Leading up to the event, some of the main athletes on the card, including Finns Anton Kuivanen, Suvi Salmimies, Janne “Jamba” Elonen-Kulmala, and Saku Heikkola had an open workout at the Casino Helsinki Sports Bar. MMAViking.com contributor Jarno Juutinen was there to capture the action. Juutinen
Main event of the evening was a fight between two ladies in the bantamweight division. Hometown heroine Siiskonen battled Hungarian Melinda Fabian for three full rounds and the tightly contested fight was declared as a draw by the judges.
Ott Tõnissaar was originally scheduled to fight Antti Virtanen in the main event of the evening, but Virtanen had to pull out just two days before the contest. North Ireland’s Declan Larkin boarded the plane to Finland and took the fight on a very short notice. Tõnissaar quickly took Larkin down and worked on a tight armbar,
Fight of the night honours went to the fight between the Finn Mäntykivi and Russian Fedin. Both fighters landed shots, but what impressed me was the technique and violence of Mäntykivi in this fight. He hadn’t fought in more than a year, but he had been improving. Watching him fight I just thought to myself,
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