Shooto Lahti will host their traditional Shooto event named “Chicago Collision” this March 29th at the beautiful concert venue Sibelius Hall. The promotion’s 11th event will for the first time in the events history fought in a cage instead of the ring.

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LΓ€hdesmΓ€ki is the former Shooto European Champion. Photo by Iltalehti

The main event for the night will be Lahti’s hometown super star Matteus LΓ€hdesmΓ€ki versus Pascal Louissant (-65 kg)

Fight Card

Amateur: Shooto C + class
Juuso Karjalainen Shooto Lahti vs. Jari Illikainen (0-2-0) MMA Lappeenranta-65 kg
Iida Blom Shooto Lahti vs. Johanna Toivanen MMA Kuopio-60kg
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Professional Fights: Shooto B – class

Vuokko Katainen MMA Kuopio (1-1-0) vs. Yana Lyashko VenΓ€jΓ€ -57kg

Joni Sarkala (1-2-0) Shooto lahti vs. Timo Suihkonen (1-1-1) Kauhajoen kamppailu-urheilijat -61,2kg

Ville LehmusmetsΓ€ (2-0-0) BJJ Kouvola vs. Miikka Kauppinen (3-3-0) Team East Front -65kg

Janne HΓ€kkinen MMA Utti debut vs. Alexey Averyanov debut VenΓ€jΓ€ -70kg

Ville Kukkonen (1-2-0) Shooto Lahti vs. Rasul Khataev (4-2-0) Fight Factory Porvoo -70kg

Patrik PietilΓ€ (0-2-0) Shooto Lahti vs. Kristian Maijala (1-1-0) MMA Kemi -70kg

Kalle Arvelin (0-5-0) Shooto Lahti vs. Edward Walls (0-1-0) Team East Front -70kg

Niko Myllynen RNC HyvinkÀÀ (2-2-0) vs. Zulfikar Usmanov (5-2-0) VenÀjÀ -74kg

Alik Tseiko (7-2-0) 3D gym/American Top Team vs. Sergei Bal (14-8-1) Rusfighters team venΓ€jΓ€ -77kg

Jere Tiihonen (1-0-0) Shooto Lahti vs. Yannick Carrere (0-0-1) Team Pythagora, Ranska -70kg

Matteus LΓ€hdesmΓ€ki (12-9-3) Shooto Lahti vs. Pascal Louissant (9-4-0) Team Pythagora, Ranska -65kg