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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ruslan Karelin (ranked 581 p4p, 956 weight class) and Mike Megaton (ranked 21 p4p, 37 weight class). Mike Megaton has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Ruslan Karelin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mike Megaton!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Ren Mimura and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karelin has managed to clinch.
Megaton has had enough of the clinch but Karelin keeps him there for the moment.
Karelin blocks a body shot from Megaton.
Karelin softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
It looks like Mike Megaton has been cut.
Karelin tries a knee to the head but Megaton blocks it.
Megaton slows down the pace here.
Karelin presses Megaton against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Karelin is working for takedown but Megaton is calmly controlling the position for now.
Megaton misses with some punches.
Megaton throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Karelin blocks it with crossed arms.
Megaton stops a takedown attempt from Karelin.
Karelin has a couple of punches blocked by Megaton.
Karelin using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Megaton looks winded!
Karelin using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Karelin lands an uppercut.
Karelin lands a left hand.
Megaton is trying to push Karelin away but Karelin has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Karelin lands with a light punch inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Karelin lands a knee to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Karelin.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karelin lands with a right to the head.
Karelin lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Megaton backwards.
Karelin gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Megaton has hold of Karelin's hands but Karelin slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Karelin is keen to just control but Megaton is a slippery customer.
Karelin is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Karelin thows a huge punch but Megaton dodges it nicely.
Megaton is not content to let Karelin control the position.
Karelin missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Karelin throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Karelin throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Megaton has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karelin landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Karelin thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Megaton's head.
Karelin throwing shots but Megaton is blocking nicely.
Karelin passes to full mount!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Karelin thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Karelin lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
That has opened up Mike Megaton's cut even more.
Karelin with a couple of short strikes.
The cut above Mike Megaton's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Karelin scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Megaton?
Mike Megaton's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Mike Megaton's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Ruslan Karelin!
Ruslan Karelin tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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