PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Karl Karjalainen (ranked 1754 p4p, 1286 weight class) and Anderson Nogueira (ranked 287 p4p, 209 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Karjalainen
vs
Nogueira

187 cm
32
211
11 - 5 - 0

175 cm
35
209
15 - 13 - 0

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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 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Karl Karjalainen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Anderson Nogueira !
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nogueira misses with a wild combination.
Nogueira fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Karjalainen looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Nogueira staying out of range there.
Nogueira throws a predictable looking body shot
and Karjalainen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Karjalainen has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Dagestan Grappling Club in the buildup to the fight.
A punch combination from Nogueira misses.
Karjalainen is looking to counter with a shot to the body.

Karjalainen has managed to clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Nogueira tries to land knees in the clinch but Karjalainen avoids the damage to the body.
Karjalainen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Nogueira backwards.
A shot in the inside from Karjalainen.
Nogueira being controlled against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nogueira .
Nogueira misses with a knee strike.
Nogueira looking to throw knees to the head but Karjalainen is blocking nicely.
Nogueira with an attempt at a knee that misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stalling in the clinch from Karjalainen.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karjalainen lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Karjalainen holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Nogueira tries to land a knee to the head but Karjalainen blocks with his arms.
Karjalainen stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
A bit of stalling here from Karjalainen.
Nogueira scores with a shot to the side of Karjalainen's head.
Nogueira with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nogueira misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Karjalainen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Nogueira backwards.
Nogueira looking to throw knees to the head but Karjalainen is blocking nicely.
Nogueira goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nogueira putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Karjalainen in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Nogueira is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Karjalainen is defending well for now.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Nogueira tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Karjalainen takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Nogueira lands a good knee to the midsection. Karjalainen won't want to take too many of those.
Nogueira tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nogueira misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Karjalainen.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Karjalainen is stalling here.
Karjalainen avoiding damage as Nogueira throws knees to the body.
Nogueira doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nogueira throws a knee to the head but misses.
Karjalainen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nogueira with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nogueira tries to work over Karjalainen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Karjalainen lands a body shot.
The referee is keeping an eye on Karjalainen - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Nogueira tries a knee to the head but Karjalainen blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nogueira throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Karjalainen blocks it with crossed arms.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Nogueira .
Nogueira tries a knee to the head but Karjalainen blocks it.
Nogueira lands an uppercut.
Karjalainen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Karjalainen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Karjalainen looks to land a left hand but Nogueira moved out of range nicely.
Karjalainen takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Nogueira slips under a jab from Karjalainen.
A jab lands there for Nogueira .
Nogueira misses with a straight left.
A left and a right from Karjalainen both land. Nice combination.
Nogueira tries to bum rush Karjalainen with a series of wild strikes but Karjalainen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Karjalainen clinches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Karjalainen slowing the pace effectively.
Nogueira using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Karjalainen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Karjalainen managing to block the knees to the body from Nogueira .

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nogueira lands a knee to the body.
Nogueira tries a knee to the head but Karjalainen blocks it.
Nogueira looking to throw knees to the head but Karjalainen is blocking nicely.
Nogueira tries a knee to the head but Karjalainen blocks it.
Nogueira throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Karjalainen blocks it with crossed arms.
Nogueira with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nogueira prevents a body shot from Karjalainen.
Nice body punch from Karjalainen - that landed with a thud.
Nogueira tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Karjalainen's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Nogueira tries to land a knee to the head but Karjalainen blocks with his arms.
Nogueira being controlled against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Karjalainen fails to land.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Anderson Nogueira dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Karjalainen throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Karjalainen looks to throw the jab but Nogueira is out of range.
Nogueira throws a right hand that Karjalainen ducks under and follows up with a left that Karjalainen also avoids with ease.
Karjalainen takes a swing at Nogueira 's ribcage but misses.
Nogueira throws a wild hook but Karjalainen just manages to duck under it and - ooooh! Nogueira gets nailed by a brutal uppercut which crumples him back against the cage! The referee jumps in - Karjalainen raises his hands in celebration and walks away!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Karl Karjalainen!
Karl Karjalainen decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.