PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Karlsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jesse The Governing Body (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marcus Karlsson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Karlsson
vs
The Governing Body

170 cm
25
265 lbs
10 - 10 - 0

195 cm
19
285 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Marcus Karlsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jesse The Governing Body!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Viktor Lagutenko and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Karlsson closes the distance and pushes The Governing Body back into the cage.
The Governing Body landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Karlsson takes a knee to the side of the body.
The Governing Body with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Marcus Karlsson has been cut.
Karlsson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The Governing Body has Karlsson pressed against the cage, preventing Karlsson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A knee to the head by The Governing Body.
Karlsson is breathing heavily.
The Governing Body with a knee to the head.

The Governing Body drops Karlsson with a big knee straight up the middle! Karlsson is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

Karlsson is rocked!

The Governing Body closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Oh Karlsson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The Governing Body connects with a knee to the head.
The Governing Body utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Karlsson seems to have got his legs back now.
The Governing Body landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

The Governing Body drops Karlsson with a big knee straight up the middle! Karlsson is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
The Governing Body lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

The Governing Body fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Karlsson, pushing him back against the cage.
The Governing Body crunches a lovely knee into Karlsson's ribcage.
The Governing Body scores a nice knee to the body.
The Governing Body lands a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Governing Body connects with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for The Governing Body.
The Governing Body lands a knee to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

The Governing Body drops Karlsson with a big knee straight up the middle! Karlsson is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
Marcus Karlsson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

The Governing Body has managed to clinch.
The Governing Body jerks Karlsson to the side and lands a massive knee to the head that knocks him out cold! Karlsson's lifeless body is proped up only by the cage. The Governing Body steps back, hand raised, as the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Jesse The Governing Body!