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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tyrell Badd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Karelin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Karelin has chosen Aleksandr Karelin Intro as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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215 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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218 lbs
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Good wrestling
Counter striker
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Brawler
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tyrell Badd!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Alexander Karelin!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Felipe Paraventi and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karelin shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Badd but Badd pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Alexander Karelin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Karelin gets caught flat footed, as Badd shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Badd missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Badd postures up in Karelin's guard and throws a big left but Karelin blocks it.
Badd trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Badd in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Karelin preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Badd postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Badd thows a big elbow that misses.
Badd throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Karelin is looking to chop away at Badd's legs.
Karelin with a poor takedown
and Badd decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Karelin's guard.
Badd slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karelin is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The ground and pound from Badd seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Karelin is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Badd throwing strikes but Karelin manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Badd regains half guard.
Badd wants to get back to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Karelin lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Badd wants to get back to full guard.
Karelin blocks the strikes from Badd.
Badd is trying to get back to full guard.
Karelin lands with a punch from half guard.
Karelin wants to lay and pray for a moment but Badd keeps working.
Badd missing with punches from the bottom.
Badd moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Karelin pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Badd is keeping the position for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karelin stopping the sweep attempt from Badd.
Karelin controls from within his opponent's guard.
Badd wants to sweep here but Karelin controlling him for the moment.
Badd will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Karelin stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Badd swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Karelin clinches but Badd breaks the clinch
and Badd counters with a takedown into side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karelin dodges the ground and pound from Badd.
Badd throwing strikes but Karelin manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Badd prevents Karelin from moving into mount.
Karelin landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Karelin tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Badd manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Badd thows a huge punch but Karelin dodges it nicely.
Badd thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Karelin's head.
Badd has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Badd wants to pass the guard but Karelin is defending well.
Karelin keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tyrell Badd dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Badd circles away from the clinch attempt
and Badd counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Badd.
Badd with a flurry of punches that miss.
Badd lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Badd distracts Karelin with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Badd throwing strikes from guard but Karelin blocks nicely.
Karelin working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Badd.
Badd trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Badd postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Badd missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Badd works over Karelin with some ground and pound from guard.
Badd throwing strikes from guard but Karelin blocks nicely.
Badd is working Karelin over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Karelin keeping full guard, as Badd tries to pass.
Karelin working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Badd.
Karelin utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Badd loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Karelin avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karelin avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Badd connects with a couple of short punches.
Badd throws a strike but Karelin rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Karelin drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Karelin jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Karelin is breathing heavily.
Badd is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Badd bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Karelin's guard.
Badd throwing strikes from guard but Karelin blocks nicely.
Badd throwing strikes from guard but Karelin blocks nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Badd throws a big right hand that misses.
Badd is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Karelin is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Karelin has escaped and now he's on top!
Badd manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Badd throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Badd landing punches.
Karelin blocking the ground and pound.
Tyrell Badd overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Badd throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Badd working away from the top, dropping strikes.
It looks like Alexander Karelin has been cut.
Badd sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Badd sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Badd throws a sloppy strike and Karelin uses the opportunity to reverse the position! A bit of a scramble here and Karelin has ended up in Badd's guard.
Karelin thows a big elbow that misses.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Badd is on top in guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Badd throwing strikes from guard but Karelin blocks nicely.
Badd working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tyrell Badd dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Alexander Karelin's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Horrible takedown by Badd or perhaps it was just good defense by Karelin which made him look bad.
Karelin wants to clinch but Badd slips to the side
and Badd counters with a nice double leg into side control. Karelin won't be happy with that.
Badd working away.
Karelin managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Badd.
Badd working the strikes but Karelin uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Badd looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Karelin with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Badd throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Badd missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Badd with the ground and pound but Karelin uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Badd throws a strike but Karelin rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Badd lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Karelin!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Badd lands a big shot there that rocks Karelin but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Badd landing strikes from the mount and Karelin is in trouble!
The cut above Alexander Karelin's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Karelin wants to control but Badd is having none of it.
Karelin avoids a series of strikes thrown by Badd.
Karelin takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Karelin blocking the ground and pound.
Karelin avoids a series of strikes thrown by Badd.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Poor strikes thrown by Badd there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Badd throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Badd throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Karelin is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Badd throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Karelin because Badd loaded up on that one.
Badd throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Karelin because Badd loaded up on that one.
Karelin avoids a series of strikes thrown by Badd.
Badd thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Badd lands a big shot there that rocks Karelin but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Alexander Karelin'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 Alexander Karelin's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:03 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Tyrell Badd!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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