PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lennox Karelin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arcturus Stormrage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Karelin has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Karelin
vs
Stormrage

185 cm
25
205 lbs
5 - 10 - 0

188 cm
22
204 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

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 5 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Lennox Karelin!
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, Arcturus Stormrage!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Konstantin Menshow and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karelin keeps the fight on the outside.
The fight stays on the outside here - Stormrage looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Karelin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Karelin misses with a wild combination.
Karelin is breathing heavily.
Stormrage dodges the punch combination from Karelin.
Stormrage tries to clinch but Karelin moves out of range.
Karelin swats away the attempt to clinch by Stormrage.
Stormrage tries to clinch up.
Stormrage tries to clinch but Karelin is having none of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stormrage tries to clinch up.
Karelin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Stormrage wants to clinch.

Stormrage gets a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stormrage utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Stormrage trying to stall but Karelin improves his position.
Stormrage landing knees to the body.
Stormrage unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Stormrage utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Stormrage with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Lennox Karelin has been cut.
Stormrage landing knees to the body.
Stormrage unloads a knee to the mid-section. Karelin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Stormrage unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Stormrage landing knees to the head.
Stormrage using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Stormrage has Karelin pushed against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Stormrage obliges.
Stormrage putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Karelin in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Karelin takes a knee to the side of the body.
Stormrage lands a knee to the head.
Stormrage lands a knee to the body.
Stormrage with a knee to the head.
Stormrage is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Stormrage.
Stormrage is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Stormrage lands a good knee to the midsection. Karelin won't want to take too many of those.
Stormrage landing knees to the body.
Stormrage landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Stormrage landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Stormrage unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Karelin takes a knee to the side of the body.
Stormrage working Karelin over with knees to the body.
Stormrage scores a nice knee to the body.
Karelin has had enough of the clinch but Stormrage keeps him there for the moment.
Stormrage scores a nice knee to the body.
Stormrage landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Stormrage has Karelin pushed against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Stormrage obliges.
A knee to the head by Stormrage.
Stormrage scores with a knee to the head.
Karelin is trying to break the clinch but Stormrage is controlling him.
Stormrage landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Stormrage landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stormrage crunches a lovely knee into Karelin's ribcage.
Stormrage landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Stormrage scores a nice knee to the body.
Stormrage using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Stormrage using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Stormrage landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Stormrage using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Stormrage lands a knee to the head.
Stormrage prevents a takedown attempt there.
Stormrage connects with a nasty looking knee right to Karelin's face.
Karelin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Stormrage lands a knee to the body.
Stormrage lands a good knee to the midsection. Karelin won't want to take too many of those.
Stormrage lands a good knee to the midsection. Karelin won't want to take too many of those.
Karelin tries to break the clinch but Stormrage is controlling the position.
Stormrage unloads a knee to the mid-section. Karelin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Stormrage lands a nice knee to the body.
Karelin tries for a takedown but Stormrage manages to get underhooks.
Stormrage lands a knee to the body.
Stormrage is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karelin is looking to break free of the clinch but Stormrage has double underhooks.
Stormrage lands a knee to the head.
Stormrage unloads a knee to the mid-section. Karelin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Stormrage landing knees to the body.
Stormrage stalls.
Stormrage is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Stormrage missing with knees to the body.
Stormrage landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Stormrage putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Karelin in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Stormrage working Karelin over with knees to the body.

Karelin pulls guard.
Karelin on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Karelin tries to get out of the position.

Karelin has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Stormrage off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Stormrage tries to clinch but Karelin is having none of it.
A punch combination from Karelin misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arcturus Stormrage dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lennox Karelin's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Stormrage doesn't manage to clinch there - Karelin circles away.
Stormrage tries to clinch but Karelin is having none of it.
Stormrage tries to clinch but Karelin is having none of it.
Stormrage tries to clinch but Karelin moves out of range.
Stormrage tries to close the distance and clinch up but Karelin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Stormrage fails in his attempt to clinch.
Karelin circles away from the clinch attempt.

Stormrage moves into range and clinches up with Karelin.
Stormrage lands a knee to the head.
Stormrage landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stormrage landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Stormrage putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Karelin in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Arcturus Stormrage seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Stormrage unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Stormrage working Karelin over with knees to the body.
Stormrage unloads a knee to the mid-section. Karelin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Stormrage connects with a knee to the head.
Stormrage landing knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stormrage putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Karelin in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Stormrage obliges.
Stormrage lands a good knee to the midsection. Karelin won't want to take too many of those.
Stormrage lands a good knee to the midsection. Karelin won't want to take too many of those.
Stormrage crunches a lovely knee into Karelin's ribcage.
Knees to the body from Stormrage.

Karelin pulls guard effortlessly.

Karelin kicks Stormrage off and gets to his feet.
Stormrage is looking to clinch but Karelin is avoiding it.
Stormrage moves in looking to clinch but Karelin pushes him off.
Lennox Karelin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Stormrage fails with an attempt to clinch.
Karelin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Stormrage fails with an attempt to clinch.
Stormrage tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Karelin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Karelin circles away from the clinch attempt.

Stormrage has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karelin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Stormrage has him pressed against the cage.
Stormrage lands a nice knee to the body.
Stormrage connects with a knee to the head.
Stormrage unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Stormrage unloads a knee to the mid-section. Karelin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Stormrage scores a nice knee to the body.
Stormrage working Karelin over with knees to the body.
Stormrage unloads a knee to the mid-section. Karelin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Stormrage is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Stormrage lands a knee to the head.
Karelin avoiding damage as Stormrage throws knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Stormrage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Stormrage.
Stormrage misses with a knee strike.
Karelin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Stormrage landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Stormrage utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Stormrage putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Karelin in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Stormrage missing with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karelin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Stormrage connects with a knee to the head.
Stormrage landing knees to the body.
Stormrage tries to land knees in the clinch but Karelin avoids the damage to the body.
Karelin working hard to break the clinch.
Stormrage lands a nice knee to the body.
Karelin is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Stormrage gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Knees to the body from Stormrage.
Stormrage stalling the fight.
Stormrage stops a takedown attempt from Karelin.
Stormrage lands a good knee to the midsection. Karelin won't want to take too many of those.
Karelin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Stormrage has him pressed against the cage.
Stormrage with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Stormrage.
Karelin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Stormrage using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Stormrage tries to land a knee to the head but Karelin blocks with his arms.
Stormrage landing knees to the head.
Karelin fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lennox Karelin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Stormrage lands a nice knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Stormrage keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Karelin's efforts to push away.
Stormrage with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Karelin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Stormrage connects with a knee to the head.
Stormrage has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Karelin takes a knee right on the jaw!
Stormrage with a knee to the head.
Stormrage lands a good knee to the midsection. Karelin won't want to take too many of those.

Karelin breaks the clinch.
Karelin misses with a jab, cross combination.
Stormrage tries to clinch up but Karelin circles away and keeps his distance.
Stormrage tries to clinch up but Karelin circles away and keeps his distance.
Karelin circles away from the clinch attempt.
Karelin swats away the attempt to clinch by Stormrage.
Karelin misses with a double jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arcturus Stormrage showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Lennox Karelin's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Stormrage fails in his attempt to clinch.
Stormrage tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Stormrage moves into the clinch successfully.
Stormrage with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Stormrage putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Karelin in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Karelin takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Stormrage obliges.
Stormrage lands a good knee to the midsection. Karelin won't want to take too many of those.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Stormrage obliges.
Knees to the body from Stormrage.
Stormrage wants to stall.
Stormrage connects with a nasty looking knee right to Karelin's face.
Stormrage trying to land knees to the body.
Karelin wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Stormrage lands a nice knee to the body.
Stormrage landing knees to the body.
Stormrage trying to control the position but instead, Karelin has worked for underhooks and has pushed Stormrage into the cage.
Stormrage working Karelin over with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karelin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Karelin has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Stormrage landing knees to the body.
Karelin takes a knee to the side of the body.
Karelin looking for a takedown.
Stormrage working Karelin over with knees to the body.
Stormrage keeps control of Karelin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Stormrage lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Stormrage landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Stormrage connects with a knee to the head.
Stormrage putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Karelin in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Stormrage with a knee to the head.
Karelin tries to score a body lock takedown but Stormrage shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Stormrage lands a nice knee to the body.
Karelin is looking to break free of the clinch but Stormrage has double underhooks.
Stormrage lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Stormrage tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Karelin avoids it.
Karelin wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lennox Karelin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A frustrated look appears on Karelin's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Karelin has had enough of the clinch but Stormrage keeps him there for the moment.
Stormrage lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Stormrage lands a good knee to the midsection. Karelin won't want to take too many of those.
Stormrage lands a knee to the body.
Karelin wants a takedown.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Stormrage obliges.
Stormrage with a knee to the head.
Stormrage is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Karelin is defending well for now.
Stormrage utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Stormrage unloads a knee to the mid-section. Karelin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Stormrage missing with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Stormrage obliges.
Stormrage with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Stormrage using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Stormrage tries to land a knee to the head but Karelin blocks with his arms.
Karelin is trying to break the clinch but Stormrage is controlling him.
Karelin goes for a takedown in the clinch but Stormrage prevents it.
Stormrage landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Stormrage lands a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karelin takes a knee to the side of the body.
Karelin tries to break the clinch but Stormrage is controlling the position.
Stormrage is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Karelin tries to pull guard but Stormrage won't allow it.
Karelin takes a knee right on the jaw!
Karelin is trying to break free.
Stormrage connects with a knee to the head.
Stormrage misses with a knee to the head.
Karelin has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Stormrage is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Karelin has had enough of the clinch but Stormrage keeps him there for the moment.
Karelin takes a knee right on the jaw!
Stormrage is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Karelin wants to break free but Stormrage has control.
Stormrage lands a good knee to the midsection. Karelin won't want to take too many of those.

Karelin pulls guard successfully.
Stormrage stops Karelin from standing up.

Karelin scrambles and gets back to his feet.

Stormrage has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stormrage is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Stormrage is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Stormrage putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Karelin in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Stormrage using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Stormrage lands a nice knee to the body.
Stormrage is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Karelin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Karelin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Karelin is trying to break the clinch but Stormrage has him pressed against the cage.

Karelin breaks from the clinch.
Karelin circles away from the clinch attempt.
Stormrage tries to clinch but Karelin is having none of it.
Stormrage is looking to clinch.
Lennox Karelin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Arcturus Stormrage is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Arcturus Stormrage seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stormrage wants to clinch up but Karelin keeps it at a distance.
Stormrage moves in looking to clinch but Karelin pushes him off.

And that's the end of the fight!
Arcturus Stormrage comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Stormrage winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 26:30
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 26:30
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Arcturus Stormrage!