PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alex Karelin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pedro Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Karelin comes to the cage accompanied by Russian National Anthem. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Karelin
vs
Sanchez

205 cm
27
279 lbs
12 - 7 - 0

175 cm
27
227 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alex Karelin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Pedro Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Viktor Lagutenko and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karelin just misses with a punch to the body.
Sanchez swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Karelin counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Sanchez thows a body shot but no joy.
A jab from Karelin misses.

Karelin moves into the clinch.
Karelin blocks an uppercut.
Sanchez misses with a punch on the inside.
Sanchez misses with a punch on the inside.
Sanchez swings wildly with an uppercut but Karelin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sanchez blocks an uppercut.
Karelin misses with a punch to the body.
Sanchez working aggressively here.
Sanchez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Karelin's elbow.
Karelin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Karelin misses with a body punch.
Karelin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sanchez tries a body shot but Karelin blocks it.
Karelin effectively controlling the action here.
Sanchez misses with a punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Karelin - that landed with a thud.
Sanchez's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Karelin dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Karelin lands a body punch.
Karelin tries to work over Sanchez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Karelin.
Sanchez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sanchez working aggressively here.
Sanchez has a couple of punches blocked by Karelin.
Karelin lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Sanchez has Karelin pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Karelin manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Karelin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Karelin'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.
Karelin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Karelin stalls.
Sanchez tries to work over Karelin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sanchez has Karelin pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Karelin manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Sanchez misses with some punches.
Sanchez throws a head punch that misses.
A shot in the inside from Sanchez.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Karelin fails to land.
Sanchez lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Karelin scores with a shot to the side of Sanchez's head.
Karelin displaying some good clinch control by pressing Sanchez up against the cage.
Karelin lands with a right to the head.
Sanchez has a couple of punches blocked by Karelin.
Sanchez drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Alex Karelin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pedro Sanchez.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Sanchez drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Karelin is struggling to control the position.
Karelin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sanchez's elbow.
Sanchez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sanchez prevents a body shot from Karelin.
Sanchez has Karelin pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Karelin manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Karelin blocking some punches.
Sanchez throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karelin misses with some punches.
Karelin is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Karelin cracks Sanchez with a nice body shot.
Karelin is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Sanchez is keeping busy.
Karelin lands a body punch.

Karelin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Karelin ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Sanchez shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Karelin throws an overhand right that lands on Sanchez's shoulder, as Sanchez tries to avoid the shot.
Sanchez misses with a hook to the body
and Karelin counters with a nice uppercut.
Karelin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sanchez manages to avoid it.
Pedro Sanchez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sanchez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sanchez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Karelin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Karelin missing with a left hand there. Sanchez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Karelin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sanchez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Karelin changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Sanchez looks gassed!
Karelin looks to land a left hand but Sanchez moved out of range nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karelin looks for a takedown but Sanchez sprawls well.
The fighters circling - Karelin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sanchez misses with a wild body shot.
Sanchez defending well as Karelin loads up on a big left hand.
Sanchez misses with a body shot.
Karelin misses the jab.
Sanchez misses with a shot to the body
enabling Karelin to counter with a crisp jab.

It looks like Pedro Sanchez has been cut.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Sanchez just misses with a punch to the body.
Sanchez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice body punch from Karelin.
Karelin is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Karelin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sanchez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Karelin throws the left hand but Sanchez avoids the punch easily.
Karelin lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Karelin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sanchez.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alex Karelin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Pedro Sanchez's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Karelin misses the shot to the body.
Karelin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sanchez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nice defenses there by Sanchez.
Sanchez is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Karelin rather than just go for the knockout.
Karelin throws a shot from downtown. Sanchez moves away and avoids it.
Sanchez swings away with a body shot that misses
and Karelin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Sanchez is rocked!
Sanchez walks into a straight right, dropping him to the canvas! Karelin swarms him and finishes the fight with a hail of punches! What a brutal finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Alex Karelin!