PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Geoffrey McKenzie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yuri Karlov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McKenzie kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Roy Jones - Can't be touched . On his way into the cage it seems that Geoffrey McKenzie has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Geoffrey McKenzie seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

McKenzie
vs
Karlov

225 cm
18
300 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

213 cm
26
300 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Geoffrey McKenzie !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Yuri Karlov!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Summer Carpenter and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karlov throws a lazy uppercut
letting McKenzie counter with a right hand.
Karlov lands with a cross.

It looks like Geoffrey McKenzie has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Karlov misses with a hook.
Karlov throws a right hand that misses
and Karlov takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Karlov throws a sloppy body shot
and McKenzie counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
McKenzie moves into range and connects with a jab.
Karlov throws a poor cross that misses
and McKenzie counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Karlov thinking.
Karlov misses with a body shot.
Karlov throws an ugly left hook that misses
and McKenzie counters with a nice body shot.
Karlov takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Karlov fakes a jab and throws a low kick but McKenzie checks it well.
Karlov misses with a lunging right hand
and McKenzie counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Karlov misses with a right hand
and McKenzie counters with a right hand to the body.
Karlov is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karlov misses with a right hand
letting McKenzie counter with a right hand.
Karlov misses with a left hand
and McKenzie counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Karlov misses with a right hand
and McKenzie counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Karlov misses with a hook
and McKenzie connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Karlov throws an ugly left hook that misses
and McKenzie counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Karlov misses with an uppercut
and McKenzie counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Karlov misses with a left hand
letting McKenzie counter with a right hand.
Karlov throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent McKenzie stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Karlov throws an ugly left hook that misses
and McKenzie counters with a straight right hand.
Karlov takes a swing at McKenzie 's ribcage but misses.
Karlov takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karlov misses with a body punch
and McKenzie counters with a lovely shot to the body.
McKenzie is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
McKenzie with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Yuri Karlov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Karlov misses with a body punch
and McKenzie makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
A decent looking cross lands there for McKenzie .
This has been an exciting period of action!
McKenzie thuds his right hand into Karlov's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Karlov throws a lazy uppercut
and McKenzie counters with a straight right hand.
Karlov throws an ugly left hook that misses
and McKenzie counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Karlov thinking.
Karlov throws an ugly left hook that misses
and McKenzie counters with a straight right hand.
Karlov looks to land a right hand but McKenzie moved out of range.
Karlov misses with an uppercut
and McKenzie counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
McKenzie tries to score with a low kick but Karlov moves his leg out of the way.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karlov throws a leg kick but McKenzie moved away.
Karlov throws a right hand that misses
and McKenzie counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Karlov misses with an uppercut
and McKenzie counters with a left to the body.
Karlov misses with a lunging right hand
and McKenzie counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
McKenzie avoids the body shot from Karlov.
McKenzie scores with a jab to the jaw.
McKenzie tests Karlov's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Karlov throws an ugly left hook that misses
and McKenzie counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Karlov misses with a shot to the body
and McKenzie connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Karlov misses with an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karlov misses with a right hand
letting McKenzie counter with a right hand.
Karlov swings away with a body shot that misses
and McKenzie connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
McKenzie is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
A looping hook to the body misses from Karlov. McKenzie does a little dance to reset his feet.
Karlov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Karlov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Karlov throws an ugly left hook that misses
and McKenzie counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
A big right from Karlov misses.
McKenzie throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Karlov has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Karlov throws a body punch but McKenzie moves out of range.
Karlov misses with a hook
and McKenzie counters with a left to the body.
Karlov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Geoffrey McKenzie dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Geoffrey McKenzie 's cut.
That's time! McKenzie 's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Karlov fakes high and swings low for a body shot but McKenzie manages to avoid it.
Karlov misses with a right hand
and McKenzie counters with a right hand to the body.
Karlov swings widly with a right hand
and McKenzie cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A jab from McKenzie does it's job there.
Karlov fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches McKenzie on the side of the head.
Karlov throws a lazy uppercut
and McKenzie counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Karlov misses with a wild body shot.
Karlov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McKenzie .
Karlov throws a combination but it was largely blocked by McKenzie .
Karlov misses with a jab to the body
and McKenzie counters with a right hand to the body.
McKenzie throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from McKenzie misses.
Karlov misses the shot to the body.
Karlov swings widly with a right hand
and McKenzie counters with a nice uppercut.
Karlov throws a predictable looking body shot
and McKenzie counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Karlov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Karlov lands a nice shot to the body.
Karlov takes a swing at McKenzie 's ribcage but misses.
Karlov misses with a shot to the body
and McKenzie cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
McKenzie keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Karlov.
McKenzie checks a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the body from Karlov misses
and McKenzie counters with a right hand to the body.
Karlov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McKenzie moves away.
Karlov is breathing heavily.
McKenzie takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Karlov connects with a crisp jab.

Geoffrey McKenzie 's cut is getting worse.
Karlov throws a sloppy body shot
and McKenzie counters with a body kick.
Karlov rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and McKenzie counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Karlov is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Karlov throws a right hand that misses
and McKenzie counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Karlov is lucky that one didn't land flush.
A head kick by McKenzie misses
and Karlov connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Karlov throws a good cross that connects.
McKenzie keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McKenzie throws a jab when Karlov was well out of range.
McKenzie takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Karlov rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and McKenzie counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Karlov ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Karlov looks to score with a jab to the body but McKenzie is just out of range.
Karlov jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The crowd cheers as Karlov lands an impressive looking overhand right. McKenzie doesn't seem phased though.
Karlov lands the left hand.

Geoffrey McKenzie 's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Karlov throws a hook but McKenzie blocks it.
Karlov jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karlov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McKenzie moves away.
Karlov looks to land a right hand but McKenzie moved out of range.
McKenzie takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice defenses there by McKenzie .
Karlov looks to score with a jab to the body but McKenzie is just out of range.
Yuri Karlov seems to be getting the better of the standup.
McKenzie takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
McKenzie avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
McKenzie moves out of range as Karlov strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nice defenses there by McKenzie .
Karlov misses the shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yuri Karlov showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Geoffrey McKenzie 's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

McKenzie uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Karlov.
McKenzie is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Karlov misses with an uppercut
and McKenzie makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Karlov swings widly with a right hand
and McKenzie counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
McKenzie misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Karlov.
Karlov throws a lazy uppercut
and McKenzie counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Karlov thinking.
Karlov swings away with a body shot that misses
and McKenzie counters with a left to the body.
A decent looking cross lands there for Karlov.
Karlov throws an ugly left hook that misses
and McKenzie counters with a nice body shot.
Karlov throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
McKenzie blocks a jab.
McKenzie with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Karlov to score with a decent uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karlov throws an ugly left hook that misses
and McKenzie counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
McKenzie keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Karlov rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and McKenzie counters with a left to the body.
Karlov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McKenzie moves away.
Karlov misses with a looping right.
Karlov throws a solid leg kick but McKenzie takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Karlov.
Karlov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Karlov misses with a shot to the body
and McKenzie counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Karlov cracks McKenzie with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Karlov throws out a loose jab but McKenzie uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karlov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McKenzie moves away.
McKenzie walks into a jab.

Jeez, Geoffrey McKenzie 's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Karlov scores with a three punch combo!

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Geoffrey McKenzie 's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Yuri Karlov!