PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alysian Karalis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marshall Mason (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Karalis comes to the cage accompanied by Drunkship Of Lanterns by The Mars Volta. Marshall Mason has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Alysian Karalis's chin.

Karalis
vs
Mason

170 cm
24
175 lbs
4 - 6 - 0

180 cm
28
182 lbs
8 - 19 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Alysian Karalis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 19 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marshall Mason!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Russell Pearce and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karalis slips a jab from Mason.
Mason tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mason throws a right and a left that both miss.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Mason checks a leg kick.
Karalis keeps the fight on the outside.
Mason throws a series of punches but Karalis avoids them all with ease.
Karalis throws a solid leg kick but Mason takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Karalis.

Mason forces Karalis back against the cage and clinches.
Karalis keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mason's efforts to push away.
Mason lands a knee to the head.
Mason goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Karalis throws a head punch that misses.
Mason lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Mason swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mason doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mason struggles to land a body shot inside as Karalis controls his hands.
Karalis stalling in the clinch but Mason improves position.
A shot in the inside from Mason.

Mason escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mason fails to land with a series of punches.
Mason fails to land with a series of punches.
Karalis cracks Mason with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Karalis lands with a hook. Mason tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Mason swinging wildly here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mason throws a nice outside leg kick.
Mason looks to land a combination but Karalis avoids it well.

Mason gets caught napping as Karalis dives in and scores a takedown. Mason manages to retain guard.
Mason has momentary wrist control but Karalis slips an elbow through the middle.
Mason preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Mason has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Karalis off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Mason looks gassed!
Karalis lands a head shot.
Karalis with a nice cross.
Mason tries to close the distance and clinch but Karalis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mason on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Mason tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mason. Karalis does a little dance to reset his feet.
Karalis throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Karalis misses with a leg kick.
Karalis keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Mason tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Karalis was well out of range. Poor timing from Mason.
Karalis works Mason's body with a nice hook.
Marshall Mason seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mason tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mason fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mason closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Nice straight punches there by Karalis. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Karalis.
Karalis lands a jab to Mason's midsection.
Karalis lands a jab to Mason's midsection.
Karalis attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Mason on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Karalis scoring well with a low kick there.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Mason looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Mason showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Karalis.
Karalis throws a nice inside leg kick.
Karalis is looking to score with low kicks.
Mason avoids a punch combination nicely.
Karalis ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Karalis shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Mason eats them both and turns towards Karalis to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
That kick from Karalis tenderised Mason's leg. Mason is trying to keep his angry face on.
Mason missing with a left hand there. Karalis was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Karalis looks to land a combination but Mason avoids it well.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Karalis, right into the meat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karalis misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Karalis lands with a thumping leg kick.
Karalis fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Mason throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Karalis.
Mason tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Mason takes one to the chin there.
Mason's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Karalis throws a shot to the body.
Karalis is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Karalis throws a quick inside leg kick.
Karalis scores with a one two! Mason had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Karalis connects with a leg kick. Mason looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Karalis throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Mason on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Mason tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Karalis paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mason doesn't manage to clinch there - Karalis circles away.
Karalis throws a head kick but Mason moves out of range.
Karalis lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Karalis, right into the meat.
Mason tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Karalis swats away the attempt to clinch by Mason.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mason walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Nice body punch from Mason.
A bone on bone clash there as Mason blocks the leg kick.
Mason is looking to clinch.
Karalis lands a head kick!
Karalis scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Mason tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Karalis manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Karalis throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Karalis throws a right and a left that Mason avoids nicely.
Karalis thumps Mason with a low kick.
Karalis fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Karalis throws a leg kick which misses Mason's front leg but catches the back leg as Mason tries to avoid it.
Mason swinging wildly here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Karalis circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mason tries to clinch but Karalis moves away
and Karalis counters with a stiff right hand.
Mason avoids the head kick by Karalis.
Mason takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alysian Karalis dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Karalis lands with a nice body punch.
Mason is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Karalis.
Mason just misses with a punch to the body.
Alysian Karalis is winning the standup battle so far.
Karalis bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Mason's head backwards.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Karalis throws a nice outside leg kick.
Karalis jabs Mason to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Karalis moves away from the strike by Mason.
No joy there for Karalis, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Karalis misses with a low kick.
Karalis misses with a two punch combination.
Mason swinging wildly here.
Karalis connects with a crisp jab.
Mason avoids a punch combination nicely.
Mason misses with a two punch combination.
Karalis gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Mason.
Mason is breathing heavily.
Karalis fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Mason.
Karalis lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mason misses with a double jab.
Karalis throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karalis dips to his left and cracks Mason with an uppercut!
Mason fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Karalis manages to avoid it.
A telegraphed right hand from Mason misses the target.
Mason takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Mason looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Karalis scores with a decent looking hook.
A left lands for Karalis.
Karalis throws a leg kick but Mason moved away.
Karalis tests Mason's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Nice cross by Karalis.
Mason tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Karalis works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Mason tries to clinch there but Karalis circles away.
Karalis scores with a nice head shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mason throws a nice looking combination but Karalis bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mason looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mason throws a body kick that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karalis thuds a left hand into Mason's body.
Karalis connects with a solid leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Karalis, right into the meat.
Karalis scores with a nice strike.
Mason walks into a left hand.
A slapping leg kick lands for Karalis.
Karalis stalks Mason and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Mason's face. Mason staggers backwards, shaken.
Good exchange - Karalis coming out on top.
Karalis tests Mason's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Mason walks into a stiff left hand from Karalis.
Karalis scores with a shot to the body.
Karalis tests Mason's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Mason wants to clinch.
Mason tries to clinch up.
Mason blocks a low kick nicely.
Mason tries to clinch up but Karalis circles away and keeps his distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mason tries to close the distance and clinch but Karalis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mason tries to close the distance and clinch up but Karalis swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mason tries to clinch up but Karalis circles away and keeps his distance.
Karalis dips to his left and cracks Mason with an uppercut!
Karalis jabs Mason right on the nose. Mason blinks but takes it well.
Mason takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Mason looks to land a combination but Karalis avoids it well.
Karalis scores with a leg kick.
Karalis misses with a two punch combination.
Mason has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Mason throws a big shot that misses.
Karalis throws a right hand that Mason ducks under and follows up with a left that Mason also avoids with ease.
Mason tries to clinch but Karalis is having none of it.
Karalis misses with a two punch combination.
Mason wants to clinch.
Mason is looking to clinch.
Mason throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Mason takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Karalis cracks Mason with a right hand to the side of the head.
Karalis throws a series of punches but Mason avoids them all with ease.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karalis swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mason fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Karalis manages to avoid it.
Karalis lands a jab to the nose.
Karalis lands a body shot.
Good shot there by Karalis.
Mason swinging wildly here.
Good standup being displayed there by Karalis as he connects with a hook.
Mason is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Karalis.
Karalis looks to land a combination but Mason avoids it well.
Karalis buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Mason tries to clinch up.
Karalis showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Mason.
Good leg kick by Karalis there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Karalis works Mason's body with a nice hook.
Karalis connects with a good right hand that stumbles Mason. Mason circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Mason takes a swing at Karalis's ribcage but misses.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Karalis.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alysian Karalis dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Karalis scores with a three punch combo!
Mason moves out of range of the leg kick from Karalis.
A combination from Mason does no damage.
Mason will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Karalis throws a right and a left that both miss.
Karalis throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Mason throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Karalis.
Karalis bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Mason takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Mason misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Mason takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Mason takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Karalis lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Mason takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Karalis stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
A slapping leg kick lands for Karalis.
Karalis lands with a right hand.
Nice body kick there by Karalis.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Karalis turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Karalis misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karalis lands a two punch combo.
Mason stalks Karalis and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Karalis's face. Karalis staggers backwards, shaken.
Karalis's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Karalis duly obliges.
Karalis is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mason can do to turn this around?
Karalis lands an overhand right.
Mason on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Karalis. Karalis obviously looking to wear him down.
Alysian Karalis is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mason tries to clinch up.
Karalis moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Karalis misses with a head kick.
Mason has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Karalis.
Mason needs to keep his hands up - Karalis had a free shot at his head there.
Nice cross by Mason.
Karalis feints a jab promting Mason to slip. Karalis then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Mason slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Karalis is looking to slow Mason down with leg kicks.
Karalis throws a nice inside leg kick.
Mason wants to clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mason throws a big shot that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karalis scores with a crisp jab that stopped Mason in his tracks.
Karalis throws a right and a left that both miss.
Karalis lands a nice shot that snaps Mason's head back.
Mason showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Karalis.
Karalis misses with a low kick as Mason jumps back.
Mason moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Mason lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Karalis circles away quickly and effectively.
Karalis is looking to slow Mason down with leg kicks.
Karalis misses with a two punch combination.
Karalis looks to land a combination. Mason sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Karalis lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Mason at a distance.
Karalis dodges the punch combination from Mason.
Alysian Karalis is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Karalis thuds a left hand into Mason's body.
Karalis is looking to slow Mason down with leg kicks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mason takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

Mason moves into range and clinches up with Karalis.
A knee to the head by Mason.
Mason swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Karalis has a couple of punches blocked by Mason.
Mason blocks an uppercut.
Mason utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

Karalis breaks the clinch.
Mason takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Karalis looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Mason is fending him off so far but Karalis persists. Nope, Mason circles away and we're back to standing.
No joy there for Karalis, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Karalis will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Mason misses with a wild body shot.
Karalis misses with a low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mason dodges the punch combination from Karalis.
Karalis throws a nice inside leg kick.
Mason lands a jab.
Mason is looking to clinch.
Karalis fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Karalis has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mason swinging wildly here.
Mason wants to clinch.
Marshall Mason has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Karalis closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Mason quickly recovers to half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mason tries to kick Karalis off but Karalis keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Mason is looking to improve his position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alysian Karalis showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Karalis, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Chad Campbell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 30:27
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alysian Karalis!