PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alex Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Karelin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Karelin has chosen Terminator 2 as his entrance music. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Brown
vs
Karelin

200 cm
23
280 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

194 cm
22
286 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Poweful takedowns
Counter striker
Very strong

Good wrestler
Brawler
Determined

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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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alex Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alexander Karelin!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Illya Tyunina and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Brown looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Karelin shoots in but Brown avoids the takedown attempt easily.

Karelin shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Karelin not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Karelin wants to pass the guard but Brown is keeping the position.
Karelin working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Brown's head.
Karelin lands a couple of elbows.
Karelin passes into half guard.

Brown looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Karelin lands with a punch from half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karelin thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Brown's head.
Brown is staying active underneath Karelin, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Karelin is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Karelin stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Brown to get to his feet.
Alexander Karelin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Karelin drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.

Brown has his foot on Karelin's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Karelin works his way back into a safe position though.
Karelin is in close to Brown's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Karelin is in close to Brown's body, working some short punches and elbows.

Brown is looking for a triangle but Karelin pushes his legs off easily.
Brown is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karelin wants to control from the top but Brown keeps moving.
Karelin postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Brown trying to control the position.

Brown is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Karelin keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Brown's head.
Karelin connects with a couple of short punches.
Karelin must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Karelin preventing the sweep.
Karelin is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karelin lands a couple of elbows.
Brown is trying to control the position but Karelin postures up.
Karelin landing with the ground and pound.
Karelin content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Karelin wants to control from the top but Brown keeps moving.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Karelin lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short left from Karelin.

Karelin gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Brown wants to control the action here but instead Karelin manages to pass to full mount!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Karelin lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Karelin controlling from mount.
Karelin looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Karelin working Brown over with strikes here.
Karelin putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Karelin landing shots from mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Karelin breaks from Brown's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Karelin blocks Brown's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Karelin lands a nice shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexander Karelin dominated that round.
That's time! Brown's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Karelin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Karelin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Brown swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Karelin moves into the clinch successfully.
Karelin lands with a left to the head.

Karelin is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Brown can't fight it off and eventually Karelin manages to take the fight to the floor. Brown looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Brown keeping moving, preventing Karelin from controlling successfully.
Brown looking to control.
Karelin trying to control the position from guard on top but Brown is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Brown looking to hit a scissor sweep but Karelin is one step ahead there.
Brown keeping moving, preventing Karelin from controlling successfully.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karelin wants to pass the guard but Brown is keeping the position.

Brown working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Karelin doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Karelin manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Karelin really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Brown. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Karelin has closed the distance and engaged Brown in a clinch.
Nice body punch from Karelin - that landed with a thud.
Karelin lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Karelin prevents a takedown attempt there.

Brown is fighting off a takedown attempt but Karelin is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Brown to the mat. Brown regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Karelin chips away with some ground and pound.
Brown keeping moving, preventing Karelin from controlling successfully.
Brown is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Karelin controlling from the top position.
Karelin landing with the ground and pound.
Karelin working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Karelin postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Karelin changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Brown tries to avoid it but Karelin manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Brown to the ground. Brown escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Karelin moves in looking to clinch but Brown pushes him off.
Karelin is looking to clinch but Brown is avoiding it.
Karelin tries to clinch but Brown moves out of range.
Karelin moves in looking to clinch but Brown pushes him off.
Karelin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Brown paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Karelin wants to clinch up but Brown keeps it at a distance.

Karelin drives through and clinches with Brown against the cage.

That's four 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 prevents a takedown attempt there.

Karelin gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Brown regains guard.
Brown tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Brown controls Karelin momentarily but Karelin frees himself.

Brown has his foot on Karelin's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Karelin works his way back into a safe position though.
Karelin is working Brown over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Brown looking for a sweep. Not yet Brown, not yet.
Brown is working hard here to advance position.

Karelin gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

Karelin closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Brown makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Brown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexander Karelin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Karelin has Brown up against the cage in a clinch.

Karelin has clasped his hands together around Brown's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Brown is not content to let Karelin control the position.
Brown taking punishment in the form of punches.
Karelin is looking to take a break and control but Brown is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Karelin scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Brown to see if he's OK.
Karelin scoring with punches from side control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Brown tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Karelin wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Brown takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown is trying to get back to half guard.
Brown takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Brown manages to work his way to half guard, despite Karelin's best efforts.
Brown tries to get to full guard but Karelin has control of the leg.
Karelin is pressing down on Brown's thigh, looking to free his foot. Brown is holding on for now.
Brown taking some punishment here, with Karelin in his half guard.
Karelin winds up and cracks Brown with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Brown is not content to let Karelin control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Karelin trying to control but Brown is working from the bottom.
Karelin stopping the sweep attempt from Brown.
Karelin lands a couple of digs.
Karelin working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Brown's head.
Karelin looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Brown looking to hit a scissor sweep but Karelin is one step ahead there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karelin looking to pass the guard.
Karelin cracks Brown with a solid left hand.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Brown has his takedown stuffed

and Karelin counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Brown's guard now.
Karelin trying to control but Brown is working from the bottom.

Brown is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Brown is on top in guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Brown drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Karelin manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Brown has Karelin in his guard.
Karelin won't allow Brown to sweep him here.
Karelin working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Brown's head.
Brown is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Brown lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Karelin!
Karelin tries to lock up and control but Brown gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alexander Karelin comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Karelin 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 Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 27:30
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 27:30
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alexander Karelin!