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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stefan Karlsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marko Mihic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Karlsson comes to the ring accompanied by Loyal to no one - Dropkick Murphys. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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207 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
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188 cm
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215 lbs
1 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Brawler
KO power |
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Good takedowns
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Stefan Karlsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Marko Mihic!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Andrew Berry and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karlsson wants to clinch.
Mihic takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Karlsson tries to close the distance and clinch but Mihic swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Karlsson tries to clinch there but Mihic circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Karlsson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mihic lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Karlsson tries to close the distance and clinch but Mihic swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Karlsson doesn't manage to clinch there - Mihic circles away.
Marko Mihic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice shot by Mihic.
Mihic tries to work over Karlsson's front leg with a kick but Karlsson checks it.
Mihic throws and low kick but Karlsson moves out of range easily.
Mihic throws a right and a left that both miss.
Karlsson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Karlsson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Karlsson lands a nice knee to the body.
Karlsson gets through Mihic's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Karlsson works on Mihic's body with a couple of short punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Karlsson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Karlsson is leaning against Mihic and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Karlsson lands a body punch in the clinch.
Karlsson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karlsson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Karlsson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mihic's face.
It looks like Marko Mihic has been cut.
Mihic takes an elbow to the forehead.
Karlsson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mihic lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Karlsson scores with a shoulder strike.
Karlsson stalling in the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Karlsson.
Mihic is trying to maintain a safe position but Karlsson gets an underhook and turns Mihic into the ropes.
Mihic breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mihic scores with a three punch combo!
Karlsson throws a nice looking combination but Mihic bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Mihic misses with a double jab.
Karlsson on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Karlsson misses with a two punch combination.
Karlsson is looking to clinch.
Mihic swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Karlsson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karlsson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Mihic paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Karlsson clinches up with Mihic and pushes him back against the ropes.
Karlsson cracks Mihic with a nice body shot.
Karlsson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Karlsson lands a nice knee to the body.
Karlsson tries to land knees in the clinch but Mihic avoids the damage to the body.
Karlsson looking to throw knees to the head but Mihic is blocking nicely.
Karlsson is breathing heavily.
Karlsson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Karlsson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Karlsson scores a nice knee to the body.
Karlsson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mihic has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mihic tightens his grip and picks Karlsson up, before dumping him to the ground. Karlsson manages to land in guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mihic is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Mihic gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Mihic tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Karlsson swivels and escapes.
Mihic connects with a good right hand that stumbles Karlsson. Karlsson circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Karlsson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Mihic dips to his left and cracks Karlsson with an uppercut!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Mihic does no damage.
Mihic misses with a jab, cross combination.
Karlsson tries to clinch but Mihic moves out of range.
Karlsson moves into the clinch successfully.
A nice left hand lands by Karlsson.
Mihic can't get the takedown.
Karlsson working aggressively here.
Karlsson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A short left from Karlsson.
Knees in the clinch landing for Karlsson.
Karlsson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mihic has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Karlsson lands a body punch.
Karlsson landing knees to the body.
Mihic can't break the clinch.
Mihic wants a takedown.
Stefan Karlsson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marko Mihic.
Karlsson scores with a shoulder strike.
Mihic pushes Karlsson back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karlsson is trying to stall.
Karlsson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Karlsson trying to land knees to the body.
Karlsson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Karlsson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mihic's face.
Mihic is trying to break the clinch but Karlsson has him pressed against the ropes.
Mihic takes a knee right on the jaw!
Karlsson is fighting off a takedown attempt but Mihic is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Karlsson to the mat. Karlsson regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Mihic throws a big right hand that misses.
Karlsson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Karlsson knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Mihic on the ground.
Mihic slips nicely into half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mihic looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Stefan Karlsson will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Marko Mihic's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Mihic keeps the fight on the outside.
Karlsson moves into range and clinches up with Mihic.
Karlsson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mihic blocks it with crossed arms.
Karlsson throws an elbow but it misses.
Karlsson tries a knee to the head but Mihic blocks it.
Karlsson scores with a knee to the head.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Mihic doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Karlsson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Karlsson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mihic has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Karlsson misses with a knee to the head.
Mihic wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Karlsson has him pressed against the ropes.
Mihic drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Karlsson lands an elbow that stopped Mihic in his tracks for a moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Karlsson throws an elbow but it misses.
Mihic on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Karlsson scores with a shot to the side of Mihic's head.
Karlsson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karlsson tries to land knees in the clinch but Mihic avoids the damage to the body.
Karlsson lands a body punch.
Karlsson lands an elbow that stopped Mihic in his tracks for a moment.
Mihic breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Mihic throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Karlsson's waist but Karlsson gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Mihic off to one side.
Karlsson drops his hands momentarily and Mihic takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Karlsson blocks the body kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Karlsson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mihic throws a combination. Karlsson tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Mihic tries to bum rush Karlsson with a series of wild strikes but Karlsson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Stefan Karlsson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mihic changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Karlsson looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Mihic working the ground and pound.
Mihic lands a decent elbow from side control.
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!
Mihic grinds an elbow into Karlsson's temple.
Mihic tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Mihic is putting a hurting on Karlsson here, landing some big shots from side control.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karlsson gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Karlsson is in a horrible position here. Mihic smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Mihic throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
You get the feeling that Karlsson really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Mihic pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Mihic avoids the attempt from Karlsson to control.
Karlsson really wants to buck Mihic off and get back to his feet.
Mihic putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Karlsson tries to hold on but Mihic pushes him away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Mihic.
Karlsson blocking the ground and pound.
Mihic with shots to the head and body - Karlsson looks very uncomfortable down there.
Mihic landing shots from mount.
Karlsson is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
The referee warns Karlsson that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Mihic lands with some strikes.
Mihic lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Karlsson hang on?
Mihic connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
The referee warns Karlsson that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karlsson is looking to get to half guard.
Mihic landing shots from mount.
Mihic raining down shots from the mount!
Karlsson takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Karlsson is rocked!
Mihic fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mihic lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Oh Karlsson is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Marko Mihic has got the better of the ground game so far.
Mihic unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Karlsson wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Mihic celebrates on the ropes and the crowd goes wild!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:02 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marko Mihic!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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