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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leonidas Katsaros (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Karl Michaels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Katsaros comes to the cage accompanied by 卍 卍 卍. Michaels has chosen Gimme Shelter as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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212 lbs
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Leonidas Katsaros!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Karl Michaels!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Alan Glass and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Michaels misses.
Michaels dips to his left and cracks Katsaros with an uppercut!
Karl Michaels seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Michaels blocks a low kick nicely.
Michaels scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Katsaros lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Katsaros buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Michaels misses with a straight right.
Katsaros throws a leg kick
and Michaels connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Michaels throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nice uppercut lands for Michaels. That snapped Katsaros's head back.
Katsaros tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A solid leg kick lands there for Katsaros.
Katsaros uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Michaels.
A punch combination from Katsaros misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Michaels missing with a left hand there. Katsaros was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Michaels keeps the fight on the outside.
Katsaros thows a body shot but no joy.
Michaels misses with a body shot.
Katsaros moves into range and connects with a jab.
Katsaros keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Michaels.
Katsaros throws a series of punches but Michaels avoids them all with ease.
Katsaros clinches up against the cage.
Michaels escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Michaels fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Katsaros manages to avoid it.
Katsaros wants to slow Michaels down by chopping away at his legs.
Katsaros lets loose with a powerful body kick. Michaels will feel that in the morning.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Michaels tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Katsaros is able to avoid easily.
Katsaros takes a body punch but keeps moving.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Michaels thuds his shin into the meat of Katsaros's side.
Michaels throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Michaels drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Michaels misses with a body kick.
Katsaros gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Michaels counters with a nice uppercut.
Katsaros throws a wild body kick that Michaels sees coming a mile off.
Nice body punch from Katsaros.
Katsaros is looking to clinch but Michaels is avoiding it.
Michaels throws a looping overhand right but Katsaros ducks down to avoid it.
Michaels throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Katsaros lands with a cross.
Katsaros lands with an uppercut that bounces Michaels off the cage and back into range.
Michaels throws a big shot that misses.
Michaels thows a body kick. Katsaros tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Michaels lands a high kick!
Michaels throws a body punch but Katsaros moves out of range.
Katsaros throws a shot from downtown. Michaels moves away and avoids it.
Michaels throws a big shot that misses.
Katsaros tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Michaels was well out of range. Poor timing from Katsaros.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Michaels pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A jab from Michaels finds it's way through Katsaros's defenses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Katsaros.
Katsaros keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Katsaros throws a lazy right hand but Michaels sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Michaels moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Katsaros uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Michaels.
Michaels lands the left hand.
Michaels has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Katsaros finds it's way round the side to connect with Michaels's head.
Katsaros blocks a jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Katsaros displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Michaels throws out the jab.
Michaels connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Michaels lands the left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Karl Michaels dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Katsaros blocks a head kick by Michaels.
A jab from Michaels misses.
Katsaros has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Michaels finds it's way round the side to connect with Katsaros's head.
Michaels scores with a body shot.
Michaels connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Katsaros momentarily.
Katsaros fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Michaels misses with a wild body shot.
Michaels throws a looping overhand right but Katsaros ducks down to avoid it.
Michaels scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Katsaros falls off balance throwing a combination
and Michaels counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Michaels throws a poor cross that misses
and Katsaros counters with a straight right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Michaels lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Michaels moves out of range of the body kick from Katsaros.
Katsaros moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
A punch lands to the side of Katsaros 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A head kick by Michaels misses
and Katsaros counters with a solid body kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Katsaros scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Katsaros lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Katsaros fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Michaels looks to throw the jab but Katsaros is out of range.
Michaels misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Katsaros.
Katsaros feints and then cracks Michaels's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Michaels down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Michaels takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Michaels takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Michaels is rocked!
Michaels takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Michaels is breathing heavily.
Katsaros throws a nice inside leg kick.
Katsaros drops Michaels with a big left hand! Michaels is injured, injured bad! Katsaros jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Leonidas Katsaros!
Leonidas Katsaros is the new light heavyweight champion!
During a confident post fight interview, Leonidas Katsaros thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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