PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Nicolas Karkmananis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Clyde Dixon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nicolas Karkmananis has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Karkmananis
vs
Dixon

185 cm
24
215 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

188 cm
20
220 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

Excellent boxer
Very quick

Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Red Hand Clothing

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 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nicolas Karkmananis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Clyde Dixon!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Steve Smith and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Karkmananis looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Karkmananis fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Karkmananis drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Dixon scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Dixon looks to land a combination but Karkmananis avoids it well.
Dixon uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Karkmananis.
Dixon tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Karkmananis paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dixon moves out of range of the strikes.
Dixon throws a jab but it's blocked by Karkmananis.
Dixon avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Karkmananis tries to clinch up.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Dixon, as that shot connected.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Karkmananis tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dixon swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dixon rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Karkmananis moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Karkmananis swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Karkmananis is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Karkmananis fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dixon takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Dixon jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dixon throws a body punch but Karkmananis moves out of range.
Dixon smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

Karkmananis closes the distance and pushes Dixon back into the ropes.
Karkmananis tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dixon's elbow.

Karkmananis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dixon throws out a loose jab but Karkmananis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dixon misses with a looping left.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dixon throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sloppy strikes from Dixon. Those never looked like landing.
Some wild striking there from Dixon.
Dixon scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Dixon jabs Karkmananis to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Dixon lands with a cross.
Karkmananis fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dixon lands with a nice combination. Karkmananis backs away looking to recover.

Karkmananis moves into the clinch successfully.
Dixon misses with some punches.
Karkmananis blocking some punches.
Dixon tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Karkmananis's elbow.
Karkmananis blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Karkmananis dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
Karkmananis lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Dixon backwards.

Karkmananis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Karkmananis tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Dixon manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Dixon throws a right and a left that Karkmananis avoids nicely.
Nicolas Karkmananis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Karkmananis steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dixon.

Karkmananis fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Dixon, pushing him back against the ropes.
Karkmananis lands a shot to the body.
Karkmananis lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Karkmananis wants to stall.
Karkmananis presses Dixon against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Dixon misses with a punch on the inside.
Karkmananis lands a hook to the side of the head.

Karkmananis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Karkmananis tries to clinch up but Dixon circles away and keeps his distance.

Karkmananis clinches up against the ropes.
Dixon lands a nice shot to the body.

Karkmananis breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Karkmananis fails to land with a series of punches.
A slow jab from Karkmananis misses its intended target.
Dixon thows a body shot but no joy.
Dixon misses with a wild body shot.
Karkmananis throws a combination that misses
and Dixon counters with a left and a right that stings Karkmananis.
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!
Dixon misses with a few strikes there.
Karkmananis with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Karkmananis tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dixon swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karkmananis jabs Dixon to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Dixon swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Karkmananis avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Karkmananis tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Dixon paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Karkmananis wants to clinch up but Dixon keeps it at a distance.
Dixon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Karkmananis manages to avoid it.
Karkmananis uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dixon.
Dixon circles away from the clinch attempt.
Karkmananis slips a jab from Dixon.
Karkmananis scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Dixon doesn't seem bothered though.
Karkmananis throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

Karkmananis gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Karkmananis softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Dixon tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dixon doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short body shot lands from Karkmananis as the two fighters clinch.
Dixon misses with a hook from the clinch.
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 Nicolas Karkmananis will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Karkmananis tries to clinch up but Dixon circles away and keeps his distance.
Nice cross by Dixon.
Karkmananis tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Dixon manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Dixon is looking to clinch but Karkmananis is avoiding it.
Karkmananis throws a right and a left that both miss.
Dixon throws a series of punches but Karkmananis moves out of range.
Dixon lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Karkmananis circles away quickly and effectively.
Dixon lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Karkmananis circles away quickly and effectively.
Karkmananis uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dixon.
Karkmananis is looking to clinch.
Dixon tries to clinch but Karkmananis moves out of range.
Karkmananis plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

Dixon is rocked!

Karkmananis closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Dixon is still on wobbly legs! Can Karkmananis finish him?
Karkmananis looking to stall.
Dixon seems to have recovered his senses.
Good body shot from Karkmananis.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dixon misses with a punch on the inside.
Dixon tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nicolas Karkmananis has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dixon misses with a body punch.
Karkmananis blocks an uppercut.
Dixon misses with a punch on the inside.
A knee to the head by Karkmananis.
Dixon misses with some punches.
Dixon misses with a short punch on the inside.
Karkmananis cracks Dixon with a big uppercut, right up the middle and Dixon goes down! Oh, he's hurt! He's bigtime hurt! The referee is giving him a chance to get back to his feet - 4,5,6,7, no, he's called it off! Dixon wasn't going to make it and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Nicolas Karkmananis!