PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alysian Karalis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dick Solomon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Karalis might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to High Hopes by Pink Floyd. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Karalis
vs
Solomon

170 cm
33
175 lbs
18 - 19 - 1

200 cm
32
185 lbs
18 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 18 - 19 - 1, fighting out of New York, Alysian Karalis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dick Solomon!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, John Roberts and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karalis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Solomon moves away.
Karalis swinging wildly here.
Karalis fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Solomon tries to work over Karalis's front leg with a kick but Karalis checks it.
Karalis throws a lazy head kick
and Solomon counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Solomon is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Karalis connects with an inside leg kick.
Karalis throws a looping overhand right but Solomon ducks down to avoid it.

Karalis clinches.
Karalis makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Solomon lands a hook that snaps the head of Karalis backwards.
Karalis tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Solomon avoids it.
Karalis blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Karalis misses with a hook from the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Karalis misses with a short punch on the inside.
Karalis throws a head punch that misses.
Karalis tries a body shot but Solomon blocks it.
Karalis lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Solomon or not.
Solomon pressing his opponent against the cage.
Karalis misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Solomon tries to work over Karalis's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Solomon tries a body shot but Karalis blocks it.
Solomon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Solomon looking to slow down the pace here.
Solomon landing knees to the head.
Solomon's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Solomon on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Solomon managing to block the knees to the body from Karalis.
Karalis has Solomon pressed against the cage, preventing Solomon from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Solomon lands with a light punch inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Karalis.
Solomon lands an elbow that stopped Karalis in his tracks for a moment.
Solomon managing to block the knees to the body from Karalis.
Still in the clinch, Solomon scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karalis tries to throw a body punch but Solomon avoids it by throwing Karalis back against the cage.
Karalis tries to land knees in the clinch but Solomon avoids the damage to the body.
Solomon digs a right hand underneath Karalis's ribcage. Karalis let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Solomon prevents a body shot from Karalis.
Solomon has a couple of punches blocked by Karalis.
Karalis tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right from Solomon on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Solomon misses with an elbow over the top.
Solomon has Karalis pushed against the cage.

Solomon breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A slow jab from Solomon misses its intended target.
Karalis throws a front kick aimed at Solomon's knee but Solomon avoids it well.
Karalis on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Karalis throws a shot from downtown. Solomon moves away and avoids it.
Karalis staying out of range there.
Alysian Karalis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Solomon blocks a head kick by Karalis.
Karalis misses with a leg kick.
Solomon has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Solomon scores with a jab to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Solomon blocks a jab.
Karalis cracks Solomon with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

It looks like Dick Solomon has been cut.
Karalis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Solomon manages to avoid it.
Karalis throws a leg kick but Solomon sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Karalis misses with a looping right.
A looping hook to the body misses from Karalis. Solomon does a little dance to reset his feet.
Solomon slips a straight right by Karalis.
Karalis tried to score with a low kick but Solomon checks it.
Karalis looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Karalis doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Solomon attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Karalis throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Solomon connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Solomon pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Solomon lands with a shot to the body.
Karalis sizes up Solomon with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Karalis motions for Solomon to come forward. Karalis throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Solomon connects with the punch.
Karalis misses with a straight right.
Karalis walks into a straight right hand from Solomon.
Solomon tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Karalis was well out of range. Poor timing from Solomon.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Karalis finds it's way through Solomon's defenses.
Karalis tries to clinch up but Solomon circles away and keeps his distance.
Solomon connects with a right hand. Karalis shakes it off.
Karalis throws a body punch but Solomon moves out of range.
Solomon lands with an uppercut that bounces Karalis off the cage and back into range.
Karalis throws a right and a left that both miss.
Solomon tries a low kick but Karalis avoids it.
Solomon misses with a hook. Karalis ducked under it nicely.
Karalis tries a low kick but Solomon avoids it.
Solomon lands with an overhand left.
Solomon throws a shot from downtown. Karalis moves away and avoids it.
Solomon has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Karalis throws a jab but it's blocked by Solomon.
Solomon lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Karalis circles away quickly and effectively.
Solomon missing with a left hand there. Karalis was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Solomon takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Solomon avoids a punch combination nicely.
Solomon misses with a two punch combination.
Karalis throws a hook to the side of Solomon's head but Solomon sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Dick Solomon will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Dick Solomon's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Solomon displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Karalis throws out the jab.
Solomon connects with an inside leg kick.
Karalis displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Solomon throws out the jab.
Solomon throws a lazy right hand but Karalis sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Solomon misses with a body kick.
Solomon lands a nice shot to the body.
Karalis ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Solomon checks a low kick from Karalis.
Karalis swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Solomon punishes Karalis's body with a nice straight punch.
Solomon checks a leg kick nicely.

Karalis moves into range and clinches up with Solomon.
Solomon working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Solomon tries to stall but Karalis uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Solomon working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Solomon avoiding damage as Karalis throws knees to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Karalis.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Solomon blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Solomon misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karalis using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Karalis goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Solomon blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Solomon stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Nice elbow from Solomon.
Dick Solomon seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Solomon is struggling to control the position.
Karalis tries to throw a body punch but Solomon avoids it by throwing Karalis back against the cage.
Solomon creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Karalis cracks Solomon with a nice body shot.
Solomon managing to block the knees to the body from Karalis.
Karalis doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Karalis lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Solomon tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Karalis avoids it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Solomon wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Solomon misses with a short punch on the inside.
Solomon blocks a body shot from Karalis.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karalis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Karalis takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Alysian Karalis has been cut.
Solomon softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Karalis landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Karalis misses with a hook to the ribs.
Karalis using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Solomon has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A right hand to the body from Karalis.
Solomon is breathing heavily.
Solomon misses with a short punch on the inside.
Karalis blocks a body shot from Solomon.
Karalis lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Solomon or not.
Karalis tries to land a knee to the head but Solomon blocks with his arms.
Karalis tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Solomon's elbow.
Karalis tries to land knees in the clinch but Solomon avoids the damage to the body.
Karalis swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Karalis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Solomon.
Karalis keeps control of Solomon as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Karalis tries a knee to the head but Solomon blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karalis misses with a knee strike.
Solomon misses with some punches.
Solomon keeps control of Karalis as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Solomon escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Some wild striking there from Solomon.
Karalis throws a combination. Solomon tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Karalis misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Solomon circles away from the clinch attempt.
Karalis avoids the body shot from Solomon.
Solomon loads up on a big right hand but Karalis slips the punch.
Karalis dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Karalis throws an overhand right that lands on Solomon's shoulder, as Solomon tries to avoid the shot.
Solomon fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Karalis throws a front kick aimed at Solomon's knee but Solomon avoids it well.
Karalis throws a quick inside leg kick.
Karalis stalks Solomon and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Solomon's face. Solomon staggers backwards, shaken.

Solomon is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Karalis goes for a small jab and connects. Now Karalis goes in closer pressing the issue. Left hook, right straight! Solomon stumbles back but Karalis runs in with a huge uppercut knocking Solomon to the ground! What a finish! You have to wonder if Solomon will ever be the same after a knockout like that.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Alysian Karalis!
Post fight, Alysian Karalis took to the microphone: 'Dude, bro, man, come on, you know? I mean come on, you know? Yeah! What!? Yeah!!'.