PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between David Judah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nicolas Karkmananis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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.

Judah
vs
Karkmananis

185 cm
28
212 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

185 cm
26
215 lbs
6 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, David Judah!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nicolas Karkmananis!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Don Winkell.

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 moves out of range as Judah strikes.
Karkmananis is looking to clinch.
Karkmananis tries to clinch up.
Nicolas Karkmananis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Karkmananis tries to clinch up but Judah circles away and keeps his distance.
A head kick by Karkmananis misses
and Judah counters with a right hand to the body.
A shot to the liver by Judah. Beautiful body shot.
Sloppy strikes from Judah. Those never looked like landing.
Judah scores with a jab to the head.
Karkmananis wants to clinch up but Judah keeps it at a distance.
Judah swats away the attempt to clinch by Karkmananis.
Karkmananis closes the distance looking to clinch
and Karkmananis takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Karkmananis tries to clinch but Judah moves out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Karkmananis avoids a punch combination nicely.
Judah looks to land a left hand but Karkmananis moved out of range nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karkmananis fails in his attempt to clinch.
We've been told by Judah's head coaches at The Gentleman's Club that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Karkmananis uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Judah.
Judah lunges at Karkmananis with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Karkmananis's hand.
Karkmananis lands with a straight right. Judah didn't see that one coming.
Karkmananis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Judah moves away.
Judah scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Karkmananis is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Karkmananis checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Karkmananis takes a swing at Judah's ribcage but misses.
Karkmananis looks to score with a jab to the body but Judah is just out of range.
Karkmananis tries to clinch but Judah moves out of range.
Karkmananis misses with a body shot.
Karkmananis fails in his attempt to clinch.
Karkmananis closes the distance but Judah moves to the side
and Judah connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Karkmananis lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Judah circles away quickly and effectively.
Judah rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Karkmananis moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Judah avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Judah blocks a head kick by Karkmananis.
Judah fails to land with a series of punches.
Judah throws a body punch but Karkmananis moves out of range.
Karkmananis connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Karkmananis lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Karkmananis rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Judah moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Karkmananis tries to clinch but Judah moves out of range.
Karkmananis tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Judah paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Karkmananis bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Judah jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The fight stays on the outside here - Karkmananis looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Karkmananis throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Judah throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Karkmananis misses with a jab, cross combination.
Karkmananis darts in trying to clinch
enabling Judah to counter with a crisp jab.
Karkmananis uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Judah.
Judah jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Karkmananis tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Judah paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Judah swinging wildly here.
Karkmananis wants to clinch.
Judah looks to land a right hand but Karkmananis moved out of range.
Karkmananis ducks under a wild hook from Judah.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Judah tries to bum rush Karkmananis with a series of wild strikes but Karkmananis uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Judah throws out a loose jab but Karkmananis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Karkmananis is looking to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Karkmananis looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Karkmananis tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Judah manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Judah bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Karkmananis tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Judah paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Judah throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Karkmananis counters with a series of strikes. Judah will be more careful next time no doubt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Karkmananis moves in looking to clinch but Judah pushes him off.
Karkmananis fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Judah is out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Judah circles away from the clinch attempt.
Judah buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Judah loads up on a big right hand but Karkmananis slips the punch.
Karkmananis gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
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 David Judah will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Judah avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Karkmananis fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nicolas Karkmananis seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Karkmananis fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Judah, pushing him back against the cage.
Judah is leaning against Karkmananis and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Judah misses with a short punch on the inside.

Judah breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Judah moves out of range of the body kick.
No joy there for Judah, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Judah throws a right and a left that both miss.
Karkmananis wants to clinch up but Judah keeps it at a distance.
Karkmananis moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Judah jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Karkmananis tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A low kick from Karkmananis misses
and Judah counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Karkmananis misses with a head kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Karkmananis ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karkmananis jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Karkmananis tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Karkmananis pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A jab lands there for Judah.

It looks like Nicolas Karkmananis has been cut.
Karkmananis on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Karkmananis ducks right into an uppercut from Judah.

Karkmananis is rocked!
Judah drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Karkmananis right on the button. Karkmananis goes down! Judah follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Judah gets the win via TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). David Judah!