PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nicolas Karkmananis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dima Goldin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Karkmananis
vs
Goldin

185 cm
28
215 lbs
9 - 10 - 1

188 cm
26
217 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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 9 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nicolas Karkmananis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dima Goldin!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karkmananis swats away the attempt to clinch by Goldin.

Karkmananis moves into the clinch successfully.
Goldin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Karkmananis tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Goldin avoids it.
Karkmananis misses with the head strike.
Goldin can't break the clinch.
Karkmananis misses with a punch to the body.
Goldin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Karkmananis struggles to land a body shot inside as Goldin controls his hands.

Goldin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Goldin tries to keep at a distance but Karkmananis has taken the fight into the clinch.
Karkmananis wants to break free but Goldin has control.
Goldin lands an elbow that stopped Karkmananis in his tracks for a moment.
Karkmananis misses with some punches.
Karkmananis presses Goldin against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

Goldin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Goldin fails with an attempt to clinch.
Goldin tries to clinch up.
Goldin moves out of range of the body kick.
Goldin tries to clinch but Karkmananis moves away
and Karkmananis counters with a one-two to the body.
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 moves into the clinch successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karkmananis blocks the elbow strike.
Karkmananis wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Karkmananis prevents a body shot from Goldin.
Karkmananis misses with a hook to the ribs.
Karkmananis is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

Goldin breaks from the clinch.
Goldin throws a head kick that misses.

Goldin tries to keep at a distance but Karkmananis has taken the fight into the clinch.

Goldin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Goldin is looking to clinch.
No joy there for Karkmananis, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Goldin instigates a clinch.
Karkmananis misses with a body punch.
Karkmananis wants to break the clinch but can't.
Still in the clinch, Karkmananis scores with a nice short uppercut.
Goldin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Karkmananis breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Goldin shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Dima Goldin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Karkmananis throws a half hearted mid kick.
Karkmananis misses with a two punch combination.

Karkmananis closes the distance and pushes Goldin back into the cage.

Goldin breaks from the clinch.
Karkmananis throws a body punch but Goldin moves out of range.
Goldin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Goldin fails in his attempt to clinch.

Karkmananis rushes Goldin and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Goldin breaks the clinch.

Karkmananis closes the distance and pushes Goldin back into the cage.
Karkmananis misses with a body punch.
Karkmananis is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Goldin is keeping busy.

Goldin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Karkmananis moves into the clinch.
Karkmananis tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Goldin lands a hook to the side of the head.
Karkmananis taking a breather.

Karkmananis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Karkmananis throws a leg kick but Goldin checks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Goldin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Goldin gets tackled into the cage by Karkmananis. Karkmananis maintains the clinch.
Karkmananis takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Nicolas Karkmananis has been cut.
Karkmananis throws a head punch that misses.
Karkmananis has Goldin pressed against the cage, preventing Goldin from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Goldin creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Karkmananis's defenses.
Karkmananis is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

Goldin breaks from the clinch.

Goldin fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Karkmananis, pushing him back against the cage.

Goldin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Karkmananis gets tackled into the cage by Goldin. Goldin maintains the clinch.

Karkmananis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Karkmananis circles away from the clinch attempt.
Karkmananis circles away from the clinch attempt.

Karkmananis closes the distance and clinches.
Karkmananis misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Karkmananis keeps control of Goldin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Karkmananis unloads a knee to the mid-section. Goldin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Karkmananis lands a shoulder strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karkmananis lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Karkmananis wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Goldin has him pressed against the cage.
Karkmananis misses with a body punch.
Karkmananis throws a knee to the head but misses.
Karkmananis blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Still in the clinch, Karkmananis scores with a nice short uppercut.
Karkmananis is looking to control Goldin's arms but Goldin gets an underhook and turns him. Now Karkmananis has his back to the cage.
Karkmananis is leaning against Goldin and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Karkmananis fails to land.
Karkmananis throws a knee to the head but misses.

Karkmananis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Karkmananis has Goldin up against the cage in a clinch.
Goldin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Karkmananis takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

Goldin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Karkmananis circles away from the clinch attempt.
Goldin closes the distance looking to clinch
enabling Karkmananis to counter with a crisp jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nicolas Karkmananis dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nicolas Karkmananis's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Goldin tries to close the distance and clinch but Karkmananis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Goldin misses with a body shot
and Karkmananis counters with a nice body shot.

Goldin pushes Karkmananis up against the cage in a clinch.

Goldin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Karkmananis swats away the attempt to clinch by Goldin.
Goldin is looking to clinch.
Karkmananis throws a looping overhand right but Goldin ducks down to avoid it.

Karkmananis closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Goldin lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Karkmananis fails to land.

Goldin manages to break the clinch.
Goldin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Karkmananis paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Goldin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Karkmananis moves into the clinch.
Goldin lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
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 breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Goldin tries to close the distance and clinch but Karkmananis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Goldin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Goldin fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Karkmananis moves into the clinch.
Goldin is trying to push Karkmananis away but Karkmananis has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Karkmananis lands an uppercut.
Goldin is trying to force a seperation but Karkmananis has the dominant position.
Goldin has had enough of the clinch but Karkmananis keeps him there for the moment.

Goldin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Goldin gets tackled into the cage by Karkmananis. Karkmananis maintains the clinch.

Goldin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Karkmananis avoids the head kick by Goldin.

Karkmananis rushes Goldin and presses him up against the cage.
Karkmananis throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Karkmananis tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Goldin avoids it.

Goldin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Karkmananis misses with a wild combination.
Karkmananis looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Nicolas Karkmananis is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Goldin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Goldin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Karkmananis has Goldin up against the cage in a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Goldin scores with a shot to the side of Karkmananis's head.

Goldin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Karkmananis jabs Goldin right on the nose. Goldin blinks but takes it well.

Karkmananis has closed the distance and engaged Goldin in a clinch.
Karkmananis misses with a punch on the inside.
Goldin prevents a body shot from Karkmananis.
Karkmananis misses with a hook to the ribs.
Karkmananis stalling in the clinch but Goldin improves position.
Karkmananis tries to break the clinch but Goldin is controlling the position.

Goldin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Karkmananis tries to keep at a distance but Goldin has taken the fight into the clinch.

Goldin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Karkmananis keeps the fight on the outside.
Karkmananis throws a head kick but Goldin moves out of range.
Karkmananis pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Karkmananis swats away the attempt to clinch by Goldin.

Karkmananis forces Goldin back against the cage and clinches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Karkmananis on the inside.
Goldin lands a nice uppercut.
Karkmananis is trying to push Goldin away but Goldin has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Karkmananis has Goldin pressed against the cage, preventing Goldin from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Karkmananis misses with a knee strike.
Goldin wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Goldin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Goldin tries to clinch there but Karkmananis circles away.

Goldin moves into range and clinches up with Karkmananis.
Nicolas Karkmananis has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Goldin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Karkmananis has him pressed against the cage.
Karkmananis blocks an uppercut.
Karkmananis lands with a right to the head.

Goldin breaks the clinch.

Goldin clinches up with Karkmananis and pushes him back against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Karkmananis tries to throw a body punch but Goldin avoids it by throwing Karkmananis back against the cage.
Goldin lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Goldin breaks the clinch.
Karkmananis keeps the fight on the outside.

Karkmananis pushes Goldin up against the cage in a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karkmananis wants to stall.
Goldin wants to break free but Karkmananis has control.

Karkmananis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nicolas Karkmananis is winning the standup battle so far.

Goldin drives through and clinches with Karkmananis against the cage.

Karkmananis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Karkmananis drives through and clinches with Goldin against the cage.
Goldin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Karkmananis has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Goldin lands a left hand.
Goldin tries to break free but Karkmananis pushes him back against the cage.
Goldin wants to break free but Karkmananis has control.
Karkmananis lands a nice shot to the body.
Karkmananis trying to stall but Goldin improves his position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Goldin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Goldin manages to break the clinch.

Karkmananis darts in and clinches Goldin up against the cage.
Karkmananis looking to slow down the pace here.

Goldin breaks from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Dima Goldin will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Nicolas Karkmananis's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Karkmananis rushes Goldin and presses him up against the cage.
Goldin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Goldin throws an elbow that misses.
Goldin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Karkmananis creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Goldin's defenses.

Goldin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Goldin dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Goldin avoids the body shot from Karkmananis.
Karkmananis swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Karkmananis is looking to wear down Goldin with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Karkmananis walks into a left hand.

Karkmananis has closed the distance and engaged Goldin in a clinch.

Goldin manages to break the clinch.
A head kick misses from Goldin.

Karkmananis closes the distance and pushes Goldin back into the cage.
Karkmananis throws a knee to the head but misses.
Goldin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Karkmananis lands a hook that snaps the head of Goldin backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A nice left hand lands by Goldin.
Karkmananis can't break the clinch.
Goldin wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karkmananis makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Goldin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Goldin looks to clinch
enabling Karkmananis to counter with a crisp jab.
Goldin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Karkmananis paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Goldin is looking to clinch but Karkmananis is avoiding it.
Goldin doesn't manage to clinch there - Karkmananis circles away.
Goldin tries to clinch there but Karkmananis circles away.
A telegraphed right hand from Goldin misses the target.
Goldin fails with an attempt to clinch.

Goldin closes the distance and clinches.
Karkmananis has Goldin pressed against the cage, preventing Goldin from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Karkmananis is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Goldin scores with a shoulder strike.
Nice elbow from Goldin.
Goldin is trying to break free.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Karkmananis keeps control of Goldin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Goldin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Karkmananis closes the distance and clinches.

Goldin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Karkmananis clinches up with Goldin and pushes him back against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Goldin fails to land.
Karkmananis lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Karkmananis working hard to break the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Karkmananis.
Karkmananis trying to stall but Goldin improves his position.

Goldin manages to break the clinch.

Karkmananis clinches with his opponent.

Karkmananis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Goldin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Karkmananis fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Goldin, pushing him back against the cage.

Goldin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Goldin tries to clinch up but Karkmananis circles away and keeps his distance.
Goldin takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Goldin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Goldin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Karkmananis swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Goldin drives through and clinches with Karkmananis against the cage.
Goldin letting Karkmananis take a breather here.
Still in the clinch, Karkmananis scores with a nice short uppercut.
Karkmananis is trying to break the clinch but Goldin has him pressed against the cage.
Karkmananis is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Goldin is defending well for now.

Goldin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Karkmananis throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Goldin has taken the fight to the clinch.
Karkmananis lands an elbow inside.
Goldin keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Karkmananis's efforts to push away.
Goldin can't break the clinch.
Karkmananis is trying to push Goldin away but Goldin has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Karkmananis breaks from the clinch.
Karkmananis swats away the attempt to clinch by Goldin.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karkmananis throws a body punch but Goldin moves out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Karkmananis pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Goldin rushes Karkmananis and presses him up against the cage.
Karkmananis swings wildly with an uppercut but Goldin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Goldin tries to break free but Karkmananis pushes him back against the cage.
Karkmananis tries a body shot but Goldin blocks it.
Goldin is struggling to control the position.

Goldin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Goldin tries to clinch up
and Karkmananis counters with a lovely shot to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The fight stays on the outside here - Goldin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Goldin tries to clinch up but Karkmananis circles away and keeps his distance.
Goldin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Karkmananis paws at him with a jab and circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Nicolas Karkmananis did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on Nicolas Karkmananis's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Karkmananis takes the fight into the clinch.

Goldin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Karkmananis will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Goldin avoids the head kick by Karkmananis.
Goldin tries to clinch there but Karkmananis circles away.

Karkmananis gets a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Karkmananis.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Karkmananis just misses with a elbow thrown towards Goldin's brow.
Goldin working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Goldin manages to break the clinch.
Goldin lands a jab.
Goldin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Karkmananis paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Karkmananis misses with a few strikes there.
Goldin darts in trying to clinch

and Karkmananis counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Karkmananis.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karkmananis dodges an elbow strike from Goldin.

Goldin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Goldin looks to clinch
and Karkmananis counters with a leg kick.

Karkmananis clinches.
Goldin is looking to break free of the clinch but Karkmananis has double underhooks.
Goldin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Goldin wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Goldin.
Goldin scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Goldin lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Karkmananis backwards.
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!

Goldin manages to break the clinch.
Karkmananis takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Goldin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Karkmananis swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Goldin closes the distance and clinches.
Karkmananis makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Karkmananis.
Karkmananis tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Goldin avoids it.
Goldin blocking some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karkmananis is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Karkmananis.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

Goldin breaks the clinch.
Goldin tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Karkmananis manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Karkmananis clinches up against the cage.
Karkmananis throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Goldin pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Maybe Karkmananis would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.
Goldin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Karkmananis tries a body shot but Goldin blocks it.

Goldin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Karkmananis darts in and clinches Goldin up against the cage.
Goldin is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Goldin is trying to push Karkmananis away but Karkmananis has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Karkmananis is trying to force a seperation but Goldin has the dominant position.
Karkmananis taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

Goldin breaks the clinch.
Karkmananis throws a series of punches but Goldin moves out of range.

Karkmananis clinches up against the cage.
Goldin's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Goldin is trying to break the clinch but Karkmananis is controlling him.
Karkmananis makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Goldin wants to get back to striking at distance but Karkmananis won't allow it.
Karkmananis looking to stall.

Goldin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Goldin tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Karkmananis manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Karkmananis moves into range and clinches up with Goldin.
Goldin prevents a body shot from Karkmananis.
Karkmananis softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Goldin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Karkmananis tries a head kick but it misses.
Goldin has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Karkmananis finds it's way round the side to connect with Goldin's head.
Karkmananis misses with a wild combination.
Goldin is looking to clinch but Karkmananis is avoiding it.

Karkmananis moves into the clinch successfully.
Karkmananis is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Goldin is keeping busy.

Goldin manages to break the clinch.
Karkmananis steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Goldin.
Karkmananis avoids the head kick by Goldin.

Karkmananis has taken the fight to the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Goldin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Goldin gets tackled into the cage by Karkmananis. Karkmananis maintains the clinch.
Karkmananis misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Goldin is leaning against Karkmananis and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
A nice left hand lands by Karkmananis.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close fourth round but I would say that Nicolas Karkmananis will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Nicolas Karkmananis's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Karkmananis clinches.
Goldin gets through Karkmananis's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Goldin creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Karkmananis's defenses.

Goldin breaks from the clinch.

Karkmananis instigates a clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Karkmananis creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Goldin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Karkmananis swats away the attempt to clinch by Goldin.
Goldin wants to clinch up but Karkmananis keeps it at a distance.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Karkmananis fakes the leg kick and cracks Goldin in the body.
Goldin tries to close the distance and clinch but Karkmananis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Goldin on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Karkmananis tries a head kick but it misses.
Karkmananis circles away from the clinch attempt
and Karkmananis counters with a straight right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karkmananis misses with the combination.
Goldin moves out of range of the body kick.

Goldin has Karkmananis up against the cage in a clinch.
Karkmananis avoids a wild elbow strike from Goldin.
Karkmananis misses with a knee to the head.

Goldin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Goldin avoids the body shot from Karkmananis.
Karkmananis's jab looks to have found its range, popping Goldin under the eye.
Goldin tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Karkmananis cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Karkmananis gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Goldin breaks from the clinch.
Karkmananis misses with a body kick.
Goldin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Karkmananis paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Karkmananis keeps the fight on the outside.

Goldin rushes Karkmananis and presses him up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Goldin wants to break the clinch but can't.
Goldin tries to break free but Karkmananis pushes him back against the cage.
Goldin wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Goldin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Goldin takes the fight into the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Goldin wants to get back to striking at distance but Karkmananis won't allow it.
Karkmananis is trying to force a seperation but Goldin has the dominant position.

Goldin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Goldin tries to close the distance and clinch but Karkmananis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Karkmananis forces Goldin back against the cage and clinches.
Karkmananis misses with a hook from the clinch.
Karkmananis tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Goldin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Goldin tries to clinch there but Karkmananis circles away.
Goldin tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Karkmananis counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karkmananis swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Karkmananis throws a right hand that Goldin ducks under and follows up with a left that Goldin also avoids with ease.

Karkmananis closes the distance and clinches.
A head punch on the inside from Karkmananis fails to land.

Goldin breaks from the clinch.
Karkmananis displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Goldin throws out the jab.
Goldin is looking to clinch but Karkmananis is avoiding it.
Karkmananis misses with a head kick.

Karkmananis closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Karkmananis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Goldin misses with a straight left.
Goldin fails with an attempt to clinch.
Karkmananis pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Goldin moves in looking to clinch but Karkmananis pushes him off.

Karkmananis takes the fight into the clinch.
Karkmananis misses with a punch on the inside.

Goldin breaks from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Goldin tries to clinch but Karkmananis moves out of range.
Goldin tries to close the distance and clinch but Karkmananis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Goldin darts in trying to clinch
and Karkmananis counters with a nice body shot.
Goldin fails with an attempt to clinch.
A head kick misses from Karkmananis.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Goldin fails with an attempt to clinch.
Karkmananis throws a head kick that misses.

Karkmananis closes the distance and clinches.

Karkmananis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Goldin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Karkmananis throws a right and a left that Goldin avoids nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Goldin tries to clinch but Karkmananis is having none of it.
Goldin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Karkmananis paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Karkmananis rushes Goldin and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Goldin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Goldin lands with an overhand left.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Nicolas Karkmananis.
Well Karkmananis has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight for Nicolas Karkmananis!
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight for Nicolas Karkmananis!
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight for Nicolas Karkmananis!

Nicolas Karkmananis wins by unanimous decision!