PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nicolas Karkmananis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Peter Worrell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Worrell has chosen Feuer Frei by Rammstein as his entrance music. 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.

Karkmananis
vs
Worrell

185 cm
30
215 lbs
12 - 11 - 1

187 cm
34
215 lbs
22 - 9 - 0

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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 12 - 11 - 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 22 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Peter Worrell!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karkmananis misses with a combination
letting Worrell counter with a right hand.
Karkmananis looks to land a right hand but Worrell moved out of range.
Nicolas Karkmananis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Worrell tries to clinch there but Karkmananis circles away.
Karkmananis tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Worrell manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Karkmananis looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Karkmananis throws a wild body kick that Worrell sees coming a mile off.
Karkmananis throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Worrell counters with a thumping low kick.

Karkmananis darts in and clinches Worrell up against the cage.
Karkmananis taking a breather.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Worrell.
Worrell struggles to land a body shot inside as Karkmananis controls his hands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Worrell tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Karkmananis's elbow.
Worrell tries to land knees in the clinch but Karkmananis avoids the damage to the body.
Worrell fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Worrell lands a shoulder strike.
Worrell manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Worrell tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Karkmananis's elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karkmananis lands a hook to the side of the head.
Worrell keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Karkmananis's efforts to push away.
Worrell tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Karkmananis avoids it.
Worrell scores with a nice hook to the head.
Worrell misses with a punch on the inside.
Karkmananis is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Karkmananis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Karkmananis tries to land knees in the clinch but Worrell avoids the damage to the body.
Karkmananis blocks an uppercut.
Worrell lands a right hand that snaps the head of Karkmananis backwards.
Karkmananis tries to work over Worrell's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Worrell lands a hook that snaps the head of Karkmananis backwards.
Karkmananis managing to block the knees to the body from Worrell.
Karkmananis blocks an uppercut.
Worrell keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Karkmananis's efforts to push away.
Karkmananis goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Karkmananis on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Karkmananis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Karkmananis looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Worrell moves into the clinch.
Karkmananis blocks an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Karkmananis lands a right hand.
Karkmananis is trying to push Worrell away but Worrell has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Karkmananis blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Worrell tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Karkmananis's elbow.
Worrell fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Worrell.
Karkmananis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Worrell swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Worrell misses with a short punch on the inside.
Karkmananis tries to throw a body punch but Worrell avoids it by throwing Karkmananis back against the cage.
Worrell lands a left hand that snaps the head of Karkmananis backwards.

Karkmananis breaks the clinch.
Worrell tries to clinch there but Karkmananis circles away.
Karkmananis tries to clinch up.
A little jabbing left from Worrell on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Worrell tries to clinch up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Worrell circles away from the clinch attempt.
Worrell replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Karkmananis blocks it well.

Worrell closes the distance and pushes Karkmananis back into the cage.
Worrell lands a nice shot to the body.
Worrell fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Worrell.
A short right from Karkmananis on the inside.
Worrell doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Worrell throws a head punch that misses.
Karkmananis is trying to push Worrell away but Worrell has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Worrell working Karkmananis over with knees to the body.
Worrell leaning his opponent against the cage.

Karkmananis breaks from the clinch.
Karkmananis fails in his attempt to clinch.

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

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Worrell misses with a hook from the clinch.
Karkmananis blocking some punches.
Worrell lands a hook to the side of the head.
Karkmananis tries to land knees in the clinch but Worrell avoids the damage 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!
Worrell misses with a short punch on the inside.
Worrell missing with knees to the body.
Karkmananis blocks an uppercut.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Karkmananis.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Karkmananis can't find room to land a body shot as Worrell controls the action.
Worrell is working Karkmananis over against the cage.
Karkmananis misses with a body punch.
Karkmananis looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Karkmananis missing with knees to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Worrell.
Worrell on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Karkmananis misses with a hook from the clinch.
Worrell is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Karkmananis is working Worrell over against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Peter Worrell dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Worrell wants to clinch up but Karkmananis keeps it at a distance.
Worrell lunges at Karkmananis with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Karkmananis's hand.
Nicolas Karkmananis is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Worrell tries to clinch there but Karkmananis circles away.

Worrell closes the distance and pushes Karkmananis back into the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Karkmananis missing with knees to the body.
Worrell taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Worrell keeps control of Karkmananis as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Peter Worrell seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Karkmananis looking to slow down the pace here.
Worrell trying to land knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Worrell throws a head punch that misses.
Worrell misses with a hook from the clinch.
Worrell has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Worrell misses with a punch to the body.
A right hand to the body from Worrell.
Karkmananis working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Worrell lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Karkmananis is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Worrell displaying some good clinch control by pressing Karkmananis up against the cage.
Worrell lands an uppercut.
Worrell is looking to control Karkmananis's arms but Karkmananis gets an underhook and turns him. Now Worrell has his back to the cage.
Karkmananis stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Worrell.
Karkmananis tries to land knees in the clinch but Worrell avoids the damage to the body.
Worrell has a couple of punches blocked by Karkmananis.
Worrell keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Karkmananis's efforts to push away.
Worrell misses with the head strike.
Karkmananis blocks an uppercut.
Worrell throws a punch but it's blocked by Karkmananis.
Worrell lands a right hand that snaps the head of Karkmananis backwards.
Karkmananis avoiding damage as Worrell throws knees to the body.
Worrell lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Karkmananis or not.
Karkmananis can't break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karkmananis wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A short uppercut from Karkmananis.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Worrell as Karkmananis tries to tie him up.
Karkmananis wants to break free but Worrell has control.
Worrell has Karkmananis pressed against the cage.
Worrell trying to stall but Karkmananis improves his position.
Karkmananis fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Karkmananis blocking some punches.
Karkmananis misses with the head strike.
Karkmananis is looking to control Worrell's arms but Worrell gets an underhook and turns him. Now Karkmananis has his back to the cage.
Karkmananis scores with a shoulder strike.
Worrell prevents a body shot from 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!
Worrell leaning against his opponent.
Worrell goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Worrell lands with a light punch inside.

Karkmananis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Worrell, right into the meat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Worrell is looking to clinch.
A head kick from Karkmananis lands but Worrell takes it in his stride.

It looks like Peter Worrell has been cut.

Worrell moves into the clinch.
Karkmananis has had enough of the clinch but Worrell keeps him there for the moment.
Karkmananis tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Worrell's elbow.
Worrell trying to control the position but instead, Karkmananis has worked for underhooks and has pushed Worrell into the cage.
Worrell lands a nice shot to the body.
Karkmananis's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Worrell wants to stall.
Karkmananis's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Karkmananis wants to get back to striking at distance but Worrell won't allow it.
Worrell misses with the head strike.
Worrell pushes Karkmananis back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Worrell just leaning against Karkmananis, taking a breather.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Worrell receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Worrell tries a body shot but Karkmananis blocks it.
Karkmananis's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Karkmananis tries to work over Worrell's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Worrell struggles to land a body shot inside as Karkmananis controls his hands.
A right hook to the body lands for Karkmananis.
Worrell working aggressively here.

Karkmananis breaks 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 misses with a wild combination.
Karkmananis misses with a shot to the body
and Karkmananis takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Worrell has managed to clinch.
Nice body punch from Worrell.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Worrell.
Karkmananis lands a body shot in the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Peter Worrell showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Peter Worrell's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Karkmananis lands with a right hand.
Karkmananis will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Karkmananis throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Nicolas Karkmananis is winning the standup battle so far.
A left and a right from Karkmananis both land. Nice combination.
Karkmananis tries to clinch up but Worrell circles away and keeps his distance.

Worrell moves into the clinch successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Karkmananis working aggressively here.

Karkmananis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Worrell throws a leg kick which misses Karkmananis's front leg but catches the back leg as Karkmananis tries to avoid it.
Karkmananis tries to close the distance and clinch but Worrell swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Worrell now looks to counter with a shot at the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karkmananis wants to clinch but Worrell slips to the side
and Worrell counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Karkmananis misses with an attempted mid kick.
Karkmananis throws a right and a left that Worrell avoids nicely.

Worrell pushes Karkmananis up against the cage in a clinch.
Worrell swings wildly with an uppercut but Karkmananis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Karkmananis's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Worrell struggles to land a body shot inside as Karkmananis controls his hands.
Worrell misses with a hook from the clinch.
Worrell managing to block the knees to the body from Karkmananis.
Karkmananis is looking to break free of the clinch but Worrell has double underhooks.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Worrell takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Worrell tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Karkmananis's elbow.
Karkmananis has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Worrell lands with a short shot to the head.
Karkmananis trying to stall but Worrell improves his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Karkmananis breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Karkmananis pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Decent striking displayed by Worrell there.

Worrell clinches with his opponent.

Karkmananis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Worrell lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Karkmananis is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A little jabbing left from Worrell on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.

Worrell takes the fight into the clinch.
Worrell has Karkmananis pushed against the cage.
Karkmananis misses with a punch to the body.
Worrell stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Worrell working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Worrell swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Worrell lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Worrell misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Worrell lands a right hand.
A shot in the inside from Worrell.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Worrell creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Worrell fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Karkmananis tries to stall but Worrell uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Worrell lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Karkmananis or not.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Worrell lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Worrell lands a body punch in the clinch.
Worrell misses with a body punch.
Worrell working aggressively here.
Karkmananis is trying to break free.
Karkmananis swings wildly with an uppercut but Worrell uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Worrell.
Worrell looking to stall.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Worrell on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Worrell can't find room to land a body shot as Karkmananis controls the action.
Worrell scores with a shoulder strike.
Karkmananis tries to break free but Worrell pushes him back against the cage.
Worrell lands a hook that snaps the head of Karkmananis backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Karkmananis is trying to push Worrell away but Worrell has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Worrell wants to stall.
Worrell lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Nicolas Karkmananis has been cut.
Karkmananis tries to break free but Worrell pushes him back against the cage.
Worrell lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Karkmananis.
Worrell is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Karkmananis stalling.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Worrell misses with the head strike.
Karkmananis throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Worrells head.
Karkmananis misses with a hook to the ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Peter Worrell really dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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.

Worrell moves into the clinch.
Worrell tries a body shot but Karkmananis blocks it.
Worrell stalling in the clinch but Karkmananis improves position.

Karkmananis breaks the clinch.
Karkmananis throws a leg kick but Worrell moved away.

Karkmananis clinches up against the cage.
Worrell can't find room to land a body shot as Karkmananis controls the action.
Worrell tries to stall but Karkmananis uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

Karkmananis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Worrell is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Worrell clinches with his opponent.
Worrell throws a head punch that misses.
Karkmananis pushes off an throws an elbow but Worrell leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Karkmananis scores with a shot to the side of Worrell's head.
Worrell doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Worrell throws a punch but it's blocked by Karkmananis.

Karkmananis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Karkmananis just misses with a punch to the body.
Worrell steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Karkmananis.
Karkmananis looks to land a body kick but Worrell moved away.
Karkmananis avoids the head kick by Worrell.
Worrell keeps the fight on the outside.

Karkmananis pushes Worrell up against the cage in a clinch.
Karkmananis lands a left hand that snaps the head of Worrell backwards.
Karkmananis can't break the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Karkmananis.
Worrell works on Karkmananis's body with a couple of short punches.
Worrell throws a punch but it's blocked by Karkmananis.
Karkmananis is trying to break the clinch but Worrell is controlling him.
Worrell has thrown a lot of knees so far in this fight and we're lead to believe that's something he's been working on the gym prior to this fight.
Worrell misses with a punch to the body.
Worrell is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Karkmananis lands a hook that snaps the head of Worrell backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karkmananis is looking to control Worrell's arms but Worrell gets an underhook and turns him. Now Karkmananis has his back to the cage.
Karkmananis doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Worrell misses with a punch on the inside.
Karkmananis is looking to control Worrell's arms but Worrell gets an underhook and turns him. Now Karkmananis has his back to the cage.
Worrell is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Worrell gets through Karkmananis's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Worrell struggles to land a body shot inside as Karkmananis controls his hands.
Worrell lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Karkmananis throws a punch but it's blocked by Worrell.
Worrell works on Karkmananis's body with a couple of short punches.
Worrell lands a right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Karkmananis is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Worrell is defending well for now.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Worrell lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Worrell creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Worrell creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Worrell is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Karkmananis is defending well for now.
Worrell displaying some good clinch control by pressing Karkmananis up against the cage.
Good body shot from Worrell.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Worrell.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

Karkmananis breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Karkmananis fails with an attempt to clinch.
Karkmananis throws a sloppy head kick and Worrell moves out of range easily.
Worrell swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Worrell lands with an overhand left.
Worrell is looking to clinch but Karkmananis is avoiding it.
Karkmananis is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Worrell.
Worrell circles away from the clinch attempt.
Worrell is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karkmananis wants to clinch up but Worrell keeps it at a distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Karkmananis looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Karkmananis tries to clinch there but Worrell circles away.
As Karkmananis backs off Worrell throws a huge counter combo but Karkmananis manages to avoid it all.
Karkmananis swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Worrell lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Karkmananis closes the distance looking to clinch
and Worrell counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Karkmananis is lucky that one didn't land flush.

Worrell gets in close and instigates a clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Worrell is trying to stall.
Worrell misses with a hook to the ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Peter Worrell dominated that fourth round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Karkmananis's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Worrell clinches up with Karkmananis and pushes him back against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Karkmananis.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Karkmananis.
Karkmananis tries to break the clinch but Worrell is controlling the position.
A head punch on the inside from Worrell fails to land.
Karkmananis lands a right hand.
Worrell tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Worrell fails to land.
Worrell on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Worrell struggles to land a body shot inside as Karkmananis controls his hands.
Good body shot from Worrell.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Worrell swings wildly with an uppercut but Karkmananis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Worrell avoiding damage as Karkmananis throws knees to the body.
Worrell presses Karkmananis against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Worrell working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Worrell works on Karkmananis's body with a couple of short punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Worrell lands a shoulder strike.
A bit of stalling here from Worrell.
Worrell has Karkmananis pressed against the cage, preventing Karkmananis from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Worrell lands with a short shot to the head.
Still in the clinch, Worrell scores with a nice short uppercut.

Karkmananis is rocked!
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Oh Karkmananis is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A short left from Worrell.
Worrell lands with a left to the head.
Worrell dips a shoulder and cracks Karkmananis with a mighty uppercut! Karkmananis falls back against the cage and Worrell unloads with a barrage of strikes! Karkmananis is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Worrell screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Peter Worrell!
In his post fight interview, Peter Worrell started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.