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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mitchel Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vitaly Karelin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thompson comes to the cage accompanied by Smashing pumpkins - Disarm. Karelin has chosen Russian National Anthem as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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278 lbs
14 - 8 - 0 |
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27
288 lbs
8 - 1 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Mitchel Thompson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Vitaly Karelin!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, James Atkins and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karelin avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Karelin tries to clinch up.
Thompson misses the shot to the body.
Thompson throws a combination. Karelin tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
It looks like Vitaly Karelin has been cut.
Karelin connects with a body shot.
Karelin wants to clinch.
Thompson looks to score with a jab to the body but Karelin is just out of range.
Thompson looks to score with a jab to the body but Karelin is just out of range.
Thompson swings for the body but Karelin moves out of range.
Karelin wants to counter with a clinch but Thompson pushes him away.
Thompson misses with a double jab
and Karelin counters by moving into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thompson is trying to break the clinch but Karelin has him pressed against the cage.
Thompson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Thompson working hard to break the clinch.
Karelin misses with a punch on the inside.
Thompson is pressed up against the cage. Karelin has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Thompson down to the mat. Thompson avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Karelin was well out of range. Poor timing from Thompson.
A left and a right from Thompson both land. Nice combination.
Thompson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Karelin tries to counter by closing the distance.
Karelin has Thompson up against the cage in a clinch.
Thompson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Thompson breaks the clinch.
Thompson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Karelin manages to avoid it.
Karelin feints the counter takedown.
Thompson lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Karelin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Karelin changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Thompson looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Karelin scoring with punches and elbows.
Karelin working the body and head with strikes.
Thompson throws a couple of punches but he's in a bad position and they don't land.
Karelin looks up at the clock and then as Thompson takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Karelin smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thompson takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Thompson on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Thompson tries to get out of the position.
Thompson is trying to improve his position.
Thompson is trying to buck Karelin off.
Karelin wants to lay and pray for a moment but Thompson keeps working.
Karelin is working Thompson over with some ground and pound from side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Karelin working the ground and pound from side control.
Karelin lands a decent elbow from side control.
Karelin lands an elbow.
Karelin lands a nice forearm strike.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Thompson striking from the bottom but nothing landed.
Thompson manages to get back to half guard.
Thompson throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Karelin seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Thompson does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karelin lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Karelin lands strikes from half guard.
Karelin slips a nice elbow through Thompson's hands, connecting with Thompson's forehead.
We've been informed that Karelin has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Thompson is trying to stand.
Karelin is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Karelin looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Thompson with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Karelin lands strikes from half guard.
Karelin looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Thompson with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Thompson tries to kick Karelin off but Karelin keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Karelin working Thompson over with strikes.
Karelin sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Thompson wants to get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karelin blocks the strikes from Thompson.
Thompson throws a sloppy strike from the bottom. He's now off balance and Karelin manages to pass to side control.
Karelin wants to control but Thompson is keeping him busy.
Thompson is trying to buck Karelin off.
Thompson is trying to get back to half guard.
Thompson throws a couple of punches but he's in a bad position and they don't land.
Thompson is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Thompson lands with a nice body punch.
Thompson stalks Karelin and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Karelin's face. Karelin staggers backwards, shaken.
That has opened up Vitaly Karelin's cut even more.
Karelin misses with a hook.
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 Mitchel Thompson will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Vitaly Karelin's cut.
That's time! Thompson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Thompson connects with the punch.
Thompson jabs at Karelin's body.
Karelin looks to score with a jab to the body but Thompson is just out of range.
Thompson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Karelin avoids the body shot from Thompson.
Karelin stuffs the takedown.
Thompson has managed to clinch.
Karelin has Thompson pressed against the cage, preventing Thompson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
I was talking to Thompson's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Thompson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Thompson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Thompson ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thompson misses with the combination.
Thompson misses the shot to the body.
Thompson lands a nice shot to the body.
Thompson closes the distance and clinches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karelin trying to stall but Thompson improves his position.
Thompson breaks from the clinch.
Karelin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Thompson.
Thompson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Thompson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Karelin tries to clinch but Thompson is having none of it.
Thompson misses with a body shot.
Thompson swings for the body but Karelin moves out of range.
Karelin avoids the body shot from Thompson.
Thompson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Thompson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Karelin.
Thompson scores with a jab to the jaw.
Mitchel Thompson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thompson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Karelin counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Thompson wants to stand up but Karelin is controlling him.
Thompson will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thompson is striking but Karelin is not phased and passes to half guard.
Karelin wants to lay and pray for a moment but Thompson keeps working.
Karelin winds up and cracks Thompson with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Thompson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Karelin can do to turn this around?
Karelin is keen to just control but Thompson is a slippery customer.
Thompson is trying to control but can't.
Thompson is looking to escape.
Karelin has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Thompson takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Thompson working to try and regain half guard.
Karelin lands a nice shot to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karelin is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Thompson can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Karelin avoids the attempt from Thompson to control.
Thompson is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Karelin postures up and throws a massive shot that knocks Thompson out cold! Two more strikes to his unconscious opponent for good luck and this one is all over! Karelin goes absolutely crazy with his corner! Wow, you can see how much that win means to him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Vitaly Karelin!
A less than humble Vitaly Karelin misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
In defeat, Mitchel Thompson stepped up to the mic, saying 'I hope my fans enjoyed the fight as much as I did...'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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