PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kostas Karelis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bernie Kosar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Karelis comes to the cage accompanied by Sail - AwolNation. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Karelis
vs
Kosar

182 cm
19
222 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

180 cm
28
190 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Good knees
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Héritage!
Bullet Proof System

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kostas Karelis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bernie Kosar!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Franklyn Lucas and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karelis just misses with a punch to the body.
Kosar throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kosar getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Karelis uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Kosar has time to react.
Kosar throws a series of punches but Karelis avoids them all with ease.
Kosar throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Karelis seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Karelis ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Kosar misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Karelis misses with a combination
and Kosar connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Karelis misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kosar.
Kosar lands with a hook. Karelis tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Karelis. Kosar does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kosar now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Kosar takes one to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Karelis pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kosar takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Karelis ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kosar misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karelis misses the shot to the body.
Kosar misses with a body shot

and Karelis moves into the clinch.
Karelis digs a right hand underneath Kosar's ribcage. Kosar let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Karelis blocking some punches.
Kosar fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Karelis lands a hook that snaps the head of Kosar backwards.
Karelis stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Karelis misses with a body punch.
Karelis goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Karelis lands a nice knee to the body.
Kosar prevents a body shot from Karelis.
Karelis is leaning against Kosar and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Kosar looks winded!
Karelis lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kosar backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Kosar fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Karelis.
Karelis lands a shot to the body.
Karelis working Kosar over with knees to the body.
Karelis with a knee to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Karelis with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Bernie Kosar has been cut.
A right hand to the body from Karelis.
Nice body punch from Karelis - that landed with a thud.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karelis pushes Kosar against the cage. Karelis is working some dirty boxing. Karelis pushes off with a quick right hook! Kosar goes down! Kosar tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Karelis moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:09 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kostas Karelis!