PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thaddeus Proctor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kostas Karelis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Karelis's choice of entrance music: Sail - AwolNation. Kostas Karelis has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Proctor
vs
Karelis

182 cm
23
211 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

182 cm
21
222 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Thaddeus Proctor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kostas Karelis!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Steve Montenegro and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Proctor scores with a crisp jab that stopped Karelis in his tracks.
A cross from Proctor lands.
Karelis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Proctor moves away.
A counter left hand to the body from Proctor misses its target.
Karelis wants to clinch up but Proctor keeps it at a distance.
Karelis avoids a punch combination nicely.
Proctor has been working on his boxing with his coaches at JP´s School Of Excellence in the buildup to the fight.

Proctor tries to keep at a distance but Karelis has taken the fight into the clinch.
Proctor is trying to maintain a safe position but Karelis gets an underhook and turns Proctor into the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Proctor's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Proctor has a couple of punches blocked by Karelis.
Karelis softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short right from Karelis.

Karelis manages to break the clinch.

Karelis gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Proctor tries a body shot but Karelis blocks it.
Proctor stalling the fight.
Karelis has Proctor pressed against the cage, preventing Proctor from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Proctor wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Karelis misses with a punch on the inside.
Karelis tries a body shot but Proctor blocks it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Proctor blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Proctor pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nice defenses there by Karelis.
Karelis misses with a looping left.

Karelis moves into range and clinches up with Proctor.
Proctor blocks an uppercut.
A short right from Karelis on the inside.

Karelis breaks from the clinch.
A jab from Proctor misses.
Karelis appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Proctor lands a nice shot to the body.

Karelis closes the distance and clinches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Karelis.
Karelis scores a nice knee to the body.
Karelis goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Karelis lands with a left to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Karelis makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Knees to the body from Karelis.
Proctor is breathing heavily.
Proctor blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Proctor is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Karelis is keeping busy.
Karelis working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karelis lands a knee to the head.
Karelis lands a good knee to the midsection. Proctor won't want to take too many of those.
Karelis lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Karelis breaks from the clinch.

Karelis has Proctor up against the cage in a clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Karelis.
Karelis pushes Proctor back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Karelis tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Karelis lands with a left to the head.
Karelis lands a shoulder strike.
A short uppercut from Karelis.
Karelis doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Karelis working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Karelis lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Proctor has had enough of the clinch but Karelis keeps him there for the moment.
A head punch on the inside from Proctor fails to land.
Karelis gets through Proctor's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Karelis lands a shoulder strike.
Karelis scores a nice knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karelis lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short right from Karelis.
Proctor working hard to break the clinch.
Proctor looking to slow down the pace here.
Karelis lands a shoulder strike.
Proctor can't find room to land a body shot as Karelis controls the action.
Still in the clinch, Karelis scores with a nice short uppercut.
Karelis has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Proctor seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Karelis can turn it around.
Karelis cracks Proctor with a nice body shot.
Karelis makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Karelis.
Karelis stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Karelis.
A short body shot lands from Karelis as the two fighters clinch.
Karelis scores a nice knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Proctor avoiding damage as Karelis throws knees to the body.
Karelis lands a body punch.
A right hook to the body lands for Karelis.
Karelis lands with a right to the head.
Karelis scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Karelis lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Karelis.
Karelis misses with a body punch.
Karelis landing knees to the body.
Karelis lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Proctor backwards.

Karelis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Proctor takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

Proctor gets tackled into the cage by Karelis. Karelis maintains the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Karelis.
Proctor looking to stall.
Proctor is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Karelis lands a left hand that snaps the head of Proctor backwards.
Karelis keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Proctor's efforts to push away.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Karelis lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Karelis lands with a short shot to the head.
Nice body punch from Karelis - that landed with a thud.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Karelis.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kostas Karelis dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Proctor looks to score with a jab to the body but Karelis is just out of range.

Karelis clinches.
Proctor blocks a body shot from Karelis.

Proctor manages to break the clinch.
Thaddeus Proctor is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Proctor looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Proctor throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Karelis sees it coming and avoids it easily.
It seemed like Karelis was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Proctor is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

Karelis has taken the fight to the clinch.
Karelis tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Proctor's elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Karelis.
Proctor is trying to stall.
Proctor is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Karelis digs a right hand into Proctor's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Proctor's gas tank.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Karelis lands a left hand that snaps the head of Proctor backwards.
Karelis lands a shoulder strike.
Karelis lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Karelis looking to throw knees to the head but Proctor is blocking nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Proctor fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karelis lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Proctor trying to stall but Karelis improves his position.
Karelis stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A short right from Karelis.
Karelis pushes Proctor back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A right hand to the body from Karelis.
Karelis lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Proctor is rocked!
A shot in the inside from Karelis.
Oh Proctor is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Karelis has Proctor pressed up against the cage in a tight Thai clinch. Proctor is arching his back, trying to avoid the knees but a big one sneaks through from Karelis - that's hurt Proctor badly! Oh, another knee lands and Proctor is covering up! The referee steps in to save him - possibly a bit early but Proctor doesn't seem to be complaining.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Kostas Karelis!