PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kostas Karelis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vaclav Mika (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Karelis comes to the cage accompanied by Sail - AwolNation. Mika has chosen Notorious Big - Just a memory as his entrance music. On his way into the cage it seems that Kostas Karelis has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Kostas Karelis seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Karelis
vs
Mika

182 cm
21
222 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

190 cm
33
275 lbs
14 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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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 8 - 3 - 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 14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Vaclav Mika!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Joseph Jones and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karelis is looking to clinch.
Mika throws out a counter right but Karelis avoids it with no problem.
Karelis moves in looking to clinch but Mika pushes him off.

Karelis has managed to clinch.
I was talking to Karelis's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Karelis throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mika blocks it with crossed arms.
Karelis misses with a knee to the head.
Mika misses with a knee to the head.
Mika misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Karelis.
Mika tries to land knees in the clinch but Karelis avoids the damage to the body.
Mika tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Karelis avoids it.
Karelis blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mika misses with a short punch on the inside.
Karelis lands an uppercut.
Mika struggles to land a body shot inside as Karelis controls his hands.
Mika tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Karelis lands a nice uppercut.

It looks like Vaclav Mika has been cut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mika is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Karelis is breathing heavily.
Mika scores with a shoulder strike.
Mika lands with a short shot to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mika lands with a short shot to the head.
Karelis managing to block the knees to the body from Mika.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Mika.
Karelis has had enough of the clinch but Mika keeps him there for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Mika.
Good body shot from Mika.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Mika.
Mika missing with knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mika.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Mika.
Mika misses with a body punch.
Karelis working aggressively here.
Mika digs a right hand into Karelis's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Karelis's gas tank.
Mika lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Mika lands a shoulder strike.
Mika scores with a shoulder strike.
Good body shot from Mika.
Mika tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Mika drops Karelis onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Karelis is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!

Karelis is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mika throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Oh Karelis is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Mika stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Mika lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Karelis to his knees! Mika keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vaclav Mika!
In his post fight interview, Vaclav Mika started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.