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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rich Piana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Karlsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Karlsson's choice of entrance music: The Game-Motörhead. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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204 lbs
11 - 2 - 0 |
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193 cm
27
210 lbs
6 - 3 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Cardio machine |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined |
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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
11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Rich Piana!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Frank Karlsson!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Bart Greer and Michael Johnstone.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karlsson throws a looping overhand right but Piana ducks down to avoid it.
Piana lands with a cross.
Piana throws a poor cross that misses
and Karlsson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Piana throws a jab but it's blocked by Karlsson.
Piana tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Karlsson makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Karlsson swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Piana.
Piana misses with a body shot
and Karlsson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Piana misses with a hook to the body
and Karlsson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Karlsson misses with an uppercut
and Piana counters with a right hand to the body.
Karlsson scores with a decent looking hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Karlsson lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Karlsson swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Piana counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Karlsson has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Piana throws an off balance right hand
and Karlsson counters with a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Piana throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Piana misses with the combination.
A little jabbing left from Karlsson on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Karlsson lands a head shot.
Piana loads up on a big right hand but Karlsson slips the punch.
Karlsson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Piana tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Karlsson was well out of range. Poor timing from Piana.
Karlsson misses with an uppercut.
Karlsson is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Piana had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
A swing and a miss from Piana.
A little jabbing left from Karlsson on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Piana ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Karlsson moves away.
Karlsson lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karlsson slips under a jab from Piana.
Piana looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Piana throws a looping overhand right but Karlsson ducks down to avoid it.
Piana ducks under a wild hook from Karlsson.
Karlsson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Piana.
Piana misses with an uppercut.
Piana keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Karlsson.
Piana seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Karlsson throws out a loose jab but Piana uses good head movement to avoid it.
Piana closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Karlsson tries to work over Piana's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Karlsson misses with a body punch.
Piana makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Karlsson struggles to land a body shot inside as Piana controls his hands.
Piana displaying some good clinch control by pressing Karlsson up against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karlsson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Piana misses with a short punch on the inside.
Piana can't find room to land a body shot as Karlsson controls the action.
Karlsson misses with a punch on the inside.
A short body shot lands from Piana as the two fighters clinch.
A short right from Piana.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Piana.
Karlsson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short right from Piana on the inside.
Piana lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Piana lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Karlsson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Karlsson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Piana misses with a punch to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Piana.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Piana.
Karlsson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
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!
Karlsson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Piana tries a body shot but Karlsson blocks it.
Piana works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Piana letting Karlsson take a breather here.
Piana fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Piana lands a nice shot to the body.
Karlsson looks winded!
Piana working aggressively here.
A right handed body shot lands from Piana.
Karlsson prevents a body shot from Piana.
Karlsson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Piana misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Piana.
Piana lands a hook that snaps the head of Karlsson backwards.
Piana throws a punch but it's blocked by Karlsson.
A hook to the body from Piana.
A head punch on the inside from Karlsson fails to land.
Piana lands a body shot.
Piana lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Piana.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rich Piana dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Karlsson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Karlsson throws out a loose jab but Piana uses good head movement to avoid it.
Piana misses with a wild body shot.
Piana misses with a wild body shot.
Piana misses with an uppercut.
Nice defenses there by Piana.
Piana lands a nice shot to the body.
Karlsson misses with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Piana cracks Karlsson with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Karlsson looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Piana finish him?
Karlsson is rocked!
Karlsson might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Karlsson blocks a jab.
Karlsson is still on wobbly legs! Can Piana finish him?
Piana lands with a good body shot.
Karlsson seems to have recovered his senses.
Piana drops Karlsson with a beautiful combination! Karlsson stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Piana is looking for the KO!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Piana ducks down and throws a big overhand right - it lands flush on the jaw, knocking Karlsson out cold! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:06 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Rich Piana!
During a confident post fight interview, Rich Piana thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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G |
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G |
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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