PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kostas Karelis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gunnar Wylde (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Karelis comes to the cage accompanied by Sail - AwolNation. Wylde is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Black Label Society - Parade of the Dead. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Karelis
vs
Wylde

182 cm
22
222 lbs
9 - 4 - 1

196 cm
24
215 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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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 9 - 4 - 1, fighting out of New York, Kostas Karelis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gunnar Wylde!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, William Peck and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wylde lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Karelis throws a combination that misses
letting Wylde counter with a right hand.
Karelis loads up on a big right hand but Wylde slips the punch.

Karelis rushes Wylde and presses him up against the cage.
Wylde is working Karelis over against the cage.
Wylde blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Karelis.
Karelis pushes Wylde back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Karelis tries a body shot but Wylde blocks it.
Karelis swings wildly with an uppercut but Wylde uses good head movement to avoid it.
Karelis with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Karelis misses with a punch on the inside.

Wylde escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Karelis takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wylde ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The fight stays on the outside here - Karelis looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wylde avoids the body shot from Karelis.
Karelis on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Wylde. Wylde obviously looking to wear him down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karelis waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Wylde.
A little jabbing left from Wylde on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Wylde throws a leg kick which misses Karelis's front leg but catches the back leg as Karelis tries to avoid it.
Karelis looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Karelis throws an overhand right that lands on Wylde's shoulder, as Wylde tries to avoid the shot.
Wylde looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Wylde dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Karelis. That did some damage!
The crowd cheers as Karelis lands an impressive looking overhand right. Wylde doesn't seem phased though.
Wylde takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

It looks like Gunnar Wylde has been cut.
Good work by Karelis as he checks the leg kick.
Wylde connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Karelis's hands.

It looks like Kostas Karelis has been cut.
Karelis misses with a jab to the body
enabling Wylde to counter with a crisp jab.

Karelis has closed the distance and engaged Wylde in a clinch.
Karelis swings wildly with an uppercut but Wylde uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wylde lands a hook that snaps the head of Karelis backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Karelis softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Karelis lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Wylde is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Karelis is keeping busy.

Wylde breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karelis tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wylde swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Wylde misses with a looping left.
Karelis tries to close the distance and clinch but Wylde swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wylde displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Karelis throws out the jab.
Wylde tries a head kick but it misses.

Karelis rushes Wylde and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Karelis blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wylde.
Wylde is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Wylde looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Wylde lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Wylde blocks an uppercut.
Karelis misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Karelis.
Karelis has a couple of punches blocked by Wylde.
Karelis misses with a punch on the inside.

Wylde breaks the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wylde uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

Karelis rushes Wylde and presses him up against the cage.

Wylde manages to break the clinch.
Karelis throws a good cross that connects.
Karelis tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wylde swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Karelis's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Wylde connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Karelis scrambles back to his feet.
Karelis takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

Karelis is rocked!
Wylde lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Wylde avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Wylde! But no joy.
Karelis tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wylde swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Wylde throws a leg kick
and Karelis connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Karelis fails in his attempt to clinch.
Wylde appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Wylde swats away the attempt to clinch by Karelis.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Karelis has Wylde up against the cage in a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wylde just leaning against Karelis, taking a breather.

Karelis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Wylde has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

Karelis gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Karelis misses with a hook from the clinch.
Karelis scores with a hook to the body.
Karelis misses with a hook from the clinch.
Wylde working aggressively here.
Wylde misses with a body punch.
Wylde misses with a hook to the ribs.
Karelis lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Wylde or not.
Wylde throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kareliss head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Wylde misses with the head strike.
Karelis lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Karelis trying to land knees to the body.
Wylde leaning his opponent against the cage.
Wylde misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Gunnar Wylde will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Karelis cracks Wylde with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Wylde throws a chopping leg kick but Karelis manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Karelis is looking to counter punch.
Wylde circles away from the clinch attempt
and Wylde counters with a two punch combo.
Karelis ducks under a wild hook from Wylde.
Wylde throws a solid leg kick but Karelis takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Wylde.
Karelis moves in looking to clinch but Wylde pushes him off.
Wylde slips a jab from Karelis.
Wylde lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wylde throws a half hearted mid kick.
Wylde takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Karelis throws a poor cross that misses
and Wylde counters with an inside leg kick.
Wylde fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Karelis manages to avoid it.
A swing and a miss from Wylde.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karelis tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wylde throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Wylde is looking to land body kicks.
Karelis ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Decent striking displayed by Wylde there.
A jab from Wylde finds it's way through Karelis's defenses.
Wylde is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Karelis fails with an attempt to clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Karelis.
Wylde trying to control the position but instead, Karelis has worked for underhooks and has pushed Wylde into the cage.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Karelis with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wylde blocks a body shot from Karelis.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Karelis as Wylde tries to tie him up.
Karelis lands with a left to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karelis missing with knees to the body.
Karelis lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Wylde or not.
Karelis swings wildly with an uppercut but Wylde uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice body punch from Karelis.
Wylde is breathing heavily.
Karelis pushes Wylde back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Karelis digs a right hand underneath Wylde's ribcage. Wylde let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Karelis lands with a light punch inside.
Kostas Karelis has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Karelis lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Karelis throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wylde blocks it with crossed arms.
Karelis working Wylde over with knees to the body.
Karelis lands a knee to the head.
Wylde's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Karelis lands with a light punch inside.
Wylde on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wylde fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Karelis lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Karelis misses with a knee strike.
Karelis lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Wylde backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wylde prevents a body shot from Karelis.
Wylde misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Karelis fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Karelis lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Karelis digs a right hand underneath Wylde's ribcage. Wylde let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Karelis.
Karelis missing with knees to the body.
A short right from Karelis on the inside.
Karelis throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Wyldes head.
Karelis prevents a body shot from Wylde.
Karelis fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wylde is looking to control Karelis's arms but Karelis gets an underhook and turns him. Now Wylde has his back to the cage.
Wylde throws a head punch that misses.
Karelis lands a nice uppercut.
Karelis tries to throw a body punch but Wylde avoids it by throwing Karelis back against the cage.
Karelis scores with a shot to the side of Wylde's head.
Karelis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wylde.
Wylde is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Karelis misses with the head strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karelis misses with a punch to the body.
Wylde is trying to force a seperation but Karelis has the dominant position.
Karelis gets through Wylde's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wylde misses with a body punch.
Wylde swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Karelis tries to work over Wylde's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Karelis misses with a hook to the ribs.
Karelis lands a right hand.

That has opened up Gunnar Wylde's cut even more.
Karelis misses with some punches.

Wylde pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wylde throws a hook but Karelis avoids it easily.
Karelis tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wylde paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Wylde tries to work over Karelis's front leg with a kick but Karelis checks it.
Karelis throws a sloppy head kick and Wylde moves out of range easily.

Karelis clinches with his opponent.
Karelis tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Karelis blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kostas Karelis dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Wylde jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Wylde lands an overhand right.
Karelis defending well as Wylde loads up on a big left hand.
Karelis misses with a hook to the body
enabling Wylde to counter with a crisp jab.
Karelis tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Wylde manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Karelis is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Wylde looks to land a body kick but Karelis moved away.
Karelis fails in his attempt to clinch.
Wylde appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.

Karelis moves into the clinch.
Karelis blocks a body shot from Wylde.
Karelis lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Karelis working aggressively here.
Karelis scores with a knee to the head.
Karelis tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Karelis lands a right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Karelis is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wylde is defending well for now.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Wylde misses with some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wylde struggles to land a body shot inside as Karelis controls his hands.
Karelis softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A short uppercut from Karelis.
Wylde lands a left hand that snaps the head of Karelis backwards.
Karelis swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Karelis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wylde throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Karelis gets through Wylde's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short body shot lands from Karelis as the two fighters clinch.
Wylde takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Karelis lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Karelis working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Karelis lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Wylde to his knees! Karelis keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kostas Karelis!