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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kostas Karelis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hone Huia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Karelis comes to the cage accompanied by Sail - AwolNation. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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222 lbs
12 - 8 - 1 |
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205 lbs
15 - 11 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine |
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Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
12 - 8 - 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
15 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hone Huia!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Lou da Vinci and Russell Pearce.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A swing and a miss from Karelis.
Karelis swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Karelis takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Huia gets tackled into the cage by Karelis. Karelis maintains the clinch.
Karelis working aggressively here.
Karelis misses with a short punch on the inside.
Huia tries to pull guard but Karelis holds him up against the cage and eventually Huia drops back down to his feet.
Huia wants to break the clinch but can't.
Karelis throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Huia blocks it with crossed arms.
Huia goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Huia wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Karelis throws a punch but it's blocked by Huia.
Karelis throws a head punch that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Karelis swings wildly with an uppercut but Huia uses good head movement to avoid it.
Huia tries to work over Karelis's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Karelis tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Huia misses with a hook to the ribs.
Huia misses with the head strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Huia lands a body shot.
Karelis swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Karelis struggles to land a body shot inside as Huia controls his hands.
Karelis prevents a body shot from Huia.
Karelis can't find room to land a body shot as Huia controls the action.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Karelis.
Huia misses with a body punch.
Karelis blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Karelis tries to work over Huia's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Huia struggles to land a body shot inside as Karelis controls his hands.
Karelis with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Huia tries to throw a body punch but Karelis avoids it by throwing Huia back against the cage.
Karelis working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Karelis working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Huia blocking some punches.
Karelis misses with a punch to the body.
Huia manages to break the clinch.
Kostas Karelis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Huia throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Karelis darts in trying to clinch
and Huia counters with a two punch combo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Karelis fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Huia.
Sloppy strikes from Huia. Those never looked like landing.
Huia takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Karelis throws a predictable looking body shot
and Huia counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Karelis misses with an uppercut. Huia saw that one coming.
Karelis pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Huia falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling Karelis to counter with a crisp jab.
Huia throws a combination that misses
and Karelis counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Karelis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Huia manages to avoid it.
Huia bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Karelis misses with a lunging right hand
and Huia counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karelis tries to clinch but Huia is having none of it.
A punch combination from Huia misses.
Karelis looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Huia loads up on a big right hand but Karelis slips the punch.
Karelis moves in looking to clinch but Huia pushes him off.
Huia needs to keep his hands up - Karelis had a free shot at his head there.
Karelis misses the shot to the body.
Karelis throws a hook but Huia blocks it.
Karelis with a jab.
Karelis fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Huia, pushing him back against the cage.
Karelis digs a right hand into Huia's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Huia's gas tank.
Huia is working for takedown but Karelis is calmly controlling the position for now.
Karelis lands a body punch.
Huia looks winded!
Nice body punch from Karelis.
Karelis tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Karelis has a couple of punches blocked by Huia.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Karelis.
Karelis lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Karelis works on Huia's body with a couple of short punches.
Karelis lands a body punch.
Karelis working Huia over with knees to the body.
Karelis works on Huia's body with a couple of short punches.
Huia takes a shot to the head.
Karelis scores a nice knee to the body.
Karelis scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Karelis lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Huia backwards.
Huia's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Karelis.
Karelis lands a shot to the body.
Karelis softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Karelis lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Huia takes a shot to the head.
Huia is rocked!
Karelis lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Huia is still on wobbly legs! Can Karelis finish him?
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Karelis pushes Huia against the cage. Karelis is working some dirty boxing. Karelis pushes off with a quick right hook! Huia goes down! Huia 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 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kostas Karelis!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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