PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Oleg Ljashko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kostas Karelis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Karelis has chosen Sail - AwolNation as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ljashko
vs
Karelis

185 cm
28
265 lbs
14 - 5 - 0

182 cm
24
222 lbs
14 - 8 - 1

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
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 14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Oleg Ljashko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 8 - 1, fighting out of New York, Kostas Karelis!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Jonathan Paton and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some bone on bone action there as Karelis checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.

Ljashko throws a big overhand right that connects, sending Karelis tumbling to the canvas!

It looks like Kostas Karelis has been cut.

Ljashko decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Ljashko lands with a shot to the body.
Ljashko takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ljashko pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ljashko takes a body punch but keeps moving.
We've been told by Ljashko's head coaches at Russian Top Team Elite Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Ljashko tries to clinch but Karelis moves out of range.
Ljashko misses with a body shot.
Karelis stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Ljashko tries to clinch but Karelis moves out of range.

Ljashko clinches up with Karelis and pushes him back against the cage.
Ljashko blocks an uppercut.
Karelis blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ljashko lands a nice knee to the body.
Karelis doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Ljashko's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ljashko darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

Karelis drives through and clinches with Ljashko against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ljashko blocks an uppercut.
Karelis lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ljashko backwards.
Karelis misses with a punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Karelis creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Karelis lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Karelis has a couple of punches blocked by Ljashko.
Karelis misses with some punches.
Karelis blocks a body shot from Ljashko.
Ljashko tries a body shot but Karelis blocks it.
Ljashko blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ljashko throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kareliss head.
Karelis lands with a right to the head.
Karelis misses with a short punch on the inside.
Karelis has a couple of punches blocked by Ljashko.
A right hook to the body lands for Karelis.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Karelis.
Karelis tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Ljashko manages to break the clinch.
Ljashko throws a body shot but no joy.
Ljashko doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Karelis throws a wild body kick that Ljashko sees coming a mile off.
A head kick from Karelis lands but Ljashko takes it in his stride.
Ljashko bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
It looked like Ljashko wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Ljashko misses with the body kick
and Karelis counters with a nice uppercut.
Karelis circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ljashko looks to clinch
and Karelis counters with a nice uppercut.
Karelis ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Karelis takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Karelis scores with a decent looking hook.
Ljashko fails to land with a series of punches.
Ljashko doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Ljashko tests Karelis's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Ljashko misses with the body kick
and Karelis counters with a nice uppercut.
Karelis dodges the punch combination from Ljashko.
Ljashko wants to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ljashko on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Karelis misses with a double jab.
Karelis lands with a good body shot.
Ljashko throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ljashko closes the distance looking to clinch
and Karelis counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ljashko misses with a jab, cross combination.
Karelis is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Ljashko gets cracked there but stands up to it.

Karelis closes the distance and pushes Ljashko back into the cage.
Karelis swings wildly with an uppercut but Ljashko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Karelis misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ljashko is trying to break free.
Ljashko blocks a body shot from Karelis.
Karelis swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Ljashko breaks from the clinch.
Karelis tries to move into range but Ljashko moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Karelis keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Ljashko uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Karelis.

Karelis gets a clinch.
Ljashko stalling.
Karelis lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ljashko backwards.
Karelis blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ljashko crunches a lovely knee into Karelis's ribcage.
Karelis goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ljashko takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Oleg Ljashko has been cut.
Ljashko lands a good knee to the midsection. Karelis won't want to take too many of those.
Karelis looks winded!
Ljashko lands a knee to the head.
Karelis takes a knee to the side of the body.
Good body shot from Ljashko.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ljashko tries to land a knee to the head but Karelis blocks with his arms.
Ljashko lands a body shot in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Ljashko - that landed with a thud.
A left hand lands to the body for Ljashko.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Kostas Karelis will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Ljashko connects with a looping right hand.

Ljashko gets tackled into the cage by Karelis. Karelis maintains the clinch.
Ljashko lands a body punch in the clinch.
Ljashko lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Ljashko breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Karelis cracks Ljashko with an open hand slap.
Ljashko drops Karelis with a big left hand! Karelis is injured, injured bad! Ljashko jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Oleg Ljashko!