PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Simon Nelson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hannu Karpo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Nelson
vs
Karpo

200 cm
25
250 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

207 cm
25
295 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Excellent boxer
Good chin

Excellent MT
Heavy handed

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Fatty's

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Simon Nelson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hannu Karpo!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Stewart Dunkirk and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nelson is looking to clinch.
Karpo jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.

Nelson takes the fight into the clinch.
Karpo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nelson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Karpo swings wildly with an uppercut but Nelson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Still in the clinch, Nelson scores with a nice short uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Karpo.
Nelson is looking to control Karpo's arms but Karpo gets an underhook and turns him. Now Nelson has his back to the ropes.
Karpo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nelson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Karpo avoids it.
Nelson can't find room to land a body shot as Karpo controls the action.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nelson tries to break the clinch but Karpo is controlling the position.
Karpo struggles to land a body shot inside as Nelson controls his hands.
A head punch on the inside from Nelson fails to land.
Karpo scores with a shoulder strike.
Karpo tries to land knees in the clinch but Nelson avoids the damage to the body.
Nelson has had enough of the clinch but Karpo keeps him there for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Karpo.
Nelson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Karpo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Karpo prevents Nelson from breaking the clinch.
Nelson missing with knees to the body.
Karpo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nelson avoids it.
Nelson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Karpo swings wildly with an uppercut but Nelson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Karpo lands with a left to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Karpo.
Nelson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Karpo misses with a punch on the inside.
Karpo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nelson is defending well for now.
Nelson pushes Karpo back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nelson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Karpo lands with a short shot to the head.
Karpo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A short left from Karpo.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Karpo throws a punch but it's blocked by Nelson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nelson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nelson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nelson misses with an elbow over the top.
A body shot lands from Karpo.
A nice left hand lands by Karpo.
Still in the clinch, Karpo scores with a nice short uppercut.
Nelson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nelson.
Karpo looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Nelson throws an elbow that misses.
A left hand lands to the body for Karpo.
Nelson is breathing heavily.
Nelson misses with the head strike.
Nelson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nelson takes a shot to the head.
Karpo lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Nelson throws a head punch that misses.
Karpo misses with a punch on the inside.
Nelson managing to block the knees to the body from Karpo.
Nelson wants to break free but Karpo has control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hannu Karpo dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Nelson wants to clinch up but Karpo keeps it at a distance.
Nelson takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Nelson tries to clinch there but Karpo circles away.
Karpo cracks Nelson with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Karpo wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Nelson walks straight into devastating uppercut and drops to the floor, clearly wobbled! Can he beat the count? 4,5,6,7... he's up! And he's down again! The ref steps in and calls an end to the fight! What a punch that was!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Hannu Karpo!
Hannu Karpo was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.