PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kylla Ei (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aleksanteri Karelin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Karelin is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: CCCP. 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.

Ei
vs
Karelin

210 cm
35
289 lbs
33 - 18 - 0

191 cm
38
286 lbs
31 - 21 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 33 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kylla Ei!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Aleksanteri Karelin!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Chris Downing and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Ei clinches with his opponent.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ei.
Ei has a couple of punches blocked by Karelin.
Ei lands on the inside with an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Karelin.
Karelin is trying to break free.

Karelin manages to break the clinch.
Karelin on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Karelin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ei moves away.
Ei with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Karelin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ei.
Ei attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Karelin throws a body punch but Ei moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ei tries to close the distance and clinch up but Karelin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ei misses with a head kick.
Ei cracks Karelin with an open hand slap.

It looks like Aleksanteri Karelin has been cut.
Ei throws a leg kick but Karelin sees it coming and moves out of range.
Karelin let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Kylla Ei seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ei tries to clinch but Karelin is having none of it.
Karelin just misses with a punch to the body.
Karelin misses with a body punch
and Ei counters with a nice low kick that buckles Karelin's knee momentarily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Ei. That's going to slow Karelin down.
Karelin looks to land a right hand but Ei moved out of range.
Ei cracks Karelin with an open hand slap.
Ei throws a leg kick that misses.
Karelin now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Ei lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Karelin circles away quickly and effectively.
Ei scores with a leg kick.
Karelin takes a swing at Ei's ribcage but misses.
Ei tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Karelin manages to circle out of the way.
Karelin looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Ei moves into the clinch.
Karelin has a couple of punches blocked by Ei.
Ei throws a head punch that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ei working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short left from Karelin.
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!
Ei takes a shot to the head.
Karelin working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ei lands with a light punch inside.
Ei effectively controlling the action here.
Ei misses with some punches.
Ei is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Karelin is defending well for now.

Karelin breaks from the clinch.
Ei bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Karelin has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Ei finds it's way round the side to connect with Karelin's head.
Ei connects with a solid leg kick.

Ei takes the fight into the clinch.
Ei tries to land a knee to the head but Karelin blocks with his arms.
Ei lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ei lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Karelin backwards.
Ei tries to work over Karelin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Karelin has had enough of the clinch but Ei keeps him there for the moment.
Ei tries to land knees in the clinch but Karelin avoids the damage to the body.
Ei with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Karelin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ei working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Karelin as Ei tries to tie him up.
Karelin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ei putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Karelin in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Ei scores with a shot to the side of Karelin's head.
Ei has a couple of punches blocked by Karelin.
A short right from Karelin on the inside.
Karelin is trying to stall.
Karelin working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ei misses with a knee to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ei.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karelin lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice right hand lands inside from Karelin.
Karelin lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Karelin displaying some good clinch control by pressing Ei up against the cage.
Ei fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Karelin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ei landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Karelin as Ei tries to tie him up.
A head punch on the inside from Ei fails to land.
Ei tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ei keeps control of Karelin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Karelin breaks from the clinch.
Karelin swats away the attempt to clinch by Ei.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kylla Ei dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Aleksanteri Karelin's cut.
That's time! Ei's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Karelin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Ei lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Karelin has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Karelin and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Karelin blocks a leg kick.
A countering left hand to the body from Karelin misses.
Ei buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Karelin lands with a good body shot.
Ei does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Ei tries a head kick but it misses.
Ei cracks Karelin with a right hand to the side of the head.
Ei thows a leg kick but Karelin checks it
and Karelin counters with a left to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ei walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Karelin checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Karelin is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Ei with a body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Karelin misses the target.
Karelin fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Ei looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Karelin scores with a jab.
Kylla Ei is winning the standup battle so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karelin misses with a wild body shot.
Ei throws a head kick that misses.
Karelin checks a leg kick.
Karelin on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Ei is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Karelin can do to turn this around?
Ei misses with an uppercut.
Karelin connects with a left and a right that sees a clearly hurt Ei covering up! Karelin comes in with a big uppercut and Ei goes doooown! He's slumped up against the cage, eyes staring blankly into space.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Aleksanteri Karelin!
After the fight, Aleksanteri Karelin was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.