PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Max Van Ginsburg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dimi Karalopolous (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Van Ginsburg comes to the cage accompanied by We will rock you. The crowd seem to be enjoying Karalopolous's choice of entrance music: Now We Are Free. Max Van Ginsburg could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Dimi Karalopolous's chin.

Van Ginsburg
vs
Karalopolous

182 cm
28
180 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

170 cm
28
165 lbs
4 - 3 - 1

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Max Van Ginsburg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dimi Karalopolous!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Jorge Garcia and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No joy there for Van Ginsburg, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Karalopolous swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Van Ginsburg connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

Karalopolous closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Van Ginsburg's guard.
Karalopolous connects with a couple of short punches.
Van Ginsburg knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Karalopolous on the ground.
Karalopolous working some strikes from top position.
Karalopolous landing with the ground and pound.
Van Ginsburg can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Karalopolous controls the pace.
Karalopolous with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Karalopolous's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Karalopolous working some strikes from top position.
Van Ginsburg wants to stand but Karalopolous is controlling the position.
Van Ginsburg has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Karalopolous is working Van Ginsburg over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Karalopolous landing with the ground and pound.
Karalopolous seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karalopolous postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Karalopolous lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Karalopolous slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Van Ginsburg wants to stand but Karalopolous is controlling the position.
Karalopolous has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Karalopolous scoring with some ground and pound.
Karalopolous not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Karalopolous passes Van Ginsburg's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Karalopolous drops an elbow to the side of Van Ginsburg's head.
Karalopolous not doing much here.
Van Ginsburg is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Karalopolous scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karalopolous lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Ground and pound from Karalopolous.
Karalopolous is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Karalopolous is nestled in close to Van Ginsburg, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Karalopolous perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Karalopolous is nestled in close to Van Ginsburg, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Karalopolous content to control rather than advance.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
It looks like Karalopolous might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
Let's hope that Karalopolous has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Ginsburg is looking to escape.
Van Ginsburg taking some punishment here, with Karalopolous in his half guard.
Karalopolous landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Karalopolous lands strikes from half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Karalopolous in particular looking to stall.
Nice strikes from Karalopolous there.
Karalopolous controlling the action here.
Karalopolous lands strikes from half guard.
Karalopolous seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Ground and pound from Karalopolous.
Karalopolous passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Van Ginsburg!
Karalopolous controlling the pace for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karalopolous lands with some strikes.
Karalopolous landing punches.
Karalopolous tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Karalopolous lands a heavy elbow.
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!
Karalopolous lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Van Ginsburg hang on?
Karalopolous lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Karalopolous controlling the pace for now.
Karalopolous scoring with strikes but Van Ginsburg is staying in there.

Van Ginsburg is rocked!
Van Ginsburg is bucking up trying to escape but Karalopolous cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Oh Van Ginsburg is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Van Ginsburg takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Karalopolous scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Karalopolous connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dimi Karalopolous 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.

Van Ginsburg misses the jab.
Van Ginsburg seems to have got his legs back now.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Karalopolous closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Van Ginsburg did well to prevent Karalopolous getting side control.
Karalopolous seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Karalopolous drops an elbow to the side of Van Ginsburg's head.
Karalopolous lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Ground and pound from Karalopolous.
Karalopolous is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Dimi Karalopolous has got the better of the ground game so far.
Karalopolous landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Karalopolous working Van Ginsburg over with strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Karalopolous in particular looking to stall.
Karalopolous lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karalopolous seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Karalopolous landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Karalopolous controlling the pace.
Karalopolous stops Van Ginsburg from getting back to his feet.
Van Ginsburg taking some punishment here, with Karalopolous in his half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Karalopolous is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karalopolous winds up and cracks Van Ginsburg with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Karalopolous passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Van Ginsburg!
Karalopolous has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Van Ginsburg's face.
Karalopolous is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Karalopolous sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Karalopolous has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Van Ginsburg's face.
Karalopolous raining down shots from the mount!
Karalopolous has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Karalopolous raining down shots from the mount!

It looks like Max Van Ginsburg has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oooooh, big shot lands for Karalopolous! Van Ginsburg is hurt baaadly! Karalopolous is firing away with more strikes - Van Ginsburg is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dimi Karalopolous!
Post fight, Dimi Karalopolous stared into the camera and said 'What we do in life echoes in eternity'.