PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Doctor Doolittle (ranked 193 p4p, 10 weight class) and Vitaly Karelin (ranked 220 p4p, 4 weight class). Doctor Doolittle has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Doolittle
vs
Karelin

194 cm
39
222 lbs
40 - 20 - 0

183 cm
36
282 lbs
25 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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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 40 - 20 - 0, fighting out of London, Doctor Doolittle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 14 - 0, fighting out of London, Vitaly Karelin!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Daniel Franklin and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Doolittle chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Doolittle misses with a jab to the body
and Karelin counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Doolittle pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Karelin looks to score with a jab to the body but Doolittle is just out of range.
Karelin keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Karelin throws a body shot but no joy.
Karelin takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Doolittle scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Karelin blocks the body kick.
Doolittle connects with a leg kick. Karelin looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Karelin changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Doolittle tries to avoid it but Karelin manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Doolittle to the ground. Doolittle escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
A quick step to the side and Doolittle tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Doolittle slips under a jab from Karelin.
Karelin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Doolittle.
A big left from Doolittle misses.
Doolittle moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Doolittle. Karelin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Doolittle misses with a kick to the body.
Karelin appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Doolittle lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Doctor Doolittle seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice shot lands for Doolittle.
Karelin tries to move into range but Doolittle moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Karelin with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Doolittle to score with a decent uppercut.
Doolittle throws a nice inside leg kick.
Doolittle uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Karelin.
Doolittle tries to score with a low kick but Karelin moves his leg out of the way.
Karelin looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Karelin chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Doolittle can pounce on him.
Doolittle with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Doolittle throws a quick inside leg kick.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Karelin is defended easily by Doolittle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karelin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Doolittle.
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!
Karelin avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Karelin takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Karelin has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Doolittle.
Karelin digs a good hook to Doolittle's body.
The fighters circle momentarily. Karelin darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Karelin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Doolittle swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Doolittle throws a good cross that connects.
Karelin throws a right hand that misses
and Doolittle connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Doolittle scores with a nice body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karelin takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Karelin misses with a looping right.
Doolittle catches Karelin with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

It looks like Vitaly Karelin has been cut.
Doolittle scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Doolittle throws a hook but Karelin avoids it easily.
Doolittle slips a straight right by Karelin.
A thudding body kick lands there by Doolittle!
Nice uppercut there from Doolittle.
It looks like Doolittle has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Doolittle rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Karelin counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Doolittle looks to throw the jab but Karelin is out of range.
Karelin with the counter takedown but Doolittle avoids it easily.
Karelin scores with a punch to the head.
Karelin's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Karelin takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Doolittle misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Doolittle slips a jab from Karelin.
Doolittle blocks a jab.
A little feinted left hand from Doolittle on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
The fighters circling - Karelin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Doolittle was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Karelin checks a leg kick nicely.
Karelin throws a jab but it's blocked by Doolittle.
Karelin misses with a hook.
Karelin misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Doolittle counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Doolittle uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Karelin sizes up Doolittle with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Doolittle connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Doolittle is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Karelin looks to throw the jab but Doolittle is out of range.
Karelin misses with a lunging right hand
and Doolittle cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Doctor Doolittle dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Vitaly Karelin's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

A thudding body kick lands there by Doolittle!
Doolittle misses with a looping right.
Karelin throws out a counter right but Doolittle avoids it with no problem.
Karelin just misses with a punch to the body.
Doolittle throws a low kick but it's checked well by Karelin.
Doctor Doolittle is winning the standup battle so far.
Doolittle misses with a hook. Karelin ducked under it nicely.
Doolittle moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Doolittle throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Doolittle throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Karelin takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Doolittle throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Karelin counters with a takedown into side control.

Doolittle explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Doolittle tries to score with a low kick but Karelin moves his leg out of the way.
And Karelin tries to counter it with a takedown but Doolittle pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Doolittle throws a shot from downtown. Karelin moves away and avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Doolittle plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
A telegraphed right hand from Doolittle misses the target.
Doolittle is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Karelin can do to turn this around?
A jab from Karelin misses.
Doolittle takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

Karelin throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Doolittle tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Karelin is in Doolittle's guard.
Karelin throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Doolittle works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Karelin is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Doolittle working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Karelin.
Doolittle will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Karelin throwing strikes but missing.
Doolittle preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Doolittle avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karelin throwing strikes from guard but Doolittle blocks nicely.
Doolittle working a defensive guard but Karelin manages to pass into side control anyway.
Karelin working the ground and pound but Doolittle is defending the strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Karelin grinds an elbow into Doolittle's temple.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The strikes coming from Karelin are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Karelin has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Doolittle sneaks back into half guard.
Karelin is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Doolittle is positioning himself well to prevent Karelin advancing to mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karelin not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Doolittle has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Karelin is working away from the top position though.
Doolittle controlling the position for now.
Doolittle blocking the ground and pound attempt from Karelin.
Doolittle avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Karelin.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Karelin throwing shots but Doolittle is blocking nicely.
Doolittle has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Karelin is working away from the top position though.
Karelin throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Doolittle has hold of Karelin's hands but Karelin slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Karelin thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Doolittle's head.
Doolittle wants to get back to full guard.
Karelin throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Karelin slips a nice elbow through Doolittle's hands, connecting with Doolittle's forehead.
Karelin not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Karelin landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Doolittle is rocked!
Doolittle is staying active underneath Karelin, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Vitaly Karelin has got the better of the ground game so far.
Karelin is sitting in half guard. He's postured up and lands a nice elbow. Oh, Doolittle is hurt! He's hurt bad - Karelin fires away with more strikes and the referee jumps in to save Doolittle from any more punishment! Congratulations to Karelin! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vitaly Karelin!
During a confident post fight interview, Vitaly Karelin thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.