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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brenden Abbott (ranked 847 p4p, 20 weight class) and Vitaly Karelin (ranked 258 p4p, 10 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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211 lbs
51 - 25 - 0 |
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282 lbs
29 - 16 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
51 - 25 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brenden Abbott!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
29 - 16 - 0, fighting out of London, Vitaly Karelin!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, George Francis and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice shot by Karelin.
It looks like Brenden Abbott has been cut.
Karelin has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Abbott misses with a looping left.
Karelin tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Karelin takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
It looks like Vitaly Karelin has been cut.
Karelin misses the shot to the body.
Karelin lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Karelin drives through with a takedown into Abbott's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Abbott seems keen to control Karelin's posture.
Abbott has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Karelin stopping the sweep attempt from Abbott.
Karelin postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Karelin postures up.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Karelin's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Karelin landing some decent shots from guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Abbott looking for a sweep. Not yet Abbott, not yet.
Karelin sitting in guard, not really doing much.
That's one minute gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Abbott is on top in guard.
Abbott throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Karelin works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Abbott pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Karelin is keeping the position for now.
Karelin has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Karelin punching from the bottom.
Abbott distracts Karelin with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Abbott content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Karelin is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Abbott wants to pass the guard but Karelin is keeping the position.
Abbott is working hard here to advance position.
Abbott wants to control from the top but Karelin keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Abbott accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Abbott lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Abbott working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Abbott trying to control the position from guard on top but Karelin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Abbott stopping the sweep attempt from Karelin.
Karelin preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Karelin wants to sweep but no luck.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Abbott distracts Karelin with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Abbott landing some decent shots from guard.
Abbott content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Abbott trying to control the position from guard on top but Karelin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abbott tries to free his leg and advance position but Karelin is retaining full guard.
Abbott lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Karelin looking for a sweep. Not yet Karelin, not yet.
Connects with an elbow from the bottom, proving to the judges that he's still active off his back.
Karelin looking for a sweep. Not yet Karelin, not yet.
Abbott trying to control but Karelin is working from the bottom.
Abbott won't allow Karelin to sweep him here.
Abbott trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Karelin striking off his back but it's not causing Abbott any problems.
Abbott throws a big right hand that misses.
Abbott postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karelin throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Karelin utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Karelin keeping moving, preventing Abbott from controlling successfully.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Karelin takes one to the chin there.
Abbott swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Donk. Karelin catches Abbott right on the button with a cross.
Karelin shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Abbott manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Karelin working some strikes from top position.
Karelin working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Karelin scoring with some ground and pound.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Karelin postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Karelin stopping the sweep attempt from Abbott.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Vitaly Karelin will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Karelin looks to land a right hand but Abbott moved out of range.
Abbott is looking to score with low kicks.
Karelin misses with a body shot.
And Abbott counters with a quick kick to the body but Karelin blocks it.
Abbott throws a looping overhand right but Karelin ducks down to avoid it.
Karelin let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Karelin misses with an uppercut.
A little feinted left hand from Abbott on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Abbott misses with a leg kick
and Karelin counters with a nice double leg into side control. Abbott won't be happy with that.
Karelin in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Abbott looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! Karelin turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vitaly Karelin!
Vitaly Karelin is the new super heavyweight champion!
A very excited looking Vitaly Karelin made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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