PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Knock Out (ranked 419 p4p, 19 weight class) and Vitaly Karelin (ranked 360 p4p, 15 weight class). Knock Out is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Out
vs
Karelin

180 cm
32
276 lbs
28 - 10 - 0

183 cm
39
282 lbs
32 - 17 - 0

Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Olympic wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Zenith Nutrition (160q/$200)

KOMBAT KLOTHING

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 28 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Knock Out!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 17 - 0, fighting out of London, Vitaly Karelin!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Cecil Peabody and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Out connects with a body shot that sends Karelin's belly button to the back.
Karelin slips a straight right by Out.
Karelin throws a hook but Out avoids it easily.
Out paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

It looks like Vitaly Karelin has been cut.
Out misses with a hook.
Out uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Karelin.
Karelin avoids the body shot from Out.
Karelin misses the shot to the body.

Karelin closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Out quickly recovers to half guard.
Out is refusing to be controlled, as Karelin sits in half guard.
Karelin missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Karelin thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Karelin thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Out's head.
Karelin throwing shots but Out is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karelin prevents Out from improving his position.
Out knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Karelin on the ground.
Out has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Karelin is working away from the top position though.
Out tries to roll over but Karelin keeps him under control.
Karelin throwing shots but Out is blocking nicely.
Karelin scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Karelin not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Karelin trying to control from half guard but Out is working away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Nice strikes from Karelin there.
Karelin sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Out defending well though.
Karelin thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Out's head.
Karelin is thwarting Out's attempts to control the position.
Out keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Karelin has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Out blocking the ground and pound attempt from Karelin.
Out avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Karelin.
Karelin sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Out defending well though.
Karelin scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Karelin missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Nice strikes from Karelin there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Out is not content to let Karelin control the position.
Karelin slips a nice elbow through Out's hands, connecting with Out's forehead.
Karelin is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Karelin stalling.
Nice strikes from Karelin there.
Karelin throws a strike but Out avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Karelin trying to control the position from guard on top but Out is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Karelin landing with the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karelin throwing strikes but missing.
Karelin scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Out is trying to keep Karelin in close.
Karelin in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Karelin throws a big right hand that misses.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Karelin's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Karelin controls from within his opponent's guard.
Karelin scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vitaly Karelin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Vitaly Karelin's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Karelin steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Out.
Karelin scores with a punch to the head.

It looks like Knock Out has been cut.
Karelin on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A jab from Karelin finds it's way through Out's defenses.
Karelin misses with a looping right.

Out gets caught flat footed, as Karelin shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Karelin with a flurry of punches that miss.
Out on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Out tries to get out of the position.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Karelin's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Out is trying to keep Karelin in close.
Karelin throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Out works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Karelin chips away with some ground and pound.
Karelin postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karelin landing some decent shots from guard.
Karelin tries to free his leg and advance position but Out is retaining full guard.
Karelin sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Out's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Karelin working the head and body with strikes.
Karelin is taking a breather. Out says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Karelin sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Out defending well though.
Out is trying to get back to full guard.
Karelin has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nice strikes from Karelin there.
Karelin is looking to advance position but Out won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karelin missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Out blocking the ground and pound attempt from Karelin.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Karelin is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Karelin lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Karelin winds up and cracks Out with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Vitaly Karelin has got the better of the ground game so far.
Karelin thows a huge punch but Out dodges it nicely.
Karelin is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

Out is rocked!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Karelin lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Out quite badly. Out pulls Karelin in close trying to recover. Karelin postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Out on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Out doesn't seem to be complaining too much.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vitaly Karelin!
Vitaly Karelin thanked the fans post fight for their support.