PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wahbi Ben Youssef (ranked 4395 p4p, 177 weight class) and Aleksandr Karelin (ranked 4312 p4p, 166 weight class). Wahbi Ben Youssef has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Ben Youssef
vs
Karelin

190 cm
25
220 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

194 cm
25
268 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Experienced

Kimura 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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Wahbi Ben Youssef!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Aleksandr Karelin!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Donald Grub and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karelin swings away with a body shot that misses
and Ben Youssef counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

It looks like Aleksandr Karelin has been cut.
Aleksandr Karelin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Karelin scores with a body shot.
Karelin swings widly with a right hand
and Ben Youssef counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A big left from Ben Youssef misses.
Karelin now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Ben Youssef seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
A shot to the body from Karelin misses
and Ben Youssef counters with a huge left! Karelin is in big trouble! He's backing up but Ben Youssef isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Karelin from any more damage. A dominating finish by Ben Youssef!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Wahbi Ben Youssef!