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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Iron Jussi (ranked 124 p4p, 366 weight class) and Ruslan Karelin (ranked 7 p4p, 15 weight class). Ruslan Karelin has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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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 13 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Iron Jussi!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ruslan Karelin!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shirou Masuda and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karelin throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Jussi's waist but Jussi gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Karelin off to one side.
Karelin tries to clinch there but Jussi circles away.
Jussi has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Karelin finds it's way round the side to connect with Jussi's head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jussi. Karelin does a little dance to reset his feet.
And Karelin tries to counter it with a takedown but Jussi pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Karelin shoots in for a takedown but Jussi shows good takedown defense.
And Jussi counters with a quick kick to the body but Karelin blocks it.
Karelin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Karelin blocks a low kick nicely.
Jussi lands with an uppercut that bounces Karelin off the cage and back into range.
It looks like Ruslan Karelin has been cut.
Jussi connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Karelin lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Jussi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jussi throws a low kick, looking for Karelin's leg but Karelin calmly moves out of range.
Jussi lands with an uppercut that bounces Karelin off the cage and back into range.
Jussi misses with a wild body shot.
Karelin swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Jussi.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jussi stuns Karelin with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Karelin lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A looping hook to the body misses from Karelin. Jussi does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jussi getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Decent striking displayed by Karelin there.
Jussi throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Karelin wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Jussi takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Karelin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jussi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Karelin misses with a hook. Jussi ducked under it nicely.
Jussi chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Karelin stuns Jussi with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Karelin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jussi.
Jussi is looking to score with low kicks.
Jussi moves away from the strike by Karelin.
Jussi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Karelin was well out of range. Poor timing from Jussi.
Karelin lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Good standup being displayed there by Karelin as he connects with a hook.
Karelin clinches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karelin tries to land knees in the clinch but Jussi avoids the damage to the body.
Jussi misses with a punch on the inside.
Jussi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jussi takes a knee to the side of the body.
Jussi is breathing heavily.
Karelin gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Karelin postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Karelin working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Karelin postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Karelin is in close to Jussi's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Karelin is working Jussi over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Karelin controlling from the top position.
Jussi preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Karelin loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Karelin is fighting to break Jussi's control of his arms but Jussi is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Karelin loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Karelin with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Karelin cracks Jussi with a solid left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karelin is in close to Jussi's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Jussi trying to keep a closed guard but Karelin is proving a slippery customer.
Jussi is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Karelin is controlling him.
Karelin throws a big elbow that misses.
Jussi wants to stand up but Karelin is controlling him.
Karelin wants to control from the top but Jussi keeps moving.
Karelin throws a big right hand that misses.
Karelin throws a big elbow that misses.
Jussi trying to control the position here.
Karelin stands up over Jussi, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Karelin in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Karelin postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Jussi wants to sweep but no luck.
Jussi managing to control the position.
Karelin trying to control but Jussi is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jussi working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Karelin.
Jussi wants to sweep here but Karelin controlling him for the moment.
Jussi pulls Karelin in close to his closed guard and prevents Karelin from doing any damage or advancing position.
Karelin stands up over Jussi, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Karelin trying to control but Jussi is working from the bottom.
Karelin is looking to work some ground and pound but Jussi has wrist control.
Jussi avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Karelin landing some decent shots from guard.
Karelin chips away with some ground and pound.
Karelin throwing strikes from guard but Jussi blocks nicely.
Jussi wants to stand and escape but Karelin is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ruslan Karelin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ruslan Karelin's cut.
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.
Jussi keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Jussi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jussi finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Karelin scores with a jab.
Jussi throws out a loose jab but Karelin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jussi cracks Karelin with a right hand to the side of the head.
Jussi fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Karelin is out of range.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Karelin. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
A looping hook to the body misses from Karelin. Jussi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Karelin throws a jab when Jussi was well out of range.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Jussi, as that shot connected.
That has opened up Ruslan Karelin's cut even more.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jussi throws a leg kick but Karelin checks it.
Karelin tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Jussi misses with a low kick.
Jab from Karelin.
Jussi throws a leg kick but Karelin checks it.
Jussi circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jussi swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Karelin moves away from the strike by Jussi.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karelin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jussi throws out the jab.
A shot to the liver by Jussi. Beautiful body shot.
Jussi throws a sloppy body shot
letting Karelin counter with a right hand.
Karelin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jussi was well out of range. Poor timing from Karelin.
Jussi fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Karelin is out of range.
A slow jab from Karelin misses its intended target.
Karelin misses with a takedown attempt - Jussi sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Nice cross by Karelin.
Karelin has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Jussi scores with a jab to the body.
Jussi is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Karelin.
Karelin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Karelin tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
A leg kick checked by Karelin.
Jussi throws a body kick that misses.
Jussi takes a swing at Karelin's ribcage but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jussi misses with a kick to the body.
Karelin slips under a jab from Jussi.
Karelin throws a big shot that misses.
Jussi tries a head kick but it misses.
Karelin is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Karelin checks a leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jussi misses with a looping left.
Karelin checks a low kick from Jussi.
Jussi needs to keep his hands up - Karelin had a free shot at his head there.
Jussi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jussi with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Karelin to score with a decent uppercut.
Jussi misses the jab.
Jussi lands a jab.
Iron Jussi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jussi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jussi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Karelin.
Karelin misses with a hook to the body
and Jussi counters with a good low kick that Karelin was not able to check.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jussi walks into a straight right hand from Karelin.
Karelin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jussi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Karelin throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Karelin closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
No luck for Karelin with that takedown attempt.
Iron Jussi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ruslan Karelin.
Karelin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jussi throws a body punch but Karelin moves out of range.
Karelin misses with a wild body shot.
Jussi is looking to counter punch.
Karelin ducks under a wild hook from Jussi.
Jussi tries a low kick but Karelin avoids it.
Jussi misses with an uppercut. Karelin saw that one coming.
Jussi lands a leg kick that knocks Karelin off balance momentarily.
Jussi lands with a good body shot.
Jussi swings for the body but Karelin moves out of range.
Karelin misses with a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Karelin misses the target.
Karelin throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Jussi's waist but Jussi gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Karelin off to one side.
Karelin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Karelin connects with a body shot that sends Jussi's belly button to the back.
Jussi throws a leg kick
and Karelin counters with a nice double leg into side control. Jussi won't be happy with that.
Jussi can't do much from the bottom here.
Karelin trying to control the position but Jussi is working away.
Karelin grinds an elbow into Jussi's temple.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
The ground and pound from Karelin seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Jussi struggling a bit here.
Jussi tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Karelin wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Ruslan Karelin has got the better of the ground game so far.
Karelin throws an elbow but Jussi slips to the side and avoids it well.
Karelin landing strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Iron Jussi will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ruslan Karelin's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Karelin moves out of range of the strikes.
Iron Jussi is winning the standup battle so far.
Karelin blocks a jab.
Jussi avoids the body shot from Karelin.
Jussi lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Karelin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jussi lands with a nice body punch.
Jussi looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Jussi throws a body shot but no joy.
Karelin fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Karelin shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Jussi as he avoids it easily.
An attempted straight right counter from Jussi misses the target.
Jussi scores with a nice strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Karelin misses with a looping left.
Karelin takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
The cut above Ruslan Karelin's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Jussi throws an overhand right that lands on Karelin's shoulder, as Karelin tries to avoid the shot.
Jussi feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Karelins jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jussi feints and then cracks Karelin's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Karelin down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karelin throws a body shot but no joy.
Jussi scores with a sloppy right hand. Karelin should have avoided that one.
Ruslan Karelin's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Karelin defending well as Jussi loads up on a big left hand.
Jussi lands with a cross.
Karelin lands a nice shot that snaps Jussi's head back.
Karelin chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Jussi can pounce on him.
Karelin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jussi moves away.
Karelin dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jussi goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Karelin feints the counter takedown.
Karelin lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Karelin wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Jussi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Karelin closes this distance looking for a takedown but Jussi circles away.
It appears Jussi was looking to counter with a kick there.
Karelin takes one to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Karelin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jussi paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jussi feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Jussi connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Ruslan Karelin's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:14 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Iron Jussi!
Iron Jussi retains his super heavyweight title!
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hype
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pop
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