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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aleksandr Karelin (ranked 6871 p4p, 6389 weight class) and Kirill Dudarev (ranked 623 p4p, 602 weight class). Karelin's entrance music is Oy to Ne Vecher. A fine choice. Kirill Dudarev is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Aleksandr Karelin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kirill Dudarev!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Elvis Blanc and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karelin throws an overhand right that lands on Dudarev's shoulder, as Dudarev tries to avoid the shot.
Karelin dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Dudarev avoids a kick to the body.
Dudarev lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Karelin rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Dudarev connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Karelin tries a head kick but it misses.
Karelin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Karelin misses with a wild body shot.
Dudarev gets the takedown into side control.
Karelin is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Karelin is looking to regain half guard here but Dudarev keeps moving and retains side control.
Dudarev looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Dudarev wants to lay and pray for a moment but Karelin keeps working.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Karelin tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Dudarev blocks the strikes from Karelin.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Karelin manages to get back to half guard.
Karelin regains full guard. Nicely done.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karelin tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Karelin looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Karelin is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Dudarev desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Karelin working the head and body with strikes.
Karelin throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Karelin not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Karelin throwing shots but Dudarev is blocking nicely.
Karelin throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Karelin lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karelin missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Dudarev wants to get back to full guard.
Karelin missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Karelin works his way into full mount!
Karelin throwing strikes here but Dudarev is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Dudarev is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Karelin landing strikes from the mount and Dudarev is in trouble!
Karelin trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Karelin looking to control and managing it successfully.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Karelin throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karelin breaks from Dudarev's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Karelin landing strikes from the mount and Dudarev is in trouble!
It looks like Kirill Dudarev has been cut.
Dudarev looks winded!
Karelin connects with a bit shot that sees Dudarev covering up! More strikes from Karelin and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Karelin is our winner by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Aleksandr Karelin!
During a confident post fight interview, Aleksandr Karelin thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
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