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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Kratos Karumaa (ranked 538 p4p, 389 weight class) and Sean O Malley (ranked 41 p4p, 30 weight class). Karumaa's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, MINK'S - Le Gars Là Est Laid . O Malley has chosen Goat Talk- Sugar Sean as his entrance music. Kratos Karumaa is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Very quick |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kratos Karumaa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sean O Malley!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Ackerman and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
O Malley throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Karumaa counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Karumaa throws a low kick but it's checked well by O Malley.
Karumaa misses with a low kick.
Karumaa throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
O Malley tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Karumaa was well out of range. Poor timing from O Malley.
O Malley takes a swing at Karumaa's ribcage but misses.
Karumaa slips under a jab from O Malley.
Karumaa uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from O Malley.
Karumaa cracks O Malley with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Karumaa loads up on a big right hand but O Malley slips the punch.
O Malley missing with a left hand there. Karumaa was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Karumaa misses with an uppercut. O Malley saw that one coming.
Sean O Malley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
O Malley moves away from the strike by Karumaa.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
O Malley misses with a few strikes there.
Karumaa feinted there with a counter leg kick.
O Malley fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Karumaa manages to avoid it.
O Malley throws an overhand right that lands on Karumaa's shoulder, as Karumaa tries to avoid the shot.
A head kick misses from Karumaa.
Karumaa looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
It looks like Kratos Karumaa has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A lazy left from O Malley finds it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karumaa throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
The fighters circle momentarily. Karumaa darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Karumaa keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
O Malley slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Karumaa 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.
An inside leg kick lands from O Malley.
O Malley misses with an uppercut
and Karumaa counters with a nice body shot.
Karumaa takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
O Malley drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A nice inside leg kick there by Karumaa. That's going to slow O Malley down.
Karumaa slips under a jab.
O Malley misses with a lunging right hand
and Karumaa counters with a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
O Malley misses with a hook
and Karumaa cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
O Malley comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A good leg kick by Karumaa.
Good work by Karumaa as he checks the leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from O Malley.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Malley throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Karumaa stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
O Malley connects with a single shot there.
Karumaa scores with a nice head shot.
Karumaa blocks a jab.
Karumaa half committed to a counter leg kick.
O Malley looks to score with a jab to the body but Karumaa is just out of range.
Karumaa takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
O Malley works Karumaa's body with a nice hook.
Karumaa throws a hook to the side of O Malley's head but O Malley sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
O Malley misses with a shot to the body
and Karumaa makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
O Malley swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
O Malley tries to land a body kick
and Karumaa counters with a nice low kick that buckles O Malley's knee momentarily.
Karumaa connects with a good right hand that stumbles O Malley. O Malley circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Nice defenses there by O Malley.
O Malley let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
O Malley misses with a looping right.
O Malley on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Karumaa. Karumaa obviously looking to wear him down.
O Malley lands a nice shot that snaps Karumaa's head back.
Karumaa staying out of range there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jab by Karumaa.
O Malley scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Karumaa takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Karumaa fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Karumaa is looking to slow O Malley down with leg kicks.
O Malley misses the jab.
A swing and a miss from Karumaa.
Karumaa throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
O Malley is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
O Malley attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A little feinted left hand from Karumaa on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Karumaa moves out of range as O Malley throws a body kick.
O Malley throws a head kick that misses.
Karumaa uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from O Malley.
Karumaa keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from O Malley.
O Malley misses with an uppercut
and Karumaa counters with a straight right hand.
O Malley looks to land a left hand but Karumaa moved out of range nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Karumaa takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karumaa connects with a solid leg kick.
O Malley uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Karumaa.
Karumaa is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Karumaa throws a jab but it's blocked by O Malley.
O Malley throws a hook but Karumaa blocks it.
O Malley keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
O Malley keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Karumaa.
Karumaa staying out of range there.
Karumaa punishes O Malley's body with a nice straight punch.
O Malley works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Kratos Karumaa's cut is getting worse.
Karumaa throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Karumaa steps to the side to avoid the strikes from O Malley.
Karumaa misses with an uppercut. O Malley saw that one coming.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Karumaa's corner calls for a 1-2. Karumaa obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Karumaa connects with a body shot.
O Malley with a nice cross.
O Malley jabs Karumaa right on the nose. Karumaa blinks but takes it well.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Sean O Malley will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Kratos Karumaa's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
O Malley looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Karumaa misses with a hook. O Malley ducked under it nicely.
O Malley swings widly with a right hand
and Karumaa counters with a low kick, right behind O Malley 's knee.
O Malley motions for Karumaa to come forward. O Malley throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Karumaa was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
O Malley throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Karumaa sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Karumaa throws a right hand that misses
and O Malley counters with a nice leg kick.
O Malley connects with a nice looking jab.
Karumaa displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as O Malley throws out the jab.
O Malley misses with a head kick.
O Malley misses with a straight right.
Karumaa fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. O Malley looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
O Malley swinging wildly here.
O Malley dips to his left and cracks Karumaa with an uppercut!
O Malley looks to land a right hand but Karumaa moved out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
O Malley throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Karumaa counter with a right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from O Malley misses.
Sean O Malley seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Karumaa wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Karumaa connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Karumaa scoring well with a low kick there.
O Malley ducks right into an uppercut from Karumaa.
O Malley jabbing away but nothing is landing.
O Malley throws a big shot that misses.
O Malley slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Nice uppercut there from O Malley.
Karumaa fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
O Malley misses with a lunging right hand
and Karumaa counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Karumaa lands with an overhand left.
This has been an exciting period of action!
O Malley ducks under a wild hook from Karumaa.
Karumaa lands a nice leg kick that just misses O Malley's sensitive parts.
Karumaa pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
O Malley misses with a left hand
and Karumaa counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
O Malley ducks under a wild hook from Karumaa.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Malley thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nice defenses there by Karumaa.
A telegraphed right hand from Karumaa misses the target.
Karumaa walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
O Malley throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Karumaa.
Karumaa throws a hook to the side of O Malley's head but O Malley sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
O Malley misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Karumaa.
Karumaa throws a hook but O Malley blocks it.
O Malley steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Karumaa.
Karumaa shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. O Malley eats them both and turns towards Karumaa to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
O Malley misses the shot to the body.
Karumaa tried to counter with a leg kick but O Malley avoided it.
Karumaa throws a low kick, looking for O Malley's leg but O Malley calmly moves out of range.
O Malley looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Karumaa moves out of range of the strikes.
Karumaa throwing a counter right hand but O Malley manages to avoid it.
O Malley throws a right hand that misses
and Karumaa counters with an outside leg kick.
O Malley misses with an uppercut
and Karumaa cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
O Malley misses with a straight left.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karumaa throws a low kick but O Malley avoids it.
Karumaa looks to throw the jab but O Malley is out of range.
O Malley misses with a straight right.
The crowd cheers as O Malley lands an impressive looking overhand right. Karumaa doesn't seem phased though.
Karumaa keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from O Malley.
O Malley looks to land a left hand but Karumaa moved out of range nicely.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Karumaa takes a body punch but keeps moving.
O Malley keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Karumaa.
O Malley looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
O Malley misses with a hook. Karumaa ducked under it nicely.
O Malley ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Karumaa scores with a leg kick.
O Malley misses with a shot to the body
and Karumaa counters with a stiff right hand.
O Malley fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Karumaa on the side of the head.
O Malley on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Karumaa changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
O Malley defending well as Karumaa loads up on a big left hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karumaa throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
O Malley takes one on the button.
O Malley misses with a right hand
and Karumaa counters with a nice uppercut.
Karumaa has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Karumaa there as he acknowledges the shot.
Karumaa slips under a jab.
O Malley shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Karumaa defending well as O Malley loads up on a big left hand.
O Malley with a nice cross.
Karumaa lands a leg kick that knocks O Malley off balance momentarily.
A jab from Karumaa finds it's way through O Malley's defenses.
O Malley bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Karumaa uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from O Malley.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
O Malley throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Karumaa sees it coming and avoids it easily.
O Malley is looking to land body kicks.
Karumaa throws a shot from downtown. O Malley moves away and avoids it.
O Malley on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kratos Karumaa dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Kratos Karumaa's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Karumaa just misses with a punch to the body.
Karumaa misses with a wild body shot.
O Malley throws a jab when Karumaa was well out of range.
Karumaa misses with an uppercut
and O Malley counters with a straight right hand.
Karumaa avoids the body shot from O Malley.
Karumaa wants to land a leg kick but O Malley is out of range.
O Malley's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
O Malley throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Karumaa scores with a hook to the body. O Malley takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Good work by O Malley as he checks the leg kick.
Karumaa lands a jab.
Nice shot lands for O Malley.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
O Malley ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A little jabbing left from O Malley on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
O Malley stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Karumaa.
Karumaa doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Karumaa moves away from the strike by O Malley.
That's one minute gone in the round.
O Malley loads up on a big right hand but Karumaa slips the punch.
Karumaa swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
O Malley lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
O Malley connects with a good right hand that stumbles Karumaa. Karumaa circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
O Malley throws a hook to the side of Karumaa's head but Karumaa sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
O Malley throws a leg kick but Karumaa moved away.
Karumaa jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Karumaa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by O Malley.
O Malley is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Karumaa.
O Malley lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
O Malley throws a body punch but Karumaa moves out of range.
O Malley misses with a hook.
Karumaa appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Karumaa fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Karumaa keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from O Malley.
It appears Karumaa was looking to counter with a kick there.
O Malley throws an overhand right that lands on Karumaa's shoulder, as Karumaa tries to avoid the shot.
A big left from O Malley misses.
Karumaa throws a body kick that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Malley takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Karumaa throws an uppercut from half a mile away. O Malley sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Karumaa checks a leg kick.
Karumaa went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Karumaa misses the shot to the body.
O Malley with a body punch. A glancing blow.
O Malley rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Karumaa counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Karumaa moves away from the strike by O Malley.
Karumaa shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
O Malley checks a leg kick.
O Malley throws a body kick that misses.
Karumaa swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
O Malley uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Karumaa.
O Malley has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Karumaa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
O Malley lands a nice leg kick that just misses Karumaa's sensitive parts.
Karumaa misses with a low kick as O Malley jumps back.
O Malley uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Karumaa.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Malley with a nice cross.
A left and a right from Karumaa both land. Nice combination.
O Malley throws a head kick that misses.
O Malley misses the jab.
O Malley has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Karumaa finds it's way round the side to connect with O Malley's head.
O Malley throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
O Malley looks to throw the jab but Karumaa is out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from O Malley. Karumaa does a little dance to reset his feet.
O Malley takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
O Malley swings for the body but Karumaa moves out of range.
Karumaa digs a good body shot into O Malley's ribs.
O Malley gets cracked there but stands up to it.
O Malley steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Karumaa.
It seemed like O Malley was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Karumaa displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as O Malley throws out the jab.
Karumaa does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
O Malley uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Karumaa.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Karumaa misses the shot to the body.
It seemed like O Malley was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big right from O Malley misses.
O Malley stuns Karumaa with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Karumaa uses good head movement to avoid the hook from O Malley.
Karumaa half committed to a counter leg kick.
Karumaa avoids the head kick by O Malley.
O Malley takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
O Malley takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
O Malley connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Karumaa momentarily.
O Malley throws a poor cross that misses
and Karumaa counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A jab from Karumaa finds it's way through O Malley's defenses.
O Malley looks to score with a jab to the body but Karumaa is just out of range.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts O Malley, as that shot connected.
O Malley bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Karumaa throws a shot from downtown. O Malley moves away and avoids it.
O Malley throws a big shot that misses.
Karumaa slips under a jab from O Malley.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Sean O Malley.
I think O Malley has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge William Gold scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Kratos Karumaa!
Kratos Karumaa decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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