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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Karpo Karelin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Peter Monson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Peter Monson will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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222 lbs
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185 cm
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216 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Counter striker
Good chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Karpo Karelin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Peter Monson!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A bone on bone clash there as Karelin blocks the leg kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Monson lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Karelin has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Karelin and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Karelin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Monson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Karelin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Karelin misses with a straight left.
Monson throws a head kick that misses.
Peter Monson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Karelin takes a kick to the side of the head.
It looks like Karpo Karelin has been cut.
Monson is looking to chop away at Karelin's legs.
Monson tries to clinch but Karelin moves out of range.
Monson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Karelin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Karelin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Karelin swats away the attempt to clinch by Monson.
A head kick misses from Monson.
Monson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Monson moves in looking to clinch but Karelin pushes him off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Monson dodges the punch combination from Karelin.
The fighters circling - Karelin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Monson is looking to clinch.
Karelin checks the leg kick.
Monson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Monson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Karelin.
Karelin misses with a few strikes there.
Monson is looking to clinch but Karelin is avoiding it.
Monson wants to clinch.
Karelin circles away from the clinch attempt.
Karelin lands a slapping body shot.
Monson looks gassed!
Karelin bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Karelin scoring with punches from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karelin cracks Monson with a big elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Monson taking a bit of punishment here - Karelin scoring with strikes.
Karelin in side control, throwing shots but Monson defends.
Karelin looks up at the clock and then as Monson takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Karelin smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Karelin working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Karelin scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Monson to see if he's OK.
Monson is working to avoid the ground and pound but Karelin connects with a decent elbow.
Karelin lands some shots froms side control.
Karelin landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Karelin lands an elbow.
It looks like Peter Monson has been cut.
Karelin scoring with punches from side control.
Karelin postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karelin is putting a hurting on Monson here, landing some big shots from side control.
Karelin lands an elbow.
Karelin landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Monson taking punishment in the form of punches.
Karelin is chipping away with strikes.
Monson is looking to regain half guard here but Karelin keeps moving and retains side control.
Karelin tries to score with some ground and pound. Monson controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Monson tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Monson is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Monson is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Karelin throws an elbow but Monson slips to the side and avoids it well.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Karelin works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Monson taking a bit of punishment here - Karelin scoring with strikes.
Karelin cracks Monson with a big right hand but Monson just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Monson on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Monson tries to buck Karelin off but Karelin is having none of it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Karelin working the head with strikes.
Monson takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Karpo Karelin dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Karelin lands a jab-cross combination.
Karelin looks to score with a jab to the body but Monson is just out of range.
Monson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Monson tries to clinch but Karelin moves out of range.
Karelin lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Monson doesn't manage to clinch there - Karelin circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Monson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Karelin feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Monson sprawling to the canvas! Monson rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Karelin finish him?!
Monson is rocked!
That has opened up Peter Monson's cut even more.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Karelin lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Monson falls backwards - clearly groggy! Karelin dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Karpo Karelin!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
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