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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Karl Karjalainen (ranked 78 p4p, 138 weight class) and Ivan Petrov (ranked 13 p4p, 21 weight class). Petrov has chosen Черная Волга as his entrance music. Ivan Petrov told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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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 18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Karl Karjalainen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 1 - 2, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ivan Petrov!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Kenichi Hosakawa and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Petrov scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Karjalainen takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Petrov doesn't manage to clinch there - Karjalainen circles away.
Karjalainen throws an ugly left hook that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Petrov takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Petrov has managed to clinch.
Karjalainen misses with some punches.
Karjalainen blocks a body shot from Petrov.
Karjalainen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Karjalainen stalks Petrov and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Petrov's face. Petrov staggers backwards, shaken.
Petrov misses with a leg kick.
Karjalainen throws a jab but it's blocked by Petrov.
Karjalainen takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Karjalainen throws an off balance right hand
and Petrov connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
It looks like Karl Karjalainen has been cut.
A jab from Karjalainen misses.
Good work by Karjalainen as he checks the leg kick.
Karjalainen throws a nice head kick!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Petrov showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Karjalainen.
Karjalainen misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Petrov to counter with a crisp jab.
Karjalainen gets tackled into the cage by Petrov. Petrov maintains the clinch.
Karjalainen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Petrov tries a body shot but Karjalainen blocks it.
Karjalainen struggles to land a body shot inside as Petrov controls his hands.
Petrov struggles to land a body shot inside as Karjalainen controls his hands.
Petrov misses with some punches.
Petrov lands a left hand that snaps the head of Karjalainen backwards.
Karjalainen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Petrov.
Petrov has a couple of punches blocked by Karjalainen.
Petrov misses with a punch to the body.
Petrov misses with some punches.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Petrov as Karjalainen tries to tie him up.
Our sources have told us that Karjalainen has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Petrov blocking some punches.
Petrov tries to work over Karjalainen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karjalainen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Karjalainen throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Petrov connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Karjalainen misses with an uppercut.
Petrov doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Petrov lands an overhand right.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A low kick from Karjalainen misses
and Petrov counters with a nice body shot.
Karjalainen throws a series of punches but Petrov moves out of range.
Karjalainen scores with a head kick.
Karl Karjalainen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Petrov lands a nice hook to Karjalainen's body. Karjalainen takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Petrov moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Karl Karjalainen's cut is getting worse.
Karjalainen throws out a loose jab but Petrov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Karjalainen throws an off balance right hand
and Petrov counters with a nice right hand that sends Karjalainen toppling to the canvas! Karjalainen scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Petrov finish him?!
Karjalainen is rocked!
Karjalainen misses with a hook
and Petrov counters with a nice right hand that sends Karjalainen toppling to the canvas! Karjalainen scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Petrov finish him?!
Oh Karjalainen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Karl Karjalainen's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Petrov lands a big uppercut and this one is all over! His foe lies motionless on the canvas - a massive one punch knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ivan Petrov!
A relieved looking Ivan Petrov thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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