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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Karl Karjalainen (ranked 136 p4p, 497 weight class) and Celestyn Kluz (ranked 22 p4p, 65 weight class). Kluz comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Mark Crozer and The Rels - Broken Out In Love kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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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 21 - 10 - 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 16 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Celestyn Kluz!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yuuki Gou and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A telegraphed right hand from Karjalainen misses the target.
Kluz slips under a jab from Karjalainen.
Kluz uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Karjalainen.
Kluz moves into the clinch.
Karjalainen manages to break the clinch.
Karjalainen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Karjalainen was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Kluz tries to move into range but Karjalainen moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Kluz uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Karjalainen.
Karjalainen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kluz moves away.
Kluz tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kluz instigates a clinch.
Kluz throws a punch but it's blocked by Karjalainen.
Kluz misses with a punch on the inside.
Kluz misses with the head strike.
Karjalainen lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Karjalainen connects with a knee to the head.
It looks like Celestyn Kluz has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kluz misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kluz throws a head punch that misses.
Karjalainen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kluz tries a body shot but Karjalainen blocks it.
Kluz tries to throw a body punch but Karjalainen avoids it by throwing Kluz back against the cage.
Kluz dodges an elbow strike from Karjalainen.
Karjalainen lands with a short shot to the head.
Karjalainen lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Karjalainen lands a good knee to the midsection. Kluz won't want to take too many of those.
Kluz looks winded!
Karjalainen has Kluz pushed against the cage.
Kluz misses with a body punch.
Kluz lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Karjalainen.
Karjalainen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kluz avoids it.
Karjalainen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kluz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Karjalainen lands with a short shot to the head.
Kluz lands a right hand that snaps the head of Karjalainen backwards.
Karjalainen prevents a body shot from Kluz.
Kluz lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Karjalainen or not.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karjalainen has a couple of punches blocked by Kluz.
Karjalainen landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A short body shot lands from Karjalainen as the two fighters clinch.
Kluz misses with the head strike.
Karjalainen missing with knees to the body.
Karjalainen utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Karjalainen scores with a nice hook to the head.
Karjalainen lands a right hand.
Karjalainen working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Karjalainen landing knees to the body.
Karjalainen lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Karjalainen lands a hook that snaps the head of Kluz backwards.
Karjalainen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Karjalainen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Karjalainen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kluz.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Kluz scores with a nice short uppercut.
Karjalainen blocks a body shot from Kluz.
Kluz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kluz misses with a short punch on the inside.
Karjalainen working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Karjalainen lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Karjalainen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Karjalainen obliges.
Karjalainen pushes Kluz back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Kluz takes a knee right on the jaw!
Karjalainen lands a hook to the side of the head.
Karjalainen gets through Kluz's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Karjalainen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kluz is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Karjalainen has the Thai clinch. He lands a big knee to the head that stumbles Kluz - he's in trouble! Another big knee to the head from Karjalainen, and another! Kluz is out on his feet - the ref jumps in to save him and ends the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Karl Karjalainen!
Karl Karjalainen decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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