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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jonas Karlsson (ranked 59 p4p, 354 weight class) and Danny Stewart (ranked 6 p4p, 42 weight class). Stewart is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Tupac - Hit 'Em Up. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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9 - 1 - 0 |
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14 - 7 - 1 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jonas Karlsson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Danny Stewart!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Ian Loll and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stewart lands a really nice looking cross but Karlsson seems unphased.
Karlsson throws a body kick that misses.
Stewart looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Karlsson looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Stewart circles away from the clinch attempt
and Stewart cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
It looks like Jonas Karlsson has been cut.
Stewart lands with an overhand left.
Karlsson scores with a decent looking hook.
It looks like Danny Stewart has been cut.
Stewart throws a body punch but Karlsson moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Karlsson throws a push kick but Stewart slaps the foot to one side.
Stewart with a jab.
Stewart ducks right into an uppercut from Karlsson.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stewart jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Stewart has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Karlsson needs to keep his hands up - Stewart had a free shot at his head there.
Stewart connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Jonas Karlsson's cut is getting worse.
Karlsson throws a right hand that misses
and Stewart counters with a nice uppercut.
Karlsson stalks Stewart and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Stewart's face. Stewart staggers backwards, shaken.
Stewart moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Stewart checks the leg kick nicely there.
Karlsson lands a big right hand that sends Stewart crashing to the mat! Karlsson stays standing though and waves Stewart back to his feet!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Karlsson throws a leg kick that is checked
and Stewart makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karlsson throws a series of punches but Stewart moves out of range.
Karlsson throws a body kick that misses
and Stewart counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Stewart clobbers Karlsson with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Jonas Karlsson's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Karlsson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Karlsson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Stewart misses with a lunging right hand
and Karlsson counters with a nice body kick.
Karlsson misses with an attempted mid kick.
Jab from Karlsson.
That has opened up Danny Stewart's cut even more.
Stewart lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Karlsson lands a nice looking body shot.
Stewart might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karlsson throws a perfectly timed hook that sends Stewart crashing down! Stewart tries to stagger back to his feet but Karlsson just hammers him until the ref stops the fight! A confused Stewart asks the ref what just happened. Poor fella.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jonas Karlsson!
Jonas Karlsson retains his middleweight title!
Jonas Karlsson thanked the fans post fight for their support.
Danny Stewart spoke after the fight, saying 'Well shit...'.
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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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