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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jonas Karlsson (ranked 23 p4p, 163 weight class) and Jose Castellanos (ranked 3 p4p, 25 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
Granite chin |
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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 17 - 3 - 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 17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jose Castellanos!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yukihiro Shimada and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karlsson throws a series of punches but Castellanos avoids them all with ease.
Castellanos misses with a hook.
Jose Castellanos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Castellanos throws a lazy right hand but Karlsson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Karlsson swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Castellanos counters with a straight right hand.
It looks like Jonas Karlsson has been cut.
Castellanos avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Castellanos throws a series of punches but Karlsson moves out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Karlsson misses the target.
Karlsson ducks under a wild hook from Castellanos.
Karlsson swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Karlsson scores with a nice strike.
Castellanos misses with a leg kick
letting Karlsson counter with a right hand.
Karlsson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karlsson throws a series of punches but Castellanos avoids them all with ease.
A punch combination from Castellanos misses.
Karlsson misses with a body punch
enabling Castellanos to counter with a crisp jab.
A lazy body kick from Karlsson
and Castellanos counters with a left to the body.
Karlsson misses with an attempted mid kick.
Castellanos throws a big shot that misses.
Castellanos works over Karlsson's head and body with a nice combination.
Castellanos throws a good cross that connects.
Jonas Karlsson's cut is getting worse.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Castellanos throws a shot from downtown. Karlsson moves away and avoids it.
Castellanos misses with a looping left.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Castellanos throws a nice outside leg kick.
Castellanos misses with a looping right.
Castellanos lands a nice looking body shot.
Castellanos pivots, looking for a leg kick but Karlsson is out of range and Castellanos settles back down.
Karlsson was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Castellanos swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Karlsson is looking to counter punch.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Castellanos throws a leg kick
and Karlsson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Castellanos misses with a low kick.
Karlsson looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters circling a little - Karlsson finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Castellanos tries a head kick but it misses.
Castellanos scores with the left hand. Karlsson knows he should have avoided that one.
Castellanos jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Castellanos lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Karlsson lunges at Castellanos with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Castellanos's hand.
Karlsson loads up on a big right hand but Castellanos slips the punch.
Castellanos misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Karlsson to counter with a crisp jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Castellanos pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Castellanos misses with a body kick.
Castellanos misses with a leg kick
and Karlsson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Castellanos fails to land with a series of punches.
Karlsson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Castellanos. Castellanos obviously looking to wear him down.
Nice straight punches there by Karlsson. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Karlsson.
Castellanos is rocked!
Left hook, right uppercut from Castellanos.
Jonas Karlsson's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Castellanos fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Karlsson manages to avoid it.
Karlsson lands a body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jose Castellanos dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jonas Karlsson's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Castellanos throws a hook to the side of Karlsson's head but Karlsson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Karlsson is looking to counter punch.
Some wild striking there from Castellanos.
Castellanos connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Karlsson misses with a wild combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Castellanos ducks under a wild hook from Karlsson.
Castellanos scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karlsson looks to land a left hand but Castellanos moved out of range nicely.
Karlsson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Castellanos scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Karlsson doesn't seem bothered though.
Karlsson scoring well with a low kick there.
Jose Castellanos seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Karlsson avoids the body shot from Castellanos.
Castellanos misses with a double jab
and Karlsson counters with a crisp one two that drops Castellanos! Karlsson thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Castellanos to his feet! Castellanos is in big trouble!
Castellanos lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karlsson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Karlsson has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Karlsson throws a head kick but Castellanos moves out of range.
Castellanos looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Karlsson avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
It looked like Karlsson wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Castellanos misses with a body kick.
Karlsson throws a low kick, looking for Castellanos's leg but Castellanos calmly moves out of range.
Castellanos misses with a two punch combination.
Castellanos misses with a body punch
enabling Karlsson to counter with a crisp jab.
Crack! A monster head kick from Karlsson and Castellanos falls like a tree - timbeeeeeeeeeeerrrr! A highlight reel knockout by Karlsson!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Jonas Karlsson!
Jonas Karlsson retains his middleweight title!
A less than humble Jonas Karlsson misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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