PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy Karlsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shawn Kemp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shawn Kemp will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Karlsson
vs
Kemp

188 cm
23
223 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

209 cm
22
273 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Brawler
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jimmy Karlsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Shawn Kemp!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Shigeki Fujiwara and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karlsson will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Karlsson looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Kemp!
Kemp is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Kemp really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Karlsson thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Karlsson looking to ground and pound but Kemp is blocking nicely.
Karlsson can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Kemp is looking to escape.
Karlsson misses with a head shot.
Kemp really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Karlsson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Karlsson wants to finish this one by submission but Kemp is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Karlsson.
Kemp is trying to escape the mount.
Karlsson with some aggressive grappling here, looking for the finish.
Kemp working to try and regain half guard.
Kemp is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Poor strikes thrown by Karlsson there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Karlsson prevents Kemp from getting the reversal.
Karlsson throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Kemp is squirming around, avoiding Karlsson's attempts to control the action.
The referee warns Kemp that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Karlsson landing punches.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Karlsson lands a heavy elbow.
Karlsson has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Karlsson throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Kemp is trying to escape the mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Karlsson is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Kemp can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Kemp is looking to get to half guard.
Karlsson with good strikes from the mount here!

It looks like Shawn Kemp has been cut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karlsson lands a nice shot to the head.

Karlsson looking for a guillotine from mount but Kemp is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Karlsson thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Karlsson putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Karlsson connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
BOOM! Karlsson connects with a massive shot to the dome!

That has opened up Shawn Kemp's cut even more.
Karlsson scores with a couple of good head shots there.

Shawn Kemp's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Shawn Kemp's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Jimmy Karlsson!