PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Gorlan Karelin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lukasz Dressmaker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gorlan Karelin looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Karelin
vs
Dressmaker

198 cm
20
130 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

167 cm
18
143 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Gorlan Karelin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Lukasz Dressmaker!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Illya Tyunina and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dressmaker tries to close the distance and clinch but Karelin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Karelin circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dressmaker tries to clinch up but Karelin circles away and keeps his distance.
Dressmaker moves in looking to clinch but Karelin pushes him off.
Karelin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dressmaker looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lukasz Dressmaker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dressmaker wants to clinch up but Karelin keeps it at a distance.

Dressmaker gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Karelin dodges an elbow strike from Dressmaker.
Karelin is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Dressmaker pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Dressmaker gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Gorlan Karelin has been cut.
Dressmaker lands a nice elbow.
With the fighters up against the cage, Dressmaker throws an elbow but misses.
Karelin takes an elbow to the temple.
Karelin takes an elbow to the forehead.

Karelin turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Karelin manages to end up in side control.
Karelin creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Dressmaker sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Dressmaker pushes Karelin away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Karelin gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Karelin really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Karelin lands a decent elbow from side control.
Karelin scoring with punches from side control.
The strikes coming from Karelin are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Dressmaker is trying to escape and get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dressmaker is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Karelin fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Dressmaker tries to clinch up.
Karelin shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Dressmaker pinned against the cage. Dressmaker gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gorlan Karelin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Karelin is breathing heavily.
Dressmaker moves in looking to clinch but Karelin pushes him off.
Dressmaker doesn't manage to clinch there - Karelin circles away.
Dressmaker moves in looking to clinch but Karelin pushes him off.

Dressmaker closes the distance and pushes Karelin back into the cage.

Dressmaker is fighting off a takedown attempt but Karelin is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Dressmaker to the mat. Dressmaker regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Dressmaker wants to stand up but Karelin is controlling him.
Karelin is working Dressmaker over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karelin is in close to Dressmaker's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Karelin tries to free his leg and advance position but Dressmaker is retaining full guard.
Karelin prevents Dressmaker from getting back to his feet.
Karelin will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Karelin fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Dressmaker is looking to clinch.

Karelin feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Dressmaker has momentary wrist control but Karelin slips an elbow through the middle.
Karelin is pushing down on Dressmaker's leg trying to pass to half guard. Dressmaker is fighting to maintain full guard but Karelin has managed to sneak the leg through.
Dressmaker pushes Karelin off looking to stand but Karelin dives back in and keeps control.
Dressmaker won't allow Karelin to pass to mount.
Dressmaker is trying to stand.
Karelin not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karelin missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Karelin prevents Dressmaker from standing back up.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Dressmaker with a poor takedown

and Karelin counters with a shoot takedown. Dressmaker fights it but they end up in guard.
Karelin stops Dressmaker from standing up.
Karelin lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Karelin tries to free his leg and advance position but Dressmaker is retaining full guard.
Dressmaker is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Karelin is controlling him.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Dressmaker tries to clinch but Karelin moves away

and Karelin counters with a nice double leg into side control. Dressmaker won't be happy with that.
Karelin prevents Dressmaker from escaping the position.
Karelin lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karelin cracks Dressmaker with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Dressmaker is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Karelin asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Check out the look on Karelin's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Dressmaker sneaks out the side door and pushes Karelin away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dressmaker tries to clinch up

and Karelin counters with a takedown into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dressmaker is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Karelin is working Dressmaker over with some ground and pound from side control.
Dressmaker is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Karelin creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gorlan Karelin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gorlan Karelin's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Dressmaker forces Karelin back against the cage and clinches.
Dressmaker prevents a takedown attempt there.
Dressmaker lands a nice elbow.
Dressmaker lands a damaging elbow.
Karelin is working for takedown but Dressmaker is calmly controlling the position for now.
Karelin is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gorlan Karelin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dressmaker lands an elbow inside.
Dressmaker lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Karelin blocks an elbow strike from Dressmaker.
Dressmaker creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Karelin's defenses.
Dressmaker creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Karelin's defenses.
Dressmaker lands an elbow just above Karelin 's eye.
Nice elbow from Dressmaker.
Dressmaker creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Karelin's defenses.
Karelin takes an elbow to the temple.
Dressmaker misses with an elbow over the top.
Dressmaker pushes off an throws an elbow but Karelin leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Dressmaker stops a takedown attempt from Karelin.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Dressmaker just misses with a elbow thrown towards Karelin's brow.
Dressmaker prevents a takedown attempt there.
Dressmaker pushes off an throws an elbow but Karelin leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Dressmaker looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Karelin drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Karelin is trying to drag Dressmaker to the mat but Dressmaker just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Dressmaker lands an elbow inside.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dressmaker misses with an elbow over the top.
Karelin wants a takedown but no success here.
Karelin is working for takedown but Dressmaker is calmly controlling the position for now.
Dressmaker creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Dressmaker throws an elbow but it misses.
Dressmaker lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Karelin tries to score a body lock takedown but Dressmaker shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Karelin blocks an elbow strike.

Karelin wants the takedown. Dressmaker is fighting it off but Karelin persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Dressmaker's guard against the cage.
Dressmaker is looking to stand up but Karelin isn't so interested in that idea.
Karelin with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

Dressmaker wriggles free and stands up.

Dressmaker gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Karelin to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Karelin prevents Dressmaker from getting back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karelin is working Dressmaker over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Dressmaker is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Karelin is controlling him.
Karelin with a nice head shot there.
Dressmaker wants to get back to his feet but Karelin is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Karelin chips away with some ground and pound.
Karelin looking to pass the guard.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Dressmaker fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Karelin, pushing him back against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Dressmaker.
Karelin changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Dressmaker fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Dressmaker leaves Karelin with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Dressmaker clinches but Karelin breaks the clinch

and Karelin counters with a single leg into guard. Dressmaker didn't expect that.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dressmaker wants to stand and escape but Karelin is having none of it.
Karelin postures up and lands a big shot to Dressmaker's brow.
Karelin postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Karelin scoring with punches to the head and body.
Dressmaker is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Karelin is controlling him.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Karelin is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Karelin stops Dressmaker from standing up.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Karelin's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Karelin circles away from the clinch attempt

and Karelin counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Dressmaker's guard now.
Dressmaker wants to stand but Karelin is controlling the position.
Gorlan Karelin overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Dressmaker has momentary wrist control but Karelin slips an elbow through the middle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karelin passes into half guard.
Karelin is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Karelin not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Dressmaker won't allow Karelin to pass to mount.
Karelin thows a huge punch but Dressmaker dodges it nicely.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Dressmaker tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Karelin counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Dressmaker!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dressmaker is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Dressmaker takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Karelin lands with some strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dressmaker takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Dressmaker tries to buck Karelin off but he can't manage it.
Karelin lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Dressmaker hang on?
Dressmaker wants to try and get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gorlan Karelin dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Gorlan Karelin's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Dressmaker is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Karelin changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Dressmaker looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Karelin working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Dressmaker is pushing Karelin's head away, looking to escape. Karelin manages to hold on to the position though.
Karelin connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Dressmaker some visible discomfort.
Karelin scoring with punches from side control.
Dressmaker wants to get back to his feet but Karelin drags him back down.
Dressmaker takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Karelin moves into full mount!
Karelin lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Dressmaker is trying to stand.
A nice elbow there by Karelin.
Dressmaker's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The referee warns Dressmaker that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dressmaker is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Karelin postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Dressmaker looks a forlorn figure.
The referee warns Dressmaker that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Karelin lands a big shot there that rocks Dressmaker but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Dressmaker is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Karelin unloading with bombs!
Dressmaker wants to try and get back to his feet.
Karelin cracks Dressmaker with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Karelin lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Dressmaker hang on?
Karelin with the ground and pound from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Dressmaker somehow manages to escape the mount and get back to his feet!
Dressmaker doesn't manage to clinch there - Karelin circles away.
Dressmaker closes the distance but Karelin moves to the side

and Karelin counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Dressmaker looks like he's trying to stand up.
Karelin working Dressmaker over with strikes.
Dressmaker looks like he's trying to stand up.
Dressmaker taking some punishment here, with Karelin in his half guard.
Karelin missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Dressmaker is trying to stand back up but Karelin is controlling him

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Dressmaker closes the distance but Karelin moves to the side

and Karelin counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dressmaker wants to get back to his feet.
Karelin tries to pass the half guard into mount. Dressmaker knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Dressmaker tries to kick Karelin off but Karelin keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Karelin working Dressmaker over with strikes.
Karelin thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Dressmaker's head.
Dressmaker pushes Karelin off looking to stand but Karelin dives back in and keeps control.
Karelin slips a nice elbow through Dressmaker's hands, connecting with Dressmaker's forehead.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Dressmaker moves into the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Dressmaker.

Karelin gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Karelin landing some decent shots from guard.
Karelin loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Karelin passes easily into side control. Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dressmaker pushes Karelin away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Karelin gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Karelin is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dressmaker can do to turn this around?

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Dressmaker tries to clinch

and Karelin counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Dressmaker's guard now.
Dressmaker is looking to stand up but Karelin isn't so interested in that idea.
Karelin lands a couple of elbows.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Karelin content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

Dressmaker has his feet on Karelin's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Lukasz Dressmaker has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gorlan Karelin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Dressmaker closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gorlan Karelin showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Karelin, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 30:27
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 30:27
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gorlan Karelin!