PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Totto Karlsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and TJ Mixter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). TJ Mixter has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Karlsson
vs
Mixter

188 cm
25
215 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
19
216 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Real Fighters Nutrition
Crashforce Nutrition (Authentic 160Q/159Q supps!)

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Totto Karlsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, TJ Mixter!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Johanna Lukiainen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mixter avoids a punch combination nicely.
Karlsson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Mixter takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Mixter paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Karlsson tries to bum rush Mixter with a series of wild strikes but Mixter uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Mixter looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

Mixter decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Good shot there by Karlsson.
Mixter shoots for a double leg takedown but Karlsson sprawls well. He's pushed Mixter's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Left hook, right uppercut from Karlsson.
Karlsson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A lazy left from Mixter finds it's target.
Karlsson scores with a push kick.
Karlsson throws a series of punches but Mixter avoids them all with ease.
Karlsson throws a right and a left that Mixter avoids nicely.
Totto Karlsson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Karlsson defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Mixter.
Mixter misses with an uppercut.
Mixter fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karlsson throws a series of punches but Mixter moves out of range.
Karlsson plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Karlsson slaps away a takedown attempt from Mixter, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Totto Karlsson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of TJ Mixter.
Karlsson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Karlsson!
A combination from Karlsson does no damage.
Karlsson is looking to slow Mixter down with leg kicks.
Mixter shoots in and drives through. Karlsson sprawls well.
Karlsson goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Karlsson moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Totto Karlsson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mixter has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Karlsson doesn't manage to clinch there - Mixter circles away.
Karlsson scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A shot to the liver by Mixter. Beautiful body shot.
Karlsson misses with the combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Mixter closes the distance and pushes Karlsson back into the ropes.

Karlsson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mixter moves out of range as Karlsson throws a body kick.
Karlsson tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Mixter manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Karlsson is working the combinations to good effect here.
Mixter shoots for a takedown but Karlsson saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Mixter throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Karlsson's waist but Karlsson gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Mixter off to one side.
Karlsson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Karlsson catches Mixter with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Karlsson, right into the meat.
Karlsson fails to land with a series of punches.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mixter. Karlsson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Karlsson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mixter.
Mixter tries a head kick but it misses.
Mixter shoots for a double leg takedown but Karlsson sprawls well. He's pushed Mixter's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Karlsson's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Karlsson duly obliges.
That kick from Karlsson tenderised Mixter's leg. Mixter is trying to keep his angry face on.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mixter fails with an attempt to clinch.

Mixter has managed to clinch.
Mixter is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Karlsson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mixter's efforts to push away.
Karlsson working hard to break the clinch.
Mixter creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Mixter wants to get back to striking at distance but Karlsson won't allow it.
Mixter doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Karlsson pulls Mixter into guard.
Karlsson trying to control the position.
Mixter sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Mixter throws a strike but Karlsson rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mixter looking to hit a scissor sweep but Karlsson is one step ahead there.
Karlsson throws a big elbow that misses.
Karlsson trying to control but Mixter is working from the bottom.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Mixter pulls Karlsson in to control the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Karlsson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Karlsson tries to stand but Mixter is controlling from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Totto Karlsson dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Karlsson throws a nice inside leg kick.
Karlsson throws a head kick but Mixter moves out of range.
Karlsson scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

Karlsson moves into the clinch successfully.
Mixter is trying to break free.

Karlsson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Karlsson tries to clinch up.
Karlsson throws a nice looking combination but Mixter bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A combination from Karlsson does no damage.

Mixter drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Karlsson is looking for a sweep.

Mixter decides to stand back up. Mixter steps back and let's Karlsson get back to his feet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Karlsson moves into range and clinches up with Mixter.

Karlsson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Totto Karlsson is winning the standup battle so far.
Karlsson swinging wildly here.
Mixter wants to clinch up but Karlsson keeps it at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mixter closes the distance and clinches up with Karlsson, looking for a takedown. Mixter pushes Karlsson against the ropes but Karlsson circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Mixter fails in his attempt to clinch.
Karlsson doesn't manage to clinch there - Mixter circles away.
Karlsson throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Mixter's head.

Mixter gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Karlsson breaks the clinch.
Karlsson wants to clinch.
Karlsson lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Karlsson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mixter circles away quickly and effectively.
Karlsson misses with a few strikes there.
Mixter is looking to clinch but Karlsson is avoiding it.
Mixter shoots in but Karlsson avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Karlsson scores with a three punch combo!
Mixter on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mixter shoots in for a takedown but Karlsson shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Totto Karlsson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of TJ Mixter.
Mixter fails with a takedown attempt.
Mixter is breathing heavily.
Karlsson misses with a few strikes there.
Mixter fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Karlsson wants to clinch up but Mixter keeps it at a distance.
Mixter moves in looking to clinch but Karlsson pushes him off.
Karlsson tries to close the distance and clinch but Mixter swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Karlsson moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Mixter thows a body shot but no joy.
Mixter looks to land a combination. Karlsson sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Totto Karlsson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Karlsson moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Mixter shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Karlsson pinned against the ropes. Karlsson gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Karlsson lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mixter tries to clinch up but Karlsson circles away and keeps his distance.
Mixter throws a right and a left that both miss.
Karlsson lands with a thumping leg kick.
Mixter dodges the punch combination from Karlsson.
Karlsson misses with a series of wild punches.
Karlsson pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Mixter back to the ropes. Karlsson follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Karlsson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Karlsson clinches.

Karlsson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mixter shoots in for a double leg but Karlsson sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Karlsson misses with a series of wild punches.
Karlsson throws a nice looking combination but Mixter bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karlsson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mixter is looking to clinch but Karlsson is avoiding it.
Some wild striking there from Karlsson.

Karlsson moves into the clinch.
Karlsson is trying to force a seperation but Mixter has the dominant position.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Karlsson as Mixter tries to tie him up.
Mixter wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Karlsson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Karlsson has had enough of the clinch but Mixter keeps him there for the moment.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Karlsson tries to break the clinch but Mixter is controlling the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Karlsson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Mixter tries to circle away but Karlsson has him pinned against the ropes.
Karlsson is trying to break the clinch but Mixter has him pressed against the ropes.
Mixter lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Karlsson.
Karlsson tries to circle away but Mixter has him pinned against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Totto Karlsson dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Karlsson's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Mixter connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Karlsson scrambles back to his feet.
Karlsson slaps away a takedown attempt from Mixter, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Mixter avoids a punch combination nicely.

Mixter closes the distance and clinches.
Karlsson trying to control the position but instead, Mixter has worked for underhooks and has pushed Karlsson into the ropes.
Karlsson tries to circle away but Mixter has him pinned against the ropes.

Karlsson breaks the clinch.
Karlsson misses with a double jab.
Mixter tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Karlsson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mixter manages to avoid it.
Mixter closes this distance looking for a takedown but Karlsson circles away.
Mixter takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Mixter shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Karlsson as he jumps to the side.
Totto Karlsson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of TJ Mixter.
Karlsson lands a two punch combo.
Mixter takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karlsson throws a series of punches but Mixter moves out of range.
Mixter throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Karlsson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Karlsson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Mixter's sensitive parts.
Karlsson connects with an inside leg kick.
Mixter throws a hook to the side of Karlsson's head but Karlsson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mixter shoots for a double leg takedown but Karlsson sprawls well. He's pushed Mixter's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Karlsson fails to land with a series of punches.
Mixter shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Karlsson defends it nicely.
A thudding body kick lands there by Karlsson!
Karlsson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Karlsson keeps the fight on the outside.
Mixter misses with a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karlsson looks to land a combination but Mixter avoids it well.
Karlsson connects with an inside leg kick.
Mixter sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Mixter throws a head kick that misses.
Karlsson tries to bum rush Mixter with a series of wild strikes but Mixter uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Karlsson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Karlsson throws a one two combo.
Mixter takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Karlsson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Mixter tries to clinch up.
Karlsson blocks a jab.
Karlsson misses with a few strikes there.
Karlsson closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Mixter shoots for a takedown but Karlsson saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Karlsson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Mixter, pushing him back against the ropes.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mixter keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Karlsson's efforts to push away.
Karlsson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Karlsson is trying to break free.

Mixter's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Karlsson misses with a series of wild punches.
Karlsson gets cracked there but stands up to it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Karlsson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mixter chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Karlsson can pounce on him.
Sloppy strikes from Karlsson. Those never looked like landing.
Karlsson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Mixter clinches up with Karlsson and pushes him back against the ropes.
Mixter is trying to stall.
Karlsson tries to break the clinch but Mixter is controlling the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karlsson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mixter tries to break the clinch but Karlsson is controlling the position.
Mixter is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. Karlsson gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

Karlsson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
No luck for Mixter with that takedown attempt.
Karlsson fails to land with a series of punches.

Mixter instigates a clinch.
Karlsson is looking to take this one to the mat.
Totto Karlsson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mixter is trying to force a seperation but Karlsson has the dominant position.
Mixter's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Mixter is trying to maintain a safe position but Karlsson gets an underhook and turns Mixter into the ropes.
TJ Mixter has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mixter tries to pull guard but Karlsson holds him up against the ropes and eventually Mixter drops back down to his feet.
Karlsson working hard to break the clinch.

Karlsson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

And that's the end of the fight!
Totto Karlsson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Karlsson, 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 Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Totto Karlsson!