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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Radoslaw Michalak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Victor Karpovich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Michalak comes to the cage accompanied by Rise Against-Under The Knife. Karpovich comes into a darkened arena with his song building. VICIOUS kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Radoslaw Michalak has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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179 lbs
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170 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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BJJ White Belt
Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Radoslaw Michalak!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Victor Karpovich!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Skip Squint and Donatello Bradman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karpovich getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Karpovich avoids a punch combination nicely.
Karpovich takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Michalak takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Nice body kick there by Karpovich.
Michalak 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.
Michalak misses with a double jab.
Michalak will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Michalak throws a head kick but Karpovich moves out of range.
Nice defenses there by Michalak.
Karpovich takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Karpovich's jab looks to have found its range, popping Michalak under the eye.
Michalak takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A good leg kick by Karpovich.
Michalak has closed the distance and engaged Karpovich in a clinch.
Michalak manages to break the clinch.
That kick from Karpovich tenderised Michalak's leg. Michalak is trying to keep his angry face on.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Michalak goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karpovich chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Good exchange - Karpovich coming out on top.
Karpovich tries a head kick but it misses.
Karpovich tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Karpovich keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Michalak tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Karpovich paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Michalak throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Karpovich dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Michalak. That did some damage!
Karpovich misses with a series of wild punches.
Michalak drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
No joy there for Michalak, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Michalak goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Karpovich feints a jab promting Michalak to slip. Karpovich then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Michalak slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Karpovich lands a leg kick that knocks Michalak off balance momentarily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karpovich lands an overhand right.
Karpovich scores with a jab. Michalak acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Michalak takes one to the chin there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A slapping leg kick lands for Karpovich.
Michalak takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Michalak misses with a two punch combination.
Michalak needs to keep his hands up - Karpovich had a free shot at his head there.
Horrible takedown by Michalak or perhaps it was just good defense by Karpovich which made him look bad.
Michalak fails to land with a series of punches.
Karpovich throws a head kick that Michalak semi-blocks.
Karpovich takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Karpovich explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Karpovich lands with a nice body kick.
Karpovich pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Michalak avoids a kick to the body.
Karpovich stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Radoslaw Michalak. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Michalak shoots in for a takedown but Karpovich shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Michalak is breathing heavily.
Karpovich scores with a leg kick.
The crowd cheers as Karpovich lands an impressive looking overhand right. Michalak doesn't seem phased though.
Michalak tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Karpovich lands with a kick to the temple. Michalak shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Karpovich lands with an overhand left.
Michalak is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A good leg kick by Karpovich.
Karpovich fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Michalak.
Karpovich thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Michalak if he has to take too many more of those.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Michalak. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Michalak throws a right hand that Karpovich ducks under and follows up with a left that Karpovich also avoids with ease.
Karpovich misses with a wild combination.
Karpovich tries a head kick but it misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karpovich scores with a sloppy right hand. Michalak should have avoided that one.
Michalak on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Karpovich scores with the left hand. Michalak knows he should have avoided that one.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Karpovich tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A punch lands to the side of Michalak 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Karpovich throws a head kick that misses.
Karpovich lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Michalak tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Karpovich lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Karpovich tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Victor Karpovich seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Michalak misses with a kick to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A punch combination from Michalak misses.
Karpovich lands an overhand right.
Michalak looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Michalak gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Karpovich stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Victor Karpovich dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Karpovich delivers a nice body kick.
Michalak with a nice cross.
Karpovich throws a body kick that misses.
Karpovich swats away the attempt to clinch by Michalak.
Michalak throws a predictable looking body shot
and Karpovich counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Victor Karpovich seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Karpovich scores with a leg kick.
Karpovich displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Michalak.
Karpovich connects with a looping right hand.
Michalak takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Karpovich throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Karpovich scores with a head kick. Michalak tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Donk. Karpovich catches Michalak right on the button with a cross.
Karpovich lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Karpovich missing with a left hand there. Michalak was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Michalak fails with a takedown attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Michalak takes the fight into the clinch.
Michalak pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The fighters circle momentarily. Karpovich darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Michalak throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Karpovich.
Michalak looks for the body kick but Karpovich saw that one coming.
Michalak stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Karpovich.
Karpovich scores with a nice body kick.
Karpovich's corner calls for a 1-2. Karpovich obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Karpovich misses with an attempted mid kick.
A good leg kick by Karpovich.
Karpovich connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Michalak momentarily.
Radoslaw Michalak is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Karpovich stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Karpovich wants it to stay on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Radoslaw Michalak. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Karpovich.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Michalak is looking to clinch but Karpovich is avoiding it.
Karpovich connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Karpovich avoids a punch combination nicely.
Michalak walks into a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Michalak avoids the head kick by Karpovich.
Victor Karpovich is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Karpovich delivers a nice body kick.
Michalak takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Nice cross by Karpovich.
Karpovich lands a really nice looking cross but Michalak seems unphased.
A solid leg kick lands there for Karpovich.
Michalak throws a hook to the side of Karpovich's head but Karpovich sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The crowd cheers as Karpovich lands an impressive looking overhand right. Michalak doesn't seem phased though.
Karpovich misses with an attempted mid kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Michalak walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Karpovich bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Michalak throws a looping overhand right but Karpovich ducks down to avoid it.
Karpovich lands a jab to the head.
Michalak throws a right and a left that both miss.
Karpovich tries to land a front kick but Michalak steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Karpovich throws a wild body kick that Michalak sees coming a mile off.
Michalak misses with a head kick.
Michalak looks for a takedown but Karpovich sprawls well.
Michalak on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Karpovich. Karpovich obviously looking to wear him down.
Karpovich lands a nice leg kick that just misses Michalak's sensitive parts.
Karpovich uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Karpovich pushes Michalak away with a front kick.
Michalak takes one to the chin there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karpovich tests Michalak's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Karpovich thows a body kick. Michalak tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Michalak takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
A solid body kick from Karpovich.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Karpovich lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Karpovich works the jab nicely.
Michalak is looking to clinch.
Karpovich scoring well with a low kick there.
Karpovich sizes up Michalak with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Karpovich looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Karpovich lands with a hook. Michalak tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Michalak blocks a head kick by Karpovich.
Karpovich lands with a nice body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Victor Karpovich showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Karpovich throws a push kick but Michalak slaps the foot to one side.
Karpovich loads up on a big right hand but Michalak slips the punch.
Michalak will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Karpovich throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Michalak has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Karpovich.
Michalak defending well as Karpovich loads up on a big left hand.
A low kick from Karpovich misses
and Michalak counters by clinching up.
Karpovich looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Michalak manages to break the clinch.
Michalak shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Karpovich defends it nicely.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Karpovich, right into the meat.
A head kick misses from Karpovich.
Karpovich lands a nice shot that snaps Michalak's head back.
Karpovich has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Karpovich throws a hook but Michalak avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Michalak misses with the combination.
Karpovich lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Karpovich throws a series of strikes that have Michalak backpedaling.
Michalak blocks the body kick.
Sloppy strikes from Michalak. Those never looked like landing.
Michalak fails in his attempt to clinch.
Karpovich throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Michalak.
Michalak moves out of range of the body kick from Karpovich.
Michalak throws a sloppy head kick and Karpovich moves out of range easily.
Michalak moves out of range of the body kick.
Michalak misses with a right hand
and Karpovich counters with a nice kick to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Karpovich cracks the inside of Michalak's front leg.
Michalak steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Karpovich.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karpovich lands a glancing blow to the side of Michalak's head.
Karpovich looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Michalak shoots in for a takedown but Karpovich shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Michalak sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Karpovich throws a series of strikes that have Michalak backpedaling.
Michalak closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Michalak tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Michalak looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Michalak goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Karpovich throws a nice inside leg kick.
Karpovich lands a lovely overhand right.
Michalak avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Karpovich connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karpovich looking to slow down the pace here.
Michalak misses with an elbow strike.
Michalak blocks an uppercut.
Karpovich swings wildly with an uppercut but Michalak uses good head movement to avoid it.
Michalak breaks the clinch.
Michalak shoots in but Karpovich avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Radoslaw Michalak. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Karpovich lands with a kick to the temple. Michalak shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Michalak misses with the combination.
Michalak tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Karpovich manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karpovich lands a nice looking body kick.
A head kick misses from Karpovich.
Michalak tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Karpovich swivels and escapes.
Karpovich pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Karpovich lands a jab to the nose.
Decent striking displayed by Karpovich there.
Michalak throws a head kick but Karpovich moves out of range.
Karpovich lands a two punch combo.
Karpovich lands a glancing blow to the side of Michalak's head.
A nice inside leg kick there by Karpovich. That's going to slow Michalak down.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Michalak takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Karpovich tries to bum rush Michalak with a series of wild strikes but Michalak uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Karpovich throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Michalak.
Radoslaw Michalak has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Michalak takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
And that's the end of the fight!
Victor Karpovich comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Karpovich winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Hugh Johnson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 27:30
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Victor Karpovich!
A very excited looking Victor Karpovich made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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