PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alexei Karelin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kyle Kingston (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kyle Kingston has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Karelin
vs
Kingston

181 cm
20
289 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

200 cm
28
265 lbs
7 - 10 - 1

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

1337 ANZAC

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Alexei Karelin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Kyle Kingston!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Ren Mimura and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kingston avoids the body shot from Karelin.
Kingston misses with the combination.
Nice body punch from Kingston.
Karelin wants to clinch
and Kingston counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Karelin decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Kingston is trying to stand.
Kingston blocking the ground and pound attempt from Karelin.
Kingston is trying to stand back up but Karelin is controlling him
Karelin with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Kingston is looking to get back to is feet but Karelin passes into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karelin throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Karelin creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Kingston sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Karelin is chipping away with strikes.
Kingston 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 scoring with punches from side control.
Kingston dodges the ground and pound from Karelin.
Kingston avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Karelin.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Karelin in side control lands a decent elbow.
Karelin 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Karelin in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Karelin throws an elbow but Kingston slips to the side and avoids it well.
Kingston really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Karelin. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Karelin throws an elbow but Kingston slips to the side and avoids it well.
Karelin throws a strike aimed at the side of Kingston's head but Kingston avoids it well.
Karelin scores with a couple of short elbows.
Kingston is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Karelin asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Karelin wants to lay and pray for a moment but Kingston keeps working.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karelin throws a strike aimed at the side of Kingston's head but Kingston avoids it well.
The strikes coming from Karelin are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Kingston avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Karelin.
Karelin tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Karelin lands some shots froms side control.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Kingston can do anything to dispel that myth.
Karelin lands a decent elbow from side control.
Karelin scoring with punches from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Karelin cracks Kingston with a big elbow.
Karelin trying to control the action but Kingston is working from the bottom.
Karelin throws a strike aimed at the side of Kingston's head but Kingston avoids it well.
Karelin throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Kingston is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Karelin is controlling him well.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Karelin throwing shots but missing, from side control.
The strikes coming from Karelin are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexei Karelin dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Kingston looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Some wild striking there from Kingston.
Karelin punishes Kingston's body with a nice straight punch.
Karelin walks into a jab.
Karelin misses with an uppercut. Kingston saw that one coming.
Karelin missing with a left hand there. Kingston was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kingston misses with a series of wild punches.
Kingston throws a combination that misses
and Karelin counters with a stiff right hand.
Kingston throws a right and a left that both miss.
Karelin closes the distance and clinches up with Kingston, looking for a takedown. Karelin pushes Kingston against the cage but Kingston circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Karelin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Karelin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kingston.
Kyle Kingston seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Karelin misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Kingston counters with a stiff right hand.
Kingston displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kingston throws a leg kick but Karelin checks it.

Karelin instigates a clinch.
Kingston gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Karelin.

Kingston is fighting off a takedown attempt but Karelin is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Kingston to the mat. Kingston regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Karelin throwing strikes from guard but Kingston blocks nicely.
Karelin content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Karelin trying to control but Kingston is working from the bottom.
Karelin working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karelin in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Kingston keeping moving, preventing Karelin from controlling successfully.
Karelin sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Kingston's guard.
Karelin is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Karelin is landing with some decent strikes but Kingston is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Karelin working Kingston over with strikes here.
Karelin misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karelin lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Kingston in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Kingston is breathing heavily.
Karelin is in the full mount, landing strikes.

It looks like Kyle Kingston has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Karelin pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

Kingston is rocked!
Karelin unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Kingston wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Karelin celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alexei Karelin!