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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alan Karaev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Muhammad Solomon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Solomon comes into a darkened arena with his song building. In A Heartbeat kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Muhammad Solomon is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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BJJ White Belt
World class boxer
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alan Karaev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Muhammad Solomon!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Valeri Chadov and Vladimir Khabensky.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karaev takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Solomon misses with a left hand
and Karaev counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Karaev slips a straight right by Solomon.
Karaev tries to close the distance and clinch up but Solomon swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Solomon lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Solomon scores with a body shot.
Solomon throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Alan Karaev seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Karaev slips under a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Solomon slips a straight right by Karaev.
Solomon circles away from the clinch attempt.
Karaev scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Solomon throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Karaev keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Solomon.
Karaev lands a right hook to the body.
Karaev waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Solomon.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karaev wants to clinch but Solomon slips to the side
and Solomon counters with an outside leg kick.
Karaev misses the shot to the body.
Karaev delivers a nice body kick.
Solomon fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Karaev avoids the body shot from Solomon.
Solomon lands a nice looking body kick.
Solomon looks to land a body kick but Karaev moved away.
Solomon throws a push kick but Karaev slaps the foot to one side.
Solomon misses with a low kick.
Solomon moves out of range as Karaev strikes.
Solomon finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Karaev tries to clinch but Solomon moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Solomon fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Karaev looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Karaev pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Solomon looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Karaev scores with a spinning back kick!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A telegraphed right hand from Karaev misses the target.
Solomon scores with a nice body kick.
Karaev goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Solomon scores with a shot to the body.
Karaev goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Solomon misses with a two punch combination.
A jab from Solomon finds it's way through Karaev's defenses.
Good standup being displayed there by Karaev as he connects with a hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Solomon scores with a crisp jab that stopped Karaev in his tracks.
Karaev checks a low kick from Solomon.
Solomon lands with an uppercut that bounces Karaev off the cage and back into range.
Karaev uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Solomon.
Solomon walks into a stiff left hand from Karaev.
Karaev waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Solomon.
Karaev is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Karaev on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Karaev is rocked!
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!
Solomon digs a good hook to Karaev's body.
Oh Karaev is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Solomon misses with an uppercut.
Karaev seems to have got his legs back now.
Solomon throws a head kick but Karaev moves out of range.
Karaev moves out of range of the strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Solomon gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Solomon slips a straight right by Karaev.
Solomon avoids the body shot from Karaev.
Solomon avoids the body shot from Karaev.
A head kick misses from Solomon.
Solomon throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Karaev counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Karaev takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Solomon looks to score with a jab to the body but Karaev is just out of range.
Solomon swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Solomon listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Solomon moves away from the strike by Karaev.
Solomon swats away the attempt to clinch by Karaev.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Muhammad Solomon dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Solomon connects with a looping right hand.
Solomon throws a nice looking combination but Karaev bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Solomon in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Karaev throws a leg kick
and Solomon counters with a crisp one two that drops Karaev! Solomon thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Karaev to his feet! Karaev is in big trouble!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Karaev misses with a kick to the body
and Solomon counters with an outside leg kick.
Karaev wants to slow Solomon down by chopping away at his legs.
Solomon tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Karaev was well out of range. Poor timing from Solomon.
Solomon misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Karaev.
Solomon will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Solomon checks a low kick from Karaev.
Solomon misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Karaev dodges the punch combination from Solomon.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karaev doesn't manage to clinch there - Solomon circles away.
Karaev is looking to chop away at Solomon's legs.
Karaev sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
That kick from Solomon tenderised Karaev's leg. Karaev is trying to keep his angry face on.
Karaev uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Solomon.
A looping hook to the body misses from Karaev. Solomon does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jab, jab by Karaev - just one landing.
Karaev takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Solomon throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A jab lands there for Solomon.
Karaev lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Solomon misses with a body kick.
Solomon fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Karaev looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Solomon.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Karaev lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Solomon has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Solomon and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Karaev pushes Solomon away with a front kick.
Muhammad Solomon seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Solomon motions for Karaev to come forward. Solomon throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Karaev tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Solomon paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Solomon swings for the body but Karaev moves out of range.
Solomon takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Karaev rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Solomon counters with a low kick, right behind Karaev 's knee.
Karaev motions for Solomon to come forward. Karaev throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karaev chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Karaev tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Solomon throws a body punch but Karaev moves out of range.
Karaev takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Solomon.
Solomon has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A cross from Solomon lands.
Karaev throws out a loose jab but Solomon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Solomon connects with a crisp jab.
Solomon thows a body shot but no joy.
Karaev misses with a right hand
and Solomon counters with an outside leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Karaev checks the leg kick nicely there.
Karaev misses with a hook. Solomon ducked under it nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Solomon swinging wildly here.
A big right from Karaev misses.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Karaev.
Karaev misses with an uppercut
and Solomon counters with a two punch combo.
Karaev throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Solomon to counter with a crisp jab.
Solomon is looking to chop away at Karaev's legs.
Karaev jabs Solomon right on the nose. Solomon blinks but takes it well.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A bone on bone clash there as Solomon blocks the leg kick.
Solomon just misses with a punch to the body.
Solomon scores with a nice head shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Muhammad Solomon showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Karaev thows a leg kick but Solomon checks it
and Solomon counters with a nice uppercut.
Karaev is looking to clinch but Solomon is avoiding it.
Solomon scores with a jab to the body.
Solomon cracks Karaev with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Karaev has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Karaev there as he acknowledges the shot.
Karaev throws a shot to the body.
Karaev misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Karaev tries to land a front kick but Solomon steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Solomon ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Karaev moves away.
Solomon wants to land a leg kick but Karaev is out of range.
Solomon takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Karaev tries a head kick but it misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Solomon tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Karaev lands with an overhand left.
Solomon lets his hands go wild with a nice combination. Left! Right! Uppercut! Spinning backfist! Karaev goes down and covers up as Solomon starts wailing on him! The ref watches the action closely before stepping in and putting a stop to the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Muhammad Solomon!
During a confident post fight interview, Muhammad Solomon thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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