PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Samuel Mann (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aleksandr Karelin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Mann
vs
Karelin

178 cm
26
270 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

191 cm
18
287 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Samuel Mann!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Aleksandr Karelin!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mann on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
The fighters circling - Karelin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Mann takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Karelin tries to clinch but Mann moves out of range.
Mann lands with a straight right. Karelin didn't see that one coming.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Karelin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mann blocks a head kick by Karelin.
Mann fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Karelin avoids it really well and circles away.
Karelin fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Mann checks it well.
Mann throws a hook but Karelin avoids it easily.
Karelin misses with a head kick.
Mann fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mann scores with a body shot.
Karelin throws a wild body kick that Mann sees coming a mile off.
Karelin misses with a few strikes there.
Karelin misses with a wild combination.
A slapping body kick lands there for Karelin.
Mann is breathing heavily.
A thudding body kick lands there by Karelin!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Karelin throws a sloppy head kick and Mann moves out of range easily.
Karelin misses with a hook.
Karelin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Karelin cracks the inside of Mann's front leg.
Mann lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Karelin circles away quickly and effectively.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mann tries to score with a low kick but Karelin moves his leg out of the way.
Karelin lands with a nice body kick.
Karelin tries to clinch up.
Mann throws a low kick but Karelin moves out of range easily.
Good shot there by Karelin.
Karelin tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Mann manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Mann blocks a head kick by Karelin.
Mann misses with a leg kick
and Karelin counters with a nice leg kick.
Karelin throws a front kick that sends Mann stumbling back into the cage.
Mann chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Karelin can pounce on him.
Karelin throws a head kick that Mann semi-blocks.

It looks like Samuel Mann has been cut.
Mann closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karelin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Karelin throws a nice outside leg kick.

Karelin cracks Mann with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Mann looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Karelin finish him?

Mann is rocked!
Karelin is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Crack! A monster head kick from Karelin and Mann falls like a tree - timbeeeeeeeeeeerrrr! A highlight reel knockout by Karelin!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Aleksandr Karelin!