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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leonard Pires (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kirk Karwoski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kirk Karwoski has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Leonard Pires's chin.
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185 cm
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265 lbs
6 - 3 - 0 |
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210 cm
21
287 lbs
6 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Experienced |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful |
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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
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Leonard Pires! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kirk Karwoski! The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Sergei Dronov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Karwoski slips a jab and a cross from Pires.
Pires takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming. A nice inside leg kick there by Karwoski. That's going to slow Pires down. Karwoski closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage. Pires is looking for a takedown. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Karwoski is stalling here.
Karwoski tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pires avoids it. Karwoski keeps control of Pires as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks. A nice glancing elbow lands by Karwoski.
It looks like Leonard Pires has been cut. Karwoski is pushing Pires up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word. Karwoski lands an elbow that stopped Pires in his tracks for a moment. Karwoski lands a body shot in the clinch.
Pires is breathing heavily. The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Karwoski takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life. Karwoski escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Karwoski lands a jab to Pires's midsection. Pires needs to keep his hands up - Karwoski had a free shot at his head there. Karwoski fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round. Karwoski drops Pires with a huge uppercut! Pires drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Karwoski is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:08 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kirk Karwoski! Kirk Karwoski spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
100% |
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