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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Tyson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aleksanteri Karelin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tyson comes to the cage accompanied by Mary had a little lamb. Karelin is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: CCCP. This should be fireworks!
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255 lbs
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286 lbs
12 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
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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
14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Mike Tyson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Aleksanteri Karelin!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Dmitry Maklakov and Vladimir Khabensky.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tyson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Karelin.
Tyson misses with an uppercut
and Karelin counters by moving into the clinch.
Tyson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tyson digs a right hand underneath Karelin's ribcage. Karelin let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Tyson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tyson tries a body shot but Karelin blocks it.
Karelin lands with a right to the head.
Tyson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Karelin's elbow.
Tyson trying to land knees to the body.
Karelin lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Karelin is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Karelin turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tyson is trying to control Karelin's posture but Karelin avoids it.
Karelin in the domination position with Tyson hanging on.
Karelin working the ground and pound from side control.
Karelin controls the position.
Tyson is looking to reverse the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyson is not content to let Karelin control the position.
You can see the frustration on Tyson's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Tyson tries to improve position but can't.
Karelin working the body and head with strikes.
Karelin is looking to take a break and control but Tyson is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Tyson wants to control but Karelin postures up.
Karelin landing strikes.
The referee asks Karelin politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Karelin prefers to stall for the moment though.
Tyson tries to improve position but can't.
Tyson is trying to control Karelin's posture but Karelin avoids it.
Tyson on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Karelin working the ground and pound but Tyson is defending the strikes.
Tyson is looking to reverse the position.
Tyson can't do much from the bottom here.
A lull in the action here as Karelin stalls from top position.
Karelin in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Karelin working away.
Karelin cracks Tyson with a big right hand but Tyson just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Tyson keeps Karelin under control for a moment.
Karelin lands some shots froms side control.
Tyson wants to control but Karelin postures up.
Tyson takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Karelin is working Tyson over with some ground and pound from side control.
Tyson is rocked!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyson can't do much from the bottom here.
Tyson is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Karelin is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Tyson tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Karelin in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Tyson is trying to get back to half guard.
Tyson is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Karelin is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Karelin loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Tyson scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Karelin land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Karelin stands and salutes the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Aleksanteri Karelin!
Our winner, Aleksanteri Karelin, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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